Ferguson wanted more than four

Darren Ferguson watched Peterborough batter Crawley and felt they could have won by more.

Leading scorer Izale McLeod gave Crawley the lead after only two minutes but Posh hit back with goals from Michael Smith and Conor Washington before the interval. The visitors went on to clinch a straightforward victory with Marcus Maddison making it 3-1 10 minutes after the break before Washington fired the fourth two minutes later. Yet Ferguson believes there is still plenty more to come from his side and said: "We should have won by more, especially after going behind so poorly early in the game. "It was a comfortable victory and you have to take your chances." Washington claimed his second Posh goal after Ferguson said he got the final touch when defender Christian Burgess headed towards goal from a corner by Jon Taylor. Ferguson added:"We were very, very dangerous on the counter attack. Our second goal came off Conor's head and the third and fourth goals killed the game off. It could have been more on the counter attack. "I had a good feeling for the game and in the second half we were very good. "You aim for two points a game on average, and if we win against Barnsley we will be bang on that mark." Crawley manager John Gregory admitted that his side's home form is a cause for concern and felt that they had contributed to their own downfall. The former Aston Villa boss said:"We made a great start but Peterborough's third goal killed us. The first two were gifts and the third was a Christmas present. "We have played better teams than Peterborough but we gifted them goals. Had we not donated the goals, we would have made it more of a football match." Gregory ,who expects McLeod to shake off a knee injury which forced him off midway through the first half, said he offered no excuses for the heavy defeat. He added:"It's down to the players who come in and get their chance to perform. "There's no excuses as we were 1-0 up and we had the chance, but we didn't win the match. " We are very disappointed but this will happen in League One. You get inconsistency at this level; you see it in the whole division. It is about how you deal with it and get on with it."