'Strong' - Henrik Pedersen salutes Sheffield Wednesday culture after League One win over Peterborough United
Henrik Pedersen reflects on Sheffield Wednesday’s win away at Peterborough United
Sheffield Wednesday manager Henrik Pedersen saluted his side’s “culture” following their 2-1 win away at Peterborough United.
Pedersen’s men were fired into the lead by a Josh Feeney own goal but Ben Woods managed to get Posh back on level terms early in the second half.
Yan Valery eventually struck the winner on the 79-minute mark, giving Wednesday their fourth win after five League One games.
Henrik Pedersen salutes Sheffield Wednesday
Pedersen said: “It’s a good beginning. We know things can [change] quick but, for me, I’m really, really proud [not only] of the way that [we’ve] won four out of five but the culture in our team is strong.
“It’s a big job to find 18 players and to find so many good characters in one transfer window – it’s amazing.
“And then again fitness – we’ve had a top pre-season but we also got a lot of players after this. We need to bring everyone up to level and then we need to have a much, much stronger connection and relationship.
“We will grow and we will work with this and then we will also grow through the season and be much stronger than we are now.”
The Peterborough United perspective
Peterborough boss Luke Williams, meanwhile, was left to rue the way in which his side performed in both boxes.
He said: “We’ve suffered in both boxes. We’ve not converted a couple of big chances that we’ve had and conceded from half chances really.
“It’s a shame because I think we played a good first half and we looked like we were doing everything we could to win the game.
“We made a basic error (for the first goal) and that’s a shame because it ruined a good 45-minute performance. We had to carry on and had to do everything we could to score [in the second half] and we did that.
“We started really bright, scored, but then we conceded from a corner that I think is avoidable. It wasn’t the cutest of corners that catches you out or something like that. Everyone was in the correct place, everyone knew their job. We just didn’t deliver the job perfectly well and so we paid the price for that one.”