"Forrester was probably our best player until injury robbed us of his services."

Peterborough midfielder Chris Forrester has the potential to be as good as England and Manchester United's Michael Carrick, says Posh boss Graham Westley.

The ex-Republic of Ireland Under-21 man, 22, has two goals in 13 games.

"There's so much Michael Carrick in him it's scary," said Westley.

"You look at the likes of Carrick, an intelligent player, reads the game brilliantly well, owns, keeps and passes the ball in the right way - he's got so many of the characteristics."

Westley added to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire: "Could you see him being even better? He probably gets more goals than Carrick - he's a great player in the making."

Forrester joined League One Posh from St Patrick's Athletic in Augustand has played in all eight matches since Westley replaced Dave Robertson as manager.

"You look at the stats from last weekend's game (against Doncaster), he was up near the 70-pass mark," said Westley.

"I think he's got a lot more in him as he learns the diamond shape and improves his physical condition he'll get on the ball even more.

"We've seen what he can do in terms of arriving in the box and scoring goals, we've seen his passing, he's such a composed individual, he's a cracking player."

Were 2-0 up until he went off and ended up losing 3-2. According to their fans the game turned as soon as forrester went off.

Peterborough already valuing Forrester at ""way over"" 3 million pounds and that to a championship side . If he has another gear in him he could go to a prem outfit , I recon he will AND seeing him represent Ireland will be fantastic . Sat a few rows up from him a few seasons back in dalyer when Rovers u19 played there and he had a great relationship with the local plant life even tho he was a junky by that time . Hope he makes full use of his obvious talent - good luck . 

Edited by EastStandMan - 05 Jan 2016 at 12:23pm

Fair fooks to him, hopefully keep progressing.

Linked with QPR, burnley and brentford so could see himself in the premier league if it went his way. Chairman has admitted it was daylight robbery and says he is the best passer/player that he has ever signed. Think they might also be looking at desmond and hoare from pats as well. 

Magic plane does it again

Fair play to him, surprised he still looks like a junkie despite leaving Dublin though! Certainly has adapted well. Hopefully will get to see him before the season's end

PanteirA wrote: Doyler1993 wrote: Do pats have any sell on clauses or anything else if he gets an irish cap? Since Pats and other LOI clubs couldn't get a big transfer fee because of short LOI contracts , you would have to hope they could negotiate some kind of clauses for possible future fees as some have done in the past.