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The Opponent: Peterborough United

2 games from Wembley. I sense the excitement is not quite the same as what it was a couple of years back. I think we had at least half of the attendance away against Barnet, possibly more, and I’m pretty sure we had 11’000+ for the return leg. The Wembley novelty may well have worn off after a couple of wholly unsuccessful marches to the arches but I still remain as up for it as ever. There used to be an opinion that the Di Canio factor would put perhaps 1500 on the gate, perhaps the home tie will put this to the test.  I have had a day off work today due to having a big toe that looks not dissimilar to the type of rancid purple penis you might see on that Embarrassing Bodies program. It involved a metal rimmed pew (with foldable legs), and a flight of stairs in an old church at the bottom of Vic Hill, the only thing missing was Sid James and Kenneth Williams. Being the martyr I am, its back to work tomorrow, taking in the sights of Malmesbury, Redhouse, Cirencester and er, Walcot.

After losing just one of their first 13 league games, Posh have won four of their last 16 in League One to seriously dampen their ambition of an instant return to the Championship. Only  5,297 came to watch Peterborough's most recent Saturday home game, a 3-0 win over Tranmere, compared to 6,956 at their last Saturday game in October, which was a 1-0 win over Shrewsbury. If you ask Mark Copper how we will approach this game he would be likely to tell you “the same as any other”, but with a team full of young players that may not get many chances to play at Wembley in a relatively short career, you would hope they would bust several guts in taking the opportunity to prove themselves at football’s biggest stage, and I would have thought despite playing them twice so far this season already, Cooper himself will always have a point to prove to his ex employers. I want to pay £25 to park my car on someone’s drive near the stadium, I want to pay £11 for a pissy bottle of Carlsberg and a horse burger, I even want to sit on The M25 wondering why I made the journey in the first place, but most importantly, I want to win, every game we play! COME ON SWINDON!

Weather or Not? – As I type this my conservatory is feeling the effects of whatever storm the Yanks throw at us this time. It seems after a dry start at dawn, showers will move in for most of the day, some heavy and prolonged. The heavier rain should ease to showers in the evening before clear skies taking over in the last couple of hours of the day. Temperature holding between 6-8 degrees, strong southerly wind gusting to 40mph. Sounds like a great day for football.

Where the opposition gather –

http://www.theposhforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24479

Through fear of upsetting the Posh fans (in the same way I upset the Shrewsbury fans), I won’t make out Peterborough is a soulless, famous for fuck all dreary unwelcoming hovel. They know this already.

Last 6 –  LLLWWL

They have served us both –  Cup tied Nicky Ajose,  John Sheffield, Kevin Dearden, Claude Gnapka, Mark Cooper, Don Heath, Steve Jenkins, Lloyd Opara, Fred Laycock, David Ball, Bobby Barnes, Kenny Alan, Graz, Trevor Benjamin, Sol Davis, Jim Barron

The Odds -  Peterborough Evens  Draw 12/5 Swindon 11/4 The fact we have failed to keep a clean sheet in our last 12 outings in all competitions and our shit way from home added in with Peterborough’s ability to score for fun and it seems the bookies are predicting a resounding home win, Darn the naysayers.

The Son Says – Confident as ever, we will win this 2-0 and begin the first phase of banishing his Wembley demons.

The Prediction – We will go to London Road and shock the watching world with a thumping 1-0 victory, Nile Ranger with a stoppage time goal in front of 7’788, 555 from Swindon.

And Finally – Darren Ferguson, you are a cunt.

COYR COYR COYR

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You could be on to something there.

IF its on then 2. 0 to Posh
290 travelling town fans
5000 overall

If on, holding them to 1-0 would be a fairly decent result. I'm going for a 1-1 though, with an equaliser from Smith.

Defo take a 1-1. Smith is cup tied though mate.

You can also get 11/2 on Nicky Ajose to score 1st with Hills.

When's the pitch inspection?

P-P.

It's grim in Aldershot,  and very windy

If it goes ahead we'll lose, maybe 2-0.

If it gets postponed we won't lose.

Even with postponement I wouldnt be confident of not losing, going by our away form..

Based on their match being off on Saturday...I'd be very surprised if this on, but the east of the country should be dryer than the west, so maybe they've missed some of our recent shit.

The pitch at the moment is playable , however heavy rain is forecast in Peterborough from 11am through until 8pm , there is no pitch inspection planned at the minute however this could obviously change should the rain arrive.

Up until close of business yesterday just over 1000 tickets had been sold, and with the prices going up by £4 if you pay on the day , that coupled with the match being shown live on Sky will result in a very low crowd, I will be astonished if we break the 5000 mark.

For those of you that are travelling down the Peacock Pub which is straight across the road from the ground, 2 minute walk to the away seats is open pre match , its child and away fan friendly and car parking is available for £4 per car .

With regards to the result we have been shocking in recent weeks and have lost several players in the transfer window, Ajose as you know is cup tied, and our 2 new arrivals are unable to play, however hopefully with the chance of a trip to Wembley on offer maybe the lads will put in a performance us Posh fans know they are capable of.

Out of interest how many Swindon fans do you think will make the trip down ?

I will keep you guys updated with the weather situation here in Peterborough .

I doubt we'll take many more than 300.

We've been fucking shit recently and with all the injuries, suspensions and ineligibilities I expect us to get battered. Hopefully we keep it low enough so we have a chance of redeeming in the home tie.

Cheers mate. Looks like they'll wait for us to get there before calling it off then. In Reading it hasn't rained much awhile this morning. There's still hope. Appreciate the updates, keep them coming.

Given the weather, our poor form, and the for most a long journey on a work night, I'd have thought 100 tops.

There's something about this area final tie that depresses me slightly.

Going by the last 2 matches our shite away form appears to have rubbed off at home though!

Sam's just tweeted

@SamMorshead_SA: No pitch inspection currently planned at Peterborough, I'm told, but forecast from 3pm onwards is grim. #stfc

Sounds like it'll wait for everyone to get there. Great!

Hopefully for you guys going they chucked a cover on at the weekend. If it was me I would as I wouldnt want to take the chance of the cameras not coming back for a rearranged fixture.

Fingers crossed Sutton. I highly doubt it though that smacks of being far too sensible.

Surely though if it was waterlogged on Saturday, the last thing to do would be to cover it.

Ok. Stick the cover on it now then!

A draw 1-1! Failing that a defeat by 1 goal to bring back to the CG!!!

P.s - Chesterfield 3-1 up after winning at Fleetwood last nightl; the footballing Gods want that Chesterfield v Swindon final again!

Photo on Sam's twitter showed the pitch dry on Tuesday morning.

The pitch hasn't been covered , something to do with how wet it is underneath and covering of it for some reason was not a option.

Good news is at the moment its still fine in Peterborough.

I'd be surprised if the score's anything but P-P.

A lot of P-P predictions, what about A-A if the pitch seems fine, but then starts cutting up??

Excellent news. Long may it continue.

A-A although with the cameras being there therefwould be under huge pressure so I will go for a 3-1 defeat unfortunately

Just started raining, although not heavy at the moment.

It is quite windy & pretty cold though.

Rain now falling in Peterborough.....

I think as long as we can come out of the first leg competive then job done. I'd accept a 1 goal deficit.

Anyone that's going don't forget this is a 7.15pm kick off   :)

250 advance away tickets sold for tonight.

Now stopped raining again in Peterborough  :)

7.15 kick off???   :(

I think the early kick off is to get more kids into the game.

:thumb:

Any links for live streams for the match? (no pictures of rivers please)

http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/index.html

http://www.stream2watch.me/live-tv/sky-sports-2-live-stream

Didn't realise the kick-off time and have scheduled a call with a client at 7.15 tonight.

Bad planning on my part.

You don't know what you're doing!

Repeat....

http://cricfree.tv/live/watch-live-football-stream

Perhaps shitty weather and a howling wind will mask our present shitness to the viewing public.

I'm trying to find a niche bet to liven up the entertainment this evening.

4-2 looks worth a nibble at 50/1 and 3/1 for a penalty to be given during the game seems pretty good

Having now seen the team news, 1-3 coyr

Looks he's gone for some big units to plough thru the mud

Good team selection.

Can someone stick the team on here please?

Not a good idea, they'll be all wet and muddy

Foderingham; N Thompson, Branco, Ward McEveley; L Thompson, Luongo, Kasim, Gladwin; Ranger, N'Guessan

Subs: Belford, Byrne, Harley, Reis, Barker

Foderingham, Thompson N, Branco, Ward, McEveley, Kasim, Luongo, Thompson L, Gladwin, N'Guessan, Ranger

Subs:  Belford, Byrne, Harley, Reis, Barker

Edit:  Just in case anyone missed JJ's post above  :)

Decent team, my only concern is the lack of width.

Only just beat you ;)

Yes, the centre of the pitch is the wettest too, wings look quite dry.

The ref's quite card happy apparently. I'm not expecting much football wise but it could still be an interesting spectacle.

What is it that people like about this team selection? Thompson and Gladwin in mid field or the return of DNG?

Anyone got a link?  I cant find it on my normal supplier of dodgy footy streams.

Pro home bias with the TV commentary already.

If it all goes tits up i imagine it will only be witness by a few thousand neutrals on the box, it's not exactly appealing to the public

http://cricfree.tv/live/watch/peterborough_united_vs_swindon_town/24762

The pitch looks like a local park.  Won't suit us.

FFS, one up front.

Ta.

Oh dear. Cracking header from Branco mind.

Why couldn't anyone finish like that on Saturday?

FFS

Shame it wasn't at the other end!

ff s

A special header from a special player. Stick him up front!

It least we know we have a CB who can score from corners

Terrible goal

What a fucking prick ::)

Jesus

FFS. Shocking defending.

Oh well.

Oh just fuck off. I'm out of here.

Over in less than 15 minutes.  Fucking useless.

We really are a joke.

Well, on the plus side we save some money on a Wembley ticket and the away leg.

soapy tit wank

I didn't want to go to Wembley anyway.

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Journey home from work took twice as long as normal thanks to the london tube strikes so missed the first 10 mins and when I turn my TV on the corner is literally in the air on the way to Branco's head! FFS.

And then they score a 2nd cos no-one can stand up. Glad I rushed home.

Haha glad I bailed on this one.

On the plus side, gets troys ban out of the way so hes back on Saturday I believe?

Cooper just sat down not bothered.

clowns

Two very shit goals.

Incredible tackle from Thompson, then Branco and ward can't decide who should clear it. Fuck sake.

Look quite lively since though.

Branco is terrible

This is why I get pissed off.  Ranger was the only player in the box then when Thompson crossed.

Free kick given away on the edge of the box now.

We're really not playing at all badly though.

We could have done better with their second but there's no accounting for Branco thinking it's a good idea to put it in his own net. 

Dear oh dear, Branco seems to play on the edge like he's always seconds away from a fuck up, unfortunately both goals are dine to him so far.

Wonder at what point Cooper will get out of his seat .....

I was going to bail on friends to watch this but that settles it, I'm off out for dinner.

I agree to an extent, but every time Peterborough attack, we look nervous.

We are quite bright, but also utter shit at the back.  The Peterborough attack  has far too much space. Every time.

Branco. The new Jerel Ifil?

Anyone already got a ticket for the 2nd leg?

Pray for rain

Thankfully not. If it stays 2-0 I'll go, but...

Let off. Fuck me this is shite.

Defending like school kids.

There's potential for a record low attendance in the 2nd leg the way this game is going.

This is all too true. His positioning is shit for the ball over the top that lead to second goal too. Actually, his positioning is often poor.

Liked the look of Gladwin on Saturday. Doesn't look bad tonight.

Both defences looking poor

I delayed the cancellation of my Sky Sports subscription to watch this.  Oh well.  Fair play to the lads.  Doing their level best to save me the expense of another rip off trip to Wembley.

That looked like it went in.

Are you sat next to him then?

Game on

GOAL RANGER

Get in. Great finish.

Get in! Game on.

Get in - great finish!!!!

Offside :)

GAME ON!

Get in!  Good play from Thompson.

A temporary break from the 'woe is me'.

We'll win this  :pint: :pint:

Kasim's looking handy

Lovely goal that.

lovely goal

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that!

Never a red card.

Despite the score and some very ropey defending our midfield and attack is looking better than it has done in a while.

It's the hope that gets you...

Fuck off ref. Cunt.

FFS

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Game going to type then

Fuck off

Fucking brilliant.  Very harsh red.

No hope now defensively.

What else is he meant to do? Leave and let him have a run on goal. Eyes on the ball he's ducking.

Red card all day. Stupid player. Hope we can hold this ton2-1.

Card happy ref strikes again.

Thompson's was worse

....aaaaand it's back to the 'woe is me'

:)

So we are now no longer allowed to kick the ball?

Very harsh on JMAC

That's 3 sendings off in the last three Sky televised away games for us.

I wouldn't have complained at that, that one was a red.

Get him off the fucking pitch, it's a bit of dirt in his eye not a fucking broken leg.

Eyes completely on the ball.  Unfortunately got the kid in the head. Not a red for me but ive seen them given.  Just then.  

This certainly isn't dull, borderline red for me

Thomo's maybe.

That one, he's not seen the player. Foul, yes. Intent, no.

Byrne and who else?

Least their best striker is injured. Every cloud

Byrne...Brentford PO and Franchise

Ah, yes. 

Apparently the ref averages a red every two games.  He obviously likes the power.

This commentator is annoying me now.

This ref has lost it. More reds will follow.

This will end with both teams with 9 players

I think the refs average might be going up after tonight.. Can see another one before this game is out

Hahaha, get in!

Yessss!

HAHA, own goal!

Mwhahahahahahahahha

Get in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT. A. FINISH.

Ace!

soapy tit wank

Ha ha.  What a ridiculous game this is.

Maybe there is a god?

Pahaha....

Park the bus now?

Ha ha, love it. Two quality sides!

Just like the conditions....

We couldn't park the bus even if we had one

Peterborough are wank. If we had 11 we'd probably win this. Take a draw or 1 goal deficit into second leg and I fancy us to progress.

If we did, we'd probably park it head on instead of sideways.

Indeed, prefer it if we just kept running at them. Bizarre game.

I just saw Leroy and riddel from mos on the telly :) Well done boys for coming back btw done well.

Did you come back yet

Well that was an entertaining 1st half...

Were they holding hands?

one word sums this game up so far, 'Eventful' good own goal from Branco, good goal from Ranger JMac was never a red yellow at best. We're still in this.

Wait, they're real? I thought I was the only real person on the whole internet, other than the person who plays the role of everyone else.

[throwback] WATCCOW [/throwback]

Nope shouting wanker at the ref . Keeping with their personas :)

if you're not allowed to kick high, every goal scored from an overhead kick should result in a red card.

I thought it was a red. Don't worry though it'll even up.

Interesting pic on Twitter of that one that was close to going over the line for us. Did it go over, or is it a trick of the light?

http://pic.twitter.com/CSTHmUcarh

Ha ha

WAAAAAY over.

Got to say, I was very very wrong to write us off. Though 45 on a heavy pitch with 10 men is going to get tough.

Leroy went to Faringdon School. A year or two younger than me.

I thought we started brightly enough and the og was a sucker punch....Shaun Taylor take a bow!

The second was dog shit....why cant we hit it row Z.?...or parking space 258 now the stand has gone!

Rangers finish was superb.....just excellent. If we can get the ball to him he is capable of this.

Jay Mac is a huge loss, tonight and for the league matches, for once we had an outlet that could cross a ball on the left. He was unlucky with the Red as Ambongo ducked in a bit but Louis was lucky with that raised foot for his yellow....so....

Their OG was shit and Brancos was by far better.

A fucked up pitch might help us if we can keep it fruity for the second leg we have a chance...

Cooper looks pumped up to beat these...bit of passion on the bench...excellent.

Is Ambongo back on....?...his twitching legs when i looked first meant i thought he was having a seizure (serious)...looks like his eye is fucked up a bit.

Come on lads...get in to em!!

I mentioned it at the time. Looked over to me, but Sky, our players and the officials missed it!

As a matter of interest, any news on Mason's injury?

Never a foul.

Branco having a blinder

"Clearly an obstruction" I think you'll find.

Big Andy King in the stand...

Yeah! The smoking chimp!

I thought it looked over as well, surprised none of our players called for it. 

Wow this ref is having a great game...

Nate Dog better watch himself

This ref is awful...

If the ref's calling that handball against Thompson, then it should be another booking and a red card.

Another sending off in this game yet I feel!

And Gladwin ain't much better.

Even the commentators inferring that might be the case.

Streaker?

I don't like this Vassell. Likes to throw himself around, on the ground mostly.

Balls. Kasim suspension.

Another suspension. Great.

Kassim booked for gobbing. 2 games out.

ref is a joke

Needs to learn when to shut his mouth.

Beat me to it!

Back fresh for the 2nd leg...

That Vassell has been booked and done about 5 fouls since, should be off for persistent fouling!

Also why have we tried to force N'Guessen out again, twice the player of the likes of Barker!

kasim needs to shut up.

I look forward to the ref making another five bookings.

N'Guessan's run his bollocks off so far tonight.

I think that was what Kasim was saying to the ref...but he booked him instead.

'The Gladwin Stepover'...one trick pony?!

Gladwin just fucking cross it.

Gladwin's decision making hasn't been the best.

REMOVE GLADWIN FROM THE PITCH!!!!!!!!

Gladwin needs a bit more work. Can see something there, but needs to learn he can't walk past people at this level.

Over-complicating everything.

He managed it to good effect on a few occasions earlier on, but needs to broaden his repertoire certainly.

We defend better with 10 men

Shut up shut up shut up.

Bring Reis on?

I think it did help that Assombolonga went off.No pace now up front.

That was a fucking foul!

This ref is atrocious.

We always get shit refs...

Thanks ref.

This ref is a massive cock.

How did the ref miss that foul on Kasim?

You'd think that would be a compliment, wouldn't you.  But it isn't, I know.

Because he hates Kasim...

Yep, certainly seems so.

Ranger is one of our most committed players on the pitch. Has been all season, it's just he's a cunt off the pitch.

Can somebody shoot the drummer?

Gladwin off. Byrne on

Excitement too much for one spectator. Hope it's not too serious.

Man that's a shit thing to happen. Fingers crossed whoever it is makes it. Its gone silent and I think they are trying to resuscitate :(

What's has actually happened?

Spectator collapsed. Not good.

Has the drummer been shot?

I thought they were doing a minute silence in the middle of a game then.

Hope the poor fella is ok :(

Power telling Cooper his next sub.

There we have it...... Proof Power does actually manager the team!

Can't have many days left in the UK, Power?

Unless it's the drummer

Is it ok to puncture the seriousness just to mention that the ref is a cunt.  I don't think anyone has spotted it until now.

Whay happens if they can't restart.  Will it be a replay, or does the result stand because there was only a few minutes left?

Doesn't sound good for the poor individual concerned.

Swindon have come back from 2 nil down away from home.

Absolute silence for 5 minutes, awful to watch.

that was a bit chilling

Knowing the Football League, they'll probably award the match to Peterborough 5-0 !!

Hope the person is ok, pretty awful to view.

I'm sure results have been called once a certain amount of time has elapsed before. 75 minutes rings a bell.

What happened to him/her?

God, what a mad game. Hope they're ok. Saw the paramedics start rushing about on the near side to the camera about a minute or so before the play was stopped.

Probably trying to pump the poor fuckers chest. i bet thats not nice to watch.

FA wankers will probably order a replay or something.

Chuckles and Ferguson should be allowed to shake hands at 2-2.

never seen anything like that before. Hope they are ok. Any idea which section of the crowd it is?

No idea. Heart attack/stroke most likely I guess.

Assume it's probably a heart attack.  I noticed several paramedics running along the front of the stand a minute or so before.

Morshead said the were receiving CPR so yeah, guess so.

Normally they are replayed in full. The only time I can remeber where a match was not replayed was the Bradford fire disaster.

Talking of Bradford, I remember beating them 3-0 at the CG with about 15-20 mins left and the game was abandoned due to the fog. The game was replayed...2-2.

We do seem to get more than our share. My opinion is that most of them have never played the game st any real level and it shows all the time as they are quick on the verbals but miss the little fouls that are the ones that really cause the problems.

got a mate there.

CPR was performed right on the line!

Shit!

Players out game about to restart, personally think they should have just shaken hands.

Couldn't agree more.

Ref got fuck all right all night so was never going to get this right!

Awful. Will be extremely lucky to make it.  Fingers crossed he does.

I sure the referee's assessor had his opinion as well.

2-2

Good result.

Battled well second half.

Thoughts to the Peterborough fan, but a fantastic comeback performance! Let's not waste it, Wembley is 1 game away!

Massive credit to boys for not crumbling after the car crash of the first 20 mins or so.

Showed plenty of passion and determination tonight.

Would have taken that scoreline before the game and definitely 15 mins in.  Well done Town.

Great effort from the players tonight, really pleasing result.

Thoughts are with the Posh fan.

I'm going to talk about football here.  We were lively but woeful at the back in the first 15, but superb thereafter.

J-Mac may have walked, but it was a massive contribution to take Assombalonga with him.

Warning to all you guys who watched the dodgy stream. I've got the latest up to date virus definitions, windows updates etc, and that site was riddled with Trojans and malware. If you haven't done yet, run a full virus scan before you do anything else. I'm still cleaning now. If you haven't got virus checkers ffs don't buy anything online until you get one.

After a terrible start, that's quite some performance. Well done Town.

Thoughts with the posh fan.

My thoughts exactly. He certainly wont be out on the pull tonight looking like Popeye :)

Good come back, Kasim makes the difference

God fight back. Most of them put in a good shift. Gladwin does seem a bit one trick. Branco got better one he had got used to the pitch.

I know that the conditions were bad, but that was like watching a sunday league match at times.   

Did you mean Gladwin? Thought he showed promise, but made a few duff decisions. First full game though so will improve.

Before he game was haltd you could see two medics running up the touchline below the TV cameras. I said to the Mrs something big was going on just a few seconds before the ref stopped the game. Sincerely hope that the supporter pulls through.

We did well after a terrible start. Awful pitch and referee did us no favours with a harsh red for McEveley.

He was like a battering ram. Bad decisions with the final ball but showed some promise.

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i think it fair to say we will be on TV again for the second leg. Whenisit.

Craig Lyons ‏@mrcraiglyons 12m

Just heard from medical centre. The guy is talking in the Ambulance. That's great news , for now. #pufc v #stfc

A draw at Peterborough with our away form. I'll settle for a Sunday League style draw.

We have a chance. Evenly poised but its a chance.

That's a good sign.

Confirmed by Cooper.

That's good news, at least the guy has a good chance of coming through

Week commencing 17th Feb. TBC.

How long is JMac out, is that his second red, or did I dream it.

N'Guessan has been forgiven.

Well, and we thought we were shit!

Fuck me, Posh were dreadful just like that Peacock fella said.

What pisses me off, though, is why can't we be that committed every game - a bit of that Saturday and we would have beaten Oldham.

Don't slag Gladwin off - he has got something about him I like.

Ranger really is a classy fucker at this level

Fuckit. Flying to Stockholm on Weds the 19th.

4 match ban coming up.

Better hope it's Tues then  :D

Wasn't slagging him off, showed potential, just needs to play it more simple and just not the same step over

Good job he was having a chat with the Franchise manager in the stands, give him plenty of time to discuss terms ;)

Yep same, he's def got something, just needs some experience, which will come. could have had a couple, and got an assist which isn't a bad debut.

Thought Gladwin was reasonable today, if not a bit too predictable. Plenty of promise.

yup. Do Sky have a fixed day and thus move the teams around, or are they flexible on their date?

Better not be that's my birthday, and I'm out.

It would be nice if we could get a decent attendance in a fortnight's time.

I think they were probably waiting for the first leg results. With ours still in the balance, it is more likely that our second leg will be covered by Sky.

Think we'll have the 2nd leg on tv, but would like to think we can make 10k as well; we're still in the tie and in with a shout of Wembley! Can't see Peterborough bringing many!

Only be a 7ker

Gladwin and Branco very similar n their respective naivety but both have lots of potential.

If we only had a defence that didn't piss and panic in the first 20 minutes of games we'd be OK.

All I all, I was impressed with Town tonight - hopefully we take this performance into future games

What I meant was, have Sky already fixed the game they choose to a (e.g.) Wednesday, hence if they choose us we will play Wednesday. Or are their schedules flexible enough to go with whichever day the two clubs that they choose decide?

Make it a tenner and get 10,000

You still glad?

Darren ferguson just on SSN said he and cooper said call it 2-2 when the guy was in trouble, but the ref said wait and see.

Prices have already been set haven't they.

I reckon 6K if its on TV, possibly less.

I think someone mentioned they're light on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. They could choose both games if they felt like it. I'll give you hope and say it's likely to be Tuesday.

What a cunt that ref was....we were lucky to get a result.

what is the date of the final at wembly

We can't defend can we? What was Branco thinking of? Surely such a situation must be standard in training?

Somebody allowed the ball to bounce from a long cross for their second. I think it was one of the Thompson's twins?, they looked surprised as though these things don't happen in football.

I don't blame Branco for the 2nd that went under his legs, that was unlucky. He didn't have a good game though.

Kasim looked classy a fuck. There to win the ball, distribute it and then be there to help out if it needed to be bounced back to him. Ranger made this football malarkey look easy. Gladwin is raw but oozing talent and effort.

Very harsh on JMac. No intent whatsoever but rules are rules.

If it's a tenner then I will go

Despite a few fuck ups, i thought it was our best showing for a while and in the second half we were on top for long periods.

Excellent result.

Town will be short sighted not to reduce prices to £10 across the board and £5 kids .... fill the place FFS now the Sky money will roll in....I know they said £15 but please rethink. that Barnet game was fucking great.

Pretty sure it was branco that let it bounce. He was wrong side of his man 5-6 times first half. Improved 2nd though.

If we are picked for tv it will be on the Monday night as it's champions league/Europa league week I think.

That week the Champions League is back and they've currently showing one game on Tuesday and 2 on Wednesday. They'll probably show the game on Monday night.

Hope so I've got training in Birmingham from Tuesday until Friday so Monday would be ideal!

Well I hope Cooper gets some credit on RS tonight.Tactics spot on with 10 men and in fact for the majority of the 2nd half it looked like we had the extra man.Great performances from Kas, Mas and Ranger and N'Guessan gave his usual 100%.Branco was a car crash for most of the game and Thompson N was lucky to stay on the pitch.Gladwin showed brief glimpses of promise but soooooooooo predictable.All in all a good performance which gives us a real chance.Shame Kas is gonna miss 2 league games-bit of a backfire really.

Pretty light then! Monday would be bad for me though.

Nice to get home in 15 mins after watching a Town game.

Bet we don't get a homer like that in the 2nd leg

Don't think he was a homer, just not very good.

I think he was the same ref that sent off Byrne at MK ?

Good, steady performance that.
Thought both Thompsons, Kasim, Luongo and Ranger played well. N Guessen worked hard but didn't seem to do much on the ball, and Gladwin promising but very predictable.
I really rope Troy starts ahead of Branco Saturday.

:clap:

Last season's 2nd leg tv tie was Southend v Orient, played on a Wednesday night, with Champions League games AC Milan v Barca and Galatasary v Schalke on the box as well.

This season Sky has Leverkusen v PSG on the Tuesday night, with AC Milan v A Madrid & Arsenal v Madrid on the Wednesday night of w/c 17th Feb.

With reflection time. DNG was probably mom for the work he did. Virtually nothing came down their right in the 2nd half. Sometimes gets accused of being lazy, certainly want tonight.

Sky said the second leg will be on Monday 17th Feb.

30th March

That suggests it will be on tv.

*Munich

One final thing as I've been yappy tonight. Good work from the town fans that went, pretty much more vocal than posh all night, and had the balls to go on what was a pikey's promise of a game at best due to the weather.

Hehe

3312?  :eek:

Shocking.

We wouldn't get many more. The weather was awful.

Yes we would.

Sums it up for me. Surprised by Gladwin but needs to get his head up quicker, something there though. Good to see Yasser back to something like the player we've seen most of the season.

Great response after accusations of not wanting it and apathy in the Gills and Oldham games, to fight back with 10 men like that. Just got to win a home game and it's a trip to Wembley - you've got to be happy with that.

Hopefully they can take some momentum and confidence to Port Vale on Saturday

How many do we have suspended for the Port Vale game? Kasim, Troy and McEveley?

Troy was only 1 game ban I think.

Ah ok.

I thought Branco was a bit of a bombscare last night. He works hard and you can't fault his passion but he was awful in that first half. I would swap him for Troy for Saturday.

Surely Troy is banned

Nope

He was banned for one game and we have played one game.

Am I the only one who thought Gladwin looked totally out of his depth for most of the game ? He had 1 decent run in the first half, but apart from that the full back had him in his pocket for the whole game, he didnt beat him once. THe cross for the own goal was the only time he attempted a cross without trying to beat his man and he looked seriously lacking in pace. That wide role is probably not his natural position, but even so, I was amazed he lasted so long especially as Byrne was on the bench. Not totally writing him off, just thought he consistently chose the wrong option and looked a yard  slower than anyone else last night.

You know who he reminded me of? Risser.

You can't deny it was a beautiful header, it's just a shame it was at the wrong end...

Can't really disagree with what you have said but that was his first full match for us on a pudding of a pitch and he came through it ok I thought. Yes, his one trick worked first time but after that Knight-Percival had him in his back pocket and not a lot came off for him. That said he put in a shift and always looked for the ball. He was painfully slow though, he was put through first half and looked to be jogging forward instead of sprinting through on goal. The commentator last night said Reading released him because he was too small!

After his cameo on Saturday and last night, I think there could be the hallmarks of a decent midfielder in there.

Also, how classy did Kasim look last night? Its a shame he's now suspended for 2 games, he's been a brilliant find.

Not the first player Reading have let go for being to small! The heightest plastic bastards.

We're picking up these lads from non-league or Prem stiffs....in many ways I prefer the non-leaguers, might not have so much ability but likely to have better attitude.

We know from experience....that for every Charlie Austin or Simon Cox, you'll get a score of Darren Dykes, Ben Martins or Bertie Brayleys.

It's highly unusual for these types to just step up seamlessly....it could be that they just won't, or it could be they need a bit of time...we as fans can help by being supportive rather than getting on their backs.

Darren Dykes is now playing for Newport Pagnall Town.

Ben Martin is playing for St Albans City along with (Kerrea Gilbert who I can remember turning out for Arsenal a while back)

Bertie Brayley has had more clubs than Nick Faldo since leaving us. However he has had International caps, for the England learning disabilities team.

There are, inevitably, more who are just not good enough for league football....take Branco for example he's come from Conference South...can he make it? Maybe.  Gladwin similar...the rest of this season is a good opportunity to give these lads some experience....we ought to be able to just about avoid a relegation battle, and are not realistically hunting a PO spot.

It's going to take a while to see if gladwin has what it takes to step up in speed of thought/decision making.

I thought he did OK until the final third.

I'd back Gladwyn over Byrne

Any news on the date of the 2nd leg? I'll have to reschedule my Daughter's gymnastics lesson if it's on Monday!

Supposedly Monday 17th Feb

BTW, looked in on the Posh forum and one fella seems to think they went down to 10 men when Assombolonga went off.

WTF?

Was it an ironic  statement that ass'  replacement was no good. Or did they mean temporarily down to 10..

They did go down to 10 men, for about 3 minutes.

Ta. I'll keep checking the Sky and JPT sites.

'Posh were dire last night, especially when we went down to 10 men when Britt left the field'

Would you comment on being especially dire for the 3 mins he was off the pitch?

For both teams, last night showed why you struggle without a half decent defense

No. Unless he's a Swindon fan meaning they were dire from the point Swindon went down to 10?!

We are now 5 points off the play off's and 14 points off a relegation spot. FWIW with the way we've played the last few games I don't think we deserve a play off spot, couple that together with the way we defend at times (e.g. first 20 minutes last night) then I don't really expect us to get one either. In reality though if we stick a little run together on the back of that performance last night then we could easily still nick in there.

Some good news - sounds like the Posh fan who had the heart attack is going to be OK!

I can't be bothered to look, but do away goals count? Is is straight to pens if level in 2nd leg or ET?

Nah you're not the only one as some bloke behind me spent a large amount of the game shouting about how shit he was. Nothing like giving a guy a chance on his full debut. Personally thought he did a pretty decent job. Was good at holding the ball and is a real presence. Their full back had the beating of him but then he's not a winger. Put a bloody good shift in on an appalling pitch, there's room for improvement but I'd be happy with his performance if I was him.

All in all really good away support and pretty loud up the back when we got going. How many did we take, does anyone know?

Nope, and no extra time i don't think. Straight to pens.

Second leg live on sky, Monday 17th at 19.45

Excellent news!

Sweet, don't have to go watch it IRL now.

Some much needed cash. Shame they didn't drop the price to a tenner.

Great news! Some TV money and hopefully a decent-sized crowd to see us try get to Wembley!!

Yipppeeee. Should be a tenner though!

Strange that the adver have reported that it will be live, yet from what I can see on sky website it doesn't look like it's confirmed yet??
Good for us if it is, but chesterfield and fleetwood won't be happy missing out on some extra revenue

Just over 300

They can suck it. I will find it extremely odd if we get Chesterfield in the final again...

I shall be going, a tenner for entry would be appreciated though please Mr Power, and would help get more bums on seats.

I won't be going unless it's a tenner,  not that I'm tight but it is on the telly  :)

I'm going. Not many chances to cheer your team on to Wembley

Wembley ticket will be higher than a tenner i reckon..

I'm working on the day of the final. That'll save me a lot of money, if we get there.

Have I missed the return leg and we are now at Wembley....?  :hmmm:

Yep. as according to Odds checker, chesterfield are 7/4 favourites and we're 15/8.

Bloody hope so.

Highlights up for those like me who can't see them on Sky. I'd say there's no chance of getting that red overturned, even if it was an honest challenge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhKfw0Mg4w4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhKfw0Mg4w4)

Not a red. Sorry. But it's not.

Did anyone else have issues recording the game on Sky?  I recorded it beforehand, but for some reason the recording didn't work, and the same happened to my parents.

That Posh OG was like me with a 9 iron  :D

Just noticed the same problem...

Mine was fine but then I forgot to set it and the Mrs realised when the match was about 35 minutes old.

Yep I did, they switched channels from Sky Sports 1 to Sky Sports 2 which screwed mine up.  Even though my recording said Peterboro vs Swindon Town, it actually recorded the Madrid Derby cup semi.  Pissed me right off, I was in Austria.

I don't suppose anyone has got a copy of it they could upload somewhere do they?  Please?  Pretty Please?

He reminds me of a lower league David Luiz. Comes charging out of defence into midfield to try and meet a ball he doesn't need to and leaves massive gaps in the defence behind him. Must be how they build them in Brazil. I think he's a better defender than Hall, but they need to work on his discipline. 

Yes, I had it programmed to record via Sky+ but it didn't start. Luckily I was home in time to watch it and pressed record then.

Just realised I've a 10am appointment in Warrington and then a 2pm appointment in Lancaster on the 2nd leg...luckily only an hour, so hoping I can make it back in time for kick off!

That's true, for the Posh second goal the misjudgement where he was so far ahead of the ball it was comedy and Nathan had to bail him out with a great tackle.

To be fair the ball would've had a lot of wind behind it at that point..

Interesting! I could have sworn I set it to record too, but it didn't .Fortunately, I called home to my son and asked him to check. He recorded it live and I only missed the first 32 seconds!

Would anyone who did manage to record the game be able to run me off a copy, please?  Will pay for disc/postage etc.