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Not so Posh



For something that is suppose to be seen as the working mans sport (it certainly used to be when you look at the origins of Professional Football), the name Posh for a club seems to contradict the theory. Legend has it that The Posh were formed as a result of the club Fletton and Peterborough United who were known as 'the brickies' folding in 1932 and people believed that people didn't like them because they were seen as 'too common' by the public of Peterborough so they reformed as The Posh. So the history of both clubs couldn't be any more different but one thing they do have in common is that both clubs are in League One and prepared to face one another tomorrow. It's the first home game since the Carlisle and I know it's about as likely as a maggot factory smelling like a garden, will anyone who went to the Carlisle game return? We haven't scored in the last four games but although Posh have been scoring goals for fun their achilles heel this season has been at the other end a bit like Latics earlier on in the season but on a much more spectacular scale. The squad hasn't been announced yet but Furman misses out with a suspension whereas Reuben Hazell is set to return from his three games out, so my guess is that we will line up:
Amos

Lee
Hazell
Trotman
Evina

Morais
Stephens
Mantom
Taylor

Reid
Tounkara

with us switching between 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1.

Another thing about Posh is that they do tend to get some very dodgy referees in their favour when we seem to play them, a lot of us will never forget the farce that was the 2-2 draw with them back in August 2008 when they got 2 dodgy penalties and they should of had a man sent off when Daniel Jones was poll axed by one of their players. Then there was the return fixture at Boundary Park when we had a perfectly disallowed goal ruled out and they went onto win 2-1. So if you're looking at someone to give a good "Boooing to" tomorrow then I guess the referee is the man.

Predictions
John Keeley - 3-1 Peterborough
Paul Edwards - 2-2
Mark Brennan - 3-2 Oldham
Norbert Csiki - 2-0 Peterborough
Matty Appleby - 2-1 Oldham