Piss Poor Posh

A couple of weeks into the season, 5 games( including 2 in the League Cup) and we have only won 1 of them. Too soon to panic? No we should panic.

I had the misfortune to witness first hand one of the defeats on my first Tuesday night trip of the season to London Road  10 days ago.

We were playing Millwall who comprehensively thrashed us 3-1 last time they were at the ground back in March which I wrote about at the time.

For some reason and despite the defeat by Leicester on the preceding Saturday, I was confident we would win.  10 minutes into the game and my confidence seemed well founded as we were 1 nil up thanks to a very good goal by George Boyd. But, and there is always a but with Posh, after that we sat back let them into the game and by half time they were level.

The second half was up there with one of the most abject performances I have ever seen from Posh. And believe me I have seen some shite especially in our dark days in League Two. Millwall took control and frankly showed us mercy by only beating us 2-1, although it could have been a lot more. I said to my son who had come up from London for the game that we were in for another season  relegation battle like the 2009/10 season.

Since then a further defeat and we are out of the League Cup too. League 1 here we come again.

Up Above The Streets And Houses

I was walking the dog the other day after a torrential downpour. The sun was out and when I looked up I saw the most perfect rainbow I'd ever seen stretching out across the sky. 

Being me I didn't take a picture of it but instead I started to sing this song in my head

She's Like A Raimbow- World Of Twist

This is, in case you didn't know, a cover of a Rolling Stones song

I never really got into the Madchester, Baggy scene as
1. I wasn't 18
2. I was living in London with a wife and new baby.

Some of the music was good though. I got into World of Twist via St Etienne.(the band, not the football team)

Olympic Fever

The Olympics have been on the radio and TV channels for almost two weeks now. I have watched more than my fairshare of minority sports and spent nearly all last weekend sat glued to the track and field events. I do sort of feel the “buzz” and slightly regret not making more of an effort last year to get tickets to attend the games.

All this success, and humility and graciousness of our winners and losers has led me to the conclusion that the nation ‘s favourite spectator and participation sport – football- has reached a crossroads with this Olympics. Sturridges bad tempered exit after missing a penalty in thequarter finals simply highlighted it.

The country that gave the world football and has the most successful league in the world couldn’t even get a team together that could beat South Korea( even with its emerging football presence on the worlds stage and handful of Premiership players it is still a footballing minnow compared to us). This can’t be right. Why can't we perform on the big stage when it comes to football? Why do our players behave so badly compared to other sportsmen?

I can’t say that I love handball, synchronised swimming, archery, beach volleyball or  even track and field events anymore than I did before the Olympics. But I think I love football a bit less.

Having said that I have already booked my first Tuesday night trip to Peterborough so probably I will forgive football yet again. But the thought of another season of bad tempered matches with high levels of disrespect towards  the officials doesn’t give me a "buzz" .Especially after watching so little dissent and acceptance on the part of the athletes that sometimes other competitors are simply just better than you.