Posh Blog

Saturday marked the first time in 6 games that we didn't concede the first goal, and also the first time in 6 games that we kept a clean sheet. It's not a coincidence that we were trying a different formation for the first time from the start of a match in this game. We kept possession a lot better and we were able to pass it around a lot better, even though the opposition were defensively minded. It's good that we finally have a Plan B tactic as we had been sussed out by most teams and it cost us in recent games.



Edgar Street is one of the most dilapidated grounds in the league but it still makes for a better visit than the Withdean Stadium. Most of the ground has hardly been developed at all since it was built which makes for a rather interesting look. The Cargill Stand is old terracing on the bottom and strangely new seating on the top, but being so close to the road it only has about 5 rows of seats. Both ends are curved away from the pitch because there used to be a running track before the stadium was used for football but at least you can stand in the curve to be near the pitch. The last stand has seats in the upper tier and all the clubs offices on the bottom level, which means their windows are level with the pitch and quite close to it.

The goal came from a wonderful long pass from George Boyd that allowed Aaron McLean to go one on one with the goalie, there was no chance he would miss that. For most of the rest of the first half we dominated possession while not having that many chances.



The second half was pretty much the opposite of the first. Graham Turner changed Hereford's formation at half time to make it similar to ours and that helped them gain the majority of the possession. Unfortunately for them they barely had any shots at all, so they had very little chance of actually winning the game. Based on their two performances against us this year I find it quite likely that they will be going down.

Next Match Attending

Posh v Carlisle
24/2/09 7.45pm
London Road