Posh 'n' flippin' hecks
All good things must come to an end, and sadly Salop's erm . . . inspiring six-match unbeaten run ground to a halt on Saturday with a 2-1 reverse at Peterborough. Due to complete and utter laziness, I didn't venture to London Road and instead opted to listen to Messrs Dunn and Bloomfield's commentary on Radio Shropshire.
It sounded like a typical Salop away day of last season, decent possession, missed a couple of good chances and lost.
The phrase "missed chances" is cropping up quite a lot of late, from both supporters and manager alike, when analysing Salop's performances, and with Glynn Hurst seemingly on course to break all post-war goalscoring records during his loan spell at Bury, it surely must be time to give him a another crack of the whip upon his return.
That is, if he does come back. The rumour mill suggests that he may not.
So, a disappointing result, but with only three league defeats to our name and standing in a reasonably healthy eighth position, there is no reason to be too disheartened.
My exiled Salop-supporting friend Ricky Lewis, did not paint such an optimistic picture, however I did feel that his text message to myself containing the words 'BOOOOOO....Peters out' was just a touch ridiculous . . .
Tuesday night sees us travel down the A49 to take on the worzels in the quite laughably named 'Johnstone Paints Trophy', which, as we all know, is the most exciting cup competition ever devised. A unique tournament, if only for the fact that supporters of all clubs entering only get remotely interested if their team progresses to the final.
Such is Gary Peters' apathy for this competition that any Salop supporter who attends has a decent chance of making the starting XI. Even Steve Hogg might get a game.
Still, it's always nice to beat Hereford, and I am hopeful we can return from the charming Edgar Street still in the cup.
On a final note, it was good to see Joe Hart keep a clean sheet on his debut for Man City against the Blades on Saturday. Given the hysterical media reaction to Paul Robinson's unfortunate blooper in Zagreb last week, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the tabloids demand that young Joseph is handed his first cap, although I can't say the same for Ian Dunbavin.
Your comments:
I have to say, David's blog is much more entertaining than any of the football I have ever seen played at the Meadow over the years!
Andy Price
