On another thread from our Fenland wanderer.....
OK, here's the bet, Preston to win at Peterborough tonight. I'm not gonna bother just backing PNE to win at 7-4, instead I'm going with Preston-Preston half time-full time at 4-1.
There's plenty of 4-1 around and that price should be available somewhere all day.
I backed Posh to get relegated pre-season at 7-1 and that's money in the bank. We were competitive for the first dozen or so matches but aren't any more.
Mark Cooper, who's already on his final legs as manager imo, accused the players of lacking bottle at Sheff Wed over the weekend, saying they only started playing with 2-0 down.
As often as not that's been the way of it all season. We've gone 3-0 down (WBA) and 4-0 down (Cardiff) in home matches this season before coming back as they've switched off.
Preston are not in brilliant form but were never out of second gear when beating us at their place early in the season, going 2-0 up and then coasting home.
They now, of course, have Darren Ferguson as manager and this is a big game for him. He'll be desperate to win this before nicking all out best players in the summer.
Check this story out...
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cc_championship/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/10/01/26/SOCCER_Peterborough.html&TEAMHD=nationwide1That can't be good.
Then there's the injury worries. We have three central defenders all ruled out, which means utility man Charlie Lee will probably partner the talented but raw Ryan Bennett.
As much as Lee is a trier he's not world class and he's only 5'10". I'd be surprised if Ferguson doesn't play Jon Parkin, who's 6'4", against him to get what would be a very one-sided match-up.
Also there's an injury doubt surrounding George Boyd, who's our best player by far. If he doesn't play, we now have no replacement, as Shaun Batt was shipped out on loan to Millwall this week. Even if he does play, he can't do it all himself.
I don't like backing against my own team but this is too good to miss.
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