Posh v Latics: BBC Highlights

[Diego_Sideburns]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/e...v_2/8992298.stm

[24hoursfromtulsehill]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/e...v_2/8992298.stm

 

Alright. Some of the defending was atrocious, but some of the finishing was pretty tidy.

 

I bet anyone 90% of the away fans on Saturday preferred us getting beat 5 playing how we played to getting beat 2 by Norwich away last season.

[Diego_Sideburns]

Alright. Some of the defending was atrocious, but some of the finishing was pretty tidy.

 

I bet anyone 90% of the away fans on Saturday preferred us getting beat 5 playing how we played to getting beat 2 by Norwich away last season.

 

Agreed.

 

I also agree with the rarely-wrong Chron's assessment:

The strange thing is, it wasn’t even as if Athletic played badly here. Front two Warren Feeney and Oumare Tounkara ran their proverbials off with the latter in particular showing some pretty and effective touches.

 

Central midfield duo Dean Furman and Dale Stephens were left fire-fighting for much of the game but battled away to good effect, while Jones and Taylor were effective enough even aside from their goals.

 

And even going back to the full-backs, both laid on goals with perfect crosses. His horrible error apart, Lee had a storming match, while Black wasn’t too shoddy either.

 

At certain crucial times, Athletic came unstuck when put under pressure by the best and most powerful side they have come across this season.

 

Lessons will have to be learned — but overall, this was nowhere near the woeful performance the scoreline suggests.

[robboman]

Never a pen!