1. Freestone
2. Price
3. Howard
4. O'Leary
5. Smith
6. Romo
7. Jenkins
8. Lacey @
9. Watkin #
10. Savarese
11. Roberts

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12. Jones J
13. Casey @
14. Bound
15. Cusack #
16. De Vulgt

 Peterborough

1. Tyler
2. Drury
3. Scott @
4. Forsyth
5. Edwards
6. Farrell
7. Clarke
8. Oldfield
9. Gill
10. Hanlon
11. McKenzie

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12. Murray
13. Forinton
14. Connor
15. Broughton
16. French

Today's game had everything - booing, cheering, goals, pitch inspection, fire in the centre stand, Barry Fry hopping up and down with delight, Barry Fry hopping down in frustration and John Hollins doing Barry Fry impersonations - oh and a very large collection of sad tw*ts calling themselves Swansea supporters.

A good number of Internetters met up in the Builders pre-match, blissfully unaware that the match was in doubt and subject to a 1:30 pitch inspection. The reason for the inspection was a frozen touchline in front of the Centre Stand. Fans were asking why no one had thought of covering the pitch beforehand to prevent this, but I suppose you have to pay someone a lot more than £93k a year if you expect them to think as well.

So it was in ignorance that we made our way into the Vetch around 2:45 to discover that John Hollins had decided on an experimental approach (leave out the "experi" if you ask me), by picking a midfield totally devoid of tacklers.

The team lined up in a rather loose formation of
Freestone
Price, Smith, O'Leary, Howard
Jenkins, Lacey, Romo
Savarese, Roberts, Watkin
Subs:Cusack, Bound, Casey, De Vulgt, Jones J

Talk in the crowd was that perhaps there was something to the Bound/Hollins spat rumour but no one could think of an explanation for the absence of Cusack ;-)

Swansea started well and had the freedom of the park for the first 10 minutes as Peterborough looked the hesitant and shell-shocked side that their recent results suggested. However, it soon became clear that the Swans players had no idea what role or position they were meant to take up. Freestone was pretty sure, as was Smith, O'Leary and Howard - but the rest were just individuals on 800 square yard surface.

The plan (from what I could gather) was for Roberts to play wide left with Watkin and Sava in the middle with the team relying on Price to get up the wing to add balance to this lop-sided formation. Unfortunately, Price had great difficulty in crossing the halfway line and as a result, we saw Savarese frequently pop up on the right wing to cross inside for Stuart Roberts. This role reversal was not a success and as the team became disjointed up front, so did the midfield lose its shape as well.

This resulted in the Peterborough forwards having a relatively clear run at our back line. They found this quite difficult to deal with - as would any defender - even that Japanese Stamp guy who plays for MU. The midfield is supposed to offer some form of defensive resistance before the back four are called into action, unless it's balls over the top.

It was Roberts who made the first telling contribution when around the 10 minute mark he forced their keeper into a diving save to push the ball around the post for a corner.

After the good start Swansea had 2 or 3 scares before Peterborough opened their account. First it was Smith to the rescue with a last ditch tackle and shortly afterwards Frestone had to rush out into the midfield area to make a sliding tackle after sloppy work by Price had let in Clarke. The ball fell to another Posh forward but his shot on the open goal from 30 yards went wide.

Despite all the warnings and Swansea playing with no real pattern, another Posh run through the centre of the field resulted in an excellent finish from just inside the box by McKenzie.

Cue the Swansea crowd to start criticising any Swans player who had the ball whereas up until then, all the venom had been directed at Price.

Swansea had several more let-offs as Peterborough couldn't believe their luck. Not having won for 6 games, they went 2-0 up in similar fashion to the first when Howard lost the ball near the halfway and the final cracking shot was applied by the impressive Clarke.

Watkin was booked for leaving his foot in just before half-time and the teams left the field to a crescendo of boos.

Swansea returned to the field first second half - a subliminal sign that they were fired up. And so it proved. Roberts skipped down the right flank and delivered another perfect cross to pick out Savarese who had time to stoop slightly and decide where to place his header, Unfortunately, Keeper Tyler spread himself well and kept the ball out. But, not for the first time this season, Savarese was like lightning onto the loose ball to poke it into the net.

40 minutes left and the optimism had returned to the fickle Swansea fans - but there was to be no amnesty for Price nor Aizelwood in the gantry.

Peterborough then made the mistake of sitting back trying to hold onto what they had and most of the traffic was one way towards the East Stand. Peterborough were still looking dangerous on the break but O'Leary's performance improved as the game went on. Lacey in particular was guilty of giving the ball away in dangerous positions on more than one occasion and this didn't help the nerves.

Around the 55 minute mark, Swansea thought that they'd got the equaliser when Savarese's shot was blocked on the line by a pair of testicles that looked very reminiscent of a player's hands - but referee Crick was having none of it.

As I was engrossed in the game, my sidekick Penfold spotted a fire in the back of the Centre Stand which was quickly dealt with by some stewards with fire extinguishers.

Back on the pitch and Swansea's fire was still burning with Savarese and Roberts looking the most energetic of the bunch. The tiring Lacey was replaced by Casey when the crowd thought that it should have been JJ as the weakest link.

Not a bad substitution as it was Casey who grabbed the equaliser with just 7 minutes left when a corner came through the ruck to him unmarked just off the back post. His hurried shot nearly cleared the bar - but the fact that he was so close to the goal, saw it rocket into the roof of the net.

Hollins tried to go for the winner when he brought Cusack on for Watkin - with the crowd again choosing Price as their weakest link, and despite winning some balls in the air, he made little impact.

Roger, who had kicked like Neil Jenkins grandmother all afternoon, was quickly absolved for this when in the final minutes he produced a superb reaction block when McKenzie looked as if he'd steal all 3 points for Posh.

Another great comeback - but the signs are there that we are real relegation contenders with just a draw from this "must win" game.