Posh v Brighton 20/1/12

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It's the return of CMS, sure to get a good reception

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Will Buckley scored for the second successive Championship game as Brighton won at Peterborough to remain in touch of the play-off places.

Buckley netted both his team's goals at London Road, grabbing his first after a mistake by goalkeeper Joe Lewis.

Peterborough substitute David Ball equalised from close-range, giving the hosts hope of a draw.

But Buckley bagged the winner with a clinical finish from the edge of the penalty area.

Changes were inevitable for Brighton after they were taken to extra-time and penalties by Wrexham in the FA Cup in midweek, and boss Gus Poyet made four.

But Brighton looked fresh and created chances from the start, with Matt Sparrow and Craig Mackail-Smith each coming close.

The visitors eventually went ahead after Sinclair fouled Adam El-Abd wide on the left, and Buckley floated the resulting free-kick over Lewis's head into the net.

Peterborough responded well and Peter Brezovan had to get down to deny Sinclair before Ryan Tunnicliffe sent a shot over the crossbar.

Sparrow threatened again early in the second half but Posh were soon on the offensive again and Taylor tested Brezovan with a 20-yard drive.

Ball levelled after 72 minutes, scoring from close range after being teed up by Tunnicliffe.

It looked like that would be enough to earn a point but, with two minutes remaining, Buckley beat Lewis with a drive from the edge of the box that flew into the roof of the net.

bbc.co.uk/sport

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Well it doesn't look like anyone is in for Lewis so the bench beckons as Jones must have got over his tiredness

L = Lewis, but also stands for liability.

George Boyd missing but this was due to an injury rather than transfer

Tomlin suspended allegedly for next Saturday after picking up 5th yellow (only 5 )

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monty said re Lee Tomlin:

The biggest thing for me tho is that no-one had a word with him. The captain, or anyone for that matter, should have been bollocking into him telling him to cool it. Even Fergie and rooster seemed to let him carry on with it. Lack of talkers and leaders on this pitch?

McCann had a word with him. He was more restrained in second half.

Any talk of getting rid of Tomlin is an overreaction. He is not the only player to loose form. As for attitude that can be worked on. In fairness to Lee he was the recipient of some horrendous tackles and received no support from the referee. If the referee had dealt with that particularly bad one that led to him throwing the ball at the ref he would have had a different game, he was incensed and rightly so that the player got away with that tackle without a booking. As someone said earlier the referee at one stage looked like he would a police escort he was that poor.

He is not George Boyd or CMS he is Lee Tomlin and he has an edge to his play that I hope he can moderate not get rid of. Don't forget he wasn't sent off he just had a bad game. Some reaction is over the top as per usual on her and twitter.

As for the game it was no coincidence that we became a better team when McCann came on. Sinclair and Taylor is not working but Ball is not the answer despite his goal.

I worry that heads might be dropping in the team, if we loose the belief we're in trouble which is why we need to stick with the team through this period even their petulance. As Zak twittered we won at Old TRafford together we lose together. Always a next game. I'd rather have our issues than those of our near neighbours down the Nene, or our neighbours in the university city or those from Lincoln and Boston. Stick with all the lads through good and bad, I wouldn't dream of targeting away players with some of the abuse that Tomlin gets from his own fans.