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Jim Gannon

Jim Gannon is the the new Posh manager.

The former Stockport and Motherwell boss will be at London Road for a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.

We wish Jim all the best in his new role.

Our next manager? Again?

So, Mark Cooper has been sacked after just 13 games in charge. A decisive act by a club not willing to go down without a fight, or just an expensive balls-up?

Barry Fry is believed to be in charge for Saturday’s match at home to QPR - will he stay on for the rest of the season, or will we see a new manager appointed?

We’ll bring you more as and when it arrives - until then, keep up to date on our London Road End forum

The right man for the job?

Another match, another defeat. Surely now the question is not ‘can Mark Cooper keep us up?’ but ‘can Mark Cooper build a team good enough to win League One?’

That is certainly up for debate. Have your say in The London Road End.

Off, off, off, off

Nine-man Posh were beaten by a dirty, niggly Derby side today. Which is a shame, because up until the dismissal of Craig Morgan for a rash challenge on DJ Campbell, Mark Cooper’s new look Posh side looked more than a match for the visitors.

New signings Kerrea Gilbert, Reuben Reid, Izale McLeod and Jake Livermore all started, and Livermore in particular impressed - even if he did look a tad too casual at times.

Ryan Bennett was the second player to be sent off, for tripping that man Campbell, conceding a penalty in doing so. The penalty was converted and Posh faced a second half two men down, against a team determined to push the rules to breaking point, and with a referee who was, at best, staggeringly woeful.

Sheffield Wednesday away on Saturday falls under the ‘must-win’ banner - but don’t they all these days? We’re fast running out of these ‘winnable’ games and with Bennett and Morgan suspended and Zakuani’s injury problems dragging on longer than expected, it looks like Exodus will be returning. Can we stay up? It doesnt look good.

Who'll go down first? Redknapp or Posh?

Posh were tactically, physically and everything-elsely outclassed at White Hart Lane today. Only a stunning performance from Joe Lewis saved Mark Cooper’s team from being on the end of a Wigan-style hiding. Were you there? Bit of a let-down, wasn’t it? Still, at least, as the old cliché (or is that quiche?) goes, we can concentrate on the league, now. In other news, over Christmas we lost at West Brom and then scraped a dull score draw against Cardiff. Or so I’m told, I wasn’t there…

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Posh pulled off a Herculean effort to clear the pitch of snow today - and it paid off, as goals from Lee Frecklington and Exodus Geohaghan saw off struggling Watford. Both assists came from George Boyd, who was otherwise below-par. Aaron McLean looked like his transfer request had lifted a huge weight off his shoulders and, along with Hornets fan Craig Mackail-Smith, put in a vintage display of effort, hassling Watford defenders at every opportunity. Now, anyone fancy three points at West Brom on Boxing Day?

A topsy-turvy game at the Ricoh saw Posh slump to another defeat.

Below is a word cloud showing the words most commonly used in the reports of the dotnetters who were at the game.

Attention doom-mongers - the word 'good' is prominent. See, it's not all bad.

Ex Factor

Love him or hate him – and the big man has divided opinion already - but Exodus Geohaghan played a huge part in both of Posh’s goals today. The opener came from his long throw, which was blocked after a flick-on, but then volleyed in by the impressive Chris Whelpdale. The second - right at the death, was from his long pass, latched on to and cut back by Craig Mackail-Smith and tapped in by Aaron McLean. Unfortunately, between those two goals, Swansea’s Lee Trundle scored two of his own. McLean’s late leveller though, was deserved, despite a poor first half performance. On Tuesday we’re off to Ipswich in what is already being billed as a relegation battle six-pointer.

Our award-winning photographer captured Batt's wonder goal

Hands up who got a bit excited when new boy Exodus unleashed his first long throw? And hands up who was fed up with them by the fourth or fifth… A spirited fightback against a lacklustre Middlesbrough team saw Posh register their first league point of the Mark Cooper era. Posh had to twice come from behind, after goals from former Cambridge redhead Dave Kitson. The first equaliser was a calm finish from captain George Boyd after a lovely dinked ball from left back Scott Griffiths. The second was a stupendous dipping volley from Shaun ‘Battigol’ Batt. A fair result, we’d say, but what do we know? Tell us what you thought of the match on our forums. Did you boo Sean St Ledger? Would you have put Craig Morgan on the bench? Who was your man of the match? For us, it was Paul Kell.