What goes around may come around for Peterborough against Newcastle United

There is a feeling though that Posh's attitude against Newcastle was a bit over the top against a Toon team full of kids fresh from the reserves and the Academy and four debutants in the side.

Yes, by the end 10 men Newcastle did have Steven Taylor, Alan Smith and Kevin Nolan on the field and every single Toon supporter put their hands up and admitted we'd been licked by Posh.

Since then Peterborough have won just once ironically against another side who were happy to rub Newcastle noses in it rather than celebrate their own team's victory when the Magpies slipped to defeat in another football outpost against Scunthorpe.

And while they may well have been going on like they were world beaters against Newcastle reserves they couldn't do the same against in several other of their games when they failed to raise their performance and have since slumped to second bottom.

Funnily enough the same has happened to Scunthorpe so it is true that most opponents this season have played like their lives depended on it this season.

The Peterborough and Scunny fans who enjoyed jumping around like they'd won a trophy in beating Newcastle and made special DVDs and commemorative mugs at the time could well be getting shortchanged as their sides seem to have the ability but can't reproduce in other games.

Of course you can't win every week but it's an interesting point, first raised and used by Sir Alex Ferguson when he claimed other teams used to try harder against Man U in 1996 to help Newcastle win the title.

Ah how times change!

Tomorrow though Newcastle will field a side of senior players who will try to stay at the top of the Coca-Cola Championship.

Memories of Newcastle's hammering of Luton Town during the Gazza era do start to come back when revisiting Posh.

That day United, who were reeling from a defeat at Kenilworth Road when the Hatters had been over zealous in rubbing it in, gained revenge at St James' Park.

Geordies will recall keeper Gary Kelly playing keepy uppy and Kenny Wharton sitting on the ball.

It's clear we owe some team a stuffing this season and after the antics at London Road earlier this season - it could turn out to be brilliantly timed with a dish served best cold possibly awaiting struggling Peterborough.