For Orient these are the two biggest games in decades. Our opponents Peterborough, on the other hand, appear in the play-offs pretty much every other season. So how are Posh fans feeling about the prospect of taking on the mighty Os? I asked Kelly Green - from the Peterborough blog Standing On The Glebe - for her views...
At
the start of the season, would you have considered anything but automatic
promotion a failure for Peterborough?
Personally
no. Of course automatic promotion would have been great but the majority
of fans agreed at the start of the season that anything lower than the
play-offs would be a disaster so we're still on target.
You did end up pretty far off of automatic promotion - 20 points. Why do you think that was?
We
were too inconsistent. We lost 18 games which is ridiculous for a team aiming
for promotion. There was also a spell where it seemed we just forgot
how to score which of course isn't going to help win games.
Would Orient have been your preferred choice as semi-final opponents rather
than Rotherham or Preston?
Definitely. A: It's the easiest to get to, and who doesn't love a London away day? And B:
We're very similar teams. We're the same sort of size club and we play in
the same style so you would think that would make you the easiest to beat. Of course
that doesn't mean we're underestimating you though.
Were the two league games between our teams the play-off semi-finals, Orient
would have won on goal difference. What do Peterborough need to do differently
to beat Orient this time around?
Tighten
up at the back and make the most of the counter. The game at your place was the
grittiest I'd seen us play all season so we just need to replicate that over
180 minutes. Easier said than done!
Is there anything that frightens you about Orient?
We
know from when you destroyed us at our place that you're dangerous going
forward so obviously your strike force. The thought of Lisbie, Cox, or our
old favourite Batt, racing towards our relatively inexperienced defence already
brings me out in cold sweats.
And finally, how do you think each leg of the semi-final will pan out?
In
my head I have us winning at home and getting a draw at your place. Whatever
happens I think there will only be one goal separating us at the end of the
ties.
Follow @KeliMarie92 on Twitter and read more from Posh bloggers on the play-offs at Standing On The Glebe
