The Imps and Posh went to sea in a beautiful red and white boat.

 

It looked for some time like City would get soaked too but they eventually steadied the ship and despite what Posh's manager said, well he would wouldn’t he, were a little bit unlucky not to take all the points.

I watched the Sky offering and at one point their camara showed Posh manager Darren Ferguson sat in the stand texting. Wonder who to? Are you watching this, how the hell are we not leading any more perhaps?

Well after the start they made you do wonder yet all along I was thinking, they can’t keep this up all game and indeed they didn’t and it was City, given the wounds they had inflicted upon Peterborough, who surely were the most aggrieved at failing to extract maximum points.

That they didn’t probably rests on the shoulders of one of City’s most reliable performers and most reliable penalty takers, Jorge Grant. That other spot kick specialist, John Akinde got all sorts of grief, wrongly in my view, when he fluffed one, at Notts County but there was none of that, quite rightly, yesterday when Jorge had a rush of blood. He’s still pencilled in as a possible player of the season in my book and many others too I’d think.

This game had the sort of top of the table clash feel I didn’t get from the other battles against the leading sides, the sort of game, now were banished from the stadium, you’d feel most comfortable watching from behind the sofa as Peterborough, predictably, started at full speed leaving us all wondering if we’d ever get the ball and successfully hang on to it.

City did eventually get in the game and gave as good as they got but, for me Tom Hopper was a big miss and the game surely cried out for Harry Anderson to get on one of his raids testing tired Posh legs later on. Well they weren't available and it's no use crying over spilt milk. It was pointed out in the analysis on tv that City’s possible achilles heel is the size of the squad and that of course is a worry.

However one door closes and another opens and Morgan Rogers came on and gave us a glimpse of what we may be getting in the weeks to come. Gary Hutchinson said on Matchday Live that Rogers wasn’t a shoo in for the Imps but after that cameo I wouldn’t be surprised to see him grab a place in the starting line up before long and he’s going to take some shifting once he’s in.

An honourable mention for Anthony Scully who took the Sky man of the match award, Radio Lincolnshire gave it to Jorge Grant. Both were stand out players but I was pleased to see Scully get his accolade after probably his best performance in red and white.

Later on in the evening I watched Hull and Sunderland grind out a turgid one-all draw, the ideal result for us and wondered, not for the first time in these almost unprecedented times if that little imp high up on his perch in Lincoln Cathedral has got his red and white striped shirt on again.