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City virtually kissed goodbye to a chance of automatic promotion with a disappointing two goal home defeat.

It was the first City home match in which they failed to score this season and it was dire at times.

Again in the first half City should have been out of sight but good goalkeeping and poor finishing couple with a run of bad luck where the ball did not run for City meant a goalless first half was the only outcome. Unfortunately Leon McKenkie had not read the script and embarrassed Neil Alexander by nipping in front of him to head home in first half injury time.

It was a body blow but don't worry, we always score at Ninian Park. Not this time I'm afraid. Peterborough doubled their lead with a superb strike from Neale Fenn, he beat Scott Young for pace and fired home a goal of real quality.

With 36 mins still to go you have to feel City could still get back but a mistake strewn debacle of a second half could have gone on for hours and we would not have scored.

Cardiff are lacking a left sided wide man and a striker. Paul Brayson played on the left, he never made one cross with his left foot, always predictable he cut back inside every time. Jason Bowen again missed the whole 90 minutes. Something is going on there, our most creative player has now missed the last two games.

Gavin Gordon is not cutting the mustard, no real efforts on goal he offers very little in the box. Flick ons OK but as a central striker he cannot move and create space.

City lost Spencer Prior to an injury before half time, Rhys Weston coming on and playing central defence.

Gabbidon was away with the fairies somewhere, a very poor game. Earnie has not looked like scoring for weeks.

The midfield worked hard but Boland was taken off and Low brought on. That was to everyone's surprise, where's Bowen?

To be honest my mind was wandering as the second half wore on, Peterborough came to defend, scored two breakaway goals and had more commitment.

They deserved the point for being interested and trying hard.

Reading won at Huddersfield to go 14 points clear of City at the top, we dropped two places to 12th and are in danger of seeing our season end with mid table obscutity.

I hope that match was all Alan Cork's doing and Lennie Lawrence is still watching from the sidelines. Lennie can then come in and kick some arses, we can't play Leeds every week, this is our bread and butter. 1 home point from 9. The last three matches at Ninian Park have produced 1 point. Only 3 pointsfrom 15 and no league win since the 1st of December.

Not good Cardiff City, not good at all.