Bristol Rovers v Peterborough United - Posh

Back to the Mem tonight for the clash against Peterborough.

Posh lost their last game away to local rivals MK Dons, but won their previous five and scored 19 goals in the process – so I guess Rovers keeper Conrad Logan is looking forward to this one!

But the Gas have hit a little form themselves and won two of the three games since Stuart Campbell took over as player-manager from Dave Penney.

Campbell appears to have the boys all pulling in the same direction and by turning down a loan bid from Brighton for 19 goal leading scorer Will Hoskins, they have shown that they are still ready to scrap for the right to stay in League One (I suspect that several board members valued their testicles at a little higher than £1 million because had they sold Will at this juncture there would have been a long queue of Gasheads ready to perform the operation without anesthetic and with blunt instruments).

An offer of about £1 million was reportedly on the table from the high flying Seagulls, but I suspect the Rovers directors never really considered parting company with Hoskins. Well not until the summer anyway. Without him, Rovers would already be preparing for life in the bottom division.

Rovers made one deadline day addition by signing right-winger Reggie Lambe on loan from Ipswich Town for the rest of the season. The 20-year-old Bermudan international has made six first-team appearances for the Suffolk club, starting four games in the Carling Cup with another two appearances from the bench in Championship games.

He has also scored four goals in nine appearances for Bermuda after making his international debut aged only 16.

Campbell has said: "Reggie is a right- sided midfielder who is an exciting prospect. He is very quick and I am looking forward to working with him an he goes straight into the squad for tonight's game. I am sure the supporters will be excited by his talent and give him a warm welcome."

Meanwhile Posh striker Craig Mackail-Smith., 27, has been called up by Scotland for the first time and could feature in Sunday’s game against Brazil. Mackail-Smith has scored 27 goals this season and so Rovers fans will have been hoping that the lad missed tonight’s game, but that’s not the case.

Byron Anthony could shore up Rovers central defence since the win against Oldham in mid-February and his experience could prove invaluable against free-scoring Posh.

It seems as though every preview piece I write about Rovers at the moment infers it’s a must win game, but this really is a must win game.