Not sure I’d want to watch us in the P/O’s

Ghost_of_Max

Ghost_of_Max

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Doubt we’ll get anywhere near them but even if we’d have a slice of luck in some games this season and ended up in the Play Offs I think I would have gone somewhere with no internet connection for each of the games and then looked at the result when it was over.
Not sure I could have put myself through another Critchley masterclass in the Play Offs or faced sitting through it.
 
Ghost_of_Max said:
Doubt we’ll get anywhere near them but even if we’d have a slice of luck in some games this season and ended up in the Play Offs I think I would have gone somewhere with no internet connection for each of the games and then looked at the result when it was over.
Not sure I could have put myself through another Critchley masterclass in the Play Offs or faced sitting through it.
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It's weird isn't it a team that's literally the best at them, yet many wouldn't be confident.

We may somehow just step it up if we got there, but I'm just just not feeling it like you do usually.

We struggle to put sides away, to score goals, to play through balls, we hesitate and can go into survival mode against even plodders when winning, leaving us hanging on.

We just don't seem ready for me, but if we somehow get there then on the one hand great, a big energy shift can occur and that can make people raise their game. But yeah as things look right now it just feels we're not good enough and if the toothlessteam turns up we could find it tough. Although we have beaten a lot of sides above us, maybe some of them are hit and miss too.

It's a bit strange.
 
Ghost_of_Max said:
Doubt we’ll get anywhere near them but even if we’d have a slice of luck in some games this season and ended up in the Play Offs I think I would have gone somewhere with no internet connection for each of the games and then looked at the result when it was over.
Not sure I could have put myself through another Critchley masterclass in the Play Offs or faced sitting through it.
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If we reach the play offs . . and that's a massive IF . . . the teams we will play we have already beaten this season so not sure why we are all so dismissive of our chances?

Pompey, Derby, Bolton, Posh, Barnsley . . we've beat them all 🧡
 
JJpool said:
We struggle to put sides away, to score goals, to play through balls, we hesitate and can go into survival mode against even plodders when winning, leaving us hanging on.
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I was just looking at the side which put Pompey to the sword - what's the difference? Dougall and Dale - both better footballers than we have? Certainly losing Dougall was massive and I can't help but feel we dropped the bomb with Dale although 2 assists and 1 goal for Oxford in 11 games doesn't scream that.
 
Leither said:
If we reach the play offs . . and that's a massive IF . . . the teams we will play we have already beaten this season so not sure why we are all so dismissive of our chances?

Pompey, Derby, Bolton, Posh, Barnsley . . we've beat them all 🧡
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Don't think you can count a victory in the EFL trophy really, Derby did the double over us in the league and looked a class above even with a weakened team at Pride Park, we weren't going to score even if we played all night.
 
JJpool said:
It's weird isn't it a team that's literally the best at them, yet many wouldn't be confident.

We may somehow just step it up if we got there, but I'm just just not feeling it like you do usually.

We struggle to put sides away, to score goals, to play through balls, we hesitate and can go into survival mode against even plodders when winning, leaving us hanging on.

We just don't seem ready for me, but if we somehow get there then on the one hand great, a big energy shift can occur and that can make people raise their game. But yeah as things look right now it just feels we're not good enough and if the toothlessteam turns up we could find it tough. Although we have beaten a lot of sides above us, maybe some of them are hit and miss too.

It's a bit strange.
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Isn't that normal for fans to be peggamistic?
Half full or half empty?

I regularly speak with a home/away Bolton fan who believes that his side needs automatic, as they don't have the mental toughness for the play offs.

He's seen 3 games against us this season and would back us all day long in the play offs if we drew them!

I don't think our squad is good enough either and haven't for a long time.
 
Sven said:
If we got there it would mean winning four on the spin and having a big slice of luck with results. Weirdly I’d fancy us at that point.

A two legged playoff with Bolton would be brilliant.
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Like a Sherpa Van 2-legged Northern Area Final? A tale of 2 penalties, perhaps?
 
Ghost_of_Max said:
Doubt we’ll get anywhere near them but even if we’d have a slice of luck in some games this season and ended up in the Play Offs I think I would have gone somewhere with no internet connection for each of the games and then looked at the result when it was over.
Not sure I could have put myself through another Critchley masterclass in the Play Offs or faced sitting through it.
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Stupid post

If we somehow made the Playoffs this season we’d walk them because nothing that’s happened this season makes any sense

That’s just how it works
 
poolseasider said:
Isn't that normal for fans to be peggamistic?
Half full or half empty?

I regularly speak with a home/away Bolton fan who believes that his side needs automatic, as they don't have the mental toughness for the play offs.

He's seen 3 games against us this season and would back us all day long in the play offs if we drew them!

I don't think our squad is good enough either and haven't for a long time.
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Not sure we should bring pegging into this...

It just doesn't feel like past promotion seasons, the energy and quality doesn't seem there to me.

If we somehow win enough and make it maybe that'll change but just how it's feeling right now.
 
M61Exile said:
I was just looking at the side which put Pompey to the sword - what's the difference? Dougall and Dale - both better footballers than we have? Certainly losing Dougall was massive and I can't help but feel we dropped the bomb with Dale although 2 assists and 1 goal for Oxford in 11 games doesn't scream that.
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Confidence too.
 
JJpool said:
Not sure we should bring pegging into this...

It just doesn't feel like past promotion seasons, the energy and quality doesn't seem there to me.

If we somehow win enough and make it maybe that'll change but just how it's feeling right now.
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When was the last promotion season?

Can't count the COVID one or the Boycott one so your going back to 2010!

With social media fans have changed,long gone the days you'd rock up to a match win or lose have a chat with your mates in the pub, read about it in The Gazette and all forgotten until the next match.

Nothing feels the same anymore.
 
Ghost_of_Max said:
Doubt we’ll get anywhere near them but even if we’d have a slice of luck in some games this season and ended up in the Play Offs I think I would have gone somewhere with no internet connection for each of the games and then looked at the result when it was over.
Not sure I could have put myself through another Critchley masterclass in the Play Offs or faced sitting through it.
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You'll doubt we'll get anywhere near them? We're three points off.
 
poolseasider said:
When was the last promotion season?

Can't count the COVID one or the Boycott one so your going back to 2010!

With social media fans have changed,long gone the days you'd rock up to a match win or lose have a chat with your mates in the pub, read about it in The Gazette and all forgotten until the next match.

Nothing feels the same anymore.
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It may have been different but there was still a feeling of confidence in how we played, the energy at the club. Of course it still counts.

It is a bit different now admittedly, a few losses and many sides have some on social media questioning the manager etc. That part of the game has only grown.

That doesn't take away how it feels we're playing right now and the flaws in our game. Maybe others have that too to some degree, but it's just how it feels now.

Last time we went up it wasn't the most exciting but was effective and you could see it worked and was hard to stop.

If we managed to get in our form will naturally be very good but as of now it feels we may have too many flaws, but maybe others feel similar.
 
Way I’m feeling about it at the moment is. Of course I want us to make the playoffs & win. But I’d only bother going to the home leg. Can’t be bothered with the trek to Wembley. It probably won’t happen though.
 
Sooty59 said:
Way I’m feeling about it at the moment is. Of course I want us to make the playoffs & win. But I’d only bother going to the home leg. Can’t be bothered with the trek to Wembley. It probably won’t happen though.
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For me, the reason I was gutted we didn't get to the BSM Final was because of the memories you make with mates and family. Since 2000 we've always hired a coach to every Play Off and Final (bar the obvious one!) and when I look back those days have been so special - even the West Ham one despitethe result. I would be at a final in a flash and by some weird way we made it this season, I'd say there was no pressure as we shouldn't have really got there(although like you feel it's now too far out of our own hands).
 
Chishandfips said:
For me, the reason I was gutted we didn't get to the BSM Final was because of the memories you make with mates and family. Since 2000 we've always hired a coach to every Play Off and Final (bar the obvious one!) and when I look back those days have been so special - even the West Ham one despitethe result. I would be at a final in a flash and by some weird way we made it this season, I'd say there was no pressure as we shouldn't have really got there(although like you feel it's now too far out of our own hands).
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I’ve been to every playoff final since they were introduced (not the boycott one) Although wouldn’t have bothered with the BSM one, but fully understand what you’re saying.
 
Sooty59 said:
Way I’m feeling about it at the moment is. Of course I want us to make the playoffs & win. But I’d only bother going to the home leg. Can’t be bothered with the trek to Wembley. It probably won’t happen though.
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why on earth would you not go to Wembley if we had a chance of promotion to the championship?
 
Sven said:
If we got there it would mean winning four on the spin and having a big slice of luck with results. Weirdly I’d fancy us at that point.

A two legged playoff with Bolton would be brilliant.
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i would defienelty do the away game. so would Steven.
 
Chishandfips said:
For me, the reason I was gutted we didn't get to the BSM Final was because of the memories you make with mates and family. Since 2000 we've always hired a coach to every Play Off and Final (bar the obvious one!) and when I look back those days have been so special - even the West Ham one despitethe result. I would be at a final in a flash and by some weird way we made it this season, I'd say there was no pressure as we shouldn't have really got there(although like you feel it's now too far out of our own hands).
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West Ham was probably the worst away day . Flat atmosphere fighting on the concourses and just rubbish result. Wembley is awful.. give me Cardiff any day of the week.
 
Meliora said:
Don't think you can count a victory in the EFL trophy really, Derby did the double over us in the league and looked a class above even with a weakened team at Pride Park, we weren't going to score even if we played all night.
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A class above? They scored with a worldie but otherwise didn't look like scoring. Byers should have scored. We really should have drawn.
 
Wizaard said:
A class above? They scored with a worldie but otherwise didn't look like scoring. Byers should have scored. We really should have drawn.
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Byers should have scored, Dembele should have scored, somebody else might have had a go but didn't, I forget who. They didn't, and Derby might easily have had more if it wasn't for Grimshaw.
 
Sooty59 said:
Way I’m feeling about it at the moment is. Of course I want us to make the playoffs & win. But I’d only bother going to the home leg. Can’t be bothered with the trek to Wembley. It probably won’t happen though.
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Wow sooty I can hardly believe what you’re saying, we are the playoff kings, from memory we normally finish low down in the contenders 6 th or 5 th and win, best record in the playoffs in the whole of the football league so yes we aren’t exactly looking good at the moment but it’s a possibility and with the momentum behind us we will win it, although Carlisle are likely to make this response look ridiculous, can you lend me £650 if it happens for the Wembley weekend if so pm me with you’re bank details and I’ll pay it back with interest when we beat Bolton 2-1 in the final, thanks in advance ( in instalments)
 
JJpool said:
It's weird isn't it a team that's literally the best at them, yet many wouldn't be confident.

We may somehow just step it up if we got there, but I'm just just not feeling it like you do usually.

We struggle to put sides away, to score goals, to play through balls, we hesitate and can go into survival mode against even plodders when winning, leaving us hanging on.

We just don't seem ready for me, but if we somehow get there then on the one hand great, a big energy shift can occur and that can make people raise their game. But yeah as things look right now it just feels we're not good enough and if the toothlessteam turns up we could find it tough. Although we have beaten a lot of sides above us, maybe some of them are hit and miss too.

It's a bit strange.
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I think it comes down to actually being able to play against teams above us. When playing these scrappy lower teams they tend to park the bus and just try to catch us on the break while frustrating us.
I think we have struggled against league one sides more than we would in championship simply because of the standard of football. It’s a bit more of a showcase rather than a panicky battle.
 
TangerineWizardInOz said:
I think it comes down to actually being able to play against teams above us. When playing these scrappy lower teams they tend to park the bus and just try to catch us on the break while frustrating us.
I think we have struggled against league one sides more than we would in championship simply because of the standard of football. It’s a bit more of a showcase rather than a panicky battle.
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The last home games were not like some of the away games though, we were ahead for most of the games and the lesser sides had to come out and come at us.

We were left hanging on against Fleetwood, when if were a team with anything about us, we should be putting them away, not making it a 50/50 battle.

The signs, from a promotion readiness POV IMO, are not great, I suppose it can change as with confidence anything can and form can change...but based on what we've seen in the last 5 games, we've seen our flaws all too clearly.

If they can somehow suddenly change that then great, but it's a bit of a concern.
 
I'd almost checked out for the season after the Wycombe game. 6 points later out of a possible 6 and I am starting to half believe again 🤔

It would still take a little miracle for it to happen but it's just been a strange old campaign and we are now in the funny season.

If we got to the play-offs, damn right I would be watching.
 
Pun_1 said:
I'd almost checked out for the season after the Wycombe game. 6 points later out of a possible 6 and I am starting to half believe again 🤔

It would still take a little miracle for it to happen but it's just been a strange old campaign and we are now in the funny season.

If we got to the play-offs, damn right I would be watching.
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Looking at the fixtures it’s possible, need Peterborough to beat Oxford then Lincoln and Oxford have to play each other. I’m still clutching! 🍊 UTMP
 
Ghost_of_Max said:
Doubt we’ll get anywhere near them but even if we’d have a slice of luck in some games this season and ended up in the Play Offs I think I would have gone somewhere with no internet connection for each of the games and then looked at the result when it was over.
Not sure I could have put myself through another Critchley masterclass in the Play Offs or faced sitting through it.
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Is that use of the term 'Critchley materclass' said with tongue-firmly-in-cheek, or is it just intended as straight irony, given the numerous pantomime performances we have been subjected to throughout the course of this campaign?
 
Anyone who doesn’t want the best, I don’t understand. Let’s see how it all unfolds then decide.
And for the record that’s not pro or against the current regime.
Even though I’m not happy with the football/entertainment on offer.
 
Pun_1 said:
I'd almost checked out for the season after the Wycombe game. 6 points later out of a possible 6 and I am starting to half believe again 🤔

It would still take a little miracle for it to happen but it's just been a strange old campaign and we are now in the funny season.

If we got to the play-offs, damn right I would be watching.
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Wigan/Derby did it for me - reflected all our away concerns this season.
 
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