| Lots of talk of the play offs. 12:27 - Feb 15 with 2004 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Scenario: Season finishes today, and we are in the play offs along with;
Bolton
Derby
Barnsley
Are we confident of making the final? Are we confident of going up?
Its all very well being in the play off positions, but the point of being in the play offs is winning them. |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 12:31 - Feb 15 with 1941 views | Illinoisblue |
Our record in “must win” games is horrendous so I’d have little confidence. Of course, we have to reach the playoffs first… |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 12:32 - Feb 15 with 1936 views | textbackup |
No
And no |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 12:33 - Feb 15 with 1930 views | tractorboy1978 |
Right this second, no. But we have 15 games now to get ourselves into some form and to gain some momentum. |  | | |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 13:03 - Feb 15 with 1793 views | Bent_double |
Personally, I would prefer a 5th or 6th place finish, get the home leg out of the way first - hopefully with a win, but probably a draw - then all to play for in the away leg without the pressure of 28k nervous fans at PR. |  |
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| The only scenario where.... on 13:06 - Feb 15 with 1779 views | Bloots |
...we make the play offs is if the season finishes in March, we'll be out of the top 6 by April Fools Day.
We'll finish 7th.
#progress |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 13:06 - Feb 15 with 1770 views | Pinewoodblue |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 13:03 - Feb 15 by Bent_double |
Personally, I would prefer a 5th or 6th place finish, get the home leg out of the way first - hopefully with a win, but probably a draw - then all to play for in the away leg without the pressure of 28k nervous fans at PR. |
28k nervous fans coped with the Bolton game at FPR 23 years ago. |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 14:18 - Feb 15 with 1655 views | GeoffSentence |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 13:06 - Feb 15 by Pinewoodblue |
28k nervous fans coped with the Bolton game at FPR 23 years ago. |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 14:27 - Feb 15 with 1627 views | Bent_double |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 13:06 - Feb 15 by Pinewoodblue |
28k nervous fans coped with the Bolton game at FPR 23 years ago. |
No, there was something different about that season, after all the previous failures there was a determination from fans and players that this was our year.
Plus we had an exceptional team.
If we finish 3rd/4th and go into a home game against Wycombe or Barnsley with the scores level, I'm not sure we'd have enough to finish the job. Much better if the pressure is all on the opposition as the home team in the 2nd leg. | |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 14:56 - Feb 15 with 1537 views | jayessess |
I never really understand this worry.
Play-off games are cup ties, fought out between teams the league table says are very similar in quality. There's no obvious straight line between being the best of the 4 teams either short term or long term and winning them.
They'll be 50/50 games settled by fine margins, team match-ups, random in-game events, whether the teams involved limp in or charge in. |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 15:08 - Feb 15 with 1498 views | peterleeblue |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 14:56 - Feb 15 by jayessess |
I never really understand this worry.
Play-off games are cup ties, fought out between teams the league table says are very similar in quality. There's no obvious straight line between being the best of the 4 teams either short term or long term and winning them.
They'll be 50/50 games settled by fine margins, team match-ups, random in-game events, whether the teams involved limp in or charge in. |
Also for all of our shortcomings in not winning enough games we don't actually lose many.
I do agree about actually playing the home leg first.
I actually think we may have a bigger challenge making the PO's right now.
Lets hope things pick up. |  | | |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 15:12 - Feb 15 with 1456 views | JDB23 |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 13:03 - Feb 15 by Bent_double |
Personally, I would prefer a 5th or 6th place finish, get the home leg out of the way first - hopefully with a win, but probably a draw - then all to play for in the away leg without the pressure of 28k nervous fans at PR. |
In away games we’ve only beaten Exeter and Shrewsbury of the teams currently in the top 14, not sure being away from 28k Ipswich fans is much of an advantage. | | | |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 15:14 - Feb 15 with 1451 views | Beckets |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 13:06 - Feb 15 by Pinewoodblue |
28k nervous fans coped with the Bolton game at FPR 23 years ago. |
Helped by one of the best individual performances I’ve seen from a Town player in 50 years of watching! |  | | |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 15:15 - Feb 15 with 1437 views | hoppy |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 15:08 - Feb 15 by peterleeblue |
Also for all of our shortcomings in not winning enough games we don't actually lose many.
I do agree about actually playing the home leg first.
I actually think we may have a bigger challenge making the PO's right now.
Lets hope things pick up. |
And... in those circumstances, it may come down to penalties, so we'd be ok on that front...
Oh. |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 15:16 - Feb 15 with 1431 views | Herbivore |
None of those sides has beaten us yet this season. |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 15:24 - Feb 15 with 1377 views | Superblue95 |
Depends.
Bolton in the semis and Barnsley in the final would seem a good omen |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:02 - Feb 15 with 1232 views | Bent_double |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 14:56 - Feb 15 by jayessess |
I never really understand this worry.
Play-off games are cup ties, fought out between teams the league table says are very similar in quality. There's no obvious straight line between being the best of the 4 teams either short term or long term and winning them.
They'll be 50/50 games settled by fine margins, team match-ups, random in-game events, whether the teams involved limp in or charge in. |
"I never really understand this worry."
You do know our record in the POs, don't you? | |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:11 - Feb 15 with 1187 views | hoppy |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 15:24 - Feb 15 by Superblue95 |
Depends.
Bolton in the semis and Barnsley in the final would seem a good omen |
Would we want to be given many penalties against Bolton though? | |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:13 - Feb 15 with 1177 views | jayessess |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:02 - Feb 15 by Bent_double |
"I never really understand this worry."
You do know our record in the POs, don't you? |
Yes, we've lost a lot of play-off finals.
We lost after finishing 6th (2014-15), 5th (1997-98, 2003-04),4th (1996-97), 3rd (1998-99, 2004-05).
Play-offs are cup ties to between evenly matched teams, which makes them a lottery that you can win or lose regardless of where you finish in the league and what your form is going into them. Hence why we've lost play-off matches seemingly regardless of how good or bad the team was relative to the league. | |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:15 - Feb 15 with 1151 views | FrimleyBlue |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:13 - Feb 15 by jayessess |
Yes, we've lost a lot of play-off finals.
We lost after finishing 6th (2014-15), 5th (1997-98, 2003-04),4th (1996-97), 3rd (1998-99, 2004-05).
Play-offs are cup ties to between evenly matched teams, which makes them a lottery that you can win or lose regardless of where you finish in the league and what your form is going into them. Hence why we've lost play-off matches seemingly regardless of how good or bad the team was relative to the league. |
Finals? We played one and won one.
Semi finals... now that's a different matter. |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:47 - Feb 15 with 1045 views | chicoazul |
Sadly I am now very confident we won’t make the play offs. |  |
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| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:54 - Feb 15 with 1011 views | Herbivore |
| Lots of talk of the play offs. on 16:47 - Feb 15 by chicoazul |
Sadly I am now very confident we won’t make the play offs. |
In which case, we'll definitely be making the play offs. | |
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