maffew
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I was thinking this last night actually the play off "lottery". I really think going into the playoffs which I think we will now, we'd have a real chance, not a 1 in 4 lottery chance, I would actually expect to win it
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Who's looking forward to the playoffs?
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I was thinking this last night actually the play off "lottery". I really think going into the playoffs which I think we will now, we'd have a real chance, not a 1 in 4 lottery chance, I would actually expect to win it
GoldWithFalmer
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The play off's are and always will be a lottery.......that said in half agreement with you i too have an expectation and that is to make a real go of it and not capitulate like the last two times...i do agree we have a real chance...
I really hope and pray if it comes to it,that your belief proves me wrong in only half agreeing...
Sorry, how are they a 'lottery' exactly?
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Luck plays a big part, a deflection here, an offside there.
Also, Derby battered QPR a few seasons ago, BZ nicked a goal against the run of play and the rest is history.
That element is a lottery, the best side does not always succeed.
GoldWithFalmer
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If every team that finished 3rd went up through them then they would not be.
The play-offs are the exact opposite of a lottery - they're a test of nerve, skill and stamina.
To take your QPR/Derby example: QPR's game plan was sound. They defended well (an important part of football) against an attacking team and Derby didn't have the ability to score. Then when QPR had a chance they took it. Where's the 'luck' in any of that? It's just football. To paraphrase Gary Player: "The more they practised the luckier they got!"
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CorgiRegisteredFriend
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Play offs are fun but not if you are involved in them. A very stressful time and dare I say expensive particulalry if you get as far as the final. What am I saying - a win tomorrow and automatic is still in sight.
I genuinely think we are going up via the play-offs this year. Hughton's side is made for it. They can grind out results when the pressure is on. Gus and Oscar were great, but they weren't made for the pressure of the play-offs, Hughton is. Obviously it would be better to go up automatically, but I don't think we'll be able to catch the top two, unless Burnley have a wobble very soon.
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HastingsSeagull
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Whatever our chances (I think about 34.735% rather than 25%) in the play-offs I think we actually have a similar chance of going up automatically so let's focus on that until it's done with shall we
Gully Forever
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Always hated the play offs, Worst idea ever conceived. Just money spinning tosh.
You play the whole season and if you finish in 3rd you get promoted because you deserved to be there.
Now a 3rd place team could conceivably lose out on promotion because of one game, wherby a stupid controversial decision by a ref could lose you everything.
It's all done to create more TV revenue and attention.
You play the whole season and if you finish in 3rd you get promoted because you deserved to be there.
Now a 3rd place team could conceivably lose out on promotion because of one game, wherby a stupid controversial decision by a ref could lose you everything.
It's all done to create more TV revenue and attention.
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
Yes i will accept most of that but if that was truly the case the best teams over the season would always go up..2 automatically and the 3rd place team..
TheJasperCo
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I still haven't got over the heartbreak of the Play-offs from two/three seasons ago. I don't think I could handle the tension again. If the team is reading this thread I would like to kindly beg them to please still try and push hard for automatic promotion.
Better question would be not "Who's Looking Forward to the Playoffs?" but rather "Who's looking forward to the Premier League?"
Better question would be not "Who's Looking Forward to the Playoffs?" but rather "Who's looking forward to the Premier League?"
portslade seagull
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Who do you support then as we are going to finish top two
GoldWithFalmer
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Burnley have been wobbling like f**k it's just nobody's knocked them over yet.
Luck doesn't just play a part in the playoffs.
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Same as the league games then. Of course there are a lot of league games, so over the course of a season a team needs more than luck to be at the top, but luck is still involved.
I disagree with the premise that the table never lies.
The play-offs were introduced in the late 80s well before TV had that sort of influence. It was done because, frankly, for the vast majority of sides the season became utterly dull from about Feb/March onwards. Far too many meaningless matches - it is meant to be entertainment after all. They may not be 'fair' but it's a vast improvement on what existed before.