Washboard Didgets
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Every member of the panel said Brighton will make the play-off final and are most likely to go up...
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thealbionfan
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- Oct 6, 2003
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I absolutely hate the fact that we are favourites...would be interesting to know how man teams who have been classed as favourites before the playoffs have gone up... Much prefer being underdogs...
thealbionfan
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- Oct 6, 2003
- 191
Double post for some reason...
Tricky Dicky
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I hadn't made us favourites, but they made good points. The Zola/gus final possibilty had passed me by, but it would be the dream for Sky.
Washboard Didgets
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This. I don't like to ever expect a win... Doesn't feel right.
Although in our League 1 campaign it did become easier to believe once we got the momentum....
pasty
A different kind of pasty
Well I guess on form only we are clear favourites.
Watford: 3 wins in last 10
Palace: 1 win in last 10
Leicester: 2 wins in last 10
Albion: 5 wins in last 10 and unbeaten in 9
Watford: 3 wins in last 10
Palace: 1 win in last 10
Leicester: 2 wins in last 10
Albion: 5 wins in last 10 and unbeaten in 9
Tricky Dicky
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Jon, I've said elsewhere that over two legs the best team "ought" to win, a one-off final and anything can happen - in my book, I'm not sure anyone is favourite - I wouldn't like to put any money on anything
Wish we were underdogs.
shaolinpunk
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It blows my mind that we are favourites to win the playoffs and earn promotion to the Premier League
studio150
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On the basis of the defensive record I would say we are favourites both Watford and palace can fall apart And lose 2 or 3 goals even if we do lose a leg unlikely to be by more than 1. Only concern is our record if we concede first
Paris
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Hopefully our play off journey will bring an end to that unwanted record
HawkTheSeagull
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I believe West Ham were favourites last year and they went up, though they did basically have the best team. Do we have that ?
Were down as favourites with the bookies too, only slight though as Leicester arent far behind - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/championship/promotion
Were down as favourites with the bookies too, only slight though as Leicester arent far behind - http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/championship/championship/promotion
Washie
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Wouldn't it be great if our record of not winning when behind ends at Wembley?
- Jul 7, 2003
- 47,221
Not sure I like being favourites. I fully expected us to lose to Palace at the Amex in March, which made victory all the sweeter. This week is going to be horrible.
Rowdey
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Not sure the ticker can take that.. the away game to Palace is a different story of course..!
Talksport bookies just said we are 9/4 favorites, and Stanley Victor Collymore also just said it's us and Leicester in the final, with us to win it.
theonesmith
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- Oct 27, 2008
- 2,329
In my lifetime we've never been outright favourites at the start of a sequence of games (such as league or playoffs) in a manner such as this. Only really for relegation from the Championship! Means that the team can only meet your expectations, not exceed it - while it is easy to lose, which will hurt even more. Not a great position to be in...
