There is an Opera Singer. Remembering we'd won twice previously when she has sung.....
Those bloody clacker things though......
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Relaxed about thursday
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There is an Opera Singer. Remembering we'd won twice previously when she has sung.....
Those bloody clacker things though......
Feeling fairly relaxed. I think we are a shadow of the team that made it last year, and my own expectation is considerably lower.
I'm just delighted to get an opportunity to go to The Amex one more time......
I'm just delighted to get an opportunity to go to The Amex one more time......
Ha! I had chucked my Uni parking tag away. Thankfully the bins hadn't been emptied but spent part of Saturday afternoon emptying a big wheelie over my patio
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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Ha! I had chucked my Uni parking tag away. Thankfully the bins hadn't been emptied but spent part of Saturday afternoon emptying a big wheelie over my patio
I take it that you found it? I contemplated binning my Bennett's Field parking ticket but decided against it as I wasn't sure about whether I'll need the same one next year
Not just relaxed, I'm beginning to convince myself it'll all be over by 10pm on Thursday.
A la '91 Millwall (one of the greatest games EVER), I think its all going to slot into place.
We're finally going to see Oscar's team execute Oscar's vision for us, and we'll blow them away 4 or 5 nil.
A la '91 Millwall (one of the greatest games EVER), I think its all going to slot into place.
We're finally going to see Oscar's team execute Oscar's vision for us, and we'll blow them away 4 or 5 nil.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
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Been saying all season that we will tonk someone soon, hasn't happened yet......there is still time
Me too.
Sadly though, this season, everything I've said 'blimey its so close, the next team are really going to get it'.
The next team have humiliated us, and we've played like 11 strangers.
I can hear 28,000 people leaving Thursday saying:-
'now I get it, that's what Oscar has been aiming for all season'.
The huge injury list has made us weaker at times.
But as those players have started to return to the team, we are now stronger than last season in the fact that we move the ball much quicker than under Poyet.
Bit more composure in the final third, and we could be unplayable in this division.
Do you really think we move it quicker? Obviously all opinions, but compared to last season (Palace onwards), I think we look pedestrian in comparison. When Orlandi and Lopez were in their pomp, we seemed to play much faster and were more incisive.
I think you are right in that the injury list until Christmas had a major impact, but I think really we have made the play-off's through default of others really (I'm not normally this pessimistic!!).
Saturday was fantastic, but having watched the game back, we were fairly dire, with no urgency until Ward scored. Could have been nerves of course, but it mirrored the Blackpool, Huddersfield (A) and Yeovil game (for the main).
Perhaps we're on a roll now, and of course, (as you can tell) my expectations are lower than last season.
Do you really think we move it quicker? Obviously all opinions, but compared to last season (Palace onwards), I think we look pedestrian in comparison. When Orlandi and Lopez were in their pomp, we seemed to play much faster and were more incisive.
I think you are right in that the injury list until Christmas had a major impact, but I think really we have made the play-off's through default of others really (I'm not normally this pessimistic!!).
Saturday was fantastic, but having watched the game back, we were fairly dire, with no urgency until Ward scored. Could have been nerves of course, but it mirrored the Blackpool, Huddersfield (A) and Yeovil game (for the main).
Perhaps we're on a roll now, and of course, (as you can tell) my expectations are lower than last season.
They looked very nervous on Saturday.
But yeah, we move it forward a lot quicker than we did under Gus.
It sometimes doesn't look that way because for most of the season we haven't had anyone up front to do anything with it.
Under Poyet, you could nip to the bar, finish your pint and get back to your seat before Greer and El Albd had given up playing square balls to each other.
It was pretty, and we kept the ball, but fit teams were able to get at us much higher up the pitch.
They can't now, because if they try it, we move the ball forward at pace, either long or with fast feet through the midfield.
If we had had more attacking options (instead of a string of injuries) we would have already been promoted.
The good news is that Derby won't park the bus. The bad news is that they're rather good at moving the ball around quickly in the oppositions half. But hey! Que sera sera, just happy we've made it to the playoffs and no major expectations on my part going forward so I'm nicely chilled and relaxed about it.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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We're in the bonus zone now, it's all good!
We will enjoy playing against a side that doesn't just stop us trying to be creative.
severnside gull
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Feel surprisingly unfazed, mainly because I have no expectations of the matches other than the wish that we put on a decent show.
We are not suddenly going to discover a rich vein of goalscoring form but it would be hard to be more disjointed than we were on Saturday and we somehow pulled it out of the bag there.
If we start at pace it will help us and if we gain a bit of confidence from a good pass or a shot it will be fantastic. The key is not to lose the home leg. We are a better side playing away.
We are not suddenly going to discover a rich vein of goalscoring form but it would be hard to be more disjointed than we were on Saturday and we somehow pulled it out of the bag there.
If we start at pace it will help us and if we gain a bit of confidence from a good pass or a shot it will be fantastic. The key is not to lose the home leg. We are a better side playing away.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
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A different kind of pasty
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nicko31
Well-known member
Very different to last year, last 2 games we've been poor but ground out results. I'll be relaxed at the amex but come the 2nd leg I'll be pumped...
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
Yeah, nowhere near the pressure of last year. Its Derby NOT Palace.
Return of the Rev
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Cup of tea ginger nuts TV ON and feet up thursday= relaxed