East Staffs Gull
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Coventry ‘cos local to me and we’d get a decent allocation.
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[Football] Who do you want to win the Championship playoffs?
- Thread starter Bozza
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- Nov 11, 2009
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I went Luton, but would be happy with Coventry too, that said, on watching the first leg, Boro looked hugely superior, was really impressed with their slick passing game. Coventry were mainly hoof it over the top for Gykores to run onto.
Cant see Coventry beating Boro at the Riverside, but lets see
- Jul 15, 2009
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They'd have to groundshare with Watford or anywhere relatively near. I think that is the only viable option.
The away end is like Fratton Park, but even worse. The seats are so cramped that it was impossible to sit. The stewards know it's pointless trying to get everyone to sit down but the police were a bit of pain in the àrse. I don't think they've ever really recovered from Millwall in 1985.
Things might have changed since I went there seven years ago but reading fans views, it appears not. The toilet and urinals were truly disgusting - at least it puts a stop to cocaine use though in the ground!
- Jul 15, 2009
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That proposed new ground looks lovely.£10m needs to be spent according to a BBC article. Which includes one of the stands needing to be pretty much rebuilt...
Luton Town: Premier League promotion could cost £10m
Luton Town are well-placed for the play-offs or automatic promotion, but need to improve their ground.www.bbc.co.uk
SUIYHP
The King's Gull
It’ll most likely stem from the 2015/16 season and the whole Stephens/Ramirez/Mike Dean situation. It wasn’t just missing out on the automatic promotion that hurt, but the weight that red card would have on our playoff chances and losing who was arguably our most important player at that point. It was naturally going to turn ugly based on the stakes.
Its in the past now but to be honest I think if there is a bigger reason for not wanting Boro is simply because its another long trip north.
SweatyMexican
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- Mar 31, 2013
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Exactly the same feeling here. Cov are going to have to play well to get through. They needed an advantage from the first leg really.
ConfusedGloryHunter
He/him/his/that muppet
- Jul 6, 2011
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Because of their twatty fans after the ref gave them their promotion in that game in 2016. Have always wished them bad luck ever since.
Soft red card?
I don't have any real feeling towards Boro, they're like Hull or Darlington to us. Boro try to hype up the 'Tyne-Tees' derby but we really don't care. Our geographical rivals are Sunderland, but we've not played them in so long, even that's dwindling. Plus obviously our change in fortunes will impact that.
In terms of a long trip to an underwhelming place, I get it. I'd rather Boro got promoted because it's a short 1hr drive, but Luton or Coventry... long way to go for a pretty unimpressive place. Kenilworth Rd might be a laugh, but there's no chance of getting an away ticket there. Could they ground share with MK Dons/Watford?
Ooh it’s a corner
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Just to balance the books marginally they were very appreciative of our football when we hammered them 5 - 1 in the cup and Carrick(who was a really good player) has them playing good football.
Coventry would still be my first choice though
Coventry would still be my first choice though
I will never stop wishing for the weakest possible team to come up to try and ensure there is one less relegation place available. I don’t care if we are currently top 6 material that will always be my start point. So either Coventry or Luton on that basis.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
THAT decider and it's too chuffing far.
US Seagull
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I was unaware of just howThat proposed new ground looks lovely.
I think the problem for Luton may be that promotion will come too soon. As far as I can tell they haven't even broken ground on a new stadium yet and considering the Amex took, what, ~three years to build, Luton could easily be up and back down again before that stadium is anywhere near ready.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
And they're estimating it'd take £10m to get Kenilworth Road barely up to scratch for next season if they made it to the PL, including building a whole new stand, inside less than 3 months. All that for 3-4 years while their new stadium is built (which is an estimated £100m).
I don't see where all this money is suddenly going to come from, and the timescales for KR improvements sounds totally unviable to me. I reckon the likeliest outcome if they get promoted will be a groundshare with MK Dongs. No way will they go to Watford.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Coventry one up on the night and overall
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Terrible misjudgement by the Boro keeper. I'll be delighted if Cov make the final, as I genuinely will not mind who gets promoted.
Shooting Star
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Get in Cov!!!!