I do think that could be the end of our auto promotion hopes - Sheff U WILL
beat Ipswich at home, so somehow they need to drop points v Hull or Stoke away
Ideally they will draw / lose at Hull and we then beat Brentford away (no easy
feat) then we still have to beat Villa at home to make sure we go in v Ipswich
in pole position
There is no way on earth we can overturn the goal diference so we have to get
more points from them in what , on paper, are trickier games
So can we win the play offs ?
As it stands it will be semi v Boro with whom we have drawn twice this season
and then, if we do manage to scrape past them, we will play West Brom or Villa
both of whom have better players than us, notwithstanding the results against
them, and both of whom are in better form, so even before considering our
appalling record in play offs finals ( P3 L3) and in finals in general (lost
last 8 or 9 I think it is) it is a task that could be beyond us !
Although I am pig sick and totally down at present there is still a glimmer of
hope and however it ends up it has been a good season and one which has brought
the fans flooding back and put us back on the map and re-connected the club,
the fans and the city, and I know back in August us being in 3rd spot on goal
difference with 3 to go was just a dream !
Keep the faith
Dave
On Saturday, 20 April 2019, 11:53:20 BST, Nick <[email protected]>
wrote:
A couple of things from yesterday…
both of their goals came from “Cooper’s area” of the defence, for the first one
Alioski (who had a stinker) slipped…for the second Pontus had charged out to
make a challenge in the play leading up to the cross which meant their big guy
was jumping against Forshaw…
I also think that the subbing of Roberts and Phillips at half time took away
our momentum…Forshaw didn’t replace Phillips, all that happened was Pablo
dropping deeper and deeper to collect the ball from the keeper…
…and I’m not even sure it was a penalty…
Bamford took his goal well…
…as for everything else, this was a real punch in the guts, even a draw would
have been OK…fucking Leeds.
> On 20 Apr 2019, at 09:20, Simon McNally <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Still annoyed about the game. Peak Leeds you might say.
> Thought we were comfortable, if a bit sloppy, until their equaliser.
> Not sure what happened but suddenly they were 2 v 1 on the edge of our box.
> I’m thinking there was a big hole where Berardi or Alioski should have been.
> Thought both were very poor all game.
> The rest of the game followed a familiar pattern - tons of possession but not
> many chances. They looked dangerous on the break and I wasn’t shocked when
> they scored.
> Agree about subs - Roofe was well off the pace (and should have scored when
> he had a free header about 6 yards out that he inexplicably chose to chest
> towards goal) and Forshaw was his usual innocuous self. Lots of sideways
> passes but not much else. Clarke looked ok but didn’t have much time. Not
> sure how Harrison survived all game.
> I’ve seen a few on Twitter saying we were too arrogant and weren’t trying
> hard enough but I disagree. I thought they were trying, perhaps too hard, and
> it was more a lack of ability. They reminded us that they were the same
> players that were mid table last year and how much Bielsa has done with them.
>
> S
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 20 Apr 2019, at 09:01, Richard Walker via Leedslist
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I apologise for my climate change comment - I was in a pub feeling very
>> distressed and pissed and they were showing these idiots dancing around on
>> the news.
>>
>> As for the match I thought the subs were wrong. Roofe was trying too hard
>> and Clarke just hasn’t had enough minutes although he did ok.
>>
>> They had pace to burn up front and we just couldn’t live with it.
>>
>> Still not over though
>>
>>
>>> On 20 Apr 2019, at 06:58, David Smail <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> "When you analyse, you describe the game, but I don't want to do that,
>>> because there is no explanation for a loss like this"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So says MB after the game, but is that really the case?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The explanation is simple to me. Sometimes teams in Wigan's position
>>> yesterday pack their defence and we hadn't the creativity, guile or
>>> intelligence to break them down.
>>>
>>> What's worse, is that we didn't change our plan or game, just kept banging
>>> away at the same old same old. It became embarrassing, and more so with
>>> Alioski's shocking contribution. Wigan's defence must have grown in
>>> confidence as the game progressed as they could see we weren't able to get
>>> through them and weren't coming up with any variations or new ideas.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> MB, I suggest getting an academy 11 (or 10) to park the bus in a practise
>>> match and work on some alternative plans. This may well happen again in the
>>> next 3 games.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On a positive note, it was good to see Roofe back with a few nice touches.
>>> Sadly he probably won't be back to full strength before the season's end.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We all clearly don't fancy the play offs, but it could end up as that - on
>>> current positions, it would be Boro. What if they take the lead and park the
>>> bus........
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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