Negan Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Now I’m not suggesting a play off place is guaranteed but looking at how it’s shaping up where would you rather us finish? If I’m honest I don’t think I’d want to play West Brom over 2 legs, I know we COULD beat them both home and away but would be a hard task for us to accomplish. I’m hoping Sheffield United finish 3rd and we finish 6th. I’d fancy our chances of getting to the final then and playing either West Brom/Villa in a one off. How the top 6 is currently is how I see it finishing personally, with a Bristol City vs Aston Villa final... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Team Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Said exactly the same to a mate last night. The Blades won’t want us with our record against them and I don’t fancy Villa over two legs. Villa at Wembley it’s anyones game and all the pressure would be on them as the ‘big club’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Thing with having a good record Vs Sheef U. I remember going to Cardiff in the PO’s many years ago, seem to remember we had a brilliant record against them, and I thought we were sure to get through. Lost 1-0, and 0-0 at home. It doesn’t really matter who we get, all though. Tough run to even get there , starting Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 18 minutes ago, Negan said: Now I’m not suggesting a play off place is guaranteed but looking at how it’s shaping up where would you rather us finish? If I’m honest I don’t think I’d want to play West Brom over 2 legs, I know we COULD beat them both home and away but would be a hard task for us to accomplish. I’m hoping Sheffield United finish 3rd and we finish 6th. I’d fancy our chances of getting to the final then and playing either West Brom/Villa in a one off. How the top 6 is currently is how I see it finishing personally, with a Bristol City vs Aston Villa final... Just want us to beat Villa on Saturday first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 To be honest, I never expected this team to be promotion contenders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanker Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 I don’t care where we finish in the top six as long as we make the playoffs. It will be a fantastic end to the season and who knows what might happen. Let’s get behind the boys, pack Ashton Gate and enjoy the ride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meh Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Don’t want to play Villa or Leeds over 2 legs and despite our home form I would want to pack the gate with a home second leg so my preferred final 6 would be :- 1. Norwich 2. Leeds 3. Sheffield United 4. Bristol City 5. West Brom 6. Aston Villa Can see that being the final 6 finishing places and the final being Sheffield United vs Bristol City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 59 minutes ago, mozo said: To be honest, I never expected this team to be promotion contenders Thanks for your input Mr Ashton . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihai Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 To be honest guys, if we want to make it we don't have to think about opponents. Our team needs to go on the pitch with a great morale and we know this league, if you put Wigan into the playoffs anything can happen. We have a pretty strong team, i can say that is better than Blade's one. We won against brom, sheffield. We had good games against Norwich, we can beat Villa Saturday. So...we just have to qualify for playoffs and get it from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 I'd rather finish 6th and face the team that misses out on auto promotion. It's likely that they will miss out on the last day, with a very high points total and would not relish having to pick themselves up for a trip to Ashton Gate. WBA however know that they will be in the playoffs and have a few weeks to prepare themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old_eastender Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 We won't finish higher than 6th, so will face Leeds or Shef U... As others have said would fancy us against SU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 With our tough end to the season - those 2 away games look tricky, even with our fine form - anything in the top 6 would be impressive. 6th place will do nicely for me. Then we can still fly under the radar, be quickly dismissed by all the pundits, and sneak into the Premier League through the back door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Despite beating them recently, Sheff Utd are the best of the rest and I’d fancy us least against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Zod Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 If we get there I wouldn’t mind having the home leg first. If we are still in the tie after the home leg I’d back is against anyone on the road. I fear there are still lots more twists to come this season. One game at a time and try to enjoy us being in the mix at the right end of the table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Couldn't care less tbh. Every team in the playoffs has a good chance whoever they are playing. Maybe Sheff U are due to beat us and we are due to beat Leeds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 I honestly think with Sheff U we have a bit of an edge over them psychologically at the moment, and if they miss out on auto promotion it could be a huge blow to them and deflating. West Brom and Villa styles will give us chances to get goals against them, and I wouldn't be too worried about them. West Brom will have huge pressure to go up after coming down and sacking their manager only a few weeks ago as well. The one I don't want is Leeds, they just recently seem to look solid and do a job against us no matter how we or they play. I would still snap your arm off to go into the game against Hull 4 points clear of 7th, and finish 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderMB Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 You could make the argument that any of the other clubs in the playoff places deserve a shot at promotion, whereas we're the tinpot club that Premier League fans only know of because of the cups. For that reason, I don't care who we go up against, because we'd need to prove ourselves against the "bigger" team anyway. Frankly, promotion hadn't even been on my mind at all this season, and it's a struggle to see how we'd deal with the Premier League right now. There is no recipe for success - overspending causes a QPR/Fulham, and underspending or relying on top Championship talent goes down all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Wanderingred said: I'd rather finish 6th and face the team that misses out on auto promotion. It's likely that they will miss out on the last day, with a very high points total and would not relish having to pick themselves up for a trip to Ashton Gate. WBA however know that they will be in the playoffs and have a few weeks to prepare themselves. This. Finish 6 th and play a deflated blades who just missed the auto spot on last day. They won’t fancy playing us again. That said I’d back this City team against anyone in a knock out, Johnson does seem able to get his players to raise their game for the big shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Gakoe said: This. Finish 6 th and play a deflated blades who just missed the auto spot on last day. They won’t fancy playing us again. That said I’d back this City team against anyone in a knock out, Johnson does seem able to get his players to raise their game for the big shows. Apart from Leeds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bcfccity Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Negan said: Now I’m not suggesting a play off place is guaranteed but looking at how it’s shaping up where would you rather us finish? If I’m honest I don’t think I’d want to play West Brom over 2 legs, I know we COULD beat them both home and away but would be a hard task for us to accomplish. I’m hoping Sheffield United finish 3rd and we finish 6th. I’d fancy our chances of getting to the final then and playing either West Brom/Villa in a one off. How the top 6 is currently is how I see it finishing personally, with a Bristol City vs Aston Villa final... I said exactly the same to the Mrs two days ago! still so annoyed how the pundit on quest last night said “villa will be in the play offs” hope he knows the lottery numbers aswell, he also said every team down to shef we’d can get in play offs??? Makes no sense if to his logic only 6th is to play for! A1 ****t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIGHRIDGE BCFC Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 4 minutes ago, Bcfccity said: I said exactly the same to the Mrs two days ago! still so annoyed how the pundit on quest last night said “villa will be in the play offs” hope he knows the lottery numbers aswell, he also said every team down to shef we’d can get in play offs??? Makes no sense if to his logic only 6th is to play for! A1 ****t Curtis Davies was spouting a load of nonsense last night about the team finishing 6th having the confidence and mostly going on to win promotion. He couldn't be more wrong. 6th place teams have the worst record in playoff wins. The 3rd place team has been promoted 11 times, 4th place 6 times, 5th place 9 times and 6th place only 5. Good old pundits eh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hertsexile Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 If we finish in the playoffs bonus just outside improvement. So happy days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiale Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Teams that are guaranteed playoff places with a couple/few games left will in all likelihood start resting players, look after any little niggling injuries, and have plenty of time to work on the little things that playing week in week out maybe gives you less time for (all small % items that mount up). This alone will be a huge factor, as going into the playoffs they will be fresher, had more prep and probably more relaxed. So I am hoping we can be one of those teams, and not chugging up to the playoffs out of breather, knackered with tired legs, little injuries, and little prep time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red7 Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 3 hours ago, BigTone said: Just want us to beat Villa on Saturday first Yep, what the God of Love said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigratedRobin Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Play-offs wins by league position Championship - last 10 years 6th5th4th3rd1315 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigratedRobin Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 Please ignore last post. The stats didn't show up! Basically, over the last ten years in the Championship the 3rd place team was promoted 5 times. 4th place 1 time. 5th place 3 times. 6th place 1 time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkz 76 Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 How many points to secure play offs I think 74 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted April 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 9 minutes ago, Sparkz 76 said: How many points to secure play offs I think 74 I reckon 3 more wins will be enough for us, providing one of them wins is against either Villa or Derby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 2 hours ago, old_eastender said: We won't finish higher than 6th, so will face Leeds or Shef U... As others have said would fancy us against SU Why wont we finish higher than 6th? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTone Posted April 11, 2019 Report Share Posted April 11, 2019 30 minutes ago, Red7 said: Yep, what the God of Love said. Thank you Pilgrim xxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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