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Fleagle said:
He wasn’t really though, was he? Not only did he leave at the beginning of January, but when he did they were dropping like a stone, but they were still outside the bottom three. It was his successor that finished the job.

I don’t particularly rate him, but I don’t see why they think they could get better.
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Have they got that Luton manager? Never saw owt in the news. Oh aye, that's because its boro.
 

seahamstar said:
We'll just have to wait and see.
Those 3 and Sheffield might not be strong.
Coventry could have peaked
Brum and Wrexham may NOT hit the ground running.
It's all ifs buts and maybes.

Yes other teams choked, but had we won just one more game (the last one) the we would have made the play offs.
Didn't you lose 4 of your last 5 matches (approx)?
You could argue that if those same clubs hadn't choked then maybe a couple of them might have caught you.
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Ipswich have a squad bursting with proven Championship players. Southampton invested heavily but fell well short. However, if they can keep Ross Stewart fit they potentially have the best striker in the division. Leicester have a potential points deduction hanging over them. That's your best chance of failure from the relegated clubs.

We finished 10 points clear of 7th when we rested and rotated the squad for the last half a dozen games and picked up no points. The chances of us being caught were pretty much zero. So no, you couldn't argue that at all
 
seahamstar said:
We'll just have to wait and see.
Those 3 and Sheffield might not be strong.
Coventry could have peaked
Brum and Wrexham may NOT hit the ground running.
It's all ifs buts and maybes.

Yes other teams choked, but had we won just one more game (the last one) the we would have made the play offs.
Didn't you lose 4 of your last 5 matches (approx)?
You could argue that if those same clubs hadn't choked then maybe a couple of them might have caught you.
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You could argue that... But you would be wrong.. Nice try :D
 
Keith S30S said:
We finished 10 points clear of 7th when we rested and rotated the squad for the last half a dozen games and picked up no points. The chances of us being caught were pretty much zero. So no, you couldn't argue that at all
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Well you could like.
Half dozen games is a potential 18 points.
So if the chasing clubs were on form they could have possibly caught you with four wins.

Anyway, fair play you managed it and then won the play offs.
Not trying to split hairs or saying you didn't deserve your promotion - you did, just saying that things can easily change and nothing is set in stone.
hank williams said:
Apparently he’s in sardina on holiday but news among the locals he’s got the gig
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Much like this place, people are full of 'facts' that they supposedly 'know'.
It's just a case of wait and see what happens.
 
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Keith S30S said:
Ipswich have a squad bursting with proven Championship players. Southampton invested heavily but fell well short. However, if they can keep Ross Stewart fit they potentially have the best striker in the division. Leicester have a potential points deduction hanging over them. That's your best chance of failure from the relegated clubs.

We finished 10 points clear of 7th when we rested and rotated the squad for the last half a dozen games and picked up no points. The chances of us being caught were pretty much zero. So no, you couldn't argue that at all
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Don't get me wrong, I was massively concerned with our form going into the playoffs. Like everyone else I said you can't just turn it on an decide when to show up.

Turns out you can and Regis played an absolute blinder. The performance levels in all 3 playoff games went up 10 fold and it had to. This narrative we got 'battered' in the playoff games is disrespectful and inaccurate. Coventry gave Patto absoutely nowt to do over 2 legs and we took our chances, and RLB outclassed Wilder in the final after the first 30 minutes. The stats back that up. Dropping Enzo deep and occupying another CB with Isidor was brilliant and allowed Roberts and Watson to impact the game which they did to maximum effect.
 
seahamstar said:
Well you could like.
Half dozen games is a potential 18 points.
So if the chasing clubs were on form they could have possibly caught you with four wins.

Anyway, fair play you managed it and then won the play offs.
Not trying to split hairs or saying you didn't deserve your promotion - you did, just saying that things can easily change and nothing is set in stone.

Much like this place, people are full of 'facts' that they supposedly 'know'.
It's just a case of wait and see what happens.
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We finished 4th, 7 points clear of 5th. 3 clubs would have had to overtake us not just 1! If that looked likely we would have stopped pissing around resting and rotating and played our best side. We would have picked up even more points.

Seesh 😂
 
Keith S30S said:
We finished 4th. 7 points clear of 5th. 3 clubs would have had to overtake us not just 1! If that looked likely we would have stopped pissing around resting and rotating and played our best side. We would have picked up even more points.

Seesh 😂
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And some of the chasing pack were playing each other!
 
Disco_Pants93 said:
Don't get me wrong, I was massively concerned with our form going into the playoffs. Like everyone else I said you can't just turn it on an decide when to show up.

Turns out you can and Regis played an absolute blinder. The performance levels in all 3 playoff games went up 10 fold and it had to. This narrative we got 'battered' in the playoff games is disrespectful and inaccurate. Coventry gave Patto absoutely nowt to do over 2 legs and we took our chances, and RLB outclassed Wilder in the final after the first 30 minutes. The stats back that up. Dropping Enzo deep and occupying another CB with Isidor was brilliant and allowed Roberts and Watson to impact the game which they did to maximum effect.
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To be fair we never really regained our early season form. What we did regain is what we'd had pretty much all season, we were incredibly hard to beat. Bar late very in the season we had always been competitive in games, losing rarely or winning by the odd goal.

So it proved in the play offs. We dug in, defended well and when the other team tired pounced. Neither of the teams we lost to were unlucky. They didn't hit the post or bar or have bad refereeing decisions. They just failed to score more goals than us despite dominating at times.
 
Keith S30S said:
We finished 4th, 7 points clear of 5th. 3 clubs would have had to overtake us not just 1! If that looked likely we would have stopped pissing around resting and rotating and played our best side. We would have picked up even more points.

Seesh 😂
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He's talking about facts but then talks a dream scenario where we could have lost a playoff place even though the facts show we were comfortable from March onwards.

Lads having a mare 🤣
 
Everyone was obsessing about our form in the run in. It’s become accepted wisdom somehow that momentum matters. It doesn’t. Where you finish matters. At least in the championship. At the time we were faltering, 9 of the last 10 playoff finalists had been from the clubs that finished third or fourth. It’s now 11 of the last 12.
 
Fleagle said:
Everyone was obsessing about our form in the run in. It’s become accepted wisdom somehow that momentum matters. It doesn’t. Where you finish matters. At least in the championship. At the time we were faltering, 9 of the last 10 playoff finalists had been from the clubs that finished third or fourth. It’s now 11 of the last 12.
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When you read what Speakman said about the run in and the playoffs the club got the whole approach absolutely bang on.

Like others I was hugely concerned about our form going in but as Speakman said they’d got all the players and staff together and basically said the last five games don’t matter at all it was all just geared to getting as many of the squad as possible fully fit for the playoff games.

After the QPR game they had a complete reset, even changing the players tracksuits and treated the playoffs as a new mini tournament.

It worked to perfection
 
Banks said:
He's talking about facts but then talks a dream scenario where we could have lost a playoff place even though the facts show we were comfortable from March onwards.

Lads having a mare 🤣
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unbelievable isnt it
seahamstar said:
Well you could like.
Half dozen games is a potential 18 points.
So if the chasing clubs were on form they could have possibly caught you with four wins.

Anyway, fair play you managed it and then won the play offs.
Not trying to split hairs or saying you didn't deserve your promotion - you did, just saying that things can easily change and nothing is set in stone.

Much like this place, people are full of 'facts' that they supposedly 'know'.
It's just a case of wait and see what happens.
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if boro won every match they would have been champions as well
seahamstar said:
Bit of a odd assumption that.
You only have to look at Ipswich (and yourselves) to see things can easily change.
From finishing 16th and most on here being full of doom and gloom, to promotion within a year.

Aye.
Folk on here think it's just sour grapes and jealousy from me but it's not.
You deservedly did the double over us and your good start held you in good stead to keep your place on the play offs.
You went up.cos you deserved to.

I can understand the 'crowing' - it's a big thing you've achieved and I'd say (although difficult) you do have a chance of staying up - at least you're in there.

I'm just saying that SOME are sounding a bit ott, especially slagging other clubs off just because they get small attendances and have a not so illustrious history.
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you keep saying this and ive asked you before to search tinpot in your boro forum and look at the comments your fans make about other clubs
 
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seahamstar said:
Well you could like.
Half dozen games is a potential 18 points.
So if the chasing clubs were on form they could have possibly caught you with four wins.

Anyway, fair play you managed it and then won the play offs.
Not trying to split hairs or saying you didn't deserve your promotion - you did, just saying that things can easily change and nothing is set in stone.

Much like this place, people are full of 'facts' that they supposedly 'know'.
It's just a case of wait and see what happens.
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No, you couldn’t we finished 10 points ahead and had a better goal difference than 7th place. We weren’t being chased down by Barcelona.

Birmingham have wealthy owners and won league 1 with record points. They’ll be challenging for the title Imo.
 
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