Making the Play Offs only to lose


I love how some people seem to think you can pick and choose when you get promoted.

Nobody believes that. This is your interpretation, or rather misinterpretation, of other posters' opinions, from comments like "It would be better if we were promoted next season" or "I'd prefer it, etc."

Our own history would say it was better that we were promoted as champions in 98/99 than when we missed out to Charlton in the famous play off final. We'd have taken it that season, of course, but it was better the following year. By then we were a much stronger team, and able to more than hold our own in the premiership with a few additions.

I doubt if even those who say "I'd rather not be promoted this time" actually think "you can pick and choose when you get promoted". Your inference here is one a hell of a jump.

Classic straw man tactic: exaggerate and build up a misinterpretation of what other people are saying, so it's easy to knock down and ridicule.
 
Of course I want us to make the Play Offs but theres a part of me hoping we dont. I tell you why.

I cannot see us winning over 2 legs and then a final with all the injuries and the no striker situation we have.

Therefore in the long term , is it best for the team to - just miss out ; get all the plaudits for incredible season ; not have any play off heartache/baggage ; take a well deserved holiday and come back ready for next season with no play off hangover......... OR is the experience and involvement for the players very useful. Your thoughts???
If you’d said the same last year just think where we’d be … still in Division 1. You can’t pick and choose when you’d prefer to be promoted. It’s ridiculous. You seem to in the mindset that we will keep all our best players and add to them with others so our promotion is almost inevitable. We have little idea what squad we will have come kick off and it’s as likely that we’ll lose some of our best players as we can’t compete financially with the big boys in the top division.
 
Nobody believes that. This is your interpretation, or rather misinterpretation, of other posters' opinions, from comments like "It would be better if we were promoted next season" or "I'd prefer it, etc."

Our own history would say it was better that we were promoted as champions in 98/99 than when we missed out to Charlton in the famous play off final. We'd have taken it that season, of course, but it was better the following year. By then we were a much stronger team, and able to more than hold our own in the premiership with a few additions.

I doubt if even those who say "I'd rather not be promoted this time" actually think "you can pick and choose when you get promoted". Your inference here is one a hell of a jump.

Classic straw man tactic: exaggerate and build up a misinterpretation of what other people are saying, so it's easy to knock down and ridicule.

They do like. Some simpletons think it's like playing football manager.
 
I enjoy watching us play football so yes please to 2 or 3 more games to attend

No World Cup or Euros this summer so I’d be happy to extend the season a few weeks, stave off the boredom of gardening and DIY
 
No of course it’s not.
Do you think the team got better as it fell down the leagues like? :lol:
No, I was applying the supposed logic that a team being relegated with a ( all be it poor) Premier League squad and the benefit of parachute payments ( the misuse of which would be revealed later) would at least be able to get out of League One at the first attempt, the point I’m making is that it isn’t a natural progression from this season to being better next.
 
We have nowt to lose, this has been the best season a promoted L1 side has had in years, and we were playoff winners. Add in the injury crisis and you get an idea of how far we've come in 1 year.

Playoffs are a bonus, I'm mainly just happy our matches still have meaning, the club have had every excuse available to chuck it in the rest of the way.
 
Of course I want us to make the Play Offs but theres a part of me hoping we dont. I tell you why.

I cannot see us winning over 2 legs and then a final with all the injuries and the no striker situation we have.

Therefore in the long term , is it best for the team to - just miss out ; get all the plaudits for incredible season ; not have any play off heartache/baggage ; take a well deserved holiday and come back ready for next season with no play off hangover......... OR is the experience and involvement for the players very useful. Your thoughts???
Such a plan worked really well for Huddersfield who narrowly missed out on promotion last year and nearly got relegated this year. There’s absolutely no guarantee we’ll do well next season - especially as the vultures are circling for our top assets at the club, and I doubt anyone trusts our hierarchy to not sell given half the chance
 
Nobody believes that. This is your interpretation, or rather misinterpretation, of other posters' opinions, from comments like "It would be better if we were promoted next season" or "I'd prefer it, etc."

Our own history would say it was better that we were promoted as champions in 98/99 than when we missed out to Charlton in the famous play off final. We'd have taken it that season, of course, but it was better the following year. By then we were a much stronger team, and able to more than hold our own in the premiership with a few additions.

I doubt if even those who say "I'd rather not be promoted this time" actually think "you can pick and choose when you get promoted". Your inference here is one a hell of a jump.

Classic straw man tactic: exaggerate and build up a misinterpretation of what other people are saying, so it's easy to knock down and ridicule.
What a piece of nonsense! Hindsight is a wonderful thing. You can't look at the Charlton Final and say it was a better outcome because we were stronger the next year, you didn't know that until we stormed the league. How did you feel at the end of the Charlton game? Did you think, "Thank God, we aren't ready for the Premiership yet, we'll go up next year"? I know I didn't! I was drained and devastated and didn't really recover until the new season started. You have to take your opportunities when they present themselves.
 
I love how some people seem to think you can pick and choose when you get promoted.
Aye as of luck and form and coincidence has nothing to do with it :lol: People under the impression you can just decide to get promoted and go do it. Obviously everyone associated with the club is just aiming to take it one game at a time and hope we go up. Which ultimately has no different an approach to stating you’re pushing for promotion
 
Seriously as a fan how can you not want us to win every game?

These kinds of threads baffle me.
Such a plan worked really well for Huddersfield who narrowly missed out on promotion last year and nearly got relegated this year. There’s absolutely no guarantee we’ll do well next season - especially as the vultures are circling for our top assets at the club, and I doubt anyone trusts our hierarchy to not sell given half the chance
Yeah like this hierarchy have loads of previous for selling assets and undervaluing our better players. You’re just making shit up to sit nicely with your generally negative attitude.
 
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Of course I want us to make the Play Offs but theres a part of me hoping we dont. I tell you why.

I cannot see us winning over 2 legs and then a final with all the injuries and the no striker situation we have.

Therefore in the long term , is it best for the team to - just miss out ; get all the plaudits for incredible season ; not have any play off heartache/baggage ; take a well deserved holiday and come back ready for next season with no play off hangover......... OR is the experience and involvement for the players very useful. Your thoughts???

In the nicest possible way that's one of the daftest things I've read on here. Sounds like when people were saying getting relegated from the Premier league would be good for us. Anything can happen in the play offs. We've held our own against the best teams in the league.

I do believe we would struggle to win in the play offs without a striker. I did also think we'd be miles away from the playoffs without a striker But geldhardt has improved a lot and gives us someone to aim for.
 
Of course I want us to make the Play Offs but theres a part of me hoping we dont. I tell you why.

I cannot see us winning over 2 legs and then a final with all the injuries and the no striker situation we have.

Therefore in the long term , is it best for the team to - just miss out ; get all the plaudits for incredible season ; not have any play off heartache/baggage ; take a well deserved holiday and come back ready for next season with no play off hangover......... OR is the experience and involvement for the players very useful. Your thoughts???
I'd rather we never got promoted ever, because eventually we'll only get relegated again...
 
Of course I want us to make the Play Offs but theres a part of me hoping we dont. I tell you why.

I cannot see us winning over 2 legs and then a final with all the injuries and the no striker situation we have.

Therefore in the long term , is it best for the team to - just miss out ; get all the plaudits for incredible season ; not have any play off heartache/baggage ; take a well deserved holiday and come back ready for next season with no play off hangover......... OR is the experience and involvement for the players very useful. Your thoughts???

Play-offs is better than 7th

Play-off final is better than semi's.

I want us to win every game and do as well as possible. I would - unlike some previous times, have no expectations of success but far better to be involved and not go up at the first time of asking than not to be involved at all.
 

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