Lets absolutely rock Wembley and bring the house down!!!!

[Gimli]

It's the nature of the playoffs, arguably you had the easier of the two fixtures.

Yeah that tends to happen when you finish 3rd

 

[Mackem magic]

Yeah that tends to happen when you finish 3rd

Do you think you'd have beaten Coventry?

 

[Silent Blade]

palace were formed 1861

No, they were formed in 1905!

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Do you think you'd have beaten Coventry?

Have a watch wind up merchant..

 

[Mackem magic]

Have a watch wind up merchant..

Yeah but it's a different narrative when it's knockout football.

 

[BLADE OF GRASS]

It's just the fact that I've seen a lot of posts about raising the roof at Wembley, but you were struggling to generate an atmosphere in your home tie in the semis.

No struggle at all ,it was the best atmosphere of the season from minute one of the game ,most enjoyable home match I've been to this season

 

[blade too long]

It's the nature of the playoffs, arguably you had the easier of the two fixtures.

yes , give you that, coventry got a full 1 point more than bristol

 

[Mackem magic]

No struggle at all ,it was the best atmosphere of the season from minute one of the game ,most enjoyable home match I've been to this season

That upper tier that was half empty, I remember back in the day when away fans used to get upper and lower, some fantastic views of the city of Sheffield from that upper deck.

 

[Mackem magic]

yes , give you that, coventry got a full 1 point more than bristol

We've all seen in the past that final league position is often irrelevant going into the playoffs. Knockout fixtures are a totally different narrative.

 

[BLADE OF GRASS]

They don't these days as its mostly full, has been all season , a fair few didn't fancy it ,probably saving there money for Wembley or general cost of living probably ,knowbody ever won a trophy just for having a full ground

 

[blade too long]

No, they were formed in 1905!

no they just turned professional in 1905, its why they claim this

 

[WayneAllison]

Let’s bring the house down like a Taylor swift Ed Sheeran gig


Forza Shoreham Boys

 

[blade too long]

no they just turned professional in 1905, its why they claim this


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bit like the wednesday turning into a sheffield club in 1928 and dropping their regular relocation nature

 

[JS Blade]

It's the nature of the playoffs, arguably you had the easier of the two fixtures.

whilst i understand people have a personal preference to opponents. you literally cannot bring the word "easier" in to a conversation when it comes to the championship playoffs.

The potential of promotion can alter a clubs path, there are good pro's, quality players and bags of effort in every team that earns enough points to get in to the top 6 come the end of the season.

The red card played a part but lets give bristol some credit. they are a decent side, their fans we great on the night and we quite frankly we were better and earnt it.

 

[blade too long]

We've all seen in the past that final league position is often irrelevant going into the playoffs. Knockout fixtures are a totally different narrative.

well its 3d v 4th final so so far its followed he league positions , we finished 22 and 21 points ahead of both , the largest points gap in play off history

 

[Mackem magic]

well its 3d v 4th final so so far its followed he league positions

I think it's panned out like that in recent years, but overall, it's happened often in the past where a team that's sneaked into 6th has gone all the way. The playoffs are great to watch as a neutral, but a nightmare to be involved in, obviously unless you manage to go all the way.

 

[Silent Blade]

no they just turned professional in 1905, its why they claim this


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Nope, disbanded in 1876, reformed in 1905

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

If fans on the lower tier can do that most impossible of things and..... stand up, the atmosphere in our end will be decent

I don't want to see most of the Sunderland fans stood up and most of ours sat down

 

[blade too long]

Nope, disbanded in 1876, reformed in 1905

let you tell the palace their claims are bogus ,

 

[Jason jacobs]

ZDS cup 1989, lost 3-2

I was in pigs kop that night ,when we scored the police moved us into that crows nest to right of their top. Bloody idiot lol

 

[FriethBlade]

This. People need to commit to the same song for longer to allow everyone to cotton on.

Dexter the 'Don't go out tonight' song is ideal for this

 

[FriethBlade]

To be fair Starman although it’s difficult to sing without raw emotion would be epic with 30,000+ blades at Wembley singing it

We need to add the 'other verse' there's a star man running down the wing....he's the fastest thing.

 

[jimmymuir]

If fans on the lower tier can do that most impossible of things and..... stand up, the atmosphere in our end will be decent

I don't want to see most of the Sunderland fans stood up and most of ours sat down

Surely there's no chance anyone sits in the lower tier. If I'm told to sit, then I'd rather watch it out in the concourse. I'm not attending a play-off final to sit down

 

[General Jase]

I think it's panned out like that in recent years, but overall, it's happened often in the past where a team that's sneaked into 6th has gone all the way. The playoffs are great to watch as a neutral, but a nightmare to be involved in, obviously unless you manage to go all the way.

That's actually one of those football myths! Just 10% of the total wins have come from the team finishing in 6th (2/20).
West Ham in 2004-05 and Blackpool in 2009-10 are the only teams to get promoted after finishing sixth, so it's not happened for 15 years.

 

[Mackem magic]

That's actually one of those football myths! Just 10% of the total wins have come from the team finishing in 6th (2/20).
West Ham in 2004-05 and Blackpool in 2009-10 are the only teams to get promoted after finishing sixth, so it's not happened for 15 years.

Playoffs have been going since the middish 80s mate, that's slightly longer than 15 years.

 

[Proper Blade]

At the Man City game I was in the standing section, but most of the songs were coming from the upper tier to be honest. Atmosphere was disappointing in there considering.

 

[Proper Blade]

Playoffs have been going since the middish 80s mate, that's slightly longer than 15 years.

Of course, you couldn't have just said: 'Fair enough, I was wrong there'

 

[Mackem magic]

Of course, you couldn't have just said: 'Fair enough, I was wrong there'

I would have if I was, like I said the playoffs started in the 80s, they haven't just materialised in the last fifteen years.

 

[Proper Blade]

I would have if I was, like I said the playoffs started in the 80s, they haven't just materialised in the last fifteen years.

You said the 6th placed team often goes on to win it. That's demonstrably not true. Now you're blabbering on about how long the play-offs have been going. Bizarre

 

[Mackem magic]

You said the 6th placed team often goes on to win it. That's demonstrably not true. Now you're blabbering on about how long the play-offs have been going. Bizarre

You're only looking at the last fifteen years lol.....for an event that's been going almost forty years lol.