Play-off semi v Bristol City
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The fact we even had to play with a 22 point difference and start at parity seems unfair.
I like how it was in Italy when, if you weren’t close enough, then it’s just the top 3.
Maybe if you start a goal down for every 10 points or have to play barefoot.
3rd should be in the final already, you could argue.
But each team knows the rules from the outset so it is what it is.
You could reasonably argue that the team finishing 22 points ahead are far stronger and being able to prove that over 2 games should allow enough of an opportunity for the quality to shine through.
That doesn’t apply in the final thigh where a lucky swing into the corner and some backs to the wall defending can upset the apple cart and have the lesser team through.
Both games were tricky in the league. Hopefully Wilder has given it some thought. He is very determined to shut people up, so let’s see him hopefully revel in it.
Bristol City have done well to get this far on their budget.
I like how it was in Italy when, if you weren’t close enough, then it’s just the top 3.
Maybe if you start a goal down for every 10 points or have to play barefoot.
3rd should be in the final already, you could argue.
But each team knows the rules from the outset so it is what it is.
You could reasonably argue that the team finishing 22 points ahead are far stronger and being able to prove that over 2 games should allow enough of an opportunity for the quality to shine through.
That doesn’t apply in the final thigh where a lucky swing into the corner and some backs to the wall defending can upset the apple cart and have the lesser team through.
Both games were tricky in the league. Hopefully Wilder has given it some thought. He is very determined to shut people up, so let’s see him hopefully revel in it.
Bristol City have done well to get this far on their budget.
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Wasnt aware of this so I looked up. If the points gap between 3rd and 4th is more than 9 then the 3rd placed team go up automatically!
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Happened in the 2006-07 season, no play-offs because of the 10 points gap between 3rd and 4th, am now checking the other seasons
2006–07 Serie B - Wikipedia
don’t tell anyone I told you this but tell your players to just go for it when attacking. Overload. Don’t worry about a quick counter attack. If we get the ball back we just pass it around until you are back in shape.
Don’t worry about our attacking play. It’s the same passage of play. We move it around until the balls played to the wing where we cross it in. No one’s there to attack the ball so just wait for that cross, head it away and go on the overload.
If you score 1 great. If you score 2 your through to the final.
Don’t worry about our attacking play. It’s the same passage of play. We move it around until the balls played to the wing where we cross it in. No one’s there to attack the ball so just wait for that cross, head it away and go on the overload.
If you score 1 great. If you score 2 your through to the final.
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Leeds’ comical collapse at the end of last season (which we all laughed at the time) is, in my view, one of the reasons we’ve not been promoted this year. The top three were clearly the best sides in 23/24 even though Leeds fell back to just a 3 point gap above 4th place after their awful end to the season. They’ve then carried on spending big money (their payments on agents’ fees in the last two transfer windows has been in line with the top half of the premier league and 10x the championship average).
So we’ve been up against two top quality sides this year instead of one, trying to get 103 points; I don’t think Southampton would have been as impressive. 90 points (even with the -2) is often enough to get promoted, but was a long way off this year.
Now that the gap to the premier league is so wide, the play-offs seems to add another small advantage to the sides from the top division, as the 3rd team going up to face them may not even be one of the top 4 or 5 sides in the championship. Just another small thing slightly weighted in favour of maintaining the status quo.
This season has been a carbon copy of last year’s championship in some ways, with us playing the exact role that Leeds played. Of course, if we slip up in the play-offs, like Leeds last year, we should be looking to emulate their performance in the following season - but the challenge might then be whether we could spend like they have. On top of this it seems extremely unlikely any of Ipswich, Southampton or Leicester will ‘do a Luton’. So the job next year could well be harder, and if we’re not in a position to outspend people next year, then this play off campaign becomes extremely important to the club’s future success.
So we’ve been up against two top quality sides this year instead of one, trying to get 103 points; I don’t think Southampton would have been as impressive. 90 points (even with the -2) is often enough to get promoted, but was a long way off this year.
Now that the gap to the premier league is so wide, the play-offs seems to add another small advantage to the sides from the top division, as the 3rd team going up to face them may not even be one of the top 4 or 5 sides in the championship. Just another small thing slightly weighted in favour of maintaining the status quo.
This season has been a carbon copy of last year’s championship in some ways, with us playing the exact role that Leeds played. Of course, if we slip up in the play-offs, like Leeds last year, we should be looking to emulate their performance in the following season - but the challenge might then be whether we could spend like they have. On top of this it seems extremely unlikely any of Ipswich, Southampton or Leicester will ‘do a Luton’. So the job next year could well be harder, and if we’re not in a position to outspend people next year, then this play off campaign becomes extremely important to the club’s future success.
Wasn't aware of that either. That's actually a great rule.Happened in the 2006-07 season, no play-offs because of the 10 points gap between 3rd and 4th, am now checking the other seasons
2006–07 Serie B - Wikipedia
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I doubt the EFL would consider it though because of TV money and all that.
Plus Birmingham coming up and probably going to be spending big. Wrexham to a lesser extent but still expect them 2 to be better than the 3 that came up last season means the league will be a more difficult league next season.
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After that match Sheffield United banned footage of that miss and unfortunately it has been consigned to the dustbin of history.
Imagine having Richard Cadette and Paul Williams as a "strike force"
As I remember that miss it was an open goal 2 yards out?
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You really are a nob. Off you go to ignore with the rest of 'em.
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Just been looking at the National League playoff system. If I’ve read it right … 6 teams involved. 3rd play 6th and 4th play 5th (at highest place’s home ground I think): winners get a chance to play either top play off team or 2nd - at their ground, for a chance to go to Wembley. Winner of Wembley final goes up.
I think it’s probably a bit fairer than the 4 team system in the championship.
I think it’s probably a bit fairer than the 4 team system in the championship.
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Thank you to those who contributed to this thread, here’s our MDT. https://www.otib.co.uk/topic/230267...ome-play-off-semi-final-1st-leg-match-thread/
Leeds, last summer, did have to sell 110 million pounds worth of players first
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Anyone know how many tickets we’ve given Bristol for next Monday night?
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Apparently they’ve been given 2,007 and already been told that is going to be the maximum allowed.
Our away end (bottom tier) has 2,853 available seats, this is what we gave Coventry and Blackburn at the end of this season.
Most of the season, SAG have only allowed us to sell 2,725 for the vast bulk of matches, before the Cov match
And for the Sheff Wed game they told us we must net off the front 2 rows, so we only gave Sheff Wed 2,420 tickets.
So no idea why SAG have told us we must have large areas (near both corner flags) of empty seats for the play-offs.
I suppose they see it as a very high risk game that is also on TV, so they want BC fans well away from Blades, just in case there’s a pitch invasion.
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Nothing to do with the SAG, everything to do with Bristol City only giving us 2,023 tickets. We've effectively told them we'd rather have the seats empty than let them have more fans at Bramall Lane than they're letting us take to Ashton Gate.
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Apparently less than half of season ticket holders booked their seats for the second leg before general sale. I hope some people are just holding on until Friday to see how the first leg went, don’t want a crowd of low 20 thousands we need to have it jumping on Monday
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True, which makes it less likely we will be in a position to spend in a similar way should we be in a similar position - as we wouldn’t raise anything like that from sales, and underlines the point that they really should have gone up last year with the quality of the squad they had.
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I think City will be emotionally drained and physically knackered after the Preston game, so expect us to win through to Wembley. I don't see you playing as well in the return game as you did in the league game, where you deserved the draw.
That being said, we are Sheffield United and are well capable of messing it up.
That being said, we are Sheffield United and are well capable of messing it up.
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Let’s f.ing go!!!
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Nearly. 4th plays 7th and 5th plays 6th. 2nd then plays 5/6 and 3rd plays 4/7. Winner of each meet at Wembley.
Italy dont help pay for wembley
Its a major monetary point
Play offs always have and will be about tv rites and money to the f.a
Also gives lower league clubs and players a chance to play in the home of football
3rd teams supporters views are somewhat irrelevant in the big picture
Sure we will get it done this time no matter what the supersticious mumbo jumbo downbeats say
Time will tell ......Tick tock tick tock
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