Sheffield United will be in play-offs - Danny Wilson

[super_pig]

straight from the Mancini handbook of psychology..
we've never taken a proper football team to a playoff before.. you'll all be there if we end up there so stop moaning

 

[Eggman1889]

I beg to differ

Actually your right, The Streets were the headline band (strangly on before the support act) and they were great!

 

[Ollessendro]

It's just Wilson's way of taking pressure off the players. if we relax and beat Exeter then we're in with a chance of automatic promotion. If the Pigs fuck it up, then we go up. However if the Pigs win, at least we are back to winning ways and hopefully confidence coming back for the play off games.

 

[Kenilworth]

I also suspect that it's the old tap on, tap off situation.
If you are geared up for the season to finish on May 5th then the body relaxes and it's hard to re-focus ( a bit like the cold you get the first week you go on holiday). If you are conditioning your team to the potential of playing up to three more games after tomorrow then there is less of a disruption to the momentum.
Let's hope the curse of the manager of the month award strikes and the commemorative programme they have planned gets rolled up and stuffed up their own arses.

 

[gazmesiter1889]

I think mind games but too little too late. Come on wwfc!!

 

[broomhillblade]

With our available strike force of crocks, aging or second-rate players, I can't see us winning the play-offs. The team will be dismantled in the summer to get rid of the high earners and comply with the new league regulations.

I fear we'll be stuck in League 1 for some years to come, although all the teams will be in the same boat financially unless some find ways to cheat the wage cap.

The only salvation would be a miracle tomorrow.

 

[yorkshirecoast]

Presumably the wage cap is linked to each club's income so we will be be able to spend more than most on wages, whether we are in League 1 or the Championship (as our attendances are bigger than most) - although I appreciate we will have to reduce our current spend.

 

[oldblade]

Worst play off final records:


Torquay united Played 5 won 2 lost 3 scored 8 (+5penshootoutgoals) conceded 9 (+4penshootoutgoals)
Bolton played 4 won 2 lost 2 scored 7 conceded 6
Reading played 3 won 0 lost 3 scored 7 conceded 11
Bristol City Played 3 won 0 lost 3 scored 3 conceded 9
Preston North End played 3 won 0 lost 0 scored 2 conceded 8
Leeds played 3 won 0 lost 3 scored 1 conceded 6
Sheffield United played 3 won 0 lost 3 scored 0 conceded 5


Torquay Fans must have nerves of steel!


Oh and Danny Wilson's record?


Play off finals 2 defeats 2

Play off semis 3 wins 2 defeats 1

What about Lincoln City? Appeared in five consecutive play offs (including two finals) and lost them all. At least we've had some gaps between our failures to get over them!

 

[breeny]

And if we get to the final we should stand up like the Chelsea and Liverpool fans are doing!!

 

[Sirius]

And if we get to the final we should stand up like the Chelsea and Liverpool fans are doing!!

We should certainly stand up and be counted. Guys, feel the force, ditch the negativity and get behind the team.
Danny can get them home. I was never confident that we would win the play off final against Wolves. There appeared to be too much strife between Warnock and Windas that may have affected the team. Blackwell got us to the final, again, his methods did not impress . O.K. hindsight and all that but I was not confident.
This season is the first for a long time thatI have really missed being at the Lane.
In Danny we trust and with 90 points, we sure do deserve promotion. Go for it Blades everywhere.

 

[super_pig]

this will be the first time that we go with a proper football team.. you can't play hoofball on the wembley pitch .. it is too big to close down the space.. our results corroborate that theory

 

[Bladesman]

How often does the team that finish 3rd go up?

 

[WorkingtonBlade]

How often does the team that finish 3rd go up?

There were some stats produced on this a few years ago. I think at that time, on the basis of the playoffs played up to that date, the team finishing 5th was most likely to win the play-offs, followed by the team finishing 3rd. Certainly I remember it debunked the myth that the team finishing 3rd hardly ever wins.

I don't know whether anyone's compiled the stats recently though. It's a slightly awkward thing to Google (you spend a lot of time reading about the NFL....)

 

[WorkingtonBlade]

This is for the Championship.

Winners:
3rd: 9 times
4th: 4 times
5th: 6 times
6th: 5 times

I'm still looking for League One. Might just add it up myself....

 

[super_pig]

How often does the team that finish 3rd go up?

usually i think.. unless it is us of course