The worst one yet

[Northernsoulblade]

After so many defeats u become immune but this was there for the taking though so a bitter pill

 

[Working Class Hero]

I think it might be you know. We actually turned up and still lost. I'm sure this is just the beer and the after effects talking, but I'm not even sure I can be arsed any more.

I'm a season ticket holder who goes to the majority of awat games, but the prize isn't worth it, the one off experience doesn't ever happen, what's the point?

 

[ForgeBlade]

The worst one for me, by a distance. In the previous ones we've never even scored. Today, for about 45 glorious seconds, we were 2-0 up before half time, in control, playing well. Then the screen showed up "VAR Check," and I just KNEW it was going to be chalked off.

 

[Racing Blade]

In the Palace, Wolves and Burnley days, promotion was the gateway to the promised land and the opportunity to establish ourselves among the nation's elite.

We all knew today was the gateway to another season of maulings, but that wasn't the point.

It was purely about feeling the glory of winning a big game on the biggest stage, just for this day. For those few seconds, we finally held it within our grasp and then, for a tortuous hour, felt it painfully wrenched away in a manner that felt inevitable.

A very different disappointed to the other nine, but only time will tell us if it's the worst.

 

[Panini]

Wolves was worse.

We'd been out of the top flight for a while, we were buzzing from the Forest semi-final win, we'd had an unbelievable season getting to both cup semis and winning countless games from losing positions.

It was all about us and we didn't see it coming at all. A proper blindsider.

 

[Booker4]

I think you may be right. I turned to my brother and said this is the worst just before the whistle. Wolves was awful but it's receded in memory. This was our tenth play off/semi final in recent memory? Lost every one. I was quietly confident we might do it. Wolves we were awful from the start. But today we dominated the first half. Sunderland were awful. We were basically there. The VAR was a blow. But still Sunderland didn't lay a finger on us until the equaliser. And then we collapsed. I feel like I'm done with it.

I don't think k we collapsed. Moore's error was just a very big one at the wrong time. I really like Moores but sadly you can't make an error like that.

 

[Booker4]

In the Palace, Wolves and Burnley days, promotion was the gateway to the promised land and the opportunity to establish ourselves among the nation's elite.

We all knew today was the gateway to another season of maulings, but that wasn't the point.

It was purely about feeling the glory of winning a big game on the biggest stage, just for this day. For those few seconds, we finally held it within our grasp and then, for a tortuous hour, felt it painfully wrenched away in a manner that felt inevitable.

A very different disappointed to the other nine, but only time will tell us if it's the worst.

That's it in a nutshell. Getting promoted in those other finals was a genuine chance if establishing ourselves as a PL regular. Now it's virtually impossible for promoted teams to stay up unless it's a club that really don't belong in the championship like Leeds and Villa.

It hurts tonight like all the rest but ultimately it's definitely easier to take than Palace etc. It's just so annoying, gutting that we just can't seem to win a play off no matter how good the team is. Sunderland finished their chances though, we didn't and that's the difference.

 

[Blade59]

It is a strange one. In terms of missing out on promotion the others hurt far more as we had a genuine chance to be competitive in the top flight. In terms of the day itself this feels worse. The previous finals we never looked like winning them but this one was a real kick in the teeth. We were the better side overall particularly in the first half and should have put the game to bed. The second half yes we sat deep but we were not under any serious pressure and Sunderland were hardly creating anything. I felt we were pretty comfortable and had several opportunities on the break to finish them off. The goals kind of came out of nowhere

Driving out of Wembley and seeing the hoards of fans in red and white shirts celebrating was hard to take as it should have been us.

 

[S64 Blade]

Joint with Wolves, for differing reasons. As an individual game, yesterday was harder as we were so much better than them for 95% of the game.

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

Yesterday definitely felt the worst. At 2 - 0 it was insane but then as the inevitable reality of another capitulation dawned and we could all see that outcome would be a late Sunderland winner my mood just fell off a cliff.

 

[VictoryBlade]

Wolves is worse I think. This one really stings in the immediate aftermath, but going down to Cardiff, certain that we were better than them, and getting blown away before half time is the worst feeling I've ever had at a game of football.

And Brown missing a pen!