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Thought I'd save all the idiots time by starting the thread for them.
Why waste your time being stupid because he will be gone when we fail yet again to get promotion via the playoffs |
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| Abdul19 |
| February 7, 2015, 11:36pm |
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That's an oxymoron. Any match between two closely contested teams (which play-off opponents clearly are) is a coin toss over two legs. Today's game, a possible play-off match could easily have been a home win, draw or away win on any given day.
I'm not sure it is. Why not do away with the whole 180 minute semi final and just toss a coin?! (A 'coin toss' or 'lottery' implies pure luck, something the 11 players on the pitch plus manager would have no control over. Which is nonsense!) FGR won today because they scored more goals than us. Is it luck that Norwood scored whilst Hannnah didn't? |
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That's an oxymoron. Any match between two closely contested teams (which play-off opponents clearly are) is a coin toss over two legs. Today's game, a possible play-off match could easily have been a home win, draw or away win on any given day.
Rubbish. That would effectively destroy any point or purpose in competettive sport. Just like any other game, a play-off is a contest of who has more ability and mental aptitude to win that competition. I see no difference in saying "that play-off is a lottery" to saying "any football game is a lottery" : it isn't, if it were then North Ferriby beating Chelsea would have just the same statistical probability as the contrary. |
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| February 8, 2015, 12:50pm |
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Rubbish. That would effectively destroy any point or purpose in competettive sport. Just
like any other game, a play-off is a contest of who has more ability and mental aptitude to win that competition. I see no difference in saying "that play-off is a lottery" to saying "any football game is a lottery" : it isn't, if it were then North Ferriby beating Chelsea would have just the same statistical probability as the contrary.
You are misunderstanding my point. When the two teams are of approximately the same strength they are both almost equally likely to win in a two-legged match where any home advantage is cancelled out. You may kid yourself that's its down to tactics, ability and aptitude but chance plays the biggest part. |
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Problem is rob, we haven't "gone for it" in the home legs
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Problem is rob, we haven't "gone for it" in the home legs
What's the point? The result is pre-determined in the stars anyway  |
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That's an oxymoron. Any match between two closely contested teams (which play-off opponents clearly are) is a coin toss over two legs. Today's game, a possible play-off match could easily have been a home win, draw or away win on any given day.
Calling the game a coin toss is an absolute load of balderdash, over two legs the better side almost always wins. Our tactics in the away game against Gateshead and the away game at Newport were absolutely unforgiveable, especially Gateshead. You can't even blame the Nielson sending off, because we were miles better afterwards. There was no lottery about it, we were architects of our own downfall. |
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| barralad |
| February 8, 2015, 11:22pm |
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Calling the game a coin toss is an absolute load of balderdash, over two legs the better side almost always wins. Our tactics in the away game against Gateshead and the away game at Newport were absolutely unforgiveable, especially Gateshead. You can't even blame the Nielson sending off, because we were miles better afterwards. There was no lottery about it, we were architects of our own downfall.
We were far and away the better side at home to Gateshead despite the scoreline. We were better for about five minutes after Neilson was sent off in the away leg....Don't let the truth get in the way of a veiled dig at Hurst.... From what I remember of the Newport game at B.P. their player Pipe (who incidentally played yesterday for FGR) ran the show but Newport nicked the result with a very late goal |
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We were far and away the better side at home to Gateshead despite the scoreline. We were better for about five minutes after Neilson was sent off in the away leg....Don't let the truth get in the way of a veiled dig at Hurst....
From what I remember of the Newport game at B.P. their player Pipe (who incidentally played yesterday for FGR) ran the show but Newport nicked the result with a very late goal
From a free kick given the wrong way. We were terrible at Newport though. |
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| pontoonlew |
| February 8, 2015, 11:32pm |
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We were far and away the better side at home to Gateshead despite the scoreline. We were better for about five minutes after Neilson was sent off in the away leg....Don't let the truth get in the way of a veiled dig at Hurst....
From what I remember of the Newport game at B.P. their player Pipe (who incidentally played yesterday for FGR) ran the show but Newport nicked the result with a very late goal
In relation to Gateshead, we changed tactics in the second half of the home leg we pressed much higher up the pitch and Gateshead were all at sea. So we went to Gateshead and used the same tactics that we struggled with in the first half. It was only after Neilson went off we had to push at Gateshead again and we looked better. No surprise we pushed at them in the away game this season and tonked them... I was talking about the away Newport game. In which we were behind yet somehow decided to sit back and barely create a single chance. It's over now though, the point is it's far from a lottery. |
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