Play-Offs

Quoted from bradzmilne

I am absolutely baffled why they didn’t leave a man forward in normal time.

We see it happen on a weekly basis. A team with backs against the wall, defending a one goal lead - often “like warriors” but with no exit ball.

Ultimately, defending team gets suffocated & either merely rides it out or concedes.  

Stick a fast striker on the halfway line for Christ sake. Offers both an attacking outlet & stops the ball immediately coming back into the box.

Nothing special. Simply common sense.

I agree. There are very few teams good enough to play a totally defensive game effectively. Parking the bus tends to result in the game being played almost entirely in your own half.  I see why Peterborough would think they simply had to see the game out. A four goal lead had never previously been overturned. But after the first couple of goals they should have changed direction and tried to take the game to the opposition. As we saw from the first leg, they clearly had the players to do it.
    

As much as there's a part of me that still has a slight dislike for Wednesday, dating back to their massive shouts 20 odd years ago (I think it's 20 years since we last played them now...incredible!) I just can't stomach Darren Ferguson.  

He always has and always will just like look an absolute anus, not to mention a wife-beater.

Much like Parkinson at Wrexham, Peterborough's relative success comes in spite of Ferguson sitting at the helm.  Ironically I can see him ending up at Wrexham when Parkinson finally gets the shove.

Seeing the Bolton fans at Barnsley in that huge stand reminded me of us at Notts County last year.

I can see why home teams only give the minimum number but something just doesn't seem right about it all.

How about having to give at least the same allocation as the league game?

Ridiculous having so many empty seats when the demand is so big.

Hopefully, Stockport will now get promotion. Think they would be nailed on to challenge again next season, they would have had automatic comfortably but for their terrible start (and us taking 6 points off them).

Interesting to hear that Salford use a lot of data analysis even down to data on penalties but at the end of the day success is down to the players and not data as it did diddly squat for Salford.

Stockport in the final on pens.

Interesting in the Div 1 promotion final (South Yorkshire) that the 2 teams averaged over 91 points.  A higher average than Leyton Orient got, who were clear champions.

Quoted from TownSNAFU5

Stockport in the final on pens.

Interesting in the Div 1 promotion final (South Yorkshire) that the 2 teams averaged over 91 points.  A higher average than Leyton Orient got, who were clear champions.

Looking at the money they spend either club will see not winning the promotion spot a failure.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Interesting to hear that Salford use a lot of data analysis even down to data on penalties but at the end of the day success is down to the players and not data as it did diddly squat for Salford.

Well said. The trouble with data is it can take you down blind alleys if not used with the whole picture in mind. You think you have pinpointed the problem,  but it turns out it something else that led to that point. The oft quoted data led success of one or two clubs involved a lot more than data, and in any event most clubs use data to a greater or lesser extent and most still fail.

Use it by all means if you wish but it is certainly not a panacea.

Three goals in extra time in the Carlisle game so far. Entertaining stuff.

Quoted from RonMariner

Three goals in extra time in the Carlisle game so far. Entertaining stuff.

No idea what the Bradford goalkeeper was doing there. Was as if he become terrified of the ball.