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Author Topic: The play offs.  (Read 121154 times)

Online Dave

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #750 on: May 16, 2018, 12:25:01 PM »
i thought it was 4-1

Maybe he was talking about the 2004 match under O'Leary.

Arse, erm, their goal didn't count. Or I have fat fingers. Or I got it wrong.

Their goal was a scrappy bit of rubbish, to be fair.

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #751 on: May 16, 2018, 12:26:24 PM »
At VP we can impose our game on most teams.

Away it's a little different. See the limp defeats at likes of Fulham and Wolves and various other mediocre away performances this season.

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #752 on: May 16, 2018, 12:30:55 PM »
We'll need to be much better to beat Fulham, but we've got the players to do it.  Need somebody to put the shackles on Sessegnon, and for somebody like Jack to drive the team forward.  If we try to keep it tight and nick a one-nil, we'll lose.

I understand what you are saying but I think the term "much better" is slightly misleading.

Our players were fantastic last night and worked their socks off for the entire 90 minutes. They all deserve tremendous credit for the job they did over the 2 legs. We couldn't have asked for any more off them. We were not obliged to get men in the box and allow Boro the option of counter attacking at pace, we closed down their space and denied them the opportunity to run at us.

We need to be different against Fulham rather than better. I don't think we could have been any better than we were last night.

They certainly worked hard, and did enough, but had Twatface's free kick gone in, things could have been different.  You also need to factor in that Fulham are a much better footballing side than Pulisboro, so I do think our attacking play will need to be a lot better than it has been over the last two games.

Yeah and had all the shots they had on target over the two legs gone in we'd still only have drawn.

It's all ifs and buts. Sessegnon could have Hutton all over him.

We were by far the better of the two sides and did what was required. We beat Wolves 4-0 and you would normally say they are a better footballing side too. We can do it.

Yes, of course we can do it.  We're essentially making the same point I think.  We didn't beat Wolves by trying to keep it tight and sneak a goal, we beat them by running at them, and generally being better at every aspect of the game than they are.  I think if we worry about them unduly and try to contain them, we'll have about 35% possession, and probably lose 2-0.

If we get Jack, Snodgrass and Albert tearing into them from the off, it could be as easy as it was against Leeds in 96.

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #753 on: May 16, 2018, 01:17:28 PM »
I couldn't' get a ticket for that match but watching it in Leeds with all my Leeds supporting mates was hilariously good fun!

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #754 on: May 16, 2018, 01:39:45 PM »
I couldn't' get a ticket for that match but watching it in Leeds with all my Leeds supporting mates was hilariously good fun!

You're a better man than me Drummond. I couldn't watch a game with loads of fans of our opponents.

Having said that, I was living in Paris in 1996 and got my tickets with a lot of difficulty and went with my mate who is a posh Leeds fan. The sort of bloke who applauds good play from anybody. He was very generous in defeat that day.

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #755 on: May 16, 2018, 02:21:45 PM »
I couldn't' get a ticket for that match but watching it in Leeds with all my Leeds supporting mates was hilariously good fun!
Leeds 96.  I remember getting tickets by putting an advert in the pink pages and picking them up from some guy at Gravelly Hill industrial park.  No mobile phones then, just the hope he would turn up.  Worth every penny to see Savo's goal.

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #756 on: May 16, 2018, 02:29:27 PM »
I need to vent. What arsehole decided that a 5pm ko would be a great idea? Absolutely no consideration for those travelling from different parts of the country. No late train or coach to Devon after the match. Vent over.

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #757 on: May 16, 2018, 02:34:20 PM »
Struggling with the tickets (getting ready for this evening) as it won't let me make a group of the people I was in a group with last year because they are 'in another group'.

Is there anything my 'friends' would like to tell me?

Obviously no chance of getting through on the phone to find out how to overcome this issue!


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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #758 on: May 16, 2018, 02:41:10 PM »
My dad had the same and had to phone the club to sort it.

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #759 on: May 16, 2018, 02:51:30 PM »
Struggling with the tickets (getting ready for this evening) as it won't let me make a group of the people I was in a group with last year because they are 'in another group'.

Is there anything my 'friends' would like to tell me?

Obviously no chance of getting through on the phone to find out how to overcome this issue!


I had same problem this morning (Phone just cuts off after a few rings) and eventually after logging out about 20 times and back in I was miraculously reunited with my son by re-adding him despite originally saying he was in another group!

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #760 on: May 16, 2018, 02:52:15 PM »
I couldn't' get a ticket for that match but watching it in Leeds with all my Leeds supporting mates was hilariously good fun!

You're a better man than me Drummond. I couldn't watch a game with loads of fans of our opponents.

Having said that, I was living in Paris in 1996 and got my tickets with a lot of difficulty and went with my mate who is a posh Leeds fan. The sort of bloke who applauds good play from anybody. He was very generous in defeat that day.

I wasn't popular, there were half a dozen of them. But I bloody hate Leeds so the satisfaction was like not much else...

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #761 on: May 16, 2018, 03:33:14 PM »
Struggling with the tickets (getting ready for this evening) as it won't let me make a group of the people I was in a group with last year because they are 'in another group'.

Is there anything my 'friends' would like to tell me?

Obviously no chance of getting through on the phone to find out how to overcome this issue!



Now managed to sort this. The new system seems to have put us back in old groups. I am linked to a cousin who hasn't been for about 12 years, and Jane is linked to her brother who hasn't gone to a game with her for over 10 years!

Meanwhile, the whole group I have gone to games with for about the last 8 years have disappeared from my history!


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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #762 on: May 16, 2018, 03:39:19 PM »
I only have one group called "Friends and Family" which seems to have everyone in it. Why would people have more than one group?

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #763 on: May 16, 2018, 03:41:01 PM »
Struggling with the tickets (getting ready for this evening) as it won't let me make a group of the people I was in a group with last year because they are 'in another group'.

Is there anything my 'friends' would like to tell me?

Obviously no chance of getting through on the phone to find out how to overcome this issue!



I had the same problem amfy, my friend's dad wasn't in my group any more even though I'd booked tickets for him in the past and it wouldn't let me add him again. My friend had to log in to his account, go into his relationships and delete his dad. I then logged in and it let me add him. Not sure if that's the only way to do it.

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Re: The play offs.
« Reply #764 on: May 16, 2018, 03:44:17 PM »

 


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