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Post by Woppy the Italian on Apr 30, 2023 8:27:52 GMT
Not long home play-offs here we come take anyone over two legs well done to each and everyone of the team onwards and upwards COYWM. We need to avoid Sheffield Wednesday in the semi's,over two legs they will bury us. A one off at Wembley would be different. |
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Post by chip on Apr 30, 2023 11:20:33 GMT
I ain’t to bothered because at the moment we are the team on a high Sheffield Wednesday will be a bit pxssed off because they have thrown automatic promotion away so bring it on. Derby need to win at Sheffield and hope we get beat at Bristol but let’s not worry about that let’s enjoy this week and as we all know anything can happen in the playoffs onwards and upwards COYWM
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Post by OohMac on Apr 30, 2023 12:54:10 GMT
I've always said whoever finishes 3rd will be downbeat and that may take it out of them. To give so much 93points and fail must be crushing. Saw MK Dons last season easily the best team in the playoffs not making the final. We're ecstatic at getting into playoffs, Wednesday will be gutted. Start all square again now.
Barnsley just came back from 4-1 down to get a point. That shows they're still fighting and they have Michael Duff and we all know what you get with him.
Ultimately we're going to have 3 very tough games to succeed.
Would love promotion of course I would but play offs does seem like the next step.
If only Traff and Bradley were ours you would say 5 or 6 improvements and we'd be a very, very good L1 side.
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Post by kenglowhite on Apr 30, 2023 15:52:58 GMT
I think we are a very good League One side,Oohm, and that is why we are in the play-offs. Imagine if we had shown our real form and garnered 6 points in October at Forest Green and Cheltenham, not lost in the last minutes at Shrewsbury, beaten Accrington, as we should, have this week, beaten Wednesday last month after playing them off the park, and often having to play without out best players how many points we would have.
I wonder if you are really asking if our squad is good enough for The Championship, and I would say that the basics are there, but some purchases / loanee retentions would be required.
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Post by OohMac on May 1, 2023 16:55:02 GMT
I think we are a very good League One side,Oohm, and that is why we are in the play-offs. Imagine if we had shown our real form and garnered 6 points in October at Forest Green and Cheltenham, not lost in the last minutes at Shrewsbury, beaten Accrington, as we should, have this week, beaten Wednesday last month after playing them off the park, and often having to play without out best players how many points we would have. I wonder if you are really asking if our squad is good enough for The Championship, and I would say that the basics are there, but some purchases / loanee retentions would be required. Guess is semantics buts Ipswich have 99 goals. Very good. Sheff Weds have 93 points, that's very good even if they're now only worth the same as our 78. We're 20 points off top spot. Liverpool are 20 points off top spot. Have Liverpool been very good or had a very good season. Answer is no. We have scored fewer goals than anyone in the top 6. Only Wycombe scored fewer than us in the top 10. Defensively we've been outstanding. Could end the season as the tightest defence in the league AND had periods without Santos, Jones, Johnson, Toal and Iredale. So I'd say excellent defensively but just good overall. Personally I don't think we keep Bradley or Trafford even if we go up. I just think teams will be prepared to offer £1M maybe even £2M just for a 12 month loan for those two. But thems the breaks when you take talented players on loan. Wouldn't put me off asking City and Liverpool who else have you got this year? |
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Post by riochforthereebok on May 1, 2023 20:08:33 GMT
I think we are a very good League One side,Oohm, and that is why we are in the play-offs. Imagine if we had shown our real form and garnered 6 points in October at Forest Green and Cheltenham, not lost in the last minutes at Shrewsbury, beaten Accrington, as we should, have this week, beaten Wednesday last month after playing them off the park, and often having to play without out best players how many points we would have. I wonder if you are really asking if our squad is good enough for The Championship, and I would say that the basics are there, but some purchases / loanee retentions would be required. Guess is semantics buts Ipswich have 99 goals. Very good. Sheff Weds have 93 points, that's very good even if they're now only worth the same as our 78. We're 20 points off top spot. Liverpool are 20 points off top spot. Have Liverpool been very good or had a very good season. Answer is no. We have scored fewer goals than anyone in the top 6. Only Wycombe scored fewer than us in the top 10. Defensively we've been outstanding. Could end the season as the tightest defence in the league AND had periods without Santos, Jones, Johnson, Toal and Iredale. So I'd say excellent defensively but just good overall. Personally I don't think we keep Bradley or Trafford even if we go up. I just think teams will be prepared to offer £1M maybe even £2M just for a 12 month loan for those two. But thems the breaks when you take talented players on loan. Wouldn't put me off asking City and Liverpool who else have you got this year? Yeah OooooM I’d take Cole Palmer and that Rico Lewis kid on loan AND throw in the other Northern Irish Charles - Shea |
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Post by whitesince63 on May 2, 2023 9:29:49 GMT
It’s obvious that players will leave after being on loan, that’s the nature and problem of loans. Clearly on the Bradley/Trafford side we’ll be sad to see them go and find it tough to replace them but on the other hand I don’t think many will lose sleep over Mbete or Dan going back to their clubs. I trust Evatt to find suitable replacements be it by further loans or permanent signing, whichever league we’re in. It was interesting to hear that should we make it to the Championship then it widens our area of search. I’ve no idea what resources FV have but I’d expect them to be fairly modest by Championship levels but hopefully with Ian and Markham’s work we can find some little gems to work with. I see no reason why if we were promoted we couldn’t survive up there and hopefully lead to investment from some with deeper pockets. If we don’t get promoted I would expect a considerable turnover in squad both inwards and out.
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Post by riochforthereebok on May 2, 2023 15:09:17 GMT
I’d like to think that hopefully if we were to be promoted, we go there with no turmoil, no financial instability’s, no bent owners, debt free, or as manageable as practically possible and we fight a fair fight against the other with all of the aforementioned issues, like Reading, for example, dare I say, Everton and Leeds, if they slip
We would most certainly hold our own, but there’s just a couple of major issues to contend with, we have to beat Barnsley and Sheffield Wednesday before we can talk this talk
COYWM I have every faith, sort of😬😬
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