[Football] Playoffs

[Reidy]

Thoughts on who will win...

Div 1
Sunderland v Palace
West Ham v Ipswich

Div 2
Bristol City v Hartlepool
Brighton v Swindon

Div 3
Huddersfeild v Lincoln
Mansfeild v Northampton




Div 1 - Sunderland
Div 2 - Hartlepool
Div 3 - Northampton

[LHC]

Palace - West Ham final
West Ham winners

Bristol City - Swindon final
Swindon winners

Lincoln - Northampton final
Northampton winners

[1-X]

D1 Crystal Palace
D2 Hartlepool
D3 Northampton

[midge5]

Sunderland vs West Ham final
Sunderland to win

Hartlepool vs Brighton final
Hartlepool to win

Northampton vs Huddersfield final
Northampton to win

[Reidy]

Originally Posted by 1-X

D1 Crystal Palace

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[1-X]

Obviously Sunderland deserve to go up, but so often the team that almost made automatic promotion throws it all away at the end, with the form team that scrapes into the playoffs going up instead

[Reidy]

I know that only too well Still if sunderland loose 2-0 of less we'll crush them at the SoL on monday. no away goals either so might get extra time and penalties on monday. plus sunderland knew 3rd meant playoffs at the start of the season so i don't really think they deserve to go up either.

[Reidy]

or atleast dont deserve to go up more than the other 3 teams, if u know what i mean kinda thing...

[1-X]

In the prediction league, we haven't got as far as predicting the playoff winner but D1-semi predictions indicate the finalists as....

LHC        West Ham	     Crystal Palace
Ragnarak   West Ham	     Sunderland
Apothos    West Ham	     Sunderland
Kurashima  West Ham/Ipswich  Sunderland
Stew       Ipswich	     Crystal Palace
Zharkov    West Ham          Sunderland/Crystal Palace 
CoD	   West Ham          Sunderland
SYMM	   West Ham 	     Sunderland
Lokken     West Ham/Ipswich  Crystal Palace
midge5     West Ham	     Sunderland
JC	   West Ham	     Sunderland/Crystal Palace 
JonnyBGood West Ham/Ipswich  Sunderland
Deffeh     West Ham/Ipswich  Sunderland
Lupin      West Ham/Ipswich  Sunderland/Crystal Palace 
1-X        West Ham          Crystal Palace

*if there is no selection made, it's because that person predicted the teams to be drawing at fulltime on the second game

[Stew]

Heh aren't I different

D1 Crystal Palace
D2 Hartlepool
D3 Huddersfield

[Nondescript Human]

Div 1
West Ham v Crystal Palace final
West Ham win

Div 2
Swindon v Hartlepool final
Hartlepool win

Div 3
Huddersfeild v Northampton final
Huddersfield win

[lokken]

Palace - this is purely from a cynical point of view cos Palace are closest to Pompey, are on a good run of form and the best chance of 6 points next season.
Hartlepool
Huddersfield

[Reidy]

It would seem the good ship pompy is faltering at present. Ure chairman sounds like a bit of an attention seeking arse to me i would like to say i know fcuk all about whats going on tho, but he still seems like an arse

[JC]

Its all been sorted out now - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...th/3704985.stm

[Reidy]

I like Jim Smith, he can come and help out at S'land if they decide to sack him.
Have u lot not sacked Souness yet? its about time he went surely?

[Stew]

Bald Eagle's Barmy Army
Bald Eagle's Barmy Army
Bald Eagle's Barmy Army
Bald Eagle's Barmy Army

(Repeat 100x)

[Dante Hicks]

Argh, I appear to have just wagered on Crystal Palace to win. What was I thinking?

[Stew]

Originally Posted by Dante Hicks

Argh, I appear to have just wagered on Crystal Palace to win. What was I thinking?

I think/hope you'll win

Did you bet on them merely because they're your team? (well were until they were so crap at home and didnt win at home until they played derby iirc)

[Dante Hicks]

Originally Posted by Stew

I think/hope you'll win )

They're my local time, but I don't support them in any real fashion. I've seen them play a couple of times since Selhurst Park is a short bus ride form my home.

[JC]

Originally Posted by Reidy

Have u lot not sacked Souness yet? its about time he went surely?

Why should we sack him?

3 years ago he got us promoted from the 1st division.
2 years ago he ensured our Premiership survival by finishing 10th and we won the Worthington cup.
1 year ago we finished 6th and so got into the UEFA cup for the 2nd year running.

This year has been a small blip in what has been our most successful time since Kenny Dalglish left. This year we had major injuries to Amoruso, Ferguson, Thompson, Redi and McEveley. 3 of those would have been definates in our starting 11.

Next year we should hopefully have a full strength squad with no long term injuries and a somewhat rejuvenated strikeforce with Stead and Gallagher.

A UEFA cup spot shouldnt be out of our reach next season.

[Reidy]

i think your looking through blue and white glasses, souness is a momentum manager that got lucky with stead. i think u'll struggle to finish top half next season. i would pin your hopes on thompson or reid. and mceverley is only a bairn if my thinking is right

[Chrism]

Div 1
Sunderland v West Ham
West Ham win

Div 2
Hartlepool v Swindon
Hartlepool win

Div 3
Huddersfeild v Northampton
Huddersfield win

[Stew]

Originally Posted by JC

A UEFA cup spot shouldnt be out of our reach next season.

Just highlighting this for future reference!!!

[JC]

Originally Posted by Reidy

souness is a momentum manager

Whats one of them then?

He created the 'momentum' himself so that makes no sense at all.

got lucky with stead.

He watched him for quite a number of months, then decided to take a gamble. Not too many managers in recent years have found talent in the lower divisions and brought it to the Premiership with any kind of success. Its not the first time Souness has done it though, he did it with Neill who has been one of our most consistant defenders over the last few years.

i think u'll struggle to finish top half next season.

I'll take a bet on that .

i would pin your hopes on thompson or reid. and mceverley is only a bairn if my thinking is right

Thompson is great and will solve our left sided problem if Souness plays him there. Reid probably wont be much more than a squad player. McEveley will be a great player.

Souness is pretty astute in the transfer market. He got Friedal for nothing, Neill on the cheap, Gray on a free*, Thommo for cheap, Stead was a bargain. The only big money signings i can think of are Cole, Ferguson and Grabbi. Cole has been a good buy despite a recent dip in form. Ferguson should be a hell of a player for us. Grabbi is his only mistake .

The only thing you can fault him with is his short temper and the way he falls out with players - Dunn, Yorke, Cole, Todd**.

Hopefully we will get Gamst Pederson in the summer. The Norwegian Beckham with a left foot .

Originally Posted by Stew

Just highlighting this for future reference!!!

Dont worry i'll remind everyone at the end of next season .


*seriously he has been ace

**player of the year and probably wont play for us again

[Stew]

Originally Posted by JC

**player of the year and probably wont play for us again

Our player of the year who's come good this year is also leaving, won't even talk to the club

[Barrow|Pony]

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[Stew]

Barrow: get back to AD

[MrL_JaKiri]

Originally Posted by Barrow|Pony

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[lokken]

I am well hacked off at the Pompey situation - not that there is an argument, it was bound to come at some point - the fact it's been out in the open has been plain embarrassing.

[lokken]

Ipswich to get to the playoff final btw

[Barrow|Pony]

Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri

blahblahblahidiot.

[Reidy]

Originally Posted by JC

Whats one of them then?

He created the 'momentum' himself so that makes no sense at all.


He watched him for quite a number of months, then decided to take a gamble. Not too many managers in recent years have found talent in the lower divisions and brought it to the Premiership with any kind of success. Its not the first time Souness has done it though, he did it with Neill who has been one of our most consistant defenders over the last few years.


I'll take a bet on that .


Thompson is great and will solve our left sided problem if Souness plays him there. Reid probably wont be much more than a squad player. McEveley will be a great player.

Souness is pretty astute in the transfer market. He got Friedal for nothing, Neill on the cheap, Gray on a free*, Thommo for cheap, Stead was a bargain. The only big money signings i can think of are Cole, Ferguson and Grabbi. Cole has been a good buy despite a recent dip in form. Ferguson should be a hell of a player for us. Grabbi is his only mistake .

The only thing you can fault him with is his short temper and the way he falls out with players - Dunn, Yorke, Cole, Todd**.

Hopefully we will get Gamst Pederson in the summer. The Norwegian Beckham with a left foot .


Dont worry i'll remind everyone at the end of next season .


*seriously he has been ace

**player of the year and probably wont play for us again

he created the momentum and then lost it and went into freefall, keegan, reid etc.. crap managers. I don't suppose his arrogance helps matters either.
he was lucky with stead and correct me if im wrong but he's the only summer signing thats done well this season. He might not have spent too much money on some of the players but i'd guess they're on massive wages, Emerton, Baggio, Babbel, Gresko spring to mind.
Man utd are after pederson, so thats not gonna happen.
As for Ferguson, it doesn't matter how good he is if he's never fit he's a waste of money. Claudio Reyna is the classic example of that.


ps. i'm in the huff atm

[JC]

Originally Posted by Reidy

he created the momentum and then lost it and went into freefall, keegan, reid etc.. crap managers. I don't suppose his arrogance helps matters either.
he was lucky with stead and correct me if im wrong but he's the only summer signing thats done well this season. He might not have spent too much money on some of the players but i'd guess they're on massive wages, Emerton, Baggio, Babbel, Gresko spring to mind.
Man utd are after pederson, so thats not gonna happen.
As for Ferguson, it doesn't matter how good he is if he's never fit he's a waste of money. Claudio Reyna is the classic example of that.


ps. i'm in the huff atm

I dont believe Ferguson is injury prone (Sunday can probably correct me if i am wrong), so that shouldnt be a problem for us, it was just a one off freak accident.

Babbel and Baggio were on loans and we didnt pay much of their wages. Emerton and Gresko arent on that much that i know of.

Pederson's agent said Man U are after him, that doesnt mean they are. More likely he is just trying to get some other clubs interested in him to increase the transfer fee and wages the player will get.

Stead was a Jan/Feb signing not summer. Our other summer signings were Ferguson (injured), Amoruso (injured), Reid (injured) and Emerton (shit) . You can blame Souness for the last one but injuries arent the managers fault.

We had the 5/6th best away record this year. A couple more home wins and we would have been challenging for 6th place.

[Dante Hicks]

Originally Posted by Dante Hicks

Argh, I appear to have just wagered on Crystal Palace to win. What was I thinking?

[MrL_JaKiri]

Originally Posted by Reidy

the only summer signing thats done well this season

You should have known that he wasn't a summer signing, given he was supposed to be going to us.

[Reidy]

Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri

You should have known that he wasn't a summer signing, given he was supposed to be going to us.

i knew what i meant

the kid thats replaced him at huddersfeild is supposed to be class, although his name escapes me we should buy him. we need another striker for when i shoot stewart on monday
planning on taking out babb and mcateer for the crack too

[MrL_JaKiri]

That's what you get for giving Bjorklund fans automatic rifles.

Thornton should start. Always. If only for his free kicks, ignoring that he does a lot for the team.

And that's our best result at Selhurst for ages.

[Reidy]

i was there when we when down and vowed never again. there was a canny nice streaker tho Apparently there was hell on last night. For once i really hope the lads up here dont give them a pasting, we don't need the hasstle. I agree with u on thornton, but maybe down the right as i like the idea of whitely and healy in the middle (when fit). We need a poacher to play with big kyle tho, that leon knight would be perfect

[MrL_JaKiri]

Well, if George is playing at LB next season, and we still have Julio, we should have Piper on RW, Julio on LW. We then have a choice between Trigger/Whitley/Healy/Thornton/Robinson (presuming we sign him). There's only 1 really attacking player there.

[Stew]

Originally Posted by Reidy

for when i shoot stewart on monday

I about bloody crap myself when I saw that! Bastard!!