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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2021 15:22:47 GMT
I didn't expect play offs before the season started and to be disappointed we might not make it under the circumstances this season is not a failure. Been cursed by injuries, not like is a few, is literally a possible starting 11 of players throughout the season, some serious.
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 3, 2021 15:28:48 GMT
When the play off system was introduced was it just for promotion issues only, or was there a relegation format as well. Just thinking if there was some sort of relegation decider at the end of the fixture programme, it might well yet mean that we could be playing for our lives in a one off match. But thankfully of course this doesn't happen, bit I can't remember of it ever actually did?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2021 15:32:24 GMT
When the play off system was introduced was it just for promotion issues only, or was there a relegation format as well. Just thinking if there was some sort of relegation decider at the end of the fixture programme, it might well yet mean that we could be playing for our lives in a one off match. But thankfully of course this doesn't happen, bit I can't remember of it ever actually did? Chelsea were relegated I seem to remember in a play off format. Kicked off v Boro think it was. Maybe why was scrapped.
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Post by scfc75 on Mar 3, 2021 15:34:05 GMT
😂😂
You’re basically asking if we can somehow produce top 2 form, that we haven’t displayed for the entire time we’ve been back in the championship, for all of our remaining games.
The more I read it, the more ridiculous it looks.
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Post by podolipotter on Mar 3, 2021 15:39:24 GMT
The question should be - "Do we really wish to make the play-offs with this squad?" I think not.
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Post by robrigo on Mar 3, 2021 15:48:36 GMT
Not a chance! We are simply not good enough... yet.
And I don’t expect we’ll be good enough next season either. Potentially the one after that may be the one we give it a good go. I’m afraid we’re going to have to be patient such is the legacy of the last five years and the business we’ve done in that time!
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Post by Gods on Mar 3, 2021 15:50:09 GMT
When the play off system was introduced was it just for promotion issues only, or was there a relegation format as well. Just thinking if there was some sort of relegation decider at the end of the fixture programme, it might well yet mean that we could be playing for our lives in a one off match. But thankfully of course this doesn't happen, bit I can't remember of it ever actually did? Yes but as stated the relegation playoff matches with nothing but misery or abject misery to play for fast became little more than a vehicle for folks to indulge in unsavoury behaviour!
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Post by wuzza on Mar 3, 2021 15:50:31 GMT
Ok results haven’t been great but when you look at performances then ..............definitely NO.
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Post by musik on Mar 3, 2021 15:54:05 GMT
Yes. But to me it sounds like M'ON has given up on that.
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Post by tcdobinghoff on Mar 3, 2021 16:13:09 GMT
As unlikely as it seems at the moment promotion could be our saviour. The worst case scenario for me is that at the end of this season we are still lumbered with the players we don’t want, lose the players we want to keep and cannot meet the terms of FFP !! Promotion would solve our financial problems, provide an incentive for our best youngsters to stay and be attractive for new additions. Even in the likely event we were relegated immediately I can’t see how we would be in a worse situation to continue to rebuild if (????) we used the situation sensibly . Norwich are arguably stronger now after an unsuccessful year in the Premiership. Pretty hypothetical though.
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Post by chiswickpotter on Mar 3, 2021 16:13:43 GMT
It's academic Because if this team somehow got into the prem by the backdoor , they would be destroyed there We are no where near ready to go up , so the best thing we can do between now and the end of the season is bring on a few youngsters to fight the fight, next year If souttar could stay fit and improve 10 per cent , if Collins and Alfie doughty and Ty Campbell could somehow be match fit for the final game , if brown could have a run of games and somehow improve a lot , and get a few goals ...then that would be a dream come true Going up this season by the back door would be a nightmare Hopefully the team will be younger , quicker and smarter next year and we will go up deservedly .That would be a dream come true . The PL issue is a different one. We would splash the case we currently cant spend. getting there under FFP is the problem
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Post by somersetstokie on Mar 3, 2021 16:20:43 GMT
When the play off system was introduced was it just for promotion issues only, or was there a relegation format as well. Just thinking if there was some sort of relegation decider at the end of the fixture programme, it might well yet mean that we could be playing for our lives in a one off match. But thankfully of course this doesn't happen, bit I can't remember of it ever actually did? Yes but as stated the relegation playoff matches with nothing but misery or abject misery to play for fast became little more than a vehicle for folks to indulge in unsavoury behaviour! OK right. I'm tempted to say "look how far we've come". Hopefully we never have to face that situation.
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Post by Miles Offside on Mar 3, 2021 16:22:46 GMT
Statistically, yes, we can still make the play-offs. But I'd be amazed if we did, even more amazed if we won them.
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Post by Royal Donut on Mar 3, 2021 17:11:16 GMT
Yes of course we can, but then again I am pinning all my hopes on Vokes going on a scoring streak.
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Post by cod on Mar 3, 2021 18:31:18 GMT
Dont be silly.
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Post by palerider on Mar 3, 2021 18:52:52 GMT
Not just no ,hell no,
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Post by chad on Mar 3, 2021 18:59:50 GMT
No chance
And the way things look now I’m not convinced we’ll challenge next year either
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Post by zerps on Mar 3, 2021 19:40:15 GMT
Which part of we’re embarrassingly wank don’t people understand?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2021 19:49:51 GMT
Only mathematically
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Post by Royal Donut on Mar 3, 2021 20:03:57 GMT
Last chance...saying that could be saying, last chance most weeks.
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Post by Silkystoke on Mar 3, 2021 20:08:57 GMT
Easy decision for me..... No, we’re wank ... we are 10th cos the one below us are wanker than us.. for the moment..!!!! If we do go up I’ll climb the Eiffel Tower and wank at the top..!!!!!
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Post by iglugluk on Mar 3, 2021 20:14:47 GMT
Ask Tachyon.. I'm verging on certain that it's a no Even MoN didn't sound like he was considering it as possible in his pre match presser!
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Post by ibby on Mar 3, 2021 22:46:12 GMT
Looks grim.
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Post by hyaduck on Mar 4, 2021 5:11:12 GMT
OK hear me out... We haven't been good enough at times, we 'may not be ready' & need a massive squad overhaul in the Summer, but every Stoke fan HAS to be dreaming of Premier League football again. I think we have a DREAM run into the last 7 games that could actually make us very much favourites to grab the last spot. Our final 7 games are: - Millwall (Home) - Birmingham (Away) - Preston (Home) - Coventry (Home) - Forest (Away) - QPR (Home) - Bournemouth (Away) Aside from Bournemouth on the final day, I think this is the 6 games that we will put our run together. The Sentinel reported the average 6th spot takes 74 points, although I don't think that will be required this year, getting 11 points from now until after the Bristol City game, could leave us with the run required to hit the elusive 74 point mark! Looking at the other clubs around us, that I think stand a chance of the Top 6, and their last 7 games and they include the following (highlighted tougher games) Cardiffs - Sheff Wednesdays (Away), Blackburn (Home), Reading (Away), Brentford (Away), Wycombe (Home), Birmingham (Away), Rotherham (Home) Bournemouth - Coventry (Home), Huddersfield (Away), Norwich (Away), Millwall (Away), Brentford (Home), Wycombe (Away), Stoke (Home)Barnsley - Luton (Away), Middlesborough (Home), Coventry (Away), Huddersfield (Away), Rotherham (Home), Preston (Away), Norwich (Home)Middlesborough - Watford (Home), Barnsley (Away), QPR (Home), Rotherham (Away), Sheff Weds (Home), Luton (Away), Wycombe (Home) Bristol City - Coventry (Away), Forest (Home), Sheff Weds (Away), Wycombe (Away), Luton (Home), Millwall (Away), Brentford (Home)I think apart from Bristol City & maybe Middlesborough, we've got one of the easier run ins to the end of the season. It's possible lads...keep dreaming!! I’m F##king pissed off with people saying we need a massive squad overall in the summer, it ain’t happening! We have countless shit who nobody will buy so have to wait until their contracts expire which is NOT IN THE SUMMER
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Post by duckling on Mar 4, 2021 5:52:21 GMT
No. I think we'll finish 9th-12th.
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Post by JoeinOz on Mar 4, 2021 5:53:58 GMT
no
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Post by heworksardtho on Mar 4, 2021 6:16:28 GMT
OK hear me out... We haven't been good enough at times, we 'may not be ready' & need a massive squad overhaul in the Summer, but every Stoke fan HAS to be dreaming of Premier League football again. I think we have a DREAM run into the last 7 games that could actually make us very much favourites to grab the last spot. Our final 7 games are: - Millwall (Home) - Birmingham (Away) - Preston (Home) - Coventry (Home) - Forest (Away) - QPR (Home) - Bournemouth (Away) Aside from Bournemouth on the final day, I think this is the 6 games that we will put our run together. The Sentinel reported the average 6th spot takes 74 points, although I don't think that will be required this year, getting 11 points from now until after the Bristol City game, could leave us with the run required to hit the elusive 74 point mark! Looking at the other clubs around us, that I think stand a chance of the Top 6, and their last 7 games and they include the following (highlighted tougher games) Cardiffs - Sheff Wednesdays (Away), Blackburn (Home), Reading (Away), Brentford (Away), Wycombe (Home), Birmingham (Away), Rotherham (Home) Bournemouth - Coventry (Home), Huddersfield (Away), Norwich (Away), Millwall (Away), Brentford (Home), Wycombe (Away), Stoke (Home)Barnsley - Luton (Away), Middlesborough (Home), Coventry (Away), Huddersfield (Away), Rotherham (Home), Preston (Away), Norwich (Home)Middlesborough - Watford (Home), Barnsley (Away), QPR (Home), Rotherham (Away), Sheff Weds (Home), Luton (Away), Wycombe (Home) Bristol City - Coventry (Away), Forest (Home), Sheff Weds (Away), Wycombe (Away), Luton (Home), Millwall (Away), Brentford (Home)I think apart from Bristol City & maybe Middlesborough, we've got one of the easier run ins to the end of the season. It's possible lads...keep dreaming!! Stop taking drugs
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Post by sheds1862 on Mar 4, 2021 14:13:26 GMT
About as relevant as the usual ' Can we go down threads ' Both are mathematical possibilities but that is about it.
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Post by peekay67 on Mar 4, 2021 16:50:23 GMT
We are stable on the field now. We are still miles away from the premier League.
Around top ten is all we could ask for really.
Next season top 6 push hopefully.
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Post by citynickscfc on Mar 4, 2021 16:59:52 GMT
We are stable on the field now. We are still miles away from the premier League. Around top ten is all we could ask for really. Next season top 6 push hopefully. 3 wins in 20. Relegation form. Top ten is unrealistic given the current form and is unacceptable
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