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Post by mkgas1984 on Mar 25, 2015 13:52:55 GMT
Going back a couple of months ago the league was nothing more than a feint hope. Barnet were 10 plus points clear and romping it. We were improving but the mentality was preparing for a finale of our season in the playoffs.
Now here we are in late march and in touching distance of the summit, strongly pushing the bee's. The recent addition of Lines and return of Easter have now pushed our expectations and hopes to a different place.
3/4 months ago the playoffs would of been seen as success, I get the eyrie feeling it would now be met with disappointment. Almost seen as failure.
We know all to well as Gasheads what a late surge for the playoffs does for confidence going into those 3 games. So often the team jumping in late on wins the lottery of games. How will our psychological state be should we be pipped on the final day.
Some say its better to of loved and lost than to never of loved at all. I just hope that is the case should we not cross the automatic promotion line.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Mar 25, 2015 14:02:33 GMT
iirc (I did check this a few months ago) there's pretty much no difference in play off position and chances of going up from the Conference. iirc the last eight teams have come evenly spread (2 each) from those four positions.
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Post by mumbles on Mar 25, 2015 15:00:58 GMT
iirc (I did check this a few months ago) there's pretty much no difference in play off position and chances of going up from the Conference. iirc the last eight teams have come evenly spread (2 each) from those four positions. Is it just me that thinks the team which finishes in the first play off place should be able to choose its opponent from the other play off contenders? Anyway, I agree mkg, whatever happens from here on in its been a good season and we should embrace whatever hand fate deals us. |
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Post by meader on Mar 25, 2015 15:45:13 GMT
The race for the top spot is now between us, Barnet and Grimsby with Macclesfield the outsider. If we dont get the right result on Saturday, it becomes a 4 horse race all the way to the finishing line. None of our remining fixtures are easy, but we must go into each game with high hopes. Its now or never for the final 6 games.
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Post by supergas on Mar 26, 2015 0:17:01 GMT
iirc (I did check this a few months ago) there's pretty much no difference in play off position and chances of going up from the Conference. iirc the last eight teams have come evenly spread (2 each) from those four positions. Close, it's 2,3,4,2,3,4,4,3,2 over the last 9 seasons....lesson from that is that this season it's bound to be the team in 5th who wins the playoffs... 3/4 months ago the playoffs would of been seen as success, I get the eyrie feeling it would now be met with disappointment. Almost seen as failure. We know all to well as Gasheads what a late surge for the playoffs does for confidence going into those 3 games. So often the team jumping in late on wins the lottery of games. How will our psychological state be should we be pipped on the final day. I think Clarke and this group of players should get the mentality correct - and if we end up in the playoffs it'll be a sensible "we're the best team from these four so let's win three more games and finish the job". |
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Post by BishopstonBRFC on Mar 26, 2015 6:54:15 GMT
iirc (I did check this a few months ago) there's pretty much no difference in play off position and chances of going up from the Conference. iirc the last eight teams have come evenly spread (2 each) from those four positions. Is it just me that thinks the team which finishes in the first play off place should be able to choose its opponent from the other play off contenders? Anyway, I agree mkg, whatever happens from here on in its been a good season and we should embrace whatever hand fate deals us. I think it's 2nd vs 5th and 3rd vs 4th with 2nd and 3rd playing their home games in the 2nd leg. |
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Post by Feeling The Blues on Mar 26, 2015 9:18:24 GMT
Is it just me that thinks the team which finishes in the first play off place should be able to choose its opponent from the other play off contenders? Anyway, I agree mkg, whatever happens from here on in its been a good season and we should embrace whatever hand fate deals us. I think it's 2nd vs 5th and 3rd vs 4th with 2nd and 3rd playing their home games in the 2nd leg. What SHOULD happen is 5th play away at 4th, the winners away at 3rd and the winners of that meet 2nd in the final. |
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Post by mumbles on Mar 26, 2015 11:54:37 GMT
I think it's 2nd vs 5th and 3rd vs 4th with 2nd and 3rd playing their home games in the 2nd leg. What SHOULD happen is 5th play away at 4th, the winners away at 3rd and the winners of that meet 2nd in the final. That's a pretty interesting idea. I like it. With this at least if the 5th placed team went up they would fully deserve it. |
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Post by Qatar Gas on Mar 26, 2015 12:15:37 GMT
What SHOULD happen is 5th play away at 4th, the winners away at 3rd and the winners of that meet 2nd in the final. That's a pretty interesting idea. I like it. With this at least if the 5th placed team went up they would fully deserve it. I like that idea however, finishing 2nd and going straight to a Wembley final is a little strange. Maybe some teams would prefer to finish 2nd rather than 1st due to the far greater financial benefits of playing at Wembley even with the risk of not actually going up! I think the only way that format would work is with 2nd playing at home to the winners of 3rd/4th/5th but that would deny many teams of playing at Wembley ever again. |
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Post by Centenary Gas on Mar 26, 2015 15:49:07 GMT
Macc are 100/1 for the title now
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Post by I Voted For Kodos on Mar 26, 2015 16:10:21 GMT
I think it's 2nd vs 5th and 3rd vs 4th with 2nd and 3rd playing their home games in the 2nd leg. What SHOULD happen is 5th play away at 4th, the winners away at 3rd and the winners of that meet 2nd in the final. The problem is that the team who finishes 2nd would a three-week wait to play the final after their last league game. Having a rest is good, but too long and they'd lose match sharpness. I think the rugby premiership had a similar system until a few years back but scrapped it because of the disadvantage to the team not playing. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 20:20:47 GMT
bloody emotional innit
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2015 20:23:51 GMT
fer effs sake,
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Some say its better to of loved and lost than to never of loved at all. I just hope that is the case should we not cross the automatic promotion line."
I mean, really???
Suggests a life with a depth of about half an inch
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Post by markczgas on Mar 26, 2015 20:49:17 GMT
On a similar subject. Don't know how many of you know this but we are going to be playing our next two games before Barnet and Grimsby do.
We kick off first tomorrow, then our next game is on Friday whilst Barnet and Grimsby play on the Saturday - hopefully we can get TWO wins and then just maybe the other two will buckle !!
I'd rather play first if I was a player /manager as there must be a little less pressure.
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Post by supergas on Mar 26, 2015 23:04:25 GMT
I think it's 2nd vs 5th and 3rd vs 4th with 2nd and 3rd playing their home games in the 2nd leg. What SHOULD happen is 5th play away at 4th, the winners away at 3rd and the winners of that meet 2nd in the final. Similar to the NFL where the teams seeded 1 & 2 have a bye week whilst 3, 4, 5 and 6 play off to meet them. The top two then meet in the final. If it all goes to form (home advantage is always to the highest seeded team): 'Wildcard Round' 3 vs 6 and 4 vs 5 'Divisional Round' 1 vs 4 and 2 vs 5 (team seeded 1st gets the lowest ranked team left) Final round 1 vs 2 If the leagues and conference adopted this format we'd lose the home and away legs, but two more teams would be involved (and there would be the same number of total games). |
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