Luton Town (H)

[Arrested development]

Today was always going to be an attacking game with a late winner. We're still better than all the other teams in the playoffs. Stop being negative and look forward to a Saturday on the piss. 

[Eavesy]

We could be 4-0 up after 1st leg and still lose this.

we are utter shite in big matches and we’ll shit ourselves away at Bradford.

we shit ourselves at home against Barnsley and almost lost it so we’ve no chance here.

what a disaster today has been

[JimmyRiddle]

And short of full backs so sell one of our assets to a team now above us into the play-offs, genius!! 

[Not in Crawley]

Just now, Arrested development said:

Today was always going to be an attacking game with a late winner. We're still better than all the other teams in the playoffs. Stop being negative and look forward to a Saturday on the piss. 

I dunno - not booking a train ticket yet and it only costs me £23 😁

[jmjhb]

1 minute ago, Eavesy said:

We could be 4-0 up after 1st leg and still lose this.

we are utter shite in big matches and we’ll shit ourselves away at Bradford.

we shit ourselves at home against Barnsley and almost lost it so we’ve no chance here.

what a disaster today has been

If our players were as spineless as some of our fanbase we'd be relegated in January

[ianofcleveleys]

Said a couple of months back if we win the play offs with wing backs as full backs and (on one side at least) wingers who are zero help it'd be a miracle. 

That miracle might just still happen but any team better than the Red Lion can score through us at minute. 

We are wide open to the same types of goal every game, ones that are blindingly obvious watching on but ones we're incapable of heeding warnings of and preventing. 

Our play off hopes are 100% pinned on outscoring whoever we play, to do that we'll have to be a lot better in their box than we were today, decision making and execution were terrible.

Should have had 6, could have conceded 6. Work to do before next weekend.

 

Edited 41 minutes ago by ianofcleveleys

[Whitestar]

5 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Do we think we get past Bradford in 2 matches? I do

If we are 3 up from the 1st game,, YES.👍

[barrycowdrill]

The story of our season - wrong / selfish decision making when in promising positions and meek bordering on rank defending has meant we’ve conspired against ourselves to make the story of our season considerably more difficult 

gone from an ideal position to possibly the worst. I don’t fear anyone but ourselves 

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

2 minutes ago, barrycowdrill said:

I don’t fear anyone but ourselves 

This is it

We're our own worst enemy

[Tombwfc]

42 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Give over.

Shittest this, shittest that.

We're in the play offs and not quite good enough for top two.

If we don't go up, then SS will have some work to do, but for now, look forward to the forthcoming games.

Anyway.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cgqp2yqn2x7t

 

 

Didn't spend a day in the top two all season and finished 16 points off second in 5th.

"Not quite" good enough.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

I don't know how fit he is but I'm hoping Simons can play a part in the play-offs

Rr and Sheehan do really well together because they both bust a gut in the middle but it'll be very hard if not impossible to expect them to do that over three matches in a short space of time and when we have to take them ofc their replacements can't do it

The option to have a No. 6 in the middle would be a big thing for us

[Zog1]

Our entire attacking strategy seems to be get the goal to the wingers to score screamers, with an infrequent often poor quality cross or through ball, shows the quality of Kenny and Dalby they've managed to score what they have. 

Compromising our defence for that doesn't seem worth it to me, start with a solid base atleast, that solid base starts with players playing in their natual positions. Wing backs as wing backs. 

We also need a proper DM in midfield, Sheehan and Rodriguez have done their best but neither can win the ball and recycle it. Rodriguez if he plays needs to play as a no10 not a psudo no8. 

3421/ 532, whatever you call it, we need it, not this silly 4231 or 442. We havent got the players to play that.

Edited 30 minutes ago by Zog1

[ianofcleveleys]

3 minutes ago, barrycowdrill said:

I don’t fear anyone but ourselves 

That's about it, we know what those three opponents are like, we know what they can do or not do. None of them should hold any terrors for us. 

But, we know what we're like too. Some wonderful talents, game changers all over, but capable of shooting ourselves in the foot at any moment.

All the traditional thinking about two legged ties, home first away second etc might as well be thrown out the window. We're what we are, could lose first leg win second, the other way round or draw them both 3-3. It'll be a white knuckle ride.

[deeane Koontz]

Conway is terrible at defending. Shockingly shit.

I hope he doesn't start in the playoffs.

[Dimron]

17 minutes ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Said a couple of months back if we win the play offs with wing backs as full backs and (on one side at least) wingers who are zero help it'd be a miracle. 

That miracle might just still happen but any team better than the Red Lion can score through us at minute. 

We are wide open to the same types of goal every game, ones that are blindingly obvious watching on but ones we're incapable of heeding warnings of and preventing. 

Our play off hopes are 100% pinned on outscoring whoever we play, to do that we'll have to be a lot better in their box than we were today, decision making and execution were terrible.

Should have had 6, could have conceded 6. Work to do before next weekend.

 

 

We are wide open to the same types of goal every game

1 in 4 chance now but weighted against us.

Every manager knows how to beat us

[Whitestar]

Thinking back about some of our performances & results this season 5th is actually impressive.

But its shop window time for a lot of our players at the moment and WHO if anyone would take the likes of Burstow? He's not good enough for us and has no chance at his own club , Dempsey? I like him but times time cock.

Toal? Has he seen his arse or a ghost? The geezer looks scared shitless.  Are there no cocky mouthy angry kids anywhere that wanna be a professional goalkeeper?

What happens when that young winger goes back to his club? Do they say " so what was it like then?, he says yeah man we had a laff ya know some of the lads were skibberdy and i scored a couple of screamers but you know what bro?, on the whole they a bit shit".

 

[auckland_bwfc]

3 minutes ago, deeane Koontz said:

Conway is terrible at defending. Shockingly shit.

I hope he doesn't start in the playoffs.

He shouldn't be anywhere near the next 3 games. 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

27 minutes ago, Whitestar said:

It all very well these happy clappers saying its ok, we're in the play offs lets just see what happens??, imagine that was in the not so old days when finishing 3rd would get you promoted!!

We go into the game just needing the win, any win, just a win.

But then we remembered, we're BWFC if we can f**k it up we'll find a way.

Enjoy yer bank holiday weekend.

Totally different situation, and can't be compared.

We had already qualified and had only professional pride to play for.

They had absolutely nothing to lose.

If third was a promotion place, I fancy we'd have been promoted already.

[Dr Faustus]

Fuck me. Meltdown in full force today

[1969]

Just back and imo a very good game but shame about the result 

To be honest if someone offered me before the game that Luton and Plymouth wouldn't get in the playoffs but we would lose today I think I would of taken it 

Not one team worries me in the playoffs we'll piss it

[gonzo]

Don't give a fuck what anyone says that's a fucking disaster today.

Nothing over the course of this seasons suggests we can beat Bradford convincingly at home and get anything there.

Spent the past 3 months in 3rd and now fucked it with the uphill battle of having to go a packed Valley Parade and get summet.

Just isn't happening and sums our inconsistent bullshit season in one hit today.

Self destruct Wanderers. Not a fucking chance we are beating them over two legs. 

Fuckin wank

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

18 minutes ago, Tombwfc said:

 

Didn't spend a day in the top two all season and finished 16 points off second in 5th.

"Not quite" good enough.

Phrase it how you want, you understand the point though.

We weren't that far off Cardiff for a while, but we couldn't take advantage of their slip ups.

Can't help feeling we lacked enough belief as we got closer, and then it slipped away. 

Almost accepted that the play offs would be our best chance.

None of that matters now though.

We can't change it, and have as good a chance as anyone to go up.

SS needs to get some belief and desire into them, and try to sort out this glaring weakness.

Rest up for a couple of days, give them a bit of family time, and then back in for the build.

[jmjhb]

Just now, gonzo said:

Nothing over the course of this seasons suggests we can beat Bradford convincingly at home and get anything there.

Keep the faith lad.

I'd rather us stink it up today than next week.

[Whitesince63]

40 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

I take your point but the counter argument is that our wingers are our greatest strength and if we go with wing-backs we either lose or lessen that strength

I'm not sure we have any great options

He tried didn’t he either Taylor and Christie but obviously both haven’t worked out for several reasons. He obviously thought in January that he had enough but I’m sure he realises now that he doesn’t. Hopefully what we’ve got will get us through so he can fix it in the summer. I still believe we have.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 minute ago, gonzo said:

Don't give a fuck what anyone says that's a fucking disaster today.

Nothing over the course of this seasons suggests we can beat Bradford convincingly at home and get anything there.

Spent the past 3 months in 3rd and now fucked it with the uphill battle of having to go a packed Valley Parade and get summet.

Just isn't happening and sums our inconsistent bullshit season in one hit today.

Self destruct Wanderers. Not a fucking chance we are beating them over two legs. 

Fuckin wank

 

If we did beat Bradford convincingly at home, we wouldn't necessarily need anything there.

We've just been to their place, in front of a big crowd and played well.

We have the talent, it's now down to the desire.

Not like you to be so down- unless I'm missing extreme mockery! 😀