There was a lot about Leeds that concerned me as a play off club! Reading are not a good team but they comfortably beat us. Whatever is going on with Janson needs sorting. We are loosing confidence with Cooper in the team, he's a liability.
On 3 April 2017 at 16:03, David W <[email protected]> wrote: > There was nothing about Reading that concerned me as a play off opponent. > Dull bland little club, who will be excited to just make the play-offs as > an achievements in itself. They don't strike me as having the hunger and > drive for it. I think a rabid full house at Elland Road would dispatch > them. > > In a final frankly anything could happen, but we feel like a team with more > big match personalities / performances in it than in previous years. > > > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Rob Heath <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If we make the playoffs, I am cautiously optimistic. > > > > I have read comments on various fora about how, historically, once we get > > into a "last 4" situation, we never end up winners. However, there are a > > number of ways to look at that, not just the "we never do well" approach. > > > > 1) The "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern" scenario: if a tossed coin has come > > down tails 99 times out of 99, the odds of it coming down tails the > 100th > > time are still even. > > > > Or are they? > > > > 2) If the odds are that 100 tosses will yield 50 tails and 50 heads, then > > if there has been no heads in 99 attempts, then the chances of the 100th > > being heads are greater. > > > > Or..............if you accept that any football club will triumph > > occasionally in "last 4" situations, with a probability of perhaps 3 out > of > > 10, then the fact that Leeds have failed in their last 7 (I believe > that's > > the count) attempts just makes it more likely that we'll succeed this > time. > > > > Specifically, I reckon we could get past Reading in a two-legger. I > didn't > > think we played that badly on saturday. Their goal was a brilliant shot > > from Cormorant or whatever he's called...........it was way above 2nd Div > > quality. I know they had a few other chances, but somehow I never felt > > worried by them. If it hadn't been for that one great shot, I think we'd > > have got a nice 0-0 out of it. Even with that shot, we still beat them > 2-1 > > on aggregate. I doubt very much if Termite-ant, or whatever he is called, > > can produce another shot like that. Then a final v Udders or Fulham? I > > would have been very pessimistic about beating the dog botherers a few > > weeks ago, but if they continue their recent wobble, they are going to be > > getatable. Ditto Fulham, or even Wendies............they've looked more > > vulnerable in recent weeks. > > > > Of course, that is all IF we can get into the bloody playoffs! > > > > On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 5:51 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > So 7 games left and a 6 pt gap over 7th place - mathematically 15 > points > > > get us promoted (subject to us keeping our superior goal difference) - > > Even > > > better Fulham have to play both Sheff Wed and Huddersfield so Wednesday > > and > > > Fulham cannot both get 21 points > > > We have 3 winnable home games - Preston, Wolves and Norwich - all teams > > > with no real chance of play offs or relegation- so IF we can keep our > > nerve > > > in front of what should be sell out home games that gives us 9 of the > 15 > > > needed. > > > So at a maximum we need to win two from Brentford, Newcastle, Burton > and > > > Wigan - not likely to win at Newcastle but the others are winnable - > > > Brentford have nothing tangible to play for but no team is likely to > just > > > roll over, especially at home and especially in front of a full house. > > This > > > makes tomorrow a massive game - 3 points and things will look very > good. > > > Burton and Wigan are both near the bottom for a reason , and Wigan will > > > most likely be down by the time we play them ((and take over their > > ground) > > > but how often does a relegated team suddenly start winning ? Burton > will > > > most likely fighting for their lives when we play them. > > > Realistically I think we can win the 3 home games, lose at Newcastle > and > > > pick up between 2 (2 draws and a defeat) or 5 points in the other 3 > games > > > (win one and draw 2) - so we gain 11-14 points- this means Wednesday > need > > > to get at least 18 points from their last 7 games to overtake us and > > knock > > > us out of play offs - I cannot see this happening > > > All makes tomorrow night very important - us away at Brentford, Fulham > > > away to Derby , and Sheff Wed away to relegated Rotherham - lets hope > > > Rotherham do have that 'bounce' that relegated teams have - a win for > us > > > and a draw for Sheff would be a massive morale boost and put us 8 > points > > > above them with 6 games to go - fingers crossed ( a defeat for us and > win > > > for them and the gap is suddenly only 3 points with 6 to go) > > > I love the fact that we have something to play for but all these 'ifs > and > > > buts' and maths just gets inside my head and dominates everything I do > ! > > > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leedslist mailing list > > > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org. > > > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > > > > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leedslist mailing list > > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org. > > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > > > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org. > uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] MARCHING ON TOGETHER
