S-Platt Posted May 14, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted May 14, 2016 Been giving the play offs more thought since we could be involved next season and I think a new rule should come into place. If the team finishing 3rd is 10 points or more ahead of 4th they get a buy into the final. 7th place team can make up the numbers and they play off like normal with the 6th, 5th, 4th. Yes 2 extra games but only fair the team slogging it out for automatic promotion gets a rest. Teams like Hull today have been able to rest players for weeks. No coincidence that Brighton players were dropping like flies last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 13 minutes ago, PaulC said: Seems the teams that just miss out on automatic promotion rarely get promoted A sudden moment of dread overcame me while reading that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share Posted May 14, 2016 Just now, S-Platt said: Been giving the play offs more thought since we could be involved next season and I think a new rule should come into place. If the team finishing 3rd is 10 points or more ahead of 4th they get a buy into the final. 7th place team can make up the numbers and they play off like normal with the 6th, 5th, 4th. Yes 2 extra games but only fair the team slogging it out for automatic promotion gets a rest. Teams like Hull today have been able to rest players for weeks. No coincidence that Brighton players were dropping like flies last night. Don't agree with that, that basically guarantees 3rd promotion as they play two less games. Current structure is good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 9 hours ago, rodders0223 said: They play look us under Lambert towards the end. Possession for possession sake. No real pace, cut or drive. Slow, methodical passing so easy to get into position and defend against. Not able to get the striker in the game at all but lovely passing between the base of midfield and centre backs. What a shit **** side. Bet you had fun if you watched the Walsall game! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 4 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Walsall look absolutely terrible. Bloody hell if this team finished 3rd the rest of that league must be bloody shite in league one They've played very well this season but when it comes to the crunch and big games they just don't have the killer mentality, they were like this at Wembley last season. League one isn't great though. If Barnsley come up then there's 6k tickets in that away end.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 14, 2016 Share Posted May 14, 2016 2 hours ago, PaulC said: Seems the teams that just miss out on automatic promotion rarely get promoted I think it depends. If a team just misses out on the last day after being top 2 for most of the season then I can see why mentally it's tough to raise yourself for 3 more games. If however you're about 5-10 points off top 2 then you can start prepare mentality a few games early. So much of Football is played in the mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Yes I agree there Chris. Both Walsall and Brighton fit your first scenario, although I wouldn't rule Brighton completely out 2-0 is possible to turn around but 3-0 is highly unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 47 minutes ago, PaulC said: Yes I agree there Chris. Both Walsall and Brighton fit your first scenario, although I wouldn't rule Brighton completely out 2-0 is possible to turn around but 3-0 is highly unlikely. Brighton had about 4 injuries on Friday so difficult to see them all recovering and they still have Dale Stephens suspended, think Wednesday will nick a goal aswell. Would like to see Sheff Weds come up. Hull would be a boring promotion as we've seen them in the prem before, we haven't seen Wednesday in quite a while now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 (edited) 14 hours ago, S-Platt said: Been giving the play offs more thought since we could be involved next season and I think a new rule should come into place. If the team finishing 3rd is 10 points or more ahead of 4th they get a buy into the final. 7th place team can make up the numbers and they play off like normal with the 6th, 5th, 4th. Yes 2 extra games but only fair the team slogging it out for automatic promotion gets a rest. Teams like Hull today have been able to rest players for weeks. No coincidence that Brighton players were dropping like flies last night. 14 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Don't agree with that, that basically guarantees 3rd promotion as they play two less games. Current structure is good. What if 3rd and 4th finish miles ahead of 5th. In all fairness if 3 go straight down then 3 should straight go up. I enjoy the playoffs and actually wish the Premier Ship had playoffs to go down even if that means we would have been down a few seasons ago. Bottom 6 teams, 1 day 3 games and the losers go down. It would stop teams trying to draw their way through a season and no matter how unfair it might be on a team that finishes 15th if they went down it would mean teams would always have to attack. In fact you could have this across all divisions and have a "Relegation day" Edited May 15, 2016 by Nicho 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 like everton ive always had a soft spot for sheffield wednesday. proper football club,passionate fans and a traditional footy ground. the noise at hillsborough the other night was immense at times. hope hull go up though because id much prefer games against wednesday and derby rather than shitty hull. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 1 hour ago, VillaChris said: Brighton had about 4 injuries on Friday so difficult to see them all recovering and they still have Dale Stephens suspended, think Wednesday will nick a goal aswell. Would like to see Sheff Weds come up. Hull would be a boring promotion as we've seen them in the prem before, we haven't seen Wednesday in quite a while now. Me too Chris, I will always have a soft spot for Wedenesday after running on the pitch at Hillsborough when we beat them 4-0 to celebrate our promotion from the then div 2. I hope we dont spend so long outside the top div this time and drop down another division. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 I went yesterday to have a look at their ground and pay my respects to the memorial and just couldn't believe how big it all was, Wednesday really should be a top level club and they've been away too long now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Small heath scum and Millwall scum at Villa Park next season, **** wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, rjw63 said: Small heath scum and Millwall scum at Villa Park next season, **** wonderful its all fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted May 15, 2016 Share Posted May 15, 2016 Be more fun if they went outta business and their followers all got typhoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Both these teams would batter us as things stand. It's just rammed home how big a job we have on our hands if we're even thinking about promotion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Could Be Rotterdam Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Another cracking game in the play offs! We'd have no chance against either team. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Lewis Dunk done more in this first half than Micah Richards has shown all season. A proper committed performance if I have ever seen one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Sam Baldock. I don't think I ever seen him doing anything ever. What a complete nothing player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 Just now, rodders0223 said: Sam Baldock. I don't think I ever seen him doing anything ever. What a complete nothing player. I think he's a good finisher, if memory serves, we had him on trial about 10 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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