SirSteveUK Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 My take on the playoff maths. 4 more pts gives us 76 pts Boro max pts 76City max pts 78 (Derby 73) or City max pts 76 (Derby 74) orCity max pts 75 (Derby 76) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 1 hour ago, SirSteveUK said: My take on the playoff maths. 4 more pts gives us 76 pts Boro max pts 76City max pts 78 (Derby 73) or City max pts 76 (Derby 74) orCity max pts 75 (Derby 76) I can see all 3 dropping points on Monday to be honest. I Think beating Millwall will be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 6 hours ago, StewieGriffin said: One more win will do it I think. I dont see Bristol or Derby getting to 75. Pleased Leeds lost - it means they need to be full tilt for next weekend and we'll get a better measure of them. Should we meet them in the playoffs, Id rather have just played a team needing to win and having to throw it all at us rather than one who effectively had nothing to play for. Also means we could rest one or two for Norwich - i think we'll change it up against Millwall too Still think they'll get 2nd mind you This is my desired outcome. Push the Blades till the end then Leeds get second. A stressed out and knackered Sheffield will do me. Bielsa is the only manager I am afraid of in the playoffs and its going to be about the coach/manager. Our squad is as good as anyone in this league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 6 hours ago, av1 said: I Think beating Millwall will be enough. Me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted April 20, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2019 I think we’ve likely already done enough for 6th, but a win at Millwall would probably see us cement 5th, and the chance of 4th would still be alive depending on other stuff. Frankly 4/5th makes no difference, other than the order of the fixtures so once we’ve got 5th there’s no need to kill our selves. Except keeping momentum is important, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, alreadyexists said: I think we’ve likely already done enough for 6th, but a win at Millwall would probably see us cement 5th, and the chance of 4th would still be alive depending on other stuff. Frankly 4/5th makes no difference, other than the order of the fixtures so once we’ve got 5th there’s no need to kill our selves. Except keeping momentum is important, obviously. I think we'd need to win one of the last 3. Not many have got in with 72 points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 7 hours ago, ciggiesnbeer said: This is my desired outcome. Push the Blades till the end then Leeds get second. A stressed out and knackered Sheffield will do me. Bielsa is the only manager I am afraid of in the playoffs and its going to be about the coach/manager. Our squad is as good as anyone in this league. But Bielsa has a well earned record of losing the big games so doesn't bother me especially in knockout games 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted April 20, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2019 9 hours ago, SirSteveUK said: My take on the playoff maths. 4 more pts gives us 76 pts Boro max pts 76City max pts 78 (Derby 73) or City max pts 76 (Derby 74) orCity max pts 75 (Derby 76) Sorry mate, I don't mean to be rude, but I think we should be way past this pessimist mentality. It doesn't matter what others do since we'll win enough ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 It's also starting to feel like last season, when we knew play-offs were ours. It's odd, it's almost like these wins mean less. God I'd hate us to be successful, like all the time, no thank you sir, not for us, no, no no. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 3 minutes ago, Jareth said: It's also starting to feel like last season, when we knew play-offs were ours. It's odd, it's almost like these wins mean less. God I'd hate us to be successful, like all the time, no thank you sir, not for us, no, no no. I'm the opposite we've won 9 in a row and I'm still afraid of us not getting another win and missing out by a point. Come on Villa one more win and on Monday please 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Happy to drop players once play offs are confirmed, but we do need to keep momentum going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoony Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 It would be a crim against football if we didn’t go up. We are the best team in the league and if we got to start the season with Smith we’d be running away with it at the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStagMan Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Dick said: Happy to drop players once play offs are confirmed, but we do need to keep momentum going. Morning Jeremy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 31 minutes ago, TheStagMan said: Morning Jeremy If I was I'd be getting sexualised messages from @dont_do_it_doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Genuinely believe whoever gets 6th will get to Wembley. Can see sheff utd/leeds both being completely deflated and messing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyp Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 10 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Genuinely believe whoever gets 6th will get to Wembley. Can see sheff utd/leeds both being completely deflated and messing up. I think it will mess Leeds up more and they might not recover in time mentally if they lose out on 2nd. They were nervous yesterday and bottled it. Expectation on them is huge, from the fans, city and media. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratvillan Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 We don't want to repeat O'Neill in Europa League by resting players before we've qualified. I'd definitely look to rest grealish, McGinn and mings before the playoffs if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 2 hours ago, Dick said: Happy to drop players once play offs are confirmed, but we do need to keep momentum going. They'll only be two games left. Last season we had 4-5 games when we were in top 6. I'd actually play a very strong side at Leeds. If they are to drop in the play offs we need to go there and give a performance that gives them lots to think about. Would leave out McGinn if he's on 14 yellows though e.g. gets booked v Millwall. Give them all a rest v Norwich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted April 20, 2019 Share Posted April 20, 2019 48 minutes ago, GingerCollins29 said: Genuinely believe whoever gets 6th will get to Wembley. Can see sheff utd/leeds both being completely deflated and messing up. Bring that on. Boro in a play off final would be the most confident I'd ever be of us beating a team at Wembley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted April 20, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2019 11 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Bring that on. Boro in a play off final would be the most confident I'd ever be of us beating a team at Wembley. If you put an under 10s team out against us at Wembley I'd fear the worst! Im like a beaten dog! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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