Looks like being a really interesting division again. Obviously want us to go up but won't be gutted if we don't. I've been enjoying the championship. It feels like promotion one day is inevitable but whilst FFP settles down, I'll be happy if we're in or near the mix each season.
That's not the point I'm making though is it. All I am saying is that if we really went for it - agreed with more composure - against Blackpool we KNEW we would then be masters of our own destiny. And I felt that we didn't, so now we're paying the price. Not the same point as "if only".
Oi. You're talking nonsense. I'm a hugely positive and optimistic fan, so where did that comment come from. I'm merely pointing out that (a) fact, we didn't tear in to Blackpool and (b) fact, we failed to beat a team with one win in something like 20 games and (c) fact, we knew what needed to be...
Tosh. Their record before Monday was utterly abysmal. We had the chance to stamp on a team in disarray and bank three massive points but we just didn't go for it. We lacked fire and urgency and desire and now, as I say, we're paying the price.
I really admire the team for being in with a shout...
Because we knew what the situation was against Blackpool - one of the worst teams in the division. We were at home with three games to go and our fate in our own hands and we didn't tear into them. Pretty obvious why I picked on that game I would have thought.
Of course you can point to so many things in a season, but on Monday we had a great chance to put the play offs into our own hands and we fluffed it.
We should have gone for Blackpool's throats but instead we paid them too much respect and are now paying for that. It was in our hands and we...
That is completely and utterly untrue.
I stayed for one pint and walked out of the Amex before 5.30pm. There was no queue at all for Mithras (there was for Mill Road) and I walked straight onto one of the three waiting double deckers.