are we ready to play with the big boys.

[pottert]

maybe it is me but i think that tomorrows game is our biggest of the season so far.we have managed to get ourselves into this position without the fans putting pressure on the team.
i think tomorrows game will see if the fans & the team can cope with the pressure.
I think we as fans need to raise the roof at the amex from the start & really get behind the team.If we do our part then I'm sure the team will respond & do their part by getting 3 points

 

[Napper]

Fans have a big part to play tomorrow. Everyone needs to be loud and constant whatever is happening on the pitch

 

[Weststander]

Perhaps more pressure is on Boro with their ever-increasing debts, low crowds, and recent & long PL status.
Anything for the Albion is just a bonus this season, we are exceeding expectations, & have bounced back brilliantly from the Autumn reality check.

 

[ShandyH]

I'm quietly confident. Gus has assembled a cracking squad on the hoof and I hope we'll win. I actually think 5 or 6 quality additions in the summer, should we go up, will be enough.

 

[banjo]

Perhaps more pressure is on Boro with their ever-increasing debts, low crowds, and recent & long PL status.
Anything for the Albion is just a bonus this season, we are exceeding expectations, & have bounced back brilliantly from the Autumn reality check.

This.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

We got our answer at Anfield.

 

[GT49er]

No, we're not ready to play with the big boys. We might scrape enough points to stay up next season (if we win the play-offs, which is an outside chance). Happy to just go with the flow, at the moment - what will be, will be

 

[pottert]

Perhaps more pressure is on Boro with their ever-increasing debts, low crowds, and recent & long PL status.
Anything for the Albion is just a bonus this season, we are exceeding expectations, & have bounced back brilliantly from the Autumn reality check.

i agree that they may be under more pressure but what I'm saying is.\

how will the fans & the players cope with what in my view is our biggest game this season.For the first time this season there is real pressure to get a result.
will the fans stay with the team if we go a goal down,will the players perform to their best knowing that we need a result.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

There is no pressure on the fans. We are not on the pitch.

 

[ShandyH]

Oops. I think I read the whole thread wondering whether we could do this against premier league opposition. Apologies.

I think we'll do well tomorrow. My money is on a 2 - 0 win. We have a brilliant, diverse squad for this league. If you look at the stats, we need more away goals. That is all.

 

[pottert]

There is no pressure on the fans. We are not on the pitch.

you are right.

But if the fans are nervous that dosen't take long to affect the players on the pitch who sense the nervousness.

SO LETS REALLY GET BEHIND THE TEAM THE START TO THE END

 

[Weststander]

i agree that they may be under more pressure but what I'm saying is.\

how will the fans & the players cope with what in my view is our biggest game this season.For the first time this season there is real pressure to get a result.
will the fans stay with the team if we go a goal down,will the players perform to their best knowing that we need a result.

I feel relaxed and will support the team to the max tomorrow. Not the end of the World if we don't make the playoffs, but obviously I'd love us to go all the way.
The tension to me feels far less than before others games such as Leeds home, CP (home & away).
The 2012 performances, stadium & academy news, Noonie staying, the rise of Vicente & LuaLua & Barnes, Vokes solving that spot ...... etc ...... all reassures me that everything is on an upwards curve that will sooner rather than later deliver PL and PL players.

 

[DavePage]

Are they ready to play with us?

 

[ShandyH]

Are they ready to play with us?

Not sure. I didn't go to the away game. Did you? Tony Mowbray team with some big old players (walked by them in the City last year the night before they were playing Millwall - they are massive). I think we can win. Similar team to the Derby game, I think. 2-0 again, I very much hope.

 

[fattyjohn]

wether we are ready or not ,is neither here nor there ,you can only beat what's put in front of you

 

[ShandyH]

wether we are ready or not ,is neither here nor there ,you can only beat what's put in front of you

And I think we're ready.

 

[pottert]

I feel relaxed and will support the team to the max tomorrow. Not the end of the World if we don't make the playoffs, but obviously I'd love us to go all the way.
The tension to me feels far less than before others games such as Leeds home, CP (home & away).
The 2012 performances, stadium & academy news, Noonie staying, the rise of Vicente & LuaLua & Barnes, Vokes solving that spot ...... etc ...... all reassures me that everything is on an upwards curve that will sooner rather than later deliver PL and PL players.

a month ago i was very relaxed about the playoffs.I thought the teams around us would put a run together & we would suffer.what has happened is the teams around us have struggled & we have played well at home & scraped a few points away.so with 7 games left the playoffs are now in our hands.
to be 4th with 7 games remaining it would be crazy not to believe that we can make the top 6.

whatever happens this season it will still be a good season but it might just be a great season

 

[Weezle]

No pressure for me tomorrow. We've exceeded expectations however we finish the season now.

However, we're playing great football, especially at home, we're in the best form compared with those we're fighting for a play-off place with, we've only lost once this year and we have Vicente.

I think the team is enjoying their football and the experience too much.

Interesting question though. Even the management can't agree. Poyet wonders how we'll handle the pressure, Taricco says there is no pressure.

Three points to the Albion for me tomorrow.

 

[Mr deez]

We got our answer at Anfield.

But then, against competitive pl opposition this season we'd have 6 points out of 12.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

But then, against competitive pl opposition this season we'd have 6 points out of 12.

Certainly true. And, I would add that we were more convincing than the single goal wins we got against Sunderland and Newcastle. However, perhaps through Liverpool having played against us earlier in the season, neither of those North East sides had sussed us out quite like Liverpool did at Anfield. Right from the beginning, Liverpool knew exactly where our weaknesses were and went for the jugular. Over time, Gus and Tanno have a chance to address some of the naïveté and defensive flaws fully exposed in that match at Anfield. But I don't think we're there yet.