Carvalhal got it right

[Official Old Man]

I watched the Pompey play off games and dipped in to most of the others, they are exciting.
Check out Walsall though. Needing, like us, to score heavily in their last games they beat Port Vale 5:0 away only to see Burton get a draw and go up. But then Walsall lose 3:0 to Barnsley (6th) in the away play off game less than a week later. Shattered.

 

[distantthunder]

I have a new theory, that if luck does not even itself out across a season, it will even out across two seasons. Fingers crossed.

Howard Wilkinson always used to say luck may even itself out over the season but what's critical is when you get the luck. You could argue Stephens didn't deserve to get sent off against Boro but Kayal did against Wednesday. Technically that's luck evening itself out - but clearly one was more significant than the other.

 

[biddles911]

Have a look at the sky highlights thread.....commentator thought it was....and its obvious

It looked a pretty obvious foul to me too though it's easy to be wrong from the stands.

What surprised me was that Stockdale didn't move to cover it as it can't have been going at any real pace at that distance and it didn't seem to take a deflection?

Presumably he thought Dunk would get it?

Can't really get too worked up about it though as he also made a couple of terrific saves to keep us in the game.

 

[DataPoint]

Irrelevant, this thread is making us look like really bitter, sore losers.

I AM! I really am!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Fair play to Carvalhal and his defence for getting away with it on the night, but on another night his side would have been on the receiving end of a most hideous hiding.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I have a new theory, that if luck does not even itself out across a season, it will even out across two seasons. Fingers crossed.

Luck evens out more over 92 games than over 46 for sure.