Mentally preparing for the playoffs

[The Grockle]

Whilst promotion is still in our hands it has to be said that we are probably the unlikeliest of the top 3 to get promoted automatically given our remaining fixtures especially if Burnley win this evening.

Making the play offs will be a fantastic achievement but i worry our fans will see this as a huge disappointed which will ultimately affect our chances of progressing to the final and winning them.

Would people genuinely be disappointed to be competing in the playoffs?

 

[Simster]

I'd be VERY disappointed.

That said, I wouldn't blame the team, and we'd still have a great chance of promotion.

 

[Rugrat]

Disappointed but very confident we'll see off Wednesday,

After that I'm not too sure

 

[GT49er]

Would people genuinely be disappointed to be competing in the playoffs?

I would be disappointed to even think about the play-offs while we are still on for automatic.

 

[The Grockle]

I'd be VERY disappointed.

That said, I wouldn't blame the team, and we'd still have a great chance of promotion.

I get that but it feels great just to be in with a shout however unlikely.

I also think we're in pretty good shape for a crack at the play offs this time

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

However things pan out from here on in, it's been a tremendous season. The players have done us proud. And they seem WELL fired up, unlike Boro and Burnley with their nervy late goals. The team spirit is fierce and that will take us a very long way for the remainder of the season. Would be gutted if we didn't go up now, by one route or another, because we deserve it on merit.

 

[lawros left foot]

Whilst promotion is still in our hands it has to be said that we are probably the unlikeliest of the top 3 to get promoted automatically given our remaining fixtures especially if Burnley win this evening.

Making the play offs will be a fantastic achievement but i worry our fans will see this as a huge disappointed which will ultimately affect our chances of progressing to the final and winning them.

Would people genuinely be disappointed to be competing in the playoffs?

But the fans don't play.
I'm pretty sure Chris Hughton has taken the possibility of the play-offs into account, and will not allow disappointment to mare our promotion push. Anyway, we are going up automatic, keep the faith

 

[crabface]

I do think people are getting rather carried away. It will be play offs for us.

 

[5ways]

However things pan out from here on in, it's been a tremendous season. The players have done us proud. And they seem WELL fired up, unlike Boro and Burnley with their nervy late goals. The team spirit is fierce and that will take us a very long way for the remainder of the season. Would be gutted if we didn't go up now, by one route or another.

Sets us up for the fall though We're doing so welll something has to go wrong.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

The team spirit and mental strength we have should ensure that momentum is carried into the play offs. We should just edge Wednesday and then its Hull or Derby. Who knows on the day but Wembley will suit us.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Sets us up for the fall though We're doing so welll something has to go wrong.

Maybe we already had our thing go wrong at the start of the year. Burnley are still due theirs, hopefully starting tonight.

 

[Triggaaar]

Making the play offs will be a fantastic achievement but i worry our fans will see this as a huge disappointed which will ultimately affect our chances of progressing to the final and winning them.

Would people genuinely be disappointed to be competing in the playoffs?

Obviously I'll be disappointed we haven't finished top two. I'd then dust myself down and get ready to cheer them on in the playoffs.

I'd feel worse if I was a Middlesbrough fan after what they've spent on their team and the way they've behaved (toys out the pram when not picked, the manager not being there for one game etc).

We've played within FFP and our players have given everything. This is the best team I've ever seen us have, how could we not be proud of them, even if we miss out?

 

[Triggaaar]

Disappointed but very confident we'll see off Wednesday,

You realise we could easily finish behind Hull still.

 

[peterward]

I'd be VERY disappointed.

That said, I wouldn't blame the team, and we'd still have a great chance of promotion.

it will come down to the injury time goal for burnley against us, 60 seconds away from automatic promotion

 

[Mo Gosfield]

However things pan out from here on in, it's been a tremendous season. The players have done us proud. And they seem WELL fired up, unlike Boro and Burnley with their nervy late goals. The team spirit is fierce and that will take us a very long way for the remainder of the season. Would be gutted if we didn't go up now, by one route or another, because we deserve it on merit.

I don't agree that Boro ( 19 pts from last 21 ) and Burnley ( unbeaten thus far in whole of 2nd half of season ) aren't ' fired up ' They are both showing tremendous resolve and will be difficult to overtake. We are probably playing the better football but that doesn't always guarantee promotion. All we know is, that like the other two teams, we are showing great strength of character and will carry this to the end of the season.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

it will come down to the injury time goal for burnley against us, 60 seconds away from automatic promotion

....or the penalty awarded against us up there....or the penalty miss v Wolves....or the penalty against us v Derby....or Murphy's disallowed goal v Preston....or, luckily.....Dunk's challenge v MKD.....or MKD's penalty miss.....or Burnley's goal that never was....or.....or......and so on....

 

[Surf's Up]

I'd be disappointed of course, but then I'll re-boot and look forward to the playoffs

 

[glasfryn]

a bit disapointed that someone would be thinking about the play-offs when just about anything can and probably will in the next three games. lets see where we are after Boro then think about the play-offs

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

We must focus on the season as it is, we still have a huge chance of automatic promotion, until that isn't possible or becomes very unlikely we should focus on that. We are ONLY 4 goals behind Burnley's GD and they have some tough games, we also have to play Boro' which should be seen as a positive and could trip them up, don't put all the negative on Albion the others must play their part or we'll snatch it from them.

 

[NooBHA]

I'd be VERY disappointed.

That said, I wouldn't blame the team, and we'd still have a great chance of promotion.

100% correct. You can't at this stage start to think play offs. The team has to focus on the task in hand and that is trying to win the 3 games which would take us up. If it doesn't happen, then you mentally start to prepare for the play offs. The players, the staff and the fans have to focus on supporting the team to reach automatic promotion and we shouldn't get distracted from that for now