Cajun Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Blackpool because they're the most likely to do a Derby. Take points off us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Blackpool 'cos I've just whacked a fiver on them to do so at 7/2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 When does the play offs start? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Saturday, 12.45 kick off between Forest and Blackpool. Leicester and Cardiff play on Sunday at 1.15. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoreboard82 Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Blackpool for me. Don't like fans of any of the others. I've not forgotten that pitch invasion at Leicester in 1992, when they couldn't take defeat as we avoided relegation to the old 3rd division. Having said that we were the same in the play-off defeat to the mackems. Don't like Cardiff and their anti-english hooligan element. Don't like forest because their just horrible. "1-0 to the famous team" eh? well let them be the most famous team in the 2nd tier. So glad we had the last laugh over that lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted May 3, 2010 Share Posted May 3, 2010 Blackpool, their orange strip is cool, they're a minnow in a big league already and they're nearer for away matches. Holloway is good entertainment value on MOTD as well. Not Leicester because Lineker will just be banging on about them all the time, in the same way Chiles used to about WBA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 can any of the playoff teams actually afford promotion or are they just buying into the parachute payment on relegation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Blackpool just for the novelty of it. Forest and Leicester have been there before, and Cardiff are, well Cardiff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaststar Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Blackpool to see holloway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Blackpool as they're shit and will go straight back down. Personally Holloway gets on my tits so not arsed if they don't come up, probably Leicester otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted May 6, 2010 Share Posted May 6, 2010 Blackpool because Leicester are the most BORING TEAM ON THE FUCKING PLANET Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 A 2-1 for Blackpool today which sets it up for a good second leg on Tuesday. I think the Cardiff and Liecester games are going to be more entertaining though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturla Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Not Cardiff. I don't agree with Welsh sides playing in the English leagues so definitely wouldn't want them in the Premiership. Their fans cause trouble when they meet the English (just like Rangers and Celtic) and there would be problems at every one of their games. Wales is a long trip for our away fans. Forest deserve to go up as they finished third but that rarely translates into winning the play off. Blackpool would be my choice. As others have said, they'd be almost guaranteed to get relegated so that's one less relegation place for us to be concerned with. It is a bit unfair that a team who has earned the 3rd place through out 46 game season doesn't get the reward of promotion. Statistically over the past 17 seasons the promotion changes are as following: 3rd - 29% promotion change 4th - 18% promotion change 5th - 35% promotion change 6th - 18% promotion change EDIT: During the 1994/1995 season there were only promoted 2 teams (the league went from 22 teams to 20) so the playoffs were between 2nd - 5th. So I counted the 3rd place winner as a 4th place winner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Not Cardiff. I don't agree with Welsh sides playing in the English leagues so definitely wouldn't want them in the Premiership. Their fans cause trouble when they meet the English (just like Rangers and Celtic) and there would be problems at every one of their games. Wales is a long trip for our away fans. Forest deserve to go up as they finished third but that rarely translates into winning the play off. Blackpool would be my choice. As others have said, they'd be almost guaranteed to get relegated so that's one less relegation place for us to be concerned with. It is a bit unfair that a team who has earned the 3rd place through out 46 game season doesn't get the reward of promotion. Statistically over the past 17 seasons the promotion changes are as following: 3rd - 35% promotion change 4th - 12% promotion change 5th - 35% promotion change 6th - 18% promotion change It would be more fair if the teams finishing 3rd and 4th played at home in one-leg play-offs with the teams finishing 5th and 6th. In the NFL, teams with a better record get home advantage, which seems much better to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturla Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Yes, that would be more fair. A least the get something for finishing higher in the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Leicester is a shithole and Forest are scabs. Plus I think it should be someone who hasn't been in the Premier League before, but I hate Cardiff, so that leaves Blackpool. This for me. No matter how shitty Blackpool is though it was a cracking laugh there this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Part of me wants Blackpool there but i think we've got enough poxy, shit, nothing clubs in the Premier League. Mind - they're interesting i suppose and a Holloway would be a bit of a novelty (as would there being a tangerine kit in the PL). So i hope they do it above everyone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Part of me wants Blackpool there but i think we've got enough poxy, s***, nothing clubs in the Premier League. Mind - they're interesting i suppose and a Holloway would be a bit of a novelty (as would there being a tangerine kit in the PL). So i hope they do it above everyone else. I am selfish. They would represent one guaranteed less place for us in the bottom 3. We can have a more competitive PL in 2011/12 when we are settled(hopefully) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Blackpool, Cardiff or Leicester will do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 By the way, Forest to get past Blackpool is evens on Skybet, jump all over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Part of me wants Blackpool there but i think we've got enough poxy, s***, nothing clubs in the Premier League. Mind - they're interesting i suppose and a Holloway would be a bit of a novelty (as would there being a tangerine kit in the PL). So i hope they do it above everyone else. I am selfish. They would represent one guaranteed less place for us in the bottom 3. We can have a more competitive PL in 2011/12 when we are settled(hopefully) I agree and whilst it's essential to survive this time round (even moreso than it was last season) i don't think there's any need to be so cynical. Any of the play-off sides could quite easily crash and burn, and any of them might have a good season. The chap's graphic in the relegation-ometer thread shows that. I'm with Burnip and in an ideal world, the twenty biggest teams in the country would comprise the Premier League. But obviously - that's not going to happen for a while so aye, i suppose Blackpool would be the most interesting of the four. Not that i think they'll do it. Do away goals count in the Play-offs btw? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Only after extra time iirc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 No away goals rule in the playoffs iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 No away goals rule in the playoffs iirc. Actually you are right, was stopped 10 years ago now. Doesnt seem that long Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Although the commentator in the Blackpool/Forest game yesterday said "away goals don't count at all". So Blackpool won 2-0 then?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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