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14 minutes ago, miserableoldgit said:

I am not up to speed on the PP. I thought I heard a little while ago that they were thinking about stopping or adjusting them because it was deemed unfair on Championship teams......although I might have dreamt that.....

That is the complaint from EFL teams. I think the football regulator will attempt to level the playing field when they get appointed. Until then, we could persue a BOING Saints strategy. 

From the Guardian 2 years ago, talking about his Torino side. Loving the potential for sh*thousery

The broad strokes of Juric’s gameplan were nothing new. Like his mentor, Gasperini, he frequently pairs players up one-on-one with opponents all over the pitch and trusts them to engage in individual duels. Where the approach sometimes differs is in the sheer levels of aggression. Juric encourages his forwards to attack the ball-carrier at almost every opportunity.

That approach can make for messy matches. Torino commit more fouls than any other team in Serie A, and it’s not close: averaging 17.6 per game compared with just 14.5 for the second-most prolific offenders, Verona – the team who Juric coached for the preceding two seasons.

Yet Torino sit middle of the pack when it comes to yellow cards, with 11 other teams collecting more. Their fouling is not reckless but often tactical, premised on the idea that it is better to give away an innocuous free-kick deep in opposition territory than to let a move get started. Such infringements are also far less likely to draw bookings.

And the longer that a team stay trapped in their own half, the more likely that they become impatient and flustered. As the above piece from ultimouomo.com also observed, Torino give up fewer passes per loss of possession to opponents than any other team in the league.

Odds shortening on Rohl on Bet Victor. Just signed up to place a bet at 2:1 and now its gone to 6:4 with a max stake of £20!

1 minute ago, Rohl With It said:

Was this before, during or after he took training in Sheffield today ?

Agents do this these days I guess

41 minutes ago, Patches O Houlihan said:

His stats suggest few goals, and few assists. But you can see how his play would create plenty of chances ie the pass that creates an assist

assist- assist?

Whats his xAA stats?

5 hours ago, JRM said:

Match day prices also released now, below is Cat A , the halfway line not as much as they were last time we were in top flight 

IMO  I think the prices are reasonable. To watch a high level prem match in the best seat is £70. The cheapest £35!

I take it he didn't sleep much last night 😂

Happened to sit next to Flynn's agent on the way to Wembley yesterday. 

A lovely bloke, very humble. Was interesting to hear what he had to say about Flynn and the summer.

Nothing earth shattering but that if we go up (yay!) it makes it easier to keep him. That Flynn loves it here. That the problem will be West Ham now they have only a few central midfielders. But this will likely only delay it rather than stop it. 

He also gave an insight into Flynn's mentality for big games like this. 

He also represents Steven Schumacher and confirmed he was gutted he didn't get the job and was interviewed.

Having visions of Leeds scoring, camera panning to Rishi whilst the Leeds fans sing... things can only get better

48 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

This could be a job where the pony “football philosophy” is illustrated. Lego is probably a better fit if they want to play a certain way, even though McKenna has done a better job this season.  The fact he’s devised a system & style to suit the  players and found a style to get them out of the league they’re in, counts for fuck all. It’s all about your spread sheets, philosophy & score on the hipster chart. 
 

Souness summed it up this week. Said he could see Kompany replacing Pep despite being relegated, whereas has he gone all Fat Sam but kept them up, he wouldn’t get a sniff. 

Works both ways though... Sean Dyche (essentially) had a relegation on his CV with Burnley- yet bagged the biggest gig of his career at Everton. Presumably based on the style of football they knew they'd get. 

So if he'd gone Fat Sam, then he'd be in a very strong position for Forest type jobs next year. But he didn't, so he won't. Not sure Man City is a realistic destination for him right now

6 minutes ago, east-stand-nic said:

Lots of stats and records to be smashed on this game.

Leeds never won a play off final in i think 6 attempts is it?

We have never won a play off final.

This will be our 9th final of any kind (i think), and we have only won 2 of the other 8.

In a nutshell, Leeds cannot win play offs and we cannot win finals. Something has to give.

Something has to give. And the other team will feel like they are forever cursed 

Imperious last night... Box to box, his performance had it all. Heart in mouth when he was hopping around after his foot got trodden 

Yay in pink section behind goal. Good luck everyone

24 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Probably me with a hang over but looking at the stadium plan. 
 

Does “Green and light blue safe standing”, mean both areas are safe standing or Green, and light blue which is safe standing. 

Think both are safe standing 

Thought MLTs half time talk to the fans was nice. He said be patient... In the end we didn't need to be

14 minutes ago, OldNick said:

At half time with it 0-0 I decided to get to the stadium (couldn't get a ticket)and drove from the other side of Salisbury at break neck speed to get to the ground, ditched my vehicle and ran to the ground and got in as the gates were open. Just to sample the atmosphere. I managed to see a few minutes but just to breathe in the joy was fantastic. 

Legend 

Funny old game. We couldn't have felt worse as a fan base prior to today. 

Within the space of 90 minutes, everything has changed. Were arguably favourites for the playoffs with a route to the prem against teams we've beaten four times already this season

How strong or otherwise it's that Leeds team? Not familiar with them

2 minutes ago, Dman said:

I don't want Hull - they're the best side I've seen at SMS this season and I think they have our number. 

Agreed. But we're not getting them unless they win by 7 clear goals away to Plymouth- who will be fighting for their lives. 

23 hours ago, whiteleySaint30 said:

Anyone having trouble getting their play off tickets - allows me to put mine in my cart but not my kids ones...............

Just had same problem. If you go to "my reserved tickets" they both should be there

Think this happened a few years ago when we got to Wembley. You could buy a membership at the last minute and get priority.

Moral of story, don't buy a membership until you actually need it. 

20 minutes ago, Turkish said:

that bank holiday weekend.  Middlesbourghs late equaliser, Ipswich late winner, we'd be on 87 points with Ipswich and Leeds now with a game in hand on them both.

Many have spoken about the Ipswich winner...I'm most annoyed about the Blackburn game. The players and manager had all but given up and the performance and result reflected that. 

4 minutes ago, ErwinK1961 said:

When was the last time McCarthy made a game winning save?

There was that game, Saints v Reading. He was MOM for reading

3 hours ago, SaintNewForest said:

Nah, a couple of Saints fans were booted out for trying to create an atmosphere by banging the advertising boards. 

I was near it and came out livid with them. They were acting like arses, winding the crowd up coz they got a bit of attention.

The stewards could've handled it better and the fans egging them on likely distracted the players a bit and they concede. I could see the players keep looking round. 

Ok they should be more professional but why would we even chance causing a distraction to our team. 

And our own fans cheering them on for 15 minutes was dumb.

Basically dumb all round and an unnecessary bit of self harm. Hope they are banned for rest of season we could do without the distraction 

Just now, Suhari said:

Need to pull Smallbone off.

Are you volunteering?