We'll be right. Will beat Barnsley over 2 legs and we're going to wembley. Already got digs booked.

To give you a clue where I stand.
I've not ordered any jet fuel. I don't expect to order any until next season.

comment by Bennythedip - Living The Dream (U9359)
posted 4 hours, 31 minutes ago
We'll be right. Will beat Barnsley over 2 legs and we're going to wembley. Already got digs booked.
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Yes, my friend Martin and his wife have booked their hotel, albeit it's on one of those deals that allows you to canel it without any penalties. I sincerly hope that you and Martin don't need to cancel your accommodation.

If we get to Wembley we have a 50-50 chance of getting promotion. What we will need is another performance like the Pappa John's trophey final.

I think the first leg ends in a draw and we complete the job in the second.

I would normally jump at the chance of going to Wembley again but if it came down to it I don't think I really want to.

comment by The Ghost of Gerald Cid (U6427)
posted 14 hours, 39 minutes ago
I think the first leg ends in a draw and we complete the job in the second.

I would normally jump at the chance of going to Wembley again but if it came down to it I don't think I really want to.
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That sort of points to you not being confident that we will make it over the line?

That mirrors my thoughts, but as always when I am in realistic mode, not negative mode, I will be hoping against hope that we can get the job done.

It's what happens after, if we don't make it that will tell us where the club is going. Will Evatt go, or will the club invest in better players and stick with him?

Evatt had been saying even before new players were signed in January, after the injuries piled up, that he had the players that could do the job. I think the truth is, he had to build confidence in a depleted squad, but did he truly believe what he was saying?

From what other top teams in the division did early in the transfer window, it has become obvious that we missed several players who could have made a difference.

That throws a question on his judgement. I and others on this forum thought that we should have entered into the market right at the beginning and that would have meant having a shopping list at the ready weeks if not months before the window opened.

We were still in a very good position at that stage of the season and our results could have been so different.

Your thoughts please.

There's not much of a buzz about the place.
Everybody must be holding back, waiting to see if we make it to the final.
If we do go to Londinium, we'll no doubt be quiet and reserved until we get back home.

comment by SUPERWHITEINEXILE (U2020)
posted 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
comment by The Ghost of Gerald Cid (U6427)
posted 14 hours, 39 minutes ago
I think the first leg ends in a draw and we complete the job in the second.

I would normally jump at the chance of going to Wembley again but if it came down to it I don't think I really want to.
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That sort of points to you not being confident that we will make it over the line?

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It's more the entire day I had last time I was there, (the cup final), The game was magnificent. Getting there, the organisation of getting a drink, and getting home was probably the worst I've ever done.

If I do it then it's probably on my own terms.

This is boring. After the game on Friday, we'll only be halfway to knowing if we are going to London or not.

I think I'd rather be doing my summer shopping list and taking the rubbish to the tip.

You just know at some point IE will be moaning, he's not had much time for his shopping before pre-season starts won't he.

Are we there yet?