LimerickTangerine
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Get to the Play Off Final and lose
Or miss out on the Play Offs altogether
Id rather miss out
Sunday boredom lol
Or miss out on the Play Offs altogether
Id rather miss out
Sunday boredom lol
Like it has with Oxford this season?Get to final. The experience would drive the players on for next season. Would be a sore one on the fans but would build the players motivation to miss out on the playoffs all together next season by going straight up!
Good point, not like that at all! I think Oxford lost some of their key players in between seasons.Like it has with Oxford this season?
I suppose in a way that is the only consolation - there is no worse sound than being at Wembley when the opposition scores - still remember that one second delay between West Ham scoring and their fans noise reaching us!Losing a playoff final is a terrible experience and it is not even if we can fill Wembley this year
Players out of contract in the summer:Not sure about the continuity next season. We could potentially lose quite a few players in the summer. Ballard, Garbutt, Gabriel, Embleton, Simms - those 5 unlikely to return I'd imagine, all currently fit and contributing. Kaikai, Madine, Ward, Husband, Turton might have options taken up or get new offers but question marks about them all staying, I suspect. No option for Turton, Madine's wages, Kaikai's lack of consistency (he seems to have perked up a few weeks before his contract expires!). That's ten players all on contracts that end on or before June 30. So continuity will be partial to say the least. Ballard probably the biggest loss.
But we would have a core of a side with Maxwell, Ekpiteta, Gretarsson, Dougall, Robson, Mitchell, Yates, Hamilton, Virtue, Stewart, Anderson and.... er ... Bez and Nuttall. We may well take up options or offer new contracts to some of the above and we will be an attractive proposition for players looking for a club to progress their career, of course.
Anybody out on loan and still under contract next season? Sarkic?! Teddy Howe?!
Yeah I looked at that. Have we no other loan players out at clubs who are still under contract next season?Players out of contract in the summer:
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Teddy Howe signed a 2 and a half year deal last January, so will still be in contract until next Summer.
Oliver Sarkic signed summer just gone on a 2 year deal
Think Shaw, Sarkic, and Howe are our only loan players out at the minute.Yeah I looked at that. Have we no other loan players out at clubs who are still under contract next season?
To answer the OP, I'm not sure missing out has the desired effect. The Bradford defeat in the semi final kind of damaged the psyche of the club for a good while. We didn't bounce back after the West Ham defeat. Oxford suffered an adverse reaction this season. But perhaps they will come on strong and win the play offs this time. I wouldn't put money on it though. I'm a believer in taking your opportunities when they arise and this season is a good opportunity. You never know what next season might bring if we don't make it this season. It can be very frustrating trying to get out of a division. So you have to get the psychology right in the club and the squad. You focus on winning each game, and you accept the outcome whatever it is. Just treat every game as the most important
Yeah I'm pretty sure he did.Think Shaw, Sarkic, and Howe are our only loan players out at the minute.
Hardie, Mcdonald were made permanent. Nuttall returned after the injury. Adi Yussuf left permanently in January didnt he?
Some did (winky)Get to the Play Off Final and lose
Or miss out on the Play Offs altogether
Id rather miss out
Sunday boredom lol