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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 3, 2023 23:22:41 GMT 1
Schooled me? Was he the one that tried to say they were just cup games?? LOL Im still waiting for someone to explain how a game that is part of the league season, has the name of the league division in its title, and effects clubs' league position isnt a league game. Why people struggle to understand that the regular league season IS NOT the entire league season and that the league season carries on with the play offs remains beyond me. The clue is in the word League. What is a league? Well it's where everyone plays each other home and away, and a League table shows Where everyone is.When everyone has played each other twice the League table shows the final standings. The league fixtures then end, . The play offs are not league games, obviously, because the league has finished. It's actually quite straight forward No. Thats not a league. The definition of a league is: 1. a group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other In football, the league competition has two parts to it...a regular season of 46 games to form a league table...and then some play offs to determine a promotion. The league season doesnt end after those 46 games. It cant because everything in the league ( refer back to the definition ) hasnt been decided at that point!! So we have the Championship play offs..and League 1 play offs, etc ( clues in the name!) These games ARE PART OF THE LEAGUE SEASON! It really is very straight forward.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Jun 3, 2023 23:42:53 GMT 1
You never really hear our 'singing section' unless we're winning. One character, but worlds apart. We sing when we’re winning, we’re whining when we’re losing…
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Post by Galpharmer on Jun 4, 2023 0:12:22 GMT 1
A team of Andy Booths would be terrible, where's the creativity coming from?! Stupid song. Like I wish it could be Christmas every day. Fucking stupid. Folk would starve to death. Tesco would never be open.
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Post by irverino on Jun 4, 2023 0:58:02 GMT 1
Chairmen who have been Town fans for over 30 years before taking over & don't always know what's best, even if they both have two promotions & bring us out of the doldrums (or lowest ever position in Longbottom's case)......they are not real Town fans like us lot.
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Post by detox on Jun 4, 2023 5:22:53 GMT 1
The clue is in the word League. What is a league? Well it's where everyone plays each other home and away, and a League table shows Where everyone is.When everyone has played each other twice the League table shows the final standings. The league fixtures then end, . The play offs are not league games, obviously, because the league has finished. It's actually quite straight forward No. Thats not a league. The definition of a league is: 1. a group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other In football, the league competition has two parts to it...a regular season of 46 games to form a league table...and then some play offs to determine a promotion. The league season doesnt end after those 46 games. It cant because everything in the league ( refer back to the definition ) hasnt been decided at that point!! So we have the Championship play offs..and League 1 play offs, etc ( clues in the name!) These games ARE PART OF THE LEAGUE SEASON! It really is very straight forward. Like banging your head against a brick wall this..I don't care what you believe, the fact is you're wrong , league games and play off games are different.. One is a .. league game, And...wait for it.. The other is a.... Play off game ! You'll be saying League Cup games are league games next...jeez.. Now if you're talking 'league season ', or as most people say, the football season, the football 'season ' ends after the cup final so now the season is over. When league games have finished then we say the 'league' season is over, now for the play offs. You're getting muddled with the terminology methinks.
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Post by Stewpot on Jun 4, 2023 10:44:34 GMT 1
In 2017 we finished 5th in the league. Did we move up to 3rd in the league after winning at Wembley? No, we remained 5th. Still shows on any league table you care to check. That is because after 46 games the league season was completed. What followed was a cup format to decide who was promoted with the teams in 1st and 2nd position.
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Post by rockwall on Jun 4, 2023 13:30:33 GMT 1
In 2017 we finished 5th in the league. Did we move up to 3rd in the league after winning at Wembley? No, we remained 5th. Still shows on any league table you care to check. That is because after 46 games the league season was completed. What followed was a cup format to decide who was promoted with the teams in 1st and 2nd position. The table also states we played 46 games not 49. It also states Fulham played 46 not 48. Just read the debate, and I am bewildered how it has even become a debate. It is clear for all that a regulation season consists of 46 games. After 46 games the league is complete.
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Post by tepidterrier on Jun 4, 2023 19:17:35 GMT 1
Corberan is tactically the best coach we will likely ever see manage Town in our lifetimes. I think it speaks volumes that he had the side so motivated and together while not possessing anything like the charisma of someone like Wagner or Warnock. In fact he came across as the most socially awkward person I've ever seen manage a football team. They were all so motivated by him purely because they trusted his methods so much.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 10:54:48 GMT 1
No. Thats not a league. The definition of a league is: 1. a group of teams playing a sport who take part in competitions between each other In football, the league competition has two parts to it...a regular season of 46 games to form a league table...and then some play offs to determine a promotion. The league season doesnt end after those 46 games. It cant because everything in the league ( refer back to the definition ) hasnt been decided at that point!! So we have the Championship play offs..and League 1 play offs, etc ( clues in the name!) These games ARE PART OF THE LEAGUE SEASON! It really is very straight forward. Like banging your head against a brick wall this..I don't care what you believe, the fact is you're wrong , league games and play off games are different.. One is a .. league game, And...wait for it.. The other is a.... Play off game ! You'll be saying League Cup games are league games next...jeez.. Now if you're talking 'league season ', or as most people say, the football season, the football 'season ' ends after the cup final so now the season is over. When league games have finished then we say the 'league' season is over, now for the play offs. You're getting muddled with the terminology methinks. Youre getting muddled between cup games and league games methinks! Does the league season finish after that 46th regular season match? Final table is complete....everythings sorted..no league matters to resolve at all.... Everyone goes on holiday. Er,,,, no. The league season continues..with the CHAMPIONSHIP play offs,, the LEAGUE 1 play offs..the LEAGUE 2 play offs....all games that are part of the league season ( again, the clues in the name!) When the ref blew the final whistle in that Sheff Wed v Barnsley match this time, that was when the league season ended. So these games that are part of the league season,,,are titled with the league division in their name...and conclude the league standings for the following season.....they are what exactly ......,cup games?
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 10:58:13 GMT 1
In 2017 we finished 5th in the league. Did we move up to 3rd in the league after winning at Wembley? No, we remained 5th. Still shows on any league table you care to check. That is because after 46 games the league season was completed. What followed was a cup format to decide who was promoted with the teams in 1st and 2nd position. The table also states we played 46 games not 49. It also states Fulham played 46 not 48. Just read the debate, and I am bewildered how it has even become a debate. It is clear for all that a regulation season consists of 46 games. After 46 games the league is complete. Is it? So everyone knows who they'll be playing next season? After 46 games the league TABLE is complete. The league COMPETITION continues with the play offs.
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 6, 2023 11:12:37 GMT 1
Fuck me, he's still going on...
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Post by CowshedJack on Jun 6, 2023 11:19:02 GMT 1
We would be in a better position in the league and financially if Town had got relegated the first season in the Prem.
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jun 6, 2023 11:23:15 GMT 1
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jun 6, 2023 11:23:45 GMT 1
we got promoted to the prem a season too soon
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 6, 2023 11:29:22 GMT 1
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Post by CowshedJack on Jun 6, 2023 11:51:43 GMT 1
we got promoted to the prem a season too soon I think Wagner would have left had we not got promoted that season, I think there was rumours of Wolfsburg earlier that season? He’d have definitely been tempted elsewhere. Plus since we were so skint at the time, we’d have probably had to sell a couple players to Reading I imagine.
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 6, 2023 11:53:08 GMT 1
we got promoted to the prem a season too soon I think Wagner would have left had we not got promoted that season, I think there was rumours of Wolfsburg earlier that season? He’d have definitely been tempted elsewhere. Plus since we were so skint at the time, we’d have probably had to sell a couple players to Reading I imagine. He nearly went to Villa early on in that season, and then nearly went to Wolfsburg later on in that season. There may have even been another club he nearly joined as well, was it Leicester? He had a number of pay rises under Hoyle in order to keep him at the club.
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Post by rockwall on Jun 6, 2023 12:23:16 GMT 1
The table also states we played 46 games not 49. It also states Fulham played 46 not 48. Just read the debate, and I am bewildered how it has even become a debate. It is clear for all that a regulation season consists of 46 games. After 46 games the league is complete. Is it? So everyone knows who they'll be playing next season? After 46 games the league TABLE is complete. The league COMPETITION continues with the play offs. It isn't a league though... its a knockout competition. If it was a league all 4 teams would play eachother to determine a winner.... The league is complete... the season isn't.
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Post by Porrohman on Jun 6, 2023 12:39:54 GMT 1
Fuck me, he's still going on... Get your dad back on 😉
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 14:35:41 GMT 1
Fuck me, he's still going on... 10 years into this.. just getting started.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 14:36:12 GMT 1
Fuck me, he's still going on... Get your dad back on 😉 Is that moaner.. who schooled me ? LOL
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jun 6, 2023 14:42:09 GMT 1
Fotheringham would have kept us up 😂😂😂😂
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 14:48:52 GMT 1
Is it? So everyone knows who they'll be playing next season? After 46 games the league TABLE is complete. The league COMPETITION continues with the play offs. It isn't a league though... its a knockout competition. If it was a league all 4 teams would play eachother to determine a winner.... The league is complete... the season isn't. The league ISNT complete at all. You dont know who's going up yet!! Look at the definition of the word...The 'league' is the competition , not just the table.. the whole competition ( the season ) , and that includes the play offs... the play offs ( yes, a little knock out competition ) are part of the league season!! Which is what I find so bewildering about this ( and I genuinely do!) .. how people can think games that are clearly part of the league season, somehow arent league games just because theyre part of this second bit of the league season.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 14:53:42 GMT 1
Fotheringham would have kept us up 😂😂😂😂 Could well have done. I was going to post that but too controversial for a controversial thread!! Instead of stalking me, shouldnt you be starting threads or posting something, anything, about all the things you think everyone else should have to talk about ted?
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 14:59:02 GMT 1
Exactly. Held at the end of the season.. not 'held after the end of the season. Its saying its part of the league season!
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Post by htafcokay on Jun 6, 2023 15:05:46 GMT 1
Exactly. Held at the end of the season.. not 'held after the end of the season. Its saying its part of the league season! "Knockout competition".
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Jun 6, 2023 15:06:55 GMT 1
Fotheringham would have kept us up 😂😂😂😂 Could well have done. I was going to post that but too controversial for a controversial thread!! Instead of stalking me, shouldnt you be starting threads or posting something, anything, about all the things you think everyone else should have to talk about ted? There's me thinking it was a forum . More chance of you and sabailand dressing up in women's clothing IN PUBLIC than that utterly useless oaf turning the sinking ship round . You're always good for a though fella
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Jun 6, 2023 15:10:08 GMT 1
Exactly. Held at the end of the season.. not 'held after the end of the season. Its saying its part of the league season! "Knockout competition". *cough* Champions league *cough*
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 16:13:32 GMT 1
Could well have done. I was going to post that but too controversial for a controversial thread!! Instead of stalking me, shouldnt you be starting threads or posting something, anything, about all the things you think everyone else should have to talk about ted? There's me thinking it was a forum . More chance of you and sabailand dressing up in women's clothing IN PUBLIC than that utterly useless oaf turning the sinking ship round . You're always good for a though fella Ive actually just bought a flowery frock this week for a do Ive got coming up. It wont be the only one Ive got either! I can sit in it whilst im on here if that does it for you.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jun 6, 2023 16:16:33 GMT 1
Exactly. Held at the end of the season.. not 'held after the end of the season. Its saying its part of the league season! "Knockout competition". Yes. The second part of the league season ( after the table is completed in the first part ) is a little knockout competition.
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