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McNulty did provoke their player by giving him a shove. That said, it was a completely unnecessary response.

Yeah, and if we took away Accrington’s Kee, or Wycombe’s Akinfenwa neither would have made automatics... We’ve been missing our best player for most of the season, Jodi Jones. All it takes is a glance at our record against the top 9 or so with and without him to demonstrate that. Whilst we...

I agree with you there. But, historical facts can play a psychological role in performance I think and the best example in football of this is, penalty shootout. England and Spain (well, used to) have a penalty shootout hoodoo hanging over them. Meanwhile, Germany and Italy were renowned for...

Shocking math officials works both ways. A very bad refereeing decision has kept our season alive, because I couldn’t see us winning the tie had we lost on Saturday.

But haven’t won in the playoffs since before I was born, think it was around 1990 if I remember what I read correctly. I’m just going to enjoy the game, think we’ve got a decent chance of winning, if not, we prepare for autos next season (hopefully).

You’re bound to be disappointed losing in the playoffs, it’s knock out football and all teams in it to win it. Finishing 6th is not a bad season by anyone’s standards. I don’t think we deserved to be in the automatics, and I think we’re missing that bit extra to be an automatic promotion...

Doyle and McNulty are dead certainties. If JCH is on the pitch, he will be too as well as Kelly. They’d be my top 4. Then a toss up between Bayliss, Shipley and a defender for the 5th.

Meh, in the grand scheme of things, we did nick a penalty, that shouldn’t have been, which levelled a game, and I believe, has kept us the tie. Big loss though, I thought Davies was our best player on Saturday. Willis and Hyam will be able to cope. We need to score first.

I personally wouldn’t, because it is an arbitrary punishment. The referee can’t spot every bit of foul play, but, that’s why other sports have citing committees, such as rugby. There is a clear due process whereas in this scenario, there is none. This is a trial by mob, because it’s on sky...

We may as well appeal it. If we don't, he misses the next game and the final if we get there. What an arbitrary decision. If this was a normal league fixture nothing would have happened. It's a sham trial of public opinion.

If we take the lead, we'll see it through, if not we'll probably lose. As per our regular season record.

That’s precisely my point. Players have all the incentives to dive, because referees apply the word of the law too literally... Football isn’t a non-contact sport like basketball, so I find it pretty ridiculous that the sport now basically says any contact and it’s a foul. It worked in our...

That’s taking away what was a fantastic bit of skill. What if Forte kept his back towards goal, Burge comes out to claim the ball and fouls him, giving away a penalty... he becomes the villa again. Hindsight is a wonderful thing and that’s why our ‘job’ as fans is so easy. It’s Grimmer’s...

The issue of that is the law is ambiguous, take last night’s incident, there was contact, so you could say it was pen and that Bayliss had the right to go down. Players now do go down whenever there is contact, at all levels. Whether Bayliss was, as MR said, avoiding a ‘meaty challenge’ or...

Surely the pragmatist in you sees the utility of being cynical? We have Doyle in our team! An extreme example of ‘taking one for the team’ is Suarez in the 2010 World Cup, saves a shot (that would’ve been a goal) with his hands to deny Ghana a winner. Gets a red card and Uruguay win in...

Well, goals from midfield hasn’t been much of a problem in the last quarter of the season. But overall, it has been a bit of a problem. But yes, I’m in total agreement about the defence, however, last night Grimmer and Davies cane close to scoring. So it wasn’t a problem last night, which I...

I’d consider starting JCH myself, thought he looked a threat carrying the ball and when he wanted to stay upright, he did. That’s the only change I’d make. I think playing 4-3-3 messes with our shape too much. It’ll most likely put McNulty on the wing, which limits our best player. IF we were...

He shouldn’t be retrospectively banned just because it was a televised game. Richard Duffy said he apologised to him and Davies said it was an accident. If the EFL or FA want to bring in citing committees in the future to deal with incidents like last night or Rhead’s, then fine, I’m for it...

The game was on Sky... A lot of people probably would’ve opted to watch it at the local pub or in the comfort of their own home. With the rain? Can’t really blame some of them...

My response was the exact same as their right backs. I couldn’t believe it was given, especially with more obvious challenges not given! Isn’t the first time he’s gone down easily in the box, and won’t be the last, same with McNulty. Referees are stupid enough to fall for it at all levels. He...