We are short priced favourites to go up!

The last 3 games we have only had 26 chances, which is lower on average then previous games under Carrick, where we were average more like 15 a game.

The injuries and resting players has affected us going forward.

Somehow we need to get either Forss or Ramsay fit.
 
Will be a different story when we are at full tilt. With or without a fully fit squad. We showed at Luton we are better than them with half a team. We showed yesterday we are better than Coventry without really trying for the last half hour. I was a bit concerned yesterday, but having slept on it, I'm a lot more confident and think we'll be back to our best starting on Sunday. Carrick is a shrewd cookie.
 
Form is so important going into the playoffs and we have the worst form of the 4 teams. We may have the better team but the best team doesn't usually win the play offs it is the one in the best form.

All this tinkering with the team , resting players etc has left us looking flat and not the same team we were. It's a dangerous game to play as you can't expect to switch it on and off.
 
Konrad_the_Barbarian said:
Form is so important going into the playoffs and we have the worst form of the 4 teams. We may have the better team but the best team doesn't usually win the play offs it is the one in the best form.

All this tinkering with the team , resting players etc has left us looking flat and not the same team we were. It's a dangerous game to play as you can't expect to switch it on and off.
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It might not matter as much as you think....

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Davey_C said:
What price were they a few weeks ago when you could bet on Swansea and Co? (There was a thread on here)
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Last month I got a bet on them at 12/1.

I think if its not us going up, it'll be them. All the stars have aligned for them in the past few weeks and luck plays a big part in the play offs, Sunderland are riding high on it at the moment!
 
Bernieslavenschin said:
It might not matter as much as you think....

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Hope you're right but Sunderland have the bit between their teeth now. They'll be buzzing having made it over the line they way things worked out yesterday and will be a very difficult side. Young players playing without fear and on a roll plus an experienced and tactically astute manager.

Hopefully Luton do a job on them.
 
Konrad_the_Barbarian said:
Hope you're right but Sunderland have the bit between their teeth now. They'll be buzzing having made it over the line they way things worked out yesterday and will be a very difficult side. Young players playing without fear and on a roll plus an experienced and tactically astute manager.

Hopefully Luton do a job on them.
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Yeah as much as the stats might not play out that way it's always unnerving to see a side peak at the right time
I think there's a chance they come into the final fatigued.
 
Konrad_the_Barbarian said:
Hope you're right but Sunderland have the bit between their teeth now. They'll be buzzing having made it over the line they way things worked out yesterday and will be a very difficult side. Young players playing without fear and on a roll plus an experienced and tactically astute manager.

Hopefully Luton do a job on them.
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Sunderland have done exceptionally well to finish top 6, the wonder goal right at the death v Watford and Millwall losing from being 3-1 up yesterday makes it a minor miracle - more so when you consider they did so with the second lowest points total ever for 6th place.

Coventry recorded the lowest ever total for 5th place.

We've known our fate for weeks now and I'm not sure that either of these teams will benefit from the emotional scenes yesterday.
 
Jonny Ingbar said:
Sunderland have done exceptionally well to finish top 6, the wonder goal right at the death v Watford and Millwall losing from being 3-1 up yesterday makes it a minor miracle - more so when you consider they did so with the second lowest points total ever for 6th place.

Coventry recorded the lowest ever total for 5th place.

We've known our fate for weeks now and I'm not sure that either of these teams will benefit from the emotional scenes yesterday.
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Good point. It didn't help Watford, the emotional last minute win over Leicester. Going on to lose the final v Crystal Palace.

 
I think sometimes when a team's big achievement is getting there, as it was for Sunderland yesterday, then they lose something going on to the next game. They've already had that big cathartic moment of joy, and relief. We saw in our Euro final run that a big win like against Steau doesn't carry over to the next game.

The teams that have been comfortable in the playoffs most often win. The one exception is where they miss out on the autos at the very death but that wasn't the case for us (or Luton) this season.

I wouldn't write anyone off but I'd still expect a Luton v Boro final.
 
Nano said:
I think sometimes when a team's big achievement is getting there, as it was for Sunderland yesterday, then they lose something going on to the next game. They've already had that big cathartic moment of joy, and relief. We saw in our Euro final run that a big win like against Steau doesn't carry over to the next game.

The teams that have been comfortable in the playoffs most often win. The one exception is where they miss out on the autos at the very death but that wasn't the case for us (or Luton) this season.

I wouldn't write anyone off but I'd still expect a Luton v Boro final.
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Simon Jordan also agrees, today on Talksport predicting Luton - Boro final
 
Luton always seem to get dismissed. I think theyre favourites as have experience of playoffs and are very solid. Unlike us who have a collapse in us like huddersfield or west brom performances.

Also off a tangent but how come we get an extra day to recover over luton who finished 3rd. Shouldnt they have earned that advantage over us? Seems strange.
 
Luton will kick seven bells out of the Mackems in both legs.

Sunderland have done better than anyone could have expected getting into the play offs, but Luton will bully that young team. It's a mismatch
 
I can only see Luton winning that tie - and probably both legs.
I hope we can press the start button again, because if we do we will beat Coventry.
 
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