Guest bagelybear Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 if so at which point/game did we lose it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Yes, Brighton away if we had gone on to win that, we would have got auto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroswfc Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Course it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StudentOwl Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Yes, our squad was on paper better than Brighton's We lost it against Villa at home in the first game of the season... I can't remember having such a disparity between my expectations and the reality of how a team could perform as I did in that first game, I was so underwhelmed with the performance I could scarcely believe how uninspiring we were. Season never really progressed from there, save for maybe a small handful of games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shez owl Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Yes, agreed Brighton away nailed the coffin, but it started closing before then, too many games we threw points away late. Newcastle were not better than us, they got lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOT Tom Fisher Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Brentford before the Leeds game. If I remember rightly if we'd have won both those games we'd have been 1/2 points from second. The bad run of games after that screwed all chances Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elyowl1 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Yes , two games in particular stand out Leeds and Brighton at home , we were misfiring and never recovered from a poor start to the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Brighton away was a psychological smack in the face. Again we were in total control, down to 10 men and facing a penalty they were staring at defeat. FF stepped up and missed, they took heart from that and our heads went down, momentum was lost as they regrouped. We were then caught between pressing harder and getting caught on the break and a great cross gave them the winner whilst we lost it with the sending offs. Another game of very fine margins in which we'd more than held our own and demonstrated we were one of the top group of teams in the division. The aftermath on here was funny if it hadn't been so ridiculously over the top and as well as being a headfuck re. automatics it brought home to me just how seriously mental some of my fellow supporters were. Their reaction at the end was all you had to look at that night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doubleo Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Yes it was. Who would have thought Derby, Villa and Norwich wouldn't be in the running. Newcastle, Brighton and us should have been battling for the top two, and we never came close. Don't think there was a game where we lost it, just different fans realising at different points of the season that we weren't going to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls2k Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Yes it was achievable. Many said this season would be more difficult but it has been quite the opposite with many of the big teams underperforming. I'm surprised we've finished so high to be honest. Carlos said many times over the past 2 seasons that us and Brighton are 'of similar value' yet they've finished 15 and 12 points ahead of us. We have to ask ourselves why that was. The capitulation away at Brighton was actually quite incredible, that showed the difference in character in the two squads. Edited May 20, 2017 by Owls2k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Play off finalists - add £20m+ Automatic should have been the aim (sadly the £20m+ was wasted) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 No. We were nowhere near consistent enough to challenge Brighton and Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordyowl Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 The first two months, if we'd had a better start with even half a clue as to what players could play where we would have had a chance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19owl08 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Absolutely it was. We started slow. Likely due to hangover from the playoff final, late preseason etc. In pre season Matias looked like he would have been a key part of the team but got injured. As others have said, we got close & that Brighton game away was there for the taking. At the end none of us who were there could believe what had just happened. We then had another chance but injuries seemed to hit around that point & we didn't get that break we needed. It's all fine margins & we are not far off. That's why I can't understand the meltdown some are having. This squad including the management team deserve one more crack & with a bit more luck on the injury front I think we'd do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s6 owl Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Brighton x2 Burton x2 Brentofrd x2 Birmingham Away x2 Ipswich home Leeds x2 All them games the other team weren't better than us we just handed them the points on a plate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanzaroteowl Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Probably get slagged off for this When FF refused to play against Norwich I lost confidence that we would get automatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 It was definitely possible and would have been probable with a more attacking philosophy. Forestieri should have been sold when he refused to play but I don't think that was as important as the completely baffling decision to keep playing three central midfielders when it clearly wasn't working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 35 minutes ago, lanzaroteowl said: Probably get slagged off for this When FF refused to play against Norwich I lost confidence that we would get automatic I agree. As well as it was handled I hated the "bike joke" when I found out what it meant. I thought we played well given what was happening behind the scenes and on the surface there didn't seem to be too much of an aftermath. It left a bad taste though and was the first sign of a break in the ranks. It split the fans and set the tone in some ways for the rest of the season in that respect. I suppose it's something that both needs managing and getting used to as we aim to get back again. First world football problems you could say.....Like I said, I think it was handled pretty well but you can't ignore that it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i used to be sc_owl Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Just now, sonofbert2 said: I agree. As well as it was handled I hated the "bike joke" when I found out what it meant. I thought we played well given what was happening behind the scenes and on the surface there didn't seem to be too much of an aftermath. It left a bad taste though and was the first sign of a break in the ranks. It split the fans and set the tone in some ways for the rest of the season in that respect. I suppose it's something that both needs managing and getting used to as we aim to get back again. First world football problems you could say.....Like I said, I think it was handled pretty well but you can't ignore that it happened. What was the bike joke? Honestly don't know...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) 2 minutes ago, i used to be sc_owl said: What was the bike joke? Honestly don't know...? The social media videos of him on his pushbike which supporters lapped up. Then there was one at the training ground with his bike and with him showing his pockets empty. Turned out he was p1ssed off about Fletcher's car and wages in the deal that brought him to the club. Edited May 20, 2017 by sonofbert2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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