Sova Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Unless the club know something we don't, I'm not sure we helped ourselves the other day by having Hutchinson go first, or by having Forestieri going last. Yes, Forestieri missed, but he was under huge pressure, and by putting him last we were risking the shoot-out not getting to that stage (which would have been the case if Hunt had missed his). On paper, you wouldn't have said Hutchinson was one of the more likelier of our takers to score, and when he missed that meant we were under huge pressure for the whole of the rest of shootout, to the extent that both Hunt and Forestieri's were sudden death from our point of view. Also -and this might seem trivial, but it might be worth looking at- their keeper is a little taller than Westwood. But he looked much bigger to me. Maybe their kits had something to do with it, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeowls87 Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 A Wolves fan at work said to me Thursday Penalties shouldnt be used in the Playoffs A whole season, 10+ Months coming down to a lottery just seemed so unfair I asked how can you decide it then, he came up with the idea of play extra Time as normal and if its still level after 120 Minutes then the team who finished higher in the league advances or gets promoted if it happens to be the final Imagine how much better ET would have been if Huddersfield knew they had to score in ET or wouldn't be going through. It sounds quite a fair Idea and also makes the end of season more meaningful as finishing higher might be the difference. We might of played a stronger side vs Fulham to guarantee 4th if we knew it gave us an added advantage in the semis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etchesketch Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) On 2017-5-20 at 17:30, sonofbert2 said: I know we won, got out really late, there was a crash on the way down which meant most Wednesday fans arrived close to h/t, a bloke hit his missus in a Chinese in Wednesbury in the early hours on the way back and received instant justice from one of our lot and prior to that a maniac Wolves fan my mate had been winding up at close quarters all game ended up being parked two cars away from us in a car park we were trapped in alone as Wednesday fans for at least an hour. I can also recall sniffing poppers from a Rasta while playing pool in their pub before the match and everyone was that off their face in there that they thought we were Wolves fans. Returned home happy and very fortunate to be alive at about 4 in the morning. We lost that shoot out v Wolves. Molineaux 1995 FA Cup. Kevin Pressman scored but Waddle missed. I was gutted. First pen Waddle had taken since his glorious miss in the World Cup Semi v West Germany. Edited May 21, 2017 by Etchesketch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 3 minutes ago, Etchesketch said: We lost that shoot out v Wolves. Molineaux 1995 FA Cup. Kevin Pressman scored but Waddle missed. I was gutted. First pen Waddle had taken since his glorious miss in the World Cup Semi v West Germany. It was after that one. I didn't go to that as I was called into work for an emergency so gave my mate my ticket and remember watching it on telly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owler66 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 On Saturday, May 20, 2017 at 18:20, leeowls87 said: A Wolves fan at work said to me Thursday Penalties shouldnt be used in the Playoffs A whole season, 10+ Months coming down to a lottery just seemed so unfair I asked how can you decide it then, he came up with the idea of play extra Time as normal and if its still level after 120 Minutes then the team who finished higher in the league advances or gets promoted if it happens to be the final Imagine how much better ET would have been if Huddersfield knew they had to score in ET or wouldn't be going through. It sounds quite a fair Idea and also makes the end of season more meaningful as finishing higher might be the difference. We might of played a stronger side vs Fulham to guarantee 4th if we knew it gave us an added advantage in the semis. Can you imagine how negative CC would have been if 2 draws was enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etchesketch Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 On 2017-5-20 at 17:30, sonofbert2 said: I know we won, got out really late, there was a crash on the way down which meant most Wednesday fans arrived close to h/t, a bloke hit his missus in a Chinese in Wednesbury in the early hours on the way back and received instant justice from one of our lot and prior to that a maniac Wolves fan my mate had been winding up at close quarters all game ended up being parked two cars away from us in a car park we were trapped in alone as Wednesday fans for at least an hour. I can also recall sniffing poppers from a Rasta while playing pool in their pub before the match and everyone was that off their face in there that they thought we were Wolves fans. Returned home happy and very fortunate to be alive at about 4 in the morning. Found it! FA Cup January 2000 v Wolves 4th round replay. Won 4-3 on pens. Last season we were in the mighty Premier League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fudge27 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Like Glenn hoddles idea of taking the pens before . Would make it more interesting if team x knew they were definately out if it got that far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitechapel Owl Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 We beat Palace in a shoot out around 2001, Pressman saved 3 I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl 44 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Personally I would prefer play offs to be scrapped and top 3 teams go through but that's not going to happen is it? Penalties are a rubbish way to settle a whole season but useful for cup matches. Would have loved 93 cup final to have reached penalties but Linneghan spoilt that in the last minute. That team never recovered properly from that loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick_Turpin Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 On 20/05/2017 at 16:46, Owls2k said: Classic kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etchesketch Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, Owl 44 said: Personally I would prefer play offs to be scrapped and top 3 teams go through but that's not going to happen is it? Penalties are a rubbish way to settle a whole season but useful for cup matches. Would have loved 93 cup final to have reached penalties but Linneghan spoilt that in the last minute. That team never recovered properly from that loss. Got to keep play offs. One of the best ideas that the hierarchy ever came up with. Keeps the season going. Last two seasons would have been far duller if we had just known that top three would have gone up. I admit though it can be cruel on the third place if they have finished 15 or so points clear of a sixth place that has won the play offs but thems the rules at the start of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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