Play offs - 3rd or 4th

[Power to people]

Can someone remind me of the order of the play-offs

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Can someone remind me of the order of the play-offs

First you have the Semi Finals, followed by the Final.


I'm here all week....

[Panda Paws]

Can someone remind me of the order of the play-offs

Both first legs on Thursday, May 7. Second leg on Sunday 10th (1215) or Monday, 11th (1945). The second legs are not determined by position so no knowing until the end of the season.

[bathford]

First you have the Semi Finals, followed by the Final.


I'm here all week....

Briliant.. PMSL!

[Power to people]

Both first legs on Thursday, May 7. Second leg on Sunday 10th (1215) or Monday, 11th (1945). The second legs are not determined by position so no knowing until the end of the season.

3 v 5 & 4 v 6 ?

[Peter Venkman]

3 v 5 & 4 v 6 ?

3v6 4v5

[Oaksey Moonraker]

Not if we beat them 6-0 Reg!
I think the best approach for the team is to consider auto promotion as dead and buried.  I'd hazard a guess that 3rd & 4th place teams generally do better in play offs but that a team heart broken and spent after going all for auto might come unstuck.  I have not checked the stats, but my memory banks of 1993 support this view.

In this league since 1990 and Wembley finals, 3rd and 4th have won 16 out of 25 play offs at 8 each but that's only because 4th placed teams have won 4 in a row. Never has one finishing position won 5 consecutive finals!

[Ardiles]

I'm being realistic, in the main, that our best prospect of promotion now is via the Play Offs.  But there's also a part of me that keeps repeating that everything that has happened up until now is merely scene-setting for the most incredible last minute surge to automatic promotion we've ever seen.

Unlikely?  Yes.
Plausible?  Definitely.

[red sheldon]

Given a choice I would choose MK's position out of the 3 options, but I think that for us its either 2nd or 4th, I think if we can beat Preston (which is a big ask) then we could just sneak it, but I just dont see us getting 3rd, no real reason or logic to it though

[Tails]

I'm being realistic, in the main, that our best prospect of promotion now is via the Play Offs.  But there's also a part of me that keeps repeating that everything that has happened up until now is merely scene-setting for the most incredible last minute surge to automatic promotion we've ever seen.

Unlikely?  Yes.
Plausible?  Definitely.

I'm with you. In my head I'm certain we're gonna go on a crazy winning run that will see Nathan Thompson score a 30 yarder in the 94th minute against Orient that seals promotion!

[Jimmy Glass is an Alien]

Pre Easter weekend, I mentioned to my grandad who lives on the outskirts of Colchester that I'd like to watch the game if we had anything to play for as it was our game in hand. He took it to mean that I was going, so I couldn't back out and I bought tickets. Post Easter weekend, it looked a stupid idea and a waste of petrol and money, but now like a few of you I think it might be a pivotal game especially if Preston slip up or we beat them.

It can't happen, can it?

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

Pre Easter weekend, I mentioned to my grandad who lives on the outskirts of Colchester that I'd like to watch the game if we had anything to play for as it was our game in hand. He took it to mean that I was going, so I couldn't back out and I bought tickets. Post Easter weekend, it looked a stupid idea and a waste of petrol and money, but now like a few of you I think it might be a pivotal game especially if Preston slip up or we beat them.

It can't happen, can it?

I believe it can, yes. But there's the problem. After the MK game I was convinced we couldn't win the play offs, let alone make the autos. Then we win a couple of games (one convincingly) and PNE and MK drop points and I'm back to thinking maybe just maybe...

That's when you normally get the rug pulled from under your feet and we fail to beet Yeovil   

Where does your gramps live out of interest?

[Jimmy Glass is an Alien]

I believe it can, yes. But there's the problem. After the MK game I was convinced we couldn't win the play offs, let alone make the autos. Then we win a couple of games (one convincingly) and PNE and MK drop points and I'm back to thinking maybe just maybe...

That's when you normally get the rug pulled from under your feet and we fail to beet Yeovil   

Where does your gramps live out of interest?

He lives in a village called Stebbing, it's between Stanstead airport and Braintree.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

He lives in a village called Stebbing, it's between Stanstead airport and Braintree.

Ah yes, I know it (I know where it is any way). I used to live in Braintree, I'm the other side of Colchester now.

[Jimmy Glass is an Alien]

How bad is the M25/M11 likely to be on a Tuesday afternoon/early evening?