10-08-2020, 11:46 AM
(10-08-2020, 06:41 AM)Tricky Wrote:(09-08-2020, 10:23 PM)Paplane Wrote:(09-08-2020, 03:30 PM)Sniffer Dog Wrote: The thing about Barnsley is that we came within 30 seconds of pulling it off and qualifying for the play offs. 30 seconds! I am sure that Sabri would have been lauded after the match for a defensive masterclass had the game finished 30 seconds earlier and we got the one point needed for the play offs.
We would've limped over the line sniff but then have been in no fit state to be competitive when we got there. Looking at Fulham and Brentford in the final, we could never have matched their energy levels. The squad had 40/42 games in it. Fulham's quality and depth of squad eventually came through. Top scorer Mitrovic missing and still they won.
Maybe Pap, but maybe not. If we had secured that point at Barnsley, and with no need to field a full XI against Stoke, we could've rested most of our key players and let the squad players take the hit against Stoke. A Luxury neither Fulham or Brentford could afford.
But, that's football for ya, all if's and but's and opinions :D
What a very very fine line though. Just 30 bloody seconds.
Panic on the streets of London