Just so. Promotion battles, we tend to do well. Relegation battles, we tend to do badly.

That's a pattern which has endured for a very long time in fact isn't it.

Finish sixth, the momentum will be with us and I reckon the bookies will underprice us to go up from there. Although any of the current contenders could do us over two legs or at Wembley, it's only Leeds I really fear and think we have a great chance against any of the others (including Leicester, if they've dropped to third they'll be smarting from that and not playing to the potential of that squad of theirs).

Final against scum would be epic though I wouldn't want to be in charge of policing on that particular occasion. It's so far removed from what it was like in the 70s/80s but there's still idiots on both sides who'll be looking for some. Funnier (and more likely, I think they'll finish third) would be to knock them out in the semis again, though. They've still never played at the new Wembley, unblievably, and there's not many of the 92 of whom that's true.

Posted By: Old Man on March 20th 2024 at 15:39:05

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Plymouth game, are we going to start acknowledging promotion in the ground? (NCFC) - megson, Mar 20, 13:16:49
- i was in the home end at Stoke and can say the city support was great all game (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Splat, Mar 20, 18:05:36
  - Didn't say we weren't great, jsut not doing the usual songs you'd expected towards the (NCFC) - megson, Mar 21, 09:17:59
  - NCFC that is not SCFC (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Splat, Mar 20, 18:06:16
- No EIEIO at Stoke but lots of singing nonetheless (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Mar 20, 14:24:43
- See where we're at after Leicester and Scum. (NCFC) - 51eve, Mar 20, 13:31:54
  - Yep, we traditionally do promotion chases well (NCFC) - Kev, Mar 20, 14:44:34
    - I can only think of 2 relegation battles we survived.... (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 20, 16:51:29
      - this one ... 1987 (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 20, 18:21:02
        
        I was 2.5 years old (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Mar 20, 19:01:03
        
        so you are not aware of anything that happened before a certain date (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 20, 19:08:48
  - Agree in practical terms, but usually by this point in the season we'd be EI EI ing all (NCFC) - megson, Mar 20, 14:43:16
  - indeed we do (NCFC) - dr fanta, Mar 20, 14:01:33
    - Just so. Promotion battles, we tend to do well. Relegation battles, we tend to do badly. (NCFC) - Old Man, Mar 20, 15:39:05

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