VisionGreatwesternline To those who keep saying, "but we got the three points"....
Well from now on with a two legged affair, where three points is meaningless, our goal difference suggests we will lose easily in the play offs.
Not to get all snowball on anyone, but we specialise at picking up points in one goal wins at home, so beating teams by one goal at home and taking a heavy defeat away from home isn't going to cut it in the play offs.
I'm glad our season is now in play off mode, and it seems we will most likely finish 3rd, which obviously by definition says we are the 3rd best team in the league, but in reality all it means is that we are the 3rd best team at generating results, which is not the same as being the 3rd best team, by any stretch of the imagination.
I fully expect us to win by one goal at home, but that will be too little too late because we will have lost by more away.
But there you go, go on Reading surprise me!
Another way to look at it is that I expect the play-offs to be tense, tight nervy affairs. Generally speaking we have shown over the course of the season that we win far more of these games. I'd actually prefer to play the Home leg first to give us the best chance. A tight win at home effectively gives us an early lead in the away fixture. We don't lose many when we get our noses in front.
Then IF we make the final I fancy our "style" to be very effective in a one off game at Wembley.
RTG's on full obviously but really I'd say there's as much evidence to suggest we'll be fine as there is fearing the worst on the evidence of a handful of heavy defeats in a 46 game season.
I completely agree. Our style is great for the final, and for at home. I'd much rather we play home first.
