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Play Off Final

And so it comes to pass...

What do you reckon? Offer them a 4-0 defeat now in order to allow them to avoid humiliation? or smash them :)
 

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Its either going to be a 1-0 or 4-3 job I think. Depends how much both teams get at each other, I can see us racing out of the blocks and stopping them trying to play their passing game, especially if Mitrovic is out.
 

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Any chance we could get Jota on loan to come off the bench for a last minute goal?
 

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The biggest game in our entire 131 year history - and no crowd to witness it. Surreal.
 

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If we play like we have for 80% of the season, then we will win. I just hope that we turn up and compete in a play off final, as the other 3 occasions have all been a let down. However, this is the best set of players we have ever had, Benrahma is due a goal or two, we scored the most goals in the championship and had the 2nd best defence.

As I've said on another thread, we need to start like last night and get a goal ahead. Our record shows that once we take the lead this season, we rarely lose.

There I go again. I said after Stoke & Barnsley I would be pessimistic and expect nothing and last night has got my hopes up all over again! I'm really hoping that the disappointment of those two games will make sure they won't throw it away for a third time. I don't think I could take that, especially against F**ham.
 

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Pointless post really, but I wonder what the attendance would have been at Wembley for this game? How many armchair fans would have come out of the woodwork?
 

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Bees 4/7 for promotion
Fulham 11/8

What does GPG Supercomputer say??!!
 
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Silly Chip said:
Pointless post really, but I wonder what the attendance would have been at Wembley for this game? How many armchair fans would have come out of the woodwork?
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All of them
 

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Silly Chip said:
Pointless post really, but I wonder what the attendance would have been at Wembley for this game? How many armchair fans would have come out of the woodwork?
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The Championship PO final is usually a near sell out. This would have been 85,000 plus - larger by far than anything else we have ever played in front of.
 

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Scott Parker just spoke as if he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.
 

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Well that was a peaceful 24 hours I just had. Now I’m back to the pre Swansea game. Nervous as hell but equally excited. Confident we will win but just that fear of losing to that scum !!
 

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Silly Chip said:
Pointless post really, but I wonder what the attendance would have been at Wembley for this game? How many armchair fans would have come out of the woodwork?
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We're better off without a lot of the "fans" who showed up for the Arsenal game
 

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i was confused as.............i was on the platform at luton a fellah saw my shirt and asked if i knew where is was going and he never seen brentford play before but supported them for years he didnt even know the stand names ffs............lost him somewhere at kings cross for a laugh .....
 

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We should know better than anyone how much luck is involved in football.

Of course, as some of you rightly say, there’s an argument to say we are the better team. After all, we did beat them twice. The bookies also have us as favourites.

But in a one-off game they can beat us. It’s just the way football is. And it’ll be very hard to stomach if they do.

My main hope is that we put everything into it. Just outrun them and outfight them. If we do that and still lose than I think I’ll recover (eventually).
 

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alexcavell said:
We're better off without a lot of the "fans" who showed up for the Arsenal game
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You might be right but we’ve been denied the first ever Wembley full house and I expect us to win. Dreams are made of it and we can’t watch. It’s heartbreaking.
 

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BFC1997 said:
We should know better than anyone how much luck is involved in football.

Of course, as some of you rightly say, there’s an argument to say we are the better team. After all, we did beat them twice. The bookies also have us as favourites.

But in a one-off game they can beat us. It’s just the way football is. And it’ll be very hard to stomach if they do.

My main hope is that we put everything into it. Just outrun them and outfight them. If we do that and still lose than I think I’ll recover (eventually).
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As you said, a one of game and we are vulnerable.

We beat Swansea 6-1 (on aggregate, winning both games) but lost our first leg to them 1-0. Winning both games in the regular season means nothing.
 

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Banana said:
Scott Parker just spoke as if he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.
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Brilliant isn't it, he won't motivate anyone if he speaks like that in the changing room
 

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The Sky pundits tipping us. It’s a final so who knows but feeling fairly relaxed about it right now
 

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Just got a feeling our little Algerian magician is going to save his best till last.
 

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For Brentford players, getting to the premiership is theIr lifetime dream come true, and not many have played up there before regularly I don’t think. Conversely, many of the Fulham players have been there last season with Fulham I believe, and had a torrid and disappointing time of it, getting trounced week in - week out and relegated. I wonder whether this might have some level of psychological impact in terms of hunger next Tuesday? Fulham didn’t look elated to have scraped through to the final tonight.
 

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I think we become Nervous Nellie fans at big finals at Wembley so it's a blessing we ain't there. Let them get on with it and get the result! 3-1 Bees.

Yours, Nell.
 

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Garybaldbee said:
The Championship PO final is usually a near sell out. This would have been 85,000 plus - larger by far than anything else we have ever played in front of.
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It’ll probably be the largest TV audience that have ever watched us play.!

And because it’s a large pitch, that will give us a lot of space to stretch them, and run around them.
 

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Parker looks like he’s lost the game, already making excuses. What a refreshing difference in Thomas Franks attitude.
 

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I’m bloody nervous...
 

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Banana said:
Scott Parker just spoke as if he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.
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A couple of times he sounded like he was going to start crying. Probably completely exhausted. Also sounded like he thought they’d got away with it.
 

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Oceanbee said:
It’ll probably be the largest TV audience that have ever watched us play.!

And because it’s a large pitch, that will give us a lot of space to stretch them, and run around them.
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It's a standard sized pitch.
 

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Downbeat Bee said:
A couple of times he sounded like he was going to start crying. Probably completely exhausted. Also sounded like he thought they’d got away with it.
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I think they did get away with it. Certainly seemed to crumble under pressure. Our analysts will have a field day dissecting that .
 

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I spoke to a couple of Foolham fans who said we couldn't cope with a big pitch, as our game is built on not conceding �� Another today who said Ollie could be banned as he was seen in a pub drinking with fans after last night's match, ignoring social distancing �� To balance that out, another said he wanted Swansea to win, as he was really worried about playing Brentford ��
 

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I spoke to a couple of Foolham fans who said we couldn't cope with a big pitch, as our game is built on not conceding. Another today who said Ollie could be banned as he was seen in a pub drinking with fans after last night's match, ignoring social distancing. To balance that out, another said he wanted Swansea to win, as he was really worried about playing Brentford.
 

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JumboJet said:
For Brentford players, getting to the premiership is theIr lifetime dream come true, and not many have played up there before regularly I don’t think. Conversely, many of the Fulham players have been there last season with Fulham I believe, and had a torrid and disappointing time of it, getting trounced week in - week out and relegated. I wonder whether this might have some level of psychological impact in terms of hunger next Tuesday? Fulham didn’t look elated to have scraped through to the final tonight.
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..."Premier League", not Premiership (!).
 

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Downbeat Bee said:
A couple of times he sounded like he was going to start crying. Probably completely exhausted. Also sounded like he thought they’d got away with it.
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On tonight's performance they did.
 

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hobbsy said:
Brilliant isn't it, he won't motivate anyone if he speaks like that in the changing room
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Scotty thinks the final is a toin coss. They looked demoralised, they know that if Tomlin hadn't got injured they would have had to go to injury time at least. Whereas, we look full of confidence.
 

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Take it only video coverage on Sky? Will have to find an accommodating mate! Not sure who has Sky these days of our friends! Lost track over the years . Even Mrs hb, who has no interest in football, has said she'd 'probably' watch! No reflection on iFollow coverage, but may have to rely on Marky & Mick.C! Happy to do so if no alternative...
 

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What's gone has gone - Fulham will be downbeat having lost tonight but really it means nothing. They are a good team.

We are a fabulous team and if we put it on like we did for large parts of yesterday's match, we'll win. Of course football doesn't work like that but it is no fluke or accident that we are where we are, as we all know (and us oldies are amazed by!)
 

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hatfieldbee said:
Take it only video coverage on Sky? Will have to find an accommodating mate! Not sure who has Sky these days of our friends! Lost track over the years . Even Mrs hb, who has no interest in football, has said she'd 'probably' watch! No reflection on iFollow coverage, but may have to rely on Marky & Mick.C! Happy to do so if no alternative...
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Watch it here - http://www.hesgoal.com/
 

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hatfieldbee said:
Take it only video coverage on Sky? Will have to find an accommodating mate! Not sure who has Sky these days of our friends! Lost track over the years . Even Mrs hb, who has no interest in football, has said she'd 'probably' watch! No reflection on iFollow coverage, but may have to rely on Marky & Mick.C! Happy to do so if no alternative...
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You can buy a one day Sky Sports Pass for £9.99 from Now TV - see nowtv.com. They also do weekly and monthly passes. (I think Now is owned by Sky)

A pass gives you the full choice of Sky's sports channels, including "Main Event" which will have the game, for 24 hours from activating your pass. Depending on what's on, you may also get something else which appeals eg after watching Bees beat Swans last night, I watched the cricket today.

You can watch on your PC (or iPad or Mobile, I imagine) and if you have a Smart TV, also on that when you download the Now app on the TV. You can have it showing the game on two devices (possibly three?) at the same time

Hope this helps but if you have any technical queries, you'll be better off asking someone else on here, since I'm a bit of a div on such matters.
 
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