Ref Watch +++ 13/07/20 L1 Play Off FINAL - OUFC v Wycombe+++

[bazzer9461]

Blackpool : small town in Preston.

Spice city is the other name

 

[Mellowyellow]

I still can't believe it. Wycombe Wanderers are in the Championship. Somebody pinch me! I think I'm still dreaming.

Commiserations ladies and gents. I know losing to Wycombe Wanderers is hard to take at any time, never mind in a League One Play-off final at Wembley.

I guess when you are beating Manchester United in a League Cup quarter-final, facing the Chairboys in a league game less than seven years later is something of a comedown. Especially as we were beating Didcot Town 4-0 in a Berks & Bucks Cup tie just three days after you had knocked the Red Devils out of the cup.

It probably explains why you have never been able to take us seriously. You'd like to think that managers and players would show a bit more respect, but for the supporters, we are forever the annoying little upstarts from down the road.

It tends to work in our favour, especially when you have a manager in Gareth Ainsworth and a squad of players who have such belief. The current side reminds me of the spirit we had under Martin O'Neill and it can take you a long way. Even to the Championship. It felt like this was an opportunity not to be passed up. Carpe Diem.

It's put a few noses out of joint and in pretty much every game we've played this season we've been described as a pub team, poor, rubbish, aimless and thuggish. We do nothing, create nothing and just got lucky. You wouldn't believe how lucky we have got this season. Long may it continue! Rumours that Covid-19 started from a laboratory in the West Wycombe caves should be taken with a pinch of salt!

Oh and we have been serenaded with "I wouldn't want to watch that every week" after almost every game we've won. We all find different things entertaining but this season has been joyful and I have been thoroughly entertained. Winning matches will always be fun, especially with such rich rewards.

Gareth Ainsworth was managed by John Beck at three different clubs as a player and his influence is clear. I think he has adapted it for the modern game and eschewed possession for purpose, using the strengths of the players at his disposal and exposing the weaknesses of opponents. Character is just as important as ability and I think that showed last night. When you have a player like Joe Jacobson, with such a superb delivery from set-pieces, why wouldn't you embrace it? I thought the tactical move to put Jack Grimmer on Marcus Browne worked a treat, especially with David Wheeler covering the full-back position. Karl Robinson reacted positively by introducing Liam Kelly at the break and it gave you a renewed impetus until the second-half drinks break which gave us a chance to recompose ourselves and go again.

The only real clear cut chance of the game fell for James Henry and I think his lack of confidence was clearly illustrated in his decision to square the ball instead of taking the shot on. I understand he's been one of your best players this season, so perhaps you could give him a break, although I realise that's easy for me to say. I remember Matt Taylor tearing our defence apart when playing for Bristol Rovers back in 2015. He looked a pale shadow of that player last night. Apart from the period between Mark Sykes equaliser and the drinks break, I felt there was a lack of belief from your side. I'm not sure why but we appear to have had a psychological edge over several opponents this season and it has made the difference.

From the outside it might be difficult to fully appreciate the impact Adebayo Akinfenwa has had on our club since signing in 2016. He is arguably our greatest ever signing as a Football League club. Now our leading goalscorer in the Football League, he leads by example and the spirit he encourages among the squad is one of the reasons we have achieved so much in those four years. He is loved by pretty much everyone at the club and will be leading the line for us again next season.

You wouldn't believe how proud some of us are of our club. It is rather a fairytale story for us. 133 years of history, started by a group of young lads working in the chair factories, over half of which was then spent pursuing amateur glory, and now we are in the second tier of English football. It will give us a huge financial boost and a stability we haven't had for almost a decade, but glory on the pitch is really what we all do this for.

I've always thought that you earn respect in the same way that you earn your rewards. Maybe last night will have earned us a little more respect and I must admit I've been surprised by some of the compliments and congratulations from some on here. It probably suits us better if you keep belittling us, dismissing us and writing us off though.

Oh and btw, we can agree on one thing. We are not rivals. Enjoy your battles with Swindon Town next season. We'll try and beat Reading for you.

We really couldn't give a monkey, genuinely. Yes, you won, enjoy your one season in league one. Why waste your time coming on here, and writing a dissertation? you will always be laughed at by us, especially come October and you're adrift at the foot of the table. Sh*te ground, Sh*te fans. Now f**k off

 

[Mellowyellow]

Bazza lad I’ve just remembered it was you that give it big licks when I was on here being sound few months ago. Did you win the league darlin? How fuc*in stupid do you look now

You still here seth???? Just where did you finish in the league?

 

[Mellowyellow]

Listen pal i came on here a few months, first of stating your the best team in the league and best to watch. Then big bad bazzer and a few others starting being rude, truth be told u deserved to go up this year and was actually rooting for yous. So yeah just being a bit rude back that’s all. I’ve said what I’ve had to now. All the best. See you next year

Silly cnut, you sound like a little school kid, you threw a lolly at me, so I threw one back. You are embarrassing the majority of your own fans. The best thing that ever happened to your over achieving club was the Oystens, bled you dry. Now win, lose or draw, we'll return to your sewer of a town next season, in numbers as usual, and remind you stupid northerners as to who we are. Such a well supported club, all your stewards come from Preston....

 

[Carljenkins]

Silly cnut, you sound like a little school kid, you threw a lolly at me, so I threw one back. You are embarrassing the majority of your own fans. The best thing that ever happened to your over achieving club was the Oystens, bled you dry. Now win, lose or draw, we'll return to your sewer of a town next season, in numbers as usual, and remind you stupid northerners as to who we are. Such a well supported club, all your stewards come from Preston.... View attachment 4082

Absolutely quility this hahaha your best players and manager are leaving and you all know it ??? you sad Losers have bitten big style here. See you in the same league next year, do your research tonight fellas about the project at Blackpool.

 

[Carljenkins]

You still here seth???? Just where did you finish in the league?

??

 

[Carljenkins]

Silly cnut, you sound like a little school kid, you threw a lolly at me, so I threw one back. You are embarrassing the majority of your own fans. The best thing that ever happened to your over achieving club was the Oystens, bled you dry. Now win, lose or draw, we'll return to your sewer of a town next season, in numbers as usual, and remind you stupid northerners as to who we are. Such a well supported club, all your stewards come from Preston.... View attachment 4082

How you get on last year at Bloomfield when we had Grayson manager ???

 

[werthersoriginal]

Probably find the Blackpool forum is ballroom dancing as the football club is shite. Fleetwood are the proper football team on the fylde Coast.

I imagine he’s been harassing the Fleetwood forum, or maybe they just have a Facebook page. TBH I like league 1, it’s very competitive with some big teams and a few smaller ones like Rochdale and Blackpool to make up the numbers

 

[Oxford84]

How you get on last year at Bloomfield when we had Grayson manager ???

He got sacked because you were s**t then you tired for Robinson but you didnt get him.

 

[Fourthstand]

Championship is sh@te anyway. Hull 7( yes, seven) down, away to Wigan at half time

 

[tonto]

Cant this blackpool troll be banned? And I noticed the very negative new poster called scant last night allegedly a season ticket holder its all in the name. ST with a can in the middle.Ring any bells? Cun would have been more appropriate!

 

[Scotchegg]

that cup of coffee was as the players had walked back onto the pitch

It was tea!

(I'm in the know on beverages!!! ?)

 

[Scotchegg]

Championship is sh@te anyway. Hull 7( yes, seven) down, away to Wigan at half time

Some dodgy far Eastern betting going on there I think!!!

 

[bazzer9461]

Absolutely quility this hahaha your best players and manager are leaving and you all know it ??? you sad Losers have bitten big style here. See you in the same league next year, do your research tonight fellas about the project at Blackpool.

When the cap is introduced every club will have to stay to the limit it don’t matter if you’re owner who took over from the nonce is rich or not he can’t breach the wage cap numpty.
We have billionaires on the board but it don’t mean they will splash out, look at Bristol Rovers their owners are some of the richest in the EFL it means didly squat will your owner do what the owner of the biggest club on the Fylde and keep chucking money at the club, does your owner know ubless you’re a top 10 club in the premiership you lose money. We don’t give a toss about a club once owned by a kiddie fiddler so as I said before toodle pip you stupid little boy

 

[bazzer9461]

How you get on last year at Bloomfield when we had Grayson manager ???

You won against the better team a bit of luck it how did you get on at the Kassam this season? ?????

 

[bazzer9461]

Some dodgy far Eastern betting going on there I think!!!

It don’t matter it’s 3 points thet won’t see

 

[outsidethebox]

Some dodgy far Eastern betting going on there I think!!!

Maybe the Administrator has lumped on Wigan getting double figures??

 

[monsieurgrumpy]

Not sure I agree with those who say we didn't turn up last night. For much of the second half we played better than in both semifinals. But too many players were still below par. The game was promoted as the clash of two styles. Unfortunately Wycombe were more proficient playing their style than we were ours.

We were never going to score many with Taylor have to compete with about four of their defenders. Not getting others forward with any sense of urgency, especially in the first half, was frustrating to watch. Just didn't test their defence enough.

What cost us the game of course was the catalogue of slapstick errors that gifted them the two goals. It seemed almost the inevitable surreal ending to what had became a surreal season.

 

[monsieurgrumpy]

I still can't believe it. Wycombe Wanderers are in the Championship. Somebody pinch me! I think I'm still dreaming.

Commiserations ladies and gents. I know losing to Wycombe Wanderers is hard to take at any time, never mind in a League One Play-off final at Wembley.

I guess when you are beating Manchester United in a League Cup quarter-final, facing the Chairboys in a league game less than seven years later is something of a comedown. Especially as we were beating Didcot Town 4-0 in a Berks & Bucks Cup tie just three days after you had knocked the Red Devils out of the cup.

It probably explains why you have never been able to take us seriously. You'd like to think that managers and players would show a bit more respect, but for the supporters, we are forever the annoying little upstarts from down the road.

It tends to work in our favour, especially when you have a manager in Gareth Ainsworth and a squad of players who have such belief. The current side reminds me of the spirit we had under Martin O'Neill and it can take you a long way. Even to the Championship. It felt like this was an opportunity not to be passed up. Carpe Diem.

It's put a few noses out of joint and in pretty much every game we've played this season we've been described as a pub team, poor, rubbish, aimless and thuggish. We do nothing, create nothing and just got lucky. You wouldn't believe how lucky we have got this season. Long may it continue! Rumours that Covid-19 started from a laboratory in the West Wycombe caves should be taken with a pinch of salt!

Oh and we have been serenaded with "I wouldn't want to watch that every week" after almost every game we've won. We all find different things entertaining but this season has been joyful and I have been thoroughly entertained. Winning matches will always be fun, especially with such rich rewards.

Gareth Ainsworth was managed by John Beck at three different clubs as a player and his influence is clear. I think he has adapted it for the modern game and eschewed possession for purpose, using the strengths of the players at his disposal and exposing the weaknesses of opponents. Character is just as important as ability and I think that showed last night. When you have a player like Joe Jacobson, with such a superb delivery from set-pieces, why wouldn't you embrace it? I thought the tactical move to put Jack Grimmer on Marcus Browne worked a treat, especially with David Wheeler covering the full-back position. Karl Robinson reacted positively by introducing Liam Kelly at the break and it gave you a renewed impetus until the second-half drinks break which gave us a chance to recompose ourselves and go again.

The only real clear cut chance of the game fell for James Henry and I think his lack of confidence was clearly illustrated in his decision to square the ball instead of taking the shot on. I understand he's been one of your best players this season, so perhaps you could give him a break, although I realise that's easy for me to say. I remember Matt Taylor tearing our defence apart when playing for Bristol Rovers back in 2015. He looked a pale shadow of that player last night. Apart from the period between Mark Sykes equaliser and the drinks break, I felt there was a lack of belief from your side. I'm not sure why but we appear to have had a psychological edge over several opponents this season and it has made the difference.

From the outside it might be difficult to fully appreciate the impact Adebayo Akinfenwa has had on our club since signing in 2016. He is arguably our greatest ever signing as a Football League club. Now our leading goalscorer in the Football League, he leads by example and the spirit he encourages among the squad is one of the reasons we have achieved so much in those four years. He is loved by pretty much everyone at the club and will be leading the line for us again next season.

You wouldn't believe how proud some of us are of our club. It is rather a fairytale story for us. 133 years of history, started by a group of young lads working in the chair factories, over half of which was then spent pursuing amateur glory, and now we are in the second tier of English football. It will give us a huge financial boost and a stability we haven't had for almost a decade, but glory on the pitch is really what we all do this for.

I've always thought that you earn respect in the same way that you earn your rewards. Maybe last night will have earned us a little more respect and I must admit I've been surprised by some of the compliments and congratulations from some on here. It probably suits us better if you keep belittling us, dismissing us and writing us off though.

Oh and btw, we can agree on one thing. We are not rivals. Enjoy your battles with Swindon Town next season. We'll try and beat Reading for you.

Still shell shocked from last night but I do recall some of your fans congratulating me after the game we beat you in to win promotion a few years back. So congratulations to you guys. I hope you enjoy your stay in the Championship.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

Not sure I agree with those who say we didn't turn up last night. For much of the second half we played better than in both semifinals. But too many players were still below par.

So we didn't play very well in the first half and some of the second, too many players were below par and made a catalogue of slapstick errors. That sounds pretty much like 'didn't really turn up' to me.