National League Play offs Thread 2016. Who will win?

[GuiseleySteve]

Thankfully I've caught a virus so today will be more a case of lasting the day than it will actually stressing about the match, what timing, what bloody timing.

I cannot stress enough how important this match is to the club, it's bigger than anything we've faced before IMO. Our club hinges on getting there. So one last effort boys, I cannot bare the thought of losing to Forest Green FFS.

Amazing - that you haven't blamed Hurst for your virus

 

[GodsGift]

Looking forward to later. Will be cheering on the Cod Heads. They have suffered enough and deserve to be back in the league.

By the way who decided to play the final today, when its going to clash with the Premier League final day? Ridiculous decision.

The women's FA Cup Final was yesterday, so I'm guessing there was no other day it could be played.

 

[EnglishRed]

I want FGR to win but only because i am so bored of them and their posters on here that I just want them gone.

Yeah but if they lose we all get to laugh at them for a bit.

 

[FGRJC]

Credit to the one grimsby fan from stroud who caught the train with all us fgr lot!

 

[UTS]

Credit to the one grimsby fan from stroud who caught the train with all us fgr lot!

I can think of more initimidating surroundings than being on a train with 20 Forest Green 'fans'.

 

[Mr Scooty]

I'd prefer to see the back of Forest Green Rovers and not lose a decent sized football club to play every season, but then Grimsby going up would make a greater number of people happy, so I'm not rooting strongly for either. All I hope for is the game to be over in 90 minutes for the sake of the supporters, particularly Grimsby fans.

Our Wembley final against Newport was horrendous. Not remotely enjoyable from the moment I woke up in the morning. Suffering extra time and then losing on pens last season must have felt even worse.

 

[UTS]

Also seen on Twitter FGR have only sold 1,200 tickets for Wembley??

 

[FGRJC]

Also seen on Twitter FGR have only sold 1,200 tickets for Wembley??

Unless over 3 thousand aren't turning up...

 

[FGRJC]

I can think of more initimidating surroundings than being on a train with 20 Forest Green 'fans'.

Great banter

 

[UTS]

Unless over 3 thousand aren't turning up...

4,000 in a 45,000 allocation. How many have Grimsby sold? Might aswel play it at the Shay.

 

[FGRJC]

4,000 in a 45,000 allocation. How many have Grimsby sold? Might aswel play it at the Shay.

 

[EnglishRed]

I'd prefer to see the back of Forest Green Rovers and not lose a decent sized football club to play every season, but then Grimsby going up would make a greater number of people happy, so I'm not rooting strongly for either. All I hope for is the game to be over in 90 minutes for the sake of the supporters, particularly Grimsby fans.

Our Wembley final against Newport was horrendous. Not remotely enjoyable from the moment I woke up in the morning. Suffering extra time and then losing on pens last season must have felt even worse.

I enjoyed the Newport game until the last fifteen twenty minutes when it became apparent that for all our dominance we weren't going to score. The end and coach trip home was pretty shit admittedly.

 

[UTS]

How many of the 4,000 hoarde will be made up of Ecotricity employees obliged to attend to swell the numbers?

 

[DontBringBertie]

Maybe we should abandon the normal league table and just rank teams based on attendances?

That's what a lot of people on here seem to think matters most.

 

[EnglishRed]

Maybe we should abandon the normal league table and just rank teams based on attendances?

That's what a lot of people on here seem to think matters most.

Finally, some sense.

 

[Mr Scooty]

I enjoyed the Newport game until the last fifteen twenty minutes when it became apparent that for all our dominance we weren't going to score. The end and coach trip home was pretty shit admittedly.

In contrast, I was far too nervous to enjoy the day at all, but then relaxed, relieved it was finally over, in the car home. Then we all had a sing song to ABBA's greatest hits on the car stereo with some lager and everything was fine again.

 

[Gashead]

Come on you Mariners!!

 

[chipmunx]

who will win? - to be honest I don't care - as long as it's not Forest Green

 

[yellow]

Go on Grimsby!

 

[EnglishRed]

In contrast, I was far too nervous to enjoy the day at all, but then relaxed, relieved it was finally over, in the car home. Then we all had a sing song to ABBA's greatest hits on the car stereo with some lager and everything was fine again.

You must be these football hooligans Ive heard about.

 

[rudebwoyben]

You must be these football hooligans Ive heard about.

Well, he is implying that he was drink-driving...

 

[B2TF]

Maybe we should abandon the normal league table and just rank teams based on attendances?

That's what a lot of people on here seem to think matters most.

Are you deliberately missing the point?

 

[slaphead]

By the way who decided to play the final today, when its going to clash with the Premier League final day? Ridiculous decision.

Who gives a flying fuck about the Premier League? Oops, sorry forgot you were a manure fan.

 

[Mr Scooty]

You must be these football hooligans Ive heard about.

Yeah we sung all the classics

Taunting Me, Taunting You

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (a banning order by a magistrate)

etc.

 

[DarkSithLord]

Who gives a flying fuck about the Premier League? Oops, sorry forgot you were a manure fan.

. Yes I am a Man Utd fan. Well nobody in non league circles. But of course there is the chance of a bigger tv audience and more exposure for the game.

 

[Shrimper92]

Really don't see why this is hosted at Wembley. Attendance will look awful and could be better a stadium mid-way between the two. Leicester? Derby?

 

[Vanni]

. Yes I am a Man Utd fan. Well nobody in non league circles. But of course there is the chance of a bigger tv audience and more exposure for the game.

Another Man U fan? Really? I thought only Chris Fgr was a Man U fan.

You've gone right down in my estimation DSL

 

[DarkSithLord]

Another Man U fan? Really? I thought only Chris Fgr was a Man U fan.

You've gone right down in my estimation DSL

Haha, Sorry mate Yeah dont expect my affiliation to Man Utd to be too popular around here.

Still the more I find out about Non league the more I am loving it. The Premier League is shit nowadays anyway. And where do I start with the sorry mess at Old Trafford?! Too much about than the sport. Non League is where the real game is.

 

[Bluandwite]

Really don't see why this is hosted at Wembley. Attendance will look awful and could be better a stadium mid-way between the two. Leicester? Derby?

Last year the attendance was 47,000, maybe a bit of anomaly with two big sides but you could have had that again this year with someone like Tranmere involved.

You can't pick and choose depending on who gets there as it needs to be booked well in advance, be unfair as well to be honest.

 

[SomeMightShay]

Really don't see why this is hosted at Wembley. Attendance will look awful and could be better a stadium mid-way between the two. Leicester? Derby?

Anything that shows how pathetically pointless FGR are on national television is worth it. looking forward to seeing them have 40 seats each per person.
Asking to choose a winner is like asking what you want more, a kick in the nuts or poked in the eyes. Will hope for a FGR victory and then a new FA Rule coming in over night banning promotion to sides that sell less than 2500 season tickets. Tranmere promoted by default.