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So, what is worse? Failing to get a play off place in the last game of the season when being in pole position, as in Millwall and Derby, or the knowledge that with about ten games to go the season is fading out, as in Pompey.
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Look at our results over our last ten games and where we finished off. I think it’s more frustrating knowing turNing some of those draws into wins we would have made the playoffs. It felt like every time the teams above us slipped up we consistently failed to capitalise.
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Losing out like Millwall after they were so far ahead in the game would have been devastating for their fans. As for us, we have had a long time to get used to our failure to make the play offs. Having got that out of the way, I would rather have had Millwall’s season than ours.
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Have to agree with forester, better to be in with a chance in the last game, than lose sight of the target at least ten games before. Easiest way is to be top, stay winning and look at the others behind. Not a Pompey way of doing things though.
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I suppose, as football fans of any club, we try to manage disappointment by looking at it philosophically. At Portsmouth some look at the situation and come to the conclusion we wouldn't have done very well in the Play Offs anyway. Or we accept a Play Off place was lost in that disastrous run of losing games that led to Cowley's dismissal. Another veiw is far too many drawn games. Some people look at those as avoiding defeat and say that in earlier times we would have lost. Others have a different veiw in thinking that each drawn game is 2 points dropped.

My veiw is that at least Millwall supporters know their lot gave it a good go whereas our lot didn't. We were in a good position but we let some very weak teams take points from our games with them. The Morecombe game tends to stand out as a prime example why our season petered out with a wimp. In my veiw I think Millwall fans can find solace in the fact their team gave it a really good go and therefore feel much better about things than us.
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We lost it in the middle third of the season - JM stopped the slide and better last season. Came up a bit too short.

I'd be more annoyed if I was a Millwall fan.
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Personally, losing on the last day when it was in our hands (as Millwall and Derby did this weekend, and as we did a couple of years ago) hurt a lot more than this season - which was frustrating but because we knew for a while we weren't really going to make the playoffs, it wasn't as painful.
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PeteM wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 12:38 pm Personally, losing on the last day when it was in our hands (as Millwall and Derby did this weekend, and as we did a couple of years ago) hurt a lot more than this season - which was frustrating but because we knew for a while we weren't really going to make the playoffs, it wasn't as painful.

It is probably most disappointing to lose in the Play Off final. I think different clubs have expectations at different levels. For example Forest Green Rovers & Accrington Stanley supporters would see staying in League One as a successful season. Others obviously see promotion or Play Offs as a measure of success. We hoped to have at least made the Play offs but we fell short with 10 games to go. That would be deemed as unsuccessful whereas Millwall kept their season alive until the last day, which is more successful than our season. You say it wasn't so painful going out earlier but the way the team performed was disappointing over a longer period of time whereas Millwall supporters had at least the excitement of getting there.
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Blue Walter wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:26 pm
PeteM wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 12:38 pm Personally, losing on the last day when it was in our hands (as Millwall and Derby did this weekend, and as we did a couple of years ago) hurt a lot more than this season - which was frustrating but because we knew for a while we weren't really going to make the playoffs, it wasn't as painful.

It is probably most disappointing to lose in the Play Off final. I think different clubs have expectations at different levels. For example Forest Green Rovers & Accrington Stanley supporters would see staying in League One as a successful season. Others obviously see promotion or Play Offs as a measure of success. We hoped to have at least made the Play offs but we fell short with 10 games to go. That would be deemed as unsuccessful whereas Millwall kept their season alive until the last day, which is more successful than our season. You say it wasn't so painful going out earlier but the way the team performed was disappointing over a longer period of time whereas Millwall supporters had at least the excitement of getting there.
We didn't fall short from making the play offs with 10 games to go. With 10 games to go we were well in with a shout of making the play offs.
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Pompey1984+1 wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 3:32 pm
Blue Walter wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:26 pm
PeteM wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 12:38 pm Personally, losing on the last day when it was in our hands (as Millwall and Derby did this weekend, and as we did a couple of years ago) hurt a lot more than this season - which was frustrating but because we knew for a while we weren't really going to make the playoffs, it wasn't as painful.

It is probably most disappointing to lose in the Play Off final. I think different clubs have expectations at different levels. For example Forest Green Rovers & Accrington Stanley supporters would see staying in League One as a successful season. Others obviously see promotion or Play Offs as a measure of success. We hoped to have at least made the Play offs but we fell short with 10 games to go. That would be deemed as unsuccessful whereas Millwall kept their season alive until the last day, which is more successful than our season. You say it wasn't so painful going out earlier but the way the team performed was disappointing over a longer period of time whereas Millwall supporters had at least the excitement of getting there.
We didn't fall short from making the play offs with 10 games to go. With 10 games to go we were well in with a shout of making the play offs.
We were mathematically in with a chance but performances told us otherwise. We rarely looked like a team capable of getting into the Playoffs or displayed the sort of drive to make it.
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Blue Walter wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 3:48 pm
Pompey1984+1 wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 3:32 pm
Blue Walter wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 1:26 pm
PeteM wrote: Tue May 09, 2023 12:38 pm Personally, losing on the last day when it was in our hands (as Millwall and Derby did this weekend, and as we did a couple of years ago) hurt a lot more than this season - which was frustrating but because we knew for a while we weren't really going to make the playoffs, it wasn't as painful.

It is probably most disappointing to lose in the Play Off final. I think different clubs have expectations at different levels. For example Forest Green Rovers & Accrington Stanley supporters would see staying in League One as a successful season. Others obviously see promotion or Play Offs as a measure of success. We hoped to have at least made the Play offs but we fell short with 10 games to go. That would be deemed as unsuccessful whereas Millwall kept their season alive until the last day, which is more successful than our season. You say it wasn't so painful going out earlier but the way the team performed was disappointing over a longer period of time whereas Millwall supporters had at least the excitement of getting there.
We didn't fall short from making the play offs with 10 games to go. With 10 games to go we were well in with a shout of making the play offs.
We were mathematically in with a chance but performances told us otherwise. We rarely looked like a team capable of getting into the Playoffs or displayed the sort of drive to make it.
We were 9 points adrift with 10 games to go. Hardly a stretch to think with a run of good games we could make the playoffs.

And in fact we did hit a good run and got 11 points out of 15 around that time and had closed the gap to 3 points with 7 games remaining.
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