| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 20:17 - May 13 with 2275 views | farkenhell |
I don't generally go on other forums (I spend more than enough of my time on here) but I couldn't resist a quick peek on owlstalk last night. Amongst the usual angst and post mortem, someone started a thread calling for Gary Megson to replace Moore before the second leg.
I couldn't stop laughing. |  | |  |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 20:24 - May 13 with 2257 views | Swansea_Blue |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 20:17 - May 13 by farkenhell |
I don't generally go on other forums (I spend more than enough of my time on here) but I couldn't resist a quick peek on owlstalk last night. Amongst the usual angst and post mortem, someone started a thread calling for Gary Megson to replace Moore before the second leg.
I couldn't stop laughing. |
Someone on here earlier pointed out their strong links to him, much as ours to e.g. Jim. He played more games for them than anyone else and helped them get back into the top division. He then had a reasonably successful managerial spell, cut short for some inexplicable reason. The wiki entry for his manager spell paints a picture of a basket club:
“On 4 February 2011, Megson was appointed manager of his former club, Sheffield Wednesday, replacing Alan Irvine who had been relieved of his post the previous day. On 29 February 2012, with the club third in League One, he was sacked. At the time of his sacking he had the third best win percentage of any manager in Sheffield Wednesday's history. His last result before being sacked was a 1—0 victory over Sheffield United in the Steel City derby.[29]”
So understandable, although also baffling in their lack of ambition. |  |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 09:37 - May 14 with 2108 views | farkenhell |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 20:24 - May 13 by Swansea_Blue |
Someone on here earlier pointed out their strong links to him, much as ours to e.g. Jim. He played more games for them than anyone else and helped them get back into the top division. He then had a reasonably successful managerial spell, cut short for some inexplicable reason. The wiki entry for his manager spell paints a picture of a basket club:
“On 4 February 2011, Megson was appointed manager of his former club, Sheffield Wednesday, replacing Alan Irvine who had been relieved of his post the previous day. On 29 February 2012, with the club third in League One, he was sacked. At the time of his sacking he had the third best win percentage of any manager in Sheffield Wednesday's history. His last result before being sacked was a 1—0 victory over Sheffield United in the Steel City derby.[29]”
So understandable, although also baffling in their lack of ambition. |
Ah, thank you, I wasn't aware that he had managed them previously . The suggestion does now make some sense I suppose, a bit like those who were suggesting Burley to replace Lambert in our darkest hours.
Over 10 years later, having done nothing of note since then. Baffling, as you say. | | | |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 10:53 - May 14 with 2051 views | Simonds92 |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 19:11 - May 13 by witchdoctor |
‘eh? |
As much as I enjoyed their fans imploding and dont want Wednesday to go up, after the 4th went in, giving them no hope of turning it around, i did feel a bit bad for them. They're going to turn up on Thursday with no nerves or belief that they can get to Wembley and if anything will just be hoping they can make it look a bit better on aggregate. [Post edited 14 May 2023 12:24]
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 12:46 - May 14 with 1968 views | billlm |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 12:02 - May 13 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I think I would still go. A miracle is needed but they do sometimes happen in football. Imagine if you didn't go and then Sheff Weds got an early 2-0 lead... |
I would go,
Through thick and thin,
Look at us
Play off season was the only joy in last 18 years,
You have to go it's the club you support,
Players managers come and go, |  | | |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 15:06 - May 14 with 1887 views | Metal_Hacker |
One of the better outbursts IMO
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 15:47 - May 14 with 1852 views | franz_tyson |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 17:46 - May 13 by ArnieM |
Bottled it didn’t they! They couldn’t cope with the “ tippy tappy football which won’t get you out of this league”, apparently! |
This is a comment from early February.
"McKenna needs to re think his strategy : tippy tappy possession football is killing our chances . We have the players in the squad . The tactics are WRONG for League One. We are not Barca and thus is not PL or Champions League."
Is it a Sheffield Wednesday fan? No. Recognise this, Arnie?
You don't half change your mind a lot. Why hammer them when you've said exactly the same thing. | | | |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 16:32 - May 14 with 1804 views | Metal_Hacker |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 15:47 - May 14 by franz_tyson |
This is a comment from early February.
"McKenna needs to re think his strategy : tippy tappy possession football is killing our chances . We have the players in the squad . The tactics are WRONG for League One. We are not Barca and thus is not PL or Champions League."
Is it a Sheffield Wednesday fan? No. Recognise this, Arnie?
You don't half change your mind a lot. Why hammer them when you've said exactly the same thing. |
I’ll get my popcorn now | |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 17:42 - May 14 with 1718 views | Nomore4 |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 15:47 - May 14 by franz_tyson |
This is a comment from early February.
"McKenna needs to re think his strategy : tippy tappy possession football is killing our chances . We have the players in the squad . The tactics are WRONG for League One. We are not Barca and thus is not PL or Champions League."
Is it a Sheffield Wednesday fan? No. Recognise this, Arnie?
You don't half change your mind a lot. Why hammer them when you've said exactly the same thing. |
Arnie thought we’d lose every game we played all season, every pre game.
No matter who we played, Arnie felt it unlikely we’d win…… | | | |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 18:39 - May 14 with 1654 views | TheBoyBlue |
I struggle to see how they think anyone could do any better. They got 96 points, which usually would not only win you promotion outright, but also comfortably. If they do the same next season, they'll almost certainly go up. Essentially they are a very successful team at this level. Get someone new in, they are starting again. | |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 18:48 - May 14 with 1635 views | jayessess |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 15:47 - May 14 by franz_tyson |
This is a comment from early February.
"McKenna needs to re think his strategy : tippy tappy possession football is killing our chances . We have the players in the squad . The tactics are WRONG for League One. We are not Barca and thus is not PL or Champions League."
Is it a Sheffield Wednesday fan? No. Recognise this, Arnie?
You don't half change your mind a lot. Why hammer them when you've said exactly the same thing. |
In fairness we did get a little more direct from February onwards! |  |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 18:55 - May 14 with 1611 views | Swansea_Blue |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 15:06 - May 14 by Metal_Hacker |
One of the better outbursts IMO
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If ever there was a case for National Service to drum some discipline and self-respect into our youngsters, that’s it right there. What a plumb  | |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 19:04 - May 14 with 1572 views | jayessess |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 18:55 - May 14 by Swansea_Blue |
If ever there was a case for National Service to drum some discipline and self-respect into our youngsters, that’s it right there. What a plumb |
Feel quite sorry for him, really. Lots of us have absurd tantrums about football at some point in our life, but youngsters are all encouraged to put literally everything on the internet. | |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 19:22 - May 14 with 1548 views | SheffordBlue |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 18:48 - May 14 by jayessess |
In fairness we did get a little more direct from February onwards! |
I think the being more 'direct' was more to do with the speed that we looked to transition/progress the ball forward rather than just long balls.
The 5 game rolling average of long balls shows that we did increase the number but much earlier in the season than our great run, there was a small dip before the final run in. I think it was as much people running directly and shorter forward passes rather than long balls per se.
5 game rolling average of successful long passes: 28.4, 30.0, 28.6, 28.8, 26.2, 26.0, 24.4, 25.0, 22.8, 25.2, 24.6, 23.2, 20.8, 20.4, 20.8, 20.0, 20.6, 25.0, 27.6, 29.2, 32.0, 33.0, 31.4, 31.8, 31.8, 31.8, 33.8, 36.2, 33.8, 28.6, 27.0, 26.4, 25.6, 27.6, 31.2, 33.2, 33.8, 33.0, 32.2, 31.2, 29.6, 31.4
Graph of the above:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qoTTAUfKNFuhMJN88 [Post edited 14 May 2023 19:25]
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 19:30 - May 14 with 1525 views | jayessess |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 19:22 - May 14 by SheffordBlue |
I think the being more 'direct' was more to do with the speed that we looked to transition/progress the ball forward rather than just long balls.
The 5 game rolling average of long balls shows that we did increase the number but much earlier in the season than our great run, there was a small dip before the final run in. I think it was as much people running directly and shorter forward passes rather than long balls per se.
5 game rolling average of successful long passes: 28.4, 30.0, 28.6, 28.8, 26.2, 26.0, 24.4, 25.0, 22.8, 25.2, 24.6, 23.2, 20.8, 20.4, 20.8, 20.0, 20.6, 25.0, 27.6, 29.2, 32.0, 33.0, 31.4, 31.8, 31.8, 31.8, 33.8, 36.2, 33.8, 28.6, 27.0, 26.4, 25.6, 27.6, 31.2, 33.2, 33.8, 33.0, 32.2, 31.2, 29.6, 31.4
Graph of the above:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/qoTTAUfKNFuhMJN88 [Post edited 14 May 2023 19:25]
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Suppose it depends what Arnie meant by "tippy tappy possession football"  | |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 19:35 - May 14 with 1515 views | Ryorry |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 19:04 - May 14 by jayessess |
Feel quite sorry for him, really. Lots of us have absurd tantrums about football at some point in our life, but youngsters are all encouraged to put literally everything on the internet. |
Never. Serious anger management issue there, needs addressing. |  |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 12:24 - May 19 with 1196 views | Tangledupin_Blue |
| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 12:19 - May 13 by Tangledupin_Blue |
You go to the match hoping for an "I was there" moment to tell the grandchildren. |
Well it happened... For those who went and didn't leave before the end. |  |
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| The big chat on Owlstalk now is returning their tickets for the second leg on 12:42 - May 19 with 1140 views | Ryorry |
That thread seems to have been deleted for some reason 😂
Too, too funny - hope those of their fans who did return their tickets are still crying into their bedsheets - and will be doing so again on BH Monday, 29/05.. | |
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