What a result.

[The Swan]

Well done Stoke for beating Brentford. We now have a slim chance of getting to 2nd place.
We must win today and then beat Wigan away next week.
Plus Brentford and West Brom must lose their remaining games.

[davew]

Terrible result for us and Parker chooses a weak team for our match, unbelievable!!

[Twig]

Terrible result for us and Parker chooses a weak team for our match, unbelievable!!

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Why was it a terrible result for us?

[davew]

Terrible result for us and Parker chooses a weak team for our match, unbelievable!!

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Why was it a terrible result for us?

Likely to face Brentford in the play offs now, more chance of beating the Baggies than the Bees.

[SP]

Terrible result for us and Parker chooses a weak team for our match, unbelievable!!

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Why was it a terrible result for us?

Speaking on behalf of the FoF Brentford appreciation society?  :005:

[Statto]

Terrible result for us and Parker chooses a weak team for our match, unbelievable!!

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Why was it a terrible result for us?

Speaking on behalf of the FoF Brentford appreciation society?  :005:

Lol

[ChesterTheTabby]

Terrible result for us and Parker chooses a weak team for our match, unbelievable!!

LOLOLOLOLOLOL 3-0 First Half lead, what a weak fielding!

[rebel]

Well done Stoke for beating Brentford. We now have a slim chance of getting to 2nd place.
We must win today and then beat Wigan away next week.
Plus Brentford and West Brom must lose their remaining games.

Brentford can draw / lose, WBA need to lose and we have to win to stand a chance of automatic promotion.
Barnsley might yet stay up so all to play for, QPR hammered Millwall, so who knows what QPR will turn up, the pressure will be on WBA.

[hovewhite]

It's still not certain for us,bees, Albion. And all to play for.coyw

[Arthur]

Much as I shall savour the unexpected continuation of automatic promotion hopes between now and Wednesday, I'd rather West Brom were playing any team other than QPR. While our neighbours won't want to get stuffed, I'm sure they'd happily accept a narrow loss if it means denying ourselves and Brentford automatic promotion.

But we can beat Brentford if we were to meet them in the play-off final. As far as I can tell, their style of football means they often score heavily when they've got the opposition on the ropes and the pressure on them is not as great, but in tight games, it's a different matter. What shouldn't be overlooked is that they've lost more times than we have. This suggests to me that, in the cagey tension of a play-off final, they will not have the advantage over us that their superior goalscoring record might make people think.

[flyingfish]

Terrible result for us and Parker chooses a weak team for our match, unbelievable!!

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Why was it a terrible result for us?

Likely to face Brentford in the play offs now, more chance of beating the Baggies than the Bees.

Nonsense. They are not blimmin barcelona!

[Woolly Mammoth]

Terrible result for us and Parker chooses a weak team for our match, unbelievable!!

Sorry, I'm a bit confused. Why was it a terrible result for us?

Likely to face Brentford in the play offs now, more chance of beating the Baggies than the Bees.

Davew have you ran out of Gin. This match was worth the admission fee. There is nothing to fear from Brentford.
I have instructed my Crack Intelligence Unit to observe them, and I can report back is that they are called  Brentford, and they are from Brentford and there are 11 of them, and they will not fancy playing Fulham.
In fact none of them will fancy playing Fulham believe me, so relax Finnish off the rest of the bottle and crack open another one, it's happy days.

[Plodder]

Much as I shall savour the unexpected continuation of automatic promotion hopes between now and Wednesday, I'd rather West Brom were playing any team other than QPR. While our neighbours won't want to get stuffed, I'm sure they'd happily accept a narrow loss if it means denying ourselves and Brentford automatic promotion.

I don't think this sort of consideration influences professionals. They are not fans in the same way as we are. There are loads of examples of teams getting results which could benefit their rivals.  When Blackburn Rovers won the title, there had been much chatter about how Liverpool might roll over in the last game against them in order to prevent Manchester United winning the title. It didn't happen, as Liverpool won 2-1, although Man Utd were held to a draw by West Ham, so Blackburn won it anyway.  The QPR players will obviously be aware of the West London rivalries, but once they start a match, they will play to win.  It is in their nature as professionals, and even if it wasn't, selfish considerations (win bonuses, future contracts) will trump any consideration of fan rivalries.  That being said, it is unlikely that all three results will happen as needed (loos for WBA, draw  or loss for Brentford, win for us), but as I wrote on another thread about someone's suggestion of resting players for the play-offs after the WBA game, although it is unlikely, it would be far from the strangest set of results in football I have ever seen.

[Brawn]

An even better fairytale would be Cauley Woodrow scoring a last minute equaliser for Barnsley on Wednesday night to send us up.

[Twig]

An even better fairytale would be Cauley Woodrow scoring a last minute equaliser for Barnsley on Wednesday night to send us up.

I'll drink to that!