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The players are in the tunnel! Hull’s captain, Lewie Coyle, has a pair of Hull-branded headphones on and is glowering moodily.
“Very much looking forward to the MBM,” writes Jeremy Boyce. Aren’t we all! “But sorry, you are completely wrong. Millwall may have the form, but when it comes to the playoffs the form book goes out of the window. I’m a Leeds fan so I know thing or three about all that. Ironically, the playoffs have brought us back to the basics of footie. On the day(s) it just 11 v 11 (plus 9 subs) and, as in Stingray, anything can happen in the next half hour, plus stoppage time, and eventually penalties. The form book is ripped up and Stranger Things happen. Ask Luton Town. Or Coventry City, who Luton famously beat in a play off final. And who have just found redemption, many years later.” Well, three years. As a Watford fan I have some playoff experience myself (including against Leeds), and our attempts to negotiate them have gone with form every time. Other experiences are available.
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