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Jed Wallace: West Brom’s failure to reach play-offs is ‘unacceptable’
29 April 2025 Off

Jed Wallace: West Brom’s failure to reach play-offs is ‘unacceptable’

By Total Football News

West Bromwich Albion’s failure to reach this season’s Championship play-offs is “unacceptable”, says midfielder Jed Wallace.

The Baggies were in sixth place when Tony Mowbray replaced Carlos Corberan as head coach in January but a run of just five wins from his 18 games in charge ended their play-off hopes and Mowbray was sacked.

“It’s been massively disappointing – take the first five games out of the season and our

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Michael Carrick: Hard to class missing out on play-offs as Middlesbrough failure
24 April 2025 Off

Michael Carrick: Hard to class missing out on play-offs as Middlesbrough failure

By Total Football News

Boro finished fourth in Carrick’s first season two years ago, only to lose to Coventry in the play-off semi-finals.

Last year, they were eighth and four points adrift. Now they are one of six sides still competing for the last two play-off places.

The Boro boss is preferring to focus on three seasons of consistent work in a notoriously competitive division.

“History shows that over the last 15 years, it’s

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Alex Neil: Millwall boss says Lions have given themselves ‘a chance of the play-offs’
15 April 2025 Off

Alex Neil: Millwall boss says Lions have given themselves ‘a chance of the play-offs’

By Total Football News

Millwall boss Alex Neil said he is “extremely proud” of his players for keeping their Championship play-off hopes alive.

The Lions were 13th, and six points adrift of the top six, following a 1-0 defeat by Sunderland 16 days ago.

But they have since won three games on the bounce – including a 1-0 victory over play-off rivals Middlesbrough on Saturday – to move within two points of Coventry City,

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Johannes Hoff Thorup: Norwich City boss believes play-offs still in reach
28 March 2025 Off

Johannes Hoff Thorup: Norwich City boss believes play-offs still in reach

By Total Football News

Norwich were beaten by Sheffield Wednesday and Bristol City immediately before the international break, having previously drawn with Blackburn and Oxford United.

Following the West Brom game, they face Plymouth (a), Sunderland (h), Burnley (a), Portsmouth (h), Millwall (a), Middlesbrough (a) and Cardiff (h).

Four of those teams are above them in the table, with Sunderland and Burnley currently fourth and third – and the latter still pushing for automatic

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Tom Cleverley: Watford boss says team have ‘blinkers on’ in play-offs race
6 March 2025 Off

Tom Cleverley: Watford boss says team have ‘blinkers on’ in play-offs race

By Total Football News

Watford suffered a downturn immediately before and after the turn of the year, winning only once in 10 games and losing seven.

Since then, however, they have taken seven points from the last three games, including a 2-0 home win the M1 derby against Luton Town.

“You want to be as consistent as you possibly can as a coach,” said Cleverley.

“We went through a period of doing what we

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Middlesbrough: Missing play-offs would be ‘complete failure’ for Boro
6 February 2025 Off

Middlesbrough: Missing play-offs would be ‘complete failure’ for Boro

By Total Football News

It was a busy January on the transfer front with Morgan Whitaker and George Edmundson arriving on permanent deals while Mark Travers, Kelechi Iheanacho, Ryan Giles and Samuel Iling-Junior signed loan agreements.

Heading out of The Riverside were Isaiah Jones, Micah Hamilton, Matt Clarke, Alex Gilbert, Lukas Engel, Sammy Silvera, Mathew Hoppe and for a club record fee of £22.5 million, top scorer Emmanuel Latte Lath.

So are the

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Jack Stacey: Norwich defender says pressure on Leeds in play-offs
8 May 2024 0

Jack Stacey: Norwich defender says pressure on Leeds in play-offs

By Total Football News

“Our aim from a long time ago was to try and get into the play-offs and when you look at some of the situations we’ve been in this season, we have to look at that as the first success along the journey,” Stacey told BBC Radio Norfolk.

“From where we came from to get to this position, we came through a really good period of form, so we have to

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FA Cup not sole reason for Coventry missing play-offs – Mark Robins
25 April 2024 0

FA Cup not sole reason for Coventry missing play-offs – Mark Robins

By Total Football News

The defeat by Hull was a fourth in five Championship games in April as the Sky Blues lost momentum at a crucial point.

They twice equalised after the Tigers went ahead, but had nothing left in the tank following Noah Ohio’s 78th-minute goal.

It means they will not make another trip to Wembley, having also lost the play-off final to Luton Town last season.

“We know why it is,” Robins

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