Quote: SteveRoebuck "If you were in there shoes and asked to go out and put on a performance knowing full well you wernt going to be part of the success next season how would you feel? I suspect it would come as a massive gut punch for anyone who has pulled on the shirt and got us to the semi finals. Would you put it all on the line for a club that has thrown you in the trash like yesterdays stew?
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I would assume the players who are leaving knew they'd be leaving when we played at Newcastle in the first play-off game. That didn't harm their performance, Steve.
I'm going to stick up for the players here and say they are proud people who do their best whenever they pull a shirt on and collectively as a group want to play for each other, not letting their team mates down.
The main reason we lost today was probably down to the effects of a really tough game at Oldham last week, losing a few players to injury, and Newcastle playing very well today.