Originally Posted by
the other bob wilson
The good thing about a Villa v Fulham Play Off Final is that the four teams who clearly proved themselves to be the best in the league will either be promoted or got to within one match of the Premier League. I thought Boro were poor over the two legs and looked what they have been for most of the season - an outfit that spent an awful lot of money last summer to acquire a one paced central midfield full of similar type players which left them seriously lacking in creativity. Their forward players blew hot and cold all season and their defence has not been as good as I thought I would be at this level.
If both sides play to their best in the Final, then I would expect Fulham to win fairly comfortably, but, without doing anything that special, Villa looked pretty comfortable against Boro and Steve Bruce does have the knack of getting sides promoted from this division - I'll just go for Fulham, but I think it's a toss a coin job in reality.