Match Day Thread 2016/17 Premier League, Cups & Euro Watch

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johnsonsbaby said:
There's nothing 'fair' about it <laugh>

We're always told the table doesn't lie .... the best teams are the ones who do best over a 'x' amount of game season ...you're in the position you deserve .... Then come the end of season you finish equal points to 2nd place team and a team two below in the league gets promoted over you - that's about as unfair as it could be.
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Life isn't fair. <whistle>
 
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johnsonsbaby said:
There's nothing 'fair' about it <laugh>

We're always told the table doesn't lie .... the best teams are the ones who do best over a 'x' amount of game season ...you're in the position you deserve .... Then come the end of season you finish equal points to 2nd place team and a team two below in the league gets promoted over you - that's about as unfair as it could be.
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The point is in the last 10 games of the season you could be playing Vs teams who aren't battling for anything and have basically checked out for the season while your rivals could be playing teams who have relegation or promotion to play for so are more competitive and desperate for the points.

The playoffs reduce the amount of teams playing for nothing massively therefore making the league a little more competitive and the fixtures fairer.
 
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Lucaaas said:
The point is in the last 10 games of the season you could be playing Vs teams who aren't battling for anything and have basically checked out for the season while your rivals could be playing teams who have relegation or promotion to play for so are more competitive and desperate for the points.

The playoffs reduce the amount of teams playing for nothing massively therefore making the league a little more competitive and the fixtures fairer.
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I accept everything you've said but sorry 'fair' doesn't fit anywhere into the argument.
 
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johnsonsbaby said:
Just as a general principle what do you think about the current play offs in football? I don't like it. Last year for instance, if I was a Brighton fan ... cough.... Bisc ...I would have been mad as hell to finish the season on the same points as the Middlesbrough and lose out on promotion because of the play offs. Even worse, had Wednesday who finished 15 points below been promoted I think is a mockery.
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Yup. Obviously biased for me last year, but said it before that as well.

I dont think tobes idea of having play off for 3-6 with winner and runner up getting cl is fair. It might add interest which is what play offs do. They try and make it so you don't get 3 weeks of dead rubbers at the end of the seaso, but you'd be posse did finished 3rd, normally get Cl, finish 20 points above team in 6th and lose over 2 legs in a play off and get demoted to EL
 
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johnsonsbaby said:
There's nothing 'fair' about it <laugh>

We're always told the table doesn't lie .... the best teams are the ones who do best over a 'x' amount of game season ...you're in the position you deserve .... Then come the end of season you finish equal points to 2nd place team and a team two below in the league gets promoted over you - that's about as unfair as it could be.
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It'd be funny if it happened to Geordies though eh? <laugh>
 
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moreinjuredthanowen said:
Well... yes but the rules were known so thems the breaks.

I dont really like play offs either but i think its better than say thrid bottom of the prem playing third top in Championship to see who would get the prem spot
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Here's a radical thought - how about the bottom three get relegated and the top three get promoted?

It's purely a money-grabbing exercise - knowing the rules beforehand doesn't make them fair.
 
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Zingy said:
It is. It's just extra fair for teams who finish 6th in the Championship. <whistle>

Quiz time. Which team is the longest serving Championship team in consecutive years until now? (i.e. they haven't been promoted and relegated for the longest)
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Who cares?
 
Zingy said:
It is. It's just extra fair for teams who finish 6th in the Championship. <whistle>

Quiz time. Which team is the longest serving Championship team in consecutive years until now? (i.e. they haven't been promoted and relegated for the longest)
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Barsley?
 
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