The comment I made followed the post by Plum. If the team finishing 3rd in the Championship has to win promotion by a play-off system what is the problem with a similar system for relegation in the PL ie. 2 bottom teams automatic relegation and the 3rd determined by a play-off system? Surely there is symmetry in that.
TBH...Not sure if it was the RL model...Think including the 7th and 8th might add a bit of extra spice., but maybe your right..
The point of the play-offs is to give the teams at the top something to play for in the last month of the season, the clubs at the bottom already have plenty to play for. It's absolutely fine as it is, it needs no changes.
I've always thought the team finishing 3rd should get straight to Wembley and then others should play off to play them
Funny that this article should pop up after today's discussion... National League clubs to consider six-team play-off at AGM http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39951821
Just make the semis one leg with 3rd and 4th playing at home as a reward for finishing higher (if it needs changing).
Maybe the football folk are taking on board what is discussed on here. If only our owners did the same...
Nah...Just seemed like a good idea to involve the 7th and 8th teams, but also to give the advantage to those teams who finished higher up the table. Don't get me wrong. The play-offs are great. I recall the old days when the season came to an end in mid March with mid table games that were like watching paint dry. However, the current play-off format really doesn't advantage the teams who finished 3rd and 4th. They still have to travel to the 6th and 5th teams respectively. My scheme wouldn't require this as they would always have home advantage.
No, the poster before said that it should just be the top 3, so had it been that system we would have gone up anyway. I don't think I've ever seen us breeze through a playoffs so easily as we did that year.
Think I would rather see them meeting Reading at Wembley, informing their fans that Wednesday's massive support will guarantee victory as such an enormous club should be in the PL as of right. Then watching their tearful fans slinking away after a 5-0 drubbing.
Possibly- that's also an attractive scenario, which would further increase their sense of victimhood should they lose the final again. It's curious that you can hate both clubs from the same city, even though their fanbases are different in character and the detest each other. It's sad that we find ourselves once again having to play the likes of these.
