This is a fantastic idea.
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This is a fantastic idea.
I don't know about this idea for Champions League, but it is a killer the way the playoffs for promotion work. Losing out to a team so far behind you after a season long journey.
My workmate beside me is a Verona fan so I get updates on their push to get back to Serie A (whether I want them or not!). The way they do it there is the first two go up automatically and then the 3rd place team automatically gets the next promotion spot IF they finish 10pts or more above the next team.
If not, it opens up a playoff between 6 teams....not 100% sure on how that works though.
I think some variation on the above would be much better than automatic playoffs. It should be dependent on how far back the chasing teams are. Fairer, but yeah...less exciting.
RFUS
Anustart
That's especially ridiculous. Finishing 2nd with over 90 points and not getting out of the division? I'd be fuming.
there's one on Sunday 3pm KO - after 37 legs if the rs win it they're in
Miles ahead yeah. Well unfair that.
tim cahill
Player Valuation: £50m
It'd give us a better chance so it's a yes from me.
everton2004
Player Valuation: £35m
Not for me. If you miss out on the CL places it's because the teams above you have played better on average and earned their place. I know what the rs would say though if they missed out on 4th......
Saint Domingo
Player Valuation: £80m
Nah, the RS would be init every year if it was a play off. We'd come 4th miles ahead of them then get subjected to a two legged tie second leg at Anfield with the ref hell bent on getting the cash cow through.
Tranmere agree with this.
It's a big no from me and it epitomizes the difference between football and American sports. In America, you play all regular season for absolutely nothing other than a playoff spot. Then you play a few games in the playoffs to determine the winner of the entire league... which could be coincendentally when you're off form or a star player gets injured. Complete waste of time if you ask me.
Keep the league format where the best team over the season earns their reward. Knockout competitions provide the excitement for "winner take all" matches.
Keep the league format where the best team over the season earns their reward. Knockout competitions provide the excitement for "winner take all" matches.
collymcd
Player Valuation: £15m
If there were to be a playoff this would be the only way to do it. Everything else would be hugely unfair.
artetas_biggest_fan
Player Valuation: £6m
Not a ball call that. Could transform the FA Cup also.
The Penalty Box Dancer
Player Valuation: £35m
It's more games in an already demanding schedule. Look at Arsenal and Man United and the games in hand they've had over the last couple of months. Alongside European football, they have struggled to find space to fit these games in hand in. The last thing United would want after playing in a Europa League final is potentially three more fixtures. I don't agree with it really, there is no point for extra games at the end of the season.
Remember before the Premiership, the second bottom team in the first division and the second team in the second division had a play-off to see if one went up or they both stayed. Why not bring that back? Then again, it would probably be a bit more unfair these days with all the money Premiership clubs have so most of the time it would result in Newcastle or someone staying in the league for another season.
Remember before the Premiership, the second bottom team in the first division and the second team in the second division had a play-off to see if one went up or they both stayed. Why not bring that back? Then again, it would probably be a bit more unfair these days with all the money Premiership clubs have so most of the time it would result in Newcastle or someone staying in the league for another season.
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