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  • Thread starter Chicken Mcgraw
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Chicken Mcgraw

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  • Thursday at 3:22 PM
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TomRad85

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  • Thursday at 3:35 PM
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Not sure how I feel about this, you could have the team finishing in 8th getting to the Prem. Also feels like a bit of a safety net for a parachute club if they were to fall a bit short.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Thursday at 3:38 PM
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TomRad85 said:
Not sure how a feel about this, you could have the team finishing in 8th getting to the Prem. Also feels like a bit of a safety net for a parachute club if they were to fall a bit short.
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Stops there being half the league without things to play for by April though I guess. I'm not sure what to think of it.
 
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Otis

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  • Thursday at 3:41 PM
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TomRad85 said:
Not sure how a feel about this, you could have the team finishing in 8th getting to the Prem. Also feels like a bit of a safety net for a parachute club if they were to fall a bit short.
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Yeah, I think you may well be bang on with the reasoning. Gives a much better chance for the parachute teams to make it back up
 
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harvey098

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  • Thursday at 3:49 PM
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I like it. Keeps more of the league in play for longer whilst still leaving an advantage to finish 3rd / 4th . The less dead rubbers there are, the better imo.

I’d also do something by similar with relegation. Supporting football is about emotion and when there is nothing to play for, there’s no emotion.
 
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Ccfcisparks

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  • Thursday at 3:51 PM
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harvey098 said:
I like it. Keeps more of the league in play for longer whilst still leaving an advantage to finish 3rd / 4th . The less dead rubbers there are, the better imo.

I’d also do something by similar with relegation. Supporting football is about emotion and when there is nothing to play for, there’s no emotion.
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Relegation play off would be really interesting
 
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Sbarcher

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  • Thursday at 4:02 PM
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Is it Doug's suggestion to hit his 3 in 5 target?
 
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quinn1971

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  • Thursday at 4:04 PM
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last season there was still any from 6 could of still got relegated and any from 6 could of made the play offs, mboro could of finished above us and ended up 10th , It’s fine as it is
 
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Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon

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  • Thursday at 4:08 PM
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Depends where we finish, if its top 6 then its a shit idea, 7th or 8th then it's fantastic. Ask me in May.
 
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Flying Fokker

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  • Thursday at 4:14 PM
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Not for me. They might as well restructure the league if they are going to mess around with it.
 
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Hincha

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  • Thursday at 4:22 PM
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A lot of National League fans complain about the system - teams in 7th/8th get a slight advantage in playing the week before and being more match fit whereas the team who finish higher don't play for two weeks
 
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Monkeyface

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  • Thursday at 4:34 PM
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People in charge of football "you know what, things are working really well at the minute, shall we fiddle around with it a bit"
 
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Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Thursday at 4:41 PM
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Ccfcisparks said:
Relegation play off would be really interesting
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Wasn't that a thing in the 80s before it was scrapped?

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mark82

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  • Thursday at 4:43 PM
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Otis said:
Yeah, I think you may well be bang on with the reasoning. Gives a much better chance for the parachute teams to make it back up
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The reasoning is money. Might be good for us though too.
 
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mark82

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  • Thursday at 4:44 PM
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Ccfcisparks said:
Relegation play off would be really interesting
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As long as it's not like Germany where we'd have to play off against a top flight club to get promotion. Gap is too big in England.
 
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walkingalongsingingasong

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  • Thursday at 4:45 PM
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I want relegation play offs. Lets make the chance to play at Wembley available for those at the other end of the championship table. It's simply unfair only winners and achievers get to Wembley. We need rewards for participation.

23rd & 24th teams guaranteed relegation. Relegation play offs in a similar way to we presently see at the other end of the table for last promotion spot. All on the public stage where we will watch in curiosity about how the excitement of playing at Wembley is tempered by the fight against relegation. Box Office stuff lol.

Been serious this new suggestion that's started the thread smacks of more money been made by extra games, maybe Wembley been used more and again more money in the coffers. Also as someone else has said giving the parachute teams an extra life line. Keep it as is. It really isn't broken.
 
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SAJ

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  • Thursday at 4:49 PM
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Chicken Mcgraw said:
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Unfucking believable. If is not FIFA, UEFA its now the EFL the greedy bastards. Why not go the whole fucking hog and make everyone play a cup at the end of the season to see who wins that so they can play a final at Wembley. It causes enough of a problem when team 6 gets promoted over team 3 when there’s 20 point difference. Let’s make it even more of a circus and let the team that finishes 8th get promoted.
 
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marrrkjay_ccfc

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  • Thursday at 4:52 PM
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If its not broke, don't fix it. The play-offs are perfectly fine as they are.

As for relegation/promotion play-offs, I think its completely unfair to the potential promoted club to have to play a team from a higher division. Imagine playing 46+ games in a season only to have to play someone like Everton in a one off game to get promoted. We have divisions for a reason. You should only play against clubs in your own division.
 
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Danceswithhorses

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  • Thursday at 4:53 PM
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Wyken Sky Blue said:
Wasn't that a thing in the 80s before it was scrapped?
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Pretty sure you're correct...i have a vague memory of Charlton playing in one of those playoff games.
 
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Marty

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  • Thursday at 5:00 PM
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Stupid idea. More matches = more money.
 
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jas365

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  • Thursday at 5:01 PM
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Danceswithhorses said:
Pretty sure you're correct...i have a vague memory of Charlton playing in one of those playoff games.
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Yep, beat Leeds to survive, and keep Leeds in 2nd tier.
 
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DT-R

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  • Thursday at 5:06 PM
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Chicken Mcgraw said:
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Id like to see it bought in for relegation. Bottom 2 auto relegation. 4 teams above that play a mini league. Worst team over 3 games drops. Like sparks says, stops majority of the league sitting on the beach for the last month or so of the season. If all of a sudden mid table can either a) pull themselves in to a play-off spot or b) can get dragged in to the relegation battle! Bring it on i say!

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DT-R

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  • Thursday at 5:07 PM
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Flying Fokker said:
Not for me. They might as well restructure the league if they are going to mess around with it.
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Said everyone before the play-offs were introduced. Now theyre a staple and people love them


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AOM

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  • Thursday at 5:14 PM
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Hmm not sure if I think it's a good thing or not...

I'd imagine most clubs in the league will be up for this though.
 

mark82

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  • Thursday at 5:27 PM
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SAJ said:
Unfucking believable. If is not FIFA, UEFA its now the EFL the greedy bastards. Why not go the whole fucking hog and make everyone play a cup at the end of the season to see who wins that so they can play a final at Wembley. It causes enough of a problem when team 6 gets promoted over team 3 when there’s 20 point difference. Let’s make it even more of a circus and let the team that finishes 8th get promoted.
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If we finish 8th and got promoted, I wouldn't give any shits at all whether anyone else felt it was deserved.
 
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DT-R

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  • Thursday at 5:38 PM
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SAJ said:
Unfucking believable. If is not FIFA, UEFA its now the EFL the greedy bastards. Why not go the whole fucking hog and make everyone play a cup at the end of the season to see who wins that so they can play a final at Wembley. It causes enough of a problem when team 6 gets promoted over team 3 when there’s 20 point difference. Let’s make it even more of a circus and let the team that finishes 8th get promoted.
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There were 3 points separating 5th to 8th in the championship last season. 31 separated us from 2nd. We were closer to 8th the we were autos. I have no problem with it personally!
If its "fairness" you want, then the gap needs closing from 1st and 2nd to 4th. A team going up that finished 8th in a play-off they have deservingly won, is a lot fairer than a team with a £150m squad walking the league with over 100points every season!

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ceetee

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  • Thursday at 5:38 PM
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mark82 said:
If we finish 8th and got promoted, I wouldn't give any shits at all whether anyone else felt it was deserved.
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No but if we came 3rd and Leicester were 8th and beat us in the PO final you wouldn't feel the same about it
 

Alkhen

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  • Thursday at 5:41 PM
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What a shite idea. It's rubbish in the national league as the teams higher up have to sit around for couple of weeks waiting whilst lower teams build momentum.

Hope this is nipped in the bud
 
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Samueljames1991

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  • Thursday at 5:44 PM
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Some NBA crap this (they created a game for teams ranked below the playoffs to get in) all about the money
 

David O'Day

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  • Thursday at 5:46 PM
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works fine in the NL
 

DT-R

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  • Thursday at 5:56 PM
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ceetee said:
No but if we came 3rd and Leicester were 8th and beat us in the PO final you wouldn't feel the same about it
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I dont see how its any different from 3rd to 6th? Last season Sunderland and Blunts finished 7 and 21 points ahead of us respectively. Between us and 8th were only 3 points between all 4 teams. How would us, finishing 4th, 21 points behind blunts (had got to the final and won) be any different to Millwall who finished 24 points? There is literally, no difference!

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Alkhen

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  • Thursday at 6:06 PM
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David O'Day said:
works fine in the NL
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Really doesn't
 

JSL

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  • Thursday at 6:11 PM
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It's starting to smell of a money exercise and turning the play offs into a cup competition. Leave it as is is my opinion.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Thursday at 6:15 PM
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Danceswithhorses said:
Pretty sure you're correct...i have a vague memory of Charlton playing in one of those playoff games.
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Was it Middlesbrough and Chelsea? Chelsea lost.
 

ceetee

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  • Thursday at 6:22 PM
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DT-R said:
I dont see how its any different from 3rd to 6th? Last season Sunderland and Blunts finished 7 and 21 points ahead of us respectively. Between us and 8th were only 3 points between all 4 teams. How would us, finishing 4th, 21 points behind blunts (had got to the final and won) be any different to Millwall who finished 24 points? There is literally, no difference!

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Well, despite the excitement of two Wembley PO finals I'm not an enthusiast. I don't think a 46 game league season should be seen as qualification for a KO cup. A League's a league and promotion and relegations should not be determined by play offs
 
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