6 team play off (1 Viewer)

Blake · Thursday at 6:30 PM

It's basically like what's been done in every sport here, in the US. Half the teams in the 4 major sports make the playoffs. Sometimes, you can get in the playoffs with a losing record. It definitely adds excitement, because playoff games are exciting and there are more of them. It definitely brings in more money. But it also seems a bit unfair to not reward teams for doing better in the regular season and it can make a lot of regular season games less exciting. And in baseball, teams that get a bye tend to suffer from a longer period with no games (it's not an issue in hockey and basketball, where there is no play-in round or it's quick, or the NFL because of how much a break helps there).

DT-R · Thursday at 6:44 PM

ceetee said:
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

But they already are determined by a play-off. So if the league (and teams in it) could get more money just by adding an extra 2 teams to the already existing format, and it maybe levels up the gap between us and the PL by giving us more money, then where's the harm?

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Hincha · Thursday at 6:50 PM

Monkeyface said:
People in charge of football "you know what, things are working really well at the minute, shall we fiddle around with it a bit"

Is it working really well? No team in the league is sustainable.

I’m not enthused by this idea but you can’t hate on the EFL for trying to get more money into the leagues while the PL gallops off into the distance

ceetee · Thursday at 7:19 PM

DT-R said:
But they already are determined by a play-off. So if the league (and teams inll it) could get more money just by adding an extra 2 teams to the already existing format, and it maybe levels up the gap between us and the PL by giving us more money, then where's the harm?

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I know, obviously, but I'm not a fan of play offs and you can't compare them to US sports because their leagues and conferences are differently structured and there's no promotion or relegation jeopardy, only bragging rights

RegTheDonk · Thursday at 7:55 PM

EFL in talks over expanding Championship playoffs to six teams

The English Football League is in talks over adding an eliminator round to the Championship playoffs and increasing the number of participants from four to six

www.theguardian.com

Apologies if I'm not reading this right ... but if you finish 3rd or 4th, you effectively have to see off 7th or 8th (one game at home) before you then have to play a 2 hander against 5th or 6th?

I see the financial incentive but having to play an extra game with the jeopardy of being knocked out, think I'd rather finish 5th or 6th (if of course we don't do autos )

Brighton Sky Blue · Thursday at 8:08 PM

A commercial rather than a footballing decision clearly, it can get in the bin. I reserve the right to reverse my stance if we finish 7th or 8th this season though.

Hincha · Thursday at 8:25 PM

RegTheDonk said:
EFL in talks over expanding Championship playoffs to six teams

The English Football League is in talks over adding an eliminator round to the Championship playoffs and increasing the number of participants from four to six

www.theguardian.com

Apologies if I'm not reading this right ... but if you finish 3rd or 4th, you effectively have to see off 7th or 8th (one game at home) before you then have to play a 2 hander against 5th or 6th?

I see the financial incentive but having to play an extra game with the jeopardy of being knocked out, think I'd rather finish 5th or 6th (if of course we don't do autos )

Other way around:

5th vs 8th -> winner plays 4th
6th vs 7th -> winner plays 3rd

CCFC96 · Thursday at 9:19 PM

Actually quite like this idea - just adds another level of excitement. Would've been us vs Millwall and Bristol City Blackburn last season which both would've been good games.

Relegation play-offs in English football would be a disaster - imagine a Wolves/Brentford or someone finishing 18th and then playing us or sunderland for promotion. Would make the gap between the leagues even worse.

ceetee · Thursday at 9:34 PM

CCFC96 said:
Actually quite like this idea - just adds another level of excitement. Would've been us vs Millwall and Bristol City Blackburn last season which both would've been good games.

Relegation play-offs in English football would be a disaster - imagine a Wolves/Brentford or someone finishing 18th and then playing us or sunderland for promotion. Would make the gap between the leagues even worse.

My memory 's not what it used to be, but I think that's exactly what happened when play-offs were first introduced

wingy · Thursday at 9:45 PM

I think it's a joke really and will just dilute everyone's chances, it's not about competition, it's just for money IMO,oh well.

RegTheDonk · Thursday at 9:54 PM

Hincha said:
Other way around:

5th vs 8th -> winner plays 4th
6th vs 7th -> winner plays 3rd

Cheers. I was right when I said I wasn't reading it right

Hobo · Thursday at 9:58 PM

My first thought on the title 6 team play off was -wont the pitch be a bit crowded

Liquid Gold · Thursday at 11:35 PM

Just said on another thread I don't like the idea at all.

Putting a quarter of the league in the playoffs is too much.

Lamps · Friday at 1:15 AM

Hincha said:
Is it working really well? No team in the league is sustainable.

I’m not enthused by this idea but you can’t hate on the EFL for trying to get more money into the leagues while the PL gallops off into the distance

A couple of extra games for the clubs finishing 7th and 8th is a speck of dust in the whole picture. Those finishing 5th and 6th wouldn't get any extra games if they go out.

My question would be how much would it be worth financially to the FL.

wingy · Friday at 1:20 AM

More resources in for clubs to provide again is it?

Sick Boy · Friday at 6:25 AM

CCFC96 said:
Relegation play-offs in English football would be a disaster. Imagine Wolves, Brentford, or someone finishing 18th and then playing us or Sunderland for promotion. It would make the gap between the leagues even worse.

Yes, that would be a farce.

SBT · Friday at 9:30 AM

I don’t see this plan as helping the parachute clubs at all, if anything it adds more unpredictability into who reaches and advances through the playoffs.

It’s all about more Americanisation of the sport, but the league has never been more popular so it’s hard to argue it’s not working.

ccfc1234 · Friday at 9:32 AM

I am slightly biased but I would be much more in favour of 4 down from the premiership and 3 up automatically from the championship with 4th to 7th in the championship playoffs. It speads the money to more clubs and gives fans more chance of going to big away games and well run clubs a chance to spend/invest their Premier league money wisely.

Captain Dart · Friday at 9:40 AM

ccfc1234 said:
I am slightly biased but I would be much more in favour of 4 down from the premiership and 3 up automatically from the championship with 4th to 7th in the championship playoffs. It speads the money to more clubs and gives fans more chance of going to big away games and well run clubs a chance to spend/invest their Premier league money wisely.

Unfortunately the pressure from clubs in the Prem is in exactly the opposite direction, the big clubs would prefer no promotion and relegation at all.

mmttww · Friday at 9:46 AM

Without knowing what problem they're trying to solve it's hard to support tweaking something that works well already.

Briles · Friday at 9:48 AM

How about top 6 of the champ play the bottom 6 of the prem. If you win you take their spot

wingy · Friday at 9:51 AM

mmttww said:
Without knowing what problem they're trying to solve it's hard to support tweaking something that works well already.

Finances mate, I can envision the New American ownership club using their financial powers here, I really think it's the wrong move, it'll probably end up the prem 2 in the fullness of time.

Grendel · Friday at 10:12 AM

ceetee said:
My memory 's not what it used to be, but I think that's exactly what happened when play-offs were first introduced

Yes it was

SwanLane · Friday at 11:10 AM

Take last season as an example. Massive relegation dog fight on the last day, including Preston who had been outsiders for the playoffs only a few weeks before. Norwich might have been sucked in if the season lasted a few more weeks.

At the other end, loads of teams going for the play-offs. Middlesbrough would have been in with a victory against us but ended up 10th. Hardly any teams were on the beach. Even Swansea looked doomed when we pinched Grimes but rallied to mid-table. Not boring for them either.

Pointless from a football perspective for me and not sure it will generate much more cash either.

SwanLane · Friday at 11:26 AM

Another issue with Championship relegation play-offs if that ever came a thing….. There’s a big gap from Champ to L1 and it would be really harsh for teams coming up from L1 to finish, say 19th and still have a big risk of going down

Frank Alsop · Friday at 11:47 AM

Not against it as such - just worried it will dilute the time between the end of one season and the start of the next

wingy · Friday at 2:31 PM

We could just use th46 game season,or keep the status quo., how hard do they sweat American team's like, NFL, hockey, basketball etc.

Legia Sky Blue · Friday at 2:36 PM

This sounds like a really stupid idea to me. The Championship is better now than it is ever been so I don't see the point in changing it.

Macca · 2025-09-13T13:31:41+0100

Grendel said:
Yes it was

Remember it well. Didn't land well with everyone .

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