Play off new structure?

[QPR1234]

3 up 3 down, scrap the playoffs to be honest. we've had our glory day at wembley!

[jmelanie]

I think they should get rid of the play offs. The season is very congested, especially give the weekends when there are no games due to internationals. If the season was extended by two weeks, there would be fewer mid week matches.

[MattyRangers]

I think they should get rid of the play offs. The season is very congested, especially give the weekends when there are no games due to internationals. If the season was extended by two weeks, there would be fewer mid week matches.

Mid week matches are great.

[jmelanie]

Mid week matches are great.

Not everybody can go to mid week matches, especially if there is a lot of travelling involved.

[klonk]

3rd from bottom side should play the 3rd from top side in the league below in a one-off at Wembley.

i think they run it like this in a couple of countries (germany springs to mind), i think the team 3rd from bottom tends to survive a bit too often.

btw, wasn't it originally the 3rd bottom team in the old division 1 and the 3rd, 4th and 5th in (the old) division 2?

[CroydonCaptainJack]

Scrap the play-offs entirely.

Over a season the team that finish 3rd should go up, the play offs are just money spinning for the FA.

Which is why they won't get rid of them. I hear this as well, I think it was Dominic Corks idea so only discussin point and not anything seriously being mooted. The headline and poll is a little misleading in that respect.
I think the playoffs are very exciting but they have never been fair. You can also argue the discussed idea is also unfair although it does go some way towards alleviating the 3rd and sixth situation. I just spoke to a Brighton fan who was there last night and he said that everyone knows the rules at the start of the season and they sneaked into sixth on the last day of the season the other year so they can't really complain.

[Hertford Hoop]

I like the format, keeps the season interesting for many teams. You enter the lottery and if your numbers don't come up you don't win anything, teams enter the leagues and know they have to finish in the top 2 or 3 or they don't get promoted but they have a second chance. If it ain't broke .......

[nanocopic]

Mid week matches are great.

Would hate to get rid of the games of an evening. Boro, Brighton and Derby were all great midweek games this year.

[Kevin Mcleod]

Get rid of the play offs???

Has anybody who was at THAT day said that in here?

[Hove Ranger]

Get rid of the play offs???

Has anybody who was at THAT day said that in here?

Madness mate. Best day of my life as a qpr fan.......................Ooooooh Bobby Zamoraaaa!!!

[Shepherds Mush]

i think they run it like this in a couple of countries (germany springs to mind), i think the team 3rd from bottom tends to survive a bit too often.

btw, wasn't it originally the 3rd bottom team in the old division 1 and the 3rd, 4th and 5th in (the old) division 2?

Yeah, vaguely remember Chelsea playing Boro one season and there being a riot

[Ramsey is god]

No leave it as it is, is very exciting

agree with this. Everyone know's the deal at the start of the season, if your team finishes 3rd, then thats tough, you knew what you were getting before the outset.

Also why i love this league, with 10 games to go, pretty much all the tams have something to play for whether it be relegation or a late magical run into the play offs.

[maidstone_hoop]

Madness mate. Best day of my life as a qpr fan.......................Ooooooh Bobby Zamoraaaa!!!

[Tarbie]

I like them as they are. It's pretty straightforward really and the team finishing 3rd always get 2 advantages anyway, namely playing the supposedly weakest team AND get to play the second leg at home.

Agree with that, there is nothing wrong with the current format. All sides in the division know what the deal is, finish in the top 2 or go into the lottery that is the play-offs.

To be honest, if they're going to mess with the system I'd sooner they actually changed it so the play offs included 17th in the Prem. i.e. 1st and 2nd in the Championship go up, 19th and 20th in the Prem go down, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the Championship as well as 17th in the Premiership have a play off. Now that would be exciting!

[Hove Ranger]

Agree with that, there is nothing wrong with the current format. All sides in the division know what the deal is, finish in the top 2 or go into the lottery that is the play-offs.

To be honest, if they're going to mess with the system I'd sooner they actually changed it so the play offs included 17th in the Prem. i.e. 1st and 2nd in the Championship go up, 19th and 20th in the Prem go down, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the Championship as well as 17th in the Premiership have a play off. Now that would be exciting!

Problem is Premier league and football league are different entities and the prem wouldnt agree to that. I agree though that a playoff with a prem team would be exciting.