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Play-offs
How fair or unfair are these end of season play-offs to determine who shall be promoted?
In League Two I see that Torquay finished in 7th place, a full11 points behind Shrewsbury Town over the season. And then win 2-0 in the first leg of the play-offs. After the effort of a full season of 46 matches, promotion can be won or lost on a couple of unnecessary additional games. What is wrong with three up and three down, as it used to be?
As I said, fair or unfair! Could it be governed by revenue?
In League Two I see that Torquay finished in 7th place, a full11 points behind Shrewsbury Town over the season. And then win 2-0 in the first leg of the play-offs. After the effort of a full season of 46 matches, promotion can be won or lost on a couple of unnecessary additional games. What is wrong with three up and three down, as it used to be?
As I said, fair or unfair! Could it be governed by revenue?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The promotion/relegation/play-off system is just one part of the game which has been tinkered with over recent years. I agree that they are exciting but unfair, IMO the top and bottom 3 or 4 should be promoted/relegated.
I remember when the play-offs were first introduced the team who finished 19th (4th from bottom - there were 22 teams in the top division at that time) in Division 1 (now Premiership) played the team who finished 5th in Division 2 (now Championship) over 2 legs, and the teams who finished 3rd and 4th in Division 2 did likewise. The winners of these ties played each other in a play-off final over 2 legs 2 determine who was to play in Division 1 the following season.
http://en.wikipedia.o...hampionship_play-offs
Other annoying ways the beautiful game has been tinkered with include:
*Only one cup replay game - in previous times some ties went to a 5th/6th replay!
*Penalty shoot-outs to decide semi-finals/finals - exciting but an unfair way to decide such games
*Champions League replacing European Cup - how can they call it the 'Champions' League when teams finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th in their domestic leagues play in it (and win it)?.
*They've messed about with the offside rule way too much and there are far too many grey areas surrounding it
* petty yellow cards for kicking the ball away/taking shirts off for scoring, incurring the same penalty as a bad foul does
I remember when the play-offs were first introduced the team who finished 19th (4th from bottom - there were 22 teams in the top division at that time) in Division 1 (now Premiership) played the team who finished 5th in Division 2 (now Championship) over 2 legs, and the teams who finished 3rd and 4th in Division 2 did likewise. The winners of these ties played each other in a play-off final over 2 legs 2 determine who was to play in Division 1 the following season.
http://en.wikipedia.o...hampionship_play-offs
Other annoying ways the beautiful game has been tinkered with include:
*Only one cup replay game - in previous times some ties went to a 5th/6th replay!
*Penalty shoot-outs to decide semi-finals/finals - exciting but an unfair way to decide such games
*Champions League replacing European Cup - how can they call it the 'Champions' League when teams finishing 2nd, 3rd and 4th in their domestic leagues play in it (and win it)?.
*They've messed about with the offside rule way too much and there are far too many grey areas surrounding it
* petty yellow cards for kicking the ball away/taking shirts off for scoring, incurring the same penalty as a bad foul does
If you really want to feel sorry for a team this season it must go be Bognor Regis Town who play in the Ryman South.
They lost out on winning the title to Met Police by GOAL DIFFERENCE of one goal. They then went on to lose the play off semi final to Dulwich Hamlet, who finished 31 points behind them in the league. Unbelievable!
They lost out on winning the title to Met Police by GOAL DIFFERENCE of one goal. They then went on to lose the play off semi final to Dulwich Hamlet, who finished 31 points behind them in the league. Unbelievable!