Wednesday should have been promoted

Top 2 & you fcked it up.!!

 

Absolutely agree, never liked the playoffs they're just a money making racket, a season of hard work can be dismissed in a one off game, it's criminal.

 

They were brought in simply to avoid so many meaningless games towards the end of the season, and to make the games more competitive. As Dave says, initially they included the team third bottom of the higher division too. Money making wasn’t a factor, as the play off finals weren’t even at Wembley to start with. They were two legged games. I remember listening to Charlton beating Leeds on the radio, which I think was the first final. Peter Shirtliff might even have scored.

We don’t usually have seasons whereby we have teams finishing with 96 points and missing out, but they knew the rules at the start of the season. If Wednesday couldn’t pick up 3 points at Forest Green they don’t deserve to go up. But spare a thought for Notts County, who came within seconds of losing to a team that finished 30 odd points behind them.

Like Merde Tete says above, I prefer the way they are done in the Conference, with single legs held at the team finishing highest. I think it would probably be fairest to hold the final at the ground of the team finishing highest too, but the FA still has whopping debts from building the new stadium, so that isn’t going to change any time soon. But it also gives clubs lower down the leagues the chance to play at Wembley. I’ve really enjoyed 2/3 of our play off finals, so I’m happy to have them at Wembley. The alternative this year would have been Hillsborough, so Wembley is much the better option!

I’m busy trying to convince myself we’re going to lose, to try to ward off the disappointment if we do. I was back home and tucked up in bed within an hour so of losing to Ipswich, refusing to come back downstairs.

 

Play for two spots and not 3. Everyone knows this in August.

 

The play offs are incredible. One of my favourite things in football. I suppose we’ve not finished 3rd but even still I doubt it would change my view. I love the tension of it.

 

I think it was initially.
Not sure if I imagined but think initially there was a play off between bottom teams and top teams from league below.

 

I'm telling myself this to not get too upset if we don't win on the day. They were the third best team in the league by a clear margin this season, so it's a bonus to have a shot at replacing them, albeit with a third successive victory in the tie!

I disagree about a moral aspect to the playoffs though- all teams know the promotion boundaries before the season starts. And they keep the season interesting for the top 10-12ish teams for most of the season.

 

Aside from the reffing, League One is way more fun for sure.

 

The only reason anyone can see a moral case against them is because they can remember the days when it was 3 up, 3 down. But had it always been the case that it was 2 up, 2 down and then the play offs were introduced to make a third spot available that was never there before, then the moral argument no longer exists.

I wouldn't swap them. I love them. And all the points about them being good for the game because it keeps the season alive - well that's all true.

 

Three up and three down were introduced for the 1973/74 season. The Play Offs started in 1986/87.

 

So despite people's memory of it being 3 up, 3 down, it was actually only the case for 13 years. Where as we are now 37 years into the play off system.

No case to answer m'lud.

 

Correct.

 

How did you feel about a team like Barnsley coming from miles behind to get in the playoffs on the final day and actually get promoted ?

 

I’ve just had a quick look. They were introduced in 1987 to lose 2 teams from the then 1st division.
The powers that be must have recognised a money spinner when they saw one and here we are today!

 

The most complaints come from the Elite.
1 they cut the top division to 20 teams.
2 to counteract they created the champions league to erm increase the number of matches instead of a straight knockout. They fail to progress but join the lesser competition.
3. They go full on to complain. but Join worldwide tournaments.

Pure greed cos they can get more revenue by playing More games in non events.
Feckin hate em.

Tbh don't hear many complaints from the lower leagues.

 

Just checked and was right about two leagues making up semi finals:

For the first two seasons after the play-offs were inaugurated, the semi-finals were played between the three sides finishing below the automatic promotion sides and the team one place above the relegation zone in the division above