Championship Play Off Final | Luton Town beat Coventry on pens

[blueballs84]

Whoever of these goes up is probably going straight back down.

 

[I'm With Stupid]

This is a terrible game. Can't see either of these getting a point next season if they're in the PL.

Yeah a lot of hoofing it up and relying on knockdowns.

 

[paulchapo]

I see Chiltern railways issued a statement at 10:45 last night saying they wouldn't be able to get all the Coventry fans back, even if they'd booked! Obviously the fans are livid.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Two piss poor teams. I can't believe after a 48 game shake-up these two have risen to the top.

Just the best of a bad bunch.
Millwall and West Brom were next.....wouldn't have got 10 points next season

 

[SkyBlueFlux]

I think its one of the downsides with play offs.
I don't like them at all.
A team in 3rd could have to play 3 more games and could possibly lose out to a team in 6th.
A team finishing 6th shouldn't be good enough to survive in the Premier league.

If they did the reverse re: relegation from the Premier league, you could have the teams in 15,16,17 and 18 playing off to stay up.
Imagine a team 15th in the Premier league being replaced by a team 6th in the championship.

In some countries they do something like:

19th and 20th in Prem go down
1st and 2nd in Championship go up

Then 18th in Prem go into play-offs along with 3rd, 4th and 5th in Championship. If the Prem team wins they keep their place. If they lose they go down and are replaced by the winning Championship team.

I think this is probably a better system for figuring out if the Championship teams can cut it in the Prem because they have to prove they can be better than the strongest team that placed in the Premier League relegation zone.

Probably a bit complicated though, and some would say it makes the Championship less exciting as there would be fewer play-off places available.

 

[Wanderingwolf]

Come on you hatters

 

[paulchapo]

That Luton keeper is nuts.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

In some countries they do something like:

19th and 20th in Prem go down
1st and 2nd in Championship go up

Then 18th in Prem go into play-offs along with 3rd, 4th and 5th in Championship. If the Prem team wins they keep their place. If they lose they go down and are replaced by the winning Championship team.

I think this is probably a better system for figuring out if the Championship teams can cut it in the Prem because they have to prove they can be better than the strongest team that placed in the Premier League relegation zone.

Probably a bit complicated though, and some would say it makes the Championship less exciting as there would be fewer play-off places available.

That's how it was when the play offs started.
3rd bottom v 3rd, 4th and 5th

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

Can see the winner of this not winning one single game in the PL. What a drop in quality compared to the automatic promotion teams.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Whoever of these goes up is probably going straight back down.

Don't forget Wrexham beat cov in the FA Cup at cov's ground!