skybluelee
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We could get promoted and Preston relegated with us having lost more league games than Preston. Surely that has never happened before?!
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Preston have also scored the same amount of goals as Millwall - essentially 1 per game, yet Millwall are going for playoffs too.
then you start to think along the same lines, should a club get promotion to premier league if they’ve lost 37% of their matches in the championship….
Sheff utd lost 10, Bristol and Sunderland 11. We’re the worst in the current top 7.
then you start to think along the same lines, should a club get promotion to premier league if they’ve lost 37% of their matches in the championship….
Sheff utd lost 10, Bristol and Sunderland 11. We’re the worst in the current top 7.
Gynnsthetonic
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Stoke still have a chance of going down too
Wyken Sky Blue
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It just shows how poor the league is bar the top 3
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Gynnsthetonic
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But it's a good league, not much between the sides apart from the top 3 of course
Flying Fokker
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What would it be under the old 2 points/win. before JH changed things? The game is more exciting now.
alexccfc99
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God I hope they go down, if I never have to go to Deepdale again then I would lose absolutely zero sleep
rob9872
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Yep them, Cardiff and Plymouth are three long trips. Hopefully if we don't go up, then Sunderland or Boro make it.
itsabuzzard
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If we get enough points to get promoted, we "deserve" to get promoted.
Sky Blue Pete
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Sure thems the rules
I’m not saying we shouldn’t, of course, we’d ’deserve’ it.
but it’s just the quirk of the playoffs isn’t it. You can finish nearly 30 points behind the top three and still go up having lost as many games as you’ve won.
I remember some pundit years ago suggesting a team wouldn’t be ready if they’ve lost that many games. Can’t remember who it was.
All changed now though hasn’t it - could go the whole season without losing, get to prem and chances are you’re coming down again.
but it’s just the quirk of the playoffs isn’t it. You can finish nearly 30 points behind the top three and still go up having lost as many games as you’ve won.
I remember some pundit years ago suggesting a team wouldn’t be ready if they’ve lost that many games. Can’t remember who it was.
All changed now though hasn’t it - could go the whole season without losing, get to prem and chances are you’re coming down again.
itsabuzzard
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That's the inherent unfairness of the play-off system, created to provide more entertainment and generate more cash, which it undoubtedly does. You'd still feel a bit cheesed off finishing third, miles ahead of the chasing pack.
Liquid Gold
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You get a few complaints from the team in third every year but the league would be wank without the playoffs.
apart from the relegation race the season would have been done by about November for most teams.
apart from the relegation race the season would have been done by about November for most teams.
Very true.
ceetee
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I think Leicester were close to that when they wererelegated to L1 as they had one of the lowest goals against in the the league
Who gives a toss ….
rob9872
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I never understand why. Sure they've been superior to teams below them, but not good enough to make the top 2 which is the aim. It's not as if the rules change midway through. We all know the options from the start and I'd be saying the same if we were 3rd. I think it's just managers who want an excuse ready and I really hope of all people that Wilder needs one.
Lamps
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We all know the rules before the season starts. We don't think it's shite for the team that finishes 3rd before the season starts. The first aim is to finish in the top 2. The minimum aim is the top 6.
Just a couple of games ago every club in the Championship could still either reach the playoffs or get relegated. Much better than being a mid table or above with 1/5 of the season to go and nothing to play for if it was just the top 3 that went up.
I’m not moaning about it, just saying and making some observations, that’s all.
I’ll be ecstatic if Sheffield utd fuck it up in the playoffs.
And it’s their own fault for buying players they couldn’t afford.
Nuskyblue
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There is basically nothing between the teams at the bottom and the teams up to about 4th, it's the same every season. A lot of teams for large parts of the season are a good/bad run of form from either a playoff tilt or a relegation scrap.
It's such a good league.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Draws are overrated by many football fans.
If we won 23 and lost 23, you’d have 69 points whereas 0-46-0 would only be 46 points. The former is playoff form, the other is relegation. So you could, in theory, get relegated if you went the whole season undefeated.
Mucca Mad Boys
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Exactly and even Sunderland have tailed off massively since their rapid start. In fact, I’ll put a cheeky 5-10a on 5th place (hopefully us) beating them over the two legs in the playoffs.
Mucca Mad Boys
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It’s not a poor league though, is it? It’s highly competitive and the cliche that anyone can beat anyone on their day is true.
Nuskyblue
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It's a pick-em. Patchy form all over the place, I would not be surprised if Blackburn snuck in.
I watched a bit of the Boro game this weekend, they seem the sort of team we can get about and cause a problem or two!