6 Clubs in the Play-Offs from Next Season 2026/27

[jackharris]

As it says on the tin.

 

[Resolvenjack]

Should just go back to the top 3 best teams go up. It is giving teams who may be 20 - 30 points behind the third place team a chance of promotion by winning 4 lucky games.

 

[Wr1]

Makes finishing 3/4 mean something as you’ll play less games. How many times do you see teams who are guaranteed in the playoffs let off for the last few weeks.

 

[sit_down_jack]

No great fan of this. It’s difficult for the automatic teams to compete already, imagine the team that squeaks in at that last play off place ends up winning them and goes up. In my view all it does is make sure that one of the promoted teams could be even weaker than usual and puts yet more emphasis on summer spending to stay up. Could have disastrous financial consequences for some clubs.

Only potential positive is that it strengthens our chances of making the play offs.

 

[JackFish]

Not a fan of this change at all. Single-legged semi finals are worse for the teams finishing higher up and a team finishing 8th has no business being in the playoffs.

More chance for us I guess