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Left Wing Cross said:
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West Bromwich Albion: James Morrison to stay interim boss for rest of season

Championship strugglers West Bromwich Albion confirm interim head coach James Morrison will stay in charge until the end of the season.
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West Brom have decided to stick with Morrison
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Pleasing news.

No disrespect to him, of course. But it doesn't look like he's enough to get those players motivated at this point.

Feels like West Brom have basically decided to just see what happens and won't commit to a 3rd permanent manager of the season and another hefty contract. Similar to Cardiff last season with Ramsey (who also couldn't get a tune out of his squad).

I wouldn't say they've thrown in the towel, but it certainly looks like they're resigned to the distinct possibility of relegation and won't commit beyond this season for that reason.

I think we'll finish above them.
 
Left Wing Cross said:


Vote on whether to change the play-off structure tomorrow
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The play offs are absolutely perfect as they are, imagine looking at it and deciding to make them worse. Like painting over the ceiling of the Sistine chapel.
 
Sadly it will get approved. The money involved in televising them alone will make it a desirable prospect, plus you'll get perpetual Championship sides (Millwall, Bristol City, Preston) who will want an increased chance of going up to the Prem.

Another example of the powers that be ruining football for money.
 
Approved. To the shock of nobody.
 
McXal said:
Approved. To the shock of nobody.
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Championship play-offs: EFL confirms expansion from four to six teams from 2026/27 season onwards

Sky Bet Championship play-offs will expand from four to six teams from the 2026/27 season onwards; EFL CEO Trevor Birch: We are confident this change will further strengthen the Championship as a competition
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So will it end up with *teamslike* Wrexham, Derby, Millwall getting into the Premier League only to go straight back down?

Out of last year's promoted teams, Leeds, Burnley and Sunderland. Sunderland look safe, Burnley down, and Leeds may scrape safety.
 
MarkG said:
www.skysports.com

Championship play-offs: EFL confirms expansion from four to six teams from 2026/27 season onwards

Sky Bet Championship play-offs will expand from four to six teams from the 2026/27 season onwards; EFL CEO Trevor Birch: We are confident this change will further strengthen the Championship as a competition
www.skysports.com www.skysports.com

So will it end up with *teamslike* Wrexham, Derby, Millwall getting into the Premier League only to go straight back down?

Out of last year's promoted teams, Leeds, Burnley and Sunderland. Sunderland look safe, Burnley down, and Leeds may scrape safety.
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So it'll be like the complicated system the Conference uses? Someone more diligent than me could compare how many teams promoted via the playoffs from the Conference stay up as against those promoted via the league system.
 
Absolute joke expanding the playoffs- football being run by people who only care about money and nothing about competition.

Virtually (I haven't found any) no football fans seem to want this - see the comments on the BBC website, e.g.

"Why not expand it further. Would it be possible for all the teams to have a chance at the three promotion spots. Perhaps they could play each other a couple of times through the year to see who is best overall."

"They might as well have some kind of play-off where every team in the league play one another home and away. Then at the end of it, the teams with the most points get promoted!"

"I’ve got an idea. Expand the playoffs to 24 teams. Each team plays each other twice. At the end of the playoffs the top 3 clubs gain promotion but the bottom three are relegated to the division below. Because pf the expanded system, the playoffs will be spread over several months, say late august till may the following year.
This could work 🤷‍♂️"

"Spurs trying to increase their chances of getting back into the Premier League at the first opportunity"
 
Why are they only changing it for the championship and not league one and two ( unless they are )

It just seems pointless
 
Its different to national league system. 3rd and 4th place teams go straight to the two legged play off semis, while 5th play 8th and 6th play 7th in off games, higher placed team at home, to see who plays 3rd and 4th in the semis.

So two extra games basically, after 46 games, to see who goes into the proper play offs. It seems mental to me but just shows how desperate clubs are for the money.
 
holdsteady said:
Its different to national league system. 3rd and 4th place teams go straight to the two legged play off semis, while 5th play 8th and 6th play 7th in off games, higher placed team at home, to see who plays 3rd and 4th in the semis.

So two extra games basically, after 46 games, to see who goes into the proper play offs. It seems mental to me but just shows how desperate clubs are for the money.
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From the Sky article "While the format will not be confirmed until the summer"

If i understand the possible format, this makes it more likely for 3rd and 4th to get the play-off final as they get both home advantage, and the possibility of playing the 7th or 8th team rather than 5th or 6th.
single leg eliminator 5th home vs 8th
single leg eliminator 5th home vs 7th
3rd play first leg semi-final at home away to winner of one leg match 6vs7.
4th play first leg semi-final at home away to winner of one leg match 5vs8.

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MarkG said:
From the Sky article "While the format will not be confirmed until the summer"

If i understand the possible format, this makes it more likely for 3rd and 4th to get the play-off final as they get both home advantage, and the possibility of playing the 7th or 8th team rather than 5th or 6th.
3rd play first leg semi-final at home to winner of one leg match 6vs7.
4th play first leg semi-final at home to winner of one leg match 5vs8.
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The BBC article says the semi finals remain as two legs, the only change is the extra game between the teams who finish 5 to 8th.
 
holdsteady said:
Its different to national league system. 3rd and 4th place teams go straight to the two legged play off semis, while 5th play 8th and 6th play 7th in off games, higher placed team at home, to see who plays 3rd and 4th in the semis.

So two extra games basically, after 46 games, to see who goes into the proper play offs. It seems mental to me but just shows how desperate clubs are for the money.
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It seems like unnecessary extra faff but it does mean the teams finishing 3rd and 4th are privileged over those in 5th and 6th, unlike now - something the current system is often criticized for.
 
holdsteady said:
The BBC article says the semi finals remain as two legs, the only change is the extra game between the teams who finish 5 to 8th.
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Isn't that what I said? Looks I was wrong and the SF format is the same as currently with the higher placed team being home in the second leg.
 
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