Re: [LU] Fwd: Play off final is ridiculous

2017-05-20 Thread Ed Morrish
I quite like the way the IPL do their playoffs: top two play each other, with the winner going to the final and the loser playing the winner of the match between the lower two. It means finishing higher earns you a second bite at the cherry, but also that a team finishing stronger can come

[LU] Fwd: Play off final is ridiculous

2017-05-20 Thread Graham Thirkill
Dave Nattan said…."Quote > I stand by it - I said the same thing when I was at Wembley for the Doncaster > game. So as the fireworks were going off etc I was saying to my son and mates > that the whole thing was over the top, ridiculous and embarrassing - that was > BEFORE kick off so I did

Re: [LU] Play off final is ridiculous

2017-05-20 Thread Einar Solheim
Don't see it that way. Finishing 3rd to 6th qualifies you to this mini cup called playoffs. Deserves a moment fitting the price. Sent in great haste from my iPhone > Den 20. mai 2017 kl. 22.35 skrev "nat...@sky.com" : > > I stand by it - I said the same thing when I was at

Re: [LU] Play off final is ridiculous

2017-05-20 Thread nat...@sky.com
I stand by it - I said the same thing when I was at Wembley for the Doncaster game. So as the fireworks were going off etc I was saying to my son and mates that the whole thing was over the top, ridiculous and embarrassing - that was BEFORE kick off so I did not know that the game was going to

[LU] Play off final is ridiculous

2017-05-20 Thread Graham Thirkill
Dave Nattan wrote….. Subject: [LU] Play off final is ridiculous Is there a more stupid game in football than a play off final ? Whilst I accept the inherent unfairness of the play off system, whereby a team coming 6th can get promoted over a team coming 3rd, it does have some good points.It

Re: [LU] Play off final is ridiculous

2017-05-20 Thread Rob Heath
Posting of the year! On 20 May 2017 22:35, "Nigel Sykes" wrote: > Gotta agree with Dave. I have no problem with the final being at Wembley, > but all the other shite is ridiculous. The team that finishes 1st gets a > trophy, the one that finishes 2nd gets nothing but the

Re: [LU] Play off final is ridiculous

2017-05-20 Thread Nigel Sykes
Gotta agree with Dave. I have no problem with the final being at Wembley, but all the other shite is ridiculous. The team that finishes 1st gets a trophy, the one that finishes 2nd gets nothing but the reward of promotion. So why should the team that eventually finishes '3rd' get a trophy? Can

[LU] Play off final is ridiculous

2017-05-20 Thread nat...@sky.com
Is there a more stupid game in football than a play off final ? Whilst I accept the inherent unfairness of the play off system, whereby a team coming 6th can get promoted over a team coming 3rd, it does have some good points.It really helps keep a season alive for so many teams and means that