Bundesliga relegation play off tonight 7.45

[davek]

Stuttgart looking to stay in Bundesliga 1 v Hamburg looking to get out of Bundesliga 2. First leg tonight.


Personally, I think we should adopt this for the third relegation/promotion slot from and to the PL.

 

[JLW]

Stuttgart looking to stay in Bundesliga 1 v Hamburg looking to get out of Bundesliga 2. First leg tonight.


Personally, I think we should adopt this for the third relegation/promotion slot from and to the PL.

I would do the same for the last place in the CL 4th-7th play off winner gets in and the other 3 in Europa league.
Better chance of the monopoly being broken at the top end.
Throw that Conference thing in the bin

 

[davek]

I would do the same for the last place in the CL 4th-7th play off winner gets in and the other 3 in Europa league.
Better chance of the monopoly being broken at the top end.
Throw that Conference thing in the bin

I like it. Good idea.

Not so long ago we'd have been in those play offs every season.

 

[Nymzee]

I love the Bundesliga but I hate this format. So many teams so bad they should go down but get given a fixture to save themselves.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Not a fan of play offs. If you've finished clear 3rd in the Championship or Leagues 1 & 2 it's a crock of crap.

Same with relegation. If you've been total toilet enough to finish bottom 3, down you go.

 

[JLW]

I like it. Good idea.

Not so long ago we'd have been in those play offs every season.

For instance someone like Villa/Brighton this season could have a shot at getting in there, if they did then a lot of there better players might not be poached as inevitably they will be. Which then reults in a re-build, rinse and repeat...

 

[The binman chronicles]

Not a fan of play offs. If you've finished clear 3rd in the Championship or Leagues 1 & 2 it's a crock of crap.

Same with relegation. If you've been total toilet enough to finish bottom 3, down you go.

But it's more games...AND IT'S LIVE.

 

[davek]

For instance someone like Villa/Brighton this season could have a shot at getting in there, if they did then a lot of there better players might not be poached as inevitably they will be. Which then reults in a re-build, rinse and repeat...

IIRC Villa were - outside of City - the best performing team in the PL from the restart post WC.

They've been fantastic...I hate to say it because I loathe them.

 

[bigjonny]

Stuttgart looking to stay in Bundesliga 1 v Hamburg looking to get out of Bundesliga 2. First leg tonight.


Personally, I think we should adopt this for the third relegation/promotion slot from and to the PL.

We did , sort of , in 86/87 and 87/88 seasons - from Wiki

In the first two seasons, the team one place above the relegation zone in the First Division, along with the three clubs below the automatic promotion positions in the Second Division, took part in the play-offs.[9] In the inaugural play-off final, First Division Charlton Athletic faced Second Division Leeds United but they could not be separated over the two home-and-away legs, so the tie was settled in a replay. Played at a neutral ground, St Andrew's in Birmingham, Charlton won the game 2–1 after extra time to retain their First Division status, while Leeds remained in the Second Division.[9][10] The following season, Middlesbrough beat Chelsea 2–1 on aggregate, and replaced them in the First Division.[11] The primary objective of the play-offs was achieved within the first two seasons, namely the reorganisation of the four leagues with 20 clubs in the first tier and 24 in the second to fourth tiers.[12] However, the popularity of the play-offs was such that the post-season games were retained and the 1989 play-offs were first to feature four teams from the Second Division:[12] Crystal Palace beat Blackburn Rovers 4–3 over two legs after extra time in the final.[13]

 

[Drico]

These relegation play offs almost always result in what we are seeing tonight: victory for the first division club. Only three times since 2009 has the second division club won. You need to be very much on the up if you are going to win this - as Union were in 2019.

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

Standard HSV lol

 

[davek]

We did , sort of , in 86/87 and 87/88 seasons - from Wiki

In the first two seasons, the team one place above the relegation zone in the First Division, along with the three clubs below the automatic promotion positions in the Second Division, took part in the play-offs.[9] In the inaugural play-off final, First Division Charlton Athletic faced Second Division Leeds United but they could not be separated over the two home-and-away legs, so the tie was settled in a replay. Played at a neutral ground, St Andrew's in Birmingham, Charlton won the game 2–1 after extra time to retain their First Division status, while Leeds remained in the Second Division.[9][10] The following season, Middlesbrough beat Chelsea 2–1 on aggregate, and replaced them in the First Division.[11] The primary objective of the play-offs was achieved within the first two seasons, namely the reorganisation of the four leagues with 20 clubs in the first tier and 24 in the second to fourth tiers.[12] However, the popularity of the play-offs was such that the post-season games were retained and the 1989 play-offs were first to feature four teams from the Second Division:[12] Crystal Palace beat Blackburn Rovers 4–3 over two legs after extra time in the final.[13]

Ah yes, the transition from First Division /second division to PL / Championship.

 

[Drico]

Hamburg, Hertha, Schalke, and Kaiserslautern all in the second division next term. And people wonder why Bayern romp to 11 in a row...

 

[degsy]

I like it. Good idea.

Not so long ago we'd have been in those play offs every season.

...and Moyes would've bottled every one

 

[Alan Whittle]

the 1989 play-offs were first to feature four teams from the Second Division:[12] Crystal Palace beat Blackburn Rovers 4–3 over two legs after extra time in the final.[13]

… coming back from 1-3 down after the first leg.

Just saying.