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Yes, we all know how a League works! Starting a Playoff tie with only one team actually needing to go for a win is contrived nonsense though. That's just my opinion.

Yes but that just happened to be the way it panned out. We had the chance to be the ones in the ascendant position that day, but we stuffed it up against Derby. Playoffs are post-season cup ties and should be approached as such. None of this "you need to do this and you only need to do that"...

Agree, this is simple and workable. Its a lot riding on a single game, mind. 46 games boiling down to 1, with no chance of retrieving an injustice (as happened in our 46th game this season). But then its the same in the Final as well. I'd have no problem with this. Saves a few quid for the fans...

Agreed, there is no way of totally balancing up the scales without ending up properly mucking things about. The current format is simple and about as fair as it can be I suppose, except I'd still support the idea of the 3rd placed team getting a bye to the Final. I'd also have the team...

I'm just not comfortable with the awarding of "ghost goals" at the start of what is basically a cup tie. Its a contrivance too far for me, and would warp the entire approach to the game that the teams would take. In your example for this season, if we started this tie 3 goals up on Sheff W, then...

That would be utterly bonkers. Keep it simple. I quite like the idea that the 3rd placed team should get a bye to the Final, with 4th - 7th playing off against each other to face them. The only disadvantage is that the team who gets the bye to the Final will be sitting idle for a few weeks...