Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
In breaking news, MLB chiefs are doing some chin-stroking over expanding their Playoffs from 10 to 14 teams and - get this - allowing the higher-seeded teams to CHOOSE their opponents from the other qualified teams.
Would this work in the EFL ? Say we took the Championship table now, where the Playoff teams would currently be:
Fulham
Forest
Brentford
Preston
As it stands, Fulham would get the choice and would probably select Preston anyway, but it might not ALWAYS be that obvious. You might want to factor in the formguide - what if Dirty Leeds had just freefalled down from the top 2 into 4th/5th/6th. You might want to consider what state their squad is in, whether they've lost any players, what their run-in was like. Maybe even simple geography could come into it, avoiding a long trip. You might want to look at how you did against them during the course of the season. Then there's the added SPICE of the team being picked thinking "right, F-you, we're gonna make you regret that".
I quite like this choosing teams idea. It gives a little advantage to finishing 3rd, and has all kinds of potential to really piss people off. Whats not like ?
Would this work in the EFL ? Say we took the Championship table now, where the Playoff teams would currently be:
Fulham
Forest
Brentford
Preston
As it stands, Fulham would get the choice and would probably select Preston anyway, but it might not ALWAYS be that obvious. You might want to factor in the formguide - what if Dirty Leeds had just freefalled down from the top 2 into 4th/5th/6th. You might want to consider what state their squad is in, whether they've lost any players, what their run-in was like. Maybe even simple geography could come into it, avoiding a long trip. You might want to look at how you did against them during the course of the season. Then there's the added SPICE of the team being picked thinking "right, F-you, we're gonna make you regret that".
I quite like this choosing teams idea. It gives a little advantage to finishing 3rd, and has all kinds of potential to really piss people off. Whats not like ?