Deutsch Par Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 (edited) The football authorities have to much derision from fans pushed through a restructuring of their top division for 2023/24 and it looks awful Increasing the top league from 10 to 12 teams. A split after 2 rounds of games then the teams in each section play each other twice. The two clubs at the top of the league to play a play-off series of three games to determine the Champions, all games to go to extra time and penalties if level after 90 minutes to determine winner in each match. The other four teams in the top half to play the 4 teams at the top of the bottom half in standard play-offs to determine who gets the European places. Bottom team goes down automatically (standard) 2nd bottom club plays 2nd top of Challenge League in standard play-off. The last two Swiss leagues have been won by more than twenty points, and this new system makes an absolute mockery of that, as does the potential of the 10th place club getting into Europe. Only the team who are directly relegated avoid a play-off. The Swiss fans hate this so much there has been petitions against it and many are saying "we wanted the Scottish model". It's a poor league if the fans are envious of Scotland. Edited May 21, 2022 by Deutsche Par Adding line 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted May 21, 2022 Report Share Posted May 21, 2022 Does your keyboard not have commas? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Riva Posted May 22, 2022 Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 This just goes to show what can happen when too much meddling goes on to try and create a more exciting "product" and meritocracy goes out of the window. The play off system has now been widely embraced in many countries. There's no doubt it helps create interest for clubs whose season would effectively be over long before its conclusion, but it does sometimes lead to less satisfactory outcomes. The promotion of Queens Park, at the expense of Airdrie, is a case in point. A simple 2 up, 2 down system would ensure such "injustices" never occurred. The play offs in Italy's Serie B have also been taken to the extreme. The top 2 are promoted automatically and teams finishing from 3rd to 8th (yes 8th) go into a convoluted series of play off games (7th v 8th, winner v 6th etc.) to determine the 3rd promotion spot. It hasn't happened yet, but a club finishing 8th in the regular season, could end up being promoted. Mental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deutsch Par Posted May 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2022 12 hours ago, Yorkie said: Does your keyboard not have commas? There's clearly commas in my post, so yes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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