Is there any point in the Premiership play offs?

[SirDavidsNapper]

I think it's one of the few things the authorities have got right.

[hfc rd]

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Should be 11th v 4th and 2nd v 3rd with winners of both games facing each other in a one off game at somewhere like Easter Road or Tynecastle.

Agree with this

[joebakerforever]

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I think it's one of the few things the authorities have got right.

Agree

[Booker5time]

Could easy play it as one of cup games, teams who finish lowest plays away from home.

3 v 4 winner away from home against 2, Winner plays 11th. Cuts the number of games down, but rewards the team who finishes higher in the table.

[connerg]

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Could easy play it as one of cup games, teams who finish lowest plays away from home.

3 v 4 winner away from home against 2, Winner plays 11th. Cuts the number of games down, but rewards the team who finishes higher in the table.

They want to maximize games though. It makes more money.

[Bristolhibby]

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They want to maximize games though. It makes more money.

Right enough that Hamilton crowd must have raked in the 💸💸💸

J

[marinello59]

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Right enough that Hamilton crowd must have raked in the 💸💸💸

J

The gate money plus a share of the TV money will be a welcome bonus to Hamilton. Nobody is suggesting it will be EPL style riches.

[California-Hibs]

Personally think it's been a superb addition and added a lot of excitement, I'd been wanting it to happen for years. Yes perhaps it could be tweeted a little to make it more balanced, but all in all it was a rare great decision from the SFA.

[oneone73]

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Personally think it's been a superb addition and added a lot of excitement, I'd been wanting it to happen for years. Yes perhaps it could be tweeted a little to make it more balanced, but all in all it was a rare great decision from the SFA.

It would have been the SPFL. The SFA have still done SFA to improve our game.

[matty_f]

The playoffs are brilliant imho. Same with the top six/bottom six split, much derided but they both give something important to play for right to the end of the season.

[Marco G]

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The gate money plus a share of the TV money will be a welcome bonus to Hamilton. Nobody is suggesting it will be EPL style riches.

Don't think there is much dosh there after cut to SPFL, and TV money goes into prize pot (don't think BT and ALBA had to even pay much for these play off matches). All that matters to Hamilton is they can earn much more prize money next season again, which is where most of their income comes from.

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[we are hibs]

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What does seem pointless is the ceremony at the end whether it would have been for Hamilton Accies or Dundee United. Celebrating for being crap.

Not sure I agree with you on that. If Dundee United won are you saying they shouldn't have celebrated promotion? regardless of whether its through the play offs or not; promotion is promotion.

[NAE NOOKIE]

11th in premiership plays 3rd in the championship and 2nd in the championship plays 4th. The two winners to meet in a one off winner takes all showdown at a neutral venue ..... much more exciting.

Whatever happens they are here to stay .... they definitely add to the season

[KeithTheHibby]

Play offs are excellent, the split is a waste of time.

[JDHibs]

Hibs are the only team in 6 years to be relegated from 11th in the play offs.

The play offs were done originally to get things exiting for the mid table clubs in the lower leagues. 1 up 1 down is rubbish and very boring as it was always the same 2 or 3 teams creating a yo-yo system. Least this way they have something to fight for until the end of the season. For example, Brechin finished 4th and managed to get promoted!

Id change the formet but would keep a play off system in place. This current format is too heavily sided for the Prem team. Utd played 6 times in 3 weeks. All important games so maximum effort.

[Pete70]

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Relegate 11th outright. Let 2nd-5th play off two, two leg semi finals then a one game final to go up.

English playoffs work. Copy them.

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I agree with this. The 11th placed team have already had 38 games to avoid relegation, why should they get a further 2?

If they so called bigger clubs are so afraid of relegation then do what most fans want expand the league to 16 or 18 teams.

[snooky]

Too few teams in the Championship IMO.

[jgl07]

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Relegate 11th outright. Let 2nd-5th play off two, two leg semi finals then a one game final to go up.

English playoffs work. Copy them.

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Absolutely!

I think that the only team relegated from the Scottish top division via the playoffs apart from Hibs are Partick Thistle. Thistle lost in extra time to Dundee United after Brian Welsh scored a last minute equaliser for United. Hibs also lost out after an injury time equaliser for Hamilton.

Dire teams like Motherwell two years back, Kilie, one year ago and Hamilton have survived against Sevco, Falkirk and United.

The system isn't working (other than provide protection for duff Premiership teams).

How about an 18-team Premiership with three relegated?

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They could involve the Premiership team earlier so that the number of games is evened out.

Semis could be:

4th in Championship plays 11th in SPL
3rd v 2nd in Championship

YES! And then the final at a neutral venue - this year's could have been staged at ER or Livingston as a one-off, sudden-death, ET and penalties decider.

The present arrangement is very clearly there to give the second-bottom side from the Premiership as much protection as possible by making things as difficult as possible for the Championship sides.

Martin Canning may not be any great shakes as a manager, but compared to Butcher he's a Special One.

[heretoday]

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So are you saying last season none of the Hibs players really wanted it?

No, I'm not.