>EPL not having playoffs
Hypothetically, which EPL team ultimately wins in a playoff bracket?
Like playoffs? Watch the Capital One Cup and the FA Cup. Done.
>it's a "how to improve soccer" thread made by an ameriblob
into the trash it goes
>>67297319
You do realise we have other cups like the FA Cup which are pure elimination tournaments right?
>>67297319
IT'S CALLED THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (you)
This is how it looked in 13/14
>>67297567
No one cares about the FAg Cup.
>>67297578
And fuck you with your Away Goals rule.
Playoffs are fucking stupid. The NFL would be better if it was like 8 teams and they all played each other home and away. Or two conferences like this and the winners played each other. Under no circumstances should playoffs expand beyond 8 teams, and 4 is ideal. Otherwise they totally ruin the regular season (see NBA, NHL, and NFL to a lesser extent), and the best team that year often doesn't win because of some dumb fluke. The Giants winning two superbowls in the last decade is fucking retarded. Leicester City, on the other hand, EARNED their crazy upset over the course of a whole season. Fuck playoffs, and fuck stupid fucking idiots who don't understand that playoffs are what ruined American sports in the first place.
>>67297555
excellent numbers friend
>no playoffs
>"championship" game ends in a tie
>soccer
You can't have playoffs in a football league. You just can't, the game doesn't allow for it. The end results are too flukey to reflect the true nature of the tournament and it makes a lot of the general league games completely redundant
>>67297319
The '85 Bears
>>67297897
>You can't have playoffs in a football league
Tell that to the MLS.
All those people shitting on elimination should be against the CL then, make the CL a table and best points wins, that way no meme teams are in semis
>Win 18 games
>Lose 1
>Somehow not champions
Americans will defend this.
we have this thread every year
>be the best team in the league for 38 games
>some one off tournament decides who the winner is anyway
What a joke
system in soccer minimizes the role of luck.
>>67297611
>Dat Sheffield United run
;_;7
>>67297990
One of the reasons no one takes it seriously
>>67297990
away goal rule is good. otherwise away teams would just park the bus
The FA Cup exists for the people who desperately require elimination
The league should be the best team, and the best team is decided by playing everyone twice, not by a random one-off game. And what's more, it makes so many of the games pointless. Why are you going to put in effort to win when you know that at the end there's just gonna be a meme round and you can fluke it?
>>67298118
Great, so now we have the home teams park the bus instead!
>>67297633
>No one cares about the FAg Cup.
>>67297319
Who would win this, /sp/?
>>67300068
>team that finishes 6th is somehow able to be crowned champions
What a shit system
>>67298047
They didn't win when it mattered most
>>67300068
Probably City, which is why play-offs are a retarded way to determine champions.
>>67300135
Every game matters most in the PL though
>>67300109
>Chelsea finishes 5th in island league
>champions of Europe la
Shitposting aside, there are advantages and disadvantages to both systems. Playoffs are more exciting, but less fair.
Both league should just keep their current formats.
>>67300212
>Leicester's results in the next two games literally cannot change their league position
>>67300314
>leicester are the only teams affected by the results
>>67300283
>less fair
And that's the best part for maximum tears.
>>67298127
It'd be fine if they played at the same time. Leicester could've stayed around to celebrate if it was like that
>>67300314
To get days off, they should forfeit those two games.
>>67300314
Lester already mathematically won it
However teams like Newcastle are fighting a relegation battle and Man City/Utd are fighting for a CL spot
>>67300372
I think they should just get up to wacky antics for the next couple games
>>67297742
This
>team goes 18-1
>doesn't win the league
>>67297319
>being the best team over 38 games
>losing to a mid table side in a one off match
>season over
Americans will defend this
>>67300926
That's not how playoffs work. The idea is to take the best teams by division(which you guys don't have, it's all one big fucking league thus kind of porting your need for a playoff) and have them compete. If you don't have divisions or conferences, there's close to no point in having a playoff system.
Watch the fucking FA cup then you wanker
>>67300068
Leicester just get past whichever Manchester, Arsenal beat WH with dodgy calls, then beat Spurs, then win the final.
Arsenal win, showing playoffs are stupid.
>>67300282
I don't think you'd find many English fans against going back to champions only for the top Euro cup. Or top 2 at most.
>>67297990
>My Little Sawker
>>67300926
>one off match to determine the best team
m8 just do a best of 7 like hockey and basketball. or are soccer players too delicate?
Lol British people are retarded how can you not like playoffs? It's what makes sports so great
>>67302111
Why don't US sports just have one big league? You're flying to all away matches anyway.
>>67300926
Our sports aren't flukey pieces of shit reliant on huge amounts of luck
Soccer is literally baseball tier in terms of luck needed except at least a pitcher can always influence a game in baseball.
Wish China would just eliminate America then I wouldn't have to read this retardedness from American teenagers.
>>67302559
>Our sports aren't flukey pieces of shit reliant on huge amounts of luck
>give title to whatever team had a flukey game and a bit of luck on a random day
>>67302537
but anon, those tough 0-0 draws need to be worth something!
>>67302624
I'm 41, chump
>>67302624
I wish the pakistani immigrants would just institute sharia law already so british faggots like you would be dead
>>67302779
41 stone.
Palace and man united are playing in the epl play off final Super Bowl m8
>>67298072
This. Playing a full season with no playoffs best determines who the best team was.
>>67302559
I mean, the reason leicester won wasn't luck.
The other teams just didn't adapt to the playstyle.
They were an entirely counter-attack dependent team.
If you left a few back you wouldn't lose.
>>67302537
>play an 160 game pre-season for no reason before the playoffs
