Comments on: The A-League: Great Goals, Wacky Playoff System http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:47:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-103158 Jim Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:35:15 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-103158 Me. They are an objectionable perversion of a perfectly straightforward principle - that the champions (or promoted teams) should be the BEST team over the season, i.e., the one that won the most points week in week out. We have Cup competitions for this winner-take-all nonsense. Whoever invented play-offs needs to be taken outside and be beaten on severely with rods. Me. They are an objectionable perversion of a perfectly straightforward principle – that the champions (or promoted teams) should be the BEST team over the season, i.e., the one that won the most points week in week out. We have Cup competitions for this winner-take-all nonsense. Whoever invented play-offs needs to be taken outside and be beaten on severely with rods.

]]> By: Mike (Digital Headbutt) http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-103124 Mike (Digital Headbutt) Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:47:10 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-103124 Oh, come on...who doesn't love a playoff? Oh, come on…who doesn’t love a playoff?

]]> By: Jim http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-103098 Jim Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:31:16 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-103098 No chance of abandoning play-offs and letting the champions be, y'know, the team that actually WON the league? Thought not. No chance of abandoning play-offs and letting the champions be, y’know, the team that actually WON the league? Thought not.

]]> By: Dave's Football Blog http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-103096 Dave's Football Blog Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:26:29 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-103096 They actually have an 8-team system like this in the Australian Football League. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL_finals_system The idea is that it favors the teams that finish higher in the regular season. In the 16-team AFL, the top 4 are rewarded with a second chance if they lose their opening playoff game. So finishing well in the regular season is a priority in Australia. They actually have an 8-team system like this in the Australian Football League.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFL_finals_system

The idea is that it favors the teams that finish higher in the regular season. In the 16-team AFL, the top 4 are rewarded with a second chance if they lose their opening playoff game. So finishing well in the regular season is a priority in Australia.

]]> By: Sam http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-102997 Sam Sun, 10 Feb 2008 04:46:06 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-102997 HAhahaha, I am familiar with this system... It actually makes a fair amount of sense! HAhahaha, I am familiar with this system… It actually makes a fair amount of sense!

]]> By: ben http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-102979 ben Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:29:16 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/australia/the-a-league-great-goals-wacky-playoff-system.html#comment-102979 Will they print up "Preliminary Final Champions" t-shirts? Because that would rock. Will they print up “Preliminary Final Champions” t-shirts? Because that would rock.

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