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Graham Westley: Championship play-off expansion to eighth adds a new intrigue

Graham Westley examines the impact of the Championship play-off expansion and asks how finishing eighth could change the way clubs approach the season.

Hull City won the play-offs last season after finishing sixth in the Championship.

 

The Championship has a distinctly American feel to it this year. No longer is the 46-game season all that really matters.
Promotion can now be won for a season of eighth-placed ‘mediocrity’, followed by a strong four-game play off campaign.
The Premier League could soon be home to an eighth-placed Championship team that has won less than 40 per cent of its games in a promotion season.
There’s been a 24-point gap from third to eighth in recent years.
Strange
On the face of it, the idea of a Premier League promotion being available to a club that hasn’t really built itself into a club ready ...

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