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Please give your views on the proposed play-off changes (2 minute survey)

Please give your views on this via CAST's two minute survey - results will be shared with the club ahead of the vote

Clubs will vote at an EFL meeting in early March on a possible change to the Championship play-off format from next season adding two more teams, down to eighth in the table at the end of the league season.

The new proposal, according to The Athletic, would mean the team that finishes fifth plays the eighth-placed team and sixth meets seventh in one-off ties at the home ground of the higher finishing club.

The winners would then progress to a two-legged semi-final tie against the teams who finished in third and fourth, before the final at Wembley for a place in the Premier League.

We'd like to get the views of Addicks fans on these proposals and will share the results with the club ahead of the vote. This survey is open to all Charlton fans for a week and takes just two minutes to complete so please do it now:

Click to take the survey

At Charlton we have a fantastic record in play-off finals - victors four times and lifelong memories banked. However, we also know from experience that the season in the higher division after promotion brings specific challenges given the size of the step up and limited time to prepare - we're in the midst of that right now of course.

Please take two minutes to give your views before 28 February. We will share the findings with the club and the results will be published on castrust website and shared on social media.

Take the survey here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MG5F8MP

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Comments

  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 11,248
    Done. Stupid idea.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,837
    Done
  • Done 👍 
  • cblock
    cblock Posts: 2,004
    Done, Stupid idea.
  • Lewis Coaches
    Lewis Coaches Posts: 5,538
    Done .
  • sammy391
    sammy391 Posts: 3,972
    Done 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,533
    Done. Thank you to the Trust for doing this.
  • bertpalmer
    bertpalmer Posts: 1,792
    done,ridiculous idea,.................bet we finish 8th next year
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,626
    done .. some questions needed some thinking about, not as straightforward as might seem at first
  • Done!

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  • Done. Extending the playoffs to include 7th and 8th place teams is a great idea. 5th and 6th place teams are usually the make-weight teams so giving them the extra competitive game will make the two leg play off semi-finals more competitive. Shame it’s not in place this season.
  • Done. Idiotic proposal.
  • Done 
    I'm surprised they aren't proposing all the top half go into the playoffs for promotion and all the bottom half go into the playoffs for relegation that would make the end of season more exciting 🤣
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,457
    Just what everybody wants - more football !
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 16,203
    done - if it ain't broke....
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 52,031
    Done. Stupid idea. Literally ruins a system that works well as it is. 
  • cazo
    cazo Posts: 1,508
    Done why change it if it’s working perfectly fine?
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 33,437
    edited February 23
    As if what we say will make one iota of difference. But done anyway. 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,558
    Done.

    These people only see pound notes!

    Stupid idea.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,966
    As if what we say will make one iota of difference. But done anyway. 
    Thanks for doing it. We can but try to get fans’ views across. Clubs and governing bodies are getting better at consulting on important topics - though whether or not they listen is yet to be determined! 

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  • Done. If it ain't broke...
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,406
    Done 
    I'm surprised they aren't proposing all the top half go into the playoffs for promotion and all the bottom half go into the playoffs for relegation that would make the end of season more exciting 🤣
    You laugh - or rather someone else did- but several other European leagues do this. It started in Belgium, the country that brought us Roland Duchatelet. However these leagues are smaller - a lot smaller- in club numbers than the so called Championship.And they don’t have two cup competitions on top. One big league that doesnt do this is 2. Bundesliga. The only playoff is between the team finishing 3rd and the team finishing 3rd bottom in 1. Bundesliga. This 2nd  league has higher a level of customer satisfaction (irony warning) than the Championship; last season the average attendance was significantly higher. But of course there, the “customers” own their clubs…

  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,844
    Done.
    The more the merrier.
  • Thanks for doing this - done 
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,263
    Done - the play-offs were a great idea to keep teams' seasons alive and reduce the number of dead rubbers, but I feel that this potential extension of them is a bridge too far. 

    It's essentially replicating the system in the National League, although there - rather scandalously - only one team is automatically promoted and those finishing 2nd to 7th have to fight it out in the play-offs.
  • Watameire
    Watameire Posts: 105
    Done, am dead against it 
  • ozaddick
    ozaddick Posts: 2,920
    Done 
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,471
    Done. It's not a good idea in my opinion. 
  • stoneroses19
    stoneroses19 Posts: 7,508
    edited February 24
    Done. 

    Does anyone know if the full results will be public or closed? 

    I mean, after the vote, will it be known publicly which teams voted for and against the change.  
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,767
    Done, cheers CAST .