Serie B

[vasilios]

I certainly like it better than penalties determining the result

 

[PpanY]

There should be no playoff at all. Use the actual position in league to determine promotion.

Bari can have Espositi for 10M

 

[DiegoMilito22]

Yeah, The whole idea behind the 3rd to 8th placed teams playing for 1 spot is stupid tbh. There is already 16 point gap between Bari (3rd) and Venezia (8th). Maybe just play a playoff between 3rd and 4th. That's enough.

 

[NimAraya]

I'm with Cafe. It makes sense to give teams who finished higher in the regular season a built in advantage.

They can give the teams who finished higher in the regular season the advantage of qualifying to Serie A instead of playing a ridiculous playoff with the teams who finished lower in the league.

 

[brehme1989]

Yeah, The whole idea behind the 3rd to 8th placed teams playing for 1 spot is stupid tbh. There is already 16 point gap between Bari (3rd) and Venezia (8th). Maybe just play a playoff between 3rd and 4th. That's enough.

There are rules in place which dictates whether or not there's going to be a playoff or how many spots there are.

You try to find logic everywhere but here there's none. It's some hybrid nonsense rule, either you have a fair playoff or just let the better placed team advance.

What's exactly unfair about this?

It's basically the Away Goals Plus but without the incentive to sit back at all times just because you got an away goal.

Team that finished higher has home advantage and advances in case of an equal result due to the fact that over 38 games they were ahead of the other team, in order to reach the playoff final.


This does not apply in the two legged playoff final, though. We can have PKs there.


Only issue I have is that the final Serie B playoff as well as the Lega Pro final should be played at the Olimpico, similar to how the English use the Wembley for their finals and it's a magestic experience for fans of smaller teams that flock in numbers. And they'd do that in Italy, too, provided they're allowed to move.



Imagine Palermo vs Padova at the Olimpico last summer for a Serie B spot. We'd have 60,000 fans there from teams that are deprived of such experience.

Pisa vs Monza on the other hand, perhaps not, but they could have used the Parma or Genoa stadium or something instead of two legs.

Long story short, the rule in place is actually great, but we need a neutral venue final.

 

[Il Drago]

I'm with Cafe. It makes sense to give teams who finished higher in the regular season a built in advantage.

Do you want to give an advantage to higher ranked teams? Fine. Then make it a one-game playoff being played at hgher team stadium or make it a mini tournament with the 6 playing each other and higher ranked teams starting it with more points. What they do now is utter bullshit

 

[NimAraya]

This whole play-off thing is just BS. It's like we finish the season 3rd and then we have to play against the likes of Roma, Atalanta and Fiorentina for a CL spot.

 

[CafeCordoba]

I don't get this outrage here.

It's a system everyone knows. It just brings more high tension games to the league. If you want to avoid playoffs, be in top2. So there's still a lot of emphasis on the regular round robin season.

 

[IM21]

Bari vs Cagliari for the Serie A.

 

[ADRossi]

Bari vs Cagliari for the Serie A.

Forza Cagliari so they beg for Bellanova back

 

[CafeCordoba]

Forza Cagliari so they beg for Bellanova back

They can have him back if we don't redeem him. We have the option.

 

[DiegoMilito22]

Isn't Bari owned by De Laurentiis? How can they participate in Serie A?

 

[forzainter257]

Isn't Bari owned by De Laurentiis? How can they participate in Serie A?

Maybe he will give up his share there, like Lotito did with Salernitana

 

[brehme1989]

Isn't Bari owned by De Laurentiis? How can they participate in Serie A?

It's owned by his son iirc, which could mean that they could turn the blind eye but it'd be ridiculous

 

[brehme1989]

 

[pupivn]

Ranieri brought out Lapadula and tried to hold one goal lead and got backfired. Would be very closed in returning match.

 

[brehme1989]

Bari vs Cagliari on. Should be a nice one

 

[Besnik]

Not sure whom I want back in Serie A, but I do have some respect for Ranieri

 

[brehme1989]

Not sure whom I want back in Serie A, but I do have some respect for Ranieri

Has to be Bari. But let's hope if they do, they settle new ownership quick.

 

[Besnik]

Has to be Bari. But let's hope if they do, they settle new ownership quick.

I have a feeling that Ranieri will pull this off