Chuffed for Coyle and another derby game for the Wanderers next year

I'd rather be playing Burnley next season than Newcastle.
When we was in the wilderness outside PL Burnley was a certainty for a win looking back.

I am still puzzled tho how comparison to football keeps being made for keeping P&R, but the comparison in lack of interest is not mentioned in play off games etc.

DO Burnley meet the 'crtiteria' to be allowed in ?

Quite right. Can you imagine the feeling of Burnley fans after todays game and the couldn,t care less attitude of the Sheffield Utd fans who really didn,t give tuppence about the result as they lost. Had the result been the other way around it would have just been the same for Burnley fans.

Isn,t promotion and relegation daft? How can any teams supporters want that ? Where,s the excitement ? What is the point ? Can you imagine such a ridiculous system having teams stay wherever they are whatever their results ? Course you can if you think about it and we currently are stuck with it. It,s the future and I for one think it stinks.

But as an 'all pay' game costing £40ish (if not more) for a family of four, three play-off games roughly equates to an adult season ticket for the following season, so I think it definitely does play a part.

Fair point about 4 teams. It is rather easy to get to the playoffs at moment. I was also suprised to see there are 2 teams to be relegated too (??) which is odd.
The only problem I see with only 4 teams is would them places had been monopolised by the same clubs anyway. Leaving door open for a Batley keeps them interested, and gives them a chance to beat us away etc.
My ideal scenario is more clubs - our leagues including SL are too small. The new clubs of course is the problem. Celtic for example are as popular to a few people as immigrants are at the moment.

By making the competition worth watching in itself. The fact we still look down on clubs like Batley and use excuse number 16 not to go.
I know it hurt to lose like we did against Barrow, but it did make a change to see Barrow top of the pile for a few days.

The Prem is not that great. The same 4 are are the top again - and no doubt will be same again.
A 2nd string Utd side beat Hull, which they celebrated like it was a victory and had won a trophy.
Newcastle got relegated to be replaced by Burnley for goodness sake - I know who I'd rather play next season.
Fulham actually achieved something on Sunday by getting into Europe yet their success was virtually ignored in a media frenzy of failures instead.
I hated being relegated - and I should know following City. No team can claim more than us in recent years. It bloody hurts. Its not a "oh well better luck next time". Getting knocked out of FA cup is better luck next time, but getting relegated knocks you back years.
I am still pro P&R but this sport is nowhere near ready for it.

You know Celtic can't compete with clubs like us, by the same rules as us. Its obvious. Unyet they still get bitter comments like the other thread on here, when they are basically achieving at least similar to ourselves when we was in SL, if not better.
Every success they have negetive comments are made about they have different rules etc. Unyet nothing is said about benefits we have which they don't.
As for devaluing the comp. Celtic as you know would not be in SL now had they not got promoted into our league. They then rubber stamped their inclusion for SL by being 2nd best team too.
Anyway its all been said many times......