Why does the Premier League not have playoffs?  how boring.?
467512
The only way they could have playoffs is with 2 automatic places in The Champions League for the winner and the runner up. They could do like the Coca Cola Leagues and have 4 teams below them fighting for 2 additional places, with the two winners playing in The Champions League and the two losers playing in the UEFA Cup. This could work, but it is UEFA who are the govening body of European competitions and so it would be upto them to introduce the changes. I think it would be more exciting, but would be unfair on a team who finished third and then ends up with a sixth placed UEFA cup place after losing because of one/two matches being taken into consideration over two days instead of over a whole season as it stands now. A team could finish 3rd with 80 points, draw the first leg of the play offs, get a couple of key players injured and lose the 2nd leg. Thus they would drop down into a lower competition. A team who finished 3 places behind them on only 60 points could have a good day beat them and be promoted into the higher competition. Doesn't seem fair does it? That is why it is a Premier League and not a Premier Cup competition. With all that said though, it still happens in the leagues below.
718399
didn't adapt to the pace of the premiership
191411
Because this isn't basketball where almost every team makes it in.  If there were more games, it would take longer to do the season, and while you would think it would be popular, extended playoffs actually aren't exciting to most fans.\nRemember, 10 years ago, there were only two divisions in each league and only one playoff before the WS.  The addition of the wildcard and the additional round are recent additions, and exciting ones at that (especially with 4 of the last 5 Champions coming from Wild Card berths).\nHowever, I think 2 additional teams (so lets say a playin game/series between the two wildcards) would add too much time to the playoffs and throw a lot of teams off cycle/rotation.
1065998
i think MLS also boring!
674040
to the dickheads above. the question is listed under english football(soccer). there is only 1 country in the world that doesnt call it footbal and that is the arrogant americans who believe their crappy sport has the right to be called football, even though the feet hardly even touch the ball.\nanyway, i support my team(bolton wanderers), because they are my local team,they play to a high standard, and we havent had a dull season in years. whether it be promotion, cup finals or semi finals, relegation battles, play-offs, european qualification,we had it all over the years. plus the ticket prices are still reasonable considering we are now a top 10 premier league team.we have one of the brightest managers in english football, and some fantastic players(nolan,okocha,campo,stelios,diouf,borgetti).
1041409
It helps if you pick a team to support for the match.  I'm English so obviously I'm behind England, but in the matches where England are not playing I'll often favour one team more than the other, and that makes the game more interesting.\nYou could also watch it with someone who's mad about football, and you may find their enthusiasm infectious.\n\nThe sad fact is that some games can be very dull, even for a die-hard football fan such as myself.\n\nBut on the whole though, football is indeed the beautiful game!
706747
It's alright to have a couple foreign players, but at a certain point you look at the name "ENGLISH Premier League" and you have to wonder if any of them are English at all.  Its a tough issue because on one hand I should be happy to see a well played game of football, but on the other hand, if I want to watch English teams, shouldn't the players on them be from England?
1157913
Each team plays the other 19 sides twice - once at their stadium (home and once at their opponents (away)there are 20 in the league giving a total of 38 matches per team. And dont call it the EPL when you are speaking to an englishman it should always be refered to as the Premiership ...
439636
the leagues like the prima-donna players to score.  they ignore their own rules.  It stinks.
1104632
i think even the commentators were needing to call the samaritans - it has to be the dullest monstrosity i've ever sat through at such a high level and i'm pretty sure i was losing the will to live, or even worse the will to drink my beer! i'm amazed the players didn't just curl up on the pitch and have a snooze. i can see why the Swiss hadn't had a goal scored against them - everytime anyone got close i bet they were too pre-occupied with tying a noose to be bothered. it's supposed to be the finals for gawd's sake, not a kick about between the hungover, bottom 2 teams in the local pub league on a sunday afternoon...i mean even the penalties didn't evoke any passion!
642086
Great Question. I think, selfishly, that the Old Firm should be playing the top teams in the UK. However, the idea of them playing in the premiership has already been voted against overwhelmingly. So, if it is going to happen then a new "premiership" may need to be formed and I really don't know the legalities of that one! It could be very refreshing for the teams involved in the spl to have some competition other than the same old teams 4 times a year. I think this could best be done through a british knock-out cup competition.
790604
Why is it when a scottish club gets a good result this stupid question keeps rearing its ugly head? \nheres a question ,should Chelsea and Man U be INVITED to play in the Scottish premiership ?
938504
Ah Fred, it wasn't so long ago when you suggested that the Addicks opening fixture against the Hammers was a 6 pointer. I scoffed at it then, but it appears that you had some premonition.\nThe Addicks need to convert home games into wins to stay up, just like Fulham did last season, it's as simple as that.
1116406
Futbol doesn't suck its just we as Americans just don't understand the game for the most part and anything we don't understand we consider boring or sucks....but this is from the country where one of its most popular sporting events is watching a car drive in a circle at 190 mph and soccer is boring...LOL...\n\nIf you watch the matches you will see it has contact, blood and tons of action. I saw one person said 90 minutes for a 1-0 score... I love Baseball but hey we will sit there and watch baseball for 3 hours for a 1-0 finish why doesn't that suck? We will watch 3 periods of hockey for a 1 -0 finish as well... \n\nI really think if we understood it more then we would support our National Teams and Clubs...
1046058
I know, it drives me nuts. Boring game idea. Annually the TV becomes mostly dormant while wimbledon is on. \nWhy not have it every four years? Then I wouldn't mind if it was on like football for a month.\nThe strawberries and cream and orange squash and deep nasal voiced score announcers and silly player grunting; the whole garb is annoying and ooooh the rich do like to watch!\nIt was only John McEnroe temper that gave the game any brief interest and that was very limited.  It's just DULL!\nWish I could have a TV licence rebate while wimbledon was on then I wouldn't mind so much.
660698
Liverpool are anything but boring! They got some stunning players and actually deserve to win unlike west ham who although quite talented aren't the better team.
432467
There are four professional divisions in English football with over 90 teams. Indeed below that there a few more professional teams as well.\n\nLeeds Utd and Reading both play in the English Championship this season, which is the second tier division.\n\nAs the season is nearly over, we know that Reading will be in the Premiership next season having won the Championship, while Leeds are still hoping to secure a promotion place for themselves.