Have Your Say on the Championship play-offs expansion
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We want to know what you make of the breaking news that, from next season, the Championship play-offs will be expanded to include the teams finishing seventh and eighth?
It was announced on Thursday morning that EFL clubs voted in favour of expanding the play-offs from four to six teams.
The new system will mirror the format used in the National League and means teams finishing from third to eighth will compete for promotion to the Premier League.
Clubs finishing third and fourth will progress directly to the semi-final, while a one-legged quarter final will be played with the side finishing fifth at home to eighth and sixth hosting seventh.
Semi-finals will remain as two legs and the final will still take place at Wembley at the end of May.
It will likely mean more clubs have more to play for going into the final weeks of the season, with fewer 'dead rubber' encounters, but do you think the eighth-best team over the course of a season deserves a shot at the Premier League.
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