'I understand why more teams want golden ticket' - Championship reaction to play-offs extension

"It'll probably help teams who have had a lot of injuries and smaller squads to keep fighting to the end of the season. Teams get different runs of form throughout the season and if you get injury problems and they all come back in the last 10 or 15 games it can have its ups."

"From a commercial, monetary and excitement aspect I can understand why people want to add teams to the play-offs - they have been a success although you can argue if team six finishes 25 points behind team three should they have a chance to go up?"

"I understand why clubs would be so keen for more opportunities to get this golden ticket of 150m or whatever it is. Sometimes you can change things all the time and the game becomes less and less recognisable but maybe I'm just being miserable."

The EFL has voted to extend Championship play-offs to include six teams instead of four, with teams finishing third through eighth competing for promotion. Third and fourth place teams advance directly to semi-finals, while fifth plays eighth and sixth plays seventh in one-legged quarter-finals. This format mirrors the National League system and aims to increase excitement and give more teams opportunities throughout the season. Managers have mixed reactions: some support it for helping teams with injuries or poor form recover, while others question whether teams finishing significantly lower should have equal promotion chances. The financial incentive of potential Premier League promotion drives club support for the expansion.

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