Six teams in Champ play-offs 'dilutes it' - Smithpublished at 17:02 BST 24 September
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A potential move to take the Championship play-offs down to eighth place would damage the competition's credibility, according to former Huddersfield, Stoke and Middlesbrough striker Tommy Smith.
The EFL board is set to discuss proposals to increase the number of teams in the end-of-season play-offs from four to six but Smith, who was promoted to the Premier League with Huddersfield via the play-offs in 2017 is not a fan of the idea.
"It's not for me - I think it suits teams who don't really have a chance to get in the top six," he told the BBC's EFL podcast 72+.
"From a credibility point of view the top six is there to be aimed at and you have to earn your place in it."
The play-offs were first introduced for the 1986-87 season where sides finishing third down to fifth were involved along with the team third-from-bottom in the top flight.
After two seasons the format was changed to be played out between teams finishing third to sixth in the second tier.
"To finish eighth in the Championship and potentially get promoted to the Premier League it just doesn't sit right with me," added Smith.
"Notoriously over the past years getting into the top six is tough and when you get in there after a long hard season it feels brilliant, so to make it a top eight it dilutes it."