All You Need To Know About The Play-Offs With Rooney, Coady & Mullin | Fan Debate EFL Special Part 1
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🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Welcome back to a special episode of the Fan Debate, brought to you by Sky Bet.
This episode is all on the EFL season ahead of another round of the playoffs. John "Fenners" Fendley, Wayne Rooney, Paul Mullin and Conor Coady sit down with fans across the Championship, League One and League Two to look back at the season so far, and what is to come for those with it all still to play for.
We start off with Millwall, who narrowly missed out on automatic promotion by one point! Is it a chance missed or are they optimistic heading into a semi final clash with Hull City?
On the other side of the playoffs, Southampton had a brilliant end to the season under young manager Tonda Eckert, finishing 4th and looking ahead to a tie against Middlesbrough. How great has the rise of The Saints been following a disappointing start under Will Still and can they march on to the Premier League?
We also catch up with Wrexham who have had yet again another fantastic season, as well as looking down the leagues with fans of Bolton, Salford and more!
Who claims the third promotion spot in the Premier League? Let us know in the comments and don’t forget to like and subscribe to never miss an episode!
0:00 - Intro
07:35 - Millwall in playoffs
13:15 - Southampton's midseason turnaround
24:17 - Middlesbrough play-off hopes - can they do it?
28:40 - Wrexham narrowly miss out on play-offs
36:50 - The new promotion structure in the Championship
43:35 - League one review
54:16 - League two review
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| 0:00.0 | Who's going to win it? Southampton? |
| 0:02.0 | You've got to put your hand up, mate. Come on. |
| 0:04.0 | Millwall or Millwall. |
| 0:05.0 | Whenever I think I go into Millwall, I hate the thought of it. |
| 0:08.0 | I don't know if there's any Wednesday fans in here, but they've had the most embarrassing season ever. |
| 0:10.0 | Can I just say thank you for having a stone cold legend on the sofa? |
| 0:14.0 | That's Paul, sorry, Cody. |
| 0:15.0 | But... |
| 0:16.0 | It's the next day I'm going of Boeing and the manager. For me it was a bit strange, obviously, going into the first team meeting and the players are like, what do we call you? We think he's an absolute genius. Like, how could anyone not? People say it's not a fairy tale, but it is for the fans especially. People will say, oh, it's a great opportunity to just level ourselves in the league for another season and stuff like that. Nonsense, everyone wants to go up. You don't want to miss that bus, do you know what that bus. You don't want to miss that bus when it comes. The playoffs have been, I think they're basically the best invention in sport. It's the best system in the world, the way we do it. I don't like playoffs. You're on the wrong show, pal. Seriously, do you want to go? Because like, you brought absolutely nothing to the party, mate. Honest with you. |
| 1:01.0 | Hello everybody and welcome to the fan debate, brought you by Skybet. |
| 1:03.0 | Today we've got an EFL special for you. |
| 1:06.0 | If you're neutral, we love it. |
| 1:08.0 | If you're involved, we don't love it so much. |
| 1:10.0 | Playoffs, ooh. I am the artist |
| 1:12.4 | formerly known as Fenner's. Pleased to be joined by the legend that is Wayne Rooney, Connor |
| 1:17.8 | Cody and Paul Mullen. And across from us, some fans who are set to enjoy, I'm not sure |
| 1:23.7 | whether they're going to enjoy it or endure it, the emotional roller coaster that the playoffs offer in there. |
| 1:29.2 | 40 years. |
| 1:30.4 | Can you believe the playoffs will be going for 40 years? |
| 1:32.5 | Is it? |
| 1:33.0 | Yeah, 40 years. |
| 1:34.5 | Before we start, how are you, the busiest man? |
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