Championship predictions

This is the projected final Championship league table, updated after today's games.

Pos, Team, Points, Goal Difference
1 Southampton* 138 230
2 Ipswich 138 138
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3 Brighton 138 46
4 Derby 138 46
5 Peterborough 138 46
6 Blackpool 138 46
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7 Leicester 138 46
8 Burnley 46 0
9 Middlesbrough 46 0
10 Millwall 46 0
11 Portsmouth 46 0
12 Reading 46 0
13 Watford 46 0
14 Barnsley 46 0
15 Nott'm Forest 46 0
16 Cardiff 0 0
17 West Ham 0 0
18 Birmingham 0 -46
19 Crystal Palace 0 -46
20 Doncaster 0 -46
21 Coventry 0 -46
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22 Hull 0 -46
23 Bristol City 0 -138
24 Leeds* 0 -230

Obviously the headlines are Southampton and Ipswich promoted on the strength of goal difference. And then the playoff places decided on Goals Scored - who was it that said that goals are overrated?

This puts the lie to that theory............

Leeds sinking without trace with a record negative goal difference is the other talking point........

Leicester realistically have an 80% chance of missing out on the playoffs, as the table makes obvious.

It shouldn't surprise anyone that Blackpool are in the playoff mix - recent EPL experience counts for a lot...........

Forrest will want to forget this season, and I think 3/1 on Maclaren being the first manager to be sacked is real value.

Cardiff will also sack Mackay, which is a shame, but that's football?........

*I've worked out the final score between Leeds Southampton by taking what's happened so far, in terms of goals scored, and multiplied it by the amount of time left in the game, because that is the correct way to predict things.

Dunt blah.

Posted By: Arizona Bay on August 6th 2011 at 18:46:40

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