nPower Championship Run-In Watch

I don't mind Steve Bruce but Hull

Warnock sacked by Leeds.

Table:
http://www.skysports.com/football/league/0,19540,11687,00.html

Update:

Peterborough 3 - 2 Watford
Ferguson's side continue their fine late-season form with a win over 3rd placed Watford, who are left 6 points behind 2nd placed Hull. Really some seriously impressive stuff by Peterborough, who are unbeaten in nine now. I will find out at the end of the season is this actually the Championship season where you needed the most points ever to survive the drop.

Middlesbrough 0 - 2 Brighton
Middlesbrough extended their laughable form to 6 losses and a draw from last 7. Brighton happy to exploit that and have one foot in the play-offs.

Bristol City 1 - 2 Bolton
Bolton not letting up on their late-season surge and improving to 8-2-0 and moving to the final play-off spot. Bristol City remaing at the bottom of the table and it's bye bye them. Would be quite something if Bolton actually bounced straight back up to the Premier League after looking for most of the season like they'll be spending their time firmly in the Championship.

BlackBurn 2 - 0 Derby
A bit of an anti-climax, as Blackburn put some space between themselves and the relegation favorites. Actually just one point, so it's all very open, still.

Wolves 1 - 3 Huddersfield
Hah, well, here. Yes, here. Wolves back to second-from-bottom. LOL


Err, I think those are the most remarkable results from today's round. Four games to go, it's getting tense!

Hull

Watford.

welcome to hull epl

Diego Armando Maradona wrote:welcome to hull epl

lol wat xD

how many rounds left? 4?

Kick wrote:how many rounds left? 4?

Yep, quite shocked how Bolton has seemingly come from nowhere.

Looks like Hull and Cardiff are going up automatically which neither i want.

Hopefully someone good can come through the play offs.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

Kick wrote:how many rounds left? 4?

Yep, quite shocked how Bolton has seemingly come from nowhere.

Looks like Hull and Cardiff are going up automatically which neither i want.

Hopefully someone good can come through the play offs.

FFS, I want Watford to get 2nd so Brighton can win the play offs and join them in the EPL. Dat Chelsea influence.

Hull City still haven't qualified automatically. Hoping Watford overtake that second spot. And Brighton wins the playoffs.

I deeply want

Cardiff
Watford
Brighton

To get promoted.

Messiah "Aggerswagger" wrote:Hull City still haven't qualified automatically. Hoping Watford overtake that second spot. And Brighton wins the playoffs.

I deeply want

Cardiff
Watford
Brighton

To get promoted.

Great minds think alike.

Kick great minds think alike. Brighton, Cardiff, and Watford would actually improve the quality of midtable/lowertable in PL.

you beat me to it

We're very in sync at the moment.

The style of play that Watford and Brighton play would make the league very interesting!

FFs just checked Hull City's schedule.

They play the bottom 3 (Bristol City, Barnsley, and Wolves) in their next 4 games. And also Cardiff.

Cardiff should beat them but I don't know about the other 3 taking points off them.

Watford's loss today makes it very hard for them to make up the 6 point gap.

Watford do play good football but they are heavily reliant on loans from Udinese at the moment, so they might not be the same team next season.

Cardiff just need a point on Tuesday to seal promotion. They're home to Charlton and should get it.

Watford are away to Wolves, who are 23rd and two points off safety. Quite the fall for a team that was playing in the Premier League last season.

Blackburn are only one point above the drop zone currently, too.

If Hull do make it automatically, and it looks likely

Watford hopefully win the playoffs then. They are the best attacking side by a mile in Championship this season. Would be great to have Zola managing in PL as well.

Watford has the same owner as Udinese, I imagine they might have the same players next season too.

I think Chalobah will also be there next season too.

I'm pretty sure Udinese will let Watford get more loaned players. Zola will still be there so their entertaining style shouldn't change.

plus, they will be able to spend a bit of cash due to the new tv deal coming in next year.

If Watford make it they might actually get more Udinese loans. Giving prospects the chance to play regularly against United, City, Chelsea etc.

I can see Cardiff being similar to Swansea if they get promoted. They'll settle in well into the EPL.

Do Udinese have such a big and high-standard player pool that they can afford to loan Premier League caliber players to Watford? I mean, if they're good enough to play for Watford in the Premier League, surely Udinese could use at least some of them in Serie A? Or benefit financially by selling instead of loaning? This is a weird weird situation, imo. I don't think Udinese fans will be happy if they see some of their better players loaned out just because their owner fancies helping out his other club.

Udinese also loan their players to Granada who are currently in LaLiga so I doubt Udinese would take their players back from Watford