The Impossible Championship Table Predictions

[Nalis]

1 Sunderland 

2 Leicester

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3 Middlesbrough 

4 Southampton (play off winner)

5 Millwall

6 Leeds

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7 Watford

8 Norwich

9 Huddersfield

10 West Brom

11 Ipswich

12 Coventry

13 Bristol City

14 Preston

15 Blackburn

16 Stoke

17 Cardiff

18 Hulll

19 Swansea

20 Plymouth

21 QPR

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22 Sheffield Wednesday 

23 Rotherham

24 Birmingham 

[Marmite]

1. Southampton 

2. Leicester 

Playoff winner - Millwall

 

Releagated - QPR, Hull, Rotherham 

[Jimbo]

As a proper Leicester fan of over 30 years now, regardless of our recent success, it's drummed into me to be the eternal pessimist and I just can't see our season going well. 

 

I do hope I'm very, very wrong but I've not been able to shake off this feeling that Enzo's appointment is going to be Paulo Sousa than it is Nigel Pearson. 

 

Without 1 or 2 more attacking additions to the squad, I can see us drawing more games than winning. I've got a feeling we'll be defensively sound but going forward we'll lack a cutting edge. We'll dominate games, but be clueless in the final 3rd, look to be creating more than we actually but if we don't take the chances when they come a lot of games will end up 0-0, 1-1 or at best 1-0. 

 

I'm prepared for a season of outsider playoff contenders in the hope that it all clicks going into the next season where we'll really come alive. 

 

I like the idea behind Enzo's appointment so I hope it doesn't go badly enough that we end up searching for another new manager by Christmas but I've got an awful feeling that we're going to start very poorly and have far too much catching up to do when it it does (and it will) clicks 

[OntarioFox]

1 Southampton 

2 Middlesborough

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3 Blackburn

4 Norwich

5 Leicester

6 Bristol City (Play Off Winner)

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7 Leeds

8 Ipswich

9 Sunderland

10 Coventry

11 Preston

12 Cardiff

13 Stoke

14 Millwall

15 Watford

16 QPR

17 Plymouth

18 Sheffield Wednesday

19 West Brom

20 Plymouth

21 Rotherham

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22 Birmingham City

23 Swansea

24 Hull


This was hard, not least because my knowledge of the trajectory of most championship clubs is scarily bad now we've been away for a few years. With the greatest of respect, some of these clubs are so nondescript it's unreal. I spent ten minutes staring at the gaps until I realised I was missing Ipswich and Watford. Legendary, memorable rivals Watford! How could I forget them!? It's almost like the only thing of note they ever did was score against us in a semi-final of a play-off they went on to lose thanks to a pensioner's penalty. 

 

Some of the stuff I do know is:

• Birmingham City have a "turd that won't flush" reputation
• The likes of Cov, Millwall and West Brom are due a fall-off
• Swansea relied heavily on Piroe to get results and, if he goes, they're going to be in trouble.
• Nige is a God and this is the season everything clicks for Bristol City. Not biased. Honest.

But yeah, this list is mostly a crapshoot based on educated guesses and "vibes". 

Edited 30 July 2023 by OntarioFox

[Aus Fox]

1) Leicester 

2) Middlesbrough 

3) Blackburn 

4) Southampton 

5) Ipswich

6) Bristol City (play off winner)

7) Sunderland 

8) West Brom

9) Leeds United

10) Millwall 

11) Watford 

12) Stoke

13) Cardiff

14) Birmingham City

15) Coventry 

16) Plymouth

17) Huddersfield 

18) Preston

19) Swansea 

20) QPR

21) Rotherham 

22) Norwich City

23) Hull City

24) Sheffield Wednesday 

[ealingfox]

I said at the end of last season we were more likely to go down again than come straight back up and they've not really done enough to change that. Can see it being a shambles.

Edited 30 July 2023 by ealingfox

[norwichfox]

2 minutes ago, ealingfox said:

I said at the end of last season we were more likely to go down again than come straight back up and they've not really done enough to change that. Can see it being a shambles.

That's the spirit...

[Tuna]

!

Edited 30 July 2023 by Tuna

[Lambert09]

Southampton 

Leeds

 

Ipswich 

Bristol C 

middlesborough

Leicester

 

Coventry 

Norwich 

Sunderland 

Stoke

Watford 

West Brom

Millwall

Swansea 

Blackburn 

Plymouth

Hull

Birmingham 

Preston

Rotherham 

Cardiff

 

Huddersfield

Shef W 

Qpr 

 

[winteriscoming]

Genuinely think we’ll be top 2. 
Very funny that some think Bristol City will be in the top 6. The Pearson love in continues. 

[lfu]

Based on nothing but vibes
1. Leeds
2. Leicester

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3. Coventry (PO runner up)
4. Southampton
5. Boro (PO winner)
6. Ipswich

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7. Sunderland

8. Hull
9. Stoke

10. Blackburn
11. Watford
12. Millwall
13. Swansea
14. Bristol City

15. Plymouth
16. West Brom
17. Preston
18. Norwich
19. Cardiff
20. Birmingham
21. Rotherham

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22. Huddersfield
23. QPR
24. Sheff Weds

Fixed the playoff prediction

Edited 30 July 2023 by lfu

[LVFox]

Leicester

Sunderland

 

Leeds

Southampton

Middlesbrough 

Ipswich

 

Stoke

Coventry

West Brom

Norwich

Plymouth

Blackburn

Watford

Bristol City

Birmingham

Millwall

Preston

Hull

Swansea

Cardiff

Huddersfield 

 

Rotherham

QPR

Sheff W

 

[SuperMike]

22. QPR

23. Leicester City

24. Rotherham

 

(Unless we shed this insane idea that we are Manchester City reborn, with 'inverted fullbacks' ffs and a 'possession based philosophy'. Christ! - let's just try playing committed and skilful football)

[Guy]

It is indeed nigh on impossible to predict this coming season - probably the hardest ever Championship campaign to predict this time around with no minnows in there at all (maybe the likes of Rotherham and newcomers Plymouth aside)  - and that's following on from the previous hardest to predict Championship season (last season) that somebody as mediocre as Burnley ended up running away with - while the seasoned 'yo yoers' who were expected to go straight back up again (like Watford and Norwich), completely fell by the wayside last time out, as did teams similar like WBA! The fact that sheer mediocrity came a distant second in the next automatic spot (from first and third place) in Sheffield United also shows how poor the league was last season, while someone like Luton going up in the play offs slot encapsulates it all in the mediocre stakes for me - evemn if a bit of a fairytale for them (Bournemouth style under Eddie Howe), given where they were 15 years ago. For the record I'd say we'll be in the play offs shake up next May but no idea where in there exactly!! 

[lfu]

47 minutes ago, SuperMike said:

22. QPR

23. Leicester City

24. Rotherham

 

(Unless we shed this insane idea that we are Manchester City reborn, with 'inverted fullbacks' ffs and a 'possession based philosophy'. Christ! - let's just try playing committed and skilful football)

Alright grandpa let's get you back to bed

[Number 6]

Expect all 3 relegated clubs to be top 6. Of those that were in the division last year Coventry, Boro, and Sunderland seem best placed to make a promotion push. Ipswich most fancied of those that came up but seem overly fancied for me.

 

1. Leicester

2. Leeds

3. MBoro

4. Sunderland

5. Southampton

6. Coventry

7. Millwall

8. Norwich

9. Watford

10. Hull

11. Stoke

12. Ipswich

13. Bristol

14. Preston

15. Blackburn

16. Swansea

17. West Brom

18. Birmingham 

19. Huddersfield 

20. Cardiff

21. Plymouth 

22. Rotherham 

23. QPR

24. Sheff W

[Thefox81]

1 hour ago, lfu said:

Based on nothing but vibes
1. Leeds
2. Leicester

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3. Coventry (PO runner up)
4. Southampton
5. Ipswich
6. Boro (PO winner)

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7. Sunderland

8. Hull
9. Stoke

10. Blackburn
11. Watford
12. Millwall
13. Swansea
14. Bristol City

15. Plymouth
16. West Brom
17. Preston
18. Norwich
19. Cardiff
20. Birmingham
21. Rotherham

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22. Huddersfield
23. QPR
24. Sheff Weds

Play offs couldnt finish like that as 3rd plays 6th and 4th plays 5th in the semi finals

[SuperMike]

35 minutes ago, lfu said:

Alright grandpa let's get you back to bed

Glad you agree with the shite that's being peddled. Just watch how the teams that succeed in this division play, Paulo.

[Royston.]

Mid table 

 

 

 

[lfu]

1 hour ago, Thefox81 said:

Play offs couldnt finish like that as 3rd plays 6th and 4th plays 5th in the semi finals

It's been so long since we were in the Championship that I forgot,🤣 In that case swap Ipswich and Middlesbrough in the table in my prediction

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Not gonna do full table but

 

Autos - Us and Middlesbrough 

 

Playoffs - Leeds, WBA, Southampton (p) Sunderland 

 

Relegation - QPR, Cardiff, Sheff Weds. 

 

Surprises - Ipswich to be a dark horse for the playoffs and finish 7th. Blackburn to flirt with relegation and almost drop. 

 

Edited 30 July 2023 by Arriba Los Zorros
Corrected mistake

[CosbehFox]

Just now, Arriba Los Zorros said:

Not gonna do full table but

 

Autos - Us and Middlesbrough 

 

Playoffs - Leeds, WBA, Southampton (p) Sunderland 

 

Relegation - QPR, Cardiff, Sheff Weds. 

 

Surprises - Ipswich to be a dark horse for the playoffs and finish 7th. Blackburn to sack Mowbray early on and almost drop. 

 

Erm......slight problem with that 

[Lionator]

1 hour ago, SuperMike said:

Glad you agree with the shite that's being peddled. Just watch how the teams that succeed in this division play, Paulo.

Did you watch Burnley last season?

[Arriba Los Zorros]

14 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

Erm......slight problem with that 

Oops! OK, still think they will be in danger of Relegation this year. 

[Sir Shep]

I'm guessing those who assume we finish top 2 are those who think we'd finish top 8 last season? Also this Bristol City hard on, really! Anyway who knows, we may sign some decent forward thinking players and brizzle may fluke a top 6 finish, who knows.