Championship 2018-2019

[olaftab]

Smethwick will get second place and we will be in the play offs.

[Steve67]

Smethwick will get second place and we will be in the play offs.

Yes, Albion and Leeds for the two top spots.  Anyone from Norwich, Boro, Blues, Derby, Sheffield United, Forest, Stoke, Villa and QPR, although I think QPR won't make it.  This is the toughest and tightest the Championship has ever been.

[SoccerHQ]

Points total of teams finishing 7th working backwards from last season to the 99/2000 season.

73, 75, 69, 78, 71, 68, 70, 72, 69, 74, 70, 74, 67, 70, 71, 70, 75, 72, 74.

Thank you!

75 points is more or less what you need. Some years it's not even that. Of course I would want 3rd or 4th for home advantage in second leg which was crucial last season.

[Matt Collins]

At least a couple of those teams will fall away, like Sheffield United, Brentford, did last year

I'd bet on Qpr blues shef United being the most likely

[SoccerHQ]

Smethwick will get second place and we will be in the play offs.

Yes, Albion and Leeds for the two top spots.  Anyone from Norwich, Boro, Blues, Derby, Sheffield United, Forest, Stoke, Villa and QPR, although I think QPR won't make it.  This is the toughest and tightest the Championship has ever been.

If we get in my dream three to face would be Norwich (probably on a downer from missing 2nd and can get at that defence), Derby (massively outplayed them at their place) and Boro (the one top team in this league we always match up well against).

Of other likely contenders I'd be worried facing likes of Forest or Sheffield United.

Still lots of football to play before any of this becomes likely of course.

[Steve67]

Smethwick will get second place and we will be in the play offs.

Yes, Albion and Leeds for the two top spots.  Anyone from Norwich, Boro, Blues, Derby, Sheffield United, Forest, Stoke, Villa and QPR, although I think QPR won't make it.  This is the toughest and tightest the Championship has ever been.

If we get in my dream three to face would be Norwich (probably on a downer from missing 2nd and can get at that defence), Derby (massively outplayed them at their place) and Boro (the one top team in this league we always match up well against).

Of other likely contenders I'd be worried facing likes of Forest or Sheffield United.

Still lots of football to play before any of this becomes likely of course.

It's quite exciting isn't it?  Hopefully, we can add two or three players of real quality in the window to give us that push.

[IFWaters]

Points total of teams finishing 7th working backwards from last season to the 99/2000 season.

73, 75, 69, 78, 71, 68, 70, 72, 69, 74, 70, 74, 67, 70, 71, 70, 75, 72, 74.

Thank you!

75 points is more or less what you need. Some years it's not even that. Of course I would want 3rd or 4th for home advantage in second leg which was crucial last season.

I said guarantee playoffs which means the points you need to Ensure you get at least 6th. Based on the poster above, I stand corrected, it's 79 points not 80. If you got 79 points in the last 20 years you would always have got in the playoffs. Granted, 75 points might be enough but then it might not.

[Ads]

The Noses will be deducted points as well.

[SoccerHQ]

Points total of teams finishing 7th working backwards from last season to the 99/2000 season.

73, 75, 69, 78, 71, 68, 70, 72, 69, 74, 70, 74, 67, 70, 71, 70, 75, 72, 74.

Thank you!

75 points is more or less what you need. Some years it's not even that. Of course I would want 3rd or 4th for home advantage in second leg which was crucial last season.

I said guarantee playoffs which means the points you need to Ensure you get at least 6th. Based on the poster above, I stand corrected, it's 79 points not 80. If you got 79 points in the last 20 years you would always have got in the playoffs. Granted, 75 points might be enough but then it might not.

We guarenteed play offs at Ipswich away last season. Didn't mean we needed 83 points for it.

Derby finished 6th last season on 75 points btw. So in that scenario 76 points was all we needed.

[garyshawsknee]

When you try and predict a month's fixtures, it never pans out, but January looks like a very good month where we could go on a run like Leeds have. Other teams will be taking points off each other, so I think we'll be in the middle of the play off positions gradually clawing back second place.

[Ads]

Up to 9th and 3 points off 5th with 3 of the 4 ahead of us to come to Villa Park.

After the run of fixtures, that's acceptable.

[KRS]

All we can do is keep winning our games and the opportunities to move into the playoff places will open up...

In the next 2 games, Derby play both Norwich (a) and Middlesbrough (h) so at least one of them will make way for either us or Blose (who have winnable games against Brentford and Sheffield Wednesday).

Following the FA Cup weekend, Derby go to Leeds, Baggies host Norwich, and Middlesbrough have a trip to the Sty.

We need to keep pace with Sheffield Utd (5pts ahead of us in 4th) who seem to have favourable fixtures and will be trying to close the gap to Baggies.

There's a lot of football to be played, but if we can sign a few new players in January, make ourselves solid at the back, then the league table may have a very different complexion by the time we play, and hopefully turn Baggies over in mid-February.

[Richard E]

John Percy from the Torygraph reckons Karanka is on the verge of getting the Spanish Archer at Forest.

[SoccerHQ]

John Percy from the Torygraph reckons Karanka is on the verge of getting the Spanish Archer at Forest.

Surprised how much they've struggled as I thought they were a really good side going forward in all the chaos of the 5-5. Think they've won once since?

[ozzjim]

We should never have let them back into that game after going 5-4 up. All things considered, when you look at the teams we have played under Bruce and Smith, Smiths done a really decent job to keep us in the conversation with the balance of the squad and injuries. Get 3 outfield players in the right place early in Jan I reckon we can get 3rd or 4th.