Could Leicester blow it? Aka the Championship run in

[Rowzed]

The Championship is amazing, they’ve been so far ahead
12 games to go 6 points clear…and they’ve lost the last two
40:1 on to be promoted

Half hoping it will happen, and they have form for beating all the odds
though I don’t want Leeds coming up

 

[Chisels_n_ommers]

Not a chance,

They should have won last night and squandered chances.

Plus they've got Coady waiting in the wings should a steady hand need to steer the ship.

 

[Rowzed]

Not a chance,

They should have won last night and squandered chances.

Plus they've got Coady waiting in the wings should a steady hand need to steer the ship.

I think in the champ if there’s 10 games left almost anything can happen. Not having Coady in the starting 11 maybe the mistake that costs them

 

[MickHolmesFanClub]

I think they have enough to still win the league.

They were easily the better side last night and would have won comfortably if taking the relatively simply chances and, of course, being denied by a clear mistake by the officials.

Think Leeds will go up with them but I just hope one of the others can beat The S**t in the play-offs!

 

[WW1963]

Saints wobbling, Leicester wobbling. Leeds are on a massive roll of good results with nine league wins on the spin.

Looks like Leeds will win the title with Leicester second, if momentum is your measuring stick. It looked like Leicester might beat Reading's points haul only a few weeks ago. Saints were looking really good but now look shaky. Ipswich looked like going straight up, had a big wobble, are back on the up again.

Point being that they all are capable of putting a great run together and are all capable of stumbling. It's the most entertaining Championship promotion race for a good while.

If I was to predict the finishing positions:

Leicester
Ipswich
Leeds
Saints
West Brom
Preston

Saints to beat West Brom
Preston to beat Leeds

Preston to beat Saints at Wembley.

 

[Rowzed]

Saints wobbling, Leicester wobbling. Leeds are on a massive roll of good results with nine league wins on the spin.

Looks like Leeds will win the title with Leicester second, if momentum is your measuring stick. It looked like Leicester might beat Reading's points haul only a few weeks ago. Saints were looking really good but now look shaky. Ipswich looked like going straight up, had a big wobble, are back on the up again.

Point being that they all are capable of putting a great run together and are all capable of stumbling. It's the most entertaining Championship promotion race for a good while.

If I was to predict the finishing positions:

Leicester
Ipswich
Leeds
Saints
West Brom
Preston

Saints to beat West Brom
Preston to beat Leeds

Preston to beat Saints at Wembley.

It will go to the last weekend, there’s a tasty home game for Leeds against Saints, looks less tasty now than it did a fortnight ago but I think Saints will gather momentum again.

I can remember well that awful feeling of it slipping away in the season we blew a bigger advantage than Leicester have right now. Which is why I think this will be an amazing finish. There’s is so much to play for with a maximum 36 points still available to any team that can get that magic momentum

 

[bully9]

Let’s hope so

 

[Stourport wolf]

As long as the ****e don't go up, I don't care.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

Saints wobbling, Leicester wobbling. Leeds are on a massive roll of good results with nine league wins on the spin.

Looks like Leeds will win the title with Leicester second, if momentum is your measuring stick. It looked like Leicester might beat Reading's points haul only a few weeks ago. Saints were looking really good but now look shaky. Ipswich looked like going straight up, had a big wobble, are back on the up again.

Point being that they all are capable of putting a great run together and are all capable of stumbling. It's the most entertaining Championship promotion race for a good while.

If I was to predict the finishing positions:

Leicester
Ipswich
Leeds
Saints
West Brom
Preston

Saints to beat West Brom
Preston to beat Leeds

Preston to beat Saints at Wembley.

I think your predictions are based on hope as much as anything else.
I see Leicester & leeds promoted automatically with Saints promoted through the PO lottery.

 

[maws]

They were robbed last night, where’s the outcry? That the other way around the Leeds lovers are shouting about it!

Still the best team in the championship by a mile but let’s not forget referees are awfu in the championship

 

[Axle]

Live in Loughborough so it’s all Lesta and ManUre fans around here.

I hope they go up as it’s good to have as many Midlands teams in the top division as possible (maybe not Stoke!) but the kind of form they were showing was always going to be difficult over 46 games.

I reckon it’s a blip. Even we had it when we came up with Nuno. For instance when we drew at home to QPR l’m pretty sure people thought we had not only blown the title but were going to get relegated as well.

So l think they will win the title . They might not make 100 points though, which is a really tough achievement

 

[Timberwolf]

Saints wobbling, Leicester wobbling. Leeds are on a massive roll of good results with nine league wins on the spin.

Looks like Leeds will win the title with Leicester second, if momentum is your measuring stick. It looked like Leicester might beat Reading's points haul only a few weeks ago. Saints were looking really good but now look shaky. Ipswich looked like going straight up, had a big wobble, are back on the up again.

Point being that they all are capable of putting a great run together and are all capable of stumbling. It's the most entertaining Championship promotion race for a good while.

If I was to predict the finishing positions:

Leicester
Ipswich
Leeds
Saints
West Brom
Preston

Saints to beat West Brom
Preston to beat Leeds

Preston to beat Saints at Wembley.

You need to put a quid on that mate. If that’s how the **** cakes roll and you haven’t, you’ll be kicking yourself for the next 30 years…
I still remember not buying £2k of Bitcoin when it was £48…and my wife will NEVER forget. She wanted to and I said it was a load of *******s.

 

[Sedgley Gold N Black]

It looked like Leicester might beat Reading's points haul only a few weeks ago.

Crazy how this side probably won't do that.

It's not the ideal time to have a wobble though with 5 games in the next two and a bit weeks, including Hull and Southampton back to back, but they've got some serious experience in that squad to match the talent and I just can't see that not shining through in the end.

It's been remarkable from Ipswich though to keep pace with Leicester and Leeds but I can see them, unfortunately, being the ones who come third and end up feeling pretty gutted entering the play offs.

 

[Ercall Wolves]

The Championship is amazing, they’ve been so far ahead
12 games to go 6 points clear…and they’ve lost the last two
40:1 on to be promoted

Half hoping it will happen, and they have form for beating all the odds
though I don’t want Leeds coming up

It won’t happen, Leicester will win the league IMO

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Would be one big choke

 

[SEAwolves]

Starting the B team in the cup today so assume Maresca still has his eyes on the league

 

[Oldskooldayz]

Freak result against Leeds, were by far the better team but just 1 of those where it went a bit crazy. I'd be shocked if they don't win the league by 10+ points

 

[Spitfire]

The choke of all time is now a distinct possibility. It’ll be far worse than ours if it happens as they will have blown both automatic spots, at least we only blew the one.

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

They lost 1-2 to Queens Park Rangers at home this afternoon and are now only 5 points clear of 3rd placed Leeds United who got a 1-1 draw away at Huddersfield Town and 2 points ahead of 2nd place Ipswich Town who won 0-2 away at Plymouth Argyle to jump back into the Automatic Promotion places.

Enzo Marseca’s side are in some danger of blowing it!

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

They lost 1-2 to Queens Park Rangers at home this afternoon and are now only 5 points clear of 3rd placed Leeds United who got a 1-1 draw away at Huddersfield Town and 2 points ahead of 2nd place Ipswich Town who won 0-2 away at Plymouth Argyle to jump back into the Automatic Promotion places.

Enjoy Marseca’s side are in some danger of blowing it!

Would be quite funny

 

[Frank Lincoln]

They lost 1-2 to Queens Park Rangers at home this afternoon and are now only 5 points clear of 3rd placed Leeds United who got a 1-1 draw away at Huddersfield Town and 2 points ahead of 2nd place Ipswich Town who won 0-2 away at Plymouth Argyle to jump back into the Automatic Promotion places.

Enjoy Marseca’s side are in some danger of blowing it!

It is certainly getting tight at the top. From coasting towards promotion, they must now be a little nervy. They can’t afford many more slip ups, as Leeds United and Ipswich Town are waiting to take advantage if they do.

 

[WolvesAndCows]

Would be quite funny

Not if you've had a bet on them to win the league....

 

[SuperGran]

Not if you've had a bet on them to win the league....

Very funny for those who haven’t though

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Not if you've had a bet on them to win the league....

Ipswich and Leicester should do it

 

[WolvesAndCows]

They need captain Coady in the team

 

[SuperGran]

They need captain Coady in the team

Why isn’t he?

 

[WolvesAndCows]

Why isn’t he?

Dunno

 

[Perton Wolf]

Why isn’t he?

Not good enough to play in a 4, which is what they've been utilising as of late I think.

 

[Bradmore Wolf]

Live in Loughborough so it’s all Lesta and ManUre fans around here.

I hope they go up as it’s good to have as many Midlands teams in the top division as possible (maybe not Stoke!) but the kind of form they were showing was always going to be difficult over 46 games.

I reckon it’s a blip. Even we had it when we came up with Nuno. For instance when we drew at home to QPR l’m pretty sure people thought we had not only blown the title but were going to get relegated as well.

So l think they will win the title . They might not make 100 points though, which is a really tough achievement

Never understood the idea of "it's good to have as many Midlands teams in the top divison.." Why? Let em rot in the Champ and lower- far better bragging rights.

 

[moseleyite]

The choke of all time is now a distinct possibility. It’ll be far worse than ours if it happens as they will have blown both automatic spots, at least we only blew the one.

Although we did blow our auto spot to our most hated rivals so we’ve still got that over them!

 

[Axle]

Never understood the idea of "it's good to have as many Midlands teams in the top divison.." Why? Let em rot in the Champ and lower- far better bragging rights.

It’s better than having London / northern teams no?

It’s more fun and easier to get to playing local teams.

Each to their own though

 

[WW1963]

Not good enough to play in a 4, which is what they've been utilising as of late I think.

Surely he's good enough to play in a 4 in that league. The Championship is the pits.

 

[glorybox]

Apparently were going to break the points record.

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Surely he's good enough to play in a 4 in that league. The Championship is the pits.

Yesterday even with Vestergaard suspended, they played a lad from their under 21‘s in the back four, with Coady on the bench.

 

[arctic rime]

Sunderland & Hull away next and they've just lost 3 on the bounce.

 

[hollo]

We get a 1 million bonus for coady if they go up. That 1 million could fund a top under 23.

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

We get a 1 million bonus for coady if they go up. That 1 million could fund a top under 23.

Or be put towards a number signing on fee for a free transfer...

I know it's not real but when playing FIFA or Football Manager I'd always look at what free transfers were available before dropping multi millions in strengthening the squad...

It's an avenue that's barely been explored in the Fosun era, which is stupid in my opinion.

 

[Contrarian]

Although we did blow our auto spot to our most hated rivals so we’ve still got that over them!

If by some miracle Coventry were to get promoted and Leicester failed, wouldn't be far off. Though as we saw recently, the hatred that Albion have for us must be one of the highest in UK football.

 

[WickedWolfie]

Or be put towards a number signing on fee for a free transfer...

I know it's not real but when playing FIFA or Football Manager I'd always look at what free transfers were available before dropping multi millions in strengthening the squad...

It's an avenue that's barely been explored in the Fosun era, which is stupid in my opinion.

Free transfers are rarely "free". If the players are in demand they want a signing on fee and/or higher wages, a longer contract etc. See Doc's three year deal for example....

 

[moseleyite]

If by some miracle Coventry were to get promoted and Leicester failed, wouldn't be far off. Though as we saw recently, the hatred that Albion have for us must be one of the highest in UK football.

True that. I worked with a Leicester fan who said that who the Fox's local rivals were depended very much on where you lived. In Leicester itself, it was Derby/Notts but if you were closer to Warwickshire, perhaps in Nuneaton for example, then often Cov were hated the most.

As for Albion, we gifted them promotion 20 years ago, you think the buggers would be grateful!