Predicted Table: Championship

After the success (?) of the Prediction League on the show, the lads have decided to be even more adventurous ahead of the coming season.

Literally minutes of effort have gone it to attempts to predict how all three Football League divisions will look come the end of the season. And this is what they think, starting with the Championship:

.........Lakes................................Nobes............................Turls

01	West Brom		01	Sheffield Utd		01	Middlesbrough
02	Middlesbrough		02	Bristol City		02	Sheffield Utd
03	Sheffield Utd		03	Ipswich		03	West Brom
04	Reading		04	Nottm Forest		04	Sheffield Wed
05	Ipswich		05	Cardiff		05	Crystal Palace
06	Nottm Forest		06	Middlesbrough		06	Newcastle
07	Preston		07	Reading		07	Reading
08	Swansea		08	Sheffield Wed		08	Preston
09	Cardiff		09	West Brom		09	Bristol City
10	QPR		10	Leicester		10	Ipswich
11	Derby		11	Preston		11	Cardiff
12	Leicester		12	QPR		12	Nottm Forest
13	Bristol City		13	Crystal Palace		13	Leicester
14	Crystal Palace		14	Derby		14	Coventry
15	Sheffield Wed		15	Barnsley		15	QPR
16	Newcastle		16	Swansea		16	Doncaster
17	Watford		17	Newcastle		17	Watford
18	Coventry City		18	Coventry		18	Swansea
19	Peterborough		19	Blackpool		19	Derby
20	Plymouth		20	Peterborough		20	Peterborough
21	Doncaster		21	Doncaster		21	Barnsley
22	Barnsley		22	Plymouth		22	Plymouth
23	Blackpool		23	Scunthorpe		23	Blackpool
24	Scunthorpe		24	Watford		24	Scunthorpe

From these forecasts, it appears Sheffield United and Middlesbrough are most likely to win promotion. Ipswich, West Brom, and Nottingham Forest are all likely to feature somewhere in the top-six as well.

At the bottom, it's Blackpool, Plymouth, and Scunthorpe who may well be heading down to League One.

The most wide ranging predictions feature Newcastle, who could end up in the play-offs or in lower mid-table. All three are confident of a thoroughly mid-table season for Leicester though.