This year the english premiership title race is quite boring. Seems like chelsea were running away with it, but the only team who *may*, and a big may is man u.

however dip into the championship and the title race is very fascinating. top 3 teams, all tied on points. with 10 points before the next set of teams - wigan, sunderland, ipswich.

who's gonna win?

I hope that Sunderland will get into the EPL so that they can play Newcastle :)

well, sunderland has a huge stadium capacity and fan following, but the team needs to be good enough to play in it

Damn, after today with Wigan and ITFC both going down, theres a three way tie atop the Championship! Thats gonna be some intresting stuff down the stretch. I too kinda want Sunderland to be in the top flight, but its shocking how clubs like Wolves, Leeds, Leicester have become mid table sides in the Championship. I guess thats good though, not to have the same teams yo-yoing up and down all the time

When i looks at those teams Wigan sticks out as being the most financially capable of bringing in the better quality players if they are to go up.

Sunderland have a great manager, he gets the best out of his squad and it would be nice to play the Mackems again next season.

Ipswich to win it, Wigan second.

However, upon entering the Premier League, Wigan will be the team to watch. They have some $$$ tucked away and I expect them to be a reasonable force.

This summer, my cousin from Dundalk, Ire was playing one of those newspaper "pick em" games about league finishes and who will get promoted, relegated, etc. He mentioned that one team had a chairman who promised to spend something like a hundred million Euros (thought that seems way too high) on a transfer budget if they got into the top flight. Was that Wigan then? Im guessing it wasnt near that much, but thats gotta be kinda tough for a team, knowing that if they make it up there and do their jobs, they just may get replaced by someone better :o

wigan were promised at least £10 million from chairman for transfers when they got promoted to the premiership. that was promised around 3-4 years ago, so maybe it has gone up since.

however, the ppl turning up to watch them play averages close to 10,000 - which is poor when you are touching the doors of the premiership.

Sunderland :)

Originally posted by emjay
wigan were promised at least £10 million from chairman for transfers when they got promoted to the premiership. that was promised around 3-4 years ago, so maybe it has gone up since.

however, the ppl turning up to watch them play averages close to 10,000 - which is poor when you are touching the doors of the premiership.

Wigan's always been a rugby stronghold, but yep their attendances are a little disappointing.

Originally posted by TOON ARMY
Wigan's always been a rugby stronghold, but yep their attendances are a little disappointing.

true, but i think the fact you have 5 premiership teams within 20 miles had something more to do with it

bolton
man u
man city
everton
liverpool

wigan to win

I want SUnderland back up so Newcastle can put them right back down again

Originally posted by DC_NUFC
I want SUnderland back up so Newcastle can put them right back down again

Hahaha. All the big teams would love to have these hated local championship sides come up just to take the 6 points off em every year. West Ham and Leeds are probably the best examples I can come up with only cause everyone in London has got it in for the former, and everyone from Yorkshire to the WestMidlands hate the latter. Actually, im not even sure that does justice to all the hate for leeds out there :p :f***:

I'd like Sunderland, they're coming over to the US in the summer anf playing three USL Division 1 teams on the west coast.

Ipswich to win it

wigan will win it

but as long as the hammers get up i don't really care who else goes up

there is an interestign race for the play off places as well. i think personally preston are the team in form (in the play off race)

The great thing with the championship is, both Ipswich and Wigan are almost guaranteed money earners in terms of betting each week. I usually use one or both to act as 'multipliers', so that even if they are only paying $1.50 to win, they still multiply my winnings by 150 percent. WIth both, you do the math.

I sure do hope Sunderland get up, i hate both Wigan and Ipswich.

Aloha Cup > Coca Cola Championship

i think at the moment the championship is far more interesting in its finale than the premiership ... not the quality of football, but still its good (but not as good as premiership).

whats the aloha cup? :confused:

I'd like to see Ipswitch and Sunderland come up, but not Wigan. I never really have liked them much. I feel sorry for West Ham so It'd be cool to have them promoted, but I dont think they will.

I want West Ham up

I think:
Champs - Wigan
Runners Up - Ipswich
Playoffs - WHU

As much as I'd like West Ham to come up, I have a horrible feeling they'll choke in the playoffs.

I'd like Ipswich to be the Champions of Division 1, but with their recent form - 1 point out of a possible 12 - I don't see that happening. Now I think Wigan will do it, with either Sunderland or Ipswich in 2nd.

If Sunderland finish 2nd, then I can see Ipswich being very strong in the play-offs. If Ipswich finish 2nd then the play-offs could be very interesting. Preston and Derby are certainly on fine form atm, so I can see both staying in the top 6. Reading, West Ham and Sheffield United might all lose out though. Watch out for Stoke coming up fast behind them. ;)

Wigan will finish 1st
Suderland 2nd
Ipswitch 3rd

I have absolutly no clue tbh

Wolves
:)

I'm rooting for Sunderland to pull it out...Just for a lil Newcastle - Sunderland action.

Originally posted by FER04
Wolves
:)

lol, stuff that dreams are made off!

ROTHERHAM!:kader:

now THATS the stuff dreams are made of!;)

whats this rule about points being docked? wigan ground problems may lead to penalty of points. anyone know how that works?

I dunno about wigan, but Wrexham got denied 10 points for something or other in FL1.