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Final Day against Coventry. Our superior goal difference will see us win the league from West Ham. Reading will have given us a Huddersfield-esque fight to the finish though. Besides the key players like Rickie and Adam, we find a hero in Richard Chaplow, who hits a run of goalscoring form from midfield that Frank Lampard would be proud of. Jason Puncheon also atones for his sins with a brace against Portsmouth. Leeds shock everyone and win the play-offs. Rickie wins the Championship Golden Boot, and we have to turn down an offer of £5 million from QPR in the summer.

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I'm going to say we will have the same scenario as last year. The result at Boro will leave us 2nd, 3 points above West Ham in 3rd with 12 points better GD. Technically we would not yet be promoted as we would have to avoid a 13 goal turn around with a 7-0 home defeat against Coventry on the last day.

 

Maybe... ;)

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In my dreams... Portsmouth....in my hopes Reading (my last game before coming back to Aus)...but in my heart it's going to be a 1-1 draw at Peterboro with No 7 scoring our goal. Same as in our previous 2 promotions to the Premier League. Sir Rickie can join the elite group of Tony Funnell and Tery Paine in scoring the goal that seals are return to the top league :)

 

PS...If anyone can get me 2 tickets to the Peterboro game, it's actually 2 days before I fly back and I'd happily re-arrange my schedule to fit the game in :)

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I did the BBC predictor, not the most reliable of guides unless you're some sort of stats genius (I'm not) I'm aware. I have managed to end up with a final table with the following top three:

 

1 Saints P46 GD40 PTS91

2 West Ham P46 GD31 PTS91

3 Reading P46 GD28 PTS91

 

Now I'm obviously hoping that we finish top, but I've got to say I hope it doesn't end up that close! It would have to go down as the best Championship season ever to finish like that. I imagine a few more points will be dropped along the way by each team. I also think Leeds and Brighton will have a big say on what happens up top. Luckily we don't have to play either again, unlike both Reading and WH.

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I did the BBC predictor, not the most reliable of guides unless you're some sort of stats genius (I'm not) I'm aware. I have managed to end up with a final table with the following top three:

 

1 Saints P46 GD40 PTS91

2 West Ham P46 GD31 PTS91

3 Reading P46 GD28 PTS91

 

Now I'm obviously hoping that we finish top, but I've got to say I hope it doesn't end up that close! It would have to go down as the best Championship season ever to finish like that. I imagine a few more points will be dropped along the way by each team. I also think Leeds and Brighton will have a big say on what happens up top. Luckily we don't have to play either again, unlike both Reading and WH.

 

If that's the situation, I'm going to **** my pants, then change them, then **** in those pants too. I sincerely hope it doesn't end up that close - it would be lovely to get an advantage before the last game of the season, but unless West Ham or Reading tail off somehow, I can see it being that close too.

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I think it's all a bit previous for this to be honest - still 10 games to go, 30 points to battle for - it could all go to plan, or it could all go horribly wrong. During our premiership years and all the relegation battles that we had, I never used to worry until the last 6 games of the season, and that's exactly how I see it in this scenario as well. That's the crunch time, that's when you have to hold your nerve, and that's possibly when this thread will be more relevant.

 

I know the OP started it as a bit of fun - but it kind of makes us easy targets if the wheels fall off and we find ourselves here next year. Hopefully that wont happen, but I think I'll pass on this one until we get into the last 6 - and even then I'll probably be non-committed.

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