The Championship - Every team with something to play for (except Barnsley and now Peterborough)

Part 2 - Relegation

Team - Nottingham Forest

Garath McCleary

My View - After the debacle that was Steve McClaren's reign as Forest manager, Steve Cotterill appeared to have steadied the ship with four wins out of his first six games. However a poor run of results coinciding with the failure to score at home in seven consecutive games, led to Forest being thrust into a relegation battle. However recently they have played some decent football and got some excellent results, none more than the 7-3 hammering of Leeds at Elland Road. As it stands they are six points outside the relegation zone and with the quality of squad they have I expect them to stay up.   

Key Man - Garath McCleary - The skilful wide-man has been one of the reasons for Forest's return to form, his explosive performance against Leeds in which he bagged four goals highlighted his quality.  

My Prediction - 18th

Andy Keogh

Team - Millwall
My View - It's been a case of second-season syndrome for Millwall this year. Last season a newly promoted Millwall team finished the season in 9th and flirted with the play-offs throughout the season. However this season they've consistently been a bottom half team. Personally I don't expect them to go down but their recent form hasn't been brilliant with only eleven points from their last ten games.   
Key Men - Darius Henderson and Andy Keogh - One of the main reasons for Millwall's underwhelming season has been the loss of Steve Morison to Norwich. If Henderson and Keogh can continue the decent scoring record they've had this season Millwall should be ok  
My Prediction - 21st

Team - Coventry City

Inspirational

My View - The super Sky Blues have struggled for the majority of the season, mainly for reasons off the field. Many youth players have been thrown into first team action as a result, with the likes of Conor Thomas, Gael Bigirimana and Cyrus Christie showing their worth. However they are unbeaten in six games and are now out of the relegation zone for the first time since October. At this stage of the season momentum is key and with five of their last six games against teams in the bottom half I am confident that City will maintain their championship status for another season. 
Key Man - Richard Keogh - A rock at the back all season long and has formed a solid partnership at centre half with Martin Crainie.
My Prediction -19th

Calamity James strikes again

Team - Bristol City
My View - Similarly to Forest the robins sacked their manager Keith Millen early in the season and replaced him with Scot Derek McInnes. This change had the same effect as it did at Forest, after an initial run of wins they have fallen down the table and have only one win in their last ten games. The loss of top scorer Nicky Maynard to West Ham in January only added to their woes and with David 'calamity' James giving goals away relegation is a distinct possibility. Failure to get anything out of key games with Coventry and Forest will in my opinion see relegation become a reality   
Key Man - Brett Pitman - If the former Bournemouth hotshot can find his shooting boots Bristol may have a chance of survival 
My Prediction - 22nd

Oh dear

Team - Portsmouth 

My View - If Portsmouth go down it is a simple case of a club not learning its lesson. Having been in administration once before you would have thought that they would have tried to stabilise the club, this wasn't the case and in February they entered administration again (If your going to pay tinpot players like Tal Ben-Haim 60k a week what do you expect). With administration came a ten point deduction, the loss of first team players such as Erik Huseklepp and Liam Lawrence and in my opinion relegation  
Key Man - The Administrator - If he does his job properly Portsmouth may have a future as a football club
My Prediction - 23rd 

'Yes lads were going down'

Team - Doncaster Rovers
My View - What can be said about Doncaster that hasn't already been said, frankly there just not good enough. It doesn't matter how many 'big' players you sign for huge money on short contracts, the fact of the matter is that the likes of Diouf, Piquionne, Ilunga and Beye are all over thirty and couldn't careless if Donny go down as long as they get their pay packet   

Key Man - Dean Saunders - A good manager who will do well with Donny as he did with Wrexham 
My Prediction - 24th

The best of the rest - Peterborough and Barnsley

My View - With six games to go they are ten and nine points outside the relegation zone and as a result I can't see them going down. However I can see Barnsley not picking up a single point for the rest of the season. The only reason Barnsley will be safe is down to Ricardo Vaz Te's goals in the first half of the season

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