Automatic Promotion

[Seagull27]

While I don't want to tempt fate, it is looking more and more likely that we will take the title this year, with the teams around us all helping the cause

2nd-5th place, once games in hand are evened out, are almost equal on points - so who does everyone think will (hopefully) be second behind us?

Bournemouth have been good all season but having played more games than everyone else, they could easily be caught.

Huddersfield seem to be sometimes formidable, other times distinctly average. They should have been promoted this year with their squad, but for some reason have failed to mount a real challenge so far.

Southampton should have probably walked this league, but have not pulled forward and seem to struggle without Lallana. Now he's back, will they put some wins together and get 2nd? They also have a very congested April.

Peterborough have put a run of points together and seem to be hitting some form. They have the most prolific strike force in the league - but also one of the leakiest defences in the top half. Will they pull together to get the other auto spot?

Thoughts? Any outside challengers?

 

[Marc1901]

We SHOULD win the league tbh. If we go up as champions we will go up with Hudders and Southampton.

 

[saafend_seagull]

orient have a chance of second, but think its between hudders/soton/charlton

 

[Napper]

With it looking like 3 northern sides in Preston / Sheff Utd + Scunny coming down it would be nice for 3 southern to be promoted ie Us / B'mouth and Saints.

But I think it will be

Us
Saints
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P'rough

 

[Simster]

We will win it with something like four or five games to spare.

Second is a lottery from those four and Charlton.

 

[bhaexpress]

I like the fact that unlike some of our rivals we are optimistic but not getting carried away. When the job is finally done thn we can happily go mental..

 

[pottert]

Don't real care,but think Southampton have left themselves too much to do & Bournemouth will run out of gas.so I think Huddersfield will finish 2nd.

 

[BHAryan]

Pboro 2nd, southampton go up through play offs

 

[driller]

Charlton 2
Udders up through play offs
Scc left to fester.

 

[pasty]

'udders 2nd
P'boro up via play-offs - at least I hope so as it's one of my bestest favourite away games

SCC - Lose play-off final on penalties with Hammond and Harding missing

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Barring spectacular changes in form, the top six look fairly clear to me:-

Albion
Bournemouth
Southampton
Huddersfield
Charlton
Peterborough

The chase for second place could easily come down to which of Southampton or Huddersfield we choose to lose to at Withdean.

 

[pasty]

The chase for second place could easily come down to which of Southampton or Huddersfield we choose to lose to at Withdean.

Pay back time at last It's only been 34 years since they stitched us up

Let us lose to Huddersfield
Let us lose to Huddersfield
la la la la

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Southampton should have probably walked this league, but have not pulled forward and seem to struggle without Lallana. Now he's back, will they put some wins together and get 2nd? They also have a very congested April.

Lallana played all 90 minutes tonight.

 

[Skint Gull]

Don't count Orient out of the playoffs or even 2nd the way the muppets below keep dropping points!

 

[Brighton till i die]

Would LOVE to see Orient do it, but to be honest i dont actually give much of a shit as long as we go up!!

 

[JJ McClure]

Bloody well stop would you. Still a long way to go and please lets not tempt fate. I'd hate threads like this to come back and haunt us.

 

[Simster]

Bloody well stop would you. Still a long way to go and please lets not tempt fate. I'd hate threads like this to come back and haunt us.

Do you honestly think Gus will let complacency ruin our season?

I've seen enough - we're going up.

There, I've said it.

 

[Simster]

Do you honestly think Gus will let complacency ruin our season?

I've seen enough - we're going up.

There, I've said it.

Just to clarify:

We are effectively ten points clear of third. Maybe more, when we've played our games in hand.
We routinely BATTER teams in this division.
Our promotion "rivals" have still got to play each other.
We have a congested March, but they are all VERY winnable games. By the time we play those last 3 or 4 tricky home games, the job will be all but done.
Look at our squad FFS. We can't even find a starting space for players like Sparrow, Noone and Sandaza.

We're going up. FACT.

 

[Mellotron]

Do you honestly think Gus will let complacency ruin our season?

I've seen enough - we're going up.

There, I've said it.

Agreed. Last night was one ridiculously comfortable win too far. We are going UP.

 

[Icy Gull]

Now that Saints are 10 points behind us on the same games, they may start to lose belief..hope so anyway. I'd love to see them lose out and Bournemouth and us go up. Slit wrists in BBC South today as their pet team becomes the lowest of the local teams