Now we are getting into the run in with just 9 games left.
Top of the table Leeds and ourselves still look clear favorites to go up automatically, with Fulham Forest and Brentford looking likely to occupy 3 of the other top 6 spots. There is a real scramble for 6th place which is occupied by Preston on 56 points. However there are 5 teams within 3 points of them. Blackburn have the chance to go into 6th place should they beat Derby today.
It is too tight to call but with 5 teams breathing down their neck I wouldn't fancy Preston's chances of hanging on to that last play-off place.
The relegation battle is equally intriguing. The two clubs that really should never have been in danger Stoke and Boro are starting to edge clear but aren't completely out of the woods yet. The bottom 3 places are occupied by the promoted clubs Charlton, Luton and Barnsley proving that possibly the biggest step in the pyramid is from League 1 to Championship.
However Hull who have spent most of the season comfortably in mid-table are now dropping like a stone which gives the three clubs in the relegation zone in particular Charlton who are just 2 points behind with a better goal difference. As such I think Charlton might get out of it but otherwise those in the relegation zone are likely to go down.
