As this seems to be the only important criteria<font face="courier new,courier"> </font></p> </p> <font face="courier new,courier" size="2"> Team Pld Total Highest Average Capacity Pct 1 Newcastle United (18) 19 926244 52114 48750 52387 93.0% 2 Derby County (18) 23 677131 33079 29440 33597 87.6% 3 Middlesbrough (19) 19 540144 33767 28429 35100 80.9% 4 Cheating Blunts (3) 23 598534 30786 26023 32609 79.8% 5 West Bromwich Albion(20) 19 490726 26344 25828 28003 92.2% 6 Nottingham Forest (19) 23 512887 29140 22299 30602 72.8% 7 Fowls (12) 23 495466 30658 21542 39814 54.1% 8 Ipswich Town (9) 23 482094 28274 20961 30300 69.1% 9 Leicester City (1) 23 465825 30542 20253 32500 62.3% 10 Reading (4) 23 458526 23879 19936 24200 82.3% 11 Cardiff City (7) 23 401894 21000 17474 20376 85.7% 12 Coventry City (17) 23 400378 22637 17408 32500 53.5% 13 Bristol City (10) 23 385810 18456 16774 21479 78.0% 14 Crystal Palace (15) 23 350070 22824 15220 26309 57.8% 15 Swansea City (8) 23 349296 18053 15187 20500 74.0% 16 Watford (13) 23 341743 16386 14858 19920 74.5% 17 Queens Pk Rangers (11) 23 324078 17120 14090 19148 73.5% 18 Preston North End (6) 23 308791 21273 13426 19525 68.7% 19 Barnsley (20) 23 303358 19681 13189 23186 56.8% 20 Doncaster Rovers (14) 23 275148 14823 11963 15231 78.5% 21 Plymouth Argyle (21) 23 262827 14789 11427 19500 58.6% 22 Blackpool (16) 23 180378 9643 7843 9491 82.6% 23 Peterborough United (2) 23 174773 14110 7599 15314 49.6% 24 Scnuthorpe United (6) 23 115429 8315 5019 9183 54.6%</font></p> <font face="courier new,courier" size="2"></font></p>
Here is what Sky Bet are saying. Newcastle 11/8 Middlesbrough 9/4 West Brom 9/4 Ipswich 3 Reading 7/2 Sheff Utd 7/2 QPR 5 Cardiff 6 Preston 6 Swansea 7 Crystal Palace 8 Derby 8 Leicester 8 Bristol City 10 Coventry 10 Peterborough 10 Watford 10 Nottm Forest 14 Sheff Wed 14 Barnsley 20 Blackpool 20 Doncaster 20 Plymouth 20 Scnthorpe 40
Them odds on Newcastle are funny They are in meltdown - have to offload an entire squad of wasters and slash their wage bill by over 75% I reckon they are much less likely to bounce back than WBA or even Middlesborough Doubless there are a lot of Geordies putting money on them though
newcastle are 4/1 elsewhere to win championship. personally, id leave them for 6 games to see how they settle. it will be everyones cup final going to st james next season, and as man utd know, teams raise there games 50% when they play the big guns.
WBA and Boro will be strong Newcastle's outlook is dubious at best. Depends entirely on how much they can afford and who they can convince to stay.
michael owen? playing away at barnsley on a windy, rainy tuesday night getting kicked allover? i dont think so. and if steven taylor stays he is fool . too good a player for the championship, he needs to move on.
"getting kicked allover?" Dont you mean Bumhole lane for that comment. Anyway he wont be there next season thats an absolute certainty
RE: "getting kicked allover?" oakwell, bumhole lane, anywhere in the division, he wil get lumps kicked out of him.
Bassong, Ameobi, Viduka, Taylor, Martins they would be formidable if they can hang on to those though the championship is no easy ride for anybody
