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The Hoddle of Coffee: Tottenham Hotspur News and Links for Wednesday, April 30
A look at the month ahead
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We’re barreling towards the final day of the EFL Championship with a lot up in the air. After 45 matchdays, very little has been decided. What we do know is that Burnley and Leeds are going straight back up, and Cardiff City and Argyle are going down.
This is one of the weaker seasons of the Championship that I can remember, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth watching. So let’s get straight to where things stand heading into MW46.
CLINCHED PROMOTION: Leeds United, Burnley
It was a dominant season by these two clubs, highlighting the gulf between Premier League money and Championship money.
CLINCHED PLAYOFFS
Sheffield United: A distant third to Leeds and Burnley. It’s clear the three PL-relegated clubs are miles above the rest here. United should coast to promotion via playoffs, but who knows.
Sunderland: Four consecutive losses, the most recent being a 0-2 loss against Oxford United. They’ve looked awful in recent months.
HUNT FOR PLAYOFFS
Bristol City (67 Pts): No idea how they got to fifth - by every other club being worse? Their 0-4 loss to Leeds tore apart their GD. A big weekend at Preston NE awaits.
Coventry (66 Pts): Frank Lampard turned this club around, but a loss against Luton came at a bad time. Haji Wright and Ellis Simms are both prominent goalscorers. They have an all-or-nothing game against Boro.
Millwall (66 Pts): Coming into Saturday with the best form, so why not give them a shout at the playoffs? Well, I’ll give you a reason: They play Burnley next.
Blackburn Rovers (65 Pts): It’s always a matter of time when Rovers collapse. It happened during the winter, which gave this squad enough time to maybe turn their season around with four wins on the bounce. They travel to Sheffield United next.
Boro (64 Pts): Calculus is simple here. They need a win against Coventry and both Millwall and Rovers to drop points.
GOING NOWHERE: West Brom, Swansea, Sheffield Wednesday, Watford, QPR, Portsmouth, Oxford United
West Brom might be the only one upset to be lumped into this group. For others like Portsmouth and Oxford United, it marks a big moments. Nice to see Wednesday and QPR not fighting for survival.
RACE FOR SURVIVAL
Stoke City (50 Pts) and Derby County (49): Two relegation candidates are playing against each other on Saturday. A point does it for Stoke City while Derby need all three to clinch, but maybe a point is enough also.
Preston (49): They’ve been awful since the turn of the year and now find themselves on the doorstep of League One. Just 10 wins on the season with 19 draws - that’s a lot of dropped points.
Luton Town (49): Is the great escape on? Luton are threatened with double-relegation, but had a huge win last week against Millwall. They travel to a hapless WBA on Saturday.
Hull City (48): Hull City currently sit in the relegation zone a year after they sacked Liam Rosenior. I’m not surprised to see them here, obviously.
RELEGATED
Plymouth Artgle (46): Okay, so technically not officially confirmed. But they’ve got a -36 GD. No way they’re making it up. A shame.
Cardiff City (44): A spectacularly horrible season closes in predictable fashion, with their owner making some strange statements in recent days.
Fitzie’s track of the day: Alice’s Restaurant Masacree, by Arlo Guthrie
And now for your links:
Football London: “Bodo/Glimt major error that changed dressing room atmosphere ahead of Tottenham Europa League tie”
The Telegraph: “West Brom to make move for Marti Cifuentes after QPR place him on gardening leave”
BBC: “Bristol Rovers and Crawley relegated from League One”