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I have ended up with 5 without taking into account my own team who i rarely bet on.

To win

Birmingham look obvious candidates, they have been there before & done it. Alex Mcleish has managed at the highest level in Scotland & should be one of the better managers in this league. Signing Phillips & Bent will no doubt give them an edge up front & supported by the likes of McSheffrey, Mcfadden, Larrson & Forsell, i can see them being top scorer's also. They may have to sort thier defence out but have enough firepower to overcome teams much like WBA did last year.
Reading i think will push Birmingham all the way. The club is set up very well & now the big names of Kitson & Shorey have departed, coppell can get on with his job in the usual quite, steely way he does things. Buoyed by a decent support base, they again can be challenging for promotion.

Each way

There are always teams in this league that surprise odds wise, it was bristol City & Hull last season. This year, Coventry & Notts Forest are the 2 teams i would want on my side. Forest could be anything but have invested 2.5m in Earnshaw who is proven at this level. Again, the club will be well supported & have been waiting for the bounce back to the big time for a few years now. Calderwood seems to be doing a good job there & they will be top 10 easily. I like Chris Coleman & feel he was unlucky to be sacked from Fulham, i dont think it will be long before he is touted again for the premier league, & his dealings in the transfer market may see Coventry pushing up the league this season.

Relegation

A journey too far for Doncaster i feel, they could be the scunthorpe of last year. Sure they will enjoy it but this league is so hard. Blackpool have lost a number of players & they look certs to be bottom 6 & i feel they will disappear this season. Southampton will again find it tough & teams that just stay up find it difficult again the following year.

Top scorer

A long list of decent players in the championship now. must have to look at the top teams but also pen takers also. Ebanks-Blake is one for sure, but i have to see who the pen takers are before making a choice from Earnshaw, phillips, Ebanks-Blake, Morrison.