Here is my 2017-18 Championship prediction from before the start of the season with the current positions added in. I've made the teams where I underestimated them by at least 5 places blue, and the teams I overestimated by at least 5 places red. The teams in black are in approximately the part of the table I thought they would be in.
Although it feels somewhat generous calling Ipswich overachieving, a fair number of their points can be put down to outrageously clinical finishing at the start of the season (which is less the case now) and a solid goalkeeper. Whereas Reading, Wednesday and Norwich have been similarly, perhaps surprisingly, limp all season.
(me : current)
01 : 04 Fulham
02 : 03 Villa
03 : 06 Boro
04 : 19 Reading
05 : 18 Sheff Wed
06 : 14 Norwich
07 : 01 Wolves
08 : 02 'Cardiff'
09 : 05 Derby
10 : 13 Leeds
11 : 11 Brentford
12 : 24 Sunderland
13 : 16 Forest
14 : 15 QPR
15 : 09 Preston
16 : 17 Hull
17 : 22 Birmingham
18 : 12 Ipswich
19 : 07 Sheff Utd
20 : 10 Millwall
21 : 08 Bristol C
22 : 23 Burton
23 : 21 Barnsley
24 : 20 Bolton
Although it feels somewhat generous calling Ipswich overachieving, a fair number of their points can be put down to outrageously clinical finishing at the start of the season (which is less the case now) and a solid goalkeeper. Whereas Reading, Wednesday and Norwich have been similarly, perhaps surprisingly, limp all season.
(me : current)
01 : 04 Fulham
02 : 03 Villa
03 : 06 Boro
04 : 19 Reading
05 : 18 Sheff Wed
06 : 14 Norwich
07 : 01 Wolves
08 : 02 'Cardiff'
09 : 05 Derby
10 : 13 Leeds
11 : 11 Brentford
12 : 24 Sunderland
13 : 16 Forest
14 : 15 QPR
15 : 09 Preston
16 : 17 Hull
17 : 22 Birmingham
18 : 12 Ipswich
19 : 07 Sheff Utd
20 : 10 Millwall
21 : 08 Bristol C
22 : 23 Burton
23 : 21 Barnsley
24 : 20 Bolton
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