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The Championship Relegation Battle: Who Will Go Down?

After watching a not too convincing win for Nottingham Forest over relegation threatened Sheffield Wednesday on the weekend; I believe that the Owls are in serious trouble. Despite their 3-1 win of Leicester during the week, the poor quality of finishing and the somewhat lazy attempts to win the ball back should be a real concern for Owls fans.

Wednesday are not the only team that should be concerned though.

Barnsley currently sit at the foot of the league and with a defence paying as poor as they are it’s no wonder they find them selves adrift at the bottom. Coupled with an inept ability to score goals. Unless major changes are made, this could be Barnsley’s last season in the Championship for the foreseeable future.

If either of these sides want to stay up they are really going to have to improve In the January transfer window. Particularly in the defensive element of things as neither squad has had their defence performed up to the standards you would expect at Championship Level so far this year. This is shown by Barnsley’s hugely negative goal differential as well as Wednesdays inability to keep a clean sheet so far this year.

On top of all of this, both teams recently sacked their managers. Both sets of fans will now hope that they will experience a similar revival to Derby when Steve McLarren arrived in September. However the unsettling of the already poor performing squads may have done more harm than good and we will probably see both teams slip out of the league and down a division.

However this is football and anything can happen in one of the tightest and most competitive leagues in the world.

 

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