2025 play offs

Play offs start tonight and thought they might be worth their own fred given we'll have an interest in who we play (well except L2).

Who do we want to win? For the championship normally I'd want one of Coventry and Bristol City to go up as I've not been to the other two grounds but it'd also be nice to get rid of one of the Northern sides and I've got plenty of new grounds for next season.

For L1 then I've not been to any of them so relatively happy with either but using the same northern/southern logic then Stockport would probably be my least preferred though it'd be a good chance to tick off a relatively obscure ground. Charlton would be fun with the return of everyone's favourite Welsh lunatic...

Fixtures:

First legs
Thursday 8 May 2025 20:00 Bristol City v Sheffield United
Friday 9 May 2025 20:00 Coventry City v Sunderland
Saturday 10 May 2025 12:30 Leyton Orient v Stockport County
Saturday 10 May 2025 20:00 Notts County v AFC Wimbledon
Sunday 11 May 2025 15:30 Chesterfield v Walsall
Sunday 11 May 2025 18:30 Wycombe Wanderers v Charlton Athletic

Second legs
Monday 12 May 2025 20:00 Sheffield United v Bristol City
Tuesday 13 May 2025 20:00 Sunderland v Coventry City
Wednesday 14 May 2025 20:00 Stockport County v Leyton Orient
Thursday 15 May 2025 20:00 Charlton Athletic v Wycombe Wanderers
Friday 16 May 2025 20:00 Walsall v Chesterfield
Saturday 17 May 2025 12:30 AFC Wimbledon v Notts County

 

Predictions on who goes up:

Champ: Coventry
L1: Charlton
L2: Chesterfield

 

Have stuck a fiver on this treble to give me more of an interest.

 

Completely randomly and of my own accord I’ve decided to place a “will not get promoted” treble on :

Coventry
Charlton
Chesterfield

 

Is Brereton Diaz injured? He's not in the Sheffield United squad.

 

Bristol City in big trouble now. Definite pen and red card.

 

Out with a virus

 

The red half of Sheffield breaths a sigh of relief

 

Ah cheers

 

Sheffield United through then. I reckon they'll be playing Coventry.

 

Rudoni is quickly becoming one of my favourite Championship players. I noticed him for the first time last season when he played for Huddersfield, and he seems to have stepped it up this season.

 

Definitely should keep an eye on him if they don't get promoted. When did we last have a goalscoring midfielder?!

 

Keeper should have taken him out and taken the red card at this stage.

 

Really he should have tried to hold him up to give defenders time by backtracking, rather than lunging in. But when you suddenly have to make a split second decision you do daft things.

Bit gutted for Cov. Been the better team and would like them in the PL

 

But you can see the quality gulf.

 

Take that. Can't see Coventry overturning this up there.

 

How's the linesman missed this one then?
Leyton Orient 1-0 Stockport.

 

TBF it's not as obvious as it looks. The ball is headed on and the defender is very close to the ball. The referee should have seen that though.

 

Need to change their nickname from the Black Cats to the Copy Cats.