The battle is between Wigan, Villa and Saints. Reading are down and QPR will finish well clear of the relegation zone. In fact, I think that Harry will guide them to finish above bothe Sunderland and Newcastle. He has assembled a talented and strong squad which is probably ideally suited to playing themselves out of trouble. Alos worth noting that they have a very easy run in.
For my money, Wigan's luck must surely run out at some stage. I think they are more likely to struggle than Villa. The problem for me is that I think Villa are in a very false position and should not be in trouble. As soon as they click, I think it will mean trouble for Saints. Sunderland may get involved in the struggle yet I think our next two games will be lost and then a gap will start to open up with Villa. Next Sautrday they play QPR - an interesting fixture which you can see Harry winning. I'm inclinded to agree with Fran's assessment as we will start to require QPR to beat the relegation competition. QPR need to be taken out of the equation and perhpas treated as a middle of the table team because they will finish well clear of the relegation zone and won't be involved in a scrap to any degree by next month. i agree, it is in our interest that they beat the teams around us.