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Leeds will have to wait til next year.

Oy. This playoff championship was a sad state of affairs. Three - nil Watford. Leeds never looked in it. Watford was faster, stonger, more aggressive from the opening kick. Still, that's an awful lot of celebrating for what amounts to third place and a chance to be run off the pitch by Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool, and Spurs.

It's probably better for Leeds this way. They struggled to score goals against championship sides and would very likely have had similar troubles in the Premiership. But promotion is worth somewhere between 20-40M pounds and Leeds sure could have used the cash. Just ask West Ham and Wigan.

So Watford, Reading, and Sheffield United switch places with West Brom, Sunderland, and Birmingham. My guess is at least two go straight back down...

Posted at 12:48PM May 21, 2006 by carlericleach in Football  |  Comments[0]