Never has a relegation bottom 3 guess been this much of a guess. I doubt anyone would predict the bottom 3 correctly never mind in order
Id like to think we all learnt something over the Christmas period as far as how the relegation battle is going to run
Quite simply, the teams with the worst run of injuries in the next 4-5 months will be the teams relegated to the CCC. We have seen it with West Brom. They lost 4 players in the space of a fortnight and they have gone from top 10 candidates to relegation contenders just like that. There forms been horrible since then.
Even look at Blackpool. There games without Charlie Adam were a different kettle of fish altogether. If he was injured for the rest of the year they would be doomed and thats just 1 player. Even West Hams recent good run of form over the Christmas period came with a settled 11 without a injury every 5 minutes for the first time all year (bar Newcastle enigma). Most would also agree Aston Villa would be nowhere near the relegation zone if there injury problems werent as deep as they are (Ireland, Petrov, NRC, Collins, Cuellar, Young etc.).
Im not even gonna make a guess but I do think West Ham are more likely to go down than all of the other teams in the competition.