My Championship PREDICTIONS 24/25

[@jimfin2175]

Great video Ben, after watching Leeds Vs Valencia yesterday they are on fire and have won their last 5 games, they had a bad start to last season and Farke had learnt from this, a much more focused squad

[@Boxing328]

We hear this every year. Last season a Leeds fan on here claimed it was the best squad they’ve ever had at this level, and they’d win the league easily. How did that work out.

[@derrickwright3810]

@@Boxing328 it wasn’t farke having to learn from last seasons slow start,it was the fact we had to bring in a virtually new starting 11 in last 3 weeks of window

[@clivet3252]

It wasn't the start that was the problem because we caught everybody up. It was the finish.

[@punchdrunkrock]

It was the best squad ever in the championship look at the interest in our players lol Farke just massively failed​@@Boxing328

[@Leedsutd1985]

@@clivet3252a good start would have meant the odd loss towards the end of the season wouldn’t have been life or death. It’s all ifs and buts, of course and everyone is entitled to their opinion, but Farke will lose his job if Leeds do not go up this season and they do look very good in pre-season.

[@trevorwilliams7279]

Good afternoon ben mate i take 11th QPR fan 👍 Here is my table 1st Leeds United 2nd Middlesbrough 3rd Burnley 4th Luton Town 5th Coventry city 6th Sheffield United 7th West brom 8th Norwich city 9th Bristol city 10th Hull city 11th QPR 12th Sheffield Wednesday 13th Sunderland 14th Millwall 15th Stoke city 16th Watford 17th Cardiff city 18th Swansea city 19th Derby county 20th Portsmouth 21st Preston North end 22nd Blackburn rovers 23rd Plymouth 24th Oxford United 👍

[@matthewbriggs8650]

It’s so hard to predict. But my surprise prediction is Bristol City make the top 6. Great content as always. It’s great that there’s so much efl content to watch including Ben hd not the top 20 and yourself. Keep up the awesome work 👍.

[@leechurchus2148]

I would say Bristol City are probably the hardest team to predict and have been for the last few season, inconsistency personified, I’m loving your optimism

[@KieranAbbott-js4to]

Top 2: Leeds Burnley Play-offs: Coventry Middlesbrough Luton Sheffield United Relegated: Derby Plymouth Oxford

[@UnexpectedJourney59Eng]

Thank You Benjamin!!! Happy with that as an Argyle Fan, feel we may actually finish closer to Mid Table, just below centre...

[@tommc631]

You always present in a bright, civil and informative way Ben. You do right to ask for the same in return. Enjoy the season…

[@MeMyselfOhare]

Promoted- Leeds Sheff Utd Norwich Relegated- Luton Plymouth Oxford

[@Joshyt1907]

Luton to get relegated?

[@Cheesy_Potato123]

Everything seems Alr except Luton

[@Joshyt1907]

@@Cheesy_Potato123 There is no way Luton do a Sunderland lol

[@MeMyselfOhare]

@@Joshyt1907 Luton lost multiple of their best players for very little money. Especially with funds mostly going towards the new stadium and not playing staff I imagine they struggle. Building the team around an ageing Carlton Morris is no way to have a successful championship campaign.

[@Joshyt1907]

@MeMyselfMcAtee Luton won't get relegated though they're too good to go down again.

[@owenwoolnough7654]

24th - Plymouth Argyle (Relegation) 23rd - QPR (Relegation) 22nd - Oxford United (Relegation) 21st - Stoke City 20th - Bristol City 19th - Sunderland 18th - Derby County 17th - Blackburn Rovers 16th - Preston North End 15th - Norwich City 14th - Watford 13th - Swansea City 12th - Portsmouth 11th - Sheffield United 10th - Hull City 9th - Millwall 8th - Sheffield Wednesday 7th - Luton Town 6th - Cardiff (Playoff) 5th - Burnley (Playoff) 4th - West Brom (Playoff) 3rd - Coventry (Playoff Winner) 2nd - Middlesborough (Automatic Promotion) 1st - Leeds United (Title Winner)

[@pank__17]

good one, I'd only disagree with QPR going down, I think their gaffer is too good for that to happen, and Cardiff are way too high, midtable for Cardiff. Also Bristol are way too low as well.

[@domberry1502]

I was about to report you as you predicted the pigs to finish above The Blades, but I forgive you ;)

[@RichardC28]

Burnley fan here, still not sure about how we will go this season. We've lost Muric which is a big blow, but if we can keep hold of Berge in midfield and Esteve at the back then we have a really good spine at this level. Plenty of players who were frozen out last season and / or injured like Benson, Zaroury, Koleosho etc will be raring to go. What I would say is that if we do keep hold of our better players, we arguably have a better younger squad than the one who got 101 points 2 years ago. It is all on the manager and his style of football I guess. One of my biggest worries was WBA a few months ago, but it is looking that they are having a few difficulties. I also think Sheff Wed will have a good season. My Top 6 would be 1. Burnley (got to back us) 2. Leeds 3. Luton 4. Boro 5. Cov 6. Sheff Utd (think they will have a better season than people are saying) Relegation (sorry all) 22. Oxford 23. Plymouth 24. Derby I think Blackburn might escape by the skin of their teeth again. Keep up the good work, great channel :)

[@Established1919]

but you have parker ahahah

[@Leedsutd1985]

It’s whether those Kompany players can adapt to Parker’s style of play, which is, shall we say, more pragmatic. Everyone is predicting either Leeds or Burnley to be top, I’m not sure if it’ll be that straight forward. Division seems more competitive this season.

[@Roan_Fox]

1. Leeds 2. Luton 3. Burnley 4. Coventry 5. Middlesbrough 6. Bristol City 7. West Brom 8. Sheff Utd 9. Norwich 10. Sunderland 11. Sheff Wed 12. Hull 13. QPR 14. Cardiff 15. Preston 16. Stoke 17. Swansea 18. Watford 19. Millwall 20. Portsmouth 21. Derby 22. Plymouth 23. Blackburn 24. Oxford

[@LCoar94]

1. Leeds (P) 2. Luton (P) 3. Coventry (P) 4. Norwich 5. Burnley 6. Middlesbrough 7. Sheffield Utd 8. West Brom 9. Sheffield Wednesday 10. QPR 11. Hull City 12. Bristol City 13. Preston NE 14. Sunderland 15. Cardiff City 16. Blackburn Rovers 17. Watford 18. Portsmouth 19. Swansea City 20. Millwall 21. Derby County 22. Stoke City 23. Plymouth 24. Oxford Utd Blackburn fan, 16th is our ceiling

[@rjjcms1]

As a Watford fan,I'm slightly fearing the worst but hoping for much better.

[@badencordina1989]

Appreciate the effort you put into these videos mate

[@NigelCraske]

I'm a Norwich fan 2 and Ben bloom as Ipswich fan and blogger not biased,he speaks the truth and he knows his football,I hope we stay in around top 6 but selling Sara and Adam idah wants to go we need reinforcements up front and a ball winners and play maker in the midfield is a must,but with the squad we have at the min around 10 th place but if our new boss can do good business in the transfer market we could make the playoffs again 💛💚🇬🇫🇧🇻🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@badencordina1989]

@@NigelCraske you aren’t wrong he never is biased and it’s going to be interesting what JHT does with selling some players knowing what he was like in the Danish league he will probably reuse the money on sales to invest in youth

[@NigelCraske]

@@badencordina1989 I agree alot of rebuilding to do in our team,we want players who are 100 percent committed like when Daniel Farke brought in his players and it did take time,we have to give our new Danish manager time to get it right,the board has got to back him if he wants new players in,for me U need pace at the back what we lacked last season, ball winners in midfield is a must, Sargent needs help up front and for me, Ashley Barnes Adam idah not good enough,so another striker got to be a must, parachute payments gone so we have to use the Sara's 23 million wisely,no over 30 players,he said he will give youth a chance and can play with no fear 💛💚🇬🇫🇧🇻🏆🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@PhillipHartley-tl1hi]

Love your show Ben, I always watch but rarely comment, you are correct to not put with crap from others, there's just no need for it, constructive yes but insulting no. Keep up the good work.

[@mickdxn]

Elf content creator goat. Do not be bad mouthing this man.

[@domberry1502]

Never could :D

[@AndrewPawley11]

Ben, very good of you to back Argyle to survive. I remember you did the same last season. This year however, no other podcast or commentator seems to share your faith. And indeed, neither do I. In fairness, we have had a good pre-season and some seemingly good new arrivals. At a training camp in Marbella, there was an open day and all the players spoke well of Rooney - seemingly honestly. We'll see I guess. Survival is the goal once again and to do that the manager and squad will have to prove a lot of doubters, including me, wrong.

[@geoffpoole483]

With Rooney managing Plymouth, the club is guaranteed much more media coverage than it usually gets.

[@AndrewPawley11]

@@geoffpoole483 That's undoubtedly true.

[@moodychops1988]

1 Leeds 2 Burnley 3 Coventry 4 Middlesbrough 5 Norwich 6 Sheff Utd 7 LUTON - COYH 8 QPR 22 watford 23 Plymouth 24 Oxford

[@nathanhigham985]

1. Leeds United 2. Luton Town 3. Coventry City 4. Burnley 5. Sheffield United 6. Middlesbrough 7. Bristol City 8. Norwich City 9. West Bromwich Albion 10. Sheffield Wednesday 11. Queens Park Rangers 12. Millwall 13. Sunderland 14. Preston North End 15. Cardiff City 16. Hull City 17. Stoke City 18. Watford 19. Swansea City 20. Portsmouth 21. Derby County 22. Blackburn Rovers 23. Plymouth Argyle 24. Oxford United

[@michaelpisapia4866]

American Leeds fan here, happy you’ve got them Number 1. Also love Coventry in the 4 spot. Go Haji Wright!

[@matthewdbenson]

Great video and really appreciated your stance on keeping the comments clean and respectful - regarding the upcoming season, I feel this year’s Championship is less predictable than ever (and that’s saying something, for the Championship)

[@MattClinton91]

1st Leeds 2nd Burnley 3rd Coventry 4th Luton 5th Sheff United 6th Middlesbrough 7th West Brom 8th Sheff Wednesday 9th Norwich 10th Bristol City 11th Sunderland 12th QPR 13th Cardiff 14th Preston 15th Hull 16th Watford 17th Stoke 18th Swansea 19th Portsmouth 20th Derby 21st Milwall 22nd Blackburn 23rd Plymouth 24th Oxford

[@hughtube5154]

Brave choices, Ben! 1st Leeds 2nd Coventry Playoff winner - Middlesbrough Relegated - Oxford, Blackburn, Sunderland. I can see Scott Parker walking away from Burnley midseason, Sheffield Wednesday storm the league until their manager gets poached to the Prem, and there will be 10 other sackings elsewhere.

[@andyjohnson6230]

Maybe a bet on first manager to be sacked might be fun this season😂😂

[@Hfoodreviews]

1. Leeds 2.Burnley 3. Luton 4. Norwich 5. BORO 6. Cov 7. West Brom 8. Wednesday 9. Preston 10. QPR 11. Sheff United 12. Derby 13. Bristol City 14. Hull 15. Cardiff 16. Watford 17. Millwall 18. Sunderland 19. Stoke 20. Swansea 21. Blackburn 22. Pompey 23. Plymouth 24. Oxford

[@martinmason5008]

Well articulated. That's the difference as we can all make a list. I wish my Derby appeared higher. I'm concerned about our central defence, to the point that 21st might prove generous. Other than that, a great crowd, Paul Warne on the up, and a core approach of just enjoying having a club to support at all. Well done Benjamin, you know your stuff.

[@brucewaynereal1]

I agree, we could finish anywhere between 24th and 12th honestly!

[@MattyBoro]

My predictions: 1.)Leeds 2.) Middlesbrough 3.) Luton 4.) Coventry (P) 5.) Burnley 6.) West Bromwich 7.) Norwich 8.) Sheffield United 9.) Bristol 10.) Sheffield Wednesday 11.) Sunderland 12.) Preston 13.) Stoke 14.) QPR 15.) Cardiff 16.) Blackburn 17.) Millwall 18.) Hull 19.) Portsmouth 20.) Swansea 21.)Plymouth 22.) Oxford 23.) Watford 24.) Derby

[@paulcrossley1366]

Lol

[@syexe]

good to see derby at 24

[@mikeman584]

Yes Marty would be happy with that as a Leeds fan and also have a lot of respect for the Boro being originally from North Yorkshire 👍

[@EdwardWaddell-lu2eu]

Good predictions

[@nathancarty1]

1. Leeds 2. Burnley 3. Luton 4. Coventry 5. Sheffield United 6. Boro 7. Norwich 8. Bristol city 9. Sheffield w 10. Wba 11. Preston 12. Sunderland 13. Hull 14. Qpr 15. Watford 16. Stoke 17. Portsmouth 18. Cardiff 19. Millwall 20. Swansea 21. Derby 22. Plymouth (new boss mid season ) 23. Blackburn 24. Oxford

[@nigelfisher3756]

My 2024/25 Championship predictions: 1. Leeds Utd 2. Coventry City 3. Burnley 4. Luton Town 5. Sheffield Utd 6. Middlesbrough Bottom three: 22. Derby County 23. Plymouth Argyle 24. Oxford Utd

[@adamedwards2817]

As a long suffering swans fan I concur with everything you’ve said here….. gradual decline and a highly dubious board. However, there seems to be an ambitious new recruitment strategy at play, some interesting left field signings on the Ronald mould. We’re either going to crash and burn or turn the ship around and push upwards.

[@forestmiller5187]

Thanks for your perspective throughout the season. August optimism is profound for me regarding Swansea. Good luck to everyone this season! 1. Burnley (P) 2. Luton (P) 3. Coventry (P) 4. Leeds 5. Middlesbrough 6. Norwich 7. Bristol 8. Swansea (My team) 9. Sheffield United 10. Cardiff 11. QPR 12. Preston 13. Sheffield Wednesday 14. Hull 15. West Brom 16. Stoke 17. Sunderland 18. Millwall 19. Portsmouth 20. Watford 21. Derby 22. Oxford 23. Plymouth 24. Blackburn

[@CCFC9874]

Quite funny how a jack is the person I’ve seen predict us to finish highest in the league 😅

[@paulcrossley1366]

I hope you do finish that high, these predictions are genius

[@RichardB42]

Top 6: Burnley, Coventry, Leeds, Luton, Middlesbrough, West Brom Top half: Bristol, Norwich, Portsmouth, Preston, QPR, Sheffield United Bottom half: Cardiff, Hull, Millwall, Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke, Sunderland Bottom 6: Blackburn, Derby, Oxford, Plymouth, Swansea, Watford

[@Established1919]

did you smoke crack before posting this?

[@Tom-z9k1j]

Oxford fan here and I agree, I don't think we are ready for the championship... The size of the other championship clubs and the resources they have is quite frightening to be honest!! Having said that I'm super excited to be visiting so many great clubs and stadiums this season. I just hope Des and the boys give it their best and who knows.... Perhaps they might just be able to snatch 20th place!

[@NeilHarding-ne1mh]

Going down......3 from Plymouth, Blackburn, Oxford, QPR, Hull City. Top 6: (in no order) Coventry, Norwich, Middlesbrough, Leeds, Sunderland, Bristol City.

[@WYRG]

the clue was in your shirt ben, flamingos, Leeds still have flamingo land as 1 of their sponsors! lol

[@dalehusband7]

1. (C) Burnley 2. (P) Leeds 3. Boro (PO) 4. Coventry 5. WBA 6. Luton 22. Derby 23. Blackburn 24. Oxford

[@pank__17]

1 Leeds (P) 2 Luton (P) 3 Burnley 4 Coventry (P) 5 Middlesborough 6 West Brom (granted that they don't lose Corberan midseason) 22 Oxford 23 Derby 24 Plymouth

[@Frasierwatchesburnley]

Im a burnley fan here i wasnt sure where we were gonna finish but after watching the burnley luton game and how we beat them 4-1 and now i think we will win the league

[@manishthapa871]

Championship 2024/ 2025 Table Predictions: 1. Leeds 2. Burnley 3. Sheffield Utd 4. Middlesbrough 5. Millwall 6. Luton 7. Sunderland 8. Blackburn 9. Derby 10. Norwich 11. Coventry 12. Hull 13. Cardiff 14. Bristol City 15. Huddersfield 16. QPR 17. Preston 18. Cardiff 19. Swansea 20. Sheffield Wednesday 21. West Boom 22. Plymouth 23. Portsmouth 24. Oxford

[@Borosmogs]

Loving ya stuff Ben but I think you will be surprised by Middlesbrough ;) I’ve not seen the fanbase this optimistic in years and years. Our lack of signings is because our current squad has developed wonderfully. We are all set for an auto promotion challenge and I’d honestly be dumbfounded if we somehow didn’t finish at least top 6. Time will tell but this is a real team this year. 5th would be a disappointment. This team is set up for a go at the top 2. Not been this optimistic since the 15/16 Karanka auto season.

[@Viking-y3s]

I think you’ve got us probably right in 12th but hoping we’ll be a bit more competitive than that depending on who stays and where the money from those sales goes! Disappointed to see Sara go but was inevitable! Would love to see Cov right up there, mark robins is a class manager and like you’ve said they got some really good players and seem to have reinvested that money well! Still remember being gutted when they signed bellamy, back when they were they were a really good side, would be great to see them back in the prem!

[@owenleaper21]

1. leeds 2. cov 3. luton 4. boro (P) 5. west brom 6. burnley 7. norwich 8. blades 9. wednesday 10. qpr 11. sunderland 12. stoke 13. bristol 14. millwall 15. hull 16. cardiff 17. preston 18. swansea 19. watford 20. pompey 21. derby 22. plymouth 23. blackburn 24. oxford

[@Connorpunk2024]

West Brom won’t get 5th when they are in financial trouble, i had them as dark horse but not now

[@owenleaper21]

@@Connorpunk2024 yes but they also have the best manager in the league

[@MENTALHEALTHWITHLUKE]

​@@Connorpunk2024I had west brom.5th a week ago, but not now. They could be bang in trouble in the next couple of seasons.

[@MENTALHEALTHWITHLUKE]

Bottom 3 Oxford. Plymouth. Preston. Surviving. Blackburn. Derby. Both by a point from Preston. 19th sheff weds. 18th Swansea. 17th Watford. 16th Cardiff. 15th millwall. 14th Bristol City. 13th Sunderland. 12th Portsmouth. 11th Stoke. 10th QPR. 9th Coventry. 8th West brom. 7th Hull. 6th Luton. 5th Norwich. 4th. Middlesbrough. 3rd sheff utd. 2nd Leeds. 1st Burnley Millwall fan, we're terrible starters, and our run-in is shocking. I can't see better than 15th. Harris done an amazing job last season and was the only person who could have done that. But I just dont see any progress this season. *sorry Preston, just a hunch and an opinion 👍🏻

[@joematthews4952]

24. Derby 23. Oxford City 22. Plymouth Argyll 21. Blackburn Rovers 20. Swansea City 19. Portsmouth 18. Stoke City 17. Watford 16. Preston North End 15. Cardiff City 14. Bristol City 13. Sunderland 12. Millwall 11. QPR 10. Norwich 9. Sheffield Wednesday 8. Hull City 7. West Bromwich Albion 6. Coventry City 5. Sheffield United 4. Middlesborough 3. Burnley 2. Luton 1. Leeds

[@Tom-eh9ov]

1) Leeds 2) Luton -------- 3) Burnley 4) Coventry 5) Middlesbrough (Play-off winner) 6) Bristol City ------------- 7) Norwich 8) Hull 9) Sheffield United 10) Sheff Wednesday 11) West Brom 12) Preston 13) Cardiff 14) QPR 15) Millwall 16) Stoke 17) Sunderland 18) Swansea 19) Watford 20) Portsmouth 21) Derby ------------ 22) Oxford 23) Blackburn 24) Plymouth

[@shamthereallyawesome275]

Aha I have been waiting for this one Ben!

[@samlumb2926]

Great job Ben ! Are you going to be doing a combined 11 so far video?

[@jayrickett479]

Normally the most pessimistic supporter ever but got a good feeling this year 🦉 🦉 🦉

[@ScottTrenum]

Greetings from Florida. Looking forward to another Championship Season with B Bloom. Matt SB. And Eddie Neddie. Many thanks lads 👏 Up the County 🐏

[@garyhillman4993]

We’ll we’ve lost 20 goals with Summerville but hoping Mateo Joseph can give us 15/20 goals we still need a couple more attacking mids and a left back too

[@TibekHD]

1. Leeds 2. Coventry 3.Burnly 4.Sheffirld utd 5.Luton 6.Middlesbrough 22.Plymouth 23.Portsmouth 24.Oxford

[@AndyMarshall-p1s]

1 - Leeds. 2 - Luton. 3 - Burnley. 4. Coventry. 5 - Sheffield United. 6 - Boro

[@PaulElstins-gt2qc]

❤ play offs SHEFFIELD United COVENTRY Middlesbrough Millwall

[@stephenthomas5737]

Really Wednesday at 10th, as Victor Meldrew would say I DONT BELIEVE IT. This is the season Danny Rowe will leave Wednesday.

[@TheDougOutFootballChannel]

1st Leeds United 🏆 2nd Burnley 3rd Luton 4th Coventry (Play Off Winner) 5th Sheffield United 6th West Brom 7th Norwich City 8th Middlesbrough 9th Millwall 10th Sheffield Wednesday 11th Sunderland 12th Hull City 13th Cardiff City 14th Bristol City 15th Preston 16th QPR 17th Watford 18th Swansea 19th Portsmouth 20th Stoke City 21st Plymouth 22nd Blackburn 23rd Derby 24th Oxford

[@daniellencooper7922]

Bristol City fan. I'd be very pleasantly surprised if we do as well as seventh. We've had a problem scoring enough goals, and I don't know where they are coming from this season. But hey fingers crossed. We should be aiming to break out of mid table. Yes Coventry will do well

[@davidbeniston2012]

I look forward to this every season but this year put off watching it as I thought you would place my team (Sheffield United) in the bottom half thereby confirming my worries having released/sold/let leave due to contracts running out most of last season squad. Pleasantly surprised by the sixth place you’ve predicted, especially since you did your prediction before we signed Gilchrist and Souttar. However we will struggle to put together a challenge because our squad is very very light on numbers. The rest of the transfer window is going to be key. Apart from that it is difficult to disagree with your top six as the squads are today. I would put Luton in automatics rather than Burnley. I think your comments about Leeds maybe losing players late in the transfer window apply to Burnley but not to Luton. Berge will do what he did last season and leave on deadline day, leaving them no time to get a replacement in. Very surprised about your Norwich prediction I would shift them up to fifth and push the others down one position. Leeds have a great squad and an experienced manager I think they will be well clear of everyone. After that I think it is going to be very tight amongst your top ten but also including Norwich. There is always one surprise and unfortunately I think it will be Wednesday. Really liked Danny Roll as a pundit during the Euros. He did well when he came in last season and they have brought in 8 or 9 player this summer, so they will be his choices and therefore I would expect them to do even better than they did in the second half of last season. At the bottom I don’t disagree Oxford will probably struggle and lose touch but the restI think it will very close up to and including your sixteenth Millwall. As is the case every season squads could look very different at the end of the transfer window largely because of loans from Premier League clubs. So it will be great to see your update pod at the end of the window.

[@domberry1502]

*Bacon Rohl

[@WYRG]

Gyoker and Hameres, they sound dangerous at this level too if they existed! LOL

[@Tipps72]

Bristol City’s issues may well centre around scoring goals!! With Conway looking like he won’t play (even if he’s still here), I’m not convinced that Mayulu & Armstrong are going to be consistent enough in front of goal right now, which leave us heavily reliant on the likes of Bell, Mehmeti, Sykes & Hirakawa from wide positions to score & I’m not convinced that will happen enough either, especially for a play-off push.

[@walterino831]

Leeds Burnley Middlesbrough Luton town Coventry Sheffield united West brom Norwich city Millwall Sunderland Stoke Hull city Sheffield wednesday Preston Bristol city Watford Derby county Qpr Swansea Cardiff Plymouth argyle Portsmouth Blackburn rovers Oxford united

[@JoeW9314]

Bloody hell, I think 7th for bristol city is very generous! Hope you're right though 😅

[@alangood8190]

Millwall; of your 16th or 13th prediction I'll go with your 13th (at the very least) again. Understand your logic but we were in a dogfight last season and there was immense pressure to get results so Neil picked experienced players who could deal with it. This year there's more breathing space which will allow our exciting young talent and new signings to step up. We were grieving the loss of our brilliant chairman last season which blew the wind out of everyone's sails which evidently had an adverse affect on all of us psychologically. Time's a healer and we go again. RIP JGB (except match days). MIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLL

[@aaronwheeler1957]

Thanks for the content Ben, I’m a newer fan to English football and I’ve been trying to find as much content as possible to learn from. Yours has been some of my favorite to watch!

[@domberry1502]

Benjamin Bloom is great. Ben HD is great. Sheffield United are the team to follow ;) Up the Blades :D

[@lukefootyboy1147]

My 1 to 24 in championship is 24 Plymouth 23 Oxford 22 watford 21blackbrun 20 derby 19 qpr 18west brom 17portsmouth 16 Cardiff 15 Swansea 14 Bristol City 13 Sheffield Wednesday 12 stoke 11 Preston 10 Middlesbrough 9th hull City 8th Millwall 7 th Sunderland 6 th coventry 5th Norwich 4th Sheffield United 3rd burnley Second place luton First leeds

[@niallcolton6501]

Great video Ben thanks for the content

[@jackninetynine5036]

Top 6: Leeds, Burnley, Coventry, Luton, Mboro, Sheff Utd Bottom 3: Blackburn, Plymouth, Oxford

[@ArgyleLife1886]

Liked before you even start but know we'll be bottom! Long Live Big Ben Bloom!

[@ArgyleLife1886]

wow, maybe not!

[@jacknorman8236]

I completely agree with you regarding Watford! If not, you’re being slightly generous to us. I think we’re in some serious trouble this season.

[@DynoKea]

Going for it and making this my definite. 24th: Plymouth Argyle - Relegated 23rd: Oxford United - Relegated (I want to back Des, but I think the financial gap is growing and it'll be hard to cross) 22nd: Watford - Relegated (Probably my bold pick, or one of two. Just feels like they're trending downwards and I think they'll get caught by the battle late on) 21st: Blackburn Rovers 20th: Derby County (People always talk about Paul Warne's record, but Rotherham were looking good in the final run under him before Derby snatched him away) 19th: Swansea City 18th: Portsmouth 17th: Stoke City 16th: Hull City 15th: Cardiff City 14th: Preston North End 13th: Millwall 12th: Sunderland AFC 11th: Queens Park Rangers 10th: Sheffield Wednesday 9th: West Bromwich Albion 8th: Sheffield United (Not going to be terrible, more just unlucky in playoff battle) 7th: Norwich City 6th: Bristol City (debated putting them here as I've had good vibes on them, but since I'm not going to be the only one boldly backing them) 5th: Middlesbrough 4th: Coventry City 3rd: Burnley 2nd: Luton Town 1st: Leeds United

[@Walesktf]

My Top 6 1/Burnley 2/Leeds 3/Hull 4/Luton 5/West Brom 6/Coventry Relegated; 22/Plymouth 23/Oxford 24/Blackburn My team Cardiff City to end up in 10th position, 2 positions better than last season. We'll flirt with the play-offs on a few occasions but boring, negative, defensively Bullutball means we won't stay in 5th or 6th position for very long. We still haven't got a decent goal scorer to hit the back of the net 15-20 times next season, which will be our Achilles heel.

[@benshelton5230]

1 Leeds 2 Coventry 3 Luton 4 Middlesbrough (P) 5 WBA 6 Burnley 7 Sheffield U 8 QPR 9 Sheffield W 10 Norwich 11 Bristol 12 Hull 13 Cardiff 14 Stoke 15 Preston 16 Swansea 17 Watford (my team) 18 Sunderland 19 Derby 20 Millwall 21 Portsmouth 22 Blackburn 23 Plymouth 24 Oxford

[@robincodna1437]

Great video Ben and fair play on the insults you or anyone else takes, you make a very good point. However! lol Think you've got us 4 places lower than where we will finish to be honest Ben as a Blades fan. We're just about to sign Jesurun Rak-Sakyi on loan who if he delivers we should be right up there. If we retain Hamer then him with O'Hare and Arblaster will be the best midfield in the Championship, in my opinion. There's likely to be further signings also such as Tom Cannon and a goal keeper as well as Tyrese Campbell. I think it's between us, Burnley, Luton and Leeds for the top two and you can't look beyond that for the top two battle. I think Wilder is still as good as before also. You have to remember he took over a total car crash last season. Leeds will be strong but they're likely to sell more of their top players. Also their fans can get on the back of the players and that can be a heavy shirt to wear as a result.

[@domberry1502]

Up the Blades :D

[@Tom-fg4hg]

Cardiff have had a great window 4 quality signings in with no fee and Robertson due this week on a perm from Man City

[@WYRG]

confirmed so far that Leeds have lost Gray Klaesson Cresswell Kamara and Summerville for some kind of money so far, Cairns Bogle Rodon and Rothwell have come in so far, I feel we still have the best starting 11 in the division, but our squad depth needs some extra reinforcements. I'll be doing my 1-24 a day before the season starts, don't worry Ben, you have my word on that!

[@lightninggornall]

wober ,aaronson and a new striker joseph who only had sub appearences last season who will be the leagues top scorer

[@clivet3252]

It's still a pretty strong squad. The question marks are over Farke.

[@lightninggornall]

@@clivet3252 yes they are, no excuses

[@Leedsutd1985]

Don’t forget Aaronson who is like a new signing and Wober replaces Cooper as back up CB. If we get Sara in for Summerville and cover for Firpo, I think that reflects an excellent window.

[@Leedsutd1985]

@@clivet3252you’re kidding aren’t you?? What are these ‘question marks’??

[@pauldavidson3705]

Spot on regarding Norwich, it’s a rebuild this season and I’m happy with that

[@braxtoncouch3400]

1) Burnley 2) Leeds 3) Boro 4) Coventry 5) Sheffield U 6) Luton 22) Blackburn 23) Watford 24) Oxford

[@moze2324]

My championship predictions 1 - Leeds 2 - Burnley 3 - Coventry 4 - Sheff Utd 5 - Boro 6 - Luton 7 - Bristol City 8 - Norwich 9 - Hull 10 - West Brom 11 - Sunderland 12 - Sheff Wed 13 - QPR 14 - Preston 15 - Stoke 16 - Millwall 17 - Cardiff 18 - Swansea 19 - Watford 20 - Portsmouth 21 - Derby 22 - Plymouth 23 - Blackburn 24 - Oxford

[@f5l0uie40]

1st Burnley 2nd Luton 3rd Sheffield United 4th Leeds 5th Middlesbrough 6th Millwall 7th West Brom 8th Norwich 9th Coventry 10th Wednesday 11th Bristol 12th QPR 13th Cardiff 14th Sunderland 15th Watford 16th Preston 17th Hull 18th Oxford 19th Portsmouth 20th Swansea 21st Derby 22nd Stoke 23rd Blackburn 24th Plymouth May be a bit enthusiastic but based on our window so far and still getting more signings I think we’ll do it.

[@robertmason6366]

Cov 9th😅😅😅😅

[@f5l0uie40]

@@robertmason6366 after looking at West Brom’s business I’d probably swap them and Coventry to be honest.

[@tommollett300]

Quite concerned about Luton. Still most recognised senior defenders out injured from last season, and Mengi injured yesterday. I think we’re gonna need to out score teams if we want to take points until those players are back. Edward’s seems to be struggling to attract new signings, which is surprising. Top 6 Leeds Burnley Cov Luton West Brom Middlesbrough Bottom 3 Watford Plymouth Oxford

[@antonydurston3640]

id have luton mid table with the defence they have, i went yesterday and the back line was just dreadful, getting cut open with so much ease, cant see us beating burnley at all. top 3 , leeds burnley hull lol luton mid table

[@peterlangan1181]

Blade here, when we first went up to the Prem we did well, but then we lost a centre back, before the new season, we also got other defensive injuries and we never could fix that, in fact ever since our defence has had lots of injuries, so you are right to be worried. In my view a great defence is the most important part of the team. The attack can have bad days and you can still get a point. If the defence has a bad day you ship goals.

[@tommollett300]

@@peterlangan1181 my thoughts exactly

[@TheHattermick]

Tom, you’re not alone, two quality midfielders missing from last year (hopefully Baptiste can fill one void)…defensively we still look frail and need some bodies back asap…not much depth in the squad at the moment , not sure players like Woodrow, Taylor, Mpanzu etc are consistent game changers…although Pelly changed the game yesterday 🙈

[@robertboyle2016]

Build the new stadium and I don't care.

[@johnnyb5304]

Hard to argue with your predictions, don’t think anyone could do much better 👍

[@purplegurl76]

I think the top of the table is going to be incredibly tight this season, apart from Leeds, I have a feeling they might run away with it. Over 100 point, probably, could easily be a 10-15 point gap between 1st and 2nd. 1 Leeds 2 Luton 3 Burnley 4 Coventry 5 WBA 6 Middlesbrough 7 Sheffield Utd 8 QPR 9 Norwich 10 Millwall 11 Bristol City 12 Sunderland 13 Watford 14 Sheffield Wednesday 15 PNE 16 Cardiff 17 Swansea 18 Stoke 19 Portsmouth 20 Hull 21 Blackburn 22 Plymouth 23 Derby 24 Oxford Utd

[@iliketowatchvideos47]

What makes you say that about leeds?

[@mikebee-69]

Hull 20th? Will be top half for sure

[@clivet3252]

It's not gonna be comfortable with Farke.

[@christophercorbett5074]

As an Ipswich fan don't see any team running off with it Leeds are weaker than last season Middlesbrough Coventry Luton Burnley and both Sheffield clubs will push them very hard And the old enemy? Depends if they keep Jon Rowe and Josh Sergeant If they do will be there or thereabouts as well

[@goncalodias605]

@@mikebee-69hull have a decent manager but a crazy ownership and talent has gone out in droves.

[@Robster6480]

As a Blackburn fan I would have agreed with you a few weeks ago but we’ve made some moves in the market now and expect a couple more if we lose Szmodics. I would also add that we have had one of the top scorers in each of the last few seasons (Armstrong,Brereton, Szmodics) and have always replaced them as they leave. I’m not saying we’re going to challenge the top six but I wouldn’t be surprised if we finish mid table.

[@stuartburgess2626]

That was a really interesting video; thank you for it. Top 3: Burnley, Coventry, Leeds. Bottom 3: Watford, Blackburn, Derby. As for my team, Danny Roehl is doing a superb job and I'm confident we can be above half way in the final analysis. 🦉

[@Isleofskye]

I realise Benjamin that you are knowledgeable but,as you, indirectly, alluded to,their were 3 teams that took off at the end and while you see a continuation of that at QPR and Sheff Wed then you don't at Millwall. This is a better squad than the side that was near the playoffs for 3 successive years before last season's injuey racked,4 Managers,miasma. We have now signed Tandanga permanently and got a prolific scorer in the lower leagues and I think WE could be the "Bristol City". lol There was a real buzz around Millwall who were Top of The Last 12 fixtures and won their last 5 games.

[@smithdsheffieldx6930]

In my view it seems to be three 'leagues' within the championship. All interchangeable with a top 8 Leeds Burnley Coventry Luton Boro WBA Norwich? And quite generously the Blades. Then a 10 team pack in the middle including perennial 12th place Preston and a worryingly improving Wednesday 😮. Then a bun fight to avoid relegation from Plymouth, Derby Blackburn, Oxford, Pompey possibly Millwall and Watford??! Anyway much more exciting than the car crash premier league season i had to sit through last year 😮

[@domberry1502]

The only way is down then up :D UtB

[@MrArgyle73]

Take that for Argyle Ben thinks you secretly have a soft spot for us !😂

[@spig3547]

I'd argue you have a large amount of Leeds fans answering the poll.

[@albypage8747]

1. Middlesbrough 2. Burnley 3. Leeds 4. Coventry 5. Luton 6. Portsmouth 7. West Brom 8. Norwich 9. Sheffield United 10. Preston 11. Milwall 12. Watford 13. Cardiff 14. Derby 15. Swansea 16. Bristol 17. Stoke 18. Sheffield Wednesday 19. Oxford 20. Blackburn 21. Hull 22. Sunderland 23. Plymouth 24. QPR Golden Boot: Latte Lath Golden Glove: Meslier

[@TheKevgray1]

UTB!

[@wolfgangbailey3730]

I think Burnley will drop off a little, and I think Sheff United will finish 3rd instead of second.

[@mattweir991]

1.Leeds 2.Coventry 3.Burnley 4.Luton 5.Boro 6.Sheff Wed 22.Blackburn 23.Plymouth 24.Oxford Im a Cov fan so obviously bias but our squad has a serious amount of goals in it. We have added depth in key positions and look to have a nailed on number one which was a problem last year. My big shout is Rohl to jump up the table with Wednesday and even leapfrog The blades whilst they are in transition. Similarly to us last year, I think the behind the scenes stuff at Hull and WBA will see them have to rebuild next year after consolidating this season.

[@Callon1177]

I hope you're right. I think we (cov) need at least 1 more CB and RB. Possibly also a LB

[@mattweir991]

@@Callon1177 I think Bidwell is strong enough for now, it depends on sheaf and wright the rumours I've seen are that they have gone. We can potentially get that organiser/enforcer that we had in fadz as a CDM. I think we will see much more of Binks this year now he is ours. Him and Thomas with Dovin could be the answer with Joel and Kitch as backups. With our squad and the signings we have made in guessing Robins isnt planning on defending much.

[@domberry1502]

Pigs are going nowhere!

[@bertiekemp4198]

Woah 23rd 😮 I hope a lot of people right us off tbh. I reckon JE is building something better, a bottom half mid table finish. Feel we've brought in a lot of experience players that will see us safe.

[@BulaPc]

Swansea 19th is wild your gone eat those words 😂

[@derrickwright3810]

Dominated Valencia 1st team yesterday and as long as Leeds keep the sqaud as it is they get promoted,gio Rutter scored and did stuff no championship player could dream of doing

[@tombardsley3081]

Valencia aren’t the same team as they were 20 years ago

[@derrickwright3810]

@@tombardsley3081 finished 9th in LA LIGA last season,much stronger than this seasons championship,what you even trying to chatting 😄

[@tombardsley3081]

@@derrickwright3810 15-20 years ago, consistent top 4 side. Had the best striker in the league etc. Now they’re a pretty average team. it’s not the same team as it was before. They were almost relegated in 2022-23. pre season results don’t mean anything.

[@derrickwright3810]

@@tombardsley3081 9th in La Liga,they would beat the rest of championship but for strange reason you think they are ave compared to what leeds will face In championship 😳

[@derrickwright3810]

@@tombardsley3081 results mean something in every game,you dominate teams you probably win the game,goes hand in hand,you talk like someone who’s football team has been losing pre season so they now don’t matter 🤔

[@paulthurgood7822]

1) Leeds United 2) Middlesbrough 3) Coventry City 4) Burnley 5) Luton Town 6) Norwich City Bottom Three 22) Watford 23) Plymouth Argyle 24) Blackburn Rovers

[@tomexelby1902]

Boro fan.... 1 leeds 2 burnley 3 shef utd 4 boro 5 coventry 6 luton 7 sunderland 8 norwich 9 wba 10 shef wed 11 bristol city 12 preston 13 portsmouth 14 stoke 15 qpr 16 watford 17 cardiff 18 millwall 19 plymouth 20 blackburn 21 hull 22 swansea 23 derby 24 oxford

[@domberry1502]

Looking great for now :)

[@gavinmiddleton5676]

As a football fan I agree with you on almost every team... I think Plymouth deserve another successful year and I also back Rooney to do a great job. I'm backing Leeds, Coventry and Middlesbrough for promotion. Great video as always I'll go think about the 24 . Gav from New Zealand 🫶

[@Lowdenjim]

I'll be delighted if you're right about the Blades Ben. I think Wednesday will do better than 10th, and must admit I wish we'd signed Jamal Lowe!

[@ClassyCricket1]

if you don’t predict Leeds to get at least 139 points this season i’m fuming 😡

[@Harry-racer]

They won’t lol 😂

[@MyThoughtsonEverything11]

@@ClassyCricket1 I say easy 200

[@Walesktf]

Excellent! I love your pre-season positivity. I think you will only get 132 points. You will lose 6 points to Cardiff City :)

[@LegoStarWarsTheSkywalkerSaga56]

I say as a Luton fan that’ll never happen

[@Joshyt1907]

Well they aren't going to win every single game I believe the max amount you can get is 138 points.

[@matttias3]

Many Norwich fans will bite at a Ipswich fan predicting them 12th however I agree. Massive transition season. Loads of players way past their best on big wages and under contracts. Sara already gone since the video was released. Sarge and Rowe likely to follow and only minimal money reinvested. Wasted all pre season with many key positions not even having a signed on or trialist to play there. Only shining light is some kids might get a chance to shine an become the new heroes (best sellable asset). Negative is I’m not sure our fans will give the new boss the time he needs. I truly believe we are lucky to have got him as gaffer knowing his work pre Norwich. Just needs time to really get through this season and then build. Great video.

[@stephenthomas5737]

Again watched your predictions, Derby at 21 really Paul Warne will leave the club by Christmas if they are just above the drop zone as Derby will expect mid table finish. I have Plymouth as being relegated Rooney had a hand in Derby going down, then Birmingham and this season Plymouth. Not sure about where you have Blackburn either.

[@SB-sj4uz]

1. Leeds 2. Boro 3. Luton ---------- 22. Plymouth 23. Oxford 24. Wednesday