“Horrible” – Pundit issues clear Stoke City warning as pressure mounts on Steven Schumacher
Andy Hinchcliffe has given his verdict on the relegation battle in the Championship this season
Andy Hinchcliffe has identified one team in the Championship relegation battle that should be very worried.
There are several teams still fighting for their survival from the drop to League One, with just eight points separating 15th from 23rd.
Only Rotherham United’s spot in the bottom three looks assured, with the Millers occupying 24th, 16 points adrift with 12 games to go.
That leaves two places still to be decided, with Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City currently joining Rotherham in the relegation zone.
It is set to be an exciting battle to determine who the teams that go down this year will be, as we approach the run-in to the end of the campaign.
Hinchcliffe makes relegation claim
Hinchcliffe believes Stoke will be the team most concerned about relegation to the third tier, especially given how things have gone under Steven Schumacher in recent weeks.
However, he has claimed that all it can take to turn things around is two or three wins, so there are still plenty of games left to determine who will go down.
“I’m not sure entertaining or enjoyable would be the words that fans of the probably nine clubs that are in the mix for relegation from the Championship would use,” said Hinchcliffe, via Sky Sports.
“It’s a horrible time, you just want to survive.
“For survival, it’s not going to be about beating those teams in the top 10, it’s what you do against the teams around you.
“You can directly affect your chances and knock somebody else off course as well.
“But, I think the team you have got to be most worried for is Stoke because Steven Schuemacher has gone there, it was okay for a while but that’s gone horribly wrong.
“So, I still think a lot can happen, a lot could change down there, there’s plenty of games left, but it’s about finding a bit of confidence, finding a bit of form.
“Teams like QPR and Millwall winning, Huddersfield winning in the way they did at Watford, again that can lead to maybe two or three wins which might be enough to keep you up.”
