Watford became the first team to go down this season after their 1-1 draw with Manchester City, but it's not clear yet who will be joining them in the Coca-Cola Championship next season.

The writing has been on the wall for Watford for a long time, but recently they have been playing well and could easily have drawn against Chelsea at home but for Salomon Kalou's last-minute winner. I think a lot of teams coming from the Championship start very slowly and lose a few matches initially but by the time they warm up to the Premiership it is usually too late to save them, and I think that's what happened to the Hornets.

I am just wondering who will join Watford, and at the moment it could be any two from West Ham, Charlton,
Sheffield United, Wigan or Fulham. Bobby Zamora's wonderful strike against Everton kept the Hammers hopes of surviving alive but I think their goal difference could be a real stumbling block.

West Ham's last three games are away to Wigan and Manchester United and then at home to Bolton, but it is that  Old Trafford fixture that must be causing a lot of concern for the Hammers supporters. The teams West Ham are playing all need to win their matches for various reasons - Bolton for Europe, Wigan for survival and Manchester United for the title. So its a tough road ahead.

Charlton, who also started the season badly, are facing Blackburn and Liverpool away and then Tottenham at home. Compared to West Ham's fixture list, this is not a bad one at all and a win against Blackburn could get them on the right path, but Spurs will still be fighting to finish in the UFFA places and that could be the big decider. Liverpool might have secured third place by then but will want to finish with a win at Anfield. All the same, Charlton could get something out of that match.

Sheffield United, Wigan and Fulham are currently outside the relegation zone and of the three, Sheffield have a
favourable fixture line-up. At the beginning of the season over at Owatalk , I didn't give the Blades much of a chance to survive in the Premiership, but they look like they will avoid the drop, especially after their brave, deserved draw at The Valley over the weekend.

Neil Warnock's side have two home games, against Watford and Wigan, and an away match at Villa Park. They should be able to push aside already relegated Watford and from there all they need are four points from the last two matches to make certain of survival.

Wigan have an interesting fixture list, facing two relegation-threatened teams (West Ham and Sheffield) and then a home match with Middlesbrough. For them it's going to be like playing in three cup finals in a row but depending on other results the last match against Sheffield may not be all that significant.

Fulham quietly slipped into the relegation dog-fight after losing their way in the second half of the season,
which culminated in the sacking of their manager, Chris Coleman. Their fixture list is a tough one with just one
home match against Liverpool but two tough away matches against Arsenal and Middlesbrough. On 36 points, they will be hoping that results elsewhere will save them, but I will not be surprised to see them relegated, especially if they fail to garner more than three points from their remaining three matches.

So we enter a critical phase of the Premiership season as teams at the bottom try to avoid the drop and I hope
we are going to watch some exciting matches to cap what has been a wonderful season. Meanwhile, hop over to http://www.owatalk.com for more.

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