The new Championship season is almost here and its time to start thinking of everybodys chances. Will we have one team run away with the title like Cardiff did last year or will it be a closer contest? Here Ill have a look at who I think will make the top six and who I think will face the dreaded drop to League One. If you disagree, add your comments at the bottom!Champions: ReadingThe Royals were unlucky to be relegated last season yes, they were 11 points away from safety but I think if they hadnt sacked Brian McDermott they would have been able to avoid the relegation zone. Despite that, Nigel Adkins is a good manager, as Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey proved by getting Southampton from League 1 to the Premiership, he knows the league and is more than capable of guiding Reading to promotion. Wayne Bridge and Royston Drenthe are good signings for the club and will bring experience as well as something different to the team. They already have a group of cla s players and if they can keep hold of Alex McCarthy and Adam Le Fondre theyll be able to have a great season.2nd place:Leicester CityThe Foxes were one of the best teams in the league last season and if it wasnt for their diabolical run for the last few months of the season they would have finished first or second. They have one of the youngest squads in the league which will have learned from their mistakes from last season and will be back better than ever this term. With Jermaine Beckford set to leave for Bolton they can now start to sign a few players to strengthen the positions they are weakest in and be ready for the start of the season. Their captain Wes Morgan is arguably the best defender in the division and they have a great set of strikers to bang in the goals which could secure them the promotion they have been seeking for nearly ten years. It will be a close call between City Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jersey and Reading for top spot but I reckon that The Royals will just edge it in the end.3rd place:Nottingham ForestFor the past few years Forest have been seriously lacking the spark they used to have. Nearly getting relegated thanks to Steve McClarens reign was a real wake up call for the Midlands club. After Billy Davies return last season The Reds seemed stronger and managed to get up to 8th after a bad start to the season. Now that Davies has had a summer to prepare his squad I think theyll be in lethal form next term. The signing of Jack Hobbs from Hull will really strengthen the team as he is a quality player and has experience of succe s in the Football League a promotion and play-off semi-final with Leicester and promotion with Hull will really stand him in good stead and he will be itching to get to the Premier League. Dorus de Vries is a good keeper and his signing from Wolves will give them some extra a surance at the back. Forest will have a cracking season but they wont be ready for the top yet, I think theyll sit comfortably in the play-offs all season but automatic will be well out of sight for them.4th place:Watford(Play-off Winners)At the start of last season The Hornets werent expected to create any fireworks. But Gianfranco Zolas side set out to prove everybody wrong and they had a great season. If they had won the play-offs nobody would have denied that they deserved it. The lo s to Palace in the final would have hurt the side but theyll come back itching to set the record straight. The signing of Lewis McGugan from Forest is a great addition to an already good side and now they have Danny Pudil and Marco Ca sestti on a permanent basis, theyre almost ready for the start of the season. Zola will make sure his team set out on a good start this year and they will definitely be promotion contenders, but I think the quality Mirza Teletovic Jersey of Reading and Leicester is better than that of Watford and I think a comfortable play-off finish is more likely. Dont get me wrong, Watford are a good side, and I think they will win the play-offs this time around but they might let themselves down a bit towards the end of the season, like they did on the final day of last year.5th place:QPRQPR were destined for relegation last season and even with Harry Redknapps help they were unable to do anything about it. But Redknapp is a cracking manager and will do his best do get The Hoops back to the top, however he himself admitted that promotion in their first season back in the Championship would be difficult. They really need to sort their squad out as despite the undoubted quality they have, the players just cant seem to work together as a team and they need more time to gel. Julio Cesar looks certain to leave but Rob Green remains, and he is a good goalkeeper for this divison Matthew Dellavedova Jersey . Joey Bartons future at Loftus Road is also unclear but Loic Remy and Adel Taarabt dont look like theyre going anywhere, and players like Park Ji Sung, Jermaine Jenas and Richard Dunne will be crucial to their season. Shaun Derry has experience of the division and has been described as the perfect midfielder for the Championship. Rangers will have a good season but I doubt they will be able to mount any real promotion challenge as their fans might expect.6th place:Bolton WanderersThe Trotters are showing something different under Dougie Freedman than they were with Owen Coyle. They seem to have upped their game and are fighting to get back into the Premier League. They were unlucky last season, mi sing out on the play-offs on the final day to a miracle with Leicester City. But what they showed before that, climbing out from the threat of relegation to the top six was incredible to say the least. Theyll be back this term hoping to show that same quality from first game. The departure of Kevin Davies will hit the team hard not only did he bring quality but his leadership qualities and experience benefited the team. They have made a few good signings though Alex Baptiste and Marc Tierney will strengthen the team at the back and the incoming addition of Jermaine Beckford Thon Maker Jersey could go either way. One thing is for sure though Bolton are going to be fighting for the play-offs again this season.22nd place:Sheffield WednesdayWednesday will try their hardest this season but I dont think they have what it takes to stay up. Dave Jones is an average manager at best and they havent really made any signings to aid the team, neither have they got many players of the quality to stay up. Jeremy Helan from Man City will either be a truly