Neil Warnock plays down automatic promotion hopes

Neil Warnock believes that Leeds United won't gain automatic promotion to the Premier League this season.

By Jack Prescott, Rugby Editor | 15 August 2012

Leeds United manager Neil Warnock has claimed that his side will not win automatic promotion from the Championship this season.

The Yorkshire club, who finished 14th last year, are bidding to seal a place in the Premier League for the first time since 2004.

"If I put my hand on my heart, I don't think we're automatic promotion material," said Warnock. "That's not me being defeatist, I'm just being realistic about the squad we've got. I'm telling you what I see.

"As far as the playoffs go, I'm optimistic that we'll have as good a chance as most clubs of getting in there."

United start the new Championship season at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday.

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2	Leeds United Leeds	45	27	9	9	80	41	39	90
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6	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	45	20	12	13	67	47	20	72
7	Hull City	45	19	13	13	68	59	9	70
8	Middlesbrough	45	19	9	17	68	61	7	66
9	Coventry City Coventry	44	17	13	14	68	55	13	64
10	Preston North End Preston	44	18	9	17	56	61	-5	63
11	Bristol City	45	17	11	17	53	47	6	62
12	Cardiff City Cardiff	45	19	5	21	51	65	-14	62
13	Swansea City Swansea	45	15	12	18	59	64	-5	57
14	Watford	45	13	17	15	60	58	2	56
15	Sunderland	45	16	8	21	52	52	0	56
16	Millwall	45	15	11	19	44	55	-11	56
17	Queens Park Rangers QPR	45	14	11	20	45	57	-12	53
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20	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	45	14	8	23	42	68	-26	50
21	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	45	12	12	21	58	70	-12	48
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23	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield	45	9	18	18	48	75	-27	45
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