Ollie’s play-off predictions

Ian Holloway gives his predictions ahead of the Football League play-off semi-final second-legs

Championship

Brighton v Sheffield Wednesday (0-2 agg) – (Monday, 7.45pm, Sky Sports 1 HD)

I feel for Chris Hughton – I’ve never seen a game like it. A game of such magnitude and importance, and for four of your players to go down, is just unbelievable. In the space of a week they could end up losing everything. However, this is life and football can be unfair at times.

Hughton is a very experienced man and will do his best to put a team together to trouble a confident Wednesday outfit. They’ve got to claw back a two-goal deficit, but I think they’ll give it a good go in front of their home fans, who have to create a raucous atmosphere, like the Wednesday fans did on Friday. I urge the Brighton fans to stay with their team.

Can Hughton’s boys do it? Of course. Will they? They’ll need everything to go their way. They may just fall short.

OLLIE PREDICTS: 2-1

Hull v Derby (3-0 agg) – (Tuesday, 7.45pm, Sky Sports 1 HD)

Hull were magnificent on Saturday. They performed in a way I expected them to do all season. I expect them to see the job through very easily on Tuesday.

What happens at that Derby group? Those players have got to grow some. They lack character. You have to have the will do achieve something, not just the skill. It doesn’t really matter who the manager is at Derby, whether it’s Harry Redknapp and Darren Wassall, there’s a massive character flaw within that squad. The crowd went quiet. The team went …

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