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'Town must beat QPR or we will bottle play-offs'

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We asked for your thoughts and predictions before the final day Championship showdown in the race for automatic promotion to the Premier League between Ipswich Town, Millwall and Middlesbrough.

Victory for the Tractor Boys guarantees them promotion, while a draw will only be enough if the Lions fail to win and Boro do not overhaul a five-goal difference.

Should Ipswich lose, they would then need both Millwall and Middlesbrough to fail to win.

Here are a selection of your responses:

Brian: If Ipswich can replicate the performance they produced against Southampton then I’m certain they’ll beat QPR and gain promotion.

Ruth: Ipswich have to win Saturday! We will bottle it if we go to play-offs. I think we can do it, the team just need to believe in ourselves more!

James: I just have this uneasy feeling the Ipswich will lose against QPR whilst Boro and Millwall both win, thus putting Town in the play-offs where they will fall short. Hope to be proved wrong but Ipswich have a unique way of putting us through it!

Ian: If we play against QPR with the determination we showed v Saints we will be too strong for them. But if we fail, we will not have the resistance to win the play-offs. Millwall will beat relegated Oxford and I fancy Wrexham to beat Boro. Regardless, Saints look strong, they are the form team and will win the play-offs as they did two years ago.

Paul: To be honest, the Premier League is not the promised land, the Championship is more like a land flowing with milk and honey! I’m chilled. If we don’t get promoted, Ipswich can have another year of winning and pumping in the goals rather than the misery of picking up just eight or nine wins.

Daniel: Surely we’ve got it in the bag. QPR are possibly the most ‘on the beach’ a team can be, I cannot see us not winning. Millwall and Boro have been outstanding this season, probably performed better than us, but unfortunately it seems like we’ve just edged it.

Liam: I am 100% confident that we will finally get the job done against QPR at the weekend and get back into the Premier League.

Yestin: Very committed performance on Tuesday night, however we saw the same away against Norwich and we know what happened immediately after. Can McKenna raise the team to beat QPR who will be no walkover? This game is the £190 million game if you think about parachute payments where needed.

I still fail to understand why no striker of quality was signed on day one of relegation from the Premier League. Yes [Ivon] Azon looked good on Tuesday night but what about the rest of the season?

Stephen: Suffolk lad, Ipswich fan since the glorious Bobby Robson days. Honestly, we haven’t shown the consistency needed for the Premier League and we would enjoy next year more in the Championship. Not a popular view among the fans I’m sure.

Rhys: Ipswich should get the job done, McKenna’s got to after having multiple chances to win it before the final day.

Andy: Jack Clarke brings it home with an Aguero type moment in the last minutes! On second thoughts, let’s just have a comfortable 3-0 win shall we?

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