Neil Warnock delivers typical response to Leeds, Burnley, Sheffield United promotion prediction | OneFootball

Neil Warnock has offered some insight into how a manager handles the run-in amid a close Championship promotion battle

Neil Warnock has given a typical response to Sky Sports’ report on the supercomputer’s predictions for the end of the Championship promotion battle between Leeds United, Sheffield United and Burnley.

The Whites took an important step on the way back to the Premier League on Tuesday night with a 1-0 win away to Middlesbrough, which moved them into top spot in the table as the Blades lost to Millwall and Burnley drew with Derby County.

However, prior to the win, Sky Sports’ supercomputer gave them a 67 percent chance of promotion, with Burnley sitting on 79.2 percent and the Blades on 53.5 percent.

Daniel Farke’s side will believe their chances have now increased after leapfrogging their rivals on Tuesday night.

Neil Warnock issues supercomputer response on Sky Sports

When shown the predictions made by the supercomputer, Warnock made it clear he was against the idea of listening to the model.

He believes that, as a manager, it’s something he would ignore and not tell his players if he was in charge of a side competing for a place in the Premier League.

“No, no, I’m not a big believer in the computer, I’m afraid,” said Warnock, via Sky Sports on Instagram.

“You got my feelings there.

“Not a cat in hell’s chance [I’d mention that to my players].

“No, no!”

Warnock has previously gained promotion eight times in his managerial career, the most of any coach in English football, most recently bringing Cardiff City to the Premier League in 2018.

Championship promotion fight

Leeds moved back into top spot in the Championship table on Tuesday night with a 1-0 win at the Riverside, with the team level on points with Burnley.

Sheffield United are two points further back, the same amount of points they were docked by the EFL before the campaign got underway.

There are just five games remaining for all three teams to decide the two automatic promotion places, with the third already qualified for the play-offs as a consolation prize.

Warnock knows better than anyone how to handle the promotion run-in

This is insightful from Warnock, given he managed eight teams to promotion before in his career.

Supporters will be keen to find out their team’s chances of promotion with only a handful of games left, but the 76-year-old would shield his players from such information.

The next few weeks will be a big test of all three managers involved in this top two fight, with all three previously achieving promotion to the Premier League themselves.

That experience will come in handy, with Farke and Scott Parker both twice earning a place in the top flight, compared to Wilder’s one.