New faces, chasers and strugglers – what to look out for in the EFLImage source, ShutterstockImage caption, Millwall and Bolton are six points off the automatic promotion places in the Championship and League One respectivelyByGlenn SpellerBBC Sport EnglandPublished1 hour agoWhile the cat is away the mice will play so, while some EFL clubs look to the magic of the FA Cup this weekend, their rivals will hope to steal a march by putting points on the board.Middlesbrough and Coventry fans can spend the weekend pacing up and down waiting for their Championship showdown under the Monday night lights, but for now let us concentrate on what Saturday brings us.Ed Still takes charge of Watford for the first time with the top six in view and there is a world where Millwall can push themselves into the automatic promotion conversation.Leagues One and Two present us with two first v third match-ups along with play-off pushes and relegation scraps.Here are five things which have caught our eye.Still steps into Hornets nestImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ed Still has previously managed Belgian sides Charleroi, KAS Eupen and KV KortrijkWatford appointing a new head coach is not really big news. Watford having a third head coach in the same season is not really big news either. But Watford appointing Ed Still is definitely news.
Having watched his brother Will succeed on the continent but then fail with Southampton in the Championship this season, it has not deterred his older sibling from stepping into the chaotic world of Vicarage Road.
The 35-year-old’s first engagement is at fellow play-off hopefuls Preston (15:00 GMT) and it is the competitive nature of the Championship which means, despite being six games without a win, victory at Deepdale could push the Hornets into the play-off places.
“It’s tough, it isn’t the same as European football – it’s super, super, super-competitive, I think it’s the most competitive league across Europe,” Still told the BBC’s 72+ EFL podcast.
“I am 100% a head coach, I am definitely not a manager – I am just a cog in Watford FC.”
The trouble for Still is Watford like to change their cogs quite a lot and getting off to a winning start will be no easy matter at a Preston side who know a win themselves will guarantee them finishing Saturday in the top six.
