Every good Championship campaign needs a dark horse, an outsider for promotion who stuns the league competition. Last season saw Norwich rocket from mid-table mediocrity to runaway champions.
The season before we were privy to Fulham's remarkable turnaround and it was David Wagner who beat the odds with Huddersfield the year prior to that. That's not to mention passion projects like Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds, who came so close but fell short last season.
The gulf in quality between the top and bottom is arguably smaller than any other league often, making for a thrilling chase for promotion with anything from 15-16 teams harbouring serious promotion ambitions going into the season.