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| Balance of Probabilities 9 game ban |
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Posted by: themaclad - Yesterday, 19:24 - Forum: Preston North End
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We are extremely disappointed at the decision made by an independent regulatory commission to sanction Milutin Osmajić and impose a nine-match suspension, following an incident which took place in a league fixture against Burnley on 15th February 2025.
We note that the outcome was determined on the 'Balance of Probabilities' rather than one that is 'Beyond Reasonable Doubt'.
We also note that The FA determined that this decision offers no moral judgement, was not premeditated nor any comment about his general character.
Milutin has always pleaded his innocence of the charge and continues to do so. We continue to be fully supportive of our player.
We are proud of our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion policies and practices, and we reaffirm our opposition to all forms of discrimination.
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Sets a dangerous precedent, not commenting on a scale of annoyance of 1-10, I'm at 19
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| WBA vs Oxford - Match Thread |
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Posted by: Ska'dForLife-WBA - Yesterday, 17:51 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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During the Age of Sail, the office of the First Lord of the Admiralty in Whitehall had mounted on its wall a large dial geared to a weathervane on the building's roof, which allowed the First Lord to see at a glance, without leaving his desk, which way the wind was currently blowing (a device which, though rendered obsolete for naval purposes by steam power, continues to prove useful to this day in most other Whitehall offices). I only mention this because in my more fanciful moments, I like to imagine the oak-panelled walls of Lancaster Gate - if not the headquarters of Ladbrokes or Paddy Power - festooned with rows of barometers, ninety-two in total, which display the managerial pressure at every club from Brunton Park to the Amex. Thus, any employee walking the halls en route to file away the VAR footage of the Kennedy assassination (on-field verdict upheld) or pay the last installment of the bribe to Tofik Bakhramov, can instantly see the few needles riding as high as HANDS OFF! HE'S OURS, the larger number holding steady at KEEP THE FAITH, the multitudes hovering around QUESTIONS TO ANSWER, and the luckless few sinking inexorably down to IN THE NAME OF GOD, GO.
And Albion's barometer? Well, it's not going in the direction Ryan Mason would like it to, as our winless run extends to four and a goalless point at home to Wednesday is the best result of the bunch. The needle might not be in freefall yet, but frankly, it's only ninety minutes away.
Oxford are Saturday's visitors, and while last weekend demonstrated all too vividly why we can't simply expect to put relegation-battling teams to the sword even on home soil, winning is simply a necessity this time round, as narrowly or unconvincingly as it may come. With local derbies coming hot on the heels of the international break, there may not be many more chances for Mason to turn the ship around if this one goes begging.
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| Terriers v Pilgrims 08-Nov-2025 |
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Posted by: theo_luddite - Yesterday, 17:44 - Forum: Huddersfield Town
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The AccuMcGalphsmiths Stadium
Haul away me hearties
Anchorages available at Red Doles
Or Wakefield Road/St. Andrews Road basin
HD1 (ish)
Kick-off 15:00 UK Time
Saturday 08/11/25
The Pilgrims set sail for Yorkshire this weekend with both sides looking to navigate their way back to winning ways in the League. A good start for Town has turned into a clattering of oars and catching of many crabs over the last few weeks, not to mention injuries, whilst Argyle got off to a bad start, showed a glimour of a recovery and then reverted to early season form. Town have sunk to 9th, from an early season 2nd and are 6 points behind the play-off places. Argyle are back dredging around the bottom 4 in 22nd place but also only 6 points behind Town. They could also be getting that sinking feeling again, but their season just may flower once again, but let's hope it starts after this weekend.
On the tellybox
My favourite TV website says not but it's been wrong before. Otherwise HTTV for furrin subscribers, Bet365 if that's your thing or dodgy stick channels that haven't been shut down yet.
Latest news
- Huddersfield Town’s recent Walk For Denis raises £49,166.73 in total
- Club’s latest Walk For Pounds held in honour of Denis Law
- Funds raised for both Alzheimer’s Society and Huddersfield Town Foundation
https://www.htafc.com/news/2025/november...-society-/
Who gave the 3p? They all did.
Out Injured/Suspended/Isolating
This could take a while - we've a whole starting 11 out now, if one of them wants to play in goals. From the presser as translated by Mr. Chicken, with typo's fixed or made worse by me.
Alfie May is suspended for the next two league games but has picked up a lower leg injury anyway, which kept him out of Tuesday’s clash with Mansfield. The forward had a scan on Tuesday and it is hoped he will be able to be back in training next week.
Joe Low also missed the Mansfield game, with a calf injury. He is very unlikely to appear against Plymouth this weekend. Low is hoped to be back available after the international break, or shortly thereafter.
Lynden Gooch has a calf injury too. He had a scan on Monday that did not reveal any major damage. He has not been back in training yet this week it is hoped he might be available to play a part this weekend.
Jack Whatmough had hoped to be back from his calf injury already but suffered a setback in his recovery. And any guesses on David Kasumu’s injury? Yep, calf, you got it. Both players could be looking at returns on the other side of the international break.
Antony Evans also hit a bump in the road (not literally, we assume) on his recovery from a knee injury and is also looking like missing the Plymouth game at the very least.
Leo Castledine is out with the shoulder injury he suffered at Wycombe and is likely to keep him out for the next few weeks.
Murray Wallace remains sidelined with a foot injury, and Marcus McGuane is still working his way back from a long lay-off with a groin issue.
Will Alves, Herbie Kane and Zepiqueno Redmond are all long-term absentees.
Back training but not oven ready/Back in the frame
Well there were hopes for a few of them above .... looks like we'll have a few kids on the bench and we might make the fewest changes ever after an EFL Trophy game. We've still got Friday's training and Saturday's warm up to injure a few more.
Last time out
We finally won one. Mansfield made the short journey from the northern end of Sherwood Forest on the back of a 3:2 home win to Harrogate in the FA Cup and a run of 5 games unbeaten in the League.
After 5 defeats in all competitons Town came out with their pop-guns blazing. Dion Charles finally got the monkey off his back when the ball ballooned off some part of his body over the keeper and into the net in the 3rd minute. The ("cough") net buster he needed to lift the grey clouds that had settled around his head.
2-0 up at half-time after Feeney poked the ball in from a yard out, Town took the tea urn with the mogadon in it again into their dressing room at half-time and Mansfield had one back in the first minute of the 2nd half. However, The Stags, who played in the first half like Town have played in far too many games this season, failed to build on the momentum (despite being a place above Town after the last set of League fixtures) and reverted to playing like Town for the rest of the match. Charles had had a 2nd chalked off for off-side in the first half but buried a header from Ledson's cross in the 84th minute to win the tie and send Town through to the "Round of 32". There's still a shed load of fixtures to be played before the 2nd round is drawn.
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Plymouth played at Wycombe last weekend and lost 2-0 in the FA Cup 1st Round.
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At least that was in a clash between two League 1 sides, as were Town losing at Bolton and Cardiff losing at cellar dwellers Pish Posh. Plenty of other League 1 sides lost to lower league opponents last weekend, though the telebox boys were mostly distracted elsewhere. In no particular order of shock value, Sadfud lost at Cheltenham , Reading lost to Carlisle (AET), Lincoln lost at Salford on penalties, Oldham beat Northampton, Rotherham were beaten by Swindon (AET), The Spirites won at Stevenage . Special mention to AFC Wimbledon for being the only League 1 side to lose to a National League side, 0:2 at home to Gateshead.
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Look what we could have won.
Bolton got drawn away to Swindon, (those roundabouts, ) and Plymouth could have had another local derby at Halifax Town's conquerors, Exeter.
North of the border Celtic, managed again by Martin O'Neill, who has taken his slippers off for a few weeks, beat Rangers, led by former Wendies boss Danny Röhl 3:1 in the Scottish League Cup Semi. (St. Mirren in the final). They then flew over the North Sea to Legoland and lost by the same score to Midtjylland. Some up and coming youngster called Phil Billing gave them the run around in midfield. We should keep an eye on him, we're a bit short on lanky midfielders at the moment.
Tables
Bonus tables this weekend.
Plymouth started with 4 straight defeats following relegation. They then won three of the next 4 before going on a run of a loss, a win, a draw and then losing their last 3 league games.
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Yorksha League
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Musical Interlude
A Google search for "famous musicians plymouth devon" throws up famous dancers such as Wayne Sleep and, er, Angela Rippon. Who knew?
Wot? A Muddled England band from Devon - well, not quite but apparently Dave Hill is from Devon. Tenuous link, his family moved to Wolvo when he was one year old, which at least explains his accent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6McTea5IaDY
Fishermens Friends
OK, not striclty Plymouth, or Devon, but from that funny bit next door that sticks out into the Atlantic, but they play a lot of gigs in Plymouth. Apparently.
https://youtu.be/8HvMoLHrz6M
55 years and still touring - Wishbone Ash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooKz6Oa7lrk
Josh Stone (and a pot hole repair guy, of dubious origin).
https://youtu.be/-bPCz_rYRSM?si=IyyOGv8NMETz0WcV
The Sack Race
Well here we go again. I don't do a thread for a couple of weeks and The Chairlumps of English football lose their sh.. heads again.
A few short weeks after signing a 3 year contract Vitor Pereira departed Wolves, saying he should have left in the Summer. He wouldn't have a 3 year contract's worth of payments to come though if he had (or whatever his contract says he's owed). Until his next job obvs. I can confirm he used to go for a pint in the pubs in Wolvo as he was sat on the table next to mine in one of my locals the other week. It was only when he was getting pestered for autographs that I realised it was him, such is the notice I take of Wolves. It all got rather toxic rather quickly however.
Wolves being Wolves with no plan, first of all went back to the bloke they sacked before him, Gary O'Niel. Well, they are probably still paying him off too. He soon got wind of the lack of support from the fans (down right hostile again to be honest) on local soshul meedja and bailed while he was still ringing around his mates for coaching jobs. Then they made a move for Rob Edwards at Boro, but were quickly told to, er, look elsewhere (rhymes with "cough" in Smoggieland). The bookies still have him down as favourite so they must know something we don't or they've not heard any other whispers worth changing their odds for.
Vitor Pereira was quickly joined at the job Centre by Will Still at Sarfamton. Two wins following relegation from the Prima Donna League did for him. Current bookies fave for this job is someone called Gary O'Niel.
Last week in our division, Leam Richardson took over at Reading and Luke Williams at Pish Posh and er, well one of them won at the weekend and the other one won last night.
Innies and Outies
A few bailed from The Mayflower when they were relegated last season, though they got a few quid for them in return. They spent some of that on bringing in Lorent Tolaj from Port Vale.
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Who's banging 'em in
That worked out reasonably well as Tolaj is their leading scorer on 5. If only they could defend.
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They can't all win
Reading won 1:0 last night at home to Stevenage in a televised game that was probably largely ignored elsewhere in the country as it was a European night.
Northampton play Mansfield and Wycombe play Orient in the early kick-offs/telebox games. Well Sky have promised to show each club a minimum number of times so games like these are bound to pop up.
At the top, Stockport are home to Luton, Bradford are home Burton then there's a bunch of top v bottom games. Cardiff are at Blackpool, Pish Posh are at home to The Wombles, Bolton are home to Port Vale. In amongst all that Lincoln go to Rotherham and we have another Yorksha League derby with Doncaster at home to Barnsley.
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We've played 'em before
Two seasons back, when we played each other in the division above, the first match of the seaon was in Colin's back yard and Plymouth won 3-1, with the return fixture a 1-1 draw. Town were relegated at the end of the season, but Plymouth stayed up, mostly on the back of the 19 goals scored by Morgan Whittaker. Despite only scoring 3 for Plymouth last season, Boro came waving wads of cash and smuggled goods from Teesside that could be stashed in the caves along the Devon coast last January. That didn't work out too well for either side as Whittaker never scored for Boro in the League either and without his goals, Plymouth eventually sunk into League 1. Whittaker got the Boro monkey off his back in October, scoring in successive wins against Ipswich and Wendies.
Otherwise Town are ahead in the fixture by a few games.
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Next up?
As it's another International weekend, Town's game at Cardiff next weekend has been moved to Cup R2 weekend in December. our next League match is at Mansfield in 2 weeks time.
Pressers.
Lee Grant doesn't appear to be going anywhere soon based on Kevin the Gerbil's comments, so he and Ryan Lesdon get the hard questions from Town's website after doing the easy one's from Radio Local.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HczWomfAAE
The views from Plymouth Hoe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPWfCHq7pws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXi4HVLWUzQ
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| Millwall The New Den 8/11/2025 12.30pm |
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Posted by: themaclad - Yesterday, 09:32 - Forum: Preston North End
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No one likes them but they don't care
The Old Den, never visited it, mores the pity really, howevere it's replacement isn't bad, although being lumbered with a 12.30 kick off is more than a piss take by the league, the coach leaves at 5.30 am, luckily the Avanti West Coast leaves at 8am, barring, any landslips. Lord Mayor's show tomorrow as well, so London likely to be rammed.
https://www.millwallfc.co.uk/
MANAGER
Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981)[2] is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently head coach of EFL Championship club Millwall.
Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley. He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer. After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008.
He became Hamilton's player-manager in 2013 and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2014. In January 2015 he was appointed manager of Norwich City, as the second youngest manager in the Football League at the time. Neil guided Norwich to promotion to the Premier League, by winning the 2015 Football League Championship play-off final. Norwich suffered relegation the following season, and in March 2017, Neil was sacked. He was appointed Preston North End's manager on 4 July 2017 and led the team to seventh place in the 2017–18 Championship. On 11 February 2022 Neil was appointed manager of Sunderland. They were promoted from League One to the Championship, winning 2–0 in the play-off final. He left later that year to become the manager of Stoke City.
Alex was a decent manager although did end up boring me to death with style of play, still lives up here
FORM GUIDE
LIONS 13 PNE 11
Both sides in decent nick although they got bang at Brum
New and netters
South Bermondsey's history is shaped by its industrial past, including early railway viaducts built in the 1830s and a later role as a center for leatherworking and food processing, earning it nicknames like "Biscuit Town". The area has undergone significant transformation, moving from an agricultural landscape in the 1840s to an industrial hub by the late 19th century, followed by residential and commercial redevelopment in the latter half of the 20th century. Today, the area continues to evolve, with a focus on maintaining its industrial character while also accommodating new uses.
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| What Has Gone Wrong? |
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Posted by: Arcane Astral Aeons - 05-11-2025, 12:43 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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i`m in no way calling for the manager to go:
but as we all know things have taken a turn for the worst
from being promotion contenders we are now looking over our shoulders at the bottom of the table.
yes the manager will get the brunt of the flak
is he out of his depth?
been supporting this lot since i was 10yrs old
seen good times
and the bad
i am the eternal optimist that we can still salvage something from this season
is our manager skating (already) on thin ice?
maybe he is
if he is dismissed
who will be next?
we have so called strikers that suddenly forget where the goal is
a midfield that have no idea how to pass the ball
as i said i`m optimistic we can salvage this season
we aint going to get promoted
and i sure we wont go down....but as the saying goes...."Football....It`s A Funny Old Game"
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| Prediction League Week 11 Results |
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Posted by: St Charles Owl - 05-11-2025, 00:26 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Group A
Twerton 15
Minizin 11
BaggieVicar 9
Zimnan 8
Stairs 5
A.A.A. 5
B.B.B. 2
BaggieOne -2
Not a great week in Group A, just 53 points, the third lowest of the season. The Bonus again caused major problems with just one player scoring positive points on it!! Twerton keep us his good form in top spot with 15 points, he was one of two players to score a max on the Gamball and backed that up with another CS. Minizin was the only player to get a CR on the Gamball and he is second on 11 points. BaggieVicar was the other player to get a correct result on the Gamball but like Minizin wasn't able to add much to back it up.
Zinman finished on 8 points, he was the only player to get a CR on the Bonus. Stairs and AAA ended joint 5th with 5 points with BBB on 2 just behind them. BaggieOne, the long time leader sees his poor form continue this week and he posted his lowest score of the season with -2.
126 Minizin
125 Stairs
118 BaggieOne
108 Twerton
90 A.A.A.
90 BaggieVicar
77 B.B.B.
61 Zinman
Since Week 3 Baggie One has led the table with as much as a 22 point lead, but this weeks negative score for him sees him drop to third place after being overtaken by both Minizin, the new leader and Stairs in 2nd spot. Twerton is slowly catching up to the top 3 and all of them are over 100 points. AAA and BaggieVicar share 5th place with 90 points. BBB drops further back with another poor week and now has Zinman only 16 points behind him.
Cheers
SCO
Group B
4eva 16
Themaclad 10
Salop 8
Snooty 7
Lady Jane 2
SCO 2
Derby 1
Amelia 1
A very strange week for Group B. There can't be many weeks in the history of this competition when 2 players maxed out on the gamball but failed to reach double figures. It was also the second lowest points total of the season, but one player managed to equal his best score. Three games produced negative totals with the gamball just pipping the Bolton win to record the highest total of points.
4eva claims top spot by some distance with the weekend's stand out performance. He had the highest number of correct reults - 6, the highest number of correct scores - 2, and also scored on the gamball. Themaclad had exactly half the number of correct scores/results but his 1 correct score was his bonus which helped him into 2nd place with 10 points.
Salop and Snooty both collected 8 points from the gamball.......and not a lot else! Salop got one other correct result and a scoreball to compensate for his missed bonus, while Snooty came in with just 1 other correct result to leave him with minus 1 point from the other 9 fixtures.
A week to forget for the rest. Lady Jane has now scored 31 points from the last 4 weeks - 28 of them were in week 9! Just 2 correct predictions from her (1 perfect) and a blow out on all balls. She's joined on just 2 points by SCO - he only got 1 preduiction correct but was rescued from a negative score by it being his bonus ball. Derby scored on just 2 games and missed out on the main balls - he was able to stay in positive territory thanks to his scoreball. Amelia got 4 points from the gamball and nothing else to leave her with Derby on just 1 point for the week.
104 4eva
93 SCO
91 Snooty
79 Lady Jane
75 Themaclad
68 Derby
67 Amelia
67 Salop
A change at the top with 4eva passing SCO and becoming the first player to reach 100 points. Snooty is closing in on SCO while The maclad's return sees him climb 2 places to 5th. At the bottom Salop has caught Amelia with both of them just a point behind Derby.
Salop remains the only player yet to top any week's table, a feat 4eva has now achieved 4 times. SCO's correct bonus sees him join Snooty as the only players with positive totals from that ball.
Zin
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| WBA Gifts And Treats |
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Posted by: RickyRicardo - 04-11-2025, 19:10 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Hi Everyone
i am new to this forum but am currently providing gift and treat boxes / snack boxes on WBA Match Days! I am situated next to greggs on the birmingham road. I have a number of snack boxes which are currently chocolate boxes available which are ideal for christmas or great to take in the game with you...
They are currently only £5 a box, if interested drop me a message and check out my instagram page which has more details on there @
thegiftandtreatcompany
All the support would be appreciated
Come on you baggies!
Cheers Guys!
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