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This week sees the visit of the second of the three promoted sides to Hillsborough so far this season.  Preston came up the hard way through the playoffs, something they have struggled to do on many previous occasions!!  While Brizzle were the best team in League 1 last season, Preston were probably the second best for most of the season only for MK Dons to pip them to the second auto spot towards the end of the season.  

Their biggest problem this season may be the fact that they are managed by Simon Grayson, a manager with a fabulous pedigree of getting teams promoted from League one but also a manager who has struggled in the Championship after each of his promotions!!!  So far this season it looks like that pattern could be repeated with them currently sitting in the bottom three, ironically along with the other two promoted sides!!

PNE have 4 ex-Owls on their books, Marnick Vermijl on loan, Chris Kirkland, Stevie May and Will Keane.  Not sure if Vermijl can play in this one due to his loan but then he has been on the bench recently anyway.  Kirkland is back-up so will be on the bench but with Garner suspended I would expect both Keane and May to be in the team!! Their CH Wright will also be suspended for this game after being sent off in their last game.

We have played Preston 102 times with a record of W39 D23 L40. Our record at S6 is very good with 28 of our wins coming at home but we have only won 4 of the last 10 home games!!!  Our last home game ended in a 2-0 win for us during our promotion season, with a brace from Madine, here is the video:




THE LAST MATCH

Great performance first half, should have been a few goals clear by half-time but we weren't, but no problem, they were down to 10 men and we were 1-0 up so cue a dominant second half performance from...................Brentford!!!!! They pegged us back but thankfully Joao scored a very well taken goal to claim the three points that really should never have been in doubt!!!  Good teams win while not playing great - could we actually be a good team??


FUNNY COMMENT FROM LAST MATCH THREAD

I will dig something out for this later.


OUR TEAM

Do we expect any changes to the team that started at Brentford??  FF will surely come back in of he is fit, anyone know anything about that??  Will Joao get a shot from the start or will he stick with Nuhiu??  Will McGugan get a run out??  Will Pudil be fit for this one, if not with Helan suspended Wiggins will no doubt fill in.   Its certainly nice to see a squad with depth for a change and here is what I would expect to see:

The following is my prediction for the opening line-up:






But I think we could probably all name a different line-up with so many options now available to CC.


WHO'S THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

Ref - ANDY WOOLMER
Assts - Robert Merchant and William Smallwood
Fourth Official - Matthew McGrath

MS will hopefully give us the skinny on this guy in previous Owls games!!

CURRENT FORM - League games only

SWFC -    
Preston -  

OTHER RESULTS TO PREDICT

Blackburn v Ipswich
Bristol City v MK Dons
Leeds v Birmingham
Nottm Forest v Hull
Reading v Middlesbrough


THE BIG MANS LEAGUE

Current Table

OwlKev
Wereham 
Thurnscoe   
Consilio 
Maddix 
Imre 
Pei 
Towinjustonce 
Stateside
Owlshighgreen
St Charles  

For this week here is what you need to predict:

SCORE AND SCORER (SWFC score first please, no copying, correct for both only will win, defeats are allowed)

1-0 Hutchinson - Consilio
2-0 Forestieri - Owlkev
2-0 Wallace - Madsteve
2-0 Nuhiu - Towinjustonce
2-1 Lee - St Charles
2-1 Joao - Pei
2-1 Forestieri - Imre
2-2 Forestieri - Jacko
3-0 Matias - Washington
3-1 Nuhiu - A57
3-1 Forestieri - Southey
3-1 Lees - Thurnscoe
3-1 Bannan - Wereham
3-1 Lee, Pudil and McGugan - Actual Score and Scorer
4-1 Wallace - Stateside
4-1 Forestieri - Bottesford
4-2 Nuhiu - Wellowlbe
6-1 Nuhiu - Maddix


ATTENDANCE(no copying allowed, no closer than 50 to other predictions, closest to wins)

19,223 - Maddix
19,400 - Towinjustonce
19,678 - Owlkev
19,947 - Wellowlbe
20,250 - Stateside
20,333 - Thurnscoe
20,383 - Actual Attendance
20,500 - Pei
21,000 - Jacko
21,200 - Bottesford
21,212 - Madsteve
21,373 - Wereham
21,860 - A57
22,100 - Southey
22,222 - Washington
22,618 - St Charles
24,666 - Imre
25,459 - Consilio

OTHER RESULTS TO PREDICT (Copying is allowed, all 5 correct will win)

AAHAD - Wellowlbe
ADDDD - Thurnscoe
AHHDA - Owlkev
AHHDD - A57
DAAHA - Stateside
DDDAA - Washington
DDHAA - Maddix
DDHHA - Pei
DHAAD - Jacko
DHDAD - Madsteve
DHDDD - Towinjustonce
DHHDA - Wereham
DHHDD - Bottesford
HDAAH - Actual Results
HHDDD - St Charles
HHHAA - Southey
HHHHH - Consilio


THE MUPPET LEAGUE

No inmates currently!



KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

The nice little video version is back, so hopefully she can writhe in ecstasy watching us win this one!!  



These "two" have earned the chance to bring us some luck:



This thread awaits the Meggo of Statesides choice  

19223

6-1 Nuhiu

DDHAA

Hoped to be there Saturday but my lad is in a taekwondo tournament... gutted!! I expect goals and hope for another win. Hopefully our ex-players will continue to fire blanks as new squad continue to bond and start finding the goal more easily!!

3-1 Nuhiu
AHHDD
21860

2-1 Jaoa

DDHHA

20,500

Here's this match's luck mascot. Hit em out the park, Josh.

3-1 Forestieri

22,100

HHHAA

That's this match cursed then PEI

Bleeding hell SCO that is some start to a match thread, it will make mine look pretty average of which it is

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Think Maddix has been on the piss

I've started going 6-1 Nuhiu at home and 3-1 Nuhiu away Thelma It's nothing personal, I'll even have it when we play Arse in the cup

3-0 Matias

22,222

DDDAA

2-0 Forestieri

19678

AHHDA