16-10-2016, 15:41
THE MATCH - WEDNESDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2016 at 7.45PM BST
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A rare outing on a Wednesday night for us. And our old foe Colin has reappeared just in time for this one!! Cardiff were right up there with us until we finally put them away at S6 but they have struggled this year, seeing their manager depart and the "fixer" Colin being brought in to work his magic again like he did at Rotherham last season.
This will be the 66th meeting with Cardiff, with a very even record down the years. But our record at their place is not good and in the last ten games there we have W3, D1, L6, with it now being over 9 years since we took all three points!! So with Colin being back, with them coming of a win and it being a midweek game everything seems to align for a nice easy win for us!!!!
Last season saw us get a draw there, coming back from 2-0 down at HT with goals from Forestieri and Bannan in the second half.
THE LAST MATCH
Possibly our best team performance so far this season saw us take all three points off the Village, their first home defeat of the season!! We didn't have a ton of possession but used it well and seemed to be able to break with pace all match. Hooper ran the forward line well and we supported him from midfield as we need to. Definite penalty was the difference in the end, Forestieri nicely putting it away, but we had a few other chances to seal the win without too much troubling us at the other end. Could this be the game that spurs us on to better form and performances??
WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT
Defensively we looked solid, so no changes there. Midfield aside from Bannan all did well, he needs to be getting forward in the middle not out on the wing but both Jones and Lee played well enough to keep him out. Will CC go with width again or will he push Bannan back in the center?? Wallace did well when he came on and maybe thats how we should be using him. Hooper played well up front and Forestieri looked dangerous throughout, will be interesting to see if Fletcher gets back in. Here is my team:
Westwood
Palmer Lees Hutchinson Pudil
Lee Jones Bannan Reach
Forestieri
Hooper
What team would you like to see??
WHO'S THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK
Ref - DARREN BOND
Adam Matthews and Daniel Leach
Fourth Official: Andy Woolmer
MS will give us the run down on him.
CURRENT FORM - League games only, last game first.
Owls -
Cardiff -
BIG MAN'S LEAGUE
Current Table
Maddix -
Owlkev -
St Charles -
Madsteve -
Wereham -
Pei -
Stateside -
Towinjustonce -
Southey -
Dubai -
Jacko -
Imre -
Thurnscoe -
PREDICTIONS
SCORE AND SCORER (No copying allowed, home team score first to keep Imre happy)
1-2 Abdi - St Charles
OUR PERCENTAGE POSSESSION PLUS TIME OF OUR FIRST GOAL (No copying allowed, closest wins)
85 - St Charles
OTHER MATCHES OF INTEREST (4 correct will win a , all 5 will win 2 , copying is allowed)
Arsenal v Ludo Razgd
Paris St G v Basel
Barcelona v Man City
Celtic v B M'gladbach
Preston v Huddersfield
HHDHA - St Charles
THE MUPPET LEAGUE
Everyone released, cells prepped and ready for new inmates though!!
KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PICS
THE MAGIC ARSE
Remains for the time being.
This thread awaits the Meggo of Stateside's choice.