There seems to be a lot of talk about Alex Neil. What do others think? 

To me I want to give RM a proper run. It is his first appointment, and he is recognising that we need to change things and he is trying different things. 

Do I rate AN, yes he is a decent championship manager, but no more than that. I don’t find his football teams exciting. 

We continue to be on financial restrictions, so we knew that someone had to be sold. Would be have been a better side keeping Fellows and Heggem. Definitely. 

Is our owner doing a good job with wheeling and dealing, definitely. 

At the mo I think we are a top half team, but probably not good enough for the play offs, despite the league being fairly poor, yet very competitive this year. 

We also have Dike and Bany to come in, if they are ever fit enough. Plus getting Molumby back in with Mowatt will improve the side. 

So for me let RM cut his teeth and see where we end up. Rather him than AN, as long as we don’t end up in a position we did with Bruce. 

Please give me your thoughts, I have my Tin hat on already!

Norwich City have sacked head coach Liam Manning following a seventh successive home defeat, which has left them second bottom of the Championship.

The 40-year-old was appointed in June, having guided Bristol City to the play-offs last season, but lasted just 17 games.

His final match in charge was Saturday's 2-1 loss against Leicester City. They have not won in 11 and have lost eight in a row at home in league and cup.

"We have tried absolutely everything possible to work through this incredibly challenging period but, unfortunately, given the recent run of results and performances, we have been left with no choice other than to make a change at this stage," said sporting director Ben Knapper.

"Liam and his staff worked tirelessly to move our football club forward. They are all fundamentally good people and we wish them the very best in whatever comes next."

First-team coach Ryan Garry has been put in interim charge, assisted by goalkeeper coach Tony Roberts and set-piece coach Nick Stanley
There were protests outside Carrow Road following Saturday's game, with fans chanting "You're not fit to wear the shirt" and also calling for Knapper to leave the club.

It is the first time a team in the second tier of English football has ever lost their first seven home league games in a season.

Knapper added: "We very much understand the frustration and criticism from our supporters at this stage. So far, results and performances on the pitch haven't been good enough.

"We accept that responsibility, but it's now imperative that we start to repair the relationship with our supporters and do everything we can to give them something to get behind."

Manning leaves Norwich 23rd in the table, the Canaries having lost 10 of their 15 Championship games under him, including a 3-1 defeat at Ipswich, their first loss in an East Anglia derby for 16 years.

They are now looking for their fifth permanent boss since Daniel Farke - now in charge at Leeds United - left in November 2021, having twice led them to promotion to the Premier League.


Manning was recruited after Norwich decided not to give the job to former England midfielder Jack Wilshere, who was in interim charge for the final two games of last season and is now manager at Luton Town.

Manning was born in Norwich and played in their academy before switching briefly to Ipswich and then dropping into non-league football.

He began his coaching career with Belgian club Lommel and had spells in charge at MK Dons and Oxford United before joining Bristol City in November 2023.

The Norwich squad was transformed by 12 signings during the summer transfer window, but the club sold Borja Sainz, who supplied 18 goals last season, to Porto for £14.25m, and Marcelino Nunez to rivals Ipswich for £10m.

United States international Josh Sargent scored six goals in five league and cup games at the start of the campaign but has none in the past 11 - and no-one else has managed more than Mathias Kvistgaarden and Jovon Makama's three.

In his final post-match interview with BBC Radio Norfolk, Manning - who was recently given the public backing of majority shareholder Mark Attanasio - said: "I don't live my life with regrets, it's part of my journey.

"I'm learning, I'm hurting, I'm frustrated and I'm hugely disappointed, because this is a club I care deeply about.

"I didn't come here to be where we are. But we are, so I will do a lot of learning as to why."

His assistant Chris Hogg and analyst James Krause have also left the club.

2 points for correct result
4 points for correct score
2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score   (correct score on a joker would give you 8 points)
Wrong joker result gives you minus 2
Correct Badger gives you 2 points

The prize for winning the league is one rep point.

Cup games: In the event of a draw, it's half the points if you've predicted a draw when it gets to 90 mins and the full points if it's still a draw after extra time. Half the points will be awarded for correctly predicting the winner of the match if it goes to penalties. However, if you do predict a draw and it's a match that won't be going to a replay, you can get a possible extra point by stating which of the two teams you think will eventually win.

Random score generator: I will be using the random score generator again for those who miss predicting, so we shouldn't get some people too far behind that after missing a couple of weeks they lose all interest, because I know it's not easy getting on here every week.
To be fair to everybody, this is going to be like, say if three people in one week miss their predictions, the first one in the table will be given all 0-0, the second one down the line will get 1-0 and the third will get 0-1 and so on, like if there's four missing the 4th will get 1-1, then 5th 2-1, 6th 1-2. and if there are so many missing, might as well pack in.
And if you miss two weeks on the trot, I'll stop until you come back on again. Not doing it for half a season like I did t'other year.  


At the end of the season, the winner of group 2 and the bottom of group 1 will swap places in what is commonly known as "promotion" and "relegation". It's something that most football fans will be familiar with, unless you're a fan of Liverpool or Arsenal or one of those other fashionable clubs.

The second placed player in group 2 will then have a play off with the player who finishes second from the bottom in group 1 to decide whether they will be going up, down or staying where they are.

We're going to have two seasons in one though, just to try and make it a bit more interesting and not so long drawn out. The first season will end on the Boxing Day fixtures, with the play offs being on the dates of the Twixtmas fixtures and the NYD fixtures.

The second season will start the following week, which is usually the FA Cup 3rd round, finishing on the last game of the League One season. Then another period of relegation/promotion play off games, taking in such fixtures as the EFL play offs, FA Cup Final, UEFA finals and such like.

Each group will have it's own set of fixtures. Both groups will have the Town games, with scorers to predict as before. Then it will be a split of League One fixtures and bonus matches, hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.

The random badger is restricted to three goal scorers in any of the fixtures in your group.

Here's how that will appear at the end of the fixture list. All you have to do is fill in the blanks.......


*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***

Any of those will score two points if correct. No minus points for getting it wrong.

Postponed matches will only count if the match is re-played before the next Matchday is under way. Abandoned matches will be awarded half the points for the score at the time of abandonment, so 1 point if you have the correct result, 2 points if you have the correct score.

Substitute or scorer in one of the Town games:- These will be only be allowed if you change them before the match involved has kicked off.

Prediction League Archive: https://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=12830

Division One table after Matchday 15:

1. jjamez = 267 pts
   
2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 261 pts
   
3. neonfoxinthebox = 238 pts
   
4. Lord Snooty = 199 pts
   
5. ritchiebaby = 199 pts
   
6. SHEP_HTAFC = 137 pts
   

Thursday 13th November:
World Cup qualifiers:
England v Serbia

Friday 14th November:
Slovakia v Northern Ireland

Saturday 15th November:
Liechtenstein v Wales (17:00)
Greece v Scotland (19:45)

League One:
Burton Albion v Blackpool
Leyton Orient v Exeter City
Lincoln City v Doncaster Rovers
Luton Town v Rotherham United
Port Vale v Wycombe Wanderers

Monday 17th November:
World Cup qualifiers:
Northern Ireland v Luxembourg

Tuesday 18th November:
Scotland v Denmark
Wales v North Macedonia

*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***

1. themaclad = 260 pts
   
2. theo_luddite = 256 pts
   
3. Devongone = 230 pts
   
4. Amelia Chaffinch = 194 pts
   
5. St Charles Owl = 193 pts
   
6. WakeyTerrier = 189 pts
   

Friday 14th November:
Slovakia v Northern Ireland

Saturday 15th November:
Liechtenstein v Wales (17:00)
Greece v Scotland (19:45)

League One:
Burton Albion v Blackpool
Leyton Orient v Exeter City
Lincoln City v Doncaster Rovers
Luton Town v Rotherham United

League Two:
Grimsby Town v Chesterfield

Sunday 16th November:
World Cup qualifiers:
Albania v England (17:00)

Monday 17th November:
Northern Ireland v Luxembourg

Tuesday 18th November:
Scotland v Denmark
Wales v North Macedonia

*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***

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

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 8TH NOVEMBER KO 3:00PM

v

LAST MATCH



We got a point but probably should have had all three. We were nearly behind after 1 minute but Sargent shot wide. A few minutes later we were ahead, Bannan firing in from 30 yards. Bannan nearly made it 2 a few minutes later but the keeper saved. We had a couple of other chances but we went in 1-0 at the break. Onto the 2nd half and Ingelsson had a shot saved and then we had a great chance to make it 2 but Lowe somehow fired wide. Norwich then went down the other end and and Sargent fed Kvistgaarden who tapped into a empty net. Both sides had chances to win it but it was Horvath who saved the day with a good stop in injury time.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH



Next up and we travel south to take on Southampton before the next international break. The Saints have made a poor start to the season and currently lie in 19th place in the Championship, but they did win there last match 1-2 at QPR after going 5 without a win. Will Still had been in charge but was sacked a few days ago. The Saints should be doing much better than they are with the squad they have. If they can get the right appointment, you would expect them to move up the table and maybe have a shot at the playoffs. There leading scorer so far this season is Adam Armstrong, who has 4 goals and 1 assist.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 33
SOUTH 29
DRAW 24

CURRENT FORM

OWLS   D D L L L L                                                             

SOUTH W L L L D D

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  



THE TEAM

Horvath
Fusire Palmer Iorfa M Lowe Amass
Valery Ingelsson Bannan
McNeill Cadamarteri

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

3-1 Ingelsson

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

56

ATTENDANCE

N/A

BML LEAGUE

Owlkev 9
Maddix 8
Imre 4
SCO 3
Washington 3

BMPL

Stateside 6
Pei -4
Wereham -11
Southey -12

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

West Ham v Burnley
Swansea v Ipswich
Doncaster v Barnsley
Newport v Walsall
Boston v Rochdale

HAAAA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

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"