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| HTAFC Prediction League 2024 Matchday 6 |
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Posted by: Lord Snooty - 05-02-2024, 23:14 - Forum: Huddersfield Town
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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 Random Badger gives you 2 points 
The random badger is used for any random prediction used once in each matchday sequence. For instance, a scorer at a particular match, the number of red cards in the matches or yellow cards or own goals or owt you want really within reason, I do need to be able to check whether it's correct or not. Please don't put stuff like....."Commentator says...." 
The joker is played for one match in each sequence and if correct you get double points. So if you've predicted 1-0 and it finishes 2-0, you get 4 pts, but if you've predicted 2-0, that's 8 pts. But if you get it wrong, it's minus 2.
Jokers and badgers are optional. You don't have to play one if you don't want.
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. Similarly with the badger, if your random prediction is affected by this, it'll be half the points.
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.
End of season Play Offs: The one who finishes top of the league will still be champion, but after the season finishes there will be Play Offs between the top 4, with 1st v 4th and 2nd v 3rd. This will take in stuff like the EFL Play Offs, FA Cup Final, final day of Prima Donna League, European Finals etc. It will be one matchday for the semis and one for the Final. It will be the individual scores for each matchday against the allotted opponent, with some kind of tie breaker for a drawn match.
The prize for winning will be enormous. Another rep point. 
So we have a new format for this season, which I put forward as an idea at the end of last season. Nobody offered any objections so here it is explained......
Firstly, I thought it was getting a bit boring towards the end with the league format as it was with the champion being so far ahead and everybody else not much to play for apart from the push for a play off spot, which was a bit of an anticlimax anyway. The most exciting bit was the tussle for 8th, 9th and 10th positions with Shep, Ritchie and Amelia.
So I'm splitting the group up into two groups with the top six from last season in the top group and the bottom six in group 2. 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, finishing on the last game of the Championship 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 Championship fixtures and bonus matches. And not as many fixtures to go at. Hopefully around ten, eleven or twelve games per Matchday.
The rest of the rules will be the same as before apart from the which will still be in use, but I'm going to get arsey about it. Sometimes in the past, I've been able to just award two points immediately because it was such a nailed on thing to happen. Not accusing anyone of cheating. Far from it. I didn't put any boundaries on it, so anything was alright. So now I'm restricting it to three goal scorers in any of the games in your group. Sorry to all our more adventurous badgerers.
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.
The joker will still be the same as before, ie doubling your points for a correct prediction or minus 2 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 :- These will be only be allowed if you change them before the match involved has kicked off.
Division One table after Matchday 5:
- ritchiebaby = 130 pts
- jjamez = 124 pts
- St Charles Owl = 118 pts
- Lord Snooty = 114 pts
- Baggiebob(BBB) = 112 pts
- themaclad = 102 pts
Friday 9th February:
Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City
Saturday 10th February:
Southampton v Town
Town scorers:
Saints scorers:
Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City
Cardiff City v Preston North End
Hull City v Swansea City
Leeds United v Rotherham United
Middlesbrough v Bristol City
Queens Park Rangers v Norwich City
Sunderland v Plymouth Argyle
Watford v Leicester City
Sunday 11th February:
Coventry City v Millwall (12:00)
Wednesday 14th February:
Town v Sunderland
Town scorers:
Sunderland scorers:
Bonus matches:
Scottish Cup 5th round:
Saturday:
Inverness Caledonian Thistle v Hibernian
Premier League:
Saturday:
Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United (17:30)
Champions League round of 16:
Tuesday:
FC Copenhagen v Manchester City
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
Division Two table after Matchday 5:
- theo_luddite = 106 pts
- Devongone = 105 pts
- SHEP_HTAFC = 104 pts
- neonfoxinthebox = 98 pts
- Amelia Chaffinch = 74 pts
- WakeyTerrier = 57 pts
Saturday 10th February:
Southampton v Town
Town scorers:
Saints scorers:
Tuesday 13th February:
Birmingham City v Blackburn Rovers
Leicester City v Sheffield Wednesday
Norwich City v Watford
Rotherham United v Hull City
Swansea City v Leeds United
Bristol City v Southampton
West Bromwich Albion v Cardiff City
Wednesday 14th February:
Town v Sunderland
Town scorers:
Sunderland scorers:
Plymouth Argyle v Coventry City
Preston North End v Middlesbrough
Stoke City v Queens Park Rangers
Millwall v Ipswich Town
Bonus matches:
National League:
Saturday:
Chesterfield v Ebbsfleet United
Premier League:
Sunday:
Aston Villa v Manchester United (16:30)
Monday:
Crystal Palace v Chelsea
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
*** scores for ***
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| Hibs v Celtic - Wednesday 7 February |
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Posted by: ritchiebaby - 04-02-2024, 19:41 - Forum: Hibernian
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Not sure what I should put on here. Hibs on 26 points with a goal difference of -9, Celtic on 58 points with a goal difference of +39. There's really only one outcome.
Thanks to recent results I have quickly gone from an eternal optimist to a disheartened pessimist. Prove me wrong, Hibs. Please.
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| Nathan Jones |
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Posted by: themaclad - 04-02-2024, 19:30 - Forum: Charlton Athletic
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League One strugglers Charlton Athletic have appointed former Southampton and Luton Town boss Nathan Jones as their manager on a "long-term contract".
Jones, 50, has been out of work since being sacked by Saints in February 2023 after just 95 days in charge.
The Addicks dismissed Michael Appleton last month after a 12-match winless run.
That run has now extended to 14 games, leaving them just three points above the relegation zone.
Welshman Jones took Luton to the Championship play-off semi-finals in the 2021-22 season, where they lost to Huddersfield.
He was then appointed to replace Ralph Hasenhuttl as manager of the then Premier League Saints in November 2022 but was sacked after three months, with one win in eight league games leaving the club bottom of the league.
"He is a manager of real pedigree who has a track record of building successful teams over a period of time," James Rodwell, chairman of the Charlton board, said.
"He is a great fit for Charlton given his ability to get his teams playing football on the front foot, with a passion and an intensity.
"He is an excellent coach, who is tactically savvy and an outstanding developer of talent."
Jones' first game in charge will be at relegation-threatened Reading, who are two places and three points below Charlton.
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| WBA vs Birmingham - Match Thread |
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Posted by: Ska'dForLife-WBA - 02-02-2024, 18:55 - Forum: West Bromwich Albion
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Drawing a line under last weekend would be a lot easier if we weren't being catapulted headlong from one local derby into another, as Birmingham arrive at the Hawthorns tomorrow afternoon looking to accomplish something they've never before managed to do: namely, win five consecutive league matches against us. Three of the four defeats we've suffered to them on the bounce occurred at St Andrew's, but the 3-2 embarrassment at home in September 2022 courtesy of Steve Bruce puts Blues on the verge of unparalleled derby-day dominance over us, and all it'll take is another Hawthorns victory (which, for the record, they haven't managed back-to-back since March 2000).
It would also be uncharted waters for Carlos Corberan if it happened, as the Spaniard has yet to lose three matches on the bounce in charge of Albion. He'll still be without Ajayi and Diangana, as well as Molumby, though the arrival of Mikey Johnston from Celtic provides a potential option on the wing. Blues are also injury-troubled, but have remained unbeaten in the league so far under Tony Mowbray's stewardship, and ended a six-game winless run a fortnight ago at Stoke; low in the table they may be, but they're unlikely to be down there for much longer, and won't be a pushover this weekend.
Nevertheless, Albion do need a positive response to the last couple of weeks; even a draw would give us something to build from going into a tough fortnight, and would probably be a decent result in the circumstances.
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| Chesterfield Prediction League 2023/24 Matchday 34 |
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Posted by: spireitematt - 02-02-2024, 02:30 - Forum: Chesterfield
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Barnet 1-2 Wealdstone
Bromley 0-1 Hartlepool
Dorking 2-1 Fylde
Eastleigh 0-1 Chesterfield
Halifax 1-3 Aldershot
Kidderminster 2-0 Oxford City
Rochdale 1-0 Dag & Red
Solihull Moors 0-1 Altrincham
Southend 2-2 Gateshead
Woking 1-0 Boreham Wood
York 1-1 Maidenhead United
Ebbsfleet 0-4 Oldham
League Table After Matchday 33
SaltergateBorn - 635
Spireitematt - 634
Amelia - 538
Lord Snoots - 512
Dancing - 511
St Charles - 501
Devon - 408
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| Town v Wednesday |
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Posted by: Lord Snooty - 01-02-2024, 21:58 - Forum: Huddersfield Town
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Huddersfield Town v Sheffield Wednesday
The Sky Bet Championship
Saturday February 3rd - 15:00 ko
at the Town Ground
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Huddersfield Town welcome Sheffield Wednesday to the John Smith's Stadium on Saturday afternoon for what would've been a reunion for Darren Moore with the team he got promoted last season, but now obviously won't.
Will we have a new manager in place in time for kick off? I doubt it very much, but we shall see. Young Jonny Worthington has been given the responsibility of doing the caretaker's job for the time being. Kevin Nagle, speaking on his Town Diaries video on Tuesday said that we had a small list of names to interview, which has since extended to a list of about twelve. So very doubtful there'll be a new man in charge for next Saturday, never mind this one. 
So who has Jonny got to pick from this week? Well Yuta Nakayama won't be returning to the side any time now. He's still away with Japan in the Asian Cup and his team have now reached the semi finals. The club have recalled Kevin Kalvin Kieran Phillips from his loan at Shrewsbury, but that's just because he's been injured since October and needs some company. He'll have plenty of that down at the Millers Oils High Performance Complex physio's room.
So we've brought back an injured striker and sent another one out on loan. Hightower, aka Kyle Hudlin, has gone on loan to Burton Albion. That's got to be a bad bit of business. What if the new manager is desperate to play a ten foot tall attacker?
On a more serious note though, we are all waiting with baited breath for news on the Blue & White Foundation Player of the Month for January, Michal Helik. He limped off on Sunday at QPR in what looked like a something and nothing knock that could well be easily walked off by full time. Until our physio team get hold of him and make it a season ending injury. 
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As for the Owls, well they had a 0-0 draw at home to Watford on Wednesday night which moved them to within five points of us. QPR, who could catch us on Saturday, are away at Blackburn.
Head to Head
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Town lead the head to head with 25 wins to Wendy's 21, with 18 draws.
This fixture has to be one of the most boring head to heads in the footballing calendar with this century alone having 7 (seven) goal less draws. There have only been nine altogether though, suggesting that the borefest is a recent thing.
The fixture played at Hillsborough earlier this season was the latest in this scoreless sequence. And the one before that was as well, a League Cup tie which we won on penalties through new hero Lee Nicholls.
The first goal less draw was way back in the 1928/29 season at Leeds Road in a First Division game. A crowd of 32,555 turned up for this one as Town's keeper Hugh Turner kept the Wednesday's leading scorer, Jack Allen off the score sheet. Hugh played in every game for Town that season, which included getting to the FA Cup semi finals. He went on to make 394 appearances for the club (7th in the all time apps list), as well as winning two England caps. The Wednesday won the title that season.
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The next total shut out didn't come until 1983/84 with Brian Cox in the Town goal. I went to this one at their place. The official attendance was 27,824. It seemed like most of them were in the Leppings Lane end with us. Absolutely jam packed it was and with a massive fence at either side of us, in hindsight it was a recipe for disaster.
The next nil-niller was a "let's all meet up in the year 2000" at the McAlpine Stadium. The 30th of December with Nico Vaesen in goal for Town and Kevin Pressman in the recently relegated Owls' goal. This was followed twelve years later in another Twixtmas match at the same venue after we had both been promoted to the Championship. Alex Smithies and Chris Kirkland keeping the sheets clean that day, as the likes of Michail Antonio, Jermaine Beckford and Simon Church all forgot to bring their shooting boots.
Joe Murphy was in the Town goal for the next match to not register on the scoresheet. That was just one of the fourteen matches he played for us. It was in November 2014 and the Owls had Keiren Westwood in between the sticks. And he was still in there for the next one in this boring series, the 2017 Play Off semi final first leg. We had another lesser used goalkeeper in for this one. Danny Ward famously kept goal in the 2nd leg, but he'd been sent off in the final game of the regular season, so young Joel Coleman it was who played in this one.
So we went up and they stayed down, but it wasn't long before we met again and had a goal less draw at Hillsborough in the Championship during the lockdown of 2020. Played in July of that year, Jonas Lossl and Joe Wildsmith had the gloves that day.
And then came the two matches that I mentioned earlier with Town winning another shoot out down in Owlerton and then in October this season with Darren Moore at the helm of what has been described as the most tedious game of football ever.
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So what's going on down at the Massive? Managed nowadays by Danny Röhl, a 34 year old German in his first management röhl.
He played his whole career as a defender in the German lower leagues before starting in coaching jobs at RB Leipzig, then at Southampton, Bayern Munich, and as assistant manager of the German national team.
In October 2023, he was given the job at the Wendyhouse, taking over from Darren Moore. Sensibly he brought in experience to help him. That was ex Town manager Chris Powell, who has come in as his assistant.
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Wednesday's Wednesday night line up at home to Watford:
26 James Beadle - 19 year old goalie on loan from Brighton.
14 Pol Valentín - Spanish full back signed in the summer.
17 Di'Shon Bernard - ex Man Utd centre back signed in the summer.
23 Akin Famewo - Ex Luton, Norwich and Charlton centre back.
18 Marvin Johnson - Ex Kidderminster winger.
2 Liam Palmer - Defender and advocate for Show Racism the Red Card.
10 Barry Bannanaman - Club captain, ex Villa and Palace. Too good for this lot.
45 Anthony Musaba - Dutch winger signed in the summer.
11 Josh Windass - Ex Town Academy, son of a Bradford legend.
41 Djeidi Gassama - French winger signed from PSG in the summer.
12 Iké Ugbo - Ex Chelsea Academy lad, on loan from Troyes.
Subs:
4 Will Vaulks - Welsh international midfielder.
7 Mallik Wilks - Ex Leeds, Barnsley and Hull winger.
20 Michael Ihiekwe - Ex Tranmere and Rotherham centre back.
24 Michael Smith - Ex Bury and Rotherham striker.
25 Guilherme Leal Siqueira - 19 year old Brazilian defender.
33 Reece James - Chelsea and England Ex Town full back.
42 Bailey Cadamarteri - 18 year old son of a Town (and Bradford) legend.
44 Mohamed Diaby - French midfielder on loan from Portimonense.
47 Pierce Charles - 18 year old goalie, played in the Cup last week.
Recent form - last 6 matches:
QPR 1-1 Town
Blackburn 1-1 Town
Town 1-1 Plymouth
Man City 5-0 Town (FA Cup)
Leicester 4-1 Town
Town 1-2 Boro
Sheff Wed 0-0 Watford
Sheff Wed 1-1 Coventry (FA Cup)
Sheff Wed 1-2 Coventry
Southampton 4-0 Sheff Wed
Sheff Wed 4-0 Cardiff (FA Cup)
Sheff Wed 3-1Hull
Town are 21st in the Championship table with 28 points. Wednesday are 23rd with 23.
Leading scorers:
Terriers:
Michal Helik (8)
Delano Burgzorg (6)
T'Owels:
Anthony Musaba (5)
Josh Windass (4)
Sheffield Wednesday in popular culture: They have been in the news twice this season. Once for a couple of their supporters (pricks) taunting the Sunderland fans with images of Bradley Lowery, the boy who died of cancer aged six, in 2017. That dopey pillock got a five year banning order as well as a 12 week suspended prison sentence.
Then just the other week, another of their brainless morons taunted ex Town hero Kasey Palmer with a racist gesture. A man has since been arrested and released on bail, with South Yorkshire Police saying; "We do not tolerate hate crime or disorder."
So SYP must've been surprised then when Coventry came back to Hillsborough the following week for an FA Cup match and were booed loudly when they took the knee before kick off.
But as we know, these burkes are just a small minority. Let's have a look at some of the Owls' celebrity supporters. The most famous one of course is the former England cricket captain, no not Joe Root, he's a Blade. No it's the man who won back the Ashes in 2005, Michael Vaughan. Another racist!     
Oh I give up. Have some music........
There is hope for the future though. There was one young Wednesday fan who spent his pocket money on buying a hamper of sweets to give to our Kasey, which he did before kick off at the Cup game and before the neanderthals started booing.
He's an eleven year old lad called Cole and he's been invited to the replay by Coventry and their fans are going to give him a pre match round of applause. In't that nice. 
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