Hibs travel to Ibrox on Saturday desperate to improve their recent record there. Nick Montgomery seems to have instilled a new confidence and mental toughness in the Hibs' team and it will certainly be needed on Saturday. We have the flair and pace in attack and hope to put a sometimes shaky Rangers' defence under pressure. No doubt we will be playing against their twelfth man and maybe the relevant instructions will have not been received in time by the match officials.

As for Rangers, they might benefit from the new manager bounce as we did, but Phillipe Clement has not yet had much time to get the team playing his way. He says he is starting with a clean sheet with his players, so there might be a settling-in period, which could benefit us.

Now we are getting managers potted before we play them, it's usually afterwards

Millwall manager Gary Rowett has left the Championship club by mutual agreement after four years in charge.

The 49-year-old guided the club to top-half finishes in each of those years but was unable to secure them a place in the play-offs.

Rowett took over in October 2019 following a short stint at Stoke.

"I have thoroughly enjoyed being manager of Millwall and depart with a feeling that the club has progressed during my tenure," Rowett said.

A successor has not yet been appointed and assistant manager Adam Barrett will take charge of the team in the interim period.

My thoughts having seen us win two matches, and a moral boosting win against Italy, if we haven't shown the qulifiers for the finals, our way of playing and our robable best team, so they can analize how best to play against us - especially the best teams.

I do realize we'll be doing the same to them, so my question is, do you think we'll be good enough to overcome this scrutiny and progress to the final? 

I would like to hear what you guys think.

My thoughts having seen us win two matches, and a moral boosting win against Italy, if we haven't shown the qulifiers for the finals, our way of playing and our robable best team, so they can analize how best to play against us - especially the best teams.

I do realize we'll be doing the same to them, so my question is, do you think we'll be good enough to overcome this scrutiny and progress to the final? 

I would like to hear what you guys think.

MK Dons have appointed Gateshead manager Mike Williamson as their new head coach.

The former Newcastle centre-back replaces Graham Alexander, who was sacked on Monday after a run of eight League Two games without a win.

Williamson, 39, was in charge of Gateshead for four years and leaves them sixth in the National League.

He is the fourth head coach appointed by the Dons, who were relegated last season, in the past 10 months.

Although also registered as a player at Gateshead, Williamson only made a handful of appearances over the past two years - the most recent in a 2-1 win over Oldham in February.

They won the National League North title under him in 2022 and last season reached the FA Trophy final, but lost 1-0 to FC Halifax at Wembley.

"It's been a quick turnaround and it was a tough decision to leave Gateshead but when a club like this comes in, it's a no brainer," he told the MK Dons website.

"We have a talented squad, with strength in depth, and we'll come in and start getting to know the group.

"They've got to trust us and buy into what we stand for - we have a lot of ideas that we want to implement, but it will be one thing at a time. It is going to be an evolution."

Williamson will be joined at MK Dons by assistant head coach Ian Watson and first-team coach Chris Bell, who both worked with him at Gateshead.

Chairman Pete Winkelman said Williamson would be given "every ounce of support" at Stadium MK.

"Mike is a winner," Winkelman said.

"He has achieved promotions throughout his playing career and already as a manager."

MK Dons, who are 16th in League Two, next visit Accrington Stanley on Saturday.

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 21ST OCTOBER KO 3:00PM

v

LAST MATCH



Our first game without Xisco, a switch to a familiar formation, players playing in there right positions but still no one to put the ball in the net and we end up with a point and a clean sheet on DM return. It wasn't a game full of chances, with only one shot on target the entire match. Huddersfield did get the ball in the net but was ruled out for a foul on Dawson, who was back in goal. A couple of the youngsters made the bench but didn't get on.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

THE MATCH



So our first game with DR in charge takes us down to Vicarage Road and Watford. Watford have made a poor start to the season and currently languish in 20th place. I would expect them to recover from the poor start but probably a mid table finish might be the best they could finish. They are managed by Valerien Ismael who used to manage Barnsley and WBA. There leading scorer is Bayo with 4 and have a couple of noticeable players in Livermore & Ince.

DEJPHON CHANSIRI, GET OUT OF OUR CLUB    

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 16
WATF 23
DRAWS 10

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                            

WATF              -                                                                                  

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

DEAN WHITESTONE
Daniel Leach and Andrew Dallison
Fourth Official : Sunny Singh Gill

THE TEAM

Dawson
Palmer Bernard Iorfa Ihekwe James
Vaulks Bannan Byers
Gregory Windass

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-1 Gregory

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

55

ATTENDANCE

N/A

BML LEAGUE

Washington 6
Maddix 4
Owlkev 1
SCO 1
Imre 0

BMPL

Stateside 2
Wereham 2
Pei -11

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Chelsea v Arsenal
Norwich v Leeds
Shrewsbury v Derby
Bradford v Wrexham
Rochdale v Oldham

DDAAA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Gamball:
Norwich - Leeds

Others:
Bournemouth - Wolves
Chelsea - Arsenal
Blackburn - Cardiff
Bristol City - Coventry
Huddersfield - QPR
Hull - Southampton
Middlesbrough - Birmingham
Stoke - Sunderland
WBA - Plymouth

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.

1. St Charles Owl = 218 pts
   
2. Baggiebob(BBB) = 198 pts
   
3. jjamez = 181 pts
   
4. neonfoxinthebox = 179 pts
   
5. theo_luddite = 164 pts
   
6. themaclad = 161 pts
   

Friday October 20:
Rotherham United v Ipswich Town POSTPONED

Saturday October 21:
Town v QPR
Town scorers:
QPR scorers:

Preston North End v Millwall (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City
Bristol City v Coventry City
Hull City v Southampton
Middlesbrough v Birmingham City
Norwich City v Leeds United
Stoke City v Sunderland
Swansea City v Leicester City
Watford v Sheffield Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion v Plymouth Argyle

Tuesday October 24:
Town v Cardiff
Town scorers:
Cardiff scorers:

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Premier League:
Chelsea v Arsenal (17:30)

Champions League:
Wednesday:
Celtic v Atlético Madrid
Newcastle United v Borussia Dortmund


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1. Lord Snooty = 183 pts
   
2. ritchiebaby = 161 pts
   
3. WakeyTerrier = 161 pts
   
4. Amelia Chaffinch = 148 pts
   
5. Devongone = 142 pts
   
6. SHEP_HTAFC = 141 pts
   

Saturday October 21:
Town v QPR
Town scorers:
QPR scorers:

Tuesday October 24:
Town v Cardiff
Town scorers:
Cardiff scorers:

Millwall v Blackburn Rovers
Norwich City v Middlesbrough
Swansea City v Watford
Leicester City v Sunderland
West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers

Wednesday October 25:
Birmingham City v Hull City
Bristol City v Ipswich Town
Plymouth Argyle v Sheffield Wednesday
Preston North End v Southampton
Rotherham United v Coventry City
Stoke City v Leeds United

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Premier League:
Liverpool v Everton (12:30)

Champions League:
Tuesday:
Sevilla v Arsenal

Wednesday:
Young Boys v Manchester City


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