THE MATCH

FRIDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER KO 8:00PM

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LAST MATCH



Another defeat, another poor performance, same old useless formation and tactics, players playing out of position and certain players not being used. We started OK for the first 20 mins or so but when they were given a penalty, he made a meal of it but he was pulled back and they scored there was only going top be one winner. Swansea got a couple more in the 2nd half thanks to our woeful defending/playing it out at the back and giving the ball away. Fans were leaving halfway through the 2nd half as chants for the owner and manager to go were sang.

THE MATCH



Defeat number 7 will come at the hands of Sunderland as they make the journey south. Sunderland have made a good start to the season and currently lie in 5th place in the league although they did lose at home to Cardiff at the weekend. Jack Clarke is there leading scorer, the chap who had an assist when they knocked us out of the playoffs a few year ago. Sunderland did make the playoffs last year but lost out to Luton in the semi finals, they will be looking to make them again this year.

ALL TIME H2H

OWLS 49
SUND 50
DRAWS 29

CURRENT FORM

OWLS              -                                                                                           

SUND              -                                                                           

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

SAM BARROTT
Wade Smith and Mark Stevens
Fourth Official : Matthew Donohue

THE TEAM

Vasquez
Palmer Diaby Famewo Berrnard James
Buckley Byers Bannan
Musaba Gregory

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-3 Gregory

WEDNESDAYS FIRT GOAL TIME

55

ATTENDANCE

26211

BML LEAGUE

Maddix 2
Washington 2
Owlkev 1
Imre
SCO

BMPL

Stateside 2
Wereham 1
Pei -11

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Tottenham v Liverpool
Southampton v Leeds
Wigan v Portsmouth
Colchester v Notts Co
Rochdale v Southend

AAHAH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

Gamball;
Villa - Brighton

Others:
Spurs - Liverpool
Bristol City - Stoke
Huddersfield - Ipswich
Norwich - Birmingham
Preston - WBA
QPR - Coventry
Watford - Middlesbrough
Forest - Brentford
Blackburn - Leicester

No rest for the Easter Road staff this week as Hibs welcome St Mirren in the Viaplay Cup. Following on from the victory against St Johnstone, Hibs have the chance to complete a Saints double.

After Saturday's win, Nick Montgomery said "I really enjoyed it although we made it hard for ourselves in the second half with the amount of chances we had. The game could have been out of sight. The boys stuck to the game plan. Fans want the ball forward all the time, but that can't always be the case. I was pleased with the composure we showed in the build up. St Johnstone were quite aggressive, pressing high. To play in this team, you need to work very hard and I think you saw a real team performance. I think David Marshall had two saves and one of them was a big save."

More of the same please.

St Mirren have already beaten Motherwell in the previous round and sit 2nd in the Premiership, 2 points behind Celtic, so it won't be an easy game. Although they only beat Hearts 1-0 on Saturday, they had 3 "goals" chalked off, so are a potent attacking force. As they've beaten us at Easter Road just a month or so ago, this game will prove a stern test for Hibs and give a good indication of any improvement under Nick Montgomery.

Fylde 0-2 Boreham Wood
Aldershot 2-1 Southend
Bromley 2-0 Eastleigh
Ebbsfleet 3-1 Dorking
Halifax 2-1 Dag & Red
Hartlepool 1-3 Solihull Moors
Kidderminster 0-4 Oldham
Maidenhead United 1-2 Altrincham
Oxford City 1-3 Gateshead
Wealdstone 2-1 Woking
York 0-2 Barnet
Rochdale 1-2 Chesterfield


League Table After Matchday 11

Amelia - 249
Spireitematt - 248
SaltergateBorn - 219
St Charles - 195
Dancing - 187
Lord Snoots - 176
Devon - 122

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 = 150 pts
   
2. neonfoxinthebox = 135 pts
   
3. Baggiebob(BBB) = 124 pts
   
4. jjamez = 123 pts
   
5. theo_luddite = 112 pts
   
6. themaclad = 111 pts
   

Saturday 30th September:
Town v Ipswich
Town scorers:
Ipswich scorers:

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham v Town
Town scorers:
Birmingham scorers:

Ipswich Town v Hull City
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
Plymouth Argyle v Millwall
Stoke City v Southampton
West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield Wednesday

Wednesday 4th October:
Coventry City v Blackburn Rovers
Leeds United v Queens Park Rangers
Leicester City v Preston North End
Sunderland v Watford
Swansea City v Norwich City
Rotherham United v Bristol City (20:00)

Bonus matches:
Champions League:
Tuesday:
Lens v Arsenal

Wednesday:
Celtic v Lazio
Newcastle United v Paris Saint Germain


*** scores for ***
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1. Lord Snooty = 139 pts
   
2. ritchiebaby = 115 pts
   
3. SHEP_HTAFC = 109 pts
   
4. Amelia Chaffinch = 100 pts
   
5. WakeyTerrier = 97 pts
   
6. Devongone = 92 pts
   

Friday 29th September:
Sheffield Wednesday v Sunderland

Saturday 30th September:
Town v Ipswich
Town scorers:
Ipswich scorers:

Southampton v Leeds United (12:30)
Bristol City v Stoke City
Cardiff City v Rotherham United
Hull City v Plymouth Argyle
Millwall v Swansea City
Norwich City v Birmingham City
Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion
Queens Park Rangers v Coventry City
Watford v Middlesbrough

Sunday 1st October:
Blackburn Rovers v Leicester City (12:00)

Tuesday 3rd October:
Birmingham v Town
Town scorers:
Birmingham scorers:

Bonus matches:
Saturday:
Scottish Premiership:
Hibernian v Dundee

National League:
Maidenhead United v Chesterfield

Champions League:
Tuesday:
Manchester United v Galatasaray


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

Levi scored two for Maidstone against Worthing. Worthing had been doing well, only a couple of points behind the league leaders, but they crashed 4-0 at Maidstone for whom Covolan also keeps goal.

Levi was MOM and made the Non-League Paper's team of the week. The second of his goals involved controlling the ball and volleying home, so he isn't just scoring tap-ins .....

Shame he isn't a centre back. We could hardly avoid signing him back on.

Nick Montgomery gets his first game in charge at home on Saturday against the Perth Saints, who are currently languishing at the foot of the table. That doesn't mean it will be an easy game for Hibs, as we are only 2 points ahead of them. It sees the start of a busy week at Easter Road with 3 home games coming up.

I would imagine it'll be the same starting line-up and substitutes as last week, hopefully with a better outcome. Any opposition side will know our weaknesses and will be geared up to take advantage. I'm sure Montgomery will want to see more control and composure if we need to see the game out. I'll be disappointed if we don't win the 2 league games this week to get us quickly climbing the table.

"I’m really excited." said Montgomery on Hibs TV. "I walked around Easter Road when I arrived and visualised a full crowd, so if supporters are watching or reading this let’s try and get 20,000 in there because the boys really need your support. They’ve had a tough start to the season, but hopefully the supporters saw that the boys are really buying in to this; they want to be an exciting team that takes the game to the opposition. We’ve got enough quality to do that and to score goals."

There will be a new entry system coming in for Saturday with front-facing scanners to recognise the QR code on the tickets, so it'll be interesting to see if it works smoothly.