Gamball:
Everton - Brentford

Others:
Leeds - Brighton
Leicester - Chelsea
QPR - Watford
Reading - Millwall
Sheff U - Luton
Swansea - Middlesbrough
Portsmouth - Sheff Wed
Fulham - Arsenal
West Ham - Villa

Manager until end of season

Watford have sacked head coach Slaven Bilic after just over five months in charge of the Championship club.

The 54-year-old replaced Rob Edwards, who himself only lasted 11 games himself at Vicarage Road, in September.

Watford have won just one of their past eight matches and are four points outside the play-offs following Saturday's goalless draw with Preston.

The Hornets are now looking for their ninth full-time manager since Javi Gracia left in September 2019.

"We are all ambitious to succeed this season, so something new is needed quickly while the opportunity of promotion is still real," technical director Ben Manga told the club website.

"With the January transfer window over, to change coach is the only option available to re-energise for the final games ahead."

Since Gracia was sacked just four months after taking the club to the 2019 FA Cup final, Quique Sanchez Flores, Nigel Pearson, Vladimir Ivic, Xisco Munoz, Claudio Ranieri, Roy Hodgson, Edwards and now Bilic have all had spells in charge.

Of those, Munoz led the club to promotion to the Premier League in 2021, but he was sacked six months later to make way for Ranieri.

The Italian, who guided Leicester City to the Premier League title in 2016, himself only lasted three months before Hodgson was brought in.

2 points for each correct scorer
Correct joker doubles your score      
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.

Friday 10th March:
Stoke City v Blackburn Rovers

Saturday 11th March:
West Brom v Town
Town scorers:
Baggies scorers:

Bristol City v Blackpool (12:30)
Birmingham City v Rotherham United
Burnley v Wigan Athletic
Coventry City v Hull City
Preston North End v Cardiff City
Queens Park Rangers v Watford
Reading v Millwall
Sheffield United v Luton Town
Swansea City v Middlesbrough

Sunday 12th March:
Norwich City v Sunderland (12:00)

Tuesday 14th March:
Blackpool v Queens Park Rangers
Millwall v Swansea City
Rotherham United v Preston North End
Watford v Birmingham City
Wigan Athletic v Coventry City
Middlesbrough v Stoke City

Wednesday 15th March:
Town v Norwich
Town scorers:
Norwich scorers:

Blackburn Rovers v Reading
Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion
Hull City v Burnley
Luton Town v Bristol City
Sunderland v Sheffield United

Table after Matchday 29:

1. jjamez = 712 pts
   
2. themaclad = 662 pts
   
3. theo_luddite = 652 pts
   
4. Baggiebob(BBB) = 647 pts
   
5. neonfoxinthebox = 630 pts
   
6. St Charles Owl = 618 pts
   
7. Lord Snooty = 603 pts
   
8. ritchiebaby = 589 pts
   
9. SHEP_HTAFC = 566 pts
   
10. Amelia Chaffinch = 542 pts
    
11. Devongone = 510 pts
    
12. WakeyTerrier = 171 pts

Bromley 0-2 York
Dag & Red 2-1 Wrexham
Dorking 0-2 Barnet
Gateshead 0-1 Halifax
Maidenhead United 2-1 Boreham Wood
Oldham 0-3 Woking
Scunthorpe 0-4 Altrincham
Solihull Moors 1-1 Torquay
Southend 1-3 Chesterfield
Wealdstone 2-0 Maidstone United
Yeovil 2-3 Eastleigh

League Table After Matchday 46
Devon - 832
St Charles Owl - 776
SaltergateBorn - 742
Lord Snoots - 733
Spireitematt - 710
Dancing - 682
Amelia - 618

This will be a tough match for Hibs, but the team is currently in good shape with more key players returning from injury and picking up on their match fitness in the process. I'm looking forward to this one, but cautiously knowing Hibs league form v RFC is devoid of a victory for a long time albeit we gave them a good old skelping in last season's league cup semi-final at Hampden Park. I would've liked to see more service to our strikers from the flanks as no McGeady or Martin Boyle in place to really threaten their defensive lines. Anyway, we've got to go with the guys who have been "doing the biz" and this is a "step up" in the challenge ahead. My main concern is the usual one: the choice of referee and if VAR is gonna "deal us a duff hand" to their benefit AGAIN. C'mon Hibs!! Keep winning matches at all cost and fight to protect this unbeaten run!!
Lastly, this home match will be a poignant one dedicated to the memory of Ron Gordon and his vision and positive aspirations re the future of our football club. I'm sure all Hibs fans will embrace the occasion in the appropriate way.

GGTTH

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64775002

An early challenge for Celtic after going down 1-0 to another one of these hand ball pk decisions that Rangers never seem to be penalised with. Not a problem! Dunne's dismissal, a pivotal moment in this game although I don't think it would've mattered anyway. A more dynamic Celtic team coming out in the second half and the super sub, Abada, playing a major role in pulverising the Saints' defence in a match where the score could well have been a bigger thrashing than this one. And Oh scores his first league goal for Celtic (all second half subs exceptional as well), possibly an ominous sign for future opponents in the weeks ahead where Celtic goals are coming from all angles and various attacking positions. Multi-million pound quality prevails v other poorer opponents who are hugely dependent on luck and other circumstances to get any kinda result v the Hoops!

Who selected that team?

Have we been playing murder ball in training and several players died?

Much as I'm glad to see change that team wouldn't bring much back from Roots Hall. Keeping the weakest and most culpable defender and dispensing with his mates seems odd for a start. Was it just a wake-up call?