McTominay out of the Scotland squad and Ryan becomes the beneficiary for tomorrow's game v Denmark at Hampden Park. Clarke, never one for bothering too much about the Rangers media and spin against Porty, makes his move to provide cover for the CB positions. Nice one!

Barnet 1-2 Torquay
Boreham Wood 2-2 Maidenhead United
Bromley 2-0 King's Lynn
Dag & Red 3-1 Yeovil
Dover 0-4 Halifax
Eastleigh 0-2 Notts County
Solihull Moors 1-2 Chesterfield
Weymouth 0-2 Altrincham
Woking 1-3 Stockport
Wrexham 4-1 Wealdstone

League Table After Matchday 18

Amelia = 230
St Charles = 230
Lord Snoots = 226
Dancing = 208
Devon = 200
Spireitematt = 192

Monday night's Hampden confrontation fast approaching and unbeaten Denmark not playing for very much (group deservedly won!) while Scotland really could do with picking up a point to get that cherished home tie in the eventual play-off. We are hitting decent form at the right time. However, I think the result will depend on what the Danish manager wants to "throw" at us. Will he rest many of his players or still push for finishing off this group in style and all group matches won? I notice Nathan Paterson is suspended for this match. Therefore O'Donnell will be the likely alternative at RB. Christie and Dykes return to the fold, McTominay poss returning too. I think this match could well end up being a nail-biter, but lets "go for it" all the same and try to grab that play-off advantage in front of a full house Hampden Park. C'mon Scotland!

Premier League

AAA          6pts 1CS 3CR 0GB -3BB 1SB
Sanjay      5pts 0CS 3CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
SCO          1pt 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
Derby        1pt 0CS 3CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
Minizin      1pt 0CS 3CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
BBB          1pts 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 1SB
Snooty      0pts 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Silver        0pts 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
BaggieOne -4pts 0CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 0SB


Oh dear! A grand total of 10 points for the Premiership this week, quite possibly the lowest total score I've seen since the start of this event (I expect some smarta### will dig back into history and prove me wrong!) Was it really that difficult? (Quick break while Zinman goes off to check his own score...) Oh, apparently it was!

The gamball proved an utter disaster, nobody predicting a Stoke win and even when given a free choice, the bonus didn't prove much better with only 1 player getting a positive score from it. Some players will at least be grateful for the extra score ball point, it some cases relying on it to keep them away from zero.

AAA sits in an unfamiliar position at the top of the table though with an entirely familiar score of 6 points (which just happens to be his average weekly score when he's submitted his predictions). He stands out from the crowd due to his decision not to play the gamball, thereby being the only player not to lose 3 points. Sanjay scores a mighty 5 points to be clear in second place thanks to his correct bonus result - not a lot else to talk about!

And then the rest. A solitary point for SCO, Derby and Minizin but that was a point more than BBB, Snooty and Silver managed. BaggieOne occupies a familiar position at the foot of the table having had a complete 'mare - just 1 correct result and firing a complete set of blanks with his balls to total minus 4 points.

How to go into the international break on a high!


Derby 136
Silver 125
BBB 122
Snooty 121
SCO 118
Minizin 118
Sanjay 96
BaggieOne 64
AAA 41

IGiven this week's scores I didn't expect to see much movement in the overall table and I was right - no movement whatsoever. even the people who were on level points last week managed to stay that way! AAA did at least managed to close the gap slightly to BaggieOne.

The gamball remains far more beneficial than the bonus - so far the Premiership has amassed 119 points on the gamball compared to minus 15 on the bonus! 3 players, Sanjay, AAA and BaggieOne have dropped into negative scores on the gamball while Derby remains the best gambler scoring 43 points on it. Silver heads the bonus table with 15 points in contrast to BaggieOne with minus 21.

Zin


Championship

Blue Baggie 14pts 1CS 3CR 10GB -3BB 1SB
Dingle          11pts 0CS 5CR 5GB -3BB 1SB
Stairs          10pts 2CS 2CR NPGB -3BB 1SB
Zinman          7pts 1CS 2CR -3GB 3BB 1SB
Salop            3pts 1CS 1CR NPGB -3BB 0SB
Lady Jane      2pts 1CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Themaclad    0pts 1CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Twerton        0pts 1CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 0SB
Amelia        -4pts 0CS 1CR -3GB -3BB 0SB

Mercifully the Championship fared a bit better than the PL did this week, but not by a whole lot!!  Blue again tops the table with 14 points, his coin flipping is helping him run away with the league this year!!  A correct Gamball certainly helps as well.  Dingle had a better week than he has been seeing in second spot with 11 points, at CR on the Gamball and backed up with scoring on half the games saw him on the podium for the first time in a few weeks.  Stairs continues his consistency in third with 10 points.  He will be sick of me saying that he missed out on 6 points by not playing the Gamball and is now up to 24 points missed by not playing it.

Zinman is 4th on 7 points, missed on the Gamball but he was the only one to score positive points on the Bonus.  Salop is fifth on 3 points, like Stairs he too could have been 6 points better off had he played the Gamball.  Lady Jane is the last one to score positive points this week with 2 points, she missed on all her balls to keep her score low.

The bottom three amassed -4 points between them!!  Themaclad and Twerton both put in zeros and Amelia found her early season form and finished with -4!!!

154 - Blue Baggie
129 - Stairs
110 - Zinman
105 - Dingle
103 - Lady Jane
98 - Salop
79 - Themaclad
72 - Amelia
71 - Twerton

Not much change in the table, as per usual Blue extended his lead again, now up to 25 points.  Stairs consolidated his second spot, as did Zin in third.  Dingle rose two places, rising above both Lady Jane and Salop.  Nearly 20 point gap after that to the bottom three who all stayed in the same positions.

Cheers
SCO

Well it finally looks like the timmy media in scotland have finally done the unthinkable and forced Stevie geeeeeeeeee out the door        One of the genuinely least pleasant individuals to coach up here for some time. Was genuinely howling with laughter listening to mccoist/adam/rae/hately/young and Kenny Mac  openly pleading for him to stay.

His departure had nothing to do with the mega pay deal he is picking up at villa, or that he was clearly dropping his skirt for any EPL gig that came up, or that his last deal had a paltry release fee on it... No siree. It was genuinely hilarious watching the penny finally drop for their clueless arsehole fans. They never learn. 

3 mill for their entire coaching team in the run up to our semi final with them  Ross better not xxxx it up this time.

As for stevie i think he's a heavily overrated manager, he did well in the europa but a lot of his wins were against dross they should be beating anyway. If Covid hadn't have struck he would have been out the door before last season. He has a whole team of players who's deals are up over the next season and they are totally skint. I thought Gerrard might take a few of their players but now i'm not so sure, his position is "head coach" so it may well be he doesn't have as much influence on that front as i thought.

Could a Mcinnes style appointment be coming ?

One things for sure Stevie has bailed out before the shit hits the fan.

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 13TH NOVEMBER KO 3:00PM

v

LAST MATCH



Well a draw it ended, which neither team really wanted as it now means a replay. It was a game of few chances, Adeniran had our best chance in the first half but was saved. Plymouth had several counter attacks but BPF had one save to make. In the second half we were the better team and SB forced a save while a few other chances went begging. BPF then pulled off a top save and then in  injury time Byers had a great chance but blazed over the bar.

THE MATCH

(couldn't find any Gillingham games, so here's the goals v Harrogate)

Next up Gillingham make the long journey north. We haven't played these in the league in 19 years and that was a 0-2 defeat at Hillsborough. They currently lie 19th in the table and will be battling to stay up this season. They are managed by Steve Evans, who has managed Rotherham & Leeds, and has been in charge for a couple of years. Another game we have to win, so we will probably make very hard work of it.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                                      

GILL                -                          

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

JOHN BUSBY
Simon Beck and James Wilson
Fourth Official : Carl Boyeson

THE TEAM

Peacock-Farrell
Hunt Hutch Iorfa Palmer
Bannan Wing Adeniran
Paterson Gregory Brown

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-1 Gregory

ATTENDANCE

20211

BML STANDINGS

Kev 6
Pei 6
Wash 4
SCO 4
Wereham 3
Maddix 3
Imre 2
SS 2

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Accrington Stanley v Plymouth Argyle
Burton Albion v Charlton Athletic
Ipswich Town v Oxford United
Milton Keynes Dons v Cambridge United
Wycombe Wanderers v Portsmouth

AAHHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

2014/15:

Terrier1987cas: 961 pts
terrier1973: 950 pts
JUSTASILLYOLDGIT: 938 pts
Neonfoxinthebox: 914 pts
ritchiebaby: 904 pts
SHEP_HTAFC: 885 pts
jjamez: 882 pts
Lord Snooty: 832 pts
WakeyTerrier: 773 pts
Mitzi: 751 pts
Amelia Chaffinch: 741 pts
Marco4: 608 pts
ARTERRIER: 567 pts
grimois: 281 pts
Beefy 1965: 233 pts
Citizen Jeebers: 161 pts

2015/16:
Terrier1987cas = 864 pts
terrier1973 = 853 pts
jjamez = 804 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 736 pts
Lord Snooty = 719 pts
ritchiebaby = 697 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 608 pts
Jeebers = 506 pts
WakeyTerrier = 407 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 89 pts

2016/17:
Terrier1987cas = 1179 pts
JUSTASILLYOLDGIT = 1178 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 1169 pts
themaclad = 1141 pts
Lord Snooty = 1097 pts
jjamez = 1090 pts
St Charles Owl = 1075 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 1064 pts
ritchiebaby = 1026 pts
terrier1973 = 949 pts
WakeyTerrier = 859 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 722 pts

2017/18:
Terrier1987cas = 989 pts
JUSTASILLYOLDGIT = 973 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 958 pts
jjamez = 920 pts
themaclad = 916 pts
St Charles Owl = 906 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 890 pts
Lord Snooty = 889 pts
theo_luddite = 825 pts
ritchiebaby = 769 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 734 pts
terrier1973 = 98 pts
Beefy 1965 = 6 pts

2018/19:
themaclad = 1009 pts
St Charles Owl = 1002 pts
jjamez = 983 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 975 pts
theo_luddite = 960 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 949 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 921 pts
Lord Snooty = 857 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 812 pts
JUSTASILLYOLDGIT = 786 pts
ritchiebaby = 784 pts
Terrier1987cas = 544 pts

2019/20:
jjamez = 855 pts
themaclad = 820 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 819 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 818 pts
theo_luddite = 791 pts
St Charles Owl = 763 pts
ritchiebaby = 739 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 738 pts
Lord Snooty = 731 pts
Beefy 1965 = 674 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 668 pts

2020/21:

1. Baggiebob(BBB) = 916 pts
   
2. jjamez = 899 pts
   
3. St Charles Owl = 862 pts
   
4. theo_luddite = 858 pts
   
5. themaclad = 847 pts
   
6. Lord Snooty = 840 pts
   
7. SHEP_HTAFC = 794 pts
   
8. neonfoxinthebox = 791 pts
   
9. ritchiebaby = 786 pts
   
10. Amelia Chaffinch = 686 pts
    
11. Beefy 1965 = 356 pts
    

    ---

    Just call me Mr Mid Table Mediocrity.

So we've been drawn away to Salford in the 2nd round of the FA Cup. Salford currently sit 19th in League 2 and have only won 4 in the league all season. After watching the TV game against Dagenham, I would say we've got a good chance of beating them because I thought Salford were rather poor and if Dagenham had took their chances in that game they could have had at least 3 goals. Hopefully we will have a fully strengthened squad by the time we play them.

Aldershot Town 0-2 Grimsby Town
Altrincham 2-2 Boreham Wood
Chesterfield 3-1 Weymouth
King's Lynn Town 1-2 Wrexham
Maidenhead United 0-2 Dagenham & Redbridge
Notts County 1-1 Solihull Moors
Southend United 1-0 Woking
Torquay United 3-0 Dover Athletic
Wealdstone 1-3 Barnet
Yeovil Town 2-2 Eastleigh
Stockport County 3-0 Bromley

League Table After Matchday 17

Amelia = 220
St Charles = 214
Lord Snoots = 198
Dancing = 190
Spireitematt = 182
Devon = 178

Gareth Southgate seems quite a nice guy. He was a whole-hearted footballer. His heart is in the right place. BUT BUT BUT ......

If England win The World Cup, or any major tournament with him in charge, it is going to be a tribute to our how much our players are better than anyone else's and illustrate that sometimes even your manager can't stop you winning.

He has managed to select an England squad with three goalkeepers, in a country almost devoid of goalkeeping talent, and has succeeded in leaving out the only proper goalkeeper we have. The man clearly doesn't known what he is doing. Nicky Pope is the only goalkeeper we have.

To cap his bizarre selection he drags in a cluster of out-of-form and possibly injury-carrying centre backs and leaves out the most in-form central defender, who he did have in his last squad - Fikayo Tomori, who has been deserving the raves he's been getting in Milan.

Emile Smith-Rowe, who has been dragging Arsenal up the league every week, is consigned to the U-21s and has only gained late recognition when illness and public reaction forced a place for him in the squad.

We should have taken notice during the Euros when whatever Jack Grealish did with his shin pads and however many free kicks he won when allowed onto the field of play, could never gain him more than the odd few minutes on an actual pitch, that this was conservative selection for the dyed-in-the-wool reactionaries. We've a got a tanner-each-way and half-o'-bitter man in charge. It isn't that we're going nowhere. We're going exactly where we're aiming for. The World Cup? We're a cert' for the Quarters.