Amazing, but who can argue?

This looks like a good fixture to play at this time v a team that appears to be affected by lotsa injuries to key players. I think Hibs biggest enemy will be complacency - gotta "show up" and win this match, keep pushing on to win this 3rd spot in the Scot Prem. C'mon Hibs.

GGTTH

Premier League

Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
B.B.B. 20 5 1 -3 NP 1
Snooty 14 1 3 5 3 0
St Charles 12 0 4 5 3 0
A.A.A. 11 1 5 NP -3 0
Sanjay 10 1 3 5 -3 0
Derby 10 0 3 5 3 0
Amelia 8 0 4 NP NP 0
Themaclad 7 2 2 -3 -3 1
Bomber 6 0 3 -3 3 0
Twerton 4 2 1 -3 -3 0

Better scoring overall this week with a much higher number of correct scores than usual.  The Gamball and Bonus balls were pretty much split half and half between the players as well.  BBB gets back on form this week with an excellent 20 points thanks to a season high 5 CSs.  Second again is Lord Snooty on 14 points, his good form continues as he continues to close the gap on those above him.  SCO with 12 points had a steady week, as did AAA on 11, Sanjay on 10 and Derby on 10 who all also finished in double figures, all bar AAA picked up a CR on the Gamball to boost their scores.

Amelia had her best week in a while with 8 points, she went safe by not playing any balls that might cause a negative points haul and it worked this week although had she played the Gamball she would too have been in double figures!!  Crucially for the relegation battle Themaclad scored less than Amelia but only by one point.  Bomber is down the bottom end for the second week in a row only scoring on 3 games and 6 points in total.  Twerton is bottom again on 4 points, at least he managed to be in the positive this week though!!

BBB - 235
St Charles - 209
Sanjay - 197
AAA - 182
Bomber - 172
Lord Snooty - 158
Derby - 147
Amelia - 133
Themaclad - 130
Twerton - 113

No changes in the position this week and we are starting to see a separation between all the places as the season goes on. SCO cracks the 200 point mark, as will Sanjay next week.
Lord Snooty is inching closer to the top 5 and the only real battle is at the bottom where Amelia and Themaclad are only 3 points apart for that last auto spot.  Twerton is slowly losing touch with the rest and is starting to looked doomed unless he can find some form.

Cheers
SCO


Championship

Joker         23pts 3CS 6CR 5GB 6BB 0SB
Silver         19pts 3CS 5CR 10GB -3BB 0SB
Minizin       17pts 3CS 5CR 5GB -3BB 1SB
BaggieOne  14pts 2CS 5CR 5GB -3BB 0SB
Somerset    13pts 2CS 4CR 0GB 3BB 0SB
Stairs          11pts 2CS 5CR 0GB -3BB 0SB
Lady Jane    11pts 1CS 3CR 10GB -3BB 0SB
Zinman         7pts 2CS 3CR 0GB -3BB 0SB
DD                4pts 0CS 3CR -3GB 3BB 0SB

A high scoring week (for some) with a very high proportion of correct scores. The gamball proved profitable with only 1 negative though 2 of the players who chose to ignore it got the score spot on, losing out on 6 extra points.

Joker heads the table for the first time this season (or quite possibly any season given his renowned previous success!) with what was unsurprisingly his best score of the season so far. An impressive 6 correct results, including his gamball with 3 scores spot on, including his bonus. Silver lies in second place - one of 4 players to get the gamball match exactly right  but let down by a failure on his bonus. Still, 19 points is not to be sniffed at. Our overall leader Minizin had another good week coming in third. For once he chose to play the gamball and it proved a smart move with a correct result. He was also the only player to gain the extra score ball point.

BaggieOne's decent run continues, again a double figure return but this time only good enough for 4th place. Another one to gain points from the gamball only to give them back on his bonus. Somerset will be kicking himself for not gambling - he got the score spot on and would have been sitting in second place. If only....though he was one of only 3 players to pick up points from his bonus.

Stairs and Lady Jane creep into double figures but from very different sets of results. Stairs got 5 correct predictions including 2 spot on scores, one of which was the gamball...which he chose not to play. Lady Jane only had 3 correct results and 1 correct score but this just happened to be the gamball match.

Zinman's woes continue though he was grateful to turn 2 of his correct predictions into maximums. Another player to avoid the gamball but in his case he was happy to do so. DD managed to make Zin look good only scoring 4 points. He was the only player not to pick up a correct score though he was saved by getting his bonus ball correct.


Minizin 213
BaggieOne 197
Stairs 189
Silver 181
DD 178
Zinman 178
Somerset 175
Joker 169
Lady Jane 138

No change at the top of the table. Minizin becomes the first championship player to reach 200 points and he and BaggieOne have increased their lead over their promotion rivals. Stairs remains in 3rd place with Silver jumping up from 6th to 4th in what is a tightly knit mid-table. DD drops a place and is tied with Zinman in 5th just ahead of Somerset.
Jokers excellent week doesn't improve his overall ranking but does lift him nearer to the pack and increases the gap to Lady Jane who remains at the foot of the table.

Thanks to everyone in the championship for making their scores and balls very clear though from now on I won't be messaging Minizin to remind him to get his scores in!  

Zin

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

League Table After Matchday 30
Lord Snoots = 292
Amelia = 224
Dancing = 222
Spireitematt = 218
Devon = 206
St Charles = 168
BBB = 0

Stockport were straight out of the gate signing National League North players on loan.

They've taken two from Chorley, whose season has now ended.

THE MATCH

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24TH 7:00PM

v

LAST MATCH



Well how can I put that into words, POOR, DOGSHIT, CRAP, PATHETIC, EMBARRASING, GUTLESS, USELESS, PAINFUL (You can pick your own word for Saturday's performance, been far too many this season particularly against teams around us). Defenders who cant defend, Midfielders who can't tackle, pass or create anything and Forwards who cant shoot anywhere near the intended target. Birmingham wee as bad as us, but took advantage of us being down to ten men and won the game.

THE MATCH



Next up and a trip down to Brentford. Now Brentford are a team going in the right direction on and off the pitch, good manager and a good team, a really good transfer policy, getting players in on the cheap and then selling them for millions a couple of seasons later. They are 2nd in the league, and that's after losing 3 straight, so they are playing us at the perfect time We lost here 5-0 last season and a similar score-line looks on the cards again.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                        

BEES -

EFL STOOGES

DOES IT MATTER THERE ALL CORRUPT  

JEREMY SIMPSON
Adrian Waters and Akil Howson
Fourth Official : Keith Stroud

THE TEAM

Does it matter, whoever he picks, most don't care anymore.

Westwood
Lees Dunkley Urhogide
Reach Pelupessy Bannan Hutch Penney
Rhodes Paterson

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

4-0 Mbuemo

BML STANDINGS

Owlkev 9
Washington 8
Stateside 8
Imre 6
Pei 6
SCO 5
Maddix 4
Wereham 4

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Barnsley v Stoke City
Swansea City v Coventry City
Blackburn Rovers v Watford
AFC Bournemouth v Cardiff City
Preston North End v Queens Park Rangers

HHHDH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC

QPR arrive at Deepdale just shy of a year since they last played at Deepdale, in that game North End 1 up at half time against 10 men collapswd in a heap in the second losing 3-1 to the team from West London, little did we knpw when Eze bent in the third to seal the victory that it would be the last time we would see a league game.
As with then our form can ony be described as iffy, the fan base is becoming quickly disillusioned with the style of play and with the manager.
Saturday's spineless collapse at Cardiff following on from pitiful displays against Luton and Blackburn are starting to be a regular occurence

We have lost four out of the last five and now face a QPR side in very decent nick.
Our home record is abysmal, teams arrive defend in numbers wait for a mistake by us and suddenly it's game over
One slight positive this appears to be the main match on Sky on Wednesday and we have actually won the last two times we have been on.
Think this is a pivotal week for the club, two wins against Rangers and Huddersfield culd ease the pressure two defeats and this could be one long struggle to stay up

OPPOSITION



LAST TIME OUT

QPR 2 BOURNEMOUTH 1



FORM RATING

PNE 5 QPR 14

Four wins on the bounce two games in hand and Warbie talking about the play offs we have the same number of points and we are looking downwards rather than upwards

Three wins at home in the last four games the last against Bournemouth have boosted expectations at Loftus Road, the loan signing of Austin could be pivotal, given they have lost both main players from last season, they probably are doing better than expected.
Played a 3412 formation against the Cherries with the useful chair playing behind the front two, omninously for us they have won their last three away games tthe last being at Watford

HEAD TO HEAD

We have the most wins although they may be oone closer by 10pm on Wednesday, first meeting at Deepdale in September 1949 we won 3-2, until last season we always beat these lads, last season's win was their first atg Deepdale since February 1980 when they won 3-0 and before then in 1967..
Not usually a happy hunting ground for Rangers.

MACS VIEW

Big week ahead look forward in hope rather than expectation needs two big results does Alex can almost hear the clock ticking

Allerdyck has surely lost the plot.

https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/foo...1/02/22/sa

So 8 clean sheets equates to 8 points and WBA will survive. Someone tell the Dingle we are 11 points plus goal difference adrift of 17Th place.

I give up.

DD

2 points for a correct result
4 points for a correct score
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.


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.

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.  

Friday 26th February:
Derby County v Nottingham Forest

Saturday 27th February:
Preston v Town
Town scorers:
PNE scorers:

AFC Bournemouth v Watford (12:30)
Barnsley v Millwall
Birmingham City v Queens Park Rangers
Blackburn Rovers v Coventry City
Brentford v Stoke City
Luton Town v Sheffield Wednesday
Middlesbrough v Cardiff City
Rotherham United v Reading
Swansea City v Bristol City

Sunday 28th February:
Wycombe Wanderers v Norwich City (12:00)

Tuesday 2nd March:
Town v Birmingham (19:00)
Town scorers:
Brum scorers:

Cardiff City v Derby County
Coventry City v Middlesbrough
Millwall v Preston North End
Nottingham Forest v Luton Town
Reading v Blackburn Rovers

Wednesday 3rd March:
Queens Park Rangers v Barnsley
Bristol City v AFC Bournemouth
Norwich City v Brentford
Sheffield Wednesday v Rotherham United
Watford v Wycombe Wanderers
Stoke City v Swansea City (20:15)

Bonus match:
Scottish League Cup Final:
Sunday:
Livingston v St Johnstone (14:00)

Table after Matchday 25:

1. Baggiebob(BBB) = 624 pts
   
2. jjamez = 617 pts
   
3. themaclad = 613 pts
   
4. theo_luddite = 612 pts
   
5. Lord Snooty = 579 pts
   
6. St Charles Owl = 576 pts
   
7. neonfoxinthebox = 563 pts
   
8. SHEP_HTAFC = 546 pts
   
9. ritchiebaby = 539 pts
   
10. Amelia Chaffinch = 466 pts
    
11. Beefy 1965 = 356 pts