So another cup semi-final looms ever closer for Hibs and I must say I'm mildly optimistic that the guys can overcome Saint Johnstone and progress to the final. I think JR has the players who can definitely "do the job" and I'm hoping Irvine and Cadden will be pivotal in adding their experience to a Hibs team that can win this match fairly comfortably if they "show up". However, in the back of my mind there remains this nagging doubt re Jack Ross's ineptitude in dealing with matches that become complicated/challenging and he doesn't win big matches even with Hibs teams that are good enough to win them but just need a "tweak" to get things right. He needs to "burst that bogey" and manage these situations properly from the touch line. C'mon Hibs! We wanna contest another final and possibly even win it to "grab the much needed prize money"!

GGTTH

I have a good feeling about the acquisition of Snodgrass. He seems like a player who will be influential at the club, both on, and off the field for the immediate future of the club wherever that takes us. I am old enough to remember the likes of Dougie Fraser, Ali Brown and Bobby Hope. Would that he could have the impact of those guys.
I wish we could get Pereira playing with a smile on his face.

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 22nd January:
Stoke City v Watford

Saturday 23rd January:
Queens Park Rangers v Derby County

Sunday 24th January:
Preston North End v Reading (12:30)
Middlesbrough v Blackburn Rovers (15:00)

Tuesday 26th January:
Bristol City v Town (19:00)
Town scorers:
Brizzle scorers:

Millwall v Watford

Wednesday 27th January:
Barnsley v Cardiff City
Middlesbrough v Rotherham United
Swansea City v Brentford

Bonus matches:
FA Cup 4th round:
Friday:
Chorley v Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday:
Barnsley v Norwich City
Millwall v Bristol City

Sunday:
Brentford v Leicester City (14:30)
Manchester United v Liverpool (17:00)
Everton v Sheffield Wednesday (20:00)

Monday:
Wycombe Wanderers v Tottenham Hotspur

Table after Matchday 20:

1. theo_luddite = 492 pts
   
2. jjamez = 491 pts
   
3. themaclad = 491 pts
   
4. Baggiebob(BBB) = 478 pts
   
5. neonfoxinthebox = 461 pts
   
6. St Charles Owl = 456 pts
   
7. Lord Snooty = 443 pts
   
8. SHEP_HTAFC = 442 pts
   
9. ritchiebaby = 402 pts
   
10. Amelia Chaffinch = 386 pts
    
11. Beefy 1965 = 356 pts

i dont post much on here lately
but every time i look at this site
all i see are dumb advertisements
can someone please explain where these have come from?

if i look at a posting on here i get a stupid square advertising something dumb

v



FORM GUIDE
BRISTOL CITY 3 PRESTON NORTH END 11

LAST TIME OUT LEAGUE

LUTON TOWN 2 BRISTOL CITY 1


PRESTON NORTH END 0 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 1



CITY NEWBIES

Chris Martin, Chris Brunt, Joe Williams, Alfie Mawson and rhe less talented of the Sessegnon brothers

Head to Head

First visit in 1902 which we lost 2-0 our first victory was in 1908 last season we drew 1 all, City's last home victory was in 2010 a 4-2 win.

It may only be four weeks since we faced Bristol City in an EFL Championship encounter, but it’s been a busy period since for both teams.

Dean Holden’s Robins go into the game on the back of an FA Cup success at home to Portsmouth on Sunday, but their rescheduled clash with Brentford on Wednesday night was called off for a second time due to Covid in the Bees camp.

North End, meanwhile, have also had a week without an evening game, giving them time to get the new faces acclimatised, with Ched Evans and Daniel Iversen both available for selection, along with midweek recruit Ben Whiteman.

Manager Alex Neil will have his staff back alongside him too, after a number of them isolating when they travelled to Adam Park in the Cup last weekend, but subsequently testing negative for Covid.

Team News
Manager Alex Neil will be able to call upon Ched Evans, who was cup tied for last week’s trip to Wycombe and he will also have Daniel Iversen available; the Danish international not involved at Adams Park, having only had one session with the squad.

Ben Whiteman will also be available after completing his permanent transfer from Doncaster Rovers on Wednesday and receiving clearance from the EFL and FA to allow him to join up with his new team-mates.

Daniel Johnson, Ben Davies and Ben Pearson will all be assessed, but Tom Barkhuizen is back after missing the third round tie due to isolating, after a close contact tested positive for Covid-19.

Declan Rudd underwent surgery earlier this week and he joins fellow long-term absentees, Patrick Bauer (Achilles), Billy Bodin (knee) and Louis Moult (ACL) on the sidelines.

For Dean Holden, he welcomed Alfie Mawson back last weekend, but is without Jamie Paterson, Liam Walsh and Joe Williams at present.

No midweek game may allow the Robins to also have back Nathan Baker, plus Kasey Palmer – who was back off loan with Swansea City should be clear after testing positive for Covid-19, whilst defender Jack Hunt may also return.


Match Officials
Saturday’s game sees Dean Whitestone appointed as match official, his third PNE game this season – all away from home - having taken charge of the 4-2 away win at Brentford back in October and December’s trip to Barnsley.

He refereed four North End games in 2019/20, including the home game with QPR and our home win over Charlton Athletic in late January.

The Northamptonshire official has refereed PNE games on 15 previous occasions, the first of which was at Bramall Lane back in October 2008.

He has officiated 16 games so far this campaign, issuing 23 cautions and no red cards – including Bristol City’s goalless draw with Watford back in November.

Two of the stand-out PNE games he has been in charge of, were a previous 3-0 victory at Barnsley in August 2009, and a 3-1 triumph on the road at Doncaster in October 2012.

The rest of Tuesday's official will be made up of assistant referees Adam Crysell and Mark Pottage, whilst the fourth official will be Martin Woods.

MACS VIEW

Apart from a visit in August 1986 which we lost 3-1 highlight of the game Jim Branagan giving a display of such ineptitudeat left back which promptly led to him being released visits to Bristol have been succesful, last five times I've been we have won.
Sadly will not be able to cast a view on Nelson Mandela house as with last season we are still stuck with eth Covids
Safe to say in recent games both sides have been in and out although to be fair to City their last league game was last year due to a Covid out break.
Over the years the ground has improved tremendously and this week became a venue for mass injections of whatever vaccine they have down there, every credit for opening their facilities for that.
Game wise let's hope our socially distance cup defeat can be consigned to being one of those things, newbies galore, question is will Ched bag?

FAMOUS BRISTOL FOLK

Dino Dini (born 5 June 1965) is a British video game developer and creator of the Kick Off series of football games.[1][2] He was a lecturer at the NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, teaching game programming.[3]
In 1988, Dini was hired to code a top down football game from a Steve Screech idea.[4] In 1989 Kick Off was then published by Anil Gupta's publishing house Anco for the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga. The original version was designed and programmed by Dino Dini with graphics, playtesting and tuning by Steve Screech,[5][6] it was critically acclaimed[7] and sold very well. Dini followed it with Player Manager and Kick Off 2. Goal! (also known as Dino Dini's Soccer) was then released after Dini left Anco and moved to Virgin Games in 1993.[8] Goal! was critically acclaimed worldwide.[9] Goal! introduced more user friendly controls compared to Kick Off 2 and entertained a wider audience than its predecessor. It was also called the real Kick Off 3 by the Kick Off fans. In 1996, Dini moved to the United States to work as Project Director for the Z-Axis football game Three Lions. It was released in 1998.

In 2001, Dini moved back to Great Britain and started to work with his new development company, Abundant Software. In 2004, Dini signed with DC Studios to develop a new soccer game[10] which was code-named Soccer 3 and later Total Control Football. The game was cancelled during the summer of 2005.[citation needed]

After 2005, Dini worked as a contractor on a government-funded project. In 2009, he became a lecturer for the International Game Architecture and Design programme at NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, teaching game programming. At the 2009 Game Developers Conference Europe (GDCE) in Cologne, (Germany), Dini was guest speaker on the subject of video game design.[11][12]

In 2010, Dino ran unsuccessfully for a position on the International Game Developers Association board of directors.[13] In August of that year, he announced via his blog that he was working on a sequel to his game Player Manager as an independent project.[14] In 2011 he contributed articles and the beta version of his browser-based game Letteroids 3D to DevilsMMO, a website for MMO and MMORPG games.[15][16]

On 14 October 2015, Dino Dini announced a new game entitled Dino Dini's Kick Off Revival. It was released on the PlayStation 4 on 24 June 2016, with poor reviews from game journalists,[17] and from players.[18] Metacritic judged Dino Dini Kick Off Revival the 2nd worst game of 2016,.[19] Vice elected Revival as the worst football game ever made.[20] A PlayStation Vita version was delayed and released nine months later in March 2017[21] with bad reviews.[22]

The PC version was released in Steam in September 2017 and it was an exact port of the PlayStation 4 version. Whilst maintaining an overall "mixed" summary status, it has similarly received bad reviews for being a very basic game missing many features of the original Kick Off games.

I WONDERED HOW THE TABLE WOULD LOOK INVOLVING EVERYONE AS WE ALL PLAY THE SAME GAMES EACH WEEK.

-        WEEK     9  -10       -11        -12       -13        -14

1.   BBB         109-129(1)  -155(1) -158(1) -163(1)    -173(1)    -
2.   ST.C          93-108(2)  -121(2) -129(3) -148(3)    -158(2)  UP 1
3.   SANJAY      74- 88(7)  -110(5) -138(2) -154(2)    - 156(3)  DOWN 1
4.   ZINMAN     88- 92(4)   -121(3) -127(4) -141(4)    -150(4)   -
5.   MINIZIN     94- 97(3)  -119(4) -124(5) -129(5)    -141(5)    -
6.   STAIRS       87- 86(10)-100(8) -111(7) -123(=7)  -139(6)    -
7.   SOMERSET  82- 80(11)- 98 (9) -107(8) -123(=7) -129(7)    -
8.   DD             42- 51(20)-74(17)-  85(17)- 110(=11) -126(8)  UP 3
9.   AMELIA      76- 91(5)  -107(6) -117(6) -127(6)    -123(9)    DOWN 3
10. SILVER        63- 67(15)-97(10)-110(12)-119(9)   -122(=10) DOWN 1
10. BOMBER      73- 87(9) -97(10)- 99(13) -110(=11)-122(=10)  UP 1
12. AAA            74- 80(12)- 97(10)-104(10)-115(10)  -117(12)  DOWN 2
13. JOKER         86- 90 (6)- 94(13)-103(11)-105(14)   -113(13)   UP 1
14.  BEEFY        79- 87(9) -105(7) -105(9)  -108(13)   -108(14)  DOWN 1
15. BAGGIE 1    55- 67(16)-92(14)-  94(15) - 96(16)   -102(15)   UP 1
16. DERBY        54- 69(14)-84(16)-  92(16) - 94(17)   -101(16)   UP 1
17. L/SNOOTY   60- 69(13)-87(15)- 98(14) -100(15)   -  96(17)   DOWN 2
18. THEM         53- 60(18)-67(20)-  75(18) - 83(=18) -  92(18)     -
19. LADY JANE  58- 66(17)-69(18)-  72(20) - 83(=18) -  85(19)   DOWN `
20. TWERTON   49- 51(19)-69(18)-  73(19) - 79(20)   -  84(20)     -

Not much change in the top 7 except for St Charles changing with Sanjay.  DD is continuing his rise up the table from 20th to 8th. Biggest loser was Amelia down 3, with AAA and L/Snooty down 2. The bottom 3 are continuing their own private battle with L/Snooty wanting to join them.

That's all folks

Was told earlier that the current bout of Covid is effecting over 50% of our squad and some have it bad. Must admit that some of the performances in our last game were below par so wonder if they had it then.
The source is somebody associated with Sheff Utd who's U23 team play their games at our ground. Seems they are having to completely cleanse everything to get the go ahead for a game there.
Wonder if 10 days will be enough to get rid of it? Not looking good.

3 interested. 2 Pints of lager and a packet of crisps.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/transfer...ver-battle-

DD

Burnley
16 played
-12 diff
16  pts

Brighton
18
-8
14 pts

Fulham
16
-10
 11 pts

West Brom
17
-28
8 pts


Sheff Utd
18
-20
5 pts