This is a decent fixture for Hibs to follow on to after the exertions of Tuesday night in reaching the Betfred Cup semi-final - time to forget about that future Hampden confrontation v Saint Johnstone and fully focus on taking on the Tangerines and beating them. Lets keep this winning run "ticking over" and make it a good habit with another 3 pts "in the bag". I'm hoping Kevin Nisbet will be back up front alongside Doidgy but it may be too soon. Hibs defence needs no interference at the mo but should Gogic be given an "anchor role" in front of our CBs?? Hard to call but I'd opt to leave him out and stick with the positive mid formation that is attaining good results up front. C'mon Hibs!

GGTTH

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s...s-55329475

A simple question to ask: "Is this just an innocent mistake or are they 'at it' again esp when one considers that RFC is still a Scot footie club with substantial debt attached to it"?

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LAST TIME OUT

BARNSLEY 2 PRESTON NORTH END 1


BRISTOL CITY 0 MILLWALL 2


LAST SEASON

PRESTON NORTH END 3 BRISTOL CITY 3

FORM GUIDE

PNE 9 BRISTOL CITY 8

BRIZZLE NEWBIES

Martin, Brunt, Williams and Mawson

MACS VIEW

A must win for the club, behind the scenes turmoil on contract talks does not suggest a happy club, performances in and out, style of football especially at home poor and plan B seems to be hoof it, anyway Brizzle have not beaten us for yonks tomorrow they will have a good chance to break that dreadful run of results against uS


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A good enough draw for me and I wonder if the match venue will be changed to Tynecastle Stadium just like the last semi-final v them that Hibs won 2-1 in front of a jam-packed Hibs support that day!!? I was there although chogged up with a rotten cold!! Unfortunately no Hibs fans can attend this time but BRING IT ON!!

So the Buddies become the first Scot footie club to end the Govan club's unbeaten run and simultaneously deny them another chance to win a domestic trophy - still no significant domestic cups won yet since their return to the "top flight"!!
Also Jim Goodwin, who clearly stifled Tavernier's attacking contribution in a tactical sense, sent off for over-celebrating(????) Why does this happen in games v this particular footie club??????

Filling in for the Beefmeister this week, last one of the year before the Christmas break



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Again the third from bottom of the premiership will play off against the third in the table from the Championship to keep even more excitement going, they will have to predict through all the Playoffs and the winner obviously takes their place in the Premier League the following season   Thumb up

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2/ Amelia
3/ BBB
4/ Bomber
5/ Derby
6/ MacLad
7/ Sanjay
8/ SCO
9/ Snoots
10/ Twerton                
                       
Championship

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3/ DD
4/ LadyJane
5/ Joker
6/ MiniZin
7/ OneTrueBaggie
8/ Silver
9/ Somerset
10/ Stairs
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Saturday 19th Dec

1/ Crystal Palace v Liverpool 12;30  
2/ Southampton v Man.City
3/ Everton v Arsenal
4/ Huddersfield v Watford
5/ Sheff.Wed. v Coventry
6/ Blues v Middlesborough
7/ Walsall v Port Vale

Sunday 20th Dec
8/ Spurs v Leicester
9/ Man.Utd v Leeds
10/ ***Albion v Villa  

I WONDERED HOW THE TABLE WOULD LOOK INVOLVING EVERYONE AS WE ALL PLAYED THE SAME GAMES EACH WEEK.
-        WEEK     9  -10       -11            -12
1.   BBB         109-129(1)  -155(1)      158 =
2.   SANJAY      74- 88(7)  -110(5)       138 UP 3
3.   ST.C          93-108(2)  -121(2)      129 Down 1
4.   ZINMAN     88- 92(4)   -121(3)       127 Down 1
5.   MINIZIN     94- 97(3)  -119 (4)      124 Down 1
6.   AMELIA      76- 91(5)  -107(6)       117 =
7.   STAIRS       87- 86(10)-100(8)       111 UP 1
8.   SOMERSET  82- 80(11)- 98 (9)       107 UP 1
9.   BEEFY         79- 87(9) -105(7)       105 Down 2
10. AAA            74- 80(12)- 97(10)      104 =
11. JOKER         86- 90 (6)-  94(13)     103 UP 2
12. SILVER        63- 67(15)- 97(10)      101 Down 2
13. BOMBER      73- 87 ( 9)- 97(10)      99  Down 3
14. SNOOTY      60- 69(13)- 87(15)       98  UP 1
15. BAGGIE 1    55- 67(16)- 92(14)       94  Down 1
16. DERBY        54- 69(14)- 84(16)       92  =
17  DD             42- 51(20)- 74(17)       85  =
18. THEM         53- 60(18)- 67(20)       75  UP 2
19. TWERTON   49- 51(19)- 69(18)       73  UP 1
20. LADY JANE  58- 66(17)- 69(18)       72  Down 2

Big mover up by 3 is Sanjay and Bomber down by the same margin. Joker and Them up by 2, and Silver, Beefy and Lady Jane down by the same margins. Somerset and Stairs improving each week.
( ) position last week

If you haven't read it on our website then do. It is worth it.

Naturally I have criticisms. I believe in always adopting a critical standpoint. If stuff doesn't stand up to scrutiny it isn't worth much.

They could for instance have found a worse title had they trawled uninspiring Ph.D thesis titles throughout world history, but they'd have had their work cut out.

They might have produced a worse illustration of how it might work than the their blue triangle with supporters at the bottom beside a two headed arrow, but it would have taken several badly-blurred focus groups.

They might have engaged supporters more before producing the document to set the agenda themselves.

BUT these initiatives, which are rare as hen's teeth in professional sport in this country, have to come from somewhere. They are unlikely to emerge via a revolutionary tranche of working-class supporters developing their own manifesto. So the simple fact of the document's existence and the desire behind it to take that first step has to be applauded.

The great thing about it is that it has the power to become. It could become a sop for supporter dissatisfaction, a pretence at involvement in which supporters raise their voices and the club ploughs an entirely different furrow. We've consulted can be indistinguishable from copping a deaf ear. But here we are at the start of something. It isn't fully formed. It is words nicely joined together, nothing more. It does, however, have the potential, if those involved are really people of good faith to make Chesterfield Football Club very different from all its rivals.

So, yes I applaud it, but it is that phrase I've never understood, an envelope ....... that needs pushing. After long years in which every door to change has been closed and every decision, good or bad, has simply been foisted upon us, we see things opening up. Whether the authors realise the potential of their words doesn't really matter. Supporters simply need to keep following the logic of the idea. After all what follows engagement but marriage?

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 19TH DECEMBER 3:00PM

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LAST MATCH



WHAT A BUNCH OF HOPELESS, CLUELESS, GUTLESS, PATHETIC, DISINTERESTED, xxxx, WANKERS, BASTARDS, TWATS, MORONS, OVERPAID, TACTICALLY INEPT BUNCH OF CLOWNS

THE MATCH



So our next game, oops sorry defeat, is Coventry at Hillsborough. Coventry are 18th in the table, a whopping 12points above our sorry selves. Definitely no recognizeable players in the Coventry squad, though they are managed by Mark Robins who played 15 times for us back around 2003-04. Not played these for a decade, but the last time w di we actually won 2-0, back in 2009. The Sky Blues will just be looking to stay up this season and then try and build next season, unlike us who will probably be on our way to league 2   .

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                     

COVENTRY        -                                          

EFL STOOGES

JOHN BROOKS
Akil Howson and Daniel Leach
Fourth Official : Simon Mather

THE TEAM

Odubajo banned, sadly only one game.

Wildsmith
Palmer Lees Dunkley Penney
Harris Bannan Brown Reach
Windass Rhodes

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Windass

BML STANDINGS

Owlkev 6
Washington 3
SCO 3
Maddix 2
Stateside 2
Wereham 1

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Brentford v Reading
Huddersfield Town v Watford
Luton Town v AFC Bournemouth
Millwall v Nottingham Forest
Rotherham United v Derby County

HAAHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




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