THE MATCH

SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 3:00PM

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LAST MATCH



A game of two halves as we shared the spoils with the Swans. We were the better team in the first half, Borne forced a save before Reach finished well from a Bazza corner. Reach then tried one of his long range shots but went wide. Onto the 2nd and Swansea bought Ayew on and they started to improve and equalized through Ayew when he jinked in the box and curled one into the corner. Swansea were the better team but we were defending fairly well with only a Ayew shot saved by Wildsmith. We thought we had blown it in injury time when Swansea scored but the ref had already blown for a foul.

THE MATCH



TP first home game in charge as we host one our managers former team Stoke and a few former players in Fox & Fletcher. Stoke are just placed outside the playoffs in 8th place but there form has been up and down lately, winning 3 and losing 3, hopefully the losing one will turn up. Apart from Fletch & Fox they have the likes of Ince, Clucas and Mokel amongst there ranks. They will be looking to maintain there challenge but make there form a less up and down. They are bossed by Michael O'Neill who used to manage Northern Ireland

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                    

STOKE -                    

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

TIM ROBINSON
Lee Venamore and Andrew Fox
Fourth Official : Oliver Langford

THE TEAM

Windass is still suspended, will Rhodes start again? Will Westwood be fit?

Wildsmith
Palmer Lees Borner Aken
Bannan Luongo
Moses Paterson Reach
Rhodes

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-0 Paterson

BML STANDINGS

Owlkev 4
Washington 2
Maddix 2
Wereham 1
Stateside 1
SCO 1

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Cardiff City v Luton Town
Derby County v Wycombe Wanderers
Huddersfield Town v Middlesbrough
Norwich City v Coventry City
Rotherham United v AFC Bournemouth

HAAHA

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC





One for Washington

               

Here's the Christmas special in memory of our friend Madsteve   He must be looking down pissed off ... but that wasn't his game he would have probably seen the positive in all this and calmed most of us down   With a new manager in charge, maybe things will look up over the Christmas period.

FIXTURES

02/12  Reading   H

05/12  Norwich   A

08/12  Huddersfield  A

12/12  Barnsley  H

15/12  Forest  A

19/12  Coventry  H

26/12  Blackburn  A

29/12  Middlesbrough  H

1. For          pick the total points we will pick up copying allowed on this one as it will be tight

2.  For          pick the total goals we will score

3.  For          the player of the month for December copying allowed and  this result shall be given later on in January when the official site gives us the winner

4.  For           Our top goal scorer for December copying allowed

5.  For            like we do on the normal thread home and away predictions copying allowed the posters with the most correct win example if it where needed eg: HDHHHA

My Predictions:

1  10
2  10
3  Luongo
4  Paterson
5  DHDDAHHD

Entries in by Midday on the 2nd December

       

Maradona  Has Died Aged 60

never liked her music

Hibs bizarrely playing Dundee again in the next round of the Betfred Cup and I just hope they register a good win against them as previously achieved. I'm slightly cautious on this happening mainly because I perceive that the same result is sometimes too easily assumed v the same opposition. Remember this is HFC we are dealing with. Jack Ross definitely has a team choice that can "turn over" this Dundee side as previously attained but they must "show up" and remember that Hibs are "carrying" players like Boyle who IMO is a luxury player who does not contribute enough to any match. We should win it but I can see a potential "shock" mainly because of the odd way that Hibs have been playing matches in recent times. C'mon Hibs - prove me wrong and start playing with a swagger and belief in what we are trying to do i.e. win games and impress your fans!!!

GGTTH

Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
B.B.B. 18 2 3 5 3 0
Derby 18 0 7 5 3 0
Twerton 14 0 5 5 3 0
Bomber 12 0 6 5 -3 0
A.A.A. 11 1 5 NP -3 0
Amelia 10 1 3 5 -3 0
St Charles 10 0 5 5 -3 0
Themaclad 10 0 3 5 3 0
Sanjay 6 0 6 -3 -3 0
Snooty 4 0 3 -3 3 0

Decent week with nearly all players getting into double figures. Interestingly not one player managed to get the extra point from the scoreball, not seen that happen before!! Maybe the fact that we had a rare 0-0 game and 8 of the games saw at least one team fail to score as well meant that point was hard to come by!!

Current leader BBB leads the way this week along with Derby, both getting 18 points but achieving that score in very different ways. BBB was the only player to get 2 CSs and added CRs on his Gamball and Bonus. Derby scored points on a weeks high 7 games, and would have been on for a huge score had he been able to convert any of them into CSs!! Third spot goes to Twerton with 14 points, who like the top two scored on his Gamball and Bonus.

Bomber comes in 4th on 12 points, scoring on 6 games but like Derby not able to convert any of his CRs into CSs. 5th place is AAA on 11 points, he did get one CS out of his 6 scoring games but missed out on the Bonus and missed 3 extra points by not playing the Gamball.

Sixth place goes to three players on 10 points - Amelia, St Charles and Themaclad. All of them got there in different ways - Amelia got the only CS among them, SCO scored on 5 games and Themaclad only scored on 3 games but 2 of them were his Gamball and Bonus.

In 9th spot on 6 points is Sanjay. Another low score for him but unlucky for him he scored on 6 of the 10 matches but was the only player to miss on all his balls which held his score down. Lord Snooty props up the table this week with just 4 points, crucially like Sanjay he predicted a Leicester win at Anfield which cost vital points compared to everyone else.

At the top of the table BBB has extended his lead over SCO to 16 points, BBB is being very consistent this season. There is now a 17 point gap to 3rd place, and also a new player in that spot in Amelia, who overtook Sanjay who is now joint 4th with AAA. Bomber though is now just one point behind them in 6th spot, so only 3 points separate 3rd to 6th spots. At the bottom, Derby moved up a spot into the relegation PO spot, leaving Themaclad in the relegation spots with Twerton.

Cheers
SCO

BBB 109pts
SCO 93
Amelia 76
Sanjay 74
AAA 74
Bomber 73
Snooty 60
Derby 54
Themaclad 53
Twerton 49



Silver 20pts 1CS 7CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Stairs 19pts 2CS 7CR 0GB 3BB 0SB
Zinman 18pts 1CS 6CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Beefy 13pts 0CS 6CR 0GB 3BB 0SB
Minizin 13pts 0CS 6CR 0GB 3BB 0SB
Lady Jane 12pts 1CS 5CR 5GB -3BB 0SB
Joker 12pts 0CS 4CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Somerset 11pts 0CS 5CR 0GB 3BB 0SB
BaggieOne 8pts 0CS 5CR -3GB 3BB 0SB
DD 0pts 0CS 3CR -3GB -3BB 0SB

Another high scoring week, in fact the best so far this year, with only 2 players failing to make double figures. We were helped by Beefy choosing some fairly predictable games, for example Man Utd and friends beating Albion and Tony Pulis nil (better get used to it, SCO, though I'm sure they all worked very aaard). Good returns from both the gamball and bonuses but not a single extra point gained from the scoreball. Stairs was the only person to score on the Villa game (what is it about those ***&^*s - on the rare occasion I don't mind them winning, they manage to lose!)

Silver heads the weekly table for the third time this season with 20 points. He scored on 7 games with one correct score and extra points from both his gamball and bonus. Stairs is just a point behind, the only player to get more than one correct score and like Silver scoring on 7of the games. His decision not to play the gamball deprived him of 3 extra points, keeping him off top spot. Zinman takes 3rd place, another point further back, scoring on 6 games including the gamball and bonus. All of the top 3 scored their highest points of the season so far.

A bit of a gap to a pack of players together in mid-table. Beefy and Minizin got 6 correct results though no correct scores, both scored on their bonuses and both declined to play the gamball, something Minizin will regret but Beefy be happy about. Lady Jane was 1 of only 2 players to lose points on her bonus, but gained respectability with a correct score and positive gamball. Joker only scored on 4 matches but got both his balls right to total 12 points, 1 ahead of Somerset, another player to regret not choosing to gamble.

BaggieOne failed to reach double figures, 1 of only 2 people to lose points on the gamball, but the Coote performance award of the week goes to DD who continued his poor start to the season, failing to trouble the scorers.

Minizin will enjoy a 3rd week on top of the overall table but sees his lead cut back - will he regret chickening out on the gamball so often? Zinman climbs to 2nd with Stairs close behind after their good week. Joker and Somerset drop back though remain very much in touch. Beefy is just clinging on to the leaders after yet another very average week.

Silver's good week lifts him a couple of places to 7th, Lady Jane climbs above BaggieOne but DD's awful week leaves him rooted to the foot of the table for the 4th consecutive week

Zin

Minizin 94pts
Zinman 88
Stairs 87
Joker 83
Somerset 82
Beefy 79
Silver 63
Lady Jane 58
BaggieOne 55
DD 42

Here is an opportunity for Hibs to take over the 3rd spot in the Scot Prem from the Dons but will they take it? We'll find out if they are still feeling sorry for themselves after throwing away a victory v Celtic. There is no doubt in my mind that Saint J, with one defeat in their last eight games, will make it difficult for Hibs tonight although IMO Hibs are a far superior team if they "show up". I think Jamie Gullan should start in front of Doidge and see how he fares v such a stuffy team. Another point of interest for me is how Boyly performs tonight - will he continue to be a real irritation to many Hibs fans again?? It really is high time he started playing properly! IMO Hibs are not playing badly but can play better with the correct line up. C'mon Hibs!

GGTTH

Just seen a news report indicating that Maurice Setters died yesterday.

An Albion player between 1955 and 1960 I probably just missed seeing him play for us before he was transferred to Man U.

My sincere condolences  to his family.