Wow. Talk about leaving it late.

A goal down after only 3 minutes and with Northampton's forwards emulating Ussain Bolt, the game began to look like one to forget.

Fortunately our defence gradually got to grips with the pace of the game and after 20 minutes Ryan Broom, back to his best, curled a shot home from 20 yards. His first goal since the 4 January.

Gradually the Robins began to get on top but, were now being subjected to some agricultural tackling from our opponents which together with the Cobbler's players tendency to throw themselves flat if one of ours came anywhere near them, made life difficult for the referee.
So much so that when one of our players was tripped from behind, with the referee no more than two yards away he still failed initially to award a free kick.

We seem to get some very poor referees down at Jonny Rocks these days and this guy was worse than most.

Nevertheless a late substitution bringing Reg Varney on in place of Rueben Reid did the trick with 'Reg' tapping the ball home from a couple of yards following a scramble in their penalty area.

A sigh of relief all round!!

I see that Serge Gnabry fella scored another two tonight, he’s some player.
I remember just a few seasons ago there was talk of him going out on loan from Arsenal; I wish he could have come to the Baggies, I’ll bet you Tony Pulis would have worked wonders with him......oh, hang on!

Player Pts CS CR GB BB SB
Derby 23 2 5 5 3 1
Bomber 19 0 7 5 3 1
A.A.A. 15 1 5 NP 3 0
Zinman 15 1 5 NP 3 0
St Charles 11 0 6 -3 3 1
B.B.B. 10 0 6 -3 3 0
Sanjay 10 0 6 -3 3 0
Themaclad 9 0 5 -3 3 1
Beefy 6 1 2 -3 3 0

Solid week for most this week with some good scoring from a lot of the matches, including everyone getting a CR on the Bonus Ball. Derby leads the way with an excellent 23 points gained from scoring points on 7 games, including a CR on the Gamball!! This score should see him move out of the relegation spots!!! In 2nd place is Mr Consistency, Bomber, with a fine 19 points, he managed 7 correct result predictions, if he could have turned a couple of those in correct scores he would have had a huge week!! I think we could be looking at our new PL leader here!!

Third spot goes to AAA and Zinman with virtually identical records giving them 15 points. 6 matches providing points and CS BB will get you a good score in this and that is what they did!! AAA never plays the Gamball, cost him three extra points this week though!! In 5th is St Charles, his inability to get correct scores is beginning to haunt him and will see him still fighting against relegation.

Joint 6th is BBB and Sanjay on 10 points. Like Bomber and SCO, no correct scores between them and this week that might hurt their league positions with others scoring more. Themaclad is in 8th place on 9 points and his struggles continue again being hurt by scoring consistently but no CS this week is hurting him like others!!

In 9th and last place this week is our resident bottom dweller in every sense of the word!! Beefy again fails to show any sign of being remotely able to claw himself out of the bottom 3 and scoring only 6 points will see him fall further behind!! He got the Gamball wrong of course, just like 4 other players, but his inability to make up for this with the 9 other games persists like it has all season!!! Down by March might actually become a reality for him!!

Cheers
SCO

   


Twerton 20pts 1CS 7CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
BaggieOne 18pts 1CS 6CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Amelia 17pts 1CS 5CR 5GB 3BB 1SB
Lady Jane 16pts 1CS 5CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Joker 14pts 0CS 5CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
Stairs 12pts 0CS 4CR 5GB 3BB 0SB
MightyBrom 9pts 0CS 4CR 5GB -3BB 1SB
Snooty 8pts 0CS 5CR -3GB 3BB 0SB

Consistent scoring in the Championship this week with only one failure on the gamball and one on the bonus, though a successful scoreball was more elusive with only 2 successes. Correct scores were also at a premium - just 4 this week coming from the Chelsea and Villa games. Two players are grateful for Reina's decision to go walkabout in the Southampton penalty area but Snooty may not be so happy.

Twerton's march to the premier league looks unstoppable and he again heads this weeks table with 20 points from an impressive 7 correct result predictions. According to my calculations (to be confirmed by Bomber) he is fast approaching the 300 point mark and is far ahead of the chasing (well, following may be more accurate) pack. Just a couple of points back is BaggieOne, continuing to put pressure on second placed Joker, and Amelia's decision to play her balls again paid off with a full set to take 3rd place and keep her in sight of promotion. Lady Jane is a point further back and the 4th player to get a correct score though her cause wasn't helped by failing to put a score for Man City.

Joker didn't lose too much ground to those chasing him but can't be far off losing his long held 2nd place - still, if he fails to gain promotion he can at least look forward to being above Beefy next year. Stairs had one of his better weeks with 12 points as he tries to avoid bottom place in the table.

MightyBrom was the only player not to get his bonus correct but is kept off the foot of this week's table by Snooty, the only player not to forecast a Baggies gamball win (at least the only player in this division). Snooty's excellent patch of form before and after Christmas now seems a distant memory.

The bottom of the table may look very interesting with the battle to avoid having to apply for re-election (I'm showing my age there) looking very tight.

Zin

   

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 7:45PM KICK OFF

v

LAST MATCH



Well the performance was better, but we just cant defend at the moment as we concede another late goal to throw a much needed win away. We got off to the worst start as Murphy put into his own net. We regained our composure and drew level when Bannan found some room and finished from 25 yards. We were soon behind again as Jutkewiz went across the edge of the box and finished well but was basically unchallenged. We again drew level after Lee was brought down and Fessi put away the penalty as went in level. We took the lead when Fessi found Murphy who finished well, but then Murphy failed when clean through. Wickham was denied by a good save and then as it looked as if we were going to take three points, one long ball, one flick on and one shot later it was 3-3. That's now 22 points dropped from the 80th minute on        

THE MATCH



So back to Hillsborough as we entertain The Addicks. Charlton will probably fancy there chances as we haven't won in five at Hillsborough and not scored in our last 4 Lyle Taylor is there main threat and he did grab a brace on Saturday. They did start the season pretty well but have fallen away in recent months, which did coincide with a bunch of injuries so it will be interesting to see if they can find there form from earlier in the season as they get those players back. They are only 5 points above safety so will look to make sure they an keep that gap for the rest of the season.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                          

CHARL              -                              

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

OLIVER LANGFORD
Akil Howson and Mark Russell
Fourth Official : Mark Dwyer

THE TEAM

Think Fox might start this at LB with Palmer reverting to RB. Iorfa went off injured so he might struggle so Lees will probably start. How the rest of the team set up is another question.

Dawson
Palmer Lees Borner Fox
Murphy Bannan Lee FF
Fletcher Wickham

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-1 Fletcher

ATTENDANCE

21875

BML STANDINGS

SCO 17
Washington 17
Pei 16
Imre 16
Wereham 15
Owlkev 11
Stateside 10
Southey 8

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City
Fulham v Swansea City
Hull City v Barnsley
Middlesbrough v Leeds United
Millwall v Birmingham City

HHDAD

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC





One for Washington



The thread awaits the Meggo of Statesides choice.[/b]

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.  

Saturday 29th February:
Town v Charlton
Town scorers:
Charlton scorers:

Hull City v Leeds United (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City
Cardiff City v Brentford
Fulham v Preston North End
Luton Town v Stoke City
Millwall v Bristol City
Queens Park Rangers v Birmingham City
Reading v Barnsley
Sheffield Wednesday v Derby County
West Bromwich Albion v Wigan Athletic

Monday 2nd March:
Middlesbrough v Nottingham Forest

Bonus matches:
EFL Cup Final:
Sunday:
Aston Villa v Manchester City (16:30)

FA Cup:
Monday:
Portsmouth v Arsenal

Tuesday:
West Bromwich Albion v Newcastle United

Wednesday:
Sheffield Wednesday v Manchester City

Scottish Premiership:
Tuesday:
Hibernian v Heart of Midlothian

Table after Matchday 30:
neonfoxinthebox = 689 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 657 pts
jjamez = 653 pts
theo_luddite = 645 pts
themaclad = 632 pts
St Charles Owl = 603 pts
ritchiebaby = 591 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 578 pts
Lord Snooty = 565 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 540 pts
Beefy 1965 = 514 pts

SMILIES/BALLS

 Bonus Ball
 Score Ball, Free to use Ball , play it on a game that you think both teams will score in !
 Gamball,

New Scoring System

Incorrect Result =  0 point
Incorrect Result (Bonus Ball) = -3 * Changed from -2
Incorrect Result (Gamball) = -3
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Score Ball = 1 added Point if both teams score.  !

Correct Result = +2 points
Correct Result (Bonus Ball) = +3
Correct Result (Gamball) = +5  * Changed from +4
Correct Score = + 4 points
Correct Score (Bonus Ball) = +6  
Correct Score (Gamball) = +10   * Changed from +8

As you can see the incorrect scoring has not really changed apart from a wrong Bonus this will be now scored at -3 instead of -2 the reason for this are the gains on the new Gamball scoring you will make (see below) in the hope this encourages you to use it most if not all of the time.

So to the Gamball, the use of the Gamball was tactically not used in some cases last season as the gains we not considered to great compared to the losses, it's for this reason we have decided to change the scoring, The loss will stay the same at -3 but the reward will be a correct result will go up by one from 4 to 5 points and the correct score will go up by 2 from 8 to 10 points !!!
Just a reminder you DO NOT have to play the Gamball if you dont want too, the score will then be marked normal.  


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  

Beefy, Bomber, Zinman & SCO  


If you do not predict,...........
If in your league everyone scores above zero you will receive Zero points,
However if in your league the person with the lowest score is below Zero (eg -4) you will score -5 and receive your first strike, Remember 3 strikes and you're out.

All scores must be in before MIDDAY SATURDAY,(For The Early Kick Off If Applicable) If the early kick off is missed the rest of your predictions must reach us by 2.45pm or none will be counted.



* NEW & UPDATED 2018/19 PARTICIPANTS,

Premiership
                             
1/ Zinman
2/ ST Charles Owl
3/ Derby                            
4/ Bomber
5/ Sanjay
6/ Beefy                                                      
7/ AAA
8/ BBB 
9/ MattWBA
10/ MacLad                  
                           
Championship

1/ Joker
2/ Stairs
3/ MightyBrom
4/ Baggieone
5/ 4eva
6/ Amelia                          
7/ Twerton
8/ Snoots
9/ Lady Jane

                        
                             
I'm almost 100% sure Myself & the Scorers get the scores added up correctly, From time to time over the season we may get now and again get this wrong, SO IN THE EVENT OF ANY POINTS DISCREPANCIES can i ask all you guys to check your predictions and if you feel they are incorrect in anyway contact me Via PM within a week of the TABLES & SCORES being presented and they will be corrected the following week.
Anything later unless it is a Major error will NOT be corrected. It is as much your responsibility to check your scores as much as it is ours to try and score them correctly.
Beefy  

Saturday 29th Feb

1/ Newcastle V Burnley
2/ West Ham V Southampton
3/ Cardiff V Brentford
4/ Fulham V Preston
5/** Huddersfield V Charlton  
6/ Luton V Stoke
7/ Sheff Wed V Derby
8/ WBA V Wigan

Saturday 1st March

9/ Spurs V Wolves
10/ Aston Villa V Man City  EFL FINAL. Score as of 90 Minutes (ET will not be needed   )

v



LAST TIME OUT

BRISTOL CITY 0 WBA 3


Demolition of play our off rivals even though Albion played out the latter period of the game after Sawyers was sent off, our ex Robinson was on the mark for the Baggies seems to be doing well for them
PNE 2 HULL CITY 1


LAST TIME AT THE HAWTHORNS
WBA 4 PNE 1


Neal gate match were we never competed still think the off field scenario played a big partin this debacle

FORM GUIDE MAX 25

WBA 19 PNE 14

A tough night awaits at the blue stadium on top of the high, the Baggies have got away at the top and with all but a dozen games to go will take some catching, one xxxx in their armour appears to be their home form which is slightly patchy but it will take a good performance from North End to get something from this game.
Baggies signed Callum on loan from the Blades as well as Grosicki from Hull on a permanent deal for about £800,000. Sawyers starts a three match ban, but I'm sure if the score is level going into the latter stages of the game they can bring on someone to fall over in the area as happened in the original game!!!!!!!!!!!

Mind you the one we got against Hull was soft, swings and roundabouts.

Stockley to start for me, hazard a guess Harrop will not be fit, touch and go whether Johnson will be fit, may leave us a bit short in midfield.

West Bromwich (/ˈbrɒmɪtʃ/ (About this soundlisten) BROM-itch) is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is 6.4 miles (10.3 km) northwest of Birmingham. West Bromwich is part of the area known as the Black Country, in terms of geography, culture, and dialect.[3] West Bromwich had a population of almost 78,000 in 2018.[4][2]

Initially a rural village, West Bromwich’s growth corresponded with that of the Industrial Revolution, owing to the area's natural richness in ironstone and coal, as well as its proximity to canals and railway branches.[5] It led to the town becoming a centre for coal mining, brick making, the iron industry, and metal trades such as nails, springs, and guns. The town’s primary economy developed into engineering, manufacturing, and the automotive industry through the early 20th century.[6] During the Second World War, West Bromwich experienced bombing from the German Luftwaffe.[7][8] It also suffered heavily during recessions in the mid 1970s, early 1980s, and late 2000s.[9]

The town is known for its football club, West Bromwich Albion, who have played in the town since the club's formation in 1878.[10] It is also home to parts of Sandwell Valley Country Park and Sandwell Valley RSPB nature reserve.[11]

There is now no two ways about it, we are well and truly in a battle to keep our championship status, who would have though that on the day we netted the biggest pay day of the clubs history that only three years later we would be here, once again looking over our shoulders at the trap door to the league we failed on numerous occasions to escape?

I mean at the start of the season there was every fear that we could get off to a bad start and maybe just maybe it could snowball, look at the likes of Wolves and Sunderland, you would never have really expected it to happen to them, but it did.

Only two points separate us from the drop zone but with the league as it is, a good week could see that gap being 8 and everything would look a lot rosier, especially considering that there would still be games against fellow strugglers Wigan and Luton, whilst there could still be a hefty points deduction heading sheffield wednesday and derbys way, but knowing the football league and our luck theyll just start with minus 10 points next season! grab the pitchforks. 12 games to go to make sure we dont go the wrong way.

The main problem town have at the moment is consistency more than anything else, we put in a good performance away at derby and then put out the complete opposite a week later and lets face it, its a wee bit annoying and thats putting it nicely. It doesnt matter how Saturdays performance gets dressed up, there is simple no sugar coating it, it was awful and there needs to be an immediate  bounce back otherwise the stands could become very restless.



Fixtures are going to start coming thick and fast ahead of the international break next month and it begins with Bristol City on tuesday, a team that when we face them away we always seem to be on the end of a real good thrashing. However, we are at home and it could make all the difference. That being said, Bristol still harbour hopes of a play off place and sitting in 7th just three points off the pace, they will see this as being very much winnable, and whilst their recent form is patchy, ours is one of the worst in the league, with only the likes of boro, hull and sheffield wednesday having worse.

The season so far has been arguably as expected for Bristol with the side once again being one of the sides battling it out for a chance in the playoffs, still managed by one of my favorite managers of all time Lee Johnson... they have shown a real aptitude for scoring, having only failed to hit the back of the net in 8 league games, scoring 48 goals so far this term, conceding 49. Us on the other hand have scored 39 and conceded 55, whilst surprisingly, we have only failed to score in 7 of the games so far this season, maybe something to keep a hold of. Recently they have been a bit hit and miss, notching up home defeats to west brom and surprisingly birmingham, whilst failing to do the league a favour and take points away from leeds on the road. They have however managed to rack up wins away at QPR, as well as beating derby 3-2, all the while being 3-0 up at one point. January saw them lose just the one league game, that being a 4-0 home thrashing at the hands of brentford, they won the rest, without conceding, so it is hard to say what sort of side will be stepping onto the john smiths turf.



For those wondering, I was being sarcastic, he isnt my favorite manager, very much the opposite, I cant stand the man one bit

Bristol city come into the game on the back of a 3-0 home defeat against 10 man West Brom, a result which could obviously lead to a resurgent performance on tuesday night. Its worth noting however that they seem to be as adept at conceding goals as they are scoring them, so I dont expect them to come and shut up shop, which could for us as a side that struggle to defend could lead to a busy night for Lossl, however, the right team selection for the Cowleys could see us having our fair share of chances too, it will be up to us to make the most of that and take it from there.

Their january business has seen them bring in former town striker Nahki Wells to lead the line from burnley in a deal which paved the way for captain josh brownhill to go to turf moor for premier league football. also joining was beanpole defender fillip benkovic on loan alongside markus henriksen from hull. The club also recalled jamie paterson from derby due to a lack of game time due to the form of holmes and the arrival of former dc united player wayne rooney. Exiting the developing ashton gate were the aforementioned brownhill for 9mil and australian defender bailey scargill went to sunderland on loan, rumoured town target sammie smozdics also departed on loan, joining peterborough to replace marcus maddison who made the switch up north to hull.



In terms of team news and selection, I'd expect there to be a number of changes for both sides with Mounie returning to lead the line for town and Grant switching over to the right, elsewhere I'd expect ESR to come into the number 10 role with a possible start for Willock or a return for Pritchard out on the right, in the holding midfield roles I would be tempted to let O'brien do the hogg role with either bacuna or king alongside him. In the back 5 I wouldn't expect any changes, I cant see DC risking bacuna at right back unless Simpson is carrying a knock. I just hope DC picks the best players and puts them out there together from the off, rather than relying on them to come on and change the game in the last 20 minutes when it could be too late. I also hope we dont just set up to frustrate, I dont believe that we should just 'go' for it as some of the twitter managers are saying, we'd end up being too open and they would then be asking why we werent defending, I think we should try to attack, but with the right players and numbers doing so, equally allowing ourselves to be protected against the break.
As for our guests, it wouldnt surprise me to see those who came off the bench in the form of Andi Weimann, kasey palmer and jamie paterson all getting a starting role, whilst tamas kalas could come in for one of former everton defender ashley willams or leicester loanee fillip benkovic.

In terms of our head to head meetings, the two sides have met 55 times in all competitions, with town coming out on top on 23 occasions, with bristol city having 19 victories and the final 13 being draws. Whats a good result for town? well a lot of town fans are saying that we HAVE to win, I'd be more inclined to say must not lose, especially considering what has happened for both teams last time out.


Before we start any further quizzes, i'll give you (snoots) the answers, starting with the whos who.

1) Jazz Richards 2)David Edgar 3) Ian Craney 4) Pawel Abbott 5) Leon Knight

as for the line up

gk- demon barber matt glennon
rb- tom clarke
lb- danny adams
cb- martin mcintosh
cb- david mirfin
rm- andy holdsworth
cm- mark hudson
cm- michael collins
lm- danny schofield
st- GTF- scored 2 in this game
st- and booth

subs- paul rachukba, john mccoombe, pawel abbott, luke beckett



Now for the next two quizzes

played for both

1) easy, bermudan striker
2) easy, midfielder that joined town on loan from forest
3) another midfielder who had two loan spells at town, was called yellow by a leeds commentator
4) full back that came through towns system, left for an ill fated premier league spell and found himself out on loan a few times, before coming back to yorkshire (helmet)
5) had a spell on loan at town as a youngster and has since found himself being sent from pillar to post as makeweights for other transfers
6) striker who had a short loan spell at bristol from town, never scored for bristol and only scored 5 for town. hardly a knockout
7) had two spells at town and rejoined the club from bristol where he was well regarded by their fans at the time, was top scorer for them in one season
8) defender who had a brother who also played for town but not at the same time, spent 4 years at bristol
9) Striker who had a short spell at town on loan which then was turned into a permanent deal, started off well for town but endured a barren spell and fell out of favour with the manager and departed on a couple of loans before his contract was terminated


a team of yesteryear

gk- homegrown goalkeeper who some felt was forced out of the club, has come back on numerous occasions as a visiting goalkeeper
rb- scouse full back that played equally on the right as he did the left, was signed from scotland, went to lancashire after being released by town
lb- another that was signed from scotland, had 3 seasons at town and has played for two scottish rivals in his time
cb- defender who had his fair share of injuries, a bit of a fan favorite and prone to scoring belters
cb- another scouse defender who led from the front in his 5 years at the club, known for making his recovery tackles
cm- signed from blackpool and had two seasons at the club making 38 appearances for the club before departing for fleetwood
cm- followed his former manager to sign for the club and had a two year spell at the club and became a key part of the midfield before leaving to join a divisional rival and earning promotion there
cm- midfielder who joined from a premier league side, was a frustrating player as he was capable of good things but didnt always show it. Has been promoted to the premier league on three occasions, with the third team being the one to finally give him his premier league debut
rw- winger who had 6 years at the club and put effort in down the flank but didnt always have the end product. scored his first town goal in this game.
lw- another scouse who initially joined town on a loan deal which then became a permanent transfer, caused a bit of trouble on and off the pitch for town leading him to fall out of favour with the manager and sent out on loan and later released
st- Non league striker who managed to make the step up and forge a decent career for himself in the professional leagues both at town and after departing.

subs- a goalden oldie when he joined the club as a challenger to the starter, finished his career at the club and is now a coach at a fellow championship side
subs-not as good as his cousin
subs- hammer of a left foot and probably spent the vast majority of his time here trying to work out what sort of player he wanted to be. is now a solid championship player
subs- a midfielder who was signed after putting in good performances against us, it never worked for him here, or anywhere else for that matter afterwards
subs- scottish defender who signed on a deadline day, was raved about by some town managers but never got a consistent shot in the team like stankovic, has since gone on to be a solid player elsewhere
subs- another player who never quit fit in at the club due to his versatility, left the club and wound up having a few seasons in the premier league as well as an international career, is now playing north of the border
subs- probably most famous for a fa cup goal for town and also wrestling a goalkeeper into his own goal and it counting. looked promising on debut, a donkey pretty much every other time after

And suddenly a Broonyless Hoops team registers another win after a slight early "blip" in conceding an early goal to a pk conversion by Brophy! "One way traffic" after that and that deadly striking duo, Edouard and Griffiths, "deliver the crucial goals" to earn those 3 valuable pts after a jaded Rangers side suddenly dropped 2 more pts v Saint Johnstone, a few days after being "run ragged" and given a "footie lesson" by a Portuguese footie team called Braga that somehow conceded one of the biggest "thefts" of a footie victory that I've ever seen in decades of watching footie - a case of how many scoring opps dya wanna scorn against a "rank rotten" Rangers defence!!!??? Anyway, the pts gap increases even more as Celtic not relenting in their quest to win another domestic "treble".

Yes today the Robins won their fifth consecutive home game. When was the last time we managed to do that????

And we have now equalled the points total we achieved in the whole of last season and, there's still thirteen games left.

A scrappy game in windy and wet conditions but good to know that we now have a team that can grind out results when necessary.

Reubin hit the winner; the third match in a row that he has scored.

I thought that Mansfield were very overly physical at times. Indeed some of their tackling would have been more appropriate at Twickenham.
But there again perhaps not as grabbing opponents around the neck isn't allowed now in the oval ball game.

The matches are coming thick and fast with a re-arranged match against Northampton on tuesday.
Can we make it six in a row?? Answers on a postcard please.