Even after all the humiliations that shambles of a club have been through they have managed to excel themselves here.

Their best player's infidelity is now national news because they fabricated a nonsense story about someone trying to tamper underneath his motor. The insinuation being that some mental tim had tried to do him a mischief. Of course it now turns out that it was a private investigator hired by his pregnant wife. The whole thing reeks of the kind of propaganda trayner regularly leaks to the Scottish media.

Of course his infidelity and marriage breakdown isn't going to affect his already fragile state for the rest of the season

These clowns are beyond parody.

I really must retract my initial thoughts about the recent signing of Alfie May.

I mentioned that his track record before joining us of 10 goals in 91 games did little to inspire me.

Well his record so far for the Robins is 4 goals in 5 matches and the man is a bundle of pure energy.

Sadly although the first half saw Cheltenham well on top; the same can't be said of the second half.
Very scrappy, niggley and at times panicky.
Thank goodness for the woodwork which Morecambe hit twice. Although Alfie might have had a second when a thunderbolt hit their upright.

A game a bit like 'the Curates Egg'. Good in parts and awful in others.
Oh why can't we put a decent 90 minutes together???

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So Levi Amantchi who we were hoping might end up as first team centre forward is being loaned out to Staveley MW. Couldn't we have found him a game in a lower standard of football? Couldn't Matt have got him a kick around in the Hope Valley?

By the way Ricky German is currently coming on for the odd two minutes for Crawley. Will I ever be able to convince anyone he's a player you either start, or leave at home to watch Final Score. Twenty goals before Christmas at Hendon seems to put his career back to exactly where it was with us.

Charlie Wakefield gets to play against Ilkeston but no one else much.

Joe Rowley can now only be sighted in a rear-view mirror.

Don't know what we've got lined up for Sharman, but he should steer well clear of Laurence Maguire in case he too falls victim to the semi-permanent sick-note syndrome.

We need more than a manager don't we?

This is one of these matches that doesn't really "stir the imagination" but it is a home fixture that requires to be fulfilled and I hope Hibs "show up" and win this game v a stuffy Saints' team that their manager, Jim Goodwin, will be prompting to frustrate Hibs in every area of the pitch. JR has a choice of team that can definitely win this match and lets hope he chooses wisely!! "Keep up the momentum" is the key instruction and hopefully Doidgey will add to his goals total for the season. C'mon Hibs!

GGTTH

An emphatic win for the Hoops last night and the 1st half performance could well have seen six goals "banged in" by a Hoops' side that looked like the "real deal" in certain periods of this game with some great link up play. Definitely a "game of two halves" where Simunovic injured and didn't appear after HT. Broon moved back to a cover CB position and hence a disruption to a free-scoring line up that could well have scored another 3 goals in the 2nd half. All comfortable for Celtic and Griffiths goal was the "pick of the bunch" although Ntcham's opening goal was a good strike as well. Saint Johnstone? Fairly passive for most of this match.

First game post Brexit sees us play European opposition in the form of Abertawe, under the stewardship of Steve Cooper the Swans are bobing abot just under the play off zone as are we although they were not helped by coming second to those cheerful and lovely people of Stoke last week.

Cooper has made a couple of interesting loan signings in the form of Rhian Brewster and Conor Gallagher, se have come up against Gallagher this season, good little player but tends to fall over easily.
They are rare visitors to the historic patch of ground known as Deepdale last season ended as a 1 all draw

Should be an interesting game against useful opposition
Since our demolition of the hapless Tykes at Oakwell all has been quiet at Deepdale although the gaffer has said Tom Bayliss when fit will be closer to first team action about time in my view given he is apparently the clubs record signing. Likely hood of anybody new arriving before tomorrow night's deadline is probably remote so suspect we will be unchanged from last Tuesday week


Match Officials: Swansea City Home

The match official for Saturday’s game at Deepdale is making his second trip to PR1 this season and this is his third Lilywhites match of the campaign.

Experienced referee Geoff Eltringham will be in charge as of the clash with Swansea City, having also been here for the 3-1 win over Huddersfield Town back in November, as well as having officiated our 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest at the end of August.

The last time we saw the north east official here in Preston before the Terriers clash, was for the superb home win over Norwich City back in February 2019, before which he also refereed our final game of 2018, when we took a point from a fine performance against Aston Villa.

Prior to that he was referee when the Lilywhites travelled to Ashton Gate and defeated Lee Johnson’s Bristol City in October 2018 and also North End’s trip to Elland Road back in September – making it four games in the 2018/19 campaign, having also officiated five games for Alex Neil’s side in the 2017/18 season!

In that season, having taken charge our early season game at Derby County, Geoff also took charge of the Boxing Day trip to Barnsley, our January win at Nottingham Forest and March’s victory over Bristol City at Deepdale and finally our goalless draw with Norwich City in mid-April.
He also refereed one North End game in 2016/17, the home clash with our Barnsley, having also done one the previous season, the 1-0 home win over Reading.
The year prior to that he took charge of three PNE games, including the 2-0 home win over Peterborough United in March. Back in the 2013/14 campaign he also took charge of North End twice, both of those at Deepdale - the 1-1 draw with Tranmere Rovers back in November 2013 and then the goalless draw with Sheffield United in March.

The County Durham official is an experienced referee who had taken charge of North End a number of other times in the past including the very first game after the departure of Graham Westley, when John Dreyer took the team against an in-form Bournemouth side and ran out 2-0 winners.

He also looked after a thriller back in 2010, when North End overcame Crystal Palace 4-3 at Deepdale.

Geoff has so far taken charge of 17 games this season, with 66 cautions and two red cards issued, however, this will be his first Swans game of the season. For the game, the referee will be assisted by James Mainwaring and James Wilson, whilst Joe Hull will act as the fourth official.

MYSTIC MACS RATING MAX 25


10


8

And not forgetting these two, they were right there is a Swansea

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 1ST FEBRUARY 3:00PM KICK OFF

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LAST MATCH



Well here we go again, the team again cant hold onto a lead and lose again in injury time. We took the lead in the first half as Fox got down the left and crossed for Murphy to head in from about 6 yards. Dawson didn't have much to do but we weren't playing that well. Onto the 2nd and Wigan were the better team and levelled when Moore finished clinically past Dawson, although there was a hint of offside. It looked like we going to get a point until more poor defending by Lees and Wigan got there winner which they probably deserved. I think that's 18 points we have thrown away in the last 10 minutes of games this season    

THE MATCH



Next up Millwall travel north to Hillsborough. The lions are now above us after our recent poor form and are only 3 points off the playoffs. Gary Rowett is now in charge and has done a good job moving them up the table since he arrived. No real star players, but have a good team ethic which as seen them rise in the table. We couldn't break down a ten man Millwall earlier in the season and lost 1-0, hopefully our creative players are on there game, but the way we have been playing lately more misery is expected.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                      

MILL                 -                            

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

TBC

THE TEAM

I would expect the new lad to be in the squad, will he star is the question. Just hope GM can find 11 players that will put some effort in. will fox be available after getting injured, if not Palmer might get drafted in

Dawson
Palmer Iorfa Borner Fox
Murphy Bannan Lee Reach
Nuhiu Winnall

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Nuhiu

ATTENDANCE

22912

BML STANDINGS

Washington 16
SCO 16
Wereham 15
Imre 15
Pei 14
Stateside 10
Owlkev 10
Southey 7

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Birmingham v Notts Forest
Charlton v Barnsley
Middlesboro v Blackburn
QPR V Bristol City
WBA v Luton

AHAAH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




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One for Washington



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