Mauricio Pochettino after five years in charge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50480860

Who are we?

Are we Chesterfield FC or are we now Sheffield United FC. First we let Sheffield United U23s play there home games at the Proact and now we are letting Sheffield United Women's team play there home games at the Proact, while our ladies team play there games at Glapwell. It's like we are slowly starting to lose our identity.

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 23RD NOVEMBER 3PM KICK OFF

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[b]LAST MATCH



More points thrown away at the end of a game, becoming a very bad habit. We started well but didn't take our chances and got sucker punched (yet again ) when Westwood flapped and Ayew scored from close range. We were still having chances either side of halftime but we didn't equalize until Fessi scored from close range. It looked like we had grabbed all 3 points when Fox finished from an angle in the first minute of injury time. But in classic Wednesday fashion, Westwood flapped again and Wilmot tucked away the equalizer as the Swans grabbed a point. Several days later we were charged by the EFL for financial misconduct and a probable points deductions, oh happy times!!!

THE MATCH



First game back after the Int break sees us travel down to the Hawthorns.  West Brom are top of the table under Slaven Bilic and have lost only 1 game this season. They have a good squad and look on course for promotion back to the Premier League, but it wont be easy as the Championship is so unpredictable. A win for us would put us only 5 points behind but with the probable points deduction a relegation fight seems the likely outcome for this season.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                          

WBA                 -                          

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

TONY HARRINGTON
Mark Dwyer and Michael George
Fourth Official : Leigh Doughty

THE TEAM

Will everyone be available is the question.

Westwood
Palmer Lees Borner Fox
Bannan Hutch Luongo
Reach Fletcher Harris

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-1 Harris

POSSESSION X FOULS

672

BML STANDINGS

Washington 8
Stateside 7
Owlkev 4
Pei 4
Wereham 4
Imre 3
Southey 3
SCO 2

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Blackburn v Barnsley
Bristol C v Notts Forest
Derby v Preston
Luton v Leeds
Swansea v Millwall

HDADH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC





One for Washington



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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 23rd November

1/ Bournemouth V Wolves
2/ Watford V Burnley
3/ Man City V Chelsea
4/ Charlton V Cardiff
5/ Derby V Preston
6/** Huddersfield V Birmingham
7/ WBA V Sheff Wed
8/ Walsall V Stevenage

Sunday 24th November

9/ Sheff United V Man United
10/ Middlesbrough V Hull

The last group match in a disappointing Euro campaign where being drawn in a group with Belgium and Russia really was too much of an "ask" for Scotland. However, a Euro play-off semi-final beckons at Hampden Park in March 2020 and Steve Clarke must try to win this game in order to continue an element of positive optimism and momentum leading up to this confrontation possibly v Bulgaria. His team choice for this final group tie? It must be a strong line up because we wanna win it but he may wish to try out other players who could be worthy of a place in that play-off semi.

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 22 November:
Fulham v Queens Park Rangers

Saturday 23rd November:
Town v Birmingham
Town scorers:
Brum scorers:

Charlton Athletic v Cardiff City (12:30)
Blackburn Rovers v Barnsley
Brentford v Reading
Bristol City v Nottingham Forest
Derby County v Preston North End
Luton Town v Leeds United
Stoke City v Wigan Athletic
Swansea City v Millwall
West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield Wednesday

Sunday 24th November:
Middlesbrough v Hull City (12:00)

Tuesday 26th November:
Town v Swansea
Town scorers:
Swansea scorers:

Cardiff City v Stoke City
Fulham v Derby County
Luton Town v Charlton Athletic
Millwall v Wigan Athletic
Reading v Leeds United

Wednesday 27th November:
Blackburn Rovers v Brentford
Hull City v Preston North End
Middlesbrough v Barnsley
Queens Park Rangers v Nottingham Forest
Sheffield Wednesday v Birmingham City
West Bromwich Albion v Bristol City

Bonus match:
Premier League:
Sunday:
Sheffield United v Manchester United (16:30)

Table after Matchday 15:
jjamez = 326 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 324 pts
themaclad = 316 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 312 pts
theo_luddite = 312 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 299 pts
St Charles Owl = 296 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 289 pts
ritchiebaby = 274 pts
Lord Snooty = 261 pts
Beefy 1965 = 227 pts

First of all I didnt go, I felt crap and if I had gone I would probably have committed suicide so maybe staying away was a good idea.

Yet again Sheridan pulls a rabbit out of the hat with his team selection. Problem was he didnt notice the rabbit was dead. Lets ignore the team and players that have given us points on the board and instead lets shuffle the pack around and put players where they cant play and give poor old Chorley a chance. They havent had an away win so far this season so lets gift them one by picking a team that didnt even look good on paper.

In an interview JS says we were poor and talks about the team not stepping up to the plate. No mention of his team selection and tactics which is where the problem lies. He even suggests he has to stick with it (it would be the first time this season he's stuck with anything).

I could be real big headed and say I told you so but there is no pleasure whatsoever in being right about this one. When Ian Evatt sits at the top of the league with a part time squad the missed opportunity is there for all to see.

For gods sake Sheridan just do the honorable thing and walk. This is a mess of your own making, nobody else was involved. Give us the chance to get some passion back.

Unique strategy by the Bluebirds to just appoint managers called Neil


Neil Harris has been appointed as the new manager of Cardiff City.

The ex-Millwall boss, 42, has signed until the summer of 2022 and replaces Neil Warnock, 70, after he parted company with the club last week.

Harris will be joined by his former Millwall assistant David Livermore, while coaches James Rowberry and Andy Dibble will remain at the club.

However, first-team coach Ronnie Jepson and Warnock's assistant manager Kevin Blackwell will leave.

Rowberry will take over as first-team coach at the Championship side, while Dibble continues as goalkeeping coach.

Harris' first game in charge will be the trip to Charlton Athletic on Saturday, 23 November and he will make his home debut three days later when the Bluebirds host Stoke City.

Cardiff owner Vincent Tan said: "I am pleased to appoint Neil as first-team manager of the club.

"I have full confidence in Neil due to his principles on and off the pitch and enthusiasm to succeed. I am glad to offer him this opportunity and look forward to seeing what he is capable of achieving with Cardiff City."

Former striker Harris, who made a full recovery after being diagnosed with testicular cancer aged 23 in 2001, scored 138 goals over two spells with Millwall as a player.

He took over as caretaker manager at The Den in March 2015 following their relegation to League One and guided the Lions to promotion back to the second tier in 2017, after reaching the League One play-off final for a second consecutive season.

Under his stewardship the London club reached the FA Cup quarter-finals twice, in 2017 and 2019.

Harris, who briefly played on loan for Cardiff in December 2004, stepped down as boss at The Den in October 2019 after a seven-match winless streak left Millwall five points above the relegation zone.

Cardiff are 14th in the Championship, eight points above the relegation places but seven points shy of the play-offs.

Grimsby have parted company with boss Michael Jolley after a run of seven games without a win.

The 42-year-old was appointed manager at Blundell Park in March 2018.

He subsequently led them to safety in League Two before registering a 17th-place finish last season.

The Mariners said in a statement they "would like to place on record its thanks to Michael for his hard work and efforts since joining the club during a difficult period".

Jolley leaves with the club 18th in the fourth tier, six points above bottom-placed Morecambe.

He said in a statement posted on social media that it had been a "genuine privilege to work for such a fantastic club over the past 18 months".

Jolley worked in investment banking before taking on football coaching roles with clubs including Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Crewe Alexandra and Burnley.

Swedish top-flight side Eskilstuna appointed him manager in June 2017, with the club winless and bottom of the table, but he left after failing to keep them up.

Grimsby are the third League Two team to change manager in three days, after Carlisle United sacked Steven Pressley on Wednesday and Leyton Orient parted with Carl Fletcher on Thursday.