Celtic inflict a defeat on the Rumanian champions this time and actually looked like a different side compared with the one that lost the crucial CL quali play off much earlier in the footie season. Edouard scoring the opening goal and giving the Hoops some comfort on the "front foot". So 4 pts acquired so far and Celtic currently "in a good place" in their EL group.

So the 8 teams in the 100 have been announced. They will have women and men's teams and they have drafted players today for the teams.

Birmingham Phoenix - Chris Woakes, Moeen Ali, Pat Brown, Amy Jones, Kirstie Gordon
London Spirit - Rory Burns, Dan Lawrence, Eoin Morgan, Heather Knight, Freya Davies
Manchester Originals - Jos Buttler, Saqib Mahmood, Matt Parkinson, Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone
Northern Superchargers - Ben Stokes, Adil Rashid, David Willey, Lauren Winfield, Linsey Smith
Oval Invincibles - Sam Curran, Tom Curran, Jason Roy, Laura Marsh, Fran Wilson
Southern Brave - Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, James Vince, Anya Shrubsole, Danni Wyatt
Trent Rockets - Joe Root, Harry Gurney, Alex Hales, Nat Sciver, Katherine Brunt
Welsh Fire - Jonny Bairstow, Tom Banton, Colin Ingram, Katie George, Bryony Smith

Birmingham Phoenix will play at Edgbaston, there catchment area is Warwickshire and Worcestershire
London Spirit will play Lord's, there catchment area is Middlesex, Essex and Northants
Manchester Originals will play at Old Trafford, there catchment area is Lancashire
Northern Superchargers will play at Headingley, there catchment area is Yorkshire and Durham
Oval Invincibles will play at The Oval, there catchment area is Surrey and Kent
Southern Brave will play at Ageas Bowl, there catchment area is Hampshire and Sussex
Trent Rockets will play at Trent Bridge, there catchment area is Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Leicestershire
Welsh Fire will play at Sophia Gardens, there catchment area is Glamorgan, Gloucestershire and Somerset

I can't see any Liverpudlian who goes watches Lancashire getting behind the 'Manchester Originals'. The names are so rubbish and all the teams have been sponsored by a crisp or snack company. In my opinion the whole thing has been created for the 'non-cricket fans' to get them interested. This will not help County level and it certainly will not help the England test side. Also why have London got 2 teams?

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LAST TIME OUT
MIDDLESBROUGH 1 PRESTON NORTH END 1

BARNSLEY 2 DIREBY PISSHEADS 2

LAST MEETING
PRESTON NORTH END 1 BARNSLEY 1

Potts scoring against us naughty scamp

TRANSFER

The Yorkshire side have basically started to rebuild having sold Pinnock Moore and Lindsay for large fees have enabled them to invest Thomas, Schmidt and Wilks all having arrived for fess round about the million mark. Wilks is decent having played against for Doncaster in the cup earlier this year. Woodrow main goal threat..
Barnsley have taken time to acclimatise to the Championship after promotion from league 1 last season, a very young team average age wise managed to secure a point with a late goal against a Derby side who were probably still alcohoically challenged from last week.
Although not pulling up trees at the moment under German manager Stendel they will play for the entire 90 minutes could be a few goals in this one.
No Fisher for us Darnell gets his International break one game early with his 5th booking, so if Hughes not fit Browne at right back, may be a bit of squad rotation in this one just to freshen the side up.

Okay, I've been backing OGS even during his poor results. I must say though, if we can't beat AZ Alkmaar, something seriously bad is going on. To me, this is a final straw before I join the OGS out campaign!

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 5th October

1/ Brighton V Tottenham 12:30pm
2/ Burnley V Everton
3/** Norwich V Aston Villa
4/ Watford VSheff Utd
5/ Huddersfield V Hull
6/ QPR V Blackburn
7/ WBA V Cardiff
8/ Rotherham V Coventry

Sunday 6ht October

9/ Man City V Wolves
10/ Newcastle V Man utd

If you do your predictions after these specified times, they will not be accepted.

Weekend games 12 pm
Midweek games 7:30 pm

Just a reminder that you can use your on any fixture, but its not compulsory!! Get it right and you will score double points but getting it wrong will result in -2 points, so the reward and risk are there for all!!

Boreham Wood 1-2 Solihull Moors
Bromley 2-3 Barrow
Chesterfield 2-0 Eastleigh
Chorley 1-3 Aldershot Town
Dagenham & Redbridge 0-4 Barnet
Dover Athletic 0-1 Notts County
Hartlepool United 0-2 Yeovil Town
Maidenhead United 0-3 FC Halifax Town
Sutton United 0-2 Stockport County
Torquay United 2-0 AFC Fylde
Woking 3-1 Wrexham
Harrogate Town 3-1 Ebbsfleet United

League Table after Matchday 14
Amelia = 202
Dancing = 176
Theo = 170
SaltergateBorn = 150
St Charles = 140
Lord Snoots = 136
Spireitematt = 126
Devon = 98

THE MATCH

SATURDAY 5TH OCTOBER 3:00PM KICK OFF

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[b]LAST MATCH



Back down to earth with a bump as we went down to a solitary goal. Fletcher was injured and was replaced by Winnall. Bannan had an early shot saved and both teams got into a few good positions but failed to trouble either keepers. Onto the 2nd half and somehow Winnall missed with a close range header and Reach had a long ranger saved by the keeper. Hull then scored with there first attempt on target, a good diving header but Iorfa has to do better. We should have had a penalty when Murphy was fouled in the box but the ref gave it outside the box (where's VAR when you need it). Reach had one final chance after good work by Murphy but ballooned it over the bar.

THE MATCH



Our final match before the next waste of time break, as Wigan come to town. This lot were in the Premier League several year ago and now languish in the bottom half of the Championship. They have a few decent players in Mulgrew, Pilkington and Windass. Paul Cook is in charge and staying in the Championship will be his mission as I cant see them challenging the top half of the table. We have won our last 3 home games against them and we should really be looking to make it 4 wins in a row if we want to make a serious challenge this season.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                         

WIGAN             -                          

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

TBC

THE TEAM

Hutch will be suspended, so Lee or Luongo will take his place you would imagine. Hopefully Fletcher will have recovered from his ankle niggle. Will Lees be available?

Possible line-up (442)
Westwood
Odubajo Iorfa Borner Palmer
Reach Lee Bannan Harris
Fletcher Nuhiu

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

2-1 Nuhiu

ATTENDANCE

23112

BML STANDINGS

Washington 6
Stateside 6
Owlkev 4
Pei 4
Southey 2
SCO 2
Wereham 2
Imre 1

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Bristol City v Reading
Derby Co v Luton Town
Millwall v Leeds
Forest v Brentford
Preston v Barnsley

HDDHH

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE



KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC





One for Washington



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

Aberdeen will be "licking their wounds after a 5-0 thrashing at Ibronx in their previous Premiership fixture. So I'd love to see Hibs "take advantage" of this negative position leading in to the game on Saturday afternoon. However, I'm a realist and can't see Hibs winning this match with our current players, particularly up front where we are lacking a lotta quality and goals! IMO a "smash n grab" victory looks like our only realistic option. Therefore another "backs to the wall" plan looks "in order" with a focus on not losing goals and picking up any valuable points that we can gain. I'd love to see our strikers performing, even one goal from any striker, because it is a huge issue and failing that must be redressed asap as the Jan transfer "window" is too distant.

GGTTH

It is said on the BBC Sports Website that unfortunately Leko was racially abused by the Leeds goalkeeper. The authorities are investigating. If found guilty the player will be suspended for a minimum of 6 games.
My view is that this is not sufficient. How about a 12 match ban, loss of wages whilst banned ( with the money going to good local causes) & back to school for every day of the ban to be taught that there is no place for racism in any walk of life, especially for the few people of society who are held up to be role models. Your thoughts please.