https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/indepth/a...spartandhp

This is a curious story when one looks closely at the "cosy associations" that Saudi has with western countries who actually "should know better" but have such huge vested interest in Saudi's oil and other lucrative trade deals that any moral indignation that they could ever muster, re other autocratic countries/leaders who assassinate their peaceful opponents or critics, can be rightly binned in the name of hypocrisy!! The whole exposure and embarrassment re the sadistic, brutal murder of Kashoggi, a state killing in a foreign country without any doubt, has effectively been "swept under the carpet" and life can go on for the likes of the British govt and the USA in their cosy relationships that generate the much-needed revenue that they crave!! It is a sad indictment of the world that we live in and the people within western democracies who preach morality and utter all kindsa "do goody" comments to suit that kinda narrative but they are indeed nothing more than insincere hypocrites who practise on a set agenda that suits their own narrow political ideology - all very sad and unimpressive while the real victims/casualties are the family members of Kashoggi who must be watching this "cover up" in utter amazement and frustration!! NO JUSTICE IN THIS CASE AND THAT WON'T CHANGE ANY TIME SOON EITHER!! IMO the powers of an international court should've been activated with the possibility of bounty hunters being utilised to arrest and detain identified parties who were significant players in the assassination of Kashoggi - bring them to trial much like horrible war criminals who were offenders in mass killings and genocide but would not be allowed protection by their own brutal state/nation or by any western power either!!

Pts CS CR GB BB SB
Derby 13 2 3 -3 3 1
Bomber 11 1 4 -3 3 1
Zinman 8 0 5 -3 3 0
St Charles 8 1 3 -3 3 0
A.A.A. 7 1 3 NP -3 0
Themaclad 7 1 2 -3 3 1
Sanjay 5 0 4 NP -3 0
Beefy 5 0 4 NP -3 0
B.B.B. 2 0 2 -3 3 0

Low scoring week this week, mainly due to everyone getting the Gamball incorrect, including those that didn't play it!! Top of the pile this week is Derby with 13 points, he got a week high 2 correct scores as well as his Bonus Ball and for the second week in a row finds himself slowly but surely making a move to get out of the relegation spots!! 2nd spot this week goes to Bomber with the same 11 points total as last week. Scoring on half the games and making the bonus will see you near the top of the weekly table!

Joint 3rd spot goes to our two scorers, Zinman and St Charles with 8 points each. Zinman scored on half the games like Bomber and Derby, but had no correct scores, whereas for once SCO actually got a correct score to add to the Bonus ball they both picked up. AAA and our current leader Themaclad share 5th spot this week on 7 points, of course AAA didn't play the Gamball but for once this actually saved him 3 points as he like everyone else predicted it wrong anyway! For some strange reason AAA put his Bonus Ball on a Boro win!!!!    Themaclad only scored points on 3 games but did pick up the Bonus ball and probably just did enough to stay at the top of the League.

Sanjay and Beefy came in joint 7th, each with 5 points. Sanjay got the same as his score last week and continues to struggle after an early flying start. Beefy has become the model of consistency - basically crap each week - although the rest of us are very happy with his improving push for relegation!! Both of them didn't play the Gamball and this saved each of them 3 points!! Bringing up the rear is BBB on just 2 points, its been a season of inconsistency with him so far, so his mid table position is not likely to change as a consequence of only scoring points on 2 games!!

Cheers
SCO

   

A few ups and downs in the top half of the Premiership, but no change in our pole sitter as themaclad enjoys his third week at the top, though his lead is cut by a couple to just 4 points from Bomber who climbs a place into 2nd as 2 of last years promoted trio show the way to their more established rivals as we go in to the second quarter of the season already.

Zinman drops a place to 3rd having opted to play the Gamball for the 4th time this season, but also failing with again for the 4th time too, it was week 13 last year before he played it this many times and it could be as long again if the current trend continues. Sanjay managed to climb a place up to 4th, but his less than spectacular week also meant he lost further ground on this seasons pacesetters.

BBB suffered a similar poor week that left him in 5th and within a  point of slipping again to an improving AAA who continues to outscore those around him, meaning there are actually less than 20 points between top and 6th.

An 8 point gap then to our next two who find themselves tied in 7th, as SCO and Derby fight over a relegation play off place and an automatic drop to the Championship, though it's far too early to say a relegation battle is looming yet.

However, with a 16 point gap down to the bottom of the table, where we find Beefy, it's  not too early to write off our eternal optimist, who has been promising a comeback fro the last couple of weeks. It won't be long before the 20+ points forecast comes or the "don't judge me till after Christmas" quote appears  

Bomber


Stairs 21pts 1CS 7CR 8GB 3BB 1SB
MightyB 18pts 2CS 7CR -3GB 1SB
Joker 17pts 2CS 7CR -3GB 6BB 0SB
Twerton 12pts 2CS 4CR -3GB 6BB 1SB
BaggieOne 10pts 1CS 5CR -3GB 3BB 0SB
Amelia 8pts 0CS 4CR 0GB 0BB 0SB
Lady Jane 0pts 0CS 1CR -3GB 3BB 0SB
Snooty -2pts 0CS 2CR -3GB -3BB 0SB

A week which saw the Championship putting the so called premier players to shame with some excellent scoring (but not quite for everyone). 3 players got 7 results correct and it was also a good week for the bonus ball with only 1 player losing points on it (that's what happens when you play the bonus on a team yet to win this season and with only 1 win all year).  Scoreball points were rarer, largely due to Albion's unexpected but most welcome clean sheet.

Our clear leader this week is Stairs with an exceptional 24 points. He was the only player to score points on the gamball and this also happened to be his only correct score. With a total of 7 correct predictions and extra points from the bonus and scoreball, Stairs might just have got his season kick started. MightyBrom was another impressive scorer with 2 correct scores in his 7 correct predictions, including his bonus and was only denied top spot by losing out on the gamball. Joker appears determined to replace Beefy in the premier league after another solid week. He also got 2 correct scores, including the bonus, and matched Stairs' 7 correct predictions but lost out on the gamball and Albion's clean sheet.

Twerton was the second player to max out his bonus and scored a respectable 12 points with Baggieone the 5th championship player to reach double figures this week. Amelia failed to predict any correct score and on a good week for bonuses, her no ball policy may have been costly - still 8 points represents a decent return.

It may have been a productive week for most players but there are always the exceptions. Lady Jane's only correct prediction was her bonus ball but her points from that were wiped out by the gamball to leave her on zero points for the week. This still wasn't bad enough to put her bottom though, that honour (?) goes yet again to Lord Snooty - 2 correct predictions but a complete failure to gain any ball points leaves him once again on minus 2 for the week - one consolation for him though, at least he's showing some consistency (rather like Huddersfield!)

Zin


   


Twerton spent his fifth week at the top of the Championship with another decent week as he seems to see off a different challenger every week, his new challenger this week is Joker, 3 points back, who teased Beefy this week that they could be swapping leagues next week - well, if things keep going the way they are, he might not be far off the truth.

BaggieOne slipped a place back to 3rd, though he is just a further 3 points away, while Lady Jane was the victim this week, failing to trouble the scorer and dropping two places back into 4th.

This allowed Mightybrom, posting a seasons best to sit just a solitary point away in 5th, while Stairs pulled out all the stops and was another to post a seasons best by some way. He now climbs into 6th and these two have busted my theory that the league was splitting into two distinct halves so early in the season.

Amelia slipped another place back in to 7th to be closer to her other half, Snooty,  who can't buy a good week at the moment and saw his points tally reduce by another couple of points as he suffered a second minus week on the trot.

Bomber

Finally mastered putting still photos on using BBimg not quite sussed videos yet any advice as on how to do this

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LAST TIME OUT
MIDDLESBROUGH 1 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 4

PRESTON NORTH END 3 BRISTOL CITY 3

LAST SEASON
MIDDLESBROUGH 1 PRESTON NORTH END 2


A night time journey on the M6 however this time wandering northwards to Teeside just over 6 months since we ast played here at night winning 2-1 with a late Stockley winner after Ayala had been sent off for the home side..
The home side now under the stewardship of Jonathon Woodgate have lost their last twonand have not yet started to gel under Woodgate. After Staurday's defeat Twitter warriors were very critical of their manager already under pressure to get results and guess who is next, us, #teamslikepreston could be in for a heavy outing on Tuesday night.
Transfer wise no big spending this market Dijksteel from Charlton at just under £2 million biggest buy. Looks like produce your own is the way to go for Boro.
Expect a few changes for us squad rotation personal view would love to see Ginnelly start think this lad is going to be a crowd favourite.
Finally on a personal note this is the last game that I will pay full price at the gate, it is nearly OLD CODGERS time.

THE MATCH

TUESDAY 1ST OCTOBER 7:45PM KICK OFF

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[b]LAST MATCH



Well that was probably our best performance of the season as we swept Boro aside with an excellent first half performance. Within 6 minutes we were 2-0 up through a Clayton OG and an Iorfa header both from Bannan set pieces. Boro got back into it as McNair reacted quickest and finished well. We restored our 2 goal lead within minutes as Reach cut in from the right and finished well. It was soon four as Fletcher headed in at the back post from another cross. Into the 2nd half where both teams had chances but there was no further scoring as we made it 7 pts from 9 under Monk

THE MATCH



Next up the short trip to Hull. They are languishing in the lower half of the table and have just 2 wins so far. They have managed to hold onto young upcoming star Jarred Bowen in the summer, but if things don't improve he may well be off. We lost last season 3-0 when we had Brucie's assistants in charge and of course we lost the playoff final just a few years ago. Got to win games like this if we are to get promoted this season, just like Wigan who we play on Saturday.

CURRENT FORM

OWLS               -                           

HULL                -                          

THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

ANDY DAVIES
Geoffrey Russell and Adam Crysell
Fourth Official : Garreth Rhodes

THE TEAM

Stick with the same team, don't think Bannan's suspended, he only has 3 yellows so far this season. Borner & Hutch both have 4.

My team (442)
Westwood
Odubajo Iorfa Borner Palmer
Reach Bannan Hutch Harris
Nuhiu Fletcher

SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)

1-2 Harris

POSSESSION X FOULS

622

BML STANDINGS

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

OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST

Leeds v WBA
Middlesboro v Preston
Wigan v Birmingham
Reading v Fulham
Stoke v Huddersfield

DAHAD

THE MUPPETT LEAGUE



KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC





One for Washington



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

I see GMac has called time in his career. What an absolute star and legend he has been for the Albion. Signed on a free from Ipswich and turned out to be quite magnificent, particularly in his partnership with big Jonas. I really hope the fans are able to give him a send off similar to those given to Jimmy Morrison and Jonas, he truly deserves one.

Thanks GMac, you were brilliant!

Massive pressure now heaped on the Scottish players and management after Japan's sensational but deserved victory over Ireland. I think we are gonna lose this and will "crash out" of this World Cup tourney! Fingers crossed it is not the case!

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 4th October:
Birmingham City v Middlesbrough

Saturday 5th October:
Town v Hull City
Town scorers:
Hull scorers:

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

Bonus match:
Scottish Premier:
Saturday:
Aberdeen v Hibernian

Table after Matchday 9:
jjamez = 214 pts
themaclad = 206 pts
neonfoxinthebox = 198 pts
SHEP_HTAFC = 188 pts
theo_luddite = 188 pts
Amelia Chaffinch = 185 pts
Baggiebob(BBB) = 179 pts
St Charles Owl = 174 pts
ritchiebaby = 166 pts
Lord Snooty = 165 pts
Beefy 1965 = 125 pts

Yesterday announced TV fixtures until mid November therefore booked advanced rail tickets to Euston for Charlton 2/11/209 today they change date to Sunday 3/11/19 dinner time kick off 12.00 first train from th real world arrives at Euston 12.03 on Sunday afternoon fookin joke less than impressed so still off to the smoke on the Saturday either Wet Spam or Fulham v Hudders less than i pressed in protest have booked every Friday in November off