[St Charles Owl]

THE MATCH - MONDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2016 at 7.45PM BST

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I am sure that when the fixtures came out in June most of us would have looked at first who we had on Boxing Day and second when we were playing the Geordies!! Well both were found on the same fixture!! When Newcastle got relegated at the end of last season I think most of us knew that they would likely spend big and make sure they get back at the first attempt, and after a slowish start they have certainly been the standout team so far this season and there appears to be nothing that will prevent them from getting one of the auto spots!! Their team is managed by one of the best around and they have plenty of proven PL players in the first team, this one will be tough to say the least!!!

Having said that, we have nothing to prove as such and hopefully CC can send us out with a nothing to lose attitude and let us have a go. We are clear favorites to lose this one but they are not unbeatable, and at least having a go will put them on the back foot a bit!!

This will be the 129th meeting between us and they have the upper hand with a record of W40 D31 L57, and our record at their place is not pretty either. Over the last 10 games there we have lost 7, only 2 wins, so its not been a great place for us to visit!! Our last match there though was a win, last season in the League Cup so we do have players who have experienced a win there!!




THE LAST MATCH

Not a great performance but a good 3 points!! Not sure why theeir goal was disallowed and while there was contact for the penalty, it wasn't much. But I'll take that!!!




WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT

Forestieri is back, so I imagine he will come straight back in. I can see Carlos playing both Hutch and Jones in this one as well. Here is my team:

Westwood

Palmer  Loovens Lees   Pudil

Lee  Hutchinson  Jones Reach

Forestieri

Fletcher

What team would you like to see??


WHO'S THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

Ref - PAUL TIERNEY
Richard West and Scott Ledger
Fourth Official Tony Harrington


CURRENT FORM - League games only, last game first.

Owls -    
Newcastle -  


MADSTEVE'S BIG MAN'S LEAGUE

Current Table

Madsteve -
Towinjustonce -
Wereham -
Owlkev -
Thurnscoe -
Jacko -
St Charles -
Washington -
Imre -
Stateside -
Pei -
Dubai -



PREDICTIONS


SCORE AND SCORER (No copying allowed, home team score first to keep Imre happy)

1-2 Lees - St Charles


MINUTE OF FIRST ATTEMPT ON TARGET PLUS FIRST CORNER FOR US (No copying allowed, closest wins)

40 - St Charles


OTHER MATCHES OF INTEREST (4 correct will win a  , all 5 will win 2 , copying is allowed)

Barnsley v Blackburn Rovers
Huddersfield Town v Nottingham Forest
Preston North End v L**ds United
Reading v Norwich City
Rotherham United v Wigan Athletic

HDHAD - St Charles


THE MUPPET LEAGUE

Everyone released, cells prepped and ready for new inmates though!!





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THE MAGIC ARSE

Remains for the time being.   




This thread awaits the Meggo of Stateside's choice.