[St Charles Owl]

THE MATCH - SATURDAY 28TH NOVEMBER 2015 3PM KO


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Does anyone actually consider Blackburn as a big club??  The media still seem to refer to them as one and certainly back in the 1800s they were one of the early big clubs, but for me it was their successful period with Shearer banging in the goals and Jack Walker at the helm that most people remember.  But they still weren't big, they were just the original Chelsea or Man City, a club who had a wealthy owner and bought success!!  But Jack passed away and eventually the club fell into the hands of the Venky's, an Indian family who mad a fortune from selling chicken.  So today we find a game between owners that made their money from tuna, the "chicken" of the sea and actual chicken!!!

When the Venky's arrived, they decided that Big Sam wasn't cutting it with his PL mid-table football, so they fired him and replaced him with Steve Kean.  Kean proceeded to get them relegated and amazingly kept his job into the following season.  After many protests by the fans Kean was fired and replaced with ex-player Henning Berg.  He last a whole 57 days before the chickens decided to cut off his head and replaced him with Michael Appleton.  Appleton last a whopping 10 days longer than Berg did and so they were now onto their 4th manager in one season with the appointment of Gary Bowyer.  Bowyer made it through a couple of seasons but was fired 2 weeks ago and has now been replaced by Paul Lambert.  So once again we end up playing a team with a new manager!!

This will be the 147th meeting between us with our record being W55 D37 L54, so very even.  Our record at their place though is not so good W18 D20 L38.  We won our first game there in Dedcember 1880, a nice 4-0 win in the FA Cup, maybe Pei could give us his match report for that win!! Our last ten games there has seen us lose 7 times but we did win last season and drew thee year before so we are unbeaten in 2 games there!!  Last season saw Dielna come on to secure the midfield to get the draw and ended up firing a blazing shot from 30 yards in the last minute for the winner!!!





THE LAST MATCH

After the international break we were raring to go at home to the Village but for 70 minutes struggled to find any form at all and found ourselves 1-0 down.  Finally though in the last 20 minutes we got going and finished the game in the sort of form we have gotten used to this season, scoring three goals and running out what looked like easy winners!!!  There was and still is some debate about the fact that Nuhiu started but once he was subbed we started playing better, we will never know what would have happened had Joao or Hooper started so either CC is a master tactician or he got away with one!!!!



FUNNY COMMENT FROM LAST MATCH THREAD

Wereham posted this at about the 70 minute mark, is funny with hindsight but wasn't at the time:

"We're gonna be lucky to only lose this 1-0 if we carry on like this !!"

Shows how this game really changed in the last 20 minutes.


OUR TEAM

So what do we expect this time??  Hutch is still out and Bannan is still a doubt as i type this.  I am hoping we may see Lopez come in alongside Lee instead of Semedo and that we find a way to fit in McGugan from the start.  Joao or Hooper have to start surely!!!! Aside from that I expect the team to look like this:

Westwood

Hunt  Loovens  Lees  Pudil

Lee  Lopez
Wallace  Forestieri McGugan

Joao


WHO'S THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

Ref - Frederick Graham
Assts - Steven Copeland and Duncan Street
4th Official - Rob Lewis

MS will hopefully give us the skinny on this guy in previous Owls games!!


CURRENT FORM - League games only

SWFC -      
Blackburn -  

OTHER RESULTS TO PREDICT

Brighton v Birmingham
Cardiff v Burnley
Huddersfield v Middlesbrough
Nottm Forest v Reading
QPR v L**ds



THE BIG MANS LEAGUE

Current Table

Owlkev   
Towinjustonce 
Thurnscoe   
Wereham   
Madsteve   
Pei   
Imre 
Consilio   
Maddix   
Stateside   
Owlshighgreen   
St Charles   
Jacko   
Southey 

Southey, Wereham and Owlkev all picked up wins in the last game.

For this week here is what you need to predict:

SCORE AND SCORER (SWFC score first please, no copying, correct for both only will win, defeats are allowed)

1-0 Lee - Imre
1-0 Joao - Wellowlbe
1-1 Joao - Madsteve
2-0 Forestieri - Wereham
2-0 Hooper - Consilio
2-1 Joao - St Charles
2-1 Hooper - Stateside
2-1 Forestieri - Owlkev
2-2 Forestieri - Jacko
2-2 Sougou or Joao - Actual Score and Scorer
2-2 Joao - Towinjustonce
2-2 Lee - Bottesford
3-1 Lees - Washington
3-1 Joao - Southey
3-2 Wallace - Pei
3-2 OG - Maddix
4-1 Hooper - Owlshighgreen


OUR PERCENTAGE POSSESSION PLUS THE TIME OF OUR FIRST SUB (no copying allowed, BBC text will provide actual results and closest to wins)

81 - Bottesford
85 - Jacko
91 - Wellowlbe
92 - Madsteve
93 - Thurnscoe
95 - Actual (50% possession and 45th minute first sub)
98 - Owlkev
99 - Washington
103 - Wereham
107 - Owlshighgreen
108 - Pei
110 - Stateside
111 - Consilio
114 - Towinjustonce
118 - St Charles
120 - Imre
122 - Maddix
125 - Southey


OTHER RESULTS TO PREDICT (Copying is allowed, all 5 correct will win)

ADADA - Bottesford
DAAHA - Stateside
DADDD - Owlshighgreen
DDAAD - Washington, Towinjustonce
DDADD - Madsteve
DDDDD - Thurnscoe
DHAAH - Wellowlbe
HAAAD - Southey, Jacko
HAADD - Maddix
HDADH - Owlkev
HDAHH - Wereham
HDDDD - St Charles
HHAAD - Pei
HHHHH - Consilio, Imre


THE MUPPET LEAGUE

Thurnscoe - no one can own any particular score (well maybe Maddix can own 6-1 Nuhiu!!!!)
Pei - no one likes a snitch!!





KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PICS





The thread awaits the Meggo of Statesides choice

[Was Wereham Owl]

I can only say in my defence that at the 70 minute mark we looked to be onto a hiding to nothing .. bloody glad to be proved wrong , and to be fair it was a fairly easy win in the end, shows this season with all the changes (as was mentioned on the village board we can at last "step up a gear or two" when needed), loving being an Owl again WAWAW

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2-0 Forestieri

103

HDAHH

[Statesideowl]

Nice one, SCO!

I've a decent feeling about this game. I feel it has all the ingredients of a good game. If we can keep Rhodes quiet I'll be happy.

2-1 Hooper

110

DAAHA

The thread is blessed

[Washington]

3-1 Lees

99

DDAAD

[peiowl]

3-2 Wallace

108

HHAAD

Our lucky mascots: Canadian rugger players:

[Owlshighgreen]

4-1 hooper

107

Daddd

[Southeyowl]

HAAAD

3-1 Joao

125

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Stuck a few quid on my predictions too!

[Thurnscoe_OWL]

3-1 Joao because it's my prediction and when i pick it we win and when i dont we lose. fuccck you southey

DDDDD

93

[consilio]

111

2-0. Hooper

HHHHH

[Imre varadi]

120
0-1 Lee because we are away ffs 
HHHHHfor that shite predition thing 

Will deilna be playing   what has happened to him   dont get me wrong hes shite !! but wtf is it with wednesday and news of players ?