[St Charles Owl]

THE MATCH - SATURDAY 9TH SEPTEMBER 2016 at 3PM BST

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This week sees the visit of one of the three promoted teams from the Pub League.  Wigan were not long ago an established Prem team, fighting well above their weight.  Relegation occured and then so did another but they seem to have stabilized and are now back in the Championship.  In all fairness to them they are not favored to challenge for the playoffs this season, this seems to be one of consolidation and keep the upward movement intact.

This is a home game that we should be winning.  Hillsborough was a bit of a fortress for us last season and this is the sort of game we would expect to win to maintain that aura around S6.  But our start as regards results have been very mixed, and this becomes a game we really need to win to get the train back on the tracks towards the Prem.  Our performances have been up and down, but we put in a good one last game and need to carry that into this game as well.

This will only be our 7th match against them having won 3 and lost 3 of the previous 6!!  We have won 2 of our 3 home games though so now its time for us to pull ahead in this "rivalry"!!  Our last home game was in Nov 2014 and saw us win 2-1 with Stevie May grabbing about 30% of his total goals for us in this match!! Here is the video of that win:





THE LAST MATCH

Better is probably the best word to use.  We didn't get the result we probably should have done, particularly after a dominating first half, but that has been the story of our season so far - not taking the chances when they come along to get in front!!!  It took a 95th minute header from Hutch to get the point, a header that we may look back on as the moment our luck changed this season with regards to goals!!  Lets hope so!!


WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT

Transfer window has come and gone.  We have 8 new signings, but which ones will appear in the starting 11??  Adam Reach should come straight in for me but who else will play in midfield??  Will he go 2 up front, or 2 with FF just behind or with Abdi supporting a front 2 with FF up top??  Certainly the qulaity of the squad on paper is better than this time last season, so a few selection headaches for CC now to have each game, which can only be good as long as he picks the right 11!!  I want to see no more square pegs in round holes now we have cover across the team. Here is my team:

Westwood

Palmer  Lees  Hutchinson  Pudil

Lee  Abdi  Bannan  Reach

Forestieri

Fletcher

What team would you like to see??


WHO'S THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

Ref - DAVID COOTE
Shaun Hudson and Nick Hopton
Fourth Official David Webb

MS will give us the run down on him.


CURRENT FORM - League games only

Owls -          
Wigan -          


BIG MAN'S LEAGUE

Current Table

Maddix -
St Charles -
Owlkev -
Stateside -
Wereham -
Madsteve -
Dubai -
Jacko -
Towinjustonce -


PREDICTIONS


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

2-0 Lee - Imre
2-0 Forestieri - Thurnscoe
2-1 Abdi - St Charles
2-1 Fletcher - Stateside
2-1 Fletcher - Jacko
2-1 Forestieri - Owlkev
2-1 Forestieri - Pei
2-1 Reach - Towinjustonce
3-0 Forestieri - Washington
3-0 Fletcher - Madsteve
3-1 Reach - Southey
3-2 Forestieri - Pei
4-0 Abdi - Wereham
6-1 Nuhiu - Maddix


ATTENDANCE (No copying allowed, no closer than 100 off previous prediction)

21,700 - Stateside
21,900 - Jacko
22,222 - Madsteve
22,666 - Imre
22,767 - Wereham
23,000 - Pei
23,250 - Southey
23,456 - Washington
23,777 - Towinjustonce
24,168 - St Charles
25,211 - Owlkev
25,412 - Thurnscoe
26,669 - Maddix


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

Fulham v Birmingham
Leeds v Huddersfield
Preston v Barnsley
Rotherham v Bristol City
Derby v Newcastle

AAAAA - Maddix for 4 correct
DAHAD - St Charles
DDDDD - Washington, Madsteve
DHAAA - Thurnscoe
DHDHD - Jacko
DHHAH - Towinjustonce
DHHHD - Imre
HADAD - Southey, Owlkev
HDHAH - Stateside
HDHHD - Wereham
HHHAD - Pei


THE MUPPET LEAGUE

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

And the latest inmates now arrive:

Jacko
Pei




KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PICS





THE MAGIC ARSE

Remains for the time being.   




This thread awaits the Meggo of Stateside's choice.

[Imre varadi]

Cant argue with that team charlie untill jones and loovens are back it picks itself so cc will go and play nuhui and joao upfront wont he although palmer has a lot to prove and he realy needs to step it up or feff off

Anyway nice to see the thread up at a normal un wierd time and lets hope its a winning thread and you can keep the feffing trend up

2-0 lee

22,666

DHHHD

[Washington]

3-0 FF

23,456

DDDDD

[Statesideowl]

Nice one SCO!

With it being so quiet on here the last few days I almost had an early night and missed this, a few sneaks snuck in before me

To be honest I've never seen Wigan as EPL side despite their time in the EPL. One of those teams like Blackpool that came from nowhere and is heading back there I still think they'll be fine this season though, I don't expect them to be in the bottom 3 at all.

If Pudil isn't up to scratch we may see him being subbed for the new man Emanuelson. Though I'd expect to see him more on the wing. We owe someone a thrashing, but this isn't going to be it.

2-1 Fletcher

21,700

HDHAH

The thread is blessed!

[madsteve]

3-0 Fletcher

22,222

DDDDD

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The bastard in black is David Coote from Nottingham. It is his first visit to S6 but here is his record of matches involving Wednesday:

Dec 15 - Middlesbrough 1-0 OWLS - 5Y
Dec 13 - Blackburn 0-0 OWLS - 2Y
Oct 12 - Burnley 3-3 OWLS - 2Y
Dec 11 - Walsall 2-1 OWLS - 3Y
Feb 11 - Carlisle 0-1 OWLS - 2Y

P5 W1 D2 L2

[Thurnscoe_OWL]

2-0 forestieri
25412
DHAAA

[Southeyowl]

3-1 Reach
23,250
HADAD

[Owlkev71]

2-1 FF
25211
HADAD

[Jacko The Flopsy Piglet]

2 - 1, Fletcher

21,900

DHDHD

[Owlkev71]

2 - 1, Fletcher

21,900

DHDHD

Stateside has 2-1 Fletcher