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2 minutes ago, mikejh45 said:

Quite a few people who attended the match said, on this very forum, he had a very good game on Tuesday.

They did but, in fairness, most said it only lasted about 20 to 30 minutes. If he's "on it", I'd always have Gardner.

Decent attacking line up, that. Leeslover has nailed it, two men out wide and both Lang and Bang-Bang can both cut into the middle. O'Grady is no stranger to staying out left and Surridge can roam where he likes.

A bit of fun? This predicting lark is serious. Very serious indeed. You should have all entered the #predictionleague

Latics 2-1 Newport

HT 1-0

Lang

4,226

On 8/29/2018 at 1:07 PM, maddog said:

Confession to make - 2 of the 4 voting for Stevenage are me and @jorvik_latic. We just wanted to spend time with you .

More than likely two more as well. Pig of a journey from Brizzle, but life is full of trials. Swindon makes up for it, though; 45 minutes down the M4.

3 minutes ago, BP1960 said:

Can we sign an emergency goalkeeper for Saturday?

Yes

26 minutes ago, singe said:

Aye, holidays getting in the way, normal service will soon be resumed, and I'll get the same lack of points anyway!

I thought it had been when you forgot to post. Again. 

2 hours ago, philliggi said:

Hardly. I'm 34

Thanks, pal. You've just made me remember how old I'll be in a couple of weeks. 

2 minutes ago, jorvik_latic said:

Joint top scorer and I don’t move. Fucking tough league! 

You were just unlucky that there were 7 others. It's tough at the top. Apparently.

singe again forgot to post a prediction in the Premier League, leaving him rock bottom with the gap widening . The most points scored was 6, by astottie, disjointed, Ex_pat, jorvik_latic, lookersstandandy, milnrow latics, SAV and stevesidg. disjointed and astottie climb 3 places, but GravityGrave drops 5 into the relegation zone. oafcmetty stays top.

In the Championship, BP1960 and Lawman failed to post, leaving them taking up the last two relegation places. Benja top scored with 8 points to go top of the division. Oafc1895 moved up 4 places, whilst BP1960 and aidan_latics went down by the same. Stevie_J stays in the bottom three and AK’s11 drops into the danger area.

There were no posts from dannyboy5555 and leeslover  in League 1, whilst Brisbaneblue and Kusunga_Is_God both fell foul of the 14:50 cut off; the former didn’t post until 15:03 and the latter edited at 14:54. Excellent performance by maximus1267, racking up 13 points and being -10 off the attendance. maddog stays top, Macca and Lee Sinnott are up 6 places, but Ryan drops 6 places.

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Latics 2-0 Crawley

HT 1-0

Baxter

4,196

I can't teak any more of this

22 hours ago, beag_teeets said:

 

He's carrying a bit of timber but will soon be providing crosses in to the box and shoring up the defence. Legs like tree trunks but a lovely finish, got a tough veneer on him and he's tough as teak.

22 hours ago, L1onheartNew said:

 

And if treated well, could last for years

22 hours ago, LaticMark said:

 

I wood guess that you're a little board, you son of a birch.

22 hours ago, beag_teeets said:

Yew gotta be kidding!

22 hours ago, Sparkleking said:

This is becoming a poplar thread.

22 hours ago, singe said:

Leaf it out lads.

22 hours ago, Dave_Og said:

Someone soon will get sycamore of this sort of stuff.

I think that's nailed it. I've twigged the connections now I've rooted them out.

16 minutes ago, L1onheartNew said:

Forgive my ignorance and to save me having to find my glasses to go back through war and peace, what exactly is the extent of Fane's injury?

 

Edit: in terms of severity

Broken fibula (not femur, I'm fairly certain) and dislocated ankle. Out until at least Christmas.

9 hours ago, andy_b_100 said:

 

 

 The 6-0 V Hudds was my first ever game and i didnt go back until 1985  

 

 

I remember Alan Groves ripping their defence to shreds that day. Didn't he score with a screamer from the corner of the box? IIRC, wasn't that the day promotion was confirmed once other results came in? I don't think anyone left the ground before the lap of honour. Unless that was another game, of course. I was living in Hull at the time and working away a lot, so I missed loads of games in the 70s, 80s and early 90s.

4 hours ago, Hometownclub said:

 

I'm nothing if not controversial

4 hours ago, HarryBosch said:

 

A 9 point HAUL, now 2 points off top spot and not so much as a name check - more respect please. 

HARRYBOSCH

1 minute ago, pk200 said:

Didn't Johnny Colquhoon have one disallowed? (memory's not what it was)

Ooh, I can't remember. Old age kicks in. But I do remember my mate was called Chris Billings, but I've not seen him for over 50 years. I wonder what he's up to these days?

3 minutes ago, pk200 said:

42,000 v Liverpool  FA Cup early 1960's

I was there too. 3rd Round January 1962. I was in the RRE with my mate in the middle of a few thousand Scousers. And they were a fantastic bunch. If Bobby Johnstone's shot that hit the bar and bounced in and out (I'm sure it did) had been given, we'd have had a replay.

Liverpool got promoted to the old first division that season.

52 minutes ago, Stanley30 said:

Yes, 

Yes, he’s been sacked and is gone

Aren't you in the Philippines? If so, that's some line of communication you've got. If it's true, at least we all know the ending.

44 minutes ago, aidan_latics said:

Although scored correctly, just wanted to point out that @lookersstandandy actually missed out on the attendance by 93 rather 7. That ego requires no massaging!

Correct. Just wanted to make sure you're all paying attention. 

Some good attendance predictions in the Premier League. astottie was out by +3, whilst Ex_pat missed by -7. a259 and oafcmetty top scored with 9 points apiece, the latter taking over top spot. JoeP climbed 5 places whilst GravityGrave fell by 5 places. Former champion David Collinge drops into the relegation zone and Hometownclub props everybody up.

In the Championship, yarddog73 got it all wrong, showing Morecambe winning 2-0 at half time, but Latics winning 3-0 at full time. His prediction was null and void, but would have scored points; he falls 7 places as a result. Runningman top scored with 12 points, helped by being exactly 100 out on the attendance and rising 6 places. aidan_latics goes top, daniel and youngen climb 5 places, while BP1960 dropped 6 places.

Lee Sinnott, in League 1, originally predicted a 23-0 win for Latics (some 2^nd half, that!), but corrected it in time when it was pointed out. south east latic missed out on maximum attendance points by +1 (the second one to do so this season) and picked up 11 points.. MontyBurns moves up 5 places, dannyboy5555 drops 4 places to the bottom of the table, whilst maddog stays top. oafcprozac falls 4 places having failed to post a prediction.

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3 minutes ago, Buckshawlatic said:

 

She’s a singer 

So is Pearl

32 minutes ago, archiecat said:

1)Thanks for that Max, next time i am suffering from insomnia i will ask you to recite a story or two 

Milligan and Henry had Holden and Adams, Baxter and Byrne unfortunately are stuck with Nepo and Branger, bit of a disadvantage there.

For the record, i have no issue with

2)Bunn,he is merely the monkey to Lemsagam's organ grinder as far as this stand off is concerned, 

1) Unnecessary and does nothing for your argument/discussion/opinion.

2) None of us know whether FB agrees with the suspension or not, so we can't just assume he's doing as he's told. On the other hand, it's possible, of course, but it's nothing more than speculation

28 minutes ago, archiecat said:

What about the behaviour of Mr Lemsagam ? 

is he whiter than white?

Who knows, takes two to tango.

 

 

I'm not suggesting anything of the sort and AL may not be behaving as he should. None of us know, we only speculate. The point I was making about Byrne's suspension is that I doubt he would be suspended this long for a minor offence just to remove his wages that had already been signed, sealed and settled, plus the effect it COULD (not would) have on the rest of the squad.

29 minutes ago, archiecat said:

Back on topic....

It would be awesome to see Byrne and Baxter playing together in this league, they would rip it to pieces!

If i had invested £3 million in this club, i would want to achieve promotion back to league 1 as quick as possible and by whatever means possible.

It is absolute madness to have such a talented player banished from the squad. 

I agree; Byrne and Baxter would tear this division apart. However, I'm pretty convinced that Byrne's misdemeanours are more serious than most of us believe. I've said elsewhere that I can't accept that he would have been given a (presumably) lucrative contract for the next 2 years just to then get him off the wage bill. It would make no sense. 

If his misbehaviour is such that he has got what he deserves, which I have no doubt the other players are aware of, bringing him back into the squad would undermine morale. Gerrard was shot out of the door for what appears to be much less of a breach of contract, so what message would it send to reinstate Byrne. From my point of view, we're managing without him (yes, we'd be better with him) so let's forget about him playing for us again and do the best we can with what we've got or with who may be coming in.