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Southampton 0-2 Millwall Swansea City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion Leyton Orient 1-1 AFC Wimbledon Reading 2-0 Burton Albion (joker) Wigan Athletic 3-1 Barnsley Fleetwood Town 2-0 Grimsby Town Shrewsbury Town 1-1 Bristol Rovers Swindon Town 2-0 Gillingham

The results: Leicester City 2-1 Derby County Oxford United 0-1 Swansea City Blackpool 4-0 Rotherham United Peterborough United 1-1 Reading Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers Chesterfield 0-1 Cambridge United Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United Grimsby Town 1-0 Shrewsbury Town @magpiejue wins this round, congrats! That means @magpiejue extends her lead at the top, with @Robbie and @4everapie leading the chasing pack. That wraps things up for 2025 and the first half of the season. But there's plenty of prediction league over the coming days - there's a round up and running for 1 January, so go and send in your predictions if you haven't already! Thanks for playing!

A very well deserved point on the road and a good response after Chesterfield. The advantage of the games coming thick and fast is that the next opportunity to make amends is only a few days away. The Iorpenda twins were excellent and seemed to be all over the pitch. I noticed we had the wing backs relatively deep, which blunted our attacking threat a little. All the same, the way we gradually wrested control of the game was impressive and the franchise looked beaten until Dennis decided he was Maradona. On that: he did well to get past the first two home players, but instead of passing it he decided to run with the ball. It was a split second decision he got very wrong, resulting in the goal and turning the momentum of the game for a while. All the same, I'd prefer it if the manager didn't blame him (in not so many words) for us dropping the points in his post-match interview. That's how you lose dressing rooms. Watching on PiesPlayer, it seemed the franchise customers were having a fancy dress day, with a good number of the alleged home crowd of 7000 coming dressed as black seats.

What better way to see in a glorious new year than to play the prediction league? Kick-off is 3pm and don't forget your joker! Southampton v Millwall Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion Leyton Orient v AFC Wimbledon Reading v Burton Albion Wigan Athletic v Barnsley Fleetwood Town v Grimsby Town Shrewsbury Town v Bristol Rovers Swindon Town v Gillingham

@gtownjohnno no worries, I'll only count your third attempt. You might regret it if Swansea win 19-2 though! There's no need to do anything this round, but in future you can take @4everapie's sage advice and edit your post up to kick-off time if you like. @Michael D Pie. as football ferrets aren't explicitly mentioned in The Rules, I'll permit it through gritted teeth. However, octopuses (octopi?) are not allowed under any circumstances. Here's my go: Leicester City 1-1 Derby County Oxford United 2-1 Swansea City Blackpool 2-0 Rotherham United (joker) Peterborough United 2-1 Reading Plymouth Argyle 2-0 Wycombe Wanderers Chesterfield 2-0 Cambridge United Gillingham 1-1 Colchester United Grimsby Town 2-1 Shrewsbury Town

It's time to wrap up 2025. No doubt you'll look back on the year with mixed feelings, recalling the highs, the lows and - most importantly of all - the number of prediction league points you had. We can help with the last one. All of these matches kick off at 7:45 p.m. on Monday - don't forget your joker! Leicester City v Derby County Oxford United v Swansea City Blackpool v Rotherham United Peterborough United v Reading Plymouth Argyle v Wycombe Wanderers Chesterfield v Cambridge United Gillingham v Colchester United Grimsby Town v Shrewsbury Town

Today's game was a chore, So I'll present to you the scores: Stoke City 0-0 Preston North End West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Bristol City Burton Albion 5-1 Northampton Town Luton Town 4-0 Wycombe Wanderers Accrington Stanley 2-1 Barrow Gillingham 1-1 Cambridge United Eastleigh 1-1 Woking Solihull Moors 7-1 Tamworth This round the honours are shared by @Garry Lee, @Robbie and @super_ram, who all hit double figures! @magpiejue holds on to the lead overall, while this was also a good round for @super_ram, who goes second. We've got a full round of league fixtures on Monday (the 29th), so I'll post the fixtures for that in the next few minutes. Thanks for playing and see you over there!

What a poor display that was. We had no control over the game at all, and if you can't string more than three passes together you're not going to have many opportunities in the final third. And we wasted the few opportunities we had. We had no midfield - whenever our players were struggling to hold onto possession by the sidelines, there was no support forthcoming from the centre of the field - their options were to go back or to have a hopeful punt forward. With Palmer or Robertson (ideally both) on the pitch, it would have been a different game. Bennetts is quick and gets into good positions, but is often wasteful with his end product. I think he'll be rested for Monday. I still don't see the point of Norburn. Jones could do with more minutes to build his confidence, he's getting cameos off the bench and is overthinking everything. Roos needs to learn to catch. HOWEVER, a bad day at the office doesn't mean we need to offload half the team. Some fans are too quick to write players off. I was a bit surprised the manager didn't freshen things up a bit. He'll definitely need to for the next match now. In the absence of Palmer and Robertson, I'd give Hinchey a go in the middle in the hope of having an actual midfield again, select Jones from the start and tell him this is his chance to reclaim his first 11 spot again. Jatta/Dennis have served us very well, give them better service and the goals will come again. Having said that, they would benefit from some help/competition arriving in the January window.

Stoke City 1-2 Preston North End West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Bristol City Burton Albion 1-1 Northampton Town Luton Town 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers Accrington Stanley 2-0 Barrow (joker) Gillingham 0-0 Cambridge United Eastleigh 1-2 Woking Solihull Moors 2-0 Tamworth

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!

Did you know, Boxing Day Is a day on which they football play; I don't know, if we'll win But I'll give the prediction league a spin. Now that regrettable outburst of poetry is over, here are the fixtures for round 22 of the prediction league. As always, all of our matches kick off at 3:00 p.m. and you get one joker each. Good luck! Stoke City v Preston North End West Bromwich Albion v Bristol City Burton Albion v Northampton Town Luton Town v Wycombe Wanderers Accrington Stanley v Barrow Gillingham v Cambridge United Eastleigh v Woking Solihull Moors v Tamworth

The results: QPR 4-1 Leicester City Sheffield United 3-0 Birmingham City Doncaster Rovers 1-5 Plymouth Argyle Lincoln City 2-1 Cardiff City Rotherham United 1-3 Huddersfield Town Barnet 1-3 Salford City Fleetwood Town 2-1 Gillingham Oldham Athletic 3-1 Tranmere Rovers This round's winners are @Dan, @gtownjohnno, @magpiejue and ME! ME! ME! with seven points. @Michael D Pie. wins the prize for best poetry, but unfortunately there are no points for that. @magpiejue has swapped places with @4everapie and will spend Christmas in first place. It should come as a surprise that there is football on Boxing Day (apart from that Premier League nonsense, but who cares about that?). I'll post the fixtures in the next few minutes. Thanks for playing and have a wonderful Christmas everyone!

I haven't heard the interview yet but have read some of the summaries. It's long been the club's mantra that every player has his price. It's the reality of football and it's good that the club is honest with us. If someone is sold, it's crucial that we sign a good replacement or otherwise tweak the squad such that we don't miss him - selling a player for 500k but then missing out on promotion is a false economy. I'd normally agree with @Robbie that we don't need a like-for-like replacement, the NL years taught us we can be just as potent with one striker if we have a good number 10 behind him. But we're currently extremely stretched in the strikers department with only two viable options (sorry, I don't rate Traore at all), and we've been able to gloss over it so far as both Dennis and Jatta have been scoring and have remained injury-free. But if we go into the second half of the season with Dennis and Traore as our only options up front, we're not serious about promotion. I think we need another option up top, but can't really expect a "marquee signing" if Jatta and Dennis both remain. Also think we need a new keeper. As good as Roos is as a shotstopper, his habit of staying glued to his line as crosses come in or punching balls that could easily be caught makes me nervous. Also, Griffiths evidently isn't seen as a candidate for the number one shirt, so he could do with some match practice on loan elsewhere.

QPR 0-2 Leicester City Sheffield United 1-1 Birmingham City Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Plymouth Argyle (joker) Lincoln City 1-3 Cardiff City Rotherham United 0-2 Huddersfield Town Barnet 0-2 Salford City Fleetwood Town 2-1 Gillingham Oldham Athletic 1-1 Tranmere Rovers

What's Father Christmas bringing you? If it's prediction league points you're after, I'm afraid you'll have to get them yourself. Get your predictions in by 3pm on Saturday and remember your joker - good luck! QPR v Leicester City Sheffield United v Birmingham City Doncaster Rovers v Plymouth Argyle Lincoln City v Cardiff City Rotherham United v Huddersfield Town Barnet v Salford City Fleetwood Town v Gillingham Oldham Athletic v Tranmere Rovers