DangerousSausage

Coventry City 1-2 Bristol City Luton Town 1-1 Preston North End Crawley Town 1-1 Burton Albion Mansfield Town 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers Reading 2-0 Stockport County (joker) Grimsby Town 1-0 Chesterfield Swindon Town 2-0 Barrow Eastleigh 1-1 Altrincham Forest Green Rovers 3-1 Rochdale Halifax Town P-P Dagenham & Redbridge

Isn't this just a revival of the old Welsh Cup? The likes of Cardiff and Wrexham used to play in the Cup Winners' Cup all the time, and this sounds very similar. I don't really see why not - if the FAW has an extra European spot, it's up to them how they use it

Guy Branston was a rock in my Notts team on Football Manager. He captained the team to promotion and was one of the first names on the team sheet. So I was thrilled when we signed him in real life. Finally the no-nonsense defender we needed. He spent 45 minutes losing his man and kicking the ball into the air, got subbed off at half time and spent the rest of his loan "injured", thus going down in Notts folklore in a different way. He was a decent player in his prime though, who made hundreds of League appearances and played in the Championship. We've had many other players who played far more games for us but were never close to League standard.

Welcome to a hopefully higher-scoring prediction league round! Due to all the postponements last week, I've decided to add a couple of extra fixtures this time. If they're postponed as well, tough as always, kick off is 3pm on Saturday and remember your jokers! Coventry City v Bristol City Luton Town v Preston North End Crawley Town v Burton Albion Mansfield Town v Wycombe Wanderers Reading v Stockport County Grimsby Town v Chesterfield Swindon Town v Barrow Eastleigh v Altrincham Forest Green Rovers v Rochdale Halifax Town v Dagenham & Redbridge

The line about his "expectations" says it all really. Very disappointing that he'd rather play for the franchise than fight for promotion with us, they've clearly offered him and Notts a lot of money. On the club's part it's risky selling another player to a rival when he was under contract, it could easily come back to bite us. In his position we're now relying on two promising but as yet unproven young players and Curtis Edwards, who has spent months injured. On the other hand, it can't be good for the harmony of the team carrying a player who doesn't want to be here, however good he is.

The results, such as they are: Swindon Town 0-0 Crewe Alexandra Boston United 2-2 Ebbsfleet United All the rest - POSTPONED --- With only two games actually going ahead, points were at a premium. However, this round's clear winner was @cheeky~k8, who not only got both results right, but also the scores - just in the wrong order! --- This predictably has zero effect on our standings, but here they are anyway! --- Join us on Wednesday, when I'll be posting Saturday's fixtures and hoping more of them actually go ahead! We usually lose a few fixtures due to postponements every season, but because there were such a lot this time I might add a couple of extra fixtures on next time. Thanks for playing, well done to those of you who won points and see you next time!

Sounds promising, but as always the proof of the pudding is in the eating. We've signed some quality players in this position under our current regime so I'm hopeful. With Whitaker and Jarvis both playing in Crowley's position, I wonder if there's any truth to the rumours that Crowley is leaving? I hope we hold onto him until the summer at least and have some genuine strength in depth for the run-in.

Of course we need extra bodies in defence after the injuries we've had. This one sounds promising and I hope he does well.

Yes, it's a bit of a double whammy isn't it - the smaller club loses out on a replay, while the big club has much more strength in depth to swing extra time their way.

That's impressive! Never doubted him.

That's life, thanks for getting us up and running again @Chris. I couldn't access the forums at all yesterday - I even had to speak to people in real life!

Technically no more than he had before as this is his second go ????

The minute the club posted that there wasn't going to be a pitch inspection because of course it'll go ahead we knew what would happen. Shambolic from Grimsby. Hope there was at least a nice (if bracing) seaside trip @ARLukomski!

Only two of the games actually went ahead, so I might not need to use all my fingers when I count the scores up! It's pretty frustrating as all of these games were on when I picked them on Thursday night. Oh well, the show must go on.

Saturday 3pm is kick-off, don't miss out! @allardyces tash, @ARLukomski, @Blake, @cheeky~k8, @Chris, @CliftonMagpie, @DonnyNotts, @Fan of Big Tone, @Harry Buckley, @JIMBO, @Joshua, @JustLikeJuve, @liampie, @NottsLoyal, @NottsTastic, @OoooooTommy, @Robbie, @super_ram, @The Heff, @TheSkipper, @thommo, @upthepies