DangerousSausage

We round off October with the 14th batch of fixtures. These all kick off at 3pm on the Saturday, and don't forget to use your joker! Derby County v Hull City Plymouth Argyle v Preston North End Cambridge United v Burton Albion Lincoln City v Stockport County Bradford City v Doncaster Rovers Newport County v Fleetwood Town Barnet v Rochdale Ebbsfleet United v Wealdstone

To do well in this league you have to be hard to beat. This season we have lost 2 out of 13 and are unbeaten away from home. A solid defence is the foundation you need for that; build on it and you have a promotion contender. We didn't have that foundation last season and eventually it dragged us down the table - we were needing to score 3 or 5 even to draw. This season so far, if we score just once there's a good chance we'll be drawing at least. And having lost Langstaff, Nemane and now Jones, scoring 21 goals (making us the third highest scorers) is more than decent. It wasn't a great game and in the first half we were dreadful, but I'm encouraged by the fact that we hung on and found a way back into it. We deserved the point, but could easily have come away empty-handed as we looked toothless going forward. I hope that improves!

Sounds like wholesome family viewing! Regarding ice cream, I'm lucky that there are lots of Italian ice cream parlours here that make their own ice cream. Good news for me as whippy ice cream gives me a bad stomach. On the other hand, you have sausage rolls and we don't, so it's swings and roundabouts... Today is the day I work in the office and eat at the company canteen. On the menu were pork in onion sauce, a "pumpkin soup" that was orange but somehow tasted exactly the same as the onion sauce, and a bean salad. It almost beat the lentils/beans/cabbage combo I had a few weeks back. I value my marriage so I'll take sandwiches next time

I think that's it in a nutshell. I remember that Guardian columnist who was onto Munto from the start getting dog's abuse as well. His "crime" was to shine a light on the project we'd all invested so much hope in. But a player leaving because he "can't settle"? Happens all the time, shame but cheerio. Football is probably full of characters who think they're bigger than the clubs they're at, especially since many were now coached at academies of major clubs and told they were the next big thing before ending up at Crinkly Bottom Rangers AFC.

All this happened long before I was allowed to drink @Chris, which might indicate how long ago it was! I've had a virtual walk around on Google Maps and I'm fairly certain it was Smith's. The picture on Google is exactly how I remember it and it's down the road from the caravan park. Is it still there?

And here are mine: Cardiff City 2-1 Portsmouth Leeds United 2-1 Watford Bristol Rovers 2-0 Shrewsbury Town (joker) Peterborough United 1-1 Blackpool Fleetwood Town 2-1 Crewe Alexandra Tranmere Rovers 3-1 Grimsby Town Dagenham & Redbridge 1-0 Eastleigh Tamworth 1-1 Yeovil Town

These games kick off on TUESDAY night. Let's be having you! @ARLukomski, @Blake, @Chris, @CliftonMagpie, @DonnyNotts, @Harry Buckley, @JIMBO, @Joshua, @JustLikeJuve, @liampie, @Megan_Elizax, @menzinho, @NottsLoyal, @NottsTastic, @OoooooTommy, @Robbie, @super_ram, @The Heff, @TheSkipper, @thommo, @upthepies

Great to see Bass complete his treble of clean sheets! It must give the back line so much more confidence to know they have a reliable keeper behind them. He's already won us points on his own.

Everyone at the club should give him the time he needs. Some things are more important than football. Notts can bring in another striker to cover (on loan), but Cedwyn only has one life. Hope to see him back soon, enjoying life and enjoying his football!

This is wild. He was paid 2 million a year to sit in the stands looking mardy? I could do it for half that (plus a personal pie budget).

Memory unlocked. I'm walking away from the arcade at Skegness or possibly Winthorpe with my parents and my sister. My sister had been given a big bag of 2p coins, which she had blown on the machines (I may have "helped" her). She won nothing. So the money has gone and we're empty-handed. My dad asks her, "So what's the moral of the story?" Her response? "Need more tuppences!"

Hey, I'd love to share more from my impossibly glamorous life but most of it is spent at my desk or on the sofa. But I have been making plans to go to Frankfurt next weekend to meet some pensioners I met on holiday, so there's that. I might share a picture if you're all good. On the subject of sport, I had a bike ride today but it wasn't the best of ideas - it's been foggy and misty all day and I ended up with cold ears. I try to ride my bike to work on office days, it's a 20 km round trip so a pretty decent workout. But I don't do it that often as I'm a right old wimp - a hint of rain or morning frost and I'm out. Enjoy Skeg Vegas @Chris and family!

Aaaand the results: Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Swansea City QPR 1-2 Portsmouth Blackpool 1-2 Barnsley Lincoln City 1-3 Birmingham City Bradford City 2-1 Gillingham Port Vale 3-1 Fleetwood Town Maidenhead United 1-1 Hartlepool United Sutton United 1-3 Oldham Athletic --- Congrats to this round's winner @william1984! --- Overall, @super_ram remains top and the top three remain unchanged. @william1984 joins the leaders in fourth, while our biggest climber is @nottsnutter... --- The next fixtures are played on Tuesday night, so our next round is open now. Why not have a go? Thanks for playing and see you there!

As we've got an (almost) full set of fixtures on Tuesday night, here are some more fixtures to predict! They all kick off at 7.45pm, and don't forget your joker! Cardiff City v Portsmouth Leeds United v Watford Bristol Rovers v Shrewsbury Town Peterborough United v Blackpool Fleetwood Town v Crewe Alexandra Tranmere Rovers v Grimsby Town Dagenham & Redbridge v Eastleigh Tamworth v Yeovil Town

Temporarily closing this topic now as we've got another round on Tuesday night. I'll open it again once I post the scores, hopefully later today!

It was a scruffy game won by a scruffy goal, but we hung on in there when we were struggling to join two passes together in the first half and showed a marked improvement in the second. That'll do for me!

To put that into context, we kept eight clean sheets in the whole of last season. There's no need to change things unnecessarily now that Nessie has been discovered and McDonald has returned from his farm. However, it does give us a bit more strength in depth and competition in an area in which we were a bit thin. They won't go straight into the team, but they've got an incentive to force their way into the first 11.

Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Swansea City QPR 1-0 Portsmouth Blackpool 2-0 Barnsley Lincoln City 1-3 Birmingham City Bradford City 2-1 Gillingham Port Vale 1-1 Fleetwood Town (joker) Maidenhead United 2-1 Hartlepool United Sutton United 2-2 Oldham Athletic

Also, always loved how his voice rose and fell depending on who won. You could tell who had won and lost before he even got to the number. I used to imitate it as a kid.

I agree with @Robbie and @Chris here, a downvote button would be negative to the climate and vibe of the forum. I've seen it in Reddit too, it makes it much too easy to just downvote something you disagree with and move on. The way things are now, you can only show that you disagree with something by making a post and stating your view, and isn't that what a discussion forum is all about? I want to hear different views (as long as they are stated respectfully of course). Unless they're disagreeing with me of course. In that case it's off to the dungeon!

Redknapp is entitled to his opinion @Robbie, but he's always been very cosy with the media. The man's a windbag. Ultimately, being super patriotic in front of the media won't help you when you've got a football team to motivate and organise. I'm not delighted with the appointment myself. I was hoping that the FA had moved away from their old model of appointing a big-name club manager in the hope of instant success. Gareth Southgate proved that we could be more successful with a coach who had the right attributes for the job, even if that man didn't necessarily have a glittering club career. Instead they've gone down the Capello route again. There's a caveat here - big-name managers have a big name for a reason. They have proven that they can handle the pressure at the very highest level, in a way that Carsley maybe hasn't. It's just a shame that a country with such a large pool of talented footballers seemingly can't produce a single coach deemed worthy of leading the national team.

I feel that Wimbledon's ability to play both underground and overground will give them the edge Our poor record against the better teams held us back last season and seems to be continuing this time as well, so a point at least is a must. Really we could do with a win to maintain our momentum. It'll be tough though, with the Dons only conceding 5 goals in their 8 games so far.

How do you do your predictions? I often use magic, as demonstrated here. Anyway, here are the fixtures for round 12. Kick-off is 3pm, and remember your joker! Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City QPR v Portsmouth Blackpool v Barnsley Lincoln City v Birmingham City Bradford City v Gillingham Port Vale v Fleetwood Town Maidenhead United v Hartlepool United Sutton United v Oldham Athletic

Oh dear, I have a feeling the grandchildren might end up missing out Seriously though, was it 100 years old?

"Overseas" is a vastly bigger talent pool than just the UK, you're inevitably going to find better players and managers because of the sheer numbers. And Premier League clubs are wealthy enough to cherry-pick the best. Whether that's what they SHOULD be doing is a different matter. Of course we need to provide incentives for clubs to promote domestic talent, otherwise PL clubs will just assemble global dream teams and our young players won't get a look-in, hindering their development. The knock-on effect for smaller Scottish clubs is that PL clubs are taking a closer look at young Scottish players and helping themselves.