DangerousSausage

The Easter programme continues on Monday because, like cauliflower, It's Traditional. And, of course, we have some fixtures for you to predict. They all kick off at 3pm and you have a joker each.

Barnsley v Peterborough United

Reading v Swansea City

Bolton Wanderers v Accrington Stanley

Plymouth Argyle v Sunderland

Colchester United v Bradford City

Port Vale v Bristol Rovers

Barnet v Southend United

Stockport County v Solihull Moors

The results:

Hull City 2-1 Cardiff City
West Brom 2-1 Blackpool
Accrington Stanley 0-0 Burton Albion
Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 Plymouth Argyle
Mansfield Town 2-3 Sutton United
Walsall 1-0 Carlisle United
Southend United 0-1 Wealdstone
Wrexham 1-1 Solihull Moors

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This week's top scorer is @4everapie - congrats!

@4everapie - 8
@gtownjohnno - 7
@Megan_Elizax - 6
@ARLukomski, @nottsnutter - 5
@Dripsey3, @super_ram, @DangerousSausage - 4
@Dan - 3
@jimbob, @GrannyPie, @barnet11uk - 2
@magpiejue - 1

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@ARLukomski and @Megan_Elizax move up this week, otherwise there's little change:

Dripsey3 - 239
Dan - 226
super_ram - 213
4everapie - 202
gtownjohnno - 200
DangerousSausage - 193
Megan_Elizax - 175
magpiejue - 173
ARLukomski - 169
nottsnutter - 167
jimbob - 167
GrannyPie - 156
barnet11uk - 150
Chris - 106
KB1862 - 52
liampie - 50
Joshua - 34
Feral Fox - 29
allardyces tash - 21
TheSkipper - 16
CliftonMagpie - 10
Alex - 7
Canadian - 4

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There's not long to wait until the next round - Easter Monday is just around the corner. The fixtures are online now, see you over there!

Anyone else captivated by this competition this season? I spent yesterday evening watching Eintracht Frankfurt deservedly winning away at Barcelona in front of 30,000 travelling fans. As all the flights to Barcelona were sold out, some even took a detour via Tunisia to be there. Eintracht exposed Barca with their fast counterattacking time and again and could have scored more than three. Barca, on the other hand, carved out very few chances until they woke up in stoppage time. It looked like the kind of evening you always dream about as a football fan, and I'm also relieved that the competition won't be won by a team that sees it as a consolation prize.

It'll be interesting to see Eintracht, West Ham and Rangers scrap it out in the semis - the competition means the world to all of them. Just have a sneaky feeling RB Leipzig will nick it instead.

Sounded like a comfortable win despite the disadvantage of me listening! We did what we needed to do against what by all accounts is a very poor side, but that early goal was a warning that we won't have it all our own way over the next few weeks. Very glad to see Roberts back in and involved in a couple of the goals, that's the reaction we needed.

We're seven points behind Halifax and five behind Solihull, so third remains a tall order. All we can do is keep winning and hope for the best.

These matches are on GOOD FRIDAY at 3pm! Time to get your predictions in

@super_ram, @ARLukomski, @GrannyPie, @barnet11uk, @Chris, @KB1862, @liampie, @Joshua, @Feral Fox, @allardyces tash, @TheSkipper, @CliftonMagpie, @Alex, @Canadian

Hull City 2-1 Cardiff City

West Brom 0-2 Blackpool

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Burton Albion

Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Plymouth Argyle

Mansfield Town 2-0 Sutton United (joker)

Walsall 0-0 Carlisle United

Southend United 2-1 Wealdstone

Wrexham 2-1 Solihull Moors

Friday is Good Friday! If you're too old for an Easter egg, worry not - simply grab some points in the prediction league instead. All matches kick off at 3pm on Friday, and remember your jokers!

Hull City v Cardiff City

West Brom v Blackpool

Accrington Stanley v Burton Albion

Wycombe Wanderers v Plymouth Argyle

Mansfield Town v Sutton United

Walsall v Carlisle United

Southend United v Wealdstone

Wrexham v Solihull Moors

On 11/04/2022 at 21:04, menzinho said:

For me, given the result against Torquay and how he played against Kings Lynn last time out I’ll be very surprised if he’s not in the matchday 16. And then hopefully we can all forget move on from it.

Fingers crossed. There might be nothing more to it than IB wanting to give him a wake-up call, and the timing of the England C game was just a coincidence.

8 hours ago, DonnyNotts said:

Regardless of any speculation I personally think he will be gone come the end of the season, as will a few others, just my opinion.

Possibly, although Roberts hasn't been one of our star performers this season. Rodders, Palmer and Wootton are all out of contract and have all attracted interest, but it partly depends on where we're playing next season (however unlikely promotion feels right now). If they move on, we'll just have to find better replacements, that's the game.

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Really shocking defending. For their fourth their man must have had six touches of the ball, undisturbed, just outside our six-yard box.

The results:

Preston North End 2-1 QPR
Reading 1-2 Cardiff City
Cheltenham Town 1-0 Portsmouth
Oxford United 1-2 Sunderland
Rochdale 1-0 Walsall
Swindon Town 0-1 Newport County
Aldershot 2-1 Boreham Wood
Bromley 0-2 Dagenham & Redbridge

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This week's winner, with one of the best scores of the season, is @Megan_Elizax - congrats!

@Megan_Elizax - 14
@4everapie - 10
@DangerousSausage - 9
@magpiejue - 7
@gtownjohnno - 6
@jimbob, @barnet11uk - 5
@super_ram, @nottsnutter - 2
@Dan, @ARLukomski, @GrannyPie - 1
@Dripsey3 - nul points

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We have a few changes in the table this week. @Megan_Elizax jumps three places and @4everapie goes fourth, while @Dan takes the tiniest of bites out of @Dripsey3's lead - but time is running out...

Dripsey3 - 235
Dan - 223
super_ram - 209
4everapie - 194
gtownjohnno - 193
DangerousSausage - 189
magpiejue - 172
Megan_Elizax - 169
jimbob - 165
ARLukomski - 164
nottsnutter - 162
GrannyPie - 154
barnet11uk - 148
Chris - 106
KB1862 - 52
liampie - 50
Joshua - 34
Feral Fox - 29
allardyces tash - 21
TheSkipper - 16
CliftonMagpie - 10
Alex - 7
Canadian - 4

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Here's something I just noticed - last season @ARLukomski broke the prediction league record with 233 points. A great achievement, but the new record wasn't all that surprising since it was the first complete season since the switch to 8 fixtures instead of 6. Well, last week @Dripsey3 broke that record with a full six rounds to go, before sportingly deciding not to add to that tally this week. And it looks likely that at least one other player will follow suit. Well done to all involved! Maybe we should start a lottery syndicate or something?

Good Friday is called "good" because football matches are played on it. So that will be the date for round 42. I'll get the fixtures online on Tuesday or thereabouts. Until then, have a good week!

Here's a disclaimer - every time we have a bad result, the usual suspects on social media start speculating that there's been a bust-up behind the scenes. I generally don't buy into it at all - just because we've lost or had a poor run, it doesn't mean there are punch-ups going on in the dressing room.

But! Roberts hasn't played for Notts in a month, since Stockport away. He was fit enough to play 90 minutes for England C, before again being left out of the squad for the two Notts games following it. IB is now claiming that he left Roberts out of the matchday squad on merit. If words have been exchanged behind the scenes, he can hardly go public on it, but this explanation does not make sense. Roberts has been one of the first names on the team sheet this season, even though Rodders has taken his preferred position. You would AT LEAST expect him to be on the bench as an impact sub.

Normally I'd be inclined to take IB and CR's word for it. Maybe it's nothing more than the manager simply wanting to give him a wake-up call. I'm just a bit concerned there's more to it and that it'll drag down performances.

Preston North End 1-1 QPR

Reading 2-1 Cardiff City

Cheltenham Town 1-0 Portsmouth

Oxford United 1-2 Sunderland

Rochdale 0-2 Walsall

Swindon Town 2-1 Newport County (joker) 

Aldershot 1-1 Boreham Wood

Bromley 0-2 Dagenham & Redbridge

Right my lovelies, it's time to polish your crystal balls once again. As usual, the deadline is 3pm on Saturday, and you have a joker each.

Preston North End v QPR

Reading v Cardiff City

Cheltenham Town v Portsmouth

Oxford United v Sunderland

Rochdale v Walsall

Swindon Town v Newport County

Aldershot v Boreham Wood

Bromley v Dagenham & Redbridge

Hi @Chris, it took me a few attempts to log on this evening, so maybe it's not quite resolved yet? Hopefully it was just a hiccup.

The results:

Barnsley 1-1 Reading
Cardiff City 0-4 Swansea City
Accrington Stanley 4-4 Cheltenham Town
Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Oxford United
Newport County 0-1 Exeter City
Stevenage 0-1 Oldham Athletic
Aldershot 0-2 Eastleigh
Chesterfield 1-4 Grimsby Town

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We had a tricky bunch this week, with only one of the home teams managing to win. So there weren't many points, but the best performers were @barnet11uk and ME!!! with six points apiece:

@DangerousSausage, @barnet11uk - 6
@jimbob, @GrannyPie - 5
@Dripsey3, @Dan - 4
@nottsnutter - 2
@super_ram, @4everapie, @magpiejue, @Megan_Elizax - 1
@gtownjohnno, @ARLukomski - nul points

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With six rounds to go, @Dripsey3 is 13 points ahead...

Dripsey3 - 235
Dan - 222
super_ram - 207
gtownjohnno - 187
4everapie - 184
DangerousSausage - 180
magpiejue - 165
ARLukomski - 163
jimbob - 160
nottsnutter - 160
Megan_Elizax - 155
GrannyPie - 153
barnet11uk - 143
Chris - 106
KB1862 - 52
liampie - 50
Joshua - 34
Feral Fox - 29
allardyces tash - 21
TheSkipper - 16
CliftonMagpie - 10
Alex - 7
Canadian - 4

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The next round is on Saturday (barring the Easter weekend, all of the remaining rounds this season are on Saturdays), so I'll post the fixtures on Wednesday or thereabouts. See you all then!

Great result that. We had a little bit of luck at the right times, but that's part of the game and will help us build some momentum. The top three is very much possible, but we can hardly afford to slip up if we want to get there - we might be only 4 points off, but Halifax, Wrexham and Solihull all have at least one game in hand.

Barnsley 2-0 Reading (joker) 

Cardiff City 2-1 Swansea City

Accrington Stanley 1-1 Cheltenham Town

Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Oxford United

Newport County 1-1 Exeter City

Stevenage 0-1 Oldham Athletic

Aldershot 1-1 Eastleigh

Chesterfield 1-2 Grimsby Town

We've hit round 40, but there are 189 points still to play for. These matches kick off at 3pm on Saturday, and you have a joker each!

Barnsley v Reading

Cardiff City v Swansea City

Accrington Stanley v Cheltenham Town

Plymouth Argyle v Oxford United

Newport County v Exeter City

Stevenage v Oldham Athletic

Aldershot v Eastleigh

Chesterfield v Grimsby Town

Just seen this, thanks for sharing! England are getting spanked 4-0, not sure what the line-up was.

It's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knax9BUt8H0

A young loanee from the Championship is always going to be a short-term fix, while Geraldo Bajrami (fantastic name) would presumably have been for the longer term. I think it's generally better to get someone on board who will be in the side for the next two or three years, and that's no reflection on Graham.

1 hour ago, super_ram said:

 

The next round is on Saturday, so expect the fixtures to appear on Saturday. Until then, look after yourselves and party on!

@DangerousSausage I hope that's a slight error with the day or are you being a bit crafty and hoping everyone forgets to post while you sneak your predictions in just before kickoff.

That's a good idea actually, thanks for the tip!

The results:

AFC Wimbledon 0-1 Cambridge United
Shrewsbury Town 1-0 Lincoln City
Crawley Town 1-0 Rochdale
Port Vale 2-0 Sutton United
Salford City 2-1 Walsall
Grimsby Town 2-1 Dagenham & Redbridge
Maidenhead United 1-2 Barnet
Yeovil Town 2-0 Southend United

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Congrats to @gtownjohnno and @barnet11uk, who showed the rest of us how it's done and hit double figures!

@gtownjohnno, @barnet11uk - 12
@Dan, @super_ram - 9
@Dripsey3 - 8
@DangerousSausage, @Megan_Elizax - 7
@4everapie - 6
@GrannyPie - 5
@magpiejue, @nottsnutter, @jimbob - 4
@ARLukomski - 1

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@gtownjohnno and @magpiejue are moving up in this week's table, while @Dripsey3's lead takes the slightest of dents:

Dripsey3 - 231
Dan - 218
super_ram - 206
gtownjohnno - 187
4everapie - 183
DangerousSausage - 174
magpiejue - 164
ARLukomski - 163
nottsnutter - 158
jimbob - 155
Megan_Elizax - 154
GrannyPie - 148
barnet11uk - 137
Chris - 106
KB1862 - 52
liampie - 50
Joshua - 34
Feral Fox - 29
allardyces tash - 21
TheSkipper - 16
CliftonMagpie - 10
Alex - 7
Canadian - 4

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The next round is on Saturday, so expect the fixtures to appear on Saturday. Until then, look after yourselves and party on!

AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Cambridge United

Shrewsbury Town 1-2 Lincoln City

Crawley Town 1-1 Rochdale

Port Vale 2-1 Sutton United (joker) 

Salford City 0-0 Walsall

Grimsby Town 1-0 Dagenham & Redbridge

Maidenhead United 1-2 Barnet

Yeovil Town 0-2 Southend United

The prediction league continues this week (minus that silly Championship nonsense, as they're all playing internationals apparently). If you fancy taking part, I'll have your predictions for these eight gritty lower-league fixtures by 3pm on Saturday, and don't forget your jokers!

AFC Wimbledon v Cambridge United

Shrewsbury Town v Lincoln City

Crawley Town v Rochdale

Port Vale v Sutton United

Salford City v Walsall

Grimsby Town v Dagenham & Redbridge

Maidenhead United v Barnet

Yeovil Town v Southend United

He's not the first manager to say that, but unfortunately we haven't got the points to show for it. But now would be just the right time to build up some momentum to take with us into the play-offs.