DangerousSausage

That could be an absolutely pivotal win for us, a defeat would have left us well short of the play-off spots. I wasn't expecting Arter to start straight away, but the illness situation must have forced IB's hand. He certainly made a difference.

Bristol City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion

Swansea City 1-0 Birmingham City

Oxford United 2-0 Ipswich Town (joker)

Portsmouth 1-2 Wycombe Wanderers

Barrow 0-1 Carlisle United

Sutton United 1-2 Tranmere Rovers

Barnet 2-0 Woking

Boreham Wood 1-2 Grimsby Town

The results:

Barnsley 2-0 Bristol City
Birmingham City 0-2 Middlesbrough
Plymouth Argyle 1-0 Portsmouth
Shrewsbury Town 5-0 Morecambe
Port Vale 3-1 Mansfield Town
Swindon Town 2-1 Sutton United
Halifax Town 1-0 Bromley
Southend United 0-3 Dagenham & Redbridge

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This round's winner is @Dan, scooping double figures!

@Dan - 11
@Dripsey3, @super_ram - 8
@DangerousSausage - 7
@magpiejue, @Megan_Elizax, @GrannyPie - 6
@gtownjohnno - 5
@ARLukomski - 4
@nottsnutter - 3

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Overall, no positions changed hands but @Dan passed 200 points and ate into @Dripsey3's lead slightly...

Dripsey3 - 218
Dan - 204
super_ram - 195
4everapie - 172
gtownjohnno - 170
DangerousSausage - 166
ARLukomski - 160
magpiejue - 157
nottsnutter - 152
jimbob - 142
Megan_Elizax - 141
GrannyPie - 140
barnet11uk - 124
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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So that was Tuesday's round. Saturday's round is already up and running, you can post your predictions here. Good luck!

It's round 38 and we're entering the final furlong now - if you want to win the league, finish in the top three or if there's just someone else you'd like to beat, now is the time! I'll have your predictions in by 3pm on Saturday please, and you have a joker each!

Bristol City v West Bromwich Albion

Swansea City v Birmingham City

Oxford United v Ipswich Town

Portsmouth v Wycombe Wanderers

Barrow v Carlisle United

Sutton United v Tranmere Rovers

Barnet v Woking

Boreham Wood v Grimsby Town

It's getting late so I'll add up the points tomorrow (it takes time to add up both of my points). But I'll post Saturday's fixtures in the next few minutes.

Sounds like an eye-catching signing and a welcome boost! Has he played much recently?

I thought we requested a postponement for this and Dagenham @Dripsey3... This would have been a hard enough game without all the illness, Stockport are a very different proposition now to earlier in the season.

Instead of playing ill players, I'd have dipped into the youth team. But that's easy to say after the event, and the result wouldn't have been any different.

You can never begrudge a player for wanting to play for his country, it's always a massive honour. The timing is really bad too. Surely we should have the option of postponement if we have four players out with England C, but postponing games this late in the season is far less than ideal too.

The top of our game is just sick - the only way to achieve success seems to be to hook yourself up to a dodgy regime or a sovereign wealth fund (or both). Chelsea have been caught out (not that there is likely to be much in the way of consequences beyond this season), but they're by no means the only ones. Even we were happy to jump into bed with the Bahraini royal family, even if it didn't turn out to be them in the end.

Barnsley 1-1 Bristol City

Birmingham City 1-2 Middlesbrough

Plymouth Argyle 3-1 Portsmouth (joker)

Shrewsbury Town 2-0 Morecambe

Port Vale 1-1 Mansfield Town

Swindon Town 2-1 Sutton United

Halifax Town 1-1 Bromley

Southend United 2-1 Dagenham & Redbridge

The results:

Birmingham City 0-0 Hull City
Blackpool 1-0 Swansea City
Accrington Stanley 2-1 Charlton Athletic
Doncaster Rovers 0-1 Gillingham
Bristol Rovers 3-0 Harrogate Town
Rochdale 0-0 Barrow
Altrincham 4-0 Eastleigh
Woking 1-0 Maidenhead United

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And this round's winner is once again @super_ram!

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

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And this is our table. Until Tuesday, anyway:

Dripsey3 - 210
Dan - 193
super_ram - 187
4everapie - 172
gtownjohnno - 165
DangerousSausage - 159
ARLukomski - 156
magpiejue - 151
nottsnutter - 149
jimbob - 142
Megan_Elizax - 135
GrannyPie - 134
barnet11uk - 124
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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Think you could be doing better? Is there someone you want to leapfrog? You haven't got long to wait - the next round is on Tuesday and the fixtures are online now! See you over there

I hope you've all got time for a quick midweek prediction league round. All of these fixtures kick off at 7.45pm on Tuesday night, and don't forget your jokers!

Barnsley v Bristol City

Birmingham City v Middlesbrough

Plymouth Argyle v Portsmouth

Shrewsbury Town v Morecambe

Port Vale v Mansfield Town

Swindon Town v Sutton United

Halifax Town v Bromley

Southend United v Dagenham & Redbridge

Hard to see how much contact there actually was from that angle tbh, but it did look like a penalty to me. Just look how quickly the defender's arms shot up, always a tell-tale sign.

But what's done is done. The Trophy can be one more distraction for Wrexham.

Birmingham City 2-1 Hull City

Blackpool 0-1 Swansea City

Accrington Stanley 2-1 Charlton Athletic

Doncaster Rovers 2-0 Gillingham (joker)

Bristol Rovers 1-1 Harrogate Town

Rochdale 2-0 Barrow

Altrincham 1-1 Eastleigh

Woking 0-1 Maidenhead United

Same procedure as every week - predict these eight games by 3pm on Saturday and remember your joker! As an extra special prize, the winner can win a lock of my hair.

Birmingham City v Hull City

Blackpool v Swansea City

Accrington Stanley v Charlton Athletic

Doncaster Rovers v Gillingham

Bristol Rovers v Harrogate Town

Rochdale v Barrow

Altrincham v Eastleigh

Woking v Maidenhead United

You could probably accept this result had we collected a minimum of four from the last two. But in the context of those, it isn't enough. It looks like we'll be scrapping it out for the last one or two play-off spots, and like @Elite_pie I've got no confidence we'll even make it to the final.

Teams that win promotion keep clean sheets and rack up the ugly wins, and we don't. That's been the common thread between the last three seasons - a soft underbelly. We were in the lead against Chesterfield and twice against Solihull. That's five priceless points against immediate promotion rivals that we've blown. If we keep fluffing the big games, we'll get nowhere.

The results:

Bristol City 1-2 Birmingham City
Derby County 2-0 Barnsley
Cambridge United 0-0 Shrewsbury Town
Portsmouth 4-0 Accrington Stanley
Leyton Orient 2-2 Stevenage
Northampton Town 3-2 Tranmere Rovers
Eastleigh 4-1 Wealdstone
Maidenhead United 0-0 Altrincham

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Our best scorer is once again @super_ram, who's on fire!

@super_ram - 10
@gtownjohnno, @nottsnutter - 7
@jimbob, @barnet11uk - 6
@4everapie, @GrannyPie - 5
@Dripsey3, @Dan - 4
@DangerousSausage, @ARLukomski, @magpiejue, @Megan_Elizax - 3

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Only one change in the table this week and it's at my expense. Boo!

Dripsey3 - 204
Dan - 187
super_ram - 180
4everapie - 170
gtownjohnno - 160
DangerousSausage - 156
ARLukomski - 150
magpiejue - 149
nottsnutter - 148
jimbob - 141
Megan_Elizax - 132
GrannyPie - 130
barnet11uk - 121
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 to see the fixtures on Wednesday. Thanks for playing, take care and see you then

Another two points we could scarcely afford to drop, at precisely the moment when teams who are serious about promotion are building momentum. Was it as bad as I've been hearing?

Bristol City 0-1 Birmingham City

Derby County 2-1 Barnsley

Cambridge United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town (joker) 

Portsmouth 1-1 Accrington Stanley

Leyton Orient 3-1 Stevenage

Northampton Town 1-2 Tranmere Rovers

Eastleigh 2-0 Wealdstone

Maidenhead United 2-1 Altrincham

The prediction league is back this weekend - apologies for the slight delay in posting this, I crawled under a rock after Tuesday night. The deadline is 3pm on Saturday, and don't forget your jokers!

Bristol City v Birmingham City

Derby County v Barnsley

Cambridge United v Shrewsbury Town

Portsmouth v Accrington Stanley

Leyton Orient v Stevenage

Northampton Town v Tranmere Rovers

Eastleigh v Wealdstone

Maidenhead United v Altrincham

Yeovil have got two points from their last five games, and we're at home. Time to show a reaction and pick up three badly needed points, we really can't afford another performance like on Tuesday night.

It sounded like a pretty ragged performance even while we were still in front, but even that wouldn't have mattered if we just did the basics in our own box. How many times did the ball bounce in our own box, how many headers did we lose?

We would be in a much better position if we just did the BASICS like defending crosses and set pieces.

3 hours ago, DonnyNotts said:

There were highlights??

I preferred the highlights they posted on the Facebook page, which only showed our goal

The results:

Coventry City 1-1 Preston North End
Millwall 1-0 Sheffield United
AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Doncaster Rovers
Wigan Athletic 0-3 Sunderland
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Exeter City
Walsall 3-1 Hartlepool United
Altrincham 3-0 Dagenham & Redbridge
Southend United 1-1 Solihull Moors

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We all struggled a bit with this one, but the week's top scorer was @4everapie!

@4everapie - 9
@Dripsey3 - 7
@ARLukomski, @jimbob - 6
@super_ram - 4
@DangerousSausage, @nottsnutter - 3
@GrannyPie, @barnet11uk - 2
@gtownjohnno, @Megan_Elizax - 1
@Dan, @magpiejue - nul points

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@Dripsey3 hit 200 points this week and now has a very healthy lead. But is he Guardiola's City or Keegan's Newcastle? Elsewhere, yours truly and @ARLukomski are on the move...

Dripsey3 - 200
Dan - 183
super_ram - 170
4everapie - 165
DangerousSausage - 153
gtownjohnno - 153
ARLukomski - 147
magpiejue - 146
nottsnutter - 141
jimbob - 135
Megan_Elizax - 129
GrannyPie - 125
barnet11uk - 115
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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That's yer lot for another week. Next round is on Saturday, fixtures will be up from Wednesday onwards. Got some great banter you'd like to share, or just want to rail at the injustice of it all? Simply comment below. Otherwise I'll see you next week!

Good result, and great to hear that Eli Sam is hitting form! It's looking tight again and if we don't fritter away our game in hand we could be right in the mix for the top three. Need snookers for top spot, but it's not impossible.

Coventry City 1-0 Preston North End

Millwall 1-1 Sheffield United

AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Doncaster Rovers

Wigan Athletic 3-1 Sunderland (joker) 

Bristol Rovers 1-2 Exeter City

Walsall 0-2 Hartlepool United

Altrincham 0-2 Dagenham & Redbridge

Southend United 1-1 Solihull Moors