17-12-2015, 21:59
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THE MATCH - SUNDAY 20TH DECEMBER 2015 2PM KO
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I have seen it stated that this has become a must win game for us after our recent results. While I don't for one minute think this is a must win game, we are simply too early in the season for that to be the case, I do think this is a "could really do with winning" game!!! We have stuttered and there is never anything better for a clubs whole being to win a game and put everything back on the right track!!
But, we are playing Wolves!! As Imre stated earlier this week we haven't beaten them at Hillsborough since I was 6 months old!!!!
But hell, records are there to be broken and we are definitely due a win both against them and in general, so why shouldn't it be on Sunday!! 
So lets get on to the stats with this one!! This will be the 113th meeting between us with an overall record of W36 D30 L46, so a bit behind them in that one. Prior to that last win in September 1964, we had a great home record against them W26 D7 L4, we won't find many as good as that but in the 16 games since then our record is W0 D8 L8!!!!!! Complete contrast but still our overall record at home is good at W26 D15 L12, so lets focus on the overall record for this one!!! 
Interestingly Wolves have played three FA Cup semis at Hillsborough and have not registered a win, having drawn all three games!! Maybe we should treat this like a cup semi final then if we want to avoid defeat!!!
LINKS BETWEEN THE CLUBS
Current staff:
From what I can see they have 3 ex-Owls playing for them:
Danny Batth
Grant Holt
Benik Afobe
.............although interestingly none of these were ever our players as all of them were on loan to us at the time.
Past Players
Marlon Beresford, Stephen Bywater, John Holsgrove, Jim McCalliog, Lawrie Madden, Peter Shirtliff, Andy Sinton, Darren Potter, Daniel Jones (best left foot outside the prem!!! ), Andy Blair, Leon Clarke (scored winner for them in the last game at S6!! 
), Michael Gray and Andy Blair.
Past Managers
Dave Jones managed both teams to promotion.
I am sure there are other links between the clubs, if you know of any please feel free to mention!!
THE LAST MATCH
Not sure we really want to talk about or relive that one. probably our poorest performance of the season, particularly as it was against opposition who had been struggling to score and were in the relegation places!! This was a game that we should have won on paper, but on grass we just didn't compete!! You can tell how bad we were when Darren Potter was described as running the show in midfield!!!
OUR TEAM
Multiple changes again in midweek I like the fact we can switch the team around more than we have been able to for a long time but I am far from convinced we need to nor that its really working!! Sure we have injuries that force changes, no problem with that but is there any Owls fans who want to see Nuhiu start up front again?? Wasn't his fault we lost, but he sure doesn't help!! Aside from that I would like the team to look like this:
Westwood
Palmer Loovens Turner Pudil
Lee Hutchinson Bannan
Forestieri
Hooper Joao
Lets attack from the start, especially as we are the home team, lets get a lead and then push on from there. The bench is looking a bit thin on quality at the moment but if our best 11 can't win the game then our second string side isn't going to!!
WHO'S THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK
Ref - Dean Whitestone
Assts - Steven Meredith and Barry Cropp
4th Official - Mark Brown
MS will hopefully give us the skinny on this guy in previous Owls games!!
CURRENT FORM - League games only
SWFC -
Wolves -
OTHER RESULTS TO PREDICT
L**ds v Preston
Reading v Blackburn
Watford v Liverpool
Swansea v West Ham
Arsenal Man City
Some guest Sunday and Monday games from the Prem as we are playing on Sunday as well.
THE BIG MANS LEAGUE
Current Table
Owlkev
Towinjustonce
Thurnscoe
Pei
Madsteve
Wereham
Jacko
Imre
Consilio
Maddix
Stateside
Owlshighgreen
St Charles
Southey
For this week here is what you need to predict:
SCORE AND SCORER (SWFC score first please, no copying, correct for both only will win, defeats are allowed)
1-0 Loovens - Imre
1-0 Lee - Consilio
1-1 Hooper - Pei
1-1 Joao - Towinjustonce
1-3 Hooper - Stateside
2-0 Forestieri - Wereham
2-1 Hooper - St Charles
2-1 Bannan - Daffodils
2-1 Joao - Washington
2-1 Forestieri - Owlshighgreen
2-1 Wallace - Owlkev
2-2 Lee -Bottesford
3-0 Forestieri - Wellowlbe
3-1 Joao - Thurnscoe
3-1 Forestieri- Madsteve
3-1 Bannan - Southey
3-2 Forestieri - A57
4-1 Hooper - Jacko
6-1 Nuhiu - Maddix
ATTENDANCE (Closest to wins, no closer than 50 to any previous poster, no copying)
18,789 - Consilio
19,228 - Owlkev
19,278 - Bottesford
19,529 - Actual Attendance
19,667 - Madsteve
19,800 - Maddix
20,001 - Pei
20,180 - Stateside
20,252 - Towinjustonce
20,500 - Southey
20,600 - Jacko
20,740 - A57
20,888 - Wellowlbe
21,201 - St Charles
21,477 - Wereham
21,523 - Daffodils
21,777 - Thurnscoe
21,890 - Owlshighgreen
22,222 - Washington
23,600 - Imre
OTHER RESULTS TO PREDICT (Copying is allowed, all 5 correct will win)
AAAAA - Maddix
ADHAD - Daffodils
DAAAD - Stateside
DDDDD - Washington
DDHAD - Owlshighgreen
DDHDD - Madsteve
HAAAH - Thurnscoe, Owlkev
HDAAD - Wereham, Southey
HDADD - Towinjustonce, A57
HHADA - Bottesford
HHDAH - Wellowlbe
HHDDA - Pei
HHDDH - St Charles
HHHHH - Imre, Consilio, Jacko
THE MUPPET LEAGUE
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KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PICS
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v I have seen it stated that this has become a must win game for us after our recent results. While I don't for one minute think this is a must win game, we are simply too early in the season for that to be the case, I do think this is a "could really do with winning" game!!! We have stuttered and there is never anything better for a clubs whole being to win a game and put everything back on the right track!!
But, we are playing Wolves!! As Imre stated earlier this week we haven't beaten them at Hillsborough since I was 6 months old!!!!
But hell, records are there to be broken and we are definitely due a win both against them and in general, so why shouldn't it be on Sunday!! So lets get on to the stats with this one!! This will be the 113th meeting between us with an overall record of W36 D30 L46, so a bit behind them in that one. Prior to that last win in September 1964, we had a great home record against them W26 D7 L4, we won't find many as good as that but in the 16 games since then our record is W0 D8 L8!!!!!! Complete contrast but still our overall record at home is good at W26 D15 L12, so lets focus on the overall record for this one!!! Interestingly Wolves have played three FA Cup semis at Hillsborough and have not registered a win, having drawn all three games!! Maybe we should treat this like a cup semi final then if we want to avoid defeat!!!
LINKS BETWEEN THE CLUBS
Current staff:
From what I can see they have 3 ex-Owls playing for them:
Danny Batth
Grant Holt
Benik Afobe
.............although interestingly none of these were ever our players as all of them were on loan to us at the time.
Past Players
Marlon Beresford, Stephen Bywater, John Holsgrove, Jim McCalliog, Lawrie Madden, Peter Shirtliff, Andy Sinton, Darren Potter, Daniel Jones (best left foot outside the prem!!!
), Andy Blair, Leon Clarke (scored winner for them in the last game at S6!! ), Michael Gray and Andy Blair.Past Managers
Dave Jones managed both teams to promotion.
I am sure there are other links between the clubs, if you know of any please feel free to mention!!
THE LAST MATCH
Not sure we really want to talk about or relive that one. probably our poorest performance of the season, particularly as it was against opposition who had been struggling to score and were in the relegation places!! This was a game that we should have won on paper, but on grass we just didn't compete!! You can tell how bad we were when Darren Potter was described as running the show in midfield!!!
OUR TEAM
Multiple changes again in midweek I like the fact we can switch the team around more than we have been able to for a long time but I am far from convinced we need to nor that its really working!! Sure we have injuries that force changes, no problem with that but is there any Owls fans who want to see Nuhiu start up front again?? Wasn't his fault we lost, but he sure doesn't help!! Aside from that I would like the team to look like this:
Westwood
Palmer Loovens Turner Pudil
Lee Hutchinson Bannan
Forestieri
Hooper Joao
Lets attack from the start, especially as we are the home team, lets get a lead and then push on from there. The bench is looking a bit thin on quality at the moment but if our best 11 can't win the game then our second string side isn't going to!!
WHO'S THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK
Ref - Dean Whitestone
Assts - Steven Meredith and Barry Cropp
4th Official - Mark Brown
MS will hopefully give us the skinny on this guy in previous Owls games!!
CURRENT FORM - League games only
SWFC -
Wolves -
OTHER RESULTS TO PREDICT
L**ds v Preston
Reading v Blackburn
Watford v Liverpool
Swansea v West Ham
Arsenal Man City
Some guest Sunday and Monday games from the Prem as we are playing on Sunday as well.
THE BIG MANS LEAGUE
Current Table
Owlkev
Towinjustonce
Thurnscoe
Pei
Madsteve
Wereham
Jacko
Imre
Consilio
Maddix
Stateside
Owlshighgreen
St Charles
Southey
For this week here is what you need to predict:
SCORE AND SCORER (SWFC score first please, no copying, correct for both only will win, defeats are allowed)
1-0 Loovens - Imre
1-0 Lee - Consilio
1-1 Hooper - Pei
1-1 Joao - Towinjustonce
1-3 Hooper - Stateside
2-0 Forestieri - Wereham
2-1 Hooper - St Charles
2-1 Bannan - Daffodils
2-1 Joao - Washington
2-1 Forestieri - Owlshighgreen
2-1 Wallace - Owlkev
2-2 Lee -Bottesford
3-0 Forestieri - Wellowlbe
3-1 Joao - Thurnscoe
3-1 Forestieri- Madsteve
3-1 Bannan - Southey
3-2 Forestieri - A57
4-1 Hooper - Jacko
6-1 Nuhiu - Maddix
ATTENDANCE (Closest to wins, no closer than 50 to any previous poster, no copying)
18,789 - Consilio
19,228 - Owlkev
19,278 - Bottesford
19,529 - Actual Attendance
19,667 - Madsteve
19,800 - Maddix
20,001 - Pei
20,180 - Stateside
20,252 - Towinjustonce
20,500 - Southey
20,600 - Jacko
20,740 - A57
20,888 - Wellowlbe
21,201 - St Charles
21,477 - Wereham
21,523 - Daffodils
21,777 - Thurnscoe
21,890 - Owlshighgreen
22,222 - Washington
23,600 - Imre
OTHER RESULTS TO PREDICT (Copying is allowed, all 5 correct will win)
AAAAA - Maddix
ADHAD - Daffodils
DAAAD - Stateside
DDDDD - Washington
DDHAD - Owlshighgreen
DDHDD - Madsteve
HAAAH - Thurnscoe, Owlkev
HDAAD - Wereham, Southey
HDADD - Towinjustonce, A57
HHADA - Bottesford
HHDAH - Wellowlbe
HHDDA - Pei
HHDDH - St Charles
HHHHH - Imre, Consilio, Jacko
THE MUPPET LEAGUE
KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PICS
The thread awaits the Meggo of Statesides choice
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