Headline Game v Latics

After a well earned rest the Headline Game returns to test your literary skills and your ability to win the Public vote.

We sit top of the table with games running out for our competitors, are you able to win the hearts of the moaning Minnie's complaining about the quality of the game with your optimistic, happy Headline or are you more likely to depress the happy clappers with your "realism"?

Can you sum up in one snappy, pithy Headline the game today or are you going to bore us stiff with your narrative? Was Colback the difference between a win and a landslide? Or did Anita borrow Yedlin's boots or was he just plain on speed?

Let's see what your best effort is and whether you have found a path to a new life of journalism and fame?

Let's find out.

Rules as before:

1. One entry per person.
2. Submissions to be made by 9.30pm Tuesday 04/04/2017
3. If more than 4 submissions then there will be an initial vote where the top 4 will then go to a second and final vote.
4. Trevor's arbitrary decisions are final with no appeal or whining allowed.

 

Gayle blows back into toon

 

Rabbit escapes as Ritchie pulls out Toon victory from Magic Hat instead.

 

Home team 2 Away team 1

 

If we beat Burton on Wednesday and Huddersfield get beat by Norwich then we will only need 9 more points to guarantee promotion. If they are held to a draw by Norwich then we would need 10 points. However, if either Leeds or Reading win on Tuesday, away to Brentford and at home to Blackburn respectively, and Huddersfield get beat, then they would overtake Huddersfield as the greatest threat to us and we would actually need 11 or 12 points to guarantee finishing above them respectively. If they only draw then Huddersfield would stay as our closest challengers mathematically. So if we win then we would need either 9, 10, 11 or 12 points to guarantee promotion. Of course if we draw with Burton that would become 11, 12, 13 or 14. If we lose to Burton it could stay at 15 unless all of Huddersfield, Reading and Leeds failed to win - in which case we would need 10, 11 or 12 points. Whatever happens, we cannot be promoted on Wednesday. The following weekend, following our game on Wednesday, we play Wednesday at Wednesday - on Saturday. At that stage we would require either 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 points to clinch promotion. If we win that game against Wednesday and Huddersfield, Leeds and Reading all lose, and assuming that none of them had won on Wednesday, and assuming we had beaten Burton on Wednesday before beating Wednesday on Saturday, then we would require either 3 or 4 points to clinch promotion. However, if we did not beat Wednesday, or we hadn't won on Wednesday, then it is possible that we would require 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15 points with only 15 points available. If we win on Wednesday but only draw against Wednesday on Saturday, or if we draw on Wednesday and then win against Wednesday on Saturday, then we would need 5,6,7,8,9,10 or 11 points. Whatever happens, we cannot be promoted against Wednesday because we would only have played on Wednesday and against Wednesday on Saturday - so not enough time. So not only can we not be promoted on Wednesday, but we can't be promoted at Wednesday either. However, following our game on Wednesday and against Wednesday on Saturday, we then play Leeds United on Good Friday. Depending on how results go it is possible that it could be a good Friday if we win and we had only needed 3 points to guarantee promotion. It could still be a good Friday on Good Friday even if we needed 4,5 or 6 points going into the game against Leeds, provided we beat Leeds and Reading and Huddersfield both lost. In that scenario a victory against Leeds leads to promotion. However, if we only draw against Leeds then good Friday could still be a Good Friday provided neither of Huddersfield or Reading win, and provided we only needed 3 points going into the game. So technically, to answer your question, if all results go for us then we could be promoted on Good Friday which would indeed be a good Friday. However, seeing as that combination of results is unlikely, I think it would be better to wait and see how things go on Wednesday and against Wednesday on Saturday before trying to work things out properly. What's that you say? You think I'm a twat and you want a 20 word summary of this Tolstoy-like headline? Ok then. Basically. If every possible result goes for us then we could technically be promoted on Good Friday - but its very unlikely!

 

I thought you'd like that one

I expect to see it in it's entirety in the poll by the way!

 

Trev - I think the headline for this would be "Nev too busy to update Prediction League yet again"

 

^^ And that is your official headline entry for the Toon vs. Wigan game, right?

 

Newcastle finally win a home game

 

It might as well be

 

"Wigan to win the league". Rafa delights in rare home win!

 

Obi celebrates win against the pie eaters with day out in the lakes

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He's lost weight I see.
Plus the pussy is always wanting to get away from him.

 

Music to Rafa's Ears as Wigan Northern Soulers Fail to Find The Needle In A Haystack against lacklustre Toon.

#nonsense

 

And Its Not Three Points To Wigan!

 

Wigan Pier into the abyss as Magpies push them closer to relegation - Orwell never mind.

 

Time to refresh everyones memories as to what happens next

Let's find out. Time to get rid of the dross and determine who the Rupert Murdoch of NOT606 is. See who can win the latest most up to date Headline Game of the season. Time to see what the public think.

Rules as before

1 Two votes per person
2 No voting for yourself
3 Voting ends Friday 07/04/2017 at 10.30pm
4 Top 3 go into Final vote
5 Any disputes and No Chance Rules Volume 46 applies