I've taken your first twp jokers Joe, of the three you supplied. One of those is the Super Match, which I think you usually do.
Some strong opinions here, with half of the 12 games having either 7 or 8 of us opting for the same result. Close scores then, you'd think..... There's quite a wide spread of Goal Totals: from 23 to 33. Who knows in this league? Other than the Super Match, Watford v Burnley and Oxford v Leeds are favourites as far as jokers go. I see I'm out on a limb with Coventry v West Brom. I'm not sure why: Coventry have taken 15 points from their last 6 home games while West Brom only 3 from the last 6 aways, including losing their last 2. What could possibly go wrong?
Cardiff 1 - 2 Oxford (joker) Hull 1 - 1 Preston Leeds 2 - 0 Stoke (joker) Luton 0 - 2 Bristol City Millwall 2 - 1 Norwich Plymouth 2 - 1 Coventry (14 mins) Portsmouth 2 - 2 Watford QPR 1 - 2 Swansea Sheff Wed 2 - 0 Middlesbrough Sunderland 3 - 1 Blackburn WBA 1 - 0 Derby Burnley 2 - 1 Sheff United
A massive score for Sensible: 9 scoring matches from 12 and and 12 points from the Super Match alone. There were an astonishing number of goals, with 5 at Blackburn and no less than 8 at Norwich. Musty was closest and took 3 points. Away In BC overtook Joe with a strong 19 points: no position changes elsewhere. Some (perhaps all) of you have already done the next round, but as a further reminder, it kicks off at 3pm on Monday. The same rules apply: Goal Totals on and two Jokers please.
Cardiff 2 - 0 Oxford Hull 2 - 1 Preston Leeds 2 - 0 Stoke Luton 2 - 1 Bristol City Millwall 1 - 1 Norwich Plymouth 2 - 2 Coventry (23 mins) Portsmouth 2 - 1 Watford QPR 1 - 1 Swansea Sheff Wed 1 - 3 Middlesbrough Sunderland 2 - 0 Blackburn WBA 2 - 0 Derby Joker Burnley 0 - 0 Sheff United
I couldn't help but notice that he had put his own team down to lose to Luton......not quite what Argyle need at the moment.
That was probably the weirdest set of results I can remember: Leeds crushing Stoke 6-0, five other teams scoring 3, Luton beating Bristol City and Derby winning at West Brom (or anywhere). Joe was Man of the Matches with 12 of his 20 points coming from Cardiff v Oxford and he also got the goal time: 37 forecast against 40 minutes actual. What looked like an heroic Goal Total forecast of 36 form Lyndhurst actually turned out to be two too few, but it was close enough for him to collect three points. Despite there beingquite a range of scores: from 5 to 23, there was no change in league positions. The top 4 did concertina a little bit, with the best scores at the bottom of that leading group, but Plym still looks to be in an unassailable position.
We're now approaching the penultimate round which seemed like a very short season. Perhaps it's because once the international breaks intervene, we seem to have intensive spells of two matches a week separated by fortnights of nothing happening. Not that it's been what you'd call uneventful for the Argyle contingent. So, listen carefully, I will say this only once. The next round kicks off at 8pm on Friday 25th April and runs through to Monday 28th. Please provide one Joker only and an Argyle First Goal time. There will be double points and Goal Totals will be on. Here is the Match Text: Stoke City - Sheffield United Luton Town - Coventry City Queens Park Rangers - Burnley Blackburn Rovers - Watford Cardiff City - West Bromwich Albion Hull City - Derby County Middlesbrough - Norwich City Millwall - Swansea City Oxford United - Sunderland Preston North End - Plymouth Argyle Sheffield Wednesday - Portsmouth Leeds United - Bristol City
Stoke 0-2 Sheffield U Luton 1-2 Coventry QPR 0-2 Burnley Blackburn 1-1 Watford Cardiff 1-2 WBA Hull 1-1 Derby Middlesbrough 2-1 Norwich Millwall 1-0 Swansea Oxford 0-1 Sunderland PNE 1-1 Plymouth 10min. Sheffield W 2-2 Portsmouth Leeds 2-1 Bristol C (Joker)
Stoke 1-1 Sheffield U Luton 1-1 Coventry QPR 0-2 Burnley Blackburn 2-1 Watford Cardiff 0-2 WBA Hull 1-0 Derby Middlesbrough 2-1 Norwich Millwall 2-0 Swansea Oxford 0-2 Sunderland PNE 0-2 Plymouth 39 mins Sheffield W 2-1 Portsmouth JOKER Leeds 2-0 Bristol C
Stoke 1 v 0 Sheffield U Luton 1 v 1 Coventry QPR 0 v 1 Burnley Blackburn 1 v 0 Watford Cardiff 1 v 1 WBA Hull 2 v 1 Derby Middlesbrough 2-1 Norwich Millwall 1 v 2 Swansea Oxford 1 v 1 Sunderland PNE 2 v 1 Plymouth 13th Sheffield W 1 v 1 Portsmouth Joker Leeds 2 v 0 Bristol C
Fri 25th Apr Stoke...1-1...Sheffield U Sat 26th Apr Luton...2-1...Coventry QPR...0-2...Burnley Blackburn...2-1...Watford Cardiff...1-1...WBA Hull...1-2...Derby Middlesboro...2-1...Norwich Millwall...1-0...Swansea Oxford...1-2...Sunderland PNE...1-2...Plymouth A.....(45mins) Sheffield W...1-1...Portsmouth Mon 28th Apr Leeds...2-0...Bristol C.....(joker) Goals scored.....29.
Fri 25th Apr Stoke...1-2...Sheffield U Sat 26th Apr Luton...2-2...Coventry QPR...0-2...Burnley Blackburn...2-0...Watford Cardiff...1-2...WBA Hull...1-0...Derby Middlesboro...2-0...Norwich Millwall...2-0...Swansea Joker Oxford...1-3...Sunderland PNE...2-1...Plymouth A (29 mins) Sheffield W...2-1...Portsmouth Mon 28th Apr Leeds...3-1...Bristol C Goals scored.....33.
Stoke 0 - 2 Sheff United Luton 1 - 2 Coventry QPR 0 - 2 Burnley Blackburn 3 - 1 Watford Cardiff 1 - 1 WBA Hull 2 - 1 Derby Middlesbrough 2 - 0 Norwich Millwall 1 - 0 Swansea Oxford 2 - 2 Sunderland Preston 1 - 2 Plymouth (14 mins) Sheff Wed 2 - 0 Portsmouth (joker) Leeds 2 - 0 Bristol City 30 Goals
Stoke City 1-2 Sheffield United Luton Town 1-2 Coventry City Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Burnley JOKER Blackburn Rovers 2-1 Watford Cardiff City 2-1 West Bromwich Albion Hull City 1-1 Derby County Middlesbrough 2-1 Norwich City Millwall 1-0 Swansea City Oxford United 0-2 Sunderland Preston North End 1-3 Plymouth Argyle 9 mins Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Portsmouth Leeds United 3-1 Bristol City
All in, thank you. Sheffield United's last-minute melt down means there are mixed opinions on what they'll achieve at 17th placed Stoke City. How the mighty have stumbled. We're unanimous on wins for Burnley at 15th placed QPR and Leeds st home to 5th placeds Bristol City. Both Burley and Leeds are already promoted but Bristol City will want to secure a play-off sport, so to my mind, that one may not be a foregone conclusion. As noted elsewhere, the Argyle contingent really want Leeds to win and Burnley to lose as that would mean Leeds come to us next Saturday with the Championship title already won. In the Super Match, you have to go back 6 matches to differentiate between the home and away form of Sheffield Wednesday and Portsmouth (LLLLW plays LLLLW). Nevertheless, we have 3 jokers on that one. there are two on Leeds to beat Bristol City and then singletons.
