INCOMING Mathias Ross 24yr old...6ft 2in Danish...central defender signs a 3yr deal. This sounds encouraging.....now we need a No9 please.
Luton 1 - 1 Cardiff Rotherham 1 - 2 Wigan Wimbledon 1 - 2 Barnsley Bolton 2 - 2 Lincoln Huddersfield 3 - 1 Stevenage Mansfield 1 - 0 Leyton Orient Northampton 1 - 1 Exeter Peterborough 0 - 2 Bradford Plymouth 2 - 1 Blackpool (9 mins) Port Vale 1 - 1 Doncaster Stockport 2 - 0 Burton Wycombe 2 - 1 Reading (joker)
Luton Town 1 v 0 Cardiff City Rotherham United 1 v 0 Wigan Athletic AFC Wimbledon 1 v 2 Barnsley Bolton Wanderers 2 v 1 Lincoln City Huddersfield Town 2 v 1 Stevenage Mansfield Town 2 v 1 Leyton Orient Northampton Town 1 v 1 Exeter City Peterborough United 0 v 1 Bradford City Joker Plymouth Argyle 1 v 1 Blackpool 29th Port Vale 1 v 1 Doncaster Rovers Stockport County 2 v 1 Burton Albion Wycombe Wanderers 1 v 1 Reading
Ron and SMH yet to come: Barnsley, Huddersfield Town, Bradford City and Stockport County are the favourites while we're all at odds on Northampton Town V Exeter City. Oddly though, Lyndhurst and Sensible have gone outside those favourites with their jokers. Interesting. Plym is now convinced that Argyle can defend for 45 minutes. Let's hope he's right!
Having moved away from my normal 45 mins prediction last time....which would have given me an easy 3pts win....I sheepishly sneak back to predicting 45 mins again.
Yes of course it’s not all about Argyle having a tighter defence….. it also means Argyle won’t score in the first half……..
Luton Town 2 v 0 Cardiff City Rotherham United 1 v 1 Wigan Athletic AFC Wimbledon 1 v 2 Barnsley Bolton Wanderers 2 v 0 Lincoln City Huddersfield Town 1 v 1 Stevenage Mansfield Town 1 v 0 Leyton Orient Northampton Town 0 v 0 Exeter City Peterborough United 2 v 1 Bradford City Plymouth Argyle 2 v 1 Blackpool 36th Port Vale 2 v 1 Doncaster Rovers Stockport County 2 v 0 Burton Albion Joker Wycombe Wanderers 3 v 1 Reading
The double points on this 5th round of games did indeed get us all into double points, with the exception of Ron, who I don't think submitted an entry. However, only Lyndhurst achieved double points before application of the doubling. He's on 62 cumulatively compared to Sensible's 52 after 5 games last season, although of course I can't say whether there is an imbalance of double points or whatever between the two years. Have you got a new method Lyndhurst? Huddersfield v Stevenage and Stockport v Burton yielded most of the points. Plym got the goal time by reverting to his "45th Minute Ploy", which Argyle delivered for him. Lyndhurst goes back into the lead while Ron's no-show cost him dear with double points on offer. If I may say so, I'm doing surprisingly well, which is very odd because at this stage of the season I'm basically guessing compared to the number crunching I usually do (or make the computer do actually) when the data builds up. There's probably a life-lesson in there somewhere. We have a nice break now: no fixtures until next Saturday! I'll get the match text out shortly.
Here are the next set of matches, which will commence on Saturday 30th August at 12:30. Cardiff City - Plymouth Argyle Doncaster Rovers - Rotherham United Barnsley - Huddersfield Town Blackpool - Bolton Wanderers Bradford City - AFC Wimbledon Burton Albion - Luton Town Exeter City - Peterborough United Leyton Orient - Northampton Town Lincoln City - Mansfield Town Reading - Port Vale Stevenage - Wycombe Wanderers Wigan Athletic - Stockport County Argyle's game is one of the early kick-offs, together with Doncaster v Rotherham. Those games are to be shown live on Sky Sports+.
