Man City (J) Cardiff City Oxford United Leicester City Sheffield United West Ham United Watford Southampton Reading Milwall
Millwall Cardiff City Oxford United Watford Leicester City Manchester City ( Joker) Sheffield United Crystal Palace Barnsley Bristol City
OK Here we go, have checked I have not duplicated this time lol Oxford Leicester Man City Hull Cardiff Spurs Sheff Utd west brom Palace Watford
Scores on the board after round 3; 1. The Changing Man 24 points 2. gioblues 22 2. Resurgam 22 4. Allbluelenny 21 4. brb 21 4. The Gills Pegleg 21 7. mustyfrog 20 8. geoffthegills 19 9. DebbieA 17 10. grumpygit 16 11. Blyth Bucaneer 6 The Changing Man still leads the table, with gioblues jumping into second place after gaining nine points in this round. It's all getting very tight at the top, while Allbluelenny despite checking he hadn't duplicated his teams in this round, forgot to play his joker! Talking of which, grumpygit 10th It seemed Cardiff was the thorn in the side for many third round bets. I will put up the next set of fixtures, once the replays are complete, and so not to confuse things too much for poor ole Lenny, we will keep to the same rules, 10 winning teams and placing a joker against one of your ten.
Ok people, I'm going to put the fourth round up as the Tranmere v Watford replay is not until the 23rd Jan, and that will otherwise not give punters enough time to get their bets placed. So I will leave you all to decide how you individually want to play it with the follow up fixture, should you decide to choose it. 10 teams, 1 joker please; FRIDAY 24TH JANUARY FOURTH ROUND Northampton Town20:00Derby County Queens Park Rangers20:00Sheffield Wednesday SATURDAY 25TH JANUARY FOURTH ROUND Brentford12:45Leicester City Burnley15:00Norwich City Coventry City15:00Birmingham City Millwall15:00Sheffield United Newcastle United15:00Oxford United Portsmouth15:00Barnsley Reading15:00Cardiff City Southampton15:00Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United15:00West Bromwich Albion Hull City17:30Chelsea SUNDAY 26TH JANUARY FOURTH ROUND Manchester City13:00Fulham Watford or Tranmere15:00Manchester United Shrewsbury Town17:00Liverpool MONDAY 27TH JANUARY FOURTH ROUND AFC Bournemouth20:00Arsenal
Newcastle United Manchester City J Liverpool Southampton Barnsley Sheffield United West Bromwich Albion Manchester United Leicester City Queens Park Rangers
Newcastle United Manchester City Manchester United Liverpool Joker West ham Chelsea Sheffield United Norwich Leicester City Spurs
Derby County Leicester City Sheffield United Newcastle United Spurs West Ham United Chelsea Manchester City Liverpool (Joker) Arsenal
Derby County Leicester City (joker) Sheffield United Southampton Newcastle United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Chelsea Arsenal
Still one match to be played tonight before I put the new table up. Lot's of people have fallen over in this round with drawn matches, and remember you only get the points if you win, so some people will have lost their joker on Liverpool. Regardless of tonights outcome, we will have a new leader at the top of the table, but I'm going to keep them guessing for now. Some of the points tallys are starting to bunch up, but that's good because it makes it all the more interesting for predictions in the next round. I believe there are only 16 teams in the next, however, I've worked I can keep the same formula, with a slight amendment and it will be as follows; You will need to pick 8 winners (that's the maximum the 5th round can only have) You will need to pick 2 losers (that will make up our usual 10 team selection) And a reminder any games that are drawn earn you NO points, so you will have to consider careful when picking two losers. And again we will have one joker. Obviously no predictions yet please, until I've got the table sorted for the last round.
Scores on the board after round 4; 1. Resurgam 29 2. brb 28 3. Allbluelenny 27 3. The Changing Man 27 5. geoffthegills 26 5. gioblues 26 5. The Gills Pegleg 26 8. DebbieA 25 9. mustyfrog 23 10. grumpygit 22 This round caught most people out with so many draws, and some people playing their joker on Liverpool to win, but it all makes for a close league and good fun. So we have a new league leader, one of our special guests Resurgam. This is due to the previous leader The Changing Man having an absolute mare in this round and gaining just three points. I've taken Blythe out of the league as he hasn't played since after the first round, and also it gives customary bottom place back to it's rightful owner grumpygit As always the league is nothing without all your participation, so if you think i've made a mistake, just shout at me, or if you're shy, just drop me a PM and I will take a look and put my counting fingers back on. Anyway next round, as soon has the replays are done, I will stick up the next fixtures, with the slightly amended rules, as mentioned in my last post before this one. But don't worry I will remind everyone and also keep an eye on the timescales, with all these replays.
Here are the fixtures for the fifth round of the FA Cup and the rules as follows, so please read carefully; You need to forecast 8 winners. So basically a winner from each tie in this round. IF the tie is decided by penalties, then as long has your team wins, you still get the one point. You need to predict 2 losers. Now be careful here, because unlike above, if the tie goes to penalties, your team will have been considered to have drawn the game and that will equal no points! If your team does lose ie no penalty shoot out then you get 1 point. You need to pick one joker (J) for the team you consider most likely to win = 2 points if correct. Good luck; MONDAY 2ND MARCH FIFTH ROUND Portsmouth19:45Arsenal TUESDAY 3RD MARCH FIFTH ROUND Chelsea19:45Liverpool Reading20:00Sheffield United West Bromwich Albion20:00Newcastle United WEDNESDAY 4TH MARCH FIFTH ROUND Leicester City19:45Birmingham City Sheffield Wednesday19:45Manchester City Tottenham Hotspur19:45Norwich City THURSDAY 5TH MARCH FIFTH ROUND Derby County19:45Manchester United
To win: Arsenal Liverpool Sheff Utd Newcastle Leicester Man City (J) Spurs Man Utd To lose: Portsmouth Sheff Wed
