Welcome to the end of January. The season really accelerates from here and nerves start to jingle and jangle.
It is also a sparse fixture list as many of you are still fighting it out in the inter-message board Kipling shield (Mr Kipling does make exceedingly good cakes). For all your sugar and fat content please visit a name you can trust.
This weeks Bonus will be a Bonus-Bonus in attempt to stop the threatened Boycott from some of our less inspired members. Uninspired they may be , but we need the losers as well as the winners...for obvious reasons.
So, for a double cream cake surprise and a box full of Cherry Bakewells and a life time of Mini Battenburgs all amounting to a possible trade in price of 60 bonus points predict the following:
Bonus of 15= Highest aggregate goals in a game, (If there is a tie then each game will be a winner)) will be awarded 15 points each.
Bonus of 15=Lowest aggregate of goals in a game . As above if 2 or more games are equal.
Bonus of 30= predict the championships table from positions 3 -8 on conclusion of all week 29 games.. Places currently occupied by;
3-Burnley=51pts
4-Brighton=50 pts
5-Derby-49 pts
6-Wednesday-46 pts
7-Birmingham=46 pts
8-Ipswich=45 pts
Week 29.
Saturday 30th January
1. Bristol city 1 V Birmingham 2
2. Huddersfield 2 V Cardiff 1
3. Rotherham 2 V Charlton 0
Tuesday 2nd February.
4. Derby 2 V Preston 0
5. Ipswich 2 V Reading 1
6. Wednesday 1 V Burnley 2
7. Wolves 1 V Bolton 0
Friday 5th February.
8. Brighton 2 V Brentford 2
League predictions
3. Burnley
4. Derby
5. Brighton
6. Birmingham
7. Ipswich
8. Wednesday
Highest aggregate goals, Huddersfield v Cardiff
Lower aggregate goals , Bristol city V Birmingham.
good luck from all at MBPL headquarters.
-- Edited by ian on Thursday 28th of January 2016 04:16:51 PM
Who is dipping and dripping wet back to the cold showers.
Who is standing still like an innocent bystander
who is chomping and munching on the bones of the rest.
The Bouns feature proved a rich source of protein for the diet conscious as Oneaday combined his love for the truth with a vociferous appetite for the Bonus culture.
Others did well too and wont have done their hopes for a runners-up podium any harm.
I say Runners up because the rest of the league seem oblivious to the rich vein of form Oneaday is in. No one is sticking the boot in and running out of their vest.
One league fan said' " Ive watched every game and kicked every ball on Millersbanter Prediction league, but I ve never seen the towel thrown in so early".
Another lamented '" once upon a time it was clearly the best league in the world, but now, its like the Money that oneaday possesses has taken the joy out of it".
A protest was organised but no one turned up.
Many will be thinking about a change of manager but is it realistic this far in. Worcesters wailers have already siad they will wait till the summer to make any decisions. Sickly subjects have simply stated that " there's them that can and there's them that teach". MMM Msss, have launched a scathing attack on S8 Ballers accusing the latter of taking all the youth talent and having them sit on wages in order to simply stifle rivalry for that second spot.
The league board has issued a statement for calm and reflection:
We the board understand the passion and cost involved in your commitment to the league. We urge you not to give in and turn on yourselves. Oneaday Onsies deserve all the accolades but with 17 weeks to go anything can...and will happen.
Here are the results for week 29
Oneaday=98
Smiler=54
Andy=53
Sickly=48
Unifier=37
Worcester=33
GHF=31
Ian=31
MMM=29
TLA=23
Exeter=23
S8=23
Bonus rounds:
Smiler and Oneaday both guessed the correct sequence from 3rd to 8th of the championship=30 points
Oneaday, Unifier, Sickly, and Andy all correctly predicted Millers V Charlton as the highest aggregate game=15 points
Ian, Oneaday and Andy, all correctly pinned the lowest scoring games=15 points.