Aston Villa 0 - 3 Arsenal

Bournemouth 2 - 1 Everton

Chelsea 2 - 2 Brighton

Coventry City 2 - 0 Hull City

Crystal Palace 0 - 3 Man. City

Leeds United 1 - 2 Brentford

Liverpool 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 2 - 0 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 1 - 1 Fulham

Tottenham 2 - 1 Newcastle

I loved this last couple of seasons - but, like Matt, I reckon I would be throwing cash down the drain - will be struggling to get a full resources for next season. 

I know nobody wants my opinion but I am trying to earn participation cash so here goes - I usually go with the rules, and they were stated early enough (and the date is on the fixture list on the front page, and if I missed the deadline despite the mentions throughout, I would accept I wasn't getting it). But I am not in control.

To add an opinion from someone that did not miss the deadline:

I think that it does not hurt to process those late-comers.  There is still more than a full day until matchday.

:)

I missed it too...stupid of me but I agree with Steven that a deadline is a deadline.

But if leniency is being allowed, I might as well take advantage of that and take a senior citizen upgrade for Jonathan Bain, 350k

I missed the deadline deliberately as I decided it was too expensive this season for Albion!

I also missed deadline for staff purchase.  If I post my wish in a day or two would that be accepted?  No.

There has to be a line in the sand.  And that is easiest by using the published deadline.   

Had one team just missed deadline by a few minutes or even couple of hours there may be a case for appeal.  Now 4 teams have noted missing out.  Can't have a 2nd deadline today.  Then another deadline tomorrow when another team says they were late.   When will it end. 

I returned from holiday late Tuesday and completely forgot about this with being busy unpacking, sleeping etc.

Is it possible for me to purchase a senior citizen upgrade for George Ried please.

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Arsenal

Bournemouth 1 - 1 Everton

Chelsea 2 - 1 Brighton

Coventry City 1 - 0 Hull City

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Man. City

Leeds United 1 - 1 Brentford

Liverpool 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 1 - 0 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 1 - 0 Fulham

Tottenham 1 - 1 Newcastle

Good day fellow SESL'ers

Due to some serious work issues (Not my doing, but unfortunately giving me signficantly late nights for the last week) I missed the deadline for before tonights game. I am appealing for my late to be considered. 

If disagreed Ill accept it, but if it could be allowed Ill appreciate it. 

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Arsenal

Bournemouth 2 - 1 Everton

Chelsea 2 - 1 Brighton

Coventry City 2 - 1 Hull City

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Man. City

Leeds United 0 - 3 Brentford

Liverpool 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 3 - 0 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 0 Fulham

Tottenham 0 - 1 Newcastle

Aston Villa 0 - 3 Arsenal

Bournemouth 1 - 1 Everton

Chelsea 2 - 1 Brighton

Coventry City 1 - 1 Hull City

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Man. City

Leeds United 1 - 2 Brentford

Liverpool 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 2 - 0 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 1 Fulham

Tottenham 2 - 3 Newcastle

The following teams receive mid season staff purchase through :
AI(-400) ANN(-150) CLY(-50) DUM(-150) EDI(-250) ELG(-250) FAL(-100) FOR(-150) HAM(-300) MOT(-350) QP(-250) RAN(-250) ROS(-250) STJ(-350) SM(-250) STE(-350) STI(-250) SRA(-350)

RAN sends Lewis Ferguson (1/22 MF) to DEV for 400k, Adama Traore (3/29 WG)

EDI sends 500k to HIB for 6 TP

Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal

Bournemouth 1-1 Everton

Chelsea 3-1 Brighton

Coventry City 2-1 Hull City

Crystal Palace 1-1 Man City

Leeds United 1-1 Brentford

Liverpool 3-1 Nottingham Forest

Man United 2-1 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 1-1 Fulham

Tottenham 2-1 Newcastle

The following teams receive Participation Bonus through Participation Thru Aug 23rd:
AI(10) ALB(15) ARB(30) DEV(10) EF(20) EST(10) EDI(50) ELG(10) FAL(25) FRA(35) HEA(10) HIB(30) PT(50) QP(10) RR(10) ROS(20) STJ(10) STE(30) STI(35) SRA(20)

Aston Villa 0 - 23 Arsenal

Bournemouth 2 - 0 Everton

Chelsea 2 - 2 Brighton

Coventry City 1 - 2 Hull City

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Man. City

Leeds United 0 - 2 Brentford

Liverpool 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 1 - 1 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 0 Fulham

Tottenham 1 - 3 Newcastle

The highest team in group H (25.2) are 1.6 points lower than the lowest in C (26.8)?!

Relax, aging will sort out the men from the boys.....

Group A	T11	T17		Group B	T11	T17		Group C	T11	T17		Group D	T11	T17
Cove Rangers	24.7	21.9		Cowdenbeath	27.0	22.8		Annan Athletic	28.4	23.5		Arbroath	29.4	25.1
Dumbarton	28.3	22.6		Deveronvale	25.5	22.0		East Fife	27.4	23.9		Berwick	26.1	21.4
Elgin City	27.3	23.2		Hamilton Accies	26.2	22.9		Livingston	28.2	24.0		Dundee FC	26.5	23.6
Greenock Morton	26.5	22.5		Motherwell	30.8	27.0		Partick Thistle	27.2	21.8		Dundee United	26.5	21.9
Inverness	26.8	22.5		Queen of the South	24.7	21.9		Queens Park	26.8	22.6		Raith Rovers	29.3	24.9
Stirling	26.8	22.2		Saint Mirren	28.1	23.2		Saint Johnstone	29.5	24.5		Rangers	28.6	23.2
Average	26.7	22.5		Average	27.1	23.3		Average	27.9	23.4		Average	27.7	23.4
Group E	T11	T17		Group F	T11	T17		Group G	T11	T17		Group H	T11	T17
Airdrieonians FC	29.7	24.8		Brechin City	24.7	21.6		Clyde FC	26.5	22.6		Aberdeen	25.2	20.8
Albion Rovers	27.8	22.6		Celtic	29.5	25.1		Kilmarnock	25.7	21.9		Ayr United	24.2	20.5
Alloa Athletic	28.8	23.9		East Stirlingshire	25.3	21.5		Nairn County	24.4	19.9		Clydebank	24.5	18.6
Edinburgh City	28.0	23.3		Falkirk	26.1	23.3		Peterhead	24.1	19.8		Dunfermline Athletic	25.0	19.5
Hearts	27.6	23.2		Fraserburgh	29.1	24.5		Stenhousemuir	30.3	24.3		Forfar Athletic	25.5	22.3
Hibernian	25.9	23.2		Ross County	25.6	23.3		Stranraer	30.6	24.9		Montrose	24.5	20.6
Average	28.0	23.5		Average	26.7	23.2		Average	26.9	22.2		Average	24.8	20.4

Aston Villa 1 - 1 Arsenal

Bournemouth 2 - 0 Everton

Chelsea 3 - 2 Brighton

Coventry City 2 - 0 Hull City

Crystal Palace 1 - 2 Man. City

Leeds United 2 - 0 Brentford

Liverpool 3- 1 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 2 - 0 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 0 Fulham

Tottenham 2 - 1 Newcastle

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Arsenal

Bournemouth 2 - 1 Everton

Chelsea 1 - 2 Brighton

Coventry City 1 - 1 Hull City

Crystal Palace 0 - 1 Man. City

Leeds United 0 - 2 Brentford

Liverpool 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 1 - 1 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 0 Fulham

Tottenham 1 - 2 Newcastle

Aston Villa 0 - 3 Arsenal

Bournemouth 2 - 0 Everton

Chelsea 2 - 1 Brighton

Coventry City 1 - 2 Hull City

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Man. City

Leeds United 2 - 2 Brentford

Liverpool 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 3 - 0 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 1 Fulham

Tottenham 2 - 2 Newcastle

Aston Villa 0 - 3 Arsenal

Bournemouth 1 - 1 Everton

Chelsea 3 - 1 Brighton

Coventry City 1 - 1 Hull City

Crystal Palace 0 - 3 Man. City

Leeds United 1 - 2 Brentford

Liverpool 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 2 - 1 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 1 Fulham

Tottenham 1 - 2 Newcastle

EPL Gameweek 2 predictions

Aston Villa 0 - 3 Arsenal

Bournemouth 0 - 1 Everton

Chelsea 2 - 0 Brighton

Coventry City 1 - 1 Hull City

Crystal Palace 1 - 3 Man. City

Leeds United 0 - 0 Brentford

Liverpool 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 2 - 1 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 0 Fulham

Tottenham 2 - 2 Newcastle

Struggled to make Champions League at this stage last season also.

4 nil up.... then lose 5-4

How does a team recover from that?

Aston Villa 0 - 2 Arsenal

Bournemouth 2 - 1 Everton

Chelsea 2 - 1 Brighton

Coventry City 2 - 1 Hull City

Crystal Palace 0 - 2 Man. City

Leeds United 2 - 1 Brentford

Liverpool 2 - 0 Nottingham Forest

Man. United 2 - 0 Ipswich Town

Sunderland 2 - 1 Fulham

Tottenham 2 - 1 Newcastle

A good start to the season with the W being shared between Myself and Jason Dowson

Jason Dowson                                9.5

Alon Atie                                          9.5

Bryce Kalmbach                               8.0

Cameron Archibald                         8.0

Andy Shaw                                     7.5

William Bushby                                7.5

Andrew McCumiskey                      7.0

Paul Cockyne                                   6.5

Colin Scott                                        6.5

David Blair                                        5.5

Roy Rolsten                                      5.5

Tyron Barnard                                  5.5

James Tucker                                   4.5

The following teams receive Cup Draw Participation through SESL CUP GROUPS:
DUU(50) HIB(100) NAI(50)

That was so fast!

I thought that you figured a way to do an "auto-trade"!!   :)

Cheers!

...That was fast. Thanks Willy.

Forgot to mention, priority will be given to anyone that wants to buy all 3 vs buying fewer.

3 CP for sale - if you buy today I will sell them at preseason prices of 100k each. First come first serve.

After today I will be selling them at 110k each.

FOR sends 315k to MOT for 3 CP

for the trade reversal. 
Not sure what happened, but it glitched. 

MOT sends 700k to DEV for Rab Jones (3/27 DF)

ABE sends 160k to ARB for Lee Westwood (1/10 DF)

EDI sends Rab Jones (3/27 DF) to DEV for 575k

Re Trade,

Happy to agree if possible.

Oh no, somehow the wrong trade has gone through. 

I swear I accepted a different trade! Can we still fix this? 

EDI sends 575k to DEV for Rab Jones (3/27 DF)

I was thinking the same thing - timed out. It was frustrating but I have now typed up anything more than a couple of sentences in pages and then pasted over. That works...

Colin - I remember you having some issues with blog/journal posts not saving a couple weeks back. Just encountered the same thing with a journal, and no matter how many times I went back in the tab to try to re-submit it it would not post. Took me opening a new tab, copy-pasting the journal over, and then submitting for it to work.  Perhaps there's something where a tab can time out if left open for too long. No clue.

Gents, Below is the draw for this season's SESL Cup Group stages.

Lee provided the numbers and Mark B randomised the teams - thanks to them - and the draw resulted as follows:

Season 52. Celtic won 29 league games that season and lost just once. Not too many titles with more than 80 points although. of his 8 league trophies, Mark Boland managed 82 and 83 on two occasions.

Tweaked prices for season 62

Post on NOTEBOOK before deadline 26 August 2026 at 3pm GMT

1.  Team name
2.  Which one staff member wanted.
3.  Cost

__________________________________________

Mid season opportunity to buy 1 staff member (trial for Season 60, and prices tweaked for season 61 & S62)

A) Spains Juan Touch: add 5 OTF - up to maximum OTF total of 10 allowed.

                      Costs: D1, 500k  D2, 400k  D3, 300k

B) Mr Motivator: team morale increased to 0.9

                      Costs: D1, 300k  D2, 200k  D3, 100k

C) Ch-ch-ch change man: a single SW DF MF WG or FW can change position to one of these other positions

                      Costs: D1, 250k  D2, 150k  D3, 50k

D) Senior Citizen: add 10 SL to a single age5+ player up to usual maximum PU of 10.

                      Costs: D1, 350k  D2, 250k  D3, 150k
                      (remember mid season ageing may deduct 4 or 5 SL a week later) 

E) Physio: choose one player to be set to EL 10.

                      Costs: D1, 150k  D2, 100k  D3, 50k

CLY sends 170k to ALO for 2 TP

Save me looking, whats the highest points total someone's one the top flight with in SESL before?

Any other mega records youre aware of?

CLY sends 90k to STE for 1 TP

After today's results I accept our fate. Time to prepare for relegation and start thinking about rebuilding the team. 

Some players have been transferlisted, but in reality everyone is for sale. As long as the price is right. So, reach out if you see something you like and we'll discuss options. 

Ideally, I'm aiming to move away from Early Cross, so I'll be looking to offload wingers and sign some midfielders.

Inbox me!  

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 24:
East Fife - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (DWw)
Alloa Athletic - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (dWw)
Celtic - MVP #4: 1 CP (wWw)
Ross County - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (WwW)
Clydebank - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (WWd)
Berwick - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (dWw)

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 23:
Motherwell - MVP #6: 25k (wWw)
Stranraer - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (wdW)
Stenhousemuir - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (wDw)
Fraserburgh - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (Dww)
Saint Mirren - MVP #3: 1 TP (wWw)

Thank you....it seems i could not see for looking.

To the left of the big gold 62 on the front page it says Staff Purchase 26 August 2026.

Is this happening this season ?

If so, does anybody know when and where ?

Yeh im late, but I would have predicted a 2-0 to Arsenal (I did on Superbru)

 

Arsenal      2 - 0 Coventry City
Hull City    0 - 1 Man. United
Everton      1 - 0 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 0 - 1 Sunderland
Nott Forest  1 - 0 Leeds United
Brentford    0 - 1 Tottenham
Brighton     0 - 0 Aston Villa
Man. City    2 - 0 Bournemouth
Newcastle    1 - 2 Liverpool
Fulham       0 - 1 Chelsea

The following teams receive Participation Bonus through Participation Thru Aug 16th:
AI(10) ALO(20) BER(10) COW(20) DEV(10) DUU(10) EF(50) EDI(45) FAL(15) GM(10) HEA(10) HIB(20) MOT(50) NAI(10) PT(20) ROS(30) STJ(20) SM(10) STE(35) SRA(50)

ARB sends Angus Gunn (6/8 GK) to RAN for 51k

A couple minutes to spare

Arsenal 3 - 0 Coventry City

Hull City 0 - 3 Man. United

Everton 1 - 1 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 1 - 2 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 Leeds United

Brentford 1 - 0 Tottenham

Brighton 1 - 2 Aston Villa

Man. City 3 - 1 Bournemouth

Newcastle 1 - 1 Liverpool

Fulham 0 - 1 Chelsea

EPL pah.  EFL is where it is at.

EPL predicts

Arsenal      2 - 0 Coventry City
Hull City    0 - 2 Man. United
Everton      1 - 0 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 1 - 3 Sunderland
Nott Forest  2 - 2 Leeds United
Brentford    1 - 1 Tottenham
Brighton     1 - 2 Aston Villa
Man. City    3 - 1 Bournemouth
Newcastle    0 - 2 Liverpool
Fulham       1 - 1 Chelsea

EPL predictions 

Arsenal 2-1 Coventry City

Hull City 1-2 Man United

Everton 2-0 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 1-1 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds United

Brentford 1-0 Tottenham

Brighton 0-1 Aston Villa

Man City 2-1 Bournemouth

Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool

Fulham 1-2 Chelsea

The old 4 GK rotation system. I haven't seen it done for quite a few seasons but good to see it's return. I will watch with interest.

ARB sends 120k to STE for Norway (7/18 GK)

This is not for no reason whatsoever.

It alows me to score entries without needing to put on my glasses.

Gives myself the illusion that my eyesight and all my faculties are as strong as they ever were and that I am not aging at all.

......to a team you are about to play?? $$$ doesn't score goals.....

ARB sends 120k to SRA for Krawl Ruthtowner (6/16 GK)

Arsenal      3 - 0 Coventry City
Hull City    1 - 3 Man. United
Everton      0 - 1 Crystal Palace
Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Sunderland
Nott Forest  1 - 2 Leeds United
Brentford    0 - 2 Tottenham
Brighton     0 - 0 Aston Villa
Man. City    3 - 0 Bournemouth
Newcastle    1 - 1 Liverpool
Fulham       0 - 4 Chelsea

Do teams lose a point for posting with double line spacing?

And for using bold text for no reason whatsoever.

FRA sends 90k to STE for 1 TP

I score every entry so I would notice if someone was just cutting and pasting.

Thus far its never happened

As its the beginning of the season I thjought I would explain again how the scoring works.

I use the Superbru system which is a prediction website for many sports.

Correct result with corect score               3 pts

Correct result with close score                 1.5 pts

Correct result                                            1 point

A close result is when 2 of the 3 metrics are within 1 and the 3rd metric is correct.

The three relevant metrics are Home team goals,away team goals and goal difference.

I hope that is a clear enough explanation.

I have been offered an interesting trade. I need 1000k, which I don't have, but if I did, I COULD make the trade. Thing is, I cannot make this trade because I don't have that kind of dough so the trade will not go through.

It got me wondering though. Is 1000k the same as 1 Million. I think it is. I now can't get the Bare Naked Ladies out my head.

Arsenal 2 - 1 Coventry City

Hull City 0 - 3 Man. United

Everton 1 - 0 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 0 - 1 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 2 - 2 Leeds United

Brentford 0 - 0 Tottenham

Brighton 1 - 0 Aston Villa

Man. City 5 - 0 Bournemouth

Newcastle 1 - 3 Liverpool

Fulham 0 - 2 Chelsea

COV sends 5 CP to DEV for Lautaro Martinez (2/20 MA)

Arsenal 5 - 0 Coventry City

Hull City 0 - 2 Man. United

Everton 2 - 1 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 0 - 2 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Leeds United

Brentford 1 - 2 Tottenham

Brighton 2 - 3 Aston Villa

Man. City 2 - 0 Bournemouth

Newcastle 1 - 1 Liverpool

Fulham 2 - 2 Chelsea

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 22:
Airdrieonians FC - MVP #5: 25k (Dww)

Very good point Roy. Easy money and you can just cut n paste someone else's entry - like I have heard some people do in the prediction league. As I don’t follow EPL I will guess the following...

Arsenal 2 - 1 Coventry City

Hull City 1 - 1 Man. United

Everton 0 - 1 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Leeds United

Brentford 2 - 1 Tottenham

Brighton 2 - 0 Aston Villa

Man. City 3 - 0 Bournemouth

Newcastle 1 - 3 Liverpool

Fulham 0 - 2 Chelsea
 

Thanks Paul ;-)

And for every EPL entry you earn a party bonus!

I'll try to remember to have a go this year 

Contributing ever week can add up to enough for one player bought per season 

I'm doing better this season. It was odd going for the consolation sponsorship of 100k by blogging furiously at the end of the season which in the end earned more than the 100k prize money 

Arsenal 2 - 1 Coventry City

Hull City 1 - 1 Man. United

Everton 0 - 1 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 1 - 2 Leeds United

Brentford 2 - 1 Tottenham

Brighton 2 - 0 Aston Villa

Man. City 3 - 0 Bournemouth

Newcastle 1 - 3 Liverpool

Fulham 0 - 2 Chelsea

Arsenal 4 - 0 Coventry City

Hull City 0 - 2 Man. United

Everton 1 - 1 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 0 - 1 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 Leeds United

Brentford 1 - 2 Tottenham

Brighton 1 - 1 Aston Villa

Man. City 2 - 1 Bournemouth

Newcastle 2 - 2 Liverpool

Fulham 1 - 1 Chelsea

Arsenal 3-0 Coventry City

Hull City 0-2 Man United

Everton 0-1 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 1-2 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds United

Brentford 2-1 Tottenham

Brighton 1-2 Aston Villa

Man City 2-0 Bournemouth

Newcastle 0-2 Liverpool

Fulham 1-3 Chelsea

Arsenal 3-1 Coventry City

Hull City 1-2 Man United

Everton 1-1 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 1-2 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 1-1 Leeds United

Brentford 2-3 Tottenham

Brighton 1-1 Aston Villa

Man City 2-1 Bournemouth

Newcastle 1-1 Liverpool

Fulham 1-3 Chelsea

Yay.

The Epl finally starts again this friday night,

That means the EPL predictions begin again right now.

Arsenal 3 - 0 Coventry City

Hull City 0 - 2 Man. United

Everton 2 - 1 Crystal Palace

Ipswich Town 1 - 1 Sunderland

Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Leeds United

Brentford 2 - 1 Tottenham

Brighton 2 - 1 Aston Villa

Man. City 2 - 0 Bournemouth

Newcastle 1 - 2 Liverpool

Fulham 1 - 2 Chelsea

Absolutely agree Dave - active, via party bonus, is a great way to generate cash.

Another is selling your useless duffers to inexperienced managers for a ridiculously high fee. Money for old rope.

Look at DUU & FRA who the past handful of seasons have been quietly building their rosters.

Active managers tend to give themselves a better chance of competing too.  Winnings from prediction league and end of season awards.  As well at weekly participation money.  Active managers bid more often at auction and may pick up a bargain.  Need be in it to win it.

Easy!  Look at my league position.  Then do the opposite of what I'm doing...

To get more cash, being successful first helps.  Higher morale from wins means more gate receipts.  Longer cup run means more gate receipts and extra TP and CP slot per match (might be worth 2 x 25k per extra match if extra slots you would have paid for in other matches)

To get successful?  Load SL.  No matter the player age.  STE appear to have used older high SL players and was rewarded with a league title two seasons ago.  More managers could try that to compete.

Cash is key to success in SESL. Without it you cannot compete against the teams that do have it. To get the 30+ SL players you need CP and the only way to get that is with cash. Auction 4 confirms this. CP going for 100k each. You need those CP to create a monster team and you will only get that CP if you outbid everyone else.

Interestingly, also in auction 4, was the bids on a 2/17 GK. Had STJ not already had the same name on roster then the lot would have gone for 143k but instead CEL win the services of this player for 124k. What can you read into this I hear you ask. Keep asking...

Those over cautious managers who do not CP above SL29 will likely not compete to win stuff.

STE have 2 x SL38 FW that seem crucial to compete.  A SL30+ GK is next best thing to compete.

Having a name that begins in 'And' and ends in 'rew', is not a valid answer. 

What does it take to compete in SESL today?

Discuss

Not, what does it take to win the league, or a cup. And not specifically to win the top flight, but any division.

What do you have to have to be in the running, to have a chance, to compete for honours.

Not for the long term, not about planning. But to compete in the current season.

No paragraphs of justification, just straight short opinions.... go!    😀

Agree with John, here. Playing less than 50% with an SL 12 GK is asking for trouble. 

For example with ShSL 27 you have a 70% chance of scoring which is 9 Goals from 13 shots  MON had a 22% shot chance I think at the start and it was only because of the high leads that shots were reduced.

You can appeal, but playing 42% is going to be risky.

EL issues to your main GK and FWs, but you could have Stalled for example.

10 goals from 13 shots is unlucky, but a 7 goal difference has been seen before, it's just the 10 goals may skew the golden boot a tiny bit.

In summary, the scoreline looks tough on BER, but had it been 6 or 7 nil and you'd played 48% then you might have a reason to complain.

The following teams receive Participation Bonus through Participation Thru Aug 9th:
ALB(10) ALO(10) ARB(10) COW(20) DUM(10) EF(50) EDI(35) FAL(15) HIB(35) MOT(45) PT(45) RR(10) RAN(10) ROS(20) STJ(50) SRA(15)

Honestly, no EC is not that strong! 

Tho, if you field that Defence against such Attack... The scoreline seems pretty accurate imo. 

Is Early Cross so strong to knock 10 goals. 

Away from home. 

Defeat is ok.  But scoreline seems OTT.

The following teams receive Prediction League through round 5 15th August 2026:
ARB(15) EST(15) FOR(15) HAM(15) MOT(15) STE(15) SRA(15)

Twenty-one managers entered the fifth round of the Prediction League and achieved  an astonishingly high average score of 7.14.  The only result that was really against expectations was St Mirren's win at Dumbarton, but even this was predicted by five entrants.

After what may be a record easy round, seven managers shared the 100k prize with eight points, so it's 15k each for Arbroath, East Stirlingshire, Forfar, Hamilton, Motherwell, Stenhousemuir and Stranraer.

As we hit the halfway mark, Stirling's lead is cut to one point.  We take a break now and the competition will resume on 12th September.   I'll post here when the entry for is up on the Notebook.

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 20:
Montrose - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (WwW)
Greenock Morton - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (WwW)

The following teams receive an MVP bonus after match 19:
Inverness - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (WdW)
Hearts - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (WwD)
Airdrieonians FC - MVP #4: 1 CP (WWd)
Kilmarnock - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (WdW)
Elgin City - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (WwW)
Celtic - MVP #3: 1 TP (Wdw)
Edinburgh City - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (wWw)
Forfar Athletic - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (WwW)
East Stirlingshire - MVP #1: 1 TP + 25k (wWw)
Brechin City - MVP #2: 1 TP + 25k (WWd)

It was a camouflaged joke, Dave

I had to read Andrews post twice before I understood the joke

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Nothing to remember today, but tomorrow the Prediciton League runs