Popular Post Lord Snooty Posted December 22, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2019 (edited) "Happy Solstice Stubbs!" "Solstice, Sir? I didn't think you were into that sort of thing" "Oh yes, re-setting of the sun and what not. To be honest with you Stubbs, I've probably got more time for it than the other lot" "The other lot?" "Yes. The religious lot." "The religious lot?! Sir,You've got a 20 foot Christmas Tree in the corner!" "Yes?" "Christ-mass....Tree.." "Yes, well..... I mean to say folks have been bringing boughs and holly into the house at this time of year since before the organised lot cottoned on to it. The green-man Stubbs, The Holly King, Yule , the death of seasons , oh yes. I'm leaning that way these days with the hippies rather than the organised mob." "But you said just last week, and I quote 'They're all a set of bloody Hippies and want to pissoff and get a job'" "Yes, well, that's not to say they aren't a nuisance in their own way, turning up at the Stone Circle in my garden every year and leaving scorch marks on the bottom lawn with their sodding camp fires.It is annoying. Y'know, that is to say, I'm all for them. Agree with them. Just not in my back yard." "Well they're back this year, I saw them on Thursday evening pulling up the drive from the village." "Well they're not there now Stubbs. They've moved on and started using the henge down the road." "There isn't a henge down the road, Sir" "There is now Stubbs. Murdo McTavish had a few too many in the Miners Helmet last night at the work do. Decided foolishly to drive the work cement mixer home. Crashed right through the window of the Old Mill Soft furnishing company." "I'm sorry Sir, I don't follow." "By the time the dibble got there Murdo had done a runner. Of course, they knew it was him - three tonnes of cement all over the bedding department. Mattresses covered in the stuff and gone rock hard. Could only have been him." "But what's this got to do with-" "Well they've dumped them haven't they, in a skip outside. The mattresses. That's when I saw my chance, I got O'Reilly to nip around with the waggon and load them on the back, he's taken them down to the park and stood them up in the middle of the rec. All the hippies have headed off down there in their robes, and my garden is free of them. All is right in the world" "Goodness me, this is possibly the weakest story-line of the year, Sir." "Indeed it is Stubbs, indeed it is. But since we've had no game today I've been bored out of my skull and on the Port since 6:30, and it's now 3:22am, frankly it's a wonder there's anything here at all." "Indeed ,Sir." "Anyway. I'm off to bed now. Happy Solstice Stubbs" "Happy Solstice,Sir" ============================================================ WEDNESDAY - V - BRISTOL CITY Sunday 22nd December, 2019 12:00 (UK) Hillsborough ============================================================ THE TEAM NEWS ==================== SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY Moses Odubajo returns to contention for Sheffield Wednesday against fellow Championship play-off hopefuls Bristol City. The defender has served a one-match ban for his red card in the draw at Derby. He is likely to go straight back into the starting line-up, despite the Owls keeping a clean sheet at Nottingham Forest last weekend. With first-choice goalkeeper Keiren Westwood fit again after a shoulder 'injury', Wednesday boss Garry Monk must decide if he is also restored to the team, or whether Cameron Dawson keeps the gloves for a sixth successive game. Midfielder Sam Hutchinson will serve the second of a two-match ban while forward Fernando Forestieri (knee) will be assessed. Predicted line-up (4-4-2): Dawson Palmer Iorfa Lees Fox Reach Luongo Bannan Harris Rhodes Fletcher ============================================================ BRISTOL CITY Bristol City are boosted by the return of Taylor Moore while fellow defender Tomas Kalas may also be back in contention. Moore missed the back-to-back home defeats to Millwall and Blackburn with a knee problem but he will be available for the trip to Hillsborough on Sunday. The Robins had hoped to have Kalas back against Blackburn last weekend so another week of recovery might be enough for the club-record signing to overcome his tendonitis issues. Jay Dasilva has resumed training following a fractured tibia which has ruled him out since the opening weekend of the season and he could feature again around the turn of the year. Predicted line-up (4-4-2): Bentley Pereira Kalas Williams Rowe Brownhill Massengo Nagy Eliasson Weimann Diedhiou ============================================================ Edited December 22, 2019 by Lord Snooty 14 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumbullowl Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 OMG Snoots, thank you for the MDT. I was so bored I contributed to the Club Statement thread. I noticed it was the solstice too, just in passing mind. We can beat Brizzle, no way they'll go up. Come on you mighty Owls! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Tricky one, this. We're on a good run and a chance to go 3rd. They're on a dodgy run. And it's Xmas, the time to be all giving. One thing we're good at is being charitable to those less fortunate and blowing our chances to climb the table. Let's hope we can, for once, kick someone while they're down. 3-1 Owls 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonny Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I’m too excited about this game to sleep. (Also Christmas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoryBell Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Well done, Snoots! Titanic effort, especially so considering the almighty booze intake necessitated by the time of year Now, in true bog-wall-of-old fashion: A merry Christmas to all our readers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy logics Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Not feeling it today...then again, wasn't feeling it last week. Come to think of it, not felt it for a while... Considering this and our run of form...I'm going for 0-0 again. UTO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeshater Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Come on the Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarquin Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Na then Snoots, going all pagan festival at this time of the year is all well and good but at this one there is a lot of dancing round fires naked. Far be it from me to suggest you may be "diving into the unknown" but if her ladyship has been on the sauce she might get carried away and join the happy travellers for a small wassail and arrive back at the hall expecting you to "Let the new year in a bit early". Forewarned is forearmed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne_rat_of_s6 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Not many more opportunities to cement our place in the running for the Playoffs. Think we are fortunate with the number of errors we have made in the past to be in this position now. Win today and we approach the busiest time of the season on a roll. Chance of going third and playing at home should be enough motivation. UTO’s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 It's about time that we took our chance to move up to 3rd, the Christmas period is a good opportunity for the top 6 to start to open a points gap. We're the form team, at home, with an almost fully fit squad. No excuse really if we have genuine aspirations of competing for promotion this year. Not the defining game, but the type of game we need to be winning. 2-1 Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsHall Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Moses likely to.....UTO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmowl Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Really excited to see if Fletcher & Rhodes are like Waddle & Hoddle or Lennon & McCartney. I’m expecting a very tough game, but we look like we really have clicked recently. I’m hoping both Fletcher and Rhodes get on the end of good work and secure a 3-1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyCraig Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Concrete covered mattresses? I did not expect that. Wonderful to wake up to. Come on Wednesday let's take third for Xmas, what an achievement that will be. UTO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Bristol City - good badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 3 points and we go 3rd. Come on Wednesday!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doghouse Daz Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Cracking OMDT milord, and a happy solstice day to all. Things can only get sunnier and sunnier till the end of the season. 14 - 0 to THE MIGHTY OWLS All players to score COME ON YOU BLUE AND WHITE WIZARDS !!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handworth52 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 who put moses likely to return at right back? lee Johnson I guess is preying for this. the worst full back in the league for defending, a 1 man suicide waiting to happen ,I think he has conceded 6 pens this season ,if your going to play him its either wing back or right wing. who on earth would change a 4-0 winning team with 8 days rest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gresh Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 A big game for us today against a fellow promotion candidate. Win and we go into third place. I'm backing us to do just that with another inspired performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
442 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 8-0 Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls_fan_since_1983 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Come on Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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