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Shades of his fatha Carl Leaburn.

Chelsea team looks fairly weak on paper, but it's the type of team that would be quite nice putting out in particular circumstances, but, at this stage, not one we could do (in terms of similarity).

It seems a bit shit working so hard to get into the Champions League and then taking the foot off for 25% of the fixtures, but could see those 2 matches taking a bit more of a back seat. It's hard to see us getting anything at PSG so it's looking like 9th to 24th, and it's kind of a lottery who you will draw in that round. Real Madrid finished 11th last season, so one of the better of the 16 playoff sides, and their reward was a tie with Man City. It looks like 10 points will be enough for a playoff spot as it is (and could be confirmed by the end of the next round of fixtures), so I could possibly see some of the Willocks, Ramseys, Elangas (if fit) etc. coming in for those matches - certainly for PSG if we don't beat PSV, but are all but confirmed a playoff spot, but yeah, it's an incredibly hectic schedule.

Game on.

Botman to inevitably miss.

3-3 after 5 each. Sudden death.

Women on Final Score going on about Bmouth only having 15 players and really struggling now. I was hoping a kid was going to come on, but the sub has made them stronger on paper.

Francis Jeffers is a blast from the past.

I think it will be the biggest gap in terms of places. It just doesn't feel quite as big with it being Macclesfield. The old club were in the league just 6 years ago playing in the same stadium and they were in the 3rd tier 25 years ago so doesn't really feel that non league. Had it have been Morpeth or Hebburn getting promoted and winning, or even Spennymoor who are currently there, then it would feel a bit different.

Sunderland have gone pretty strong, at least relatively. Odds are pretty much exactly the same with Everton 64/40 and Sunderland 65/40. Both sides should be going for it. Neither in the League Cup or Europe, neither will go down, so if there was ever an opportunity to go for the cup, this would be it.

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Snap your hands off for a point now. Can still see one final nasty twist.

Doesn't say much for Alex Murphy if he can't come on in this type of situation.

Take that, but it should have been cleared.

Huge swing couple of minutes there.

Wow, one of the best hits you'll see.

Imagine that if it was 0-0

Think Palace have looked stronger if anything this half. Hopefully the strong bench makes the difference.

Wow, Palace definitely should have scored there.

Hall had a tough start thus far.

Gonna be tight.

This tweet is about Darlington and the decent job that Steve Watson has done following his appointment exactly 2 years ago to the day, but noticed someone talking about Blyth Spartans in the comments. Crazy to think that just 2 years ago they were just 4 points off a playoff place for potential promotion to the 5th tier (not sure if they could have gone up re professional status etc.) to now in the relegation zone fighting to avoid relegation to the 9th tier. I obviously knew it had gone badly downhill, but I didn't realise they were actually well placed this time 2 years ago. Huge match for them tomorrow against Blyth Town.

Crazy that halfway through the season there are 6 clubs averaging at least 2 points per games at the top of the National League. If you look at the 24 team leagues above, only Coventry are in the Championship, Cardiff in League One and no side in League Two. Cracking away win for Hartlepool away at Rochdale.