Leedscanary

Any rules about how the grass should be cut? Wouldn't it be great if some of the Prem teams - Forest, Wolves, et al - cut the grass at random diagonals that "confused" the VAR (even more than it already is)

Very best of luck to @Cosmic Twin - fingers all crossed for a monumental 10th win! DUNDEE UTD v Ayr - HOME WIN in the Scottish Championship. Happy birthday @Diesel Doris - hope the match picks are made when you've finished celebrating... Speaking of triples 😉 how about a SARA / SAINZ / SARGENT combo to all score at anytime? Good luck all Pups, Leedscanary

Ah, the good old Nelson days! I'll put Fort William FC on my places to visit and when I get there, I'll raise a dram to you both!

Inverness Caledonian Thistle - guess I have a soft spot for an underdog team

Interesting that the comparison of "Since the Blackburn loss" (Nov 5th) coincides almost exactly with the start date of Ben Knapper (Nov 13th) and the exit of Webber (Nov 11th)...

Firstly, huge thanks to Eddie for the past 17 years of running the Rays Funds threads. It takes an enormous amount of time to curate, keeping records of all picks, results and odds for the league tables he publishes. I had the honour of starting the thread and looking after the week once a few years ago when Eddie wasn't able to, so believe me when I say it's an unenviable task! Because of the effort, time taken and relentless support of (mainly) the CSF (but not forgetting FONCY, Sarcoma UK and our dearly departed friends - Michelle, Wooster and Lapps) I used my vote in this years "Michelle Dack Fan of the Season" award to nominate Eddie as a contender, writing a lengthy email as part of the process to explain why I was nominating him for his tireless dedication to running the Rays Funds threads over the years. I was delighted when the Club contacted me and Eddie to confirm that their panel had selected Eddie as one of this years 3 finalists and were happy to include him on all their postings and presentations surrounding the award. Very fitting given that the award is named after one of our dearly missed Pups. However, in true Eddie style - he declined the nomination, saying that he wouldn't want to stand in front of anyone else and deny them of deserving of the award themselves. He also iterated that the he couldn't accept an award for Rays Funds as the whole ethos of the thread is about the Pups, without whom the thread couldn't function - and he couldn't accept without an award for each and every one of us. I'm sure Eddie won't mind me quoting from an email exchange he had with the club - "Knowing that Kev appreciates what we’ve all done with Rays Funds is all the recognition I could need". A fine example of humility that many lack these days - you're a winner in my eyes mate and I'll miss this thread dearly. So, onto the picks For Steve (yet another Pup I've had the pleasure of meeting as a direct result of these threads) PORTO v Famalicao HOME WIN in Portugal For Wolfie - Liam Lindsay to score anytime Good luck everyone - lets hope we can add to the pot in these final few weeks! Leedscanary

For my old mate Inchy, ST ETIENNE v Concarneau - HOME WIN in France Ligue 2 For another old mate Hissing Sid, I think we extend the unbeaten run with a DRAW And for a dearly missed mate in Michelle - I have sent Eddie a tenner to donate to the Sarcoma fund. I'd rather the charity get the benefit of the full tenner rather than gambling it on what will be an intense derby match. Good luck everyone, Leedscanary

Lokomotiv Sofia v CSKA SOFIA- AWAY WIN in Bulgaria Vs Plymouth & Vs Leicester - Both score, No draw Good luck everyone Leedscanary

Tunisia v CROATIA - AWAY WIN BTTS - Costa Rica v Honduras Good luck everyone! Leedscanary

Not this one? 😜

Far far far too late this weeks - sorry Mandie and Nigel. Been working away - apologies. I wanted to pick though to keep up the streak - I'm sure someone pledged something for Pups picking every week! INVERNESS CALEY THISTLE v Ayr - HOME WIN for the stats SARA - 2 or more in the CIty game Good luck everyone, Leedscanary

DUNDEE UNITED v Arbroath - HOME WIN Hugill to score anytime Good luck Pups and Pickers! Leedscanary

FALKIRK v Annan - HOME WIN Love Nutty's suggestion of Sarge & Sainz!!! But I'll go with FASSNACHT to score last Good luck everyone Leedscanary

LINFIELD v Ballymena - HOME WIN Van Hooijdonk to Score Last Good luck everyone Leedscanary

Good Luck Kiwi and Wacky ATALANTA v Sussuolo - HOME WIN in Serie A Norwich to win and more than 4 goals in the match Leedscanary

West Brom takeover announced this morning. By an American. And approved by the EFL…

Marc Libra

Hi all, Good luck all Pups this week - especially Wolfy and Indy. Ipswich v WEST BROM - AWAY WIN SvH to score last Leedscanary

Scotland for Mr Angry INVERNESS CALEDONEAN THISTLE v Queens Park - HOME WIN For my old mate Inchy NORWICH GOAL 31mins TO HALF TIME looks good at 4/1 Good luck everyone! Leedscanary

Well done GMF - great effort to gain anything from such a difficult to predict fixture!

He missed off my suggested bit about outside the penalty area though!

Croatia for me this week - Istra v DINAMO ZAGREB - AWAY WIN SAINZ to score from outside the Penalty Area Good luck all (yes, even Til) Leedscanary

Would rather have lettuce

To be fair, they’ll steal owt

Hopefully many of the fixtures will still be playable in spite of the artic conditions in much of the UK at present... Bonnyrigg Rose v FALKIRK - AWAY WIN in The Scottish Cup For the NCFC v West Brom game I'm gonna go with a 0-0 draw Good luck everyone Leedscanary