Braving the Lions Den*

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No rest for the wicked after Saturday's excellent 2-0 win over Brentford and the Glovers must collectively have been evil in past lives indeed, as the earthly er, delights of Sarf London are up next in the form of the New Den. Yes, it's Millwall away. No-one likes them, they don't care.

Injuries and fitness permitting, Skivo will surely stick with the side that gelled so well and worked so hard for each other against the Bees on Saturday. The bookies however don't give much for our chances, again. Millwall are 7/10 on favourites for the home win, the draw is priced at 23/10 and the away win at a very tempting 4/1. My fiver's going on the draw, based on the unscientific premise that lightning does strike twice following our draw there last season. And the home win gives no value whatsoever. And I'm not brave/daft enough to bet on the away win. Running total: -£4.00p.

If you want a laugh then read through the post-match comments of Brentford fans on their forum, the Griffin Park Grapevine. I may have thought that rather too many Glovers supporters took a far too short-term view in regards to results and performances but having read the opinions of Bees fans I realise now that Yeovil fans are in the main paragons of virtue and tolerance in comparison. Brentford were promoted from L2 as champions last season and in Andy Scott have one of the most highly regarded young managers in the game, but you would never know it from reading their forum. A run of 3 losses and a draw against the likes of Charlton, Huddersfield, Bristol Rovers and ourselves appears to be the end of the world for many of their fans and grounds for replacing the manager with someone who knows what he's doing and their team with players who know how to kick a ball. And of course it's always their team/manager/tactics (delete as applicable) that's at fault, the opposition gets no credit whatsoever. The Glovers are invariably described as a 'poor, poor team', 'relegation fodder', or at best damned with faint praise as being 'very ordinary.' How are we getting to the play-offs if we can't beat teams like Yeovil, seems to be the consensus.

All good knockabout stuff and made even funnier because Brentford while no great shakes themselves didn't to my eyes look any worse (or better for that matter) than most of the other teams that have graced the Huish Park turf so far this season. Where their supporters get their delusions of grandeur I don't know, nor their evident assumptions that they were going to find it easy this season, but it can't be from watching their own side, at least not on the evidence of Saturday afternoon. But wait, what's this? 'Yeovil played an high tempo style, were stronger in the tackle, looked more comfortable on the ball in all areas and looked like they really wanted it.' Take a bow busheybee, in the realm of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Muffwatch: They saved themselves off the pitch (for a few more months at any rate), but on the pitch things are going from bad to worse for our former rivals on the south coast. Weymouth are firmly rooted to the bottom of Conference South and were looking forward to their FA Cup tie at Bishops Cleeve last weekend for some light relief from the league and a chance to knock a few goals in against a team way down the pyramid from them. That was the plan, anyway. I'm not entirely sure what league Bishop Cleeve actually play in, the Cheltenham Sunday League Division 3, perhaps; but whatever it is they made the gap between the sides look non-existent by beating the Muff 3-0 in one of the more hilarious FA Cup upsets of all time. I'm thinking of adopting the Bishops as my second team actually, especially as they've now been drawn against Bath City in the next qualifying round. Come on you, er, Cleevers!

IF you want another good laugh at the Muffers then for the time being there's a video of the Bishops 3-0 win over Weymouth on the FA website - see the 'latest' section. In case you were wondering how the Muff fanbase has reacted to being knocked out of the FA Cup at such an early stage and by such lowly opponents then check out their forum, where they're still at each others throats about the smoking ban at the Wessex. Weymouth fans - you've got to love 'em.