Welcome back to hell in a cell, also known as the Football League Trophy. If you missed last week and would dearly like to catch up, you can clean your eyes with sandpaper here. Where did we leave things?

What better way to open this week with confirmation that Dave is MotM for the 4^th one on the bounce. Well done…

Dave was just waxing lyrical about his tactical masterstroke of introducing Walling…well…

And boy does it hurt. Carlisle are so bad, Philip doesn’t even need to turn up.

For the purists out there, I forgot to grab a screen shot of one game, tried to do so before the fixtures for the week had finished and got this:

Answers on a postcard. Anyway, the real game ended thus:

Neil Aspin got a ‘10’ and man of the match despite the goats hattrick. To be fair to Zak, his team were managerless as, in his words, he was ‘stuck on A69 for 10 minutes’. Figures.

Rob’s high flying Stoke grab the points in the other catch-up game.

As ever there is more cup action. Ross and Nathan get the joy of a first round FA Cup tie with a bunch of non-league no hopers…oh no Nathan…

Not quite 32-0…elsewhere, Ross gets some relief from the league against the old strollers.

And there you have it, into the second round…one of them goes. Slaven’s season is pretty much over.

Back in the league, Matt gets a hard-fought point against a team some bloke is supposed to be managing…I’ve forgotten his name…

Dave’s 4 manager of the months can suck on that.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE. Zak goes ‘keeperless, the first of us to do so, and it earns him a vital point.

Rob does Rob and keeps winning.

Ross does Ross and keeps losing.

Unfortunately for Ross, he’s up again.

Nathan gets a hiding from Deano’s boys.

So far that leaves the table almost unchanged. The Swans drop to 5^th.

Not a good win for Rotherham, but a loss.

Dave has his sheath to provide protection at the back and shoot the big shots up top.

And the comeback of the season so far goes to Rob. Miracle in the Potteries. DVD coming soon.

Matt’s Swans are wingless (and prayer less).

When two tribes go to war ‘keeperless, what could happen?

As ever, Aspin gets a ‘10’. The final round of fixtures for this week’s episode is up next. Will a tweak save Ross? No.

Rob plays, Rob wins. Some things don’t change.

Dave has had an absolute stinker of a December. Will it matter though?

Nick’s boys give Phil’s Birmingham a good go, but in the end they just have too much. And too much can also be called De Souza.

Nathan’s Stoke couldn’t be further than Rob’s. They have to share a changing room but clearly aren’t paying attention. Pascoe’s investigation leads to a winner.

And there you have it. More games of utter dross rolled out. Has much changed?

Rob’s lead is extended to 6 points. And 9 of us have the FA Cup to look forward to also. Zak has dragged himself off the bottom. Do join us next time for more of the same.