2012 Prediction League; Game 40 v Gillingham (away)

[Div3North]

Gills 1 Stanley 2

[LongLostSon]

Can't recall when we won three on the bounce so away at league leaders :
Gills 2 Stanley 1
come on lads, prove me wrong.

[teach]

Gillingham 2 Stanley 1 for me please (though I wouldn't mind being completely wrong!)

[nige b]

1-1 please

[Footy Nut]

Gillingham 2 Stanley 2 please

[Chimer]

OK, here goes for a round-up of what happened in the prediction league while I was away ……

NORTHAMPTON 2 STANLEY 0

After the goalless draw against Torquay we remained reasonably optimistic for the trip to Northampton, 13 keeping the faith and 12 each going for the draw and the loss. Of the 12 who unfortunately got it right, NigeB, Yerself and Ossy Kid got it spot on for 5 points, meaning OK stretched his lead over Valairian (just 3 this week) while the other 2 closed in. 4 others in the Top 10 got 4 points, with only Kiwi John and Norwich Stanley failing to trouble the scorer.

STANLEY 0 FLEETWOOD 3

Fleetwood visiting next, and after a 3-1 away win earlier there were few doubts here, 21 for the win, 7 drawmongers and only 4 forecasting, for whatever perverse reasons, victory for the Cod Army – and none of those 4 getting the scale of the disaster right . So 4 points for Kiwi John and Valairian, 3 for Accybeme and Yerself, and that was it - nobody else got as much a bonus point . With Ossy Kid letting heart rule head for once, that was enough for Val’s consistent strategy to reclaim his lead, albeit by a single point.

STANLEY 3 BARNET 2

Faith undimmed , 26 of us expected the win against Barnet, only 5 trimming their sails with a forecast draw and 3 expecting the worst. Only Dave in Germany got the max 5 however as Moly made his mark. Val and Ossy Kid both missed out entirely, so the most significant move was NigeB closing up again, only 3 behind OK with Val still a point further ahead. Doug became our 75th player this season, pulling in 4 points to jump straight in to 52nd place. And Dav007 broke his duck by scoring his first point at the 7th attempt (that must be a record ), and moving up to 66th.

STANLEY 4 WIMBLEDON 0

For the rearranged Wombles game, confidence was even higher, 31 for us, 4 for the draw and just 2 for them – and no prizes for guessing one of the two, Yerself being the other pessimist. Only Accybeme got the full measure of the victory though, for a full 5 points. With Val and OK firing blanks for the second successive game, Nige B moved up to equal OK on 72 points, with Val on 73. OK retains second on countback. If only NigeB hadn’t missed entering twice ….. Most of the rest of the Top 10 also closed up on the leaders. A new player this week was Bdc, but he failed to trouble the scorer.

GILLINGHAM 1 STANLEY 0

So finally on to Gillingham with the faithful 28 ……. And we were fairly pragmatic about this one, with only 13 of us expecting to beat the runaway league leaders away from home, against 11 drawmongers and 10 expecting defeat. OK was the only defeatist to get it absolutely right, with his remarkable 6th 5-pointer from the last 12 games taking him into the lead by a single point from Val who only picked up 3 points on this one. Everyone in the Top 10 got at least 3 points, except for Kiwi John. I’m beginning to think head rather than heart may be the way to the top of this table …..

Full table attached, in chunks. On Stanley On …….