2016/17 Prediction League; Game 44 v Newport County (away)

[winstanley asfc]

Newport 1 Stanley 2 please.

[JIMSLAD]

2-1 stanley

[Chimer]

Kiwi Halves The Gap As Accybeme Gets What’s Coming To Him .....

.... which is a 5 point maxi after 15 games subsisting on the odd bonus point in the name of reverse psychology and superstition, and a recovery of sorts from 20th to 18th. The only other maxi was ncfc1 who climbs from 36th= to 35th, and to the unchallenged top of the percentage league with an improvement from 80% to 90% .

Returning to the business end of the prediction league, AccyMad is incapable of forecasting anything other than a Stanley win ,while Kiwi John does so comparatively rarely . So the end of the unbeaten run was always likely to close things up at the top. As it happened, Kiwi (and the other pessimists) only took the bare 3 points for correctly forecasting utter disaster , so the damaged was limited and AccyMad still leads by 3 points with 2 games to go. Said other pessimists were Div3North, soaring into the Top Ten from 11th to 7th, pushing Ossy Kid out and Cashman, Revived Red and NigeB down, Red-Osbornello climbing over Jims Lad and absent-without-leave AngeB into 22nd, and LongLostSon moving from 31st to 30th at the expense of Yerself, who has been missing from our game (and AccyWeb generally) since just after the New Year – hope all is well there .

10 others got a point, in all cases for “Newport 1” . Not much effect on the placings, Revived Red getting above NigeB (9th and 10th) and TomD above Accytom18 (14th and 15th).

Below our leaders, 4 are still theoretically in the hunt for the title (as Stanley are still theoretically in with a chance of the playoffs). Mad is 7 adrift of AccyMad in 3rd, Leylandii 8 behind in 4th and MikeA and DaveinGermany 9 behind, with Mike holding 5th thanks to two levels of countback. A two-horse race really, you might think – heads or hearts, lads and lassie?

So, roll on Luton. Pressure off, really, for the team, just need to put on a show to thank the faithful 1400 or so – or will the gate crash if someone’s negative vibes spread through the town, which can usually produce enough without help? Surely not ……

On Stanley On!!