2017/18 Prediction League; Game 9 v Cheltenham Town (home)

[Chimer]

Little Change At The Top On A Good Day For The Animals

Clearly it's not good enough for LongLostSon to make the sacrificial opposition win forecast , so we have to ask where Dav went this time around. Drawn games always make a difference , and only two of us were left sitting high on the fence at full time - Kiwi John with a maxi 5, and Monkey Hanger with 3 points for a wrong-score draw. Kiwi, previously last of the regulars on 29th, moved up to 24th, while MH broke into the Top Ten, moving to 10th from 18th= and pushing me out of the Ten. Huh .

About half of the rest of us got a point , and the other half didn't . The top 3 all got a point so no change there, elsewhere if you got a point you were likely to move up a place , and if you didn't you were likely to go down .

Welcome to the game Rosey, your point means you don't start at the bottom - you're 32nd= out of 36.

Well, that's 5 points dropped to basement teams* in the last 2 home games , separated by an away win against another, and now we're off to visit 2 more, tomorrow and Saturday . Draw at home and win away isn't the traditional recipe for success, but two more away wins look necessary to keep the momentum going, as the 3 after that look rather more challenging, on paper at least.

*I know Grimsby aren't in the basement any more, but they were then .

So, roll on the Valiants. Let's kick a man while he's down, for once - but not red-card literally! At least winning this one can't make us responsible for yet another managerial sacking

On Stanley On!!