2018/19 Prediction League; Game 32 v Sunderland (away)

[Lord Stiffupperlip]

Maxted to play a blinder, Barlaser to score the winner.
Prepare for the upset of the season!
Sunderland 1 - Stanley 2

[Chimer]

The Gap Closes Slightly As Desmond Strikes At Last

It's a popular prediction, but the last time we actually saw a Desmond was the fourth game of last season, away to Notts County - 72 games ago . Lord Stiffupperlip, Revived Red and Stevie R got that one right, but on a night when the jury was undecided - 9 for us, 10 for them, 7 on the fence and I forgot completely - only Kiwi John and Mab called it exactly right.

5 points for this saw Kiwi close the gap on Lord S at the top of the heap to 9 points, down from 13, and Mab spring into the elite with a leap from 11th to 6th. Smaller 3 point gains were enough for Ossy Kid climb from 7th to take 3rd place on the podium on countback, lift MikeA above AccyTom18 and Tom D to 9th=, boost AccyMad and AndyD from 14th and 16th to 12th and 14th, and bring Outback Ozzy into the Respectable Twenty at 19th=.

As is the way with draws, that left the rest of you scrabbling around for the odd bonus point, which slightly more got than didn't .

So roll on Oxford on Tuesday for the first of four consecutive home mid-table clashes, all occurring while I'm out of the country, away from my spreadsheets and therefore unable to post updated tables. I can't even promise my jet-lagged brain will be able to process four lots of guesses before the boys hop over the hills to take on what we've now got to call high-flying Barnsley on March 9th. But if the League can process the results of those games to show us rather nearer the top of mid-table than we are at present , I guess you'll maybe not be too worried about your chances of scooping the Prediction League prize, which you will recall is two ninths of the square root of knack all . Eight points while I'm away, please …. pretty please

On Stanley On!!