2021/22 Prediction League; Game 1 v Wycombe Wanderers (away)

[Lord Stiffupperlip]

In appreciation of the massive amount of time, effort & wit devoted by D3N & Chimer to this column, I have decided to dust off my crystal ball & return to the fray!
If you can't be optimistic on day one, why bother?
At Adams Park we'll make our mark!
Wycombe 1 - Stanley 3

[Div3North]

Originally Posted by Lord Stiffupperlip

In appreciation of the massive amount of time, effort & wit devoted by D3N & Chimer to this column, I have decided to dust off my crystal ball & return to the fray!
If you can't be optimistic on day one, why bother?
At Adams Park we'll make our mark!
Wycombe 1 - Stanley 3

Welcome back, m’Lud!

[Taypot]

Wycombe 3 Stanley 1

[Div3North]

Hmmmm!

Stanley 2 HWW 0

[Tom D]

1-0 win for Stanley please

[LongLostSon]

a Desmond to open

[Tommy McQueen]

Wycombe 1 Stanley 2 please
Thanks for running again.

[mab]

Wycombe Wanderers 1-2 Accrington Stanley Please for me

[Leylandii]

Interestingly, according to the BT phone thingy, there are at least 8 Mills in High Wycombe and 11 Moor/Moores in Solihull.

Wycombe Wanderers 1 Accrington Stanley 1

[nige b]

Cheers chaps for doing this again...much appreciated

I'm sadly going 2-1 Wickham and Ange going 2-1 Stanley

[VALAIRIAN]

Tentative opening game........ 1-1 please chaps

[Shurm]

2-0 to Wycombe

[Chimer]

Nige Sets The Pace as The Cock-Eyed Suffer

Well that was a great way to start, wasn't it? Fancy forgetting to enter your own competition on the opening day - and things didn't go as well as they might have in Wycombe, either.

But some people got what they wanted - sort of ......

Originally Posted by Kiwi John

1-1...1 point will do first up.

and one point is what you got, Kiwi

Originally Posted by LongLostSon

a Desmond to open

For those not in the know, this references Bishop Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid and civil rights activist. LongLost is therefore predicting a two-all draw (2-2, see ). By mathematically doubtful extension, Div3North has determined a half-Desmond is 1-1 .... we do usually allow such frivolities, but may resort to VAR if appropriate.

Preliminaries over, just 4 of you jumped ship on day 1 to the extent of forecasting black defeat, and unfortunately you were right . Only Nige B hit the spot exactly, his 2-1 prediction getting him 5 points, 3 for the right outcome (us losing), 1 bonus point for "Wycombe 1" and another bonus point for "Stanley 1". That's how it works, OK? The other cynics all got 4 - Shurm and StanleyJosh both getting their bonus from Wycombe's 2, and Taypot from Stanley's 1. And roughly half of the rest of you started off with a single bonus point one way or the other.

I don't publish a table until about four games into the season, because it becomes harder to add new players once the table exists, and hopefully there'll be some more joining over the next few games (me, for one ). And something else that helps me and reduces the chances of cock-ups is if you make your forecasts with Stanley's score first, whether we're at home or away. Pretty please?

So off we go to Rotherham for a little Caraboa diversion (our prediction league only includes the 46 EFL fixtures, not any cups or playoff games) before we welcome Cambridge for a good whamming next Saturday. Things can only get better .....

On Stanley On!!

[VALAIRIAN]

Originally Posted by Chimer

Nige Sets The Pace as The Cock-Eyed Suffer

Well that was a great way to start, wasn't it? Fancy forgetting to enter your own competition on the opening day - and things didn't go as well as they might have in Wycombe, either.

But some people got what they wanted - sort of ......



and one point is what you got, Kiwi



For those not in the know, this references Bishop Desmond Tutu, South African anti-apartheid and civil rights activist. LongLost is therefore predicting a two-all draw (2-2, see ). By mathematically doubtful extension, Div3North has determined a half-Desmond is 1-1 .... we do usually allow such frivolities, but may resort to VAR if appropriate.

Preliminaries over, just 4 of you jumped ship on day 1 to the extent of forecasting black defeat, and unfortunately you were right . Only Nige B hit the spot exactly, his 2-1 prediction getting him 5 points, 3 for the right outcome (us losing), 1 bonus point for "Wycombe 1" and another bonus point for "Stanley 1". That's how it works, OK? The other cynics all got 4 - Shurm and StanleyJosh both getting their bonus from Wycombe's 2, and Taypot from Stanley's 1. And roughly half of the rest of you started off with a single bonus point one way or the other.

I don't publish a table until about four games into the season, because it becomes harder to add new players once the table exists, and hopefully there'll be some more joining over the next few games (me, for one ). And something else that helps me and reduces the chances of cock-ups is if you make your forecasts with Stanley's score first, whether we're at home or away. Pretty please?

So off we go to Rotherham for a little Caraboa diversion (our prediction league only includes the 46 EFL fixtures, not any cups or playoff games) before we welcome Cambridge for a good whamming next Saturday. Things can only get better .....

On Stanley On!!

Come on Chimer my good man

I am hopeful - that along with Stanley - things will get better

[Chimer]

Good point well made. Of course I meant Ipswich