2011 Prediction League; Game 30 Oxford Utd (home)
 

2011 Prediction League – Game 30; v Oxford Utd (home)

This week’s starter for 10; who’s the only Stanley player to have scored a League goal for the Reds against Oxford? Well, since we’ve only scored the one there could be many winners to the quiz, but for those with short memories it’s Peter Murphy :), who scored in the 1-1 draw at the Kassam Stadium earlier in the season …………….. As you all know, our record against them since we first played yo-yos in 62 and again in 2006 is P3 D3 (two nil-nils last season and the 1-1). Curiously, their record against us is identical ………..:rolleyes:

They’ve suffered a double blow, losing striker Tom Craddock (25) for at least a month with a hamstring and his forward partner Alfie Potter (23) for the season with a broken ankle, so it’s no great surprise that their ventures into the loan/transfer market have nearly all been up front. That said, it’s been that way most of the season, starting with the loan of Middlesbrough’s Jonathan Franks, who was injured before kicking a ball in anger, went back, to be replaced by Bury’s winger Andy Haworth (22), who in turn got injured and went back (he’s now at Bradford City on loan), to be replaced by Blades’ striker Danny Philliskirk – who’s now gone back to Bramall Lane (are you still following this? :o). Also in (and out again) came MK Dons’ ex Doncaster striker Lewis Guy (for two loan spells, although he’s now been released and is currently clubless :() and West Ham’s 18 year old striker Robert Hall – who got 6 in 10 games in his first spell :) and none in four on his second :p.

Out have gone full back Ben Purkiss (27), signed from York, released, and now with Hereford, as is left-sided midfielder Simon Clist (who’s been there on loan since August); Deane Smalley (23), signed from Oldham in the summer, now plies his trade on loan at Bradford (having only managed two goals in 26 games for Oxford), and midfielder Josh Payne joined the Shots on loan during the transfer window. Oklahoma-born striker John-Paul Pittman, ex Donnie and Wycombe (who you may remember manager Chris Wilder signing in the summer and the club then sending straight out to Crawley on 3 months’ loan) came back, and scored in his first game – against Crawley! :D

Recent additions are prolific hitman Scott Rendell, who at the age of 25 has been with Aldershot, Crawley, Cambridge, Posh and Wycombe (he played at our place when we got a one-all draw in September 2010 with a 94th minute Rory Boulding equaliser) plus loan spells at the Pirates and Oxford; “seasoned pro” (= “getting on a bit” :p:p) Mark Wilson (32), a midfielder from Doncaster; former Norwich and Stockport forward Oli Johnson (24); and 6’ 3” Australian u20 striker Matthew Fletcher, once of Sunderland.

They departed the Cups fairly smartly, beaten 3-1 at home by Cardiff in the Carling, 3-0 by the Blades in the FA Cup, and 1-0 at home by Southend in the JPT (although they did manage to beat Aldershot 2-1 away in Round Two - I don't count the Bye in Round One); scored 3, conceded 8, money made – not a lot! Their League form is odd – they lost all 5 of November’s games :mad:, but overall stand at 11 wins, 10 draws and 7 losses from their 28 games, which gives them 43 points and 7th place, keeping us from the playoff spots on goal difference only.:mad::mad::mad:

They’re not terribly prolific; 5-1 at home to Plymouth, and 3-0 at home to Bristol Rovers and away at Aldershot; otherwise it’s none, one or two (they’ve hit nil seven times). That said, they don’t concede by the hat-full either; 4-1 at Crawley, 3-1 to Cardiff and Cheltenham at home, and Crewe away, and 3-0 at Sheff Utd, so two of the four times they’ve let in 3 have been to League 1 or Championship sides; 10 clean sheets, including all four of their December matches :cool:. In all competitions they’ve played 32 times, scoring 42 and conceding 36; in the League, it’s 39 for, 28 against; their away form is slightly more productive from a points point of view – 22 away (6 wins and 4 draws) against 21 at home (5 wins and 6 draws).

Leading scorers are striker James Constable, once of Walsall, Kidderminster and Shrewsbury – although not all at the same time – with 9 (his tally for the last 3 seasons has been 25, 26 and 17), mid fielder Peter Levin (Kilmarnock, Chesterfield and the MK Dons) with 6, and the afore-mentioned Robert Hall, also with 6; 12 others have contributed to the total.

The deadline for entries is, as ever, scheduled kick-off time, which is 3pm on Saturday 11th February. So ; here’s one where the bragging rights are up for grabs! Big win? :D Thumping loss? :( Ten goal thriller? :p A goal for anyone? Hat-trick for Murph? :) Certainly time for another Stanley win ……..Your call ……………

Good luck to everyone ………… and thanks for playing!

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Re: 2011 Prediction League; Game 30 Oxford Utd (home)
 

3-1 to stanley there will be more than Murphy scored against em on sat.:D

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3-1 to The Stanley, please boys.

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5-1 to the Stanley please.

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2-1 to Stanley please

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Tight game I expect but the Stanley Boys will come out on top as 2 - 1 winners.

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1-1 draw for me please.

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3-1 Stanley please

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2-0 Stanley please.

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Going for a goal fest

Stanley 3 - 2 Dons please :)

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:) Accrington Stanley 2 - 1 Oxford United :) Please for me

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Even though the pitch is frozen solid, I am going to be positive and go for Stanley 3 Oxford 2

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Don't things change fast? :confused:

1. Oxford have now signed striker Mehdi Kerrouche (26) from Swindon - I thought that Oxford and Swindon disliked each other, but what do I know? - on a month-long loan. Kerrouche - French born of Algerian descent - joined Swindon last July, and has scored eight in 18 appearances for them this season, but has since fallen out of favour with Robins boss Paolo di Canio. (Well there's a novelty .........:D)

2. As well as losing forwards Tom Craddock and Alfie Potter (see main thread opening above), the U's have now also lost Jon-Paul Pittman for four weeks because of a hamstring injury

3. Finally, young Australian striker Matthew Fletcher has left the club after his short-term deal ended.

None of which will help us much, of course, if the game's frozen off ..........:o

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Stanley 2 -Oxford 1

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3-1 to Stanley

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2-1 to the stanley

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Just in case, 3-1 Stanley .... to be revisited no doubt.

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CHIMER!

SUSPICIOUS BETTING PATTERN ........... :(:(

Oh. You're in it .................:D

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Ok, Ladies and Gentlemen

I'll bump the thread with an update later in March :o

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Thats the real reason its been called off.:hehetable:D

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2011 Prediction League – Game 30; v Oxford Utd (home)

That was then, this is now; this week’s starter for 10 (no, not “Who the hell’s going to play in our back four on Tuesday” :o); name the player who’s already played against us twice this season at Fortress Crown for different teams, who – unless something odd happens – will feature in Tuesday’s game either in Oxford’s starting 11 or on the bench? :confused:

The answer is West Ham’s Cristian Montano (20), a Colombian striker, who scored against us for Swindon :( and didn’t score against us for Dagenham and ForthRoadBridge :D; Oxford tried unsuccessfully to keep Southampton’s Lee Holmes when his loan expired, he having scored twice in the 9 games he played for them (he actually moved on to Swindon), and went for Montano – who’s played for Notts County (two spells) as well as Oxford, Swindon and the Daggers this season - as cover (they appear still to be without Jon-Paul Pittman, Alfie Potter and Tom Craddock). They also signed Chesterfield’s striker Dean Morgan (28) on loan, while letting midfielder Josh Payne move permanently to Aldershot.

Currently they’re 7th with 62 points from 38 games and a game in hand on Cheltenham, who are 3 points above them with a worse goal difference (+14 to +16); they look like a good bet to hold a playoff place :) – Crewe are 1 point behind them having played 39, and then it’s Gillingham on 58 from 38. Since this game was forced off by the weather they’ve played 10; they’ve won 5 at home (2-1 over Rotherham, Barnet and the Daggers, 1-0 against Wimbledon, and 2-0 over Swindon) and drawn the other (1-1 against Macclesfield); away, it’s a different story – 3 draws (goalless at Bristol Rovers (doesn't have the romantic ring of "Sleepless in Seattle", does it?) and Cheltenham, and 2-2 at Shrewsury) and a defeat (2-1 at Bradford, would you believe …….:eek:) Played 10 Won 5 Drawn 4 Lost 1 scored 13 conceded 8; they don’t do goal-fests, do they? :p Grind out a point or three ……….. Wish we could grind out a few more threes ……… Like we arguably deserve ………..:D

19 different names on their scoresheet over the season so far ;); leaders are James Constable with 11 (it was 9 when the game was postponed), West Ham’s 18 year old striker Robert Hall – who got 6 in 10 games in his first spell there and none in four on his second (and who won’t get any more ‘cos he’s gone back home :p) - with 6, and midfielder Peter Leven (Kilmarnock, Chesterfield and the MK Dons) also with 6 (which hasn’t gone up since the postponement)

The deadline for entries is, as ever, scheduled kick-off time, which is 7.45pm on Tuesday 27th March. Three meetings, three draws; this season we’re the two draw specialists in League Two, each having drawn 14 times; who said it’s the draws that kill you in this League? :o Better do something about it, then – if we can find a team to start the match with. I don’t want to worry you, but I have it on good authority that Cashy and Wynonie are both bringing their boots, just in case ………….:D:D:D

Original guesses stand, but change yours by all means if you want .......

Good luck to everyone ………… and thanks for playing!


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Stanley 0 Oxford 3 (imagine no settles central defence for this one).

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2-0 to Oxford, can't see owt else sadly.

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2-2 please

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Sadly I too feel we may get beaten on Tuesday - 2-0 to Oxford, but pray Stanley prove me wrong.

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Just to reiterate. 3-1 to The Stanley, please chaps.

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2-1 to Stanley please

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Stanley to start with only 9 fit players but to go on to an amazing victory of 2 - 0 !!!!
ps. I am available to play. (Currently leading the line up front for CAMRA!!)
Well, you've got to be optimistic!!!

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Sticking with 3-1 Stanley, against all sense ...

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I'll change mine to 1-1 please

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0-0

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Accrington Stanley 1 - 2 Oxford United, please.

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3-1 To Oxford!!

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I'll change mine to 2-2 please.

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Stanley 1 Oxford 2 sadly I fear

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Accrington Stanley 1-1 Oxford United

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2-2 please

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Acci 1 v 2 oxford

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Stanley 1 Oxford 3

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Stanley 1 Oxford 2 please.

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Whats wi you lot? Forecasting defeat n saying please.:D:D:D:D:D

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Stanley boys 3 - 2 Oxford.

Up the Stanley!

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1-0 Stanley, please

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4-2 Stanley please

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Come on the underdogs!

Stanley 2 Oxford 0 :D

Apparently we're playing 1-1-8 .......... every attacker we've got gets a game :p

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1-1 tie

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I see Long Lost Sons faith has gone again , once again its 2-1 to Stanley for me .

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Looks like a 2-2 jobber to me :)

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Accrington Stanley 2 Oxford 1, please

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I'm going for a draw......2-2 for me please !!!!:D

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2-1 to stanley and the beginning of the promotion charge

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2 1 stanley please

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I know that you know (from your :D:D:D:D:D) that it's a case of "manners maketh (wo)man" but in future when I regretably predict a Stanley loss I will try not to be so lazy
and add 'Div3North.' :o

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Yeh but never mind,we will do Wimbledon on sat.;)

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When the game was called off first time around there had been 14 predictions for a Stanley win and 1 for a draw. By actul kick-off time that was 19 for a win, 10 for a draw and 9 (correctly) expecting a defeat. Of the latter, Cashman and Outback Ozzy got the score right too, for the max 5. And there were a few bonus points knocking about for their 2, and a couple for our 0.

As a result, Outback Ozzy leaps to 7th from 10th, and Carpon and LancsDave, who each got a bonus point, opened the gap at the top on everybody else in the Top 10, who didn't.

First entries this week from Oxford Vulcan (presumably also last entry?? - hope you found some decent cider) and Choirboy. Full table attached.

Roll on the Wombles - but is our season drawing gently to a close? Glad we've got 50 points in the bank already ....

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I have to say, I did not enjoy getting that 5 pointer, but, on the other hand, this is my best season ever, I think.