2017/18 Prediction League; Game 26 v Morecambe (home)
 

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2017/18 Prediction League; Game 26 v Morecambe (home)

On Friday night Morecambe played Yeovil at the Globe (Stadium, not Shakespearian Theatre); they’d lost their previous three games (2-1 away at both Barnet and Mansfield (although not on the same day) and 4-1 at home to Notts County), and they went 2-0 down before half time ........... in a second half of two halves they turned it round, put the ball in the Yeovil net four times, and turned 0-2 into 4-3 ............ this week’s starter for 10; when was the last time Morecambe scored four times in a League game, and who were they playing?

Five left the Globe in the summer, and three of them used to play for us (Lee Molyneux, Peter Murphy and Liam Wakefield; Lee went to Guiseley and Liam to Boston Utd, Peter of course having to retire; the other two were Paul Mullin (where do I know that name from?) who went to Swindon, and Ryan Edwards who joined the Pilgrims .............. Eight signed up, four of whom were strikers; Reece Deakin arrived from Airbus UK Broughton (he walked, I believe, because the plane couldn’t land at Morecambe Aerodrome), Adam Campbell came from Notts Co, Vadaine Oliver from York and – after the start of the season – Adam McGurk from Cambridge; they also got a CB from Bolton, a LB from Carlisle, Garry Thompson back home, and New Zealand-born CB Stephen Old from Göteborgs Atleoch Idrottssällskap, a Swedish Second Division side known as The Mackerels (which I personally think sounds a bit fishy)

Four new strikers should, of course, have the goals flying in from all parts of the field; actually, the Shrimps have managed 24 League goals in 25 games, which includes their having failed to trouble the scorers in 10 of those 25 games. 24 goals is joint second-worst in the League (alongside Vegan Greenpeace, and one behind Crawley); Coventry – currently 5th in the table – have only scored 27 in 25, but then again they’ve only conceded 16!) In Morecambe’s (non) defence, they’ve kept 6 clean sheets, but unfortunately they also failed to score in 4 of those 6 games ................ goals win games!

Their current home record is W5 D2 L6 GF14 GA18, seven of them being shipped in the last two games (notice the nautical reference? Clever or what!); away, it’s W1 D5 L6 GF10 GA18 – the one win being 2-0 at Chesterfield in mid-October; overall then, P25 W6 D7 L12 GF24 GA36 for 25 points and 21st place – four points clear of Chesterfield and five above Barnet and Vegan Greenpeace ........ we won at their place earlier in the season (2-1, goals by Billy Whizz and that nice Jordan Clark, with Morecambe scoring via CryBaby in the 25th minute of time added on); last season we did the same thing – winning 2-1 away, with the goals that day scored by Shay McBratfud – but we managed to lose at Fortress Wham (3-2, having been 2-0 up – goals by Billy Whizz x 2) ......

They have no further interest in this season’s FA Cup, don’t Morecambe, having beaten Hartlepool 3-0 at home but then lost in Round 2, 0-2 at Shrewsbury ...... Hartlepool, by the way, are presently 16th in the Bananarama, below AFC Fylde on GD (Fylde having two games in hand) but above Leyton Orient in 19th, although there is an 8 point gap between Barrow in 20th, and Chester, Guiseley, Torquay and Soilyhull Moors who make up the bottom four ........ Soilyhull, I understand, were docked eight million points for pretending that there are Moors near where they come from (!) ................. The Shrimps are also out of the EFL Cup, beaten 4-3 at Barnsley in Round One, and ended up bottom of their group in the EFLTroffy with two losses and a defeat on penalties, which appears to be some kind of win (???????) .................... speaking of which, the last time they scored four in a League game before beating Yeovil on Friday was on 7th January 2017, when they beat Notts County 4-1 at home ............... the same Notts County who beat THEM 4-1 at the Globe on Boxing Day ............. what goes around comes around!

Deadline for entries is, as always, scheduled kick-off time, which is 3.00pm on New Year’s Day (soon be Christmas again!) ............. having remembered where the net is, and that we’re supposed to score more than the opposition do, we’re on a roll again ......... but we are the only team in the top half of the table to have lost four of their last five (Swindon have only lost 3/5), and still have the Dunce’s Caps for 3 points out of 15 (shared with Barnet, while Vegan Utd have 1/15 and Chesterfield and Vegan Utd each have 4); Lincoln are now on their own in the Teacher’s Pet Stakes with 13/15, Colchester having 11 and Luton having 10 ............ and thank you to Portly Vale and Swindon for stuffing Luton and Notts Co respectively – neither of whom scored (Luton had two shots, one of them being on target) ......... I’m sure you’ll all agree that another win would be A Very Good Thing for the Stanley? Shall we see what we can do against Perfidious Albion (Morecambe Branch)?

Good luck to everyone! ........ Keep the Faith! ........... HNY! ............ And thanks for playing!


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4-0 to Acci !!

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Stanley 2 - 0 shrimps

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2-1 to Stanley please

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Stanley 2-0 Morecambe.

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3 - 1 to Stanley please (providing the pitch is dry & there's no puddles for that nice Mr Ellison to get upset about) :)

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2-1 stanley

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3 1 to Stanley please

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4-0 to the Stanley please.

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2 all draw.

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It was pleasing to see Morecambe score four and pick up three points. I doubt they'll do it against us, though, so I'll go for a 2-0 Stanley win, please.

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2-0 to the Stanley please D3N. :)

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Stanley 3 Morecambe. 1 please

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Stanley win 3-1

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After their miracle comeback against Yeovil, they'll be up for this - but so will we!
2 - 1 to the S-T-A-N-E-R-L-E-Y!

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3-0 to Stanley please

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..Morecambe...gee this is a close call...6-0 Stanley

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Still celebrating New years my friend??? :D

:) :) :)

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Pessimist! :D

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Stanley 3 Old Boys 1

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Accrington Stanley 3 Morecambe 1, please

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Accrington Stanley 2-1 Morecambe

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Hopefully 3-0 Stanley won't tempt fate too much .....

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made it before kick off for a change !

Stanley 4 Shrimps 2

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3-0 Stanley...we are back!

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2-1 stanley please

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Ange isn't! :o:o:o

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Time to awake from your slumber.

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5-0 Stanley please

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Stanley win 3-1 please

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We are a different team since we loaned Greg Wylde from Plymouth Argyle.

Play like we did at Wycombe and I foresee Accrington 1 (Billy Bunter) Morecambe 3 (Kev with 2 and one for Wildig)

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Love the optimism - we shall see :rolleyes:

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"Well my friend, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it.
There's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried.
There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich.
That- that's about it.
Oh I nearly forgot, there's Morecambe Bay shrimp.
Billy Bunter sure do love that the best!"

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You Forgot "Potted Shrimp" Lord Stiffers, but in this case that's more likely to be potty Shrimps! Delusional at least. :D

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Can i change my forecast to 3-0 Stanley? after a shrimp fan gets ridiculous.

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One Of Everything, But Very Little Change

It was indeed a day for one of everything, except of course 3 points for the Stanley :D. Most importantly, only one goal, in the right net. Only one twist from original predictions - Cashman, who improved his take from 3 to 4 thereby :). Only one Stanleyite not expecting to win - Monkey Hanger, crashing from 2nd to 5th as result of lack of faith :(. One entrant expecting a Morecambe victory against all sensibilities :mad: - but Morecambe Red can be excused for having his own red-tinted spectacles, we all wear them too now and then. And only one person correctly forecasting "Stanley 1" - and that was Morecambe Red too :), leaping up the table from 38th= to 34th= :rolleyes: as a result.

And they were the only two significant moves, as everybody else took 3 or 4 points, depending as usual on faith or otherwise in Aaron. A bit of minor chopping and changing, Cashman overtaking Div3North into 8th the only other Top Ten action, Wynonie similarly getting by AccyTom18, me passing AccyBeMe, StevieR doing Revived Red, Proccy Fan's non-appearance dropping him below Football19 and Tommy McQueen, and JimsLad similarly giving way to ChrisR.

So - roll on Luton :eek:. Something of a biggie, methinks ;), possibly even more for them than for us, as losing and giving up the last vestige of what looked like becoming an uncatchable lead a few weeks ago would surely be a huge blow to their confidence. Can we do them?:confused: Why not?:) Why not indeed??:D Who's the ref???:eek:

On Stanley On!!

P.S. I'm off for a week on a little holiday on Saturday, so there won't be another table published until after the Vogon Rovers game on Saturday week. Hope we put some nice tempting pies in the away dressing room before that one .....

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Have a good Hol Chimer yeh deserve one.;)

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Well you were certainly a different team last night than the one who beat Wycombe - two of your fans sat with us in the main stand weren't too happy saying your lads were too slow & weren't creating any chances to speak of - I'm all for optimism but your insult to Billy Kee certainly came royally back to bite you on the backside :rolleyes: