Accrington Web - 2017/18 Prediction League; Game 43 v Yeovil FC (home)

Choirboy Soars - But Who Gives A Toss About The Prediction League?

I'm betting there's only one table anybody's interested in looking at this week, and it's the one with Stanley on top and a "P" besides their name :D. But I suppose I've got to do my homework :(, and our shock :eek: this week is that it's still possible to gain 6 places in a week when Stanley win and everybody (apart from Kiwi John who I hope will now feel free to risk the wrath of the Antipodean gods and predict what he thinks, instead of what sacrifice may please them) gets 3, 4 or 5 points. But it helps do this ;) if you've been rooted to the foot of the table with 0 points from 1 game since forecasting we'd beat Crawley at home on 23rd December - 4 points from a more successful prediction against Yeovil has now catapulted Choirboy from 40th= :o to the dizzy heights of 34th :). But given that Crawley game was our last home defeat, it was a brave call to return to the game at this stage. Accyborn had a similar but smaller leap from 35th to 31st, with a maxi 5 points to add to his previous 2 from 3.

Moving to the business end of the table, two of the Top Ten also had maxis :), AndyD having to be content with closing in on the podium while remaining 5th, while DaveinGermany squeezed past Div3North into 6th. And the other 2 maxis came from just outside the elite, Lord S staying put in 13th with AccyTom18 moving up to 14th at MikeA's expense.

For the rest of us, it was all about the difference between 3 points and 4, and, of course, whether you entered - which MonkeyHanger didn't, causing a crash out of the Top Ten, from 9th to 12th. Cashman, NigeB and Wynonie were the beneficiaries here. TomD took 4 to hold his 2 point lead at the top, 4 for Leylandii against 3 for Outback Ozzy took him into 2nd, a point clear of Outback who had previously held 2nd on countback. And Mab's 4 brought him level with Outback on 3rd=, with absolutely identical records. AndyD in 5th is a point (and a maxi) behind these two. No other positional changes, though a few gaps may have opened and closed.

Theoretically possible winners are now down to 16 (that's me gone :(), but if we keep winning and everybody keeps the faith (and why wouldn't we :)) it's probably down to the Top 5 mentioned above, though D-I-G might just have a say.

So now it's roll on the Chairboys, one of three theoretically ;) possible champions. They have to win all 3 while we lose all 4 (and Luton only get 3 points from 3). If that happened they would almost certainly close the goal difference gap (on us, not Luton). Which means after they fail to beat us on Saturday :eek:, they're out of it. And if Carlisle beat Luton, so are they :eek:. Am I really writing this?

On Stanley On!!