2020/21 Prediction League; Game 36 v Wigan (home)
 

Accrington Stanley

Wigan Athletic

2020/21 Prediction League Game 36; v Flog It FC (home)

فزنا بالكأس فزنا بالكأس - eee-aye-adio آي أديو فزنا بالكأس
"Laqad fazanaa bialkas
Laqad fazanaa bialkas
Eee Aye Adio
Laqad fazanaa bialkas"

..... which, as you'll know, is the Arabic for "We Won the Cup" - which they did, as a PrawnSandwich team, just eight short years ago.......... and Arabic is the official language of Bahrain

And Aitor Karanka has "stepped down" (which basically means they locked him in the cellar) and been replaced by Lee Bowyer, who won his opener 2-1 on Wednesday against Reading ..... Starter for Ten; how many yellow cards did Bowyer achieve in his League career?

And the PFA will shortly have a new Boss, after 40 years of Gordon Taylor @ £2 million per annum (wonder who agreed that salary, and more importantly, why?) ... Ex Brighton striker Maheta Molango is set to replace him as chief executive; the Swiss 38-year-old, who qualified to be a lawyer in Spain after retiring from playing and spent four years working as chief executive of Real Mallorca, has been recommended for the job by an independent advisory panel. Taylor leaves the role he has held since 1981 at the end of the season; and Molango will earn around £500,000 pa (I know, chicken feed, innit?)

And this season's Award for Self-Effacing Modesty goes to Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who - after being recalled to the Swedish international side five years after he retired, and at the age of 39 - apparently tweeted, "The Return of the God" ...... and on the subject of International Call-Ups, let's hear it for Dion Charles ...... hope it's the first of many, Young Sir

Second Starter for Ten; what was the name of the Wigan Club Mascot in the 2019/20 season?

We played them, you'll remember, on 12th December; we gave them a three-goal lead in the first 32 mins, caught them up to 3-2 (goals from Pritchard and Nottingham), scored an OG, got a third (Burgess), and lost - rather like against MK Dons, where we levelled up to a Desmond and then lost by the odd extra goal ........ Since December 12th, they've released or sold another 10 players (including striker Joe Garner to APOEL Nicosia, CB Nathan Cameron to Solihull - who I believe have now submitted a planning application to plant some Moors; Kal Naismith to Luton Louts; centre forward Jolly Charlie - err, no, sorry, Charlie Jolley - to Trangmere; Joe Piggott to Altrincham; and one or two more you won't know to one or two places you've never been ....

They ProperSigned four in January; Zimbabwe-born RB Tendayi Darikwa from Notts Forest; striker Zach Clough, also from Forest; Irish RB Corey Whelan, from Phoenix Rising (why isn't there a team called "Phoenix Sinking"?) in the Good Ol' US of A; and Ghanaian winger Joe Dodoo, most recently of Ankara Keçiörengücü, who play in the Turkish Second Tier .... they also LoanSigned four more, being Scottish CB George Johnston from Feyenoord, Belgian CMF Funso Ojo - a very traditional Belgian name, that; Rotherham striker Jamie Proctor; and CB Scott Wootton from Plywood Argyle

After stealing the points from us they lost 5-0 at home to the Richdoodles, then won one and drew four of five; they then won two and lost eight of the following ten (beating the Cobblers 1-0 and Brizzle 2-1, both away), before beating the Donuts 3-0 at home and Argyle 2-0 away, getting a Saturday off, and managing a half-Desmond against the Wombles ...... their home record is W3 D4 L10, and away it's W6 D3 L9, giving them P35 W9 D7 L19 (same as Brizzle, three less than Swindon, and therefore joint 22nd in Losses), with a -23 GD (which is also 22nd, only beaten for worseness by the Wombles and Swindon) ... the potentially bad news is that they've played 35 for 34 points; all the sides below them have played 35 too, except the Wombles (34), and so if AFC Wimbledon Common win their G in H, Wigan are back in the GreasyPole places ... Burton have now caught up to the peloton, so relegation LOOKS like being four of 6 ....

Leading scorers are Callum Lang and Joe Garner, each with six, and Kyle Joseph and Will Keane, each with five .......... And Nigel Adkins has landed the Boss's Chair at Charlton, I see, making it five Managers departed and six arrived in March 21 alone, and meaning that only 48 of the 92 Prawn & EFL managers have been in post more than 12 months ..... and it seems that Danny Cowley (1-5) is now favourite for the Pompey job, overtaking Daniel Stendal (6-1) in the ratings .....

Deadline for entries is, as always, scheduled kick-off time, which is 3.00pm on Saturday 20th March (it'll be ProperSpring in two more days after that #smileyfacewhere'sthe suncream) ... Our current form is a worry, but even though we're now in the bottom half of the table, we're actually only five points off the Playoff Places (ok, five points and two goals behind 6th place Charlton (but we've got 2 Gs in H over the Addicks too!)) ............

And Lee Bowyer accumulated 116 Yellows (and six Reds) during his career ........... And the Wigan Mascot for 2019/20 - now this'll surprise you, given it's Wigan - was Crusty the Pie!

Good luck to everyone! ....... Keep the Faith! ....... Stay safe and keep well! ....... And thanks for playing!



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Re: 2020/21 Prediction League; Game 36 v Wigan (home)
 

2-0 to the Stanley please D3N. :)

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2- to Stanley please

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Need a bit of work to get that one past Chimer, Stevie

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2-1 to Stanley please

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Stanley 3 Wigan 1 Well it has to happen sometimes.

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stanley 1 wigan 2.

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2 - 1 to Stanley please (pretty please)

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2-0 stanley fer me

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Accrington Stanley to win 2-1 please

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Stanley 2- 0 Wigan.

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Stanley 1 Wigan 1

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Stanley 2-1 Wiggin for me please.:jimbo:

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2-0 Stanley, please

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Hex on Wigan. - Stanley 0 -1 Wigan.

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4-1 Stanley

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Stanley 4 Wigan 2

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3-1 to stanley if we play owt bit like wednesday

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Bravely taking one for the team, or shrewd tactical move? Who knows?

2-1 Stanley for me, with everything firmly crossed.

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🙂 Accrington Stanley 2 -1 Wigan Athletic 🙂 Please for me... Hopefully 😳

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Accrington 5 - 1 Wigan Athletic

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Accrington Stanley 2 Wigan Athletic 1

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Accrington Stanley 2-1 Wigan Athletic

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Stanley 1-2 Wigan :(

:) :) :)

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2-1 Stanley for me 1-0 latics for Ange

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1 - 1

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Two Runs End Together - One Good, One Bad

Ain't that the truth - and yesterday wasn't a bad day for it to happen.

Two runs did come to an end - Stanley's losing run (good :)) and Valairian's charge up our table (bad :( - for him ;)). The great majority regained their faith after Wednesday's performance, with 20 looking for the boys to get the show back on the road, 2 on the fence and 4 (including Val) on the wrong side of it fearing further gloom and despondency.

Apart from Tommy, quoted above, who moved a whole place up the table, 22nd to 21st, maxis :):):):):) went to Revived Red (27th to 26th, the Lanterne Rouge reverting to StevieR) and Rosey (29th= to 29th, but now leading the points per game table, if there was one ;), with 9 points from 3 games).

Most of the rest of the faithful 20 took 4 :):):):) points, so the significant moves were mostly downwards :mad:. Pointless Val dropped from 3rd to 5th, letting Watchdog back onto the podium. Equally pointless Monkey Hanger fell from 12th to 17th, and one-point Ange B from 15th to 18th (with Nige going the other way, 17th to 13th :D). The other one-pointers were Ossy Kid (19th to 22nd), LongLostSon (23rd to 25th) and Taypot, who hung on to the final place in the Top Ten despite losing ground on all above him. No show means no points, of course :rolleyes:, so Tom D (11th to 14th) and StanleyHouse (16th to 20th) also suffered declines.

Apart from Val's fall, the only positional change in the Top Ten saw Cashman and AccyTom18 swop 6th and 7th places. Lower down, MikeA's move from 13th to 11th, and Choirboy's from 20th to 15th, were perhaps worthy of note. And Outback Ozzy remains 7 points clear of StanleyJosh on top of the heap, with Watchdog 5 points further back.

Now, refereeing controversy :eek::

The computer was happy to accept 2 in the "Us" column and no entry in the "Them", and duly awarded 3 points. I accepted this without recourse to VAR because:
1. I was in a good mood because of the result;
2. "to Stanley" indicates a Stanley win was certainly Stevie's intention; and (most importantly)
3. Stevie hasn't a snowball in hell's chance of winning the league, currently holding the Lanterne Rouge at the back of the pack, 34 points adrift of Outback Ozzy with 55 points left to play for.

Any complaints, see the padre ;)

I also noted LongLostSon's entry was timestamped 15.00 fazackerly. Such precision and chutzpah really deserved more than a single point :). Unlucky :D.

So, roll on ...... a midweek off! Unprecedented luxury, don't know what we pay the players for!! And then the minor matter :eek: of completing a double against the Posh next Saturday. Let the good times carry on rolling ... :)

On Stanley On!!

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Such a magnanimous gesture Chimer, merci.

Deux points sont deux points as we say at the derriere of the league...

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Mais il t’a donne trois points ... un point de plus :alright:

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Vive le craic...

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Et je suis d'accord :alright:

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Tres bon, mon ami.

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Frog speak, on Accyweb, whatever is the world coming too? :D

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Ribbit ribbit .....

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You and I did etwas Deutsch a few months back! :alright: :p

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Aye, I remember it well, but in mitigation twas only a couple of phrases & us 2, the Grenouille thing was gangs of youse & a full blown conflab! :D:D

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praat engels assablief.

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Cloggynese, my we are an international bunch! ;) :D

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“Speaking in Tongues”!
My childhood chums and I had our own language that adults didn’t understand.....eg.
WAYGigAYGan AYGathlAYGetAYGic v AYGaccrAYGintAYGon StAYGanlAYGey.

Our version of ‘Pig Latin’ that really translates as:
Wigan Athletic v Accrington Stanley.

The rule we adopted was that every vowel sound was preceded by the sound AYG