Tommy and Nige Close Up as Ange Falters
General message board grumpiness

about our inexplicable failure to beat a team from a higher league away from home

didn't read through into diminished expectations for a home game against the league leaders, 25 plumping for a Stanley win

against 7 going for the draw and 6 pessimists

. So as the draw had it, the magnificent 7 were bound to gain at least 2 and maybe 5 points on those around them.
As it was, the magnificent two in 2nd and 3rd places in the table, Tommy McQueen and Nige B were the only ones to pull in 5 points, which meant 4 point gains on our leader AngeB, leaving them 2 and 5 points adrift respectively. No-one else from the Top Ten went for the draw, so Nige in 3rd is now 5 clear of Teach, the best of the rest.
Most of the other successful drawmongers made limited gains with their 3 points - Revived Red 16th - 10=, Norwich Stanley 23rd - 17th, Dav007 24th - 18th, Football19 29th - 26=. Sadly Stevie R remained 33rd

, but is now only behind Proccy Fan on countback. Incidentally, Proccy Fan would be a Top Tenner if (s)he'd entered every week with the same average success rate, having 27 points from only 14 entries

.
This week we welcomed st06nc2 (?) for a first go this season, expanding the table to 53 players and taking up the strain of supporting the other 52. And MorecambeRed dropped by for a bit of banter

and picked up a point in the process (now 1 point from 2 entries, 44=).
So it's roll on York on Boxing Day and Burton 2 days later. I'm visiting rellies for a few days just then, so unlikely to be posting an update between the two games. On On Stanley Stanley On On!!!!