OTW LCFC Prediction League - Round 19

WARNING: NEXT SET OF FIXTURES COMES THICK AND FAST - STARTS THIS TUESDAY, 12TH JANUARY AND CONTINUES DAILY UNTIL AFTER FA CUP ROUND 4 WEEKEND.

A decent effort this week - some interesting matches. Can't help feeling gutted by Vydra's 94th minutes equaliser which robbed me of 4 points which nobody else would have got! Vydra is, of course, an anagram of Vardy and there was a time, several years ago, when I would have swapped. Just as well I'm not a manager.

Another good performance from City this week - Justin just seems to get better and better, Albrighton outstanding and Tielemans a real class act (sorry True Blue). Perez will have been glad to get some game time; more of a threat centrally than Kelechi I think, but shame about Praet - hope he's not sidelined for too long.

Round 18 scores:

1 Young Warwick Fox (4 0 3 3 3 0 0 8 3) 24+25=49
2 Bowstring (0 0 4 1 2 3 1 8 3) 22+15=37
3= Appleton (7 3 4 3 2 0 0 2 0) 21+10=31
3= Old Warwick Fox (4 3 0 3 3 0 0 8 0) 21+10=31
5 Lone Groover (2 0 4 3 2 0 0 8 1) 20+3=23
6= Downsouf (4 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 3) 19
6= True Blue (7 0 0 3 4 0 0 2 3) 19
8 Dublin Fox (2 0 4 3 1 0 0 8 0) 18
9 MITLBC (4 0 4 1 2 0 1 2 0) 14
10 Dungeon Master (x x x 3 3 0 1 2 3) 12
11 Nuneaton Fox (2 0 0 0 4 0 3 2 0) 11

Table after Round 18 (getting closer all the time)

1 Downsouf 642
2 Bowstring 622
3 True Blue 620
4 Old Warwick Fox 557
5 MITLBC 553
6 Nuneaton Fox 552
7 Young Warwick Fox 537
8 Dublin Fox 498
9 Appleton 483
10 Dungeon Master 457
11 Foxello 444
12 Lone Groover 439
13 Stroud Fox 143

Just goes to show you can't really afford to miss a week's fixtures. No show this week unfortunately from Foxello and Stroud - hope all's well there. Noted from another thread - sorry you're struggling Dublin, hope things pick up soon.

The next set is a bit complicado, being scheduled over two midweek periods but also including two postponed matches from week one. I've also included round 20 fixtures which are sandwiched between the two.

ROUND 19

Tuesday 12th January
Sheffield Utd v Newcastle 6
Burnley v Manchester Utd 8.15
Wolves v Everton 8.15

Wednesday 13th January
Manchester City v Brighton 6
Aston Villa v Tottenham - now postponed
Tottenham v Fulham 8.15

Thursday 14th January
Arsenal v Crystal Palace 8

(Next come the Round 20 set - see later)

ROUND 19 CONTINUED
Tuesday 19th January
West Ham v WBA 6
Leicester v Chelsea 8.15 - possibility of change to 20th

Wednesday 20th January
Leeds v Southampton 6
Fulham v Manchester Utd 8.15
Manchester City v Aston Villa 8.15

Thursday 21st January
Liverpool v Burnley 8

ROUND 20

Friday 15th January
No game - moved to Saturday 16th October

Saturday 16th January
Wolves v WBA 12.30
Leeds v Brighton 3
West Ham v Burnley 3
Fulham v Chelsea 5.30
Leicester v Southampton 8

Sunday 17th January
Aston Villa v Everton 12
Sheffield Utd v Tottenham 2
Liverpool v Manchester Utd 4.30
Manchester City v Crystal Palace 7.15

Monday 18th January
Arsenal v Newcastle 8

Changes to fixtures amended. Correct as at 6pm Monday 11th January.

Whether you want to do them all at once or piecemeal - either way is OK for me.

Fixture congestion? Pah, I laugh in the face of fixture congestion. Now starting to sound like something off Monty Python and the Holy Grail / Spamalot!

Good luck everyone, and watch out for the killer rabbits (aka Chorley or Crawley).

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