"BALL UP!" - Val's 2018 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone* Showing 551-600 of 1,542

[Lez]

Blastronaut Mk2 wrote: "RIP Brendan Ingle. Little Irish fella who really put Sheffield on the map of world boxing with that unmistakable low hands switch-hitting style. Trained at least four world champs and then some who..."

I met him a couple of times, a nice friendly man, very enthusiastic! He came to my library ( just down the road) with Bomber Graham for a writing project - Bomber had written a poem! It was a Saturday and he was surrounded by dozens of small boys.

[Blastronaut]

Soft spoken fella wasn't he, Bomber Graham? I remember mates taking the pee outta his 'camp' voice but he was, as far as I'm concerned, quite a fighter. One of - if not the - best British pugilists never to win a world title.
If my dodgy memory serves me correctly, Bomber used to do these public workouts where people paid to get in the ring and try to knock him over - or maybe even simply land a punch on him - whilst his hands were tied behind his back!! Made a lot of money for charity doing this, as nobody could touch him, such were his incredible reflexes and foot-speed. What a guy.
D'ya ever witness any of these events Lez?

[Lez]

No, I’ve never been interested in boxing but I heard about them. Bomber was very well liked, unlike Naseem Hamed, the less said about him the better. Never met him but he had a monstrous crowd of nephews who used to run riot in the children’s library, terrorising the decent kids.

[Val]

Apologies for being AWOL this weekend. That's what happens when family descends on you unexpectedly. Six extra adults, one grandchild and three dogs led to a welter of cooking, dishes, making up beds, moving stuff away from small hands etc. Just getting back to normal now. Who knew three dogs could produce so much shit!

Friday night's result:

Collingwood Magpies (Tech) v Western Bulldogs (Blastro)
1.1.7 (Q1) 5.2.32
5.3.33 (Q2) 8.3.51
9.8.62 (Q3) 8.5.53
13.12.90 (Q4) 8.7.55

Saturday's results:

Richmond Tigers (Philip) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
3.3.21 (Q1) 2.0.12
6.4.40 (Q2) 4.3.27
10.9.69 (Q3) 9.5.59
15.15.105 (Q4) 12.5.77

Brisbane Lions (David) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
2.2.14 (Q1) 3.0.18
2.3.15 (Q2) 5.3.33
4.7.31 (Q3) 8.6.54
6.13.49 (Q4) 10.7.67

Geelong Cats (awaiting MC) v Carlton Blues (RedJohn)
4.0.24 (Q1) 2.1.13
5.3.33 (Q2) 2.7.19
7.5.47 (Q3) 4.11.35
11.7.73 (Q4) 5.15.45

Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
2.3.15 (Q1) 5.2.32
5.6.36 (Q2) 7.3.45
7.9.51 (Q3) 8.8.56
8.12.60 (Q4) 14.11.95

Today's results so far:

Hawthorn Hawks (unwanted) v West Coast Eagles (Sussex)
3.1.19 (Q1) 3.2.20
6.3.39 (Q2) 6.3.39
8.6.54 (Q3) 9.6.60
9.6.60 (Q4) 11.9.75

And yes, I took out the $6 for closest margin on Friday night. Go me!

[Val]

There's a massacre currently taking place in Darwin - the Demons obviously like it hot!

[Craig White]

val, you've no need to apologize, nae time, never! :)

[Val]

Last two games today:

Melbourne Demons (TheFoe) v Adelaide Crows (Deano)
6.1.37 (Q1) 3.1.19
12.2.74 (Q2) 4.2.26
18.6.114 (Q3) 5.4.34
23.8.146 (Q4) 8.7.55

Fremantle Dockers (unwanted) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
3.4.22 (Q1) 1.8.14
5.5.35 (Q2) 4.12.36
6.8.44 (3) 7.13.55
8.10.58 (Q4) 12.14.86

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 10 (first number is correct number of wins - you want this to be high; number in brackets is the cumulative margin which is used to separate punters on the same amount of points - you want this to be low)

Lez on 7 (8)
RedJohn on 7 (20)
Val on 6 (3)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 6 (4)
SussexWelsh on 6 (5)
David on 6 (8)
Deano on 6 (18)
Foe on 6 (49)
Blastro on 5 (10)
Duke on 5 (12)
Tech on 5 (18)
Philip on 4 (11)
Anita on 4 (47)
Grizzly on 3 (44)
Suzy on 2 (56)

Charity donations are:

Foe (Launch Housing) - $6.00 (highest score - Demons 159)
Val (Beyond The Orphanage) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Lez (Alzheimer’s Australia) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

SussexWelsh on 62 (277)
Tech on 61 (226)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 60 (265)
Duke on 60 (276)
Lez on 59 (378)
Blastro on 58 (251)
Val on 57 (275)
RedJohn on 56 (435)
Anita on 54 (361)
Deano on 54 (416)
David on 52 (304)
Foe on 52 (421)
Philip on 50 (432)
Grizzly on 43 (382)
Suzy on 30 (382)

Congratulations to Lez and RedJohn for picking 7 this week. Lez takes out the weekly prize for her charity - well done!! Foe's Demons could do no wrong in the Top End and have massively boosted their percentage. Sussex has turned the tables on tech (for this week anyway) in the cumulated ladder. Thanks everyone! - and check those scores!!

[Val]

If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladder

Next week's fixtures are:

Friday, June 1
Sydney Swans v Carlton Blues (in Sydney)

Saturday, June 2
Western Bulldogs v Melbourne Demons (in Melbourne)
Hawthorn Hawks v Port Power (in Tasmania)
Gold Coast Suns v Geelong Cats (on the Gold Coast)
Essendon Bombers v Richmond Tigers (in Melbourne)
West Coast Eagles v St Kilda Saints (in Perth)

Sunday, June 3
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Brisbane Lions (in Melbourne)
Collingwood Magpies v Fremantle Dockers (in Melbourne)
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants (in Adelaide)

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight THURSDAY May 31 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.45am FRIDAY June 1 (your time) if absolutely necessary.

[Sj]

Val wrote: "Fremantle Dockers (unwanted) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
3.4.22 (Q1) 1.8.14
5.5.35 (Q2) 4.12.36
6.8.44 (3) 7.13.55
8.10.58 (Q4) 12.14.86 "

Blast! My Roos let me down.....They won :~/

[Val]

I don't want to put the moz on them but gee, you have to love watching them - especially Ben Brown - his smile just makes me happy. And can he kick a goal or two!

[TheFoe]

Go Demons, third in the table with their 5th successive victory, something they haven't achieved since 2006! :-) Well done Lez and RedJohn too!

[Lez]

Val wrote: "I don't want to put the moz on them but gee, you have to love watching them - especially Ben Brown - his smile just makes me happy. And can he kick a goal or two!

"

Ah, that is a lovely smile, what a sweetie!

[Craig White]

Ben Brown?

ewww! shirley temple grew up a minger, did she no? :)

SussexWelsh?

i'm pig sick o' this guy! :)

[TheFoe]

I think Ben Brown looks a bit like Jason Donovan.

[suzysunshine7]

YAYYY!!! - Congratulations Lez Lee! ... x ;o>

And very well punted Val and Nick! ... x x

[suzysunshine7]

TheFoe wrote: "I think Ben Brown looks a bit like Jason Donovan"

... with Alan Davies Hair ;o>

[theDuke]

Congrats to Lez, Red John & Foe....some more surprising upsets again. Demons can do no wrong currently..and there are worrying signs that all is not well in the Crows camp! Even the fated Bombers seem to have found their groove now, but is it too little too late?

And as for my Giants...well...I think they are finished for this season...they are too injury riddled, for them to regain any decent position..so not holding any hope for them now. Even Carlton could beat them now.

EDIT: Anita got 4, Suzy got 2. Anita should be on 54, but Suzy overall score is correct at 30.

[theDuke]

TheFoe wrote: "I think Ben Brown looks a bit like Jason Donovan."

With that hair?!

[SussexWelsh]

Tech wrote: "Ben Brown?

ewww! shirley temple grew up a minger, did she no? :)

SussexWelsh?

i'm pig sick o' this guy! :)"

Me too :-)

[theDuke]

And so again, I jump in first....

Swans - 55
Demons (another massacre to come?)
Power (tight..Hawks love a game at their 2nd home, Port is well rested..could swing either way.)
Cats (Don't think the home advantage will help things much for the Suns, but they do have a good record against the Cats in past games..possible upset of the week?)
Tigers
Eagles
Kangaroos
Magpies
Crows (Neither teams are doing well atm, but the home team ought to bag this one on their turf..didn't I say this last week of GWS? Gulp!)

[Craig White]

okeedokee,

swans by 23
demons
hawks
cats
tigers
eagles
kangaroos
PIES!
crows

cheers val, good luck y'all, 'cept sussexbloodywelsh! :)

[Val]

theDuke wrote: "EDIT: Anita got 4, Suzy got 2. Anita should be on 54, but Suzy overall score is correct at 30...."

Thanks Duke, I've amended the weekly and cumulated leader boards above.

[Blastronaut]

Lez wrote: "No, I’ve never been interested in boxing but I heard about them. Bomber was very well liked, unlike Naseem Hamed, the less said about him the better. Never met him but he had a monstrous crowd of n..."

Yep, Naz was a proper... err, prat. The word 'prat' just don't do it for someone like Hamed but I'll keep the naughty words that do him justice to meself. Very talented fighter with a punch like a mule-kick but what a horrid person. He was arrogance multiplied by google-something or other - my knowledge of large (any?) numbers is somewhat limited. : )
A prime example of somebody letting their own hype go to their head.

[Anita]

Mine
SWANS by 47
Demons
Power
Cats
Tigers
Eagles
Roos
Magpies
Crows.

[Blastronaut]

Sydney 29
Melbourne
Hawthorn
Geelong
Richmond
WCE
N Melbourne
Collingwood
Adelaide

[David]

Swans 34
Demons
Hawks
Cats
Tigers
Eagles
Roos
Magpies
Crows

[Lez]

Swans 43
Demons
Port
Cats
Tigers
Eagles
Roos
Pies
Crows

Thanks Val

[[deleted user]]

Blues by 10
Demons
Power
Suns
Bombers
Eagles
Lions
Dockers
Crows

Well done to last weeks winners and good luck to everyone for this week :)

[Philip]

Sydney x 60
Melbourne
Port Power
Geelong
Richmond
West Coast
North Melbourne
Collingwood
Adelaide

[Sj]

Sydney Swans #61

Melbourne Demons
Port Power
Geelong Cats
Richmond Tigers
West Coast Eagles

North Melbourne Kangar👀s
Collingwood Magpies
Adelaide Crows

edit.....Haha Philip! You don't stand a chance this week with predictions like that :)

[RedJohn]

Swans x 35
Demons
Power
Cats
Tigers
Eagles
Roos
Pies
Crows

Ta lots Val.

[SussexWelsh]

.
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Swans by 63
Demons
Hawks
Cats
Tigers
Eagles
Kangaroos
Magpies
Crows

[suzysunshine7]

Blues by 13
Bulldogs
Hawks
SUNS
Bombers
Saints
Lions
Dockers
Giants

Game On! - and Good Luck Everyone! ;o>

[Dean]

Swans 41
Demons
Power
Cats
Tigers
Eagles
Roos
Pies
CROOOOWWWWSSSS

Cheers Val

[Val]

My tips:

Swans x 37
Dees
Hawks
Suns
Dons
Eagles
Roos
Pies
Crows

Go you Bombers!!! Big night tomorrow night. This week is the week when the AFL celebrates its Indigenous players and as has happened since 2007, fans from both Richmond and Essendon (usually around 20,000 people) will gather at Federation Square in the heart of Melbourne and walk to the MCG for the Dreamtime at the 'G game. It's always a spectacular night of indigenous culture and well worth listening in to if it is broadcast.

See a few minutes from last year's game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIwyC...

[Val]

It's a big deal - really!!

Dreamtime at the 'G and Long Walk running sheet

4.00pm Curtain-raiser Rio Tinto Cup commences
5.25pm Curtain-raiser concludes
6:10pm Long Walk arrives
6.20pm Sir Doug Nicholls Round ceremony commences
6.30pm Dreamtime at the 'G cultural performance, featuring the music of Spinifex Gum, Marliya of Gondwana Choirs, and internationally renowned indigenous rapper, Briggs
7.03pm Nathan Lovett-Murray Marngrook ball presentation to umpires
7.04pm Essendon FC enters
7.07pm Richmond FC enters
7.18pm Teams and umpires to be in position for Dreamtime dance
7:23pm Coin toss by Ngarra Murray, Sir Doug Nicholls' great-granddaughter
7.25pm Match starts

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Sydney Swans (Anita) v Carlton Blues (RedJohn)
3.5.23 (Q1) 3.1.19
5.7.37 (Q2) 6.2.38
10.9.69 (Q3) 6.6.42
13.13.91 (Q4) 9.7.61

I've been out tonight, just home now and surprised that Carlton led at half time but just couldn't go on with it. So well done Blastro (Swans x 29) - another $6.00 for Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation.

[suzysunshine7]

Ohhh hecky-thump!!! ... has Nick missed out on his Punt?!! ;o<

I hate the idea of bothering folk as they may just be very busy, or biding their time and haven't forgotten at all - but I so very nearly sent him a Reminder late last night, and then didn't, and I really wish that I had now ;o<

EDIT : Hurray! - He will be along later after his Tea ;o>

[theDuke]

Aye...Nick must be busy sampling more of the products at the Brewery!
*hic!* :)

Congrats Blastro...I thought the Swans would've given the Blues a right ol' pasting...seems the Blues weren't going to be the push overs they appear to be....a glimmering sign, that they maybe getting their act together now?

[suzysunshine7]

YAYYY! - Congratulations Blastro! ... x ;o>

[TheFoe]

Hi Val, sorry I missed Friday's punt I completely forgot until it was too late. If you'll accept the remaining ones, I'd appreciate it.

Demons
Hawks
Cats
Tigers
Eagles
Roos
Magpies
Crows

Thanks, (sorry just woken up having fallen asleep on my chair, and a bit disorientated).

[suzysunshine7]

I hope you finished your Tea first, Nick? ;o>

[Val]

No worries Nick, your tips are on.

Today/night's results:

Western Bulldogs (Blastro) v Melbourne Demons (TheFoe)
3.3.21 (Q1) 2.1.13
4.6.30 (Q2) 7.4.46
6.8.44 (Q3) 11.7.73
7.9.51 (Q4) 15.10.100

Hawthorn Hawks (unwanted) v Port Adelaide Power (Grizzlygrump)
1.2.8 (Q1) 5.2.32
5.3.33 (Q2) 5.2.33
7.7.49 (Q3) 6.6.42
9.10.64 (Q4) 9.7.61

Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v Geelong Cats (awaiting MC)
2.4.16 (Q1) 3.5.23
2.5.16 (Q2) 10.11.71
4.11.35 (Q3) 13.15.93
4.12.36 (Q4) 17.19.121

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
1.3.9 (Q1) 5.4.34
4.5.29 (Q2) 9.6.60
5.6.36 (Q3) 15.10.100
6.7.43 (Q4) 17.12.114

West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
5.0.30 (Q1) 2.1.13
10.1.61 (Q2) 5.3.33
15.3.93 (Q3) 7.3.45
16.5.101 (Q4) 14.4.88

[TheFoe]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "I hope you finished your Tea first, Nick? ;o>"

It was ribs and triple cooked chips Suzy, would have been messy if I hadn't! ;-)

Cheers Val!

[theDuke]

Damn..so close...so so close...Port was ahead with just minutes left on the clock...then them pesky Hawks just inched ahead in the dying seconds. Cracking game though. So far, all the Favs are winning...could be a few players getting full houses for the first time this season....not me though...I tipped bladdy Port din I!

Is there nobody to rein in Sussex & Tech? They're just too good at these games! :)

[suzysunshine7]

Hey? - what about me? ... it takes exceptional skill and astounding talent to stay at the very bottom of the Table, you know? ... Hee, Hee, Hee!!! ;o>

[theDuke]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "Hey? - what about me? ... it takes exceptional skill and astounding talent to stay at the very bottom of the Table, you know? ... Hee, Hee, Hee!!! ;o>"

Oh I don't think you're in any danger of losing that cake trolley Suzy! :) Save us an éclair will ya darling...cheers! :)

[suzysunshine7]

Anything with Cream - in it or on it - is all yours, Poppet ;o>

[theDuke]

Oooo..fabby dabba doo...I'll have a bowl of profiteroles too then! Very naughty..but sooooo nice! :-)