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"BALL UP!" - Val's 2018 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*
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suzysunshine7
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Jun 16, 2018 01:54PM
It is often far more about shrewd politics than it simply being just about money when rather strange and unexpected things seem to happen these days?
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christ, you're deep! :)yeah, could well be they're under a haircut embargo! it would appear they've spent more time in the barber's than the training pitch (it's the old adage - elaborate haircuts and many tattoos = too much dead time! biggest disappointment so far!
The Nigerians were hopeless! Wasn't exactly a shining performance from the Croats either, but they didn't need to do much to win, did they?! Be interesting to see how they fair against Argentina...who will no doubt be PO'd from their first match! Felt sorry for the poor old Peruvian team..they pretty much threw the kitchen sink at the Danes, to get a goal...but just couldn't finish off.
I'm so deep I always have to wear Water Wings ;o>
TheFoe wrote: "I agree with you Duke. I'd like to think that it was a genuine score line but I'm a little bit suspicious."Well, not sure how well Egypt will fair, depends if Salah is going to play or not...but even if Russia does win...I'd expect 1, mayber 2 goal difference, no more. Uruguay ought to beat Russia. But Russia only needs one more game..and they'll go through easily.
suzysunshine7 wrote: "Ohhh? - is there some Football Matches being played? ;o>"Yeh, 'fraid so Suzy..just a little thing, called the World Cup!
Ohhh? - is that all? ... (*giggles*) ;o>
Tech wrote: "christ, you're deep! :)yeah, could well be they're under a haircut embargo! it would appear they've spent more time in the barber's than the training pitch (it's the old adage - elaborate haircut..."
Yeh I noticed that...all those 'white' crew cuts....just looked weird!
Well the most entertaining game to date has to been the Spain v Portugal match..that had everything in it...and whilst I loathe the now convicted Ronaldo...gotta hand it to him, gebus..can he kick goals or what?!Do you think he's even remotely bothered by that fine he's gotta pay? He must be earning that annually, anyway!
probably got that much in his back pocket! an arrogant individual who lacks endearing qualities he might be, but by the beard of allah, he's an extraordinary fitba' player!
Can't help wonder why so many of these top players..are sooo unlikable..off the pitch?! Okay...quite a lot of players are unlikable off the pitch, that seems to be par with being a footy player..but Ronaldo, Messi, Costa and others like 'em...just ramp up the loathing to another level!
I see Serbia have fielded two players with the surname milenkovic - praying that at least one of them is known as 'skinny' :)
Well then..i'll just congratulate the Scottish rasta one...as he only got the full house didn't he! Well done mate..and to Nick and Grizzly too!I'm so peeved off with the Suns..what the blazes happened to them in the last quarter? Decided they had enough and wanted their beds, by the look of things!
I've been missing in action again. While "other granny" is having a much-deserved holiday, I am on Monday child-minding duties for the month of June. So I've been going over there on Sunday nights and staying over so C gets a full day's work done on Mondays. So last night we were having a great dinner in ye olde Spottiswoode Arms and watching the very tight game on the big screen there:Geelong Cats (awaiting MC) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
4.2.26 (Q1) 1.5.11
5.5.35 (Q2) 5.7.37
8.7.55 (Q3) 8.8.56
9.11.65 (Q4) 12.11.83
Val wrote: "I've been missing in action again ... last night we were having a great dinner in ye olde Spottiswoode Arms and watching the very tight game on the big screen there"I wanna go missing in action too! - do they need Babysitter for any other night of the week, Val? It'd be a bit of Journey there and back again, admittedly, but I've got my Concessionary Bus Pass at the ready ;o>
Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:Round 13 (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)
Tech on 6 (40)
Foe on 5 (9)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 5 (13)
Val on 5 (30)
RedJohn on 5 (32)
SussexWelsh on 5 (33)
Blastro on 5 (38)
Lez on 4 (14)
Duke on 4 (18)
David on 4 (23)
Grizzly on 4 (32)
Anita on 4 (38)
Philip on 2 (19)
Deano on 2 (39)
Suzy on 1 (70)
Charity donations are:
Grizzly (Red Nose) - $6.00 (highest score - Port 132)
Foe (Launch Housing) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Tech (Oscar's Law) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)
CUMULATIVE LADDER:
Tech on 79 (304)
SussexWelsh on 78 (368)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 76 (353)
Duke on 75 (325)
Blastro on 75 (327)
Lez on 74 (462)
Val on 73 (317)
RedJohn on 72 (500)
Anita on 70 (420)
David on 68 (335)
Foe on 67 (544)
Deano on 66 (498)
Philip on 63 (503)
Grizzly on 53 (455)
Suzy on 36 (502)
Congratulations to all the winners. Tech has managed a 1 point break on Sussex but watch out for Steve (the 2012 winner) slowly making his way up the ladder!
And do check your scores please!
ANOTHER THURSDAY NIGHT GAME THIS WEEK!!!!!!AND BE WARNED, THERE WILL BE THURSDAY NIGHT GAMES FOR ANOTHER THREE WEEKS AFTER THIS WEEK!!!
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:
Thursday June 21
West Coast Eagles v Essendon Bombers (in Perth)
Friday, June 22
Port Power v Melbourne Demons (in Adelaide)
Saturday, June 23
Hawthorn Hawks v Gold Coast Suns (in Tasmania)
Brisbane Lions v GWS Giants (in Brisbane)
Western Bulldogs v North Melbourne Kangaroos (in Melbourne)
Sunday, June 24
Collingwood Magpies v Carlton Blues (in Melbourne)
If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY June 20 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.45am THURSDAY June 21 (your time) if absolutely necessary.
YAYYY!!! - Congratulations tech! ... x ;o>And very well-punted indeed Grizzly and Nick ... x x
suzysunshine7 wrote: "I wanna go missing in action too! - do they need Babysitter for any other night of the week, Val? It'd be a bit of Journey there and back again, admittedly, but I've got my Concessionary Bus Pass at the ready ;o> ..."You might just get here in time for his 18th birthday!! I've been travelling by train and it's taken me forever - our line has been pretty much out of action for 22 months but today was the grand re-opening of our local station and it looks fab. Unfortunately, there are no lifts or escalators yet (in order to remove level-crossings, the line is now elevated), just 6 banks of 10 steps each - okay going down but you wouldn't be in a hurry going up. The State Government has been bribing us weary travellers over the last 2 years with pizza, ice-cream, muesli bars, bottled water, chocolate bars, etc. Today I got a £2.50 voucher for any of the four local cafes plus 2 bags of 12 chocolate bars!
Had to laugh when our State premier put a post up on FaceBook saying:
The last time Murrumbeena Road didn't have a level-crossing, the light bulb hadn't been invented.
The last time Murrumbeena Road didn't have a level-crossing, the zip fastener hadn't been invented.
The last time Murrumbeena Road didn't have a level-crossing, the ballpoint pen hadn't been invented.
To which some wag responded, "You mean to say folk were walking around in the dark with their flies undone and they couldn't even write a letter to complain about it?"
Anyway, despite all the upheaval, I'm one very happy camper with the end result.
Val wrote: "To which some wag responded, "You mean to say folk were walking around in the dark with their flies undone and they couldn't even write a letter to complain about it?"... ! ... I'm crying with laughter here!!! ... HA HA HA HA HA!!! ;o>
Gotta agree re that Russia result. I mean the Russian team were bloody terrible, yet still managed to knock in five goals. Look at it this way - when was the last time a team ranked, not just as low as Russia, but even outside the top 20, won by that margin in a World Cup match? Somebody's gonna come up with one now and make me look a prat! : )The look on Vlad's face said it all after the first goal when he shook the hand of the Saudi head of state or whoever it was in attendance. It just had "Nice one!" written all over it.
Everyone thinks everything in the garden is rosy since Septic Blatter and Platini were outed but FIFA and UEFA are both still bent as nine bob notes s'far as I'm concerned.
Better get my results in before I forget after tonight's quadrennial torture session! ⚽West Coast Eagles #38
Port Power
Hawthorn Hawks
GWS Giants
North Melbourne Kangar🏈🏈s
Collingwood Magpies
blastro - most of the world cup blether is going on over at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...do join us so we can all have a laugh at england in the one place - easier on val, who probably has to sift thru' all our nonsense to get her aussie business undertaken!
anyway, where were we, oh yeah, yay!!!me, finally got that bi-locational joker off my back! :)eagles by 23
power
hawks
giants
kangaroos
PIaye, aye, ayES!
cheers val, good luck y'all, even sussex, and steve (i'm watching you!) :)
Ok cheers Tech. I only check out a new thread every once in a blue moon so am generally unaware of most discussions that take place. Yes, I'll no doubt have some nasty things to say concerning England and their inevitable inept performances. Will probably give The Southgoat a bit of a break tho as he's probably doing his best- in his own rather steady way - to knock a bit of pride and passion into the team. Even a bit of imagination in the last third of the field to go along with the possession that they obviously work so hard on? Not sure we're gonna see any of the above but hey, one can hope....I shall put any further rants to the thread you've just brought to my attention and leave this one (sorry Val) for what it's meant for.
Nice one.
Please everyone, feel free to chat about the World Cup here if you want to. The hours of the telecast here are a bit unsociable but I'm trying to catch bits and pieces whenever I can. It's hard not to get involved every four years.
Val wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "I wanna go missing in action too! - do they need Babysitter for any other night of the week, Val? It'd be a bit of Journey there and back again, admittedly, but I've got my Co..."Seems to be a very odd way of bribing the travellers Val? Giving all that junk food away, and then they expect the punters to climb stairs! :)
Blastronaut Mk2 wrote: "Gotta agree re that Russia result. I mean the Russian team were bloody terrible, yet still managed to knock in five goals. Look at it this way - when was the last time a team ranked, not just as lo..."Yep! Something very odd is happening in this world cup..most of the top teams are struggling to take out the lower ranking ones...even the Belgies are struggling to push out the Panamanians!
Edit: ah...scratch that..Belgium have just scored a goal! Still..they ain't been that inspiring today.
theDuke wrote: "Seems to be a very odd way of bribing the travellers Val? Giving all that junk food away, and then they expect the punters to climb stairs! :)"Ohhh, I dunno? - I'm not sure if I'd actually manage to do it? - but I think that I'd certainly object a lot less to having to climb up 6 flights of Stairs if there was a free sweet treat waiting for me ;o>
I was thinking of getting my double buggy two beasties and gear up 6 flights of stairs.🚉Eagles by 47
Power
Hawks
Giants
Roos
Pies
Despite being a goal down, Morocco giving Ronaldo and Co plenty to think about at the moment.My picks...
WCE 27
Port
Hawthorn
GWS
N Melbourne
Collingwood
Well done to Port for achieving such a high score and netting me A$6.00 for my charity, and to Tech and Foe :)
For this week, I'm gonna say:
Bombers by 19
Demons
Suns
Lions
Kangaroos
Blues
Good luck everyone :)
For this week, I'm gonna say:
Bombers by 19
Demons
Suns
Lions
Kangaroos
Blues
Good luck everyone :)
Tech wrote: "blastro - most of the world cup blether is going on over at https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...do ..."
Didn't realize yer link was to the old Premiere League punt site Tech, tho with it being off-season, they'll surely not mind me intruding for a while?
I don't spend a lot of time online at the minute so my posting'll be to a minimum I'd imagine in any case.
Eagles 43Power
Hawks
Giants
Roos
Pies
Thanks Val
that's what i was thinking, blastro, fill in time before next season starts. you for punting on the fitba' when it resumes?
West Coast x 32Port Power
Hawthorn
GWS
North Melbourne
Collingwood
Eagles x33DEMONS
Hawks
Giants
Roos
Magpies
Thanks Val. :-)
..
Eagles by 52
Power
Hawks
Giants
Kangaroos
Magpies
I almost went to Bed already and then I suddenly remembered I had forgotten to punt ;o> ...Bombers by 13
Demons
SUNS
Lions
Bulldogs
Blues
Game On! - and Good Luck Everyone! ;o>
Eagles x 15Power
Hawks
Giants
Roos
Pies
Ta Val.
Well then ..... me risky punts ain't been paying off of late..tryin' to stem the all the newly sprung holes in me sinking dingy! So....gonna play it safe this week. That said, the way these things play out..I wouldn't be at all surprised if GG and Suzy come out on top this week! Now then...where's me stash of corks gone?! :)Eagles - 35
Port
Hawks
GIANTS
Roos
Pies
Anyhoo...good luck...to whomever gets the closest margin then...bit one sided this week, ain' it!
Just Deano & Val left to come
Eagles 41Power
Hawks
Giants
Roos
Pies
Thanks for the nudge Val, good luck everyone.
My tips:Eagles x 19
Dees (in a vain attempt to be different; surprised that it seems the Dees are favourites to win!!)
Hawks
Giants
Roos
Pies
Good luck all - and good luck to the Socceroos tonight against the Danes!
theDuke wrote: "Well then ..... me risky punts ain't been paying off of late..tryin' to stem the all the newly sprung holes in me sinking dingy! So....gonna play it safe this week. That said, the way these things play out..I wouldn't be at all surprised if GG and Suzy come out on top this week! Now then...where's me stash of corks gone?! :)"So how many people picked Essendon?? Oh yes, it was just the two, Suzy and GG.
West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
0.1.1 (Q1) 6.2.38
Mind you, the Bombers are still capable of losing.
I'm betting Duke is calling for swabs all round.
Val said: "Mind you, the Bombers are still capable of losing."
LA LA LAAAA!! I'm not listening :)
LA LA LAAAA!! I'm not listening :)
... LA LA LAAAA!!! I'm not listening either ;o>
Half-time score:West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
0.1.1 (Q1) 6.2.38
1.6.12 (Q1) 8.4.52
oh, i'm listening! oh yes, i'm ******* listening! :)
Some Half-time snacks to keep us all going ;o> ...
... and yes, Duke! - I know it isn't an AFL Stadium! - but I'm hungry!!! ;o>
