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"BALL UP!" - Val's 2018 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*
YAYYY!!! - Congratulations Sj!!! ;o>I wonder what tech's reaction will be when he gets home from his Holidays?!! ;oO
Congrats to Steve, Phil & Anita.Just checked and aside from a full house achieved during the bye weeks, that's the first two players to get a proper full house this season! Nicely done chaps...….if only I'd gone with my instincts and punted the Swans!
Well, the top places are safe between Tech and Steve..but who'll get 3rd place? Sussex, me..or even Anita now has a decent chance! :-)
suzysunshine7 wrote: "YAYYY!!! - Congratulations Sj!!! ;o>I wonder what tech's reaction will be when he gets home from his Holidays?!! ;oO"
A Squeaky bum?! :)
here we go, good luck steve! (aye right!) :)power by 17
cats
tigers
PIES!
crows
swans
eagles
demons
kangaroos
cheers val
Power x13Cats
Tigers
Magpies
Hawks
Crows
Eagles
Demons
Roos
Sod it, I might as well have c&p'd Tech's punt! Go Deeeees!!
Power 43Cats
Tigers
Magpies
Hawks
Crows
Eagles
Giants
Roos
Thanks Val
FoeYou’ve mixed up your birdies, - Swans are playing Hawks so you can’t have both, and you’ve missed the Blues/Crows match. ;-)
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Bombers by 11
Cats
Tigers
Magpies
Swans
Crows
Eagles
Demons
Kangaroos
Lez wrote: "FoeYou’ve mixed up your birdies, - Swans are playing Hawks so you can’t have both, and you’ve missed the Blues/Crows match. ;-)"
Thanks Lez, and cheers for the e-mail. :-)
My head's not in the right place at the moment. I had a weird turn on Monday night as I was driving. All of a sudden the road started spinning, exactly as if you were to run around in a circle very fast and then stop. Fortunately I was a few seconds away from my wife's house and I managed to navigate the car into her drive. Luckily as well was the fact that my daughter turned up at the same time, so I got her to get my wife. I couldn't stand up straight as everything was spinning. When I got to her bed there was no change and to cut a very long story short, having seen my doctor yesterday it turned out I have Labrynthitis more commonly known as vertigo. I also have high blood pressure, so I'm going in for blood tests next Tuesday. Did scare the hell out of me at the time as I didn't know what was going on. :-(
Ohhh Nick?! - I hope you feel better very soon and all of the Tests come back okay ... x x x
TheFoe wrote: "Lez wrote: "FoeYou’ve mixed up your birdies, - Swans are playing Hawks so you can’t have both, and you’ve missed the Blues/Crows match. ;-)"
Thanks Lez, and cheers for the e-mail. :-)
My head's..."
That must’ve been really scary, Nick. Hope they can fix it. I’ve had extreme dizziness for over 2 years and my doctor thought that was what I had but my symptoms don’t fit. I think someone else on here had it, possibly Jemma?
Power 10Cats
Tigers
Magpies
Swans
Crows
Eagles
Demons
Roos
Good luck and good health everyone. Thanks Val for all your hard work
Sorry to hear about your vertigo Nick. That would have been a terrifying experience while driving. I hope the blood tests lead to a useful treatment and that you are able to get the vertigo under control. Stay healthy everyone!!!
Thanks guys. :-) I hope your dizziness isn't anything serious Lez, I know a lot of the time it can be an imbalance to do with your ears.
Foe - there'll probably put ya on Propranolol (Beta Blockers) or something similar. That's what I'm on for high blood pressure. No bother and no side effects or owt. Horrid experience ya had tho. Glad yer ok.Hey, take it easy bud, ya know where I am if ya wanna chat
My punt
Essendon 19
Geelong
Richmond
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Adelaide
WCE
Melbourne
N Melbourne
Cheers Val
Cheers Blastro appreciate that mate, the doctor did mention Beta blockers but was curious to know what was causing it. Had my blood pressure taken again today, 150/100, and again tomorrow to get a mean average. Only bummer is I can't drink alcohol with the anti vertigo tablets. :-(
Essendon x 9Geelong
Richmond
Collingwood
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Brisbane
Melbourne
North Melbourne
Essendon Bombers #10Geelong Cats
Richmond Tigers
Collingwood Magpies
Hawthorn Hawks
Adelaide Crows
West Coast Eagles
Melbourne Demons
North Melbourne Kangaroos
Foe, hope things improve. Take it easy.Bombers x 11
Cats
Tigers
Pies
Crows
Swans
Eagles
Demons
Roos
Okay then, last roll of the dice..again one or two tight ones to predict. Given the history between the Swans & Hawks & how tight their matches are..i wouldn't be at all surprised if this game ends in a draw. Also, can the injury racked Giants hold their own against the Dees? The Gs history suggests yes...but I dunno, maybe not this time….& I wonder which game will produce the upset? Who knows?! :-)Bombers - 7
Cats
Tigers
Maggies
Hawks
Crows
Eagles
Demons
Roos
Game on.....good luck folks! :)
PS Hope you're feeling better now Nick....had a few dizzy spells in my time, myself..but I get the opposite problem than you've got, low blood pressure....so the dizziness tends to occur when I stand my lanky frame up too quickly! Take it easy bud.
Power x 21SUNS
Bulldogs
Dockers
Swans
Blues
Lions
Giants
Saints
Game On! - and Good Luck Everyone! ;o>
Power by 9
Cats
Bulldogs
Dockers
Swans
Blues
Eagles
Demons
Saints
Well done to Anita and Steve in the previous round and good luck to everyone for this one :)
Cats
Bulldogs
Dockers
Swans
Blues
Eagles
Demons
Saints
Well done to Anita and Steve in the previous round and good luck to everyone for this one :)
Just Anita, Dean and host's punts to come.
Mine:Port x 8
Cats
Tigers
Pies
Hawks
Crows
Eagles
Dees
North
Good luck everyone!
Lez wrote: "Congrats to Suzy!"?
SussexWelsh wrote: "Lez wrote: "Congrats to Suzy!"?"
Oops, right margin, wrong team! 🤬
? ! ... what was it I'm now not being congratulated about? - LOL! ... ? ! ;o>
Lez wrote: "SussexWelsh wrote: "Lez wrote: "Congrats to Suzy!"?"
Oops, right margin, wrong team! 🤬"
Thought so :-D
Well I've only just got home so I missed all the excitement (or non-excitement in Suzy's case)Tonight's result:
Port Adelaide Power (Grizzly) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
1.1.7 (Q1) 6.4.40
5.6.36 (Q2) 9.7.61
9.7.61 (Q3) 15.8.98
13.11.89 (Q4) 17.9.111
Great to see my lads going out on a high and leading all evening. I thought Port (always strong at home) would come back hard after last week's defeat, but not so. The winner of the closest margin is Blastro (Dons by 19) so $6.00 wends its way to Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation. Well done that man!
Damn!!
Nearly made myself late for work getting my punt in last night, forgot to put the bin out on the way to work so that hasn't been emptied and then my team lose!
That's three lots of bad so now, hopefully, I'm due some good fortune :)
Well done Blastro :)
Nearly made myself late for work getting my punt in last night, forgot to put the bin out on the way to work so that hasn't been emptied and then my team lose!
That's three lots of bad so now, hopefully, I'm due some good fortune :)
Well done Blastro :)
YAYYY!!! - Congratulations Blastro! ;o>
Congratulations Blastro! Dean & Anita gorn AWOL it seems. Mind you..Anita might be suffering from sugar hangover from the twins b'day do! :)
Well done Blastro! I’m furious with myself. I’d written Bombers on my bit of paper but posted Port. C & p strikes again :-(
Hi Val,I know I've missed the first first game and maybe more.I'll punt and hope that not too many have been played
Cats
Tigers
Dockers
SWANS
Crows
Eagles
Demons
Roos
Sorry I thought I'd punted already ,busy week.
Today/tonight's results:Geelong Cats (awaiting MC) v Gold Coast Suns (Suzy)
4.6.30 (Q1) 2.1.13
12.8.80 (Q2) 3.2.20
17.8.110 (Q3) 4.8.32
22.10.142 (Q4) 5.10.40
Richmond Tigers (Philip) v Western Bulldogs (Blastro)
5.1.31 (Q1) 6.0.36
7.7.49 (Q2) 8.3.51
12.8.80 (Q3) 11.6.72
15.8.98 (Q4) 14.11.95
Fremantle Dockers (unwanted) v Collingwood Magpies (Tech)
5.2.32 (Q1) 3.2.20
6.6.42 (Q2) 6.3.39
8.8.56 (Q3) 8.8.56
9.13.67 (Q4) 11.10.76
Sydney Swans (Anita) v Hawthorn Hawks (unwanted)
2.3.15 (Q1) 2.4.16
6.7.43 (Q2) 3.6.24
8.8.56 (Q3) 7.8.50
10.14.74 (Q4) 12.11.83
Carlton Blues (RedJohn) v Adelaide Crows (Deano)
1.4.10 (Q1) 5.4.34
5.5.35 (Q2) 13.6.84
7.8.50 (Q3) 20.8.128
8.13.61 (Q4) 26.9.165
I really thought the Cats had romped in with the highest score when along came the Crows to say "You think that's a high score? THIS is a high score!"
The Bulldogs made Richmond fight every last inch and Freo gave the Pies a real scare over in the west. The latter game and the Hawks/Swans game were crucial as to where teams finish in the Top 8. it's the difference between a home final and travelling the width of the country. I really thought the Swans had it in the bag but discount the Hawks at your peril and Sydney's injury list was also a major contributor.
There are still a number of permutations as to Finals line-ups - see:
https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/the-...
but all will be revealed by tomorrow night.
Obviously I haven't done the final tally yet, but I suspect Steve may have done a Steven Bradbury!
Anita wrote: "Hi Val,I know I've missed the first first game and maybe more.I'll punt and hope that not too many have been played..."
No worries Anita. I'll accept your tips as your results won't change anything, but as you'll see from the results I've just posted, you haven't been that lucky I'm afraid.
Thanks,I came on to see how I'd done and was really surprised I hadn't given you my team's .
Val wrote: "I suspect Steve may have done a Steven Bradbury! ""Heehee! Well played Hawks! :)
I'm not sure what doing a Steven Bradbury is? ... but so long as it isn't anything that involves a Mop & Bucket and Sj is happy with it ... then YAYYY!!! ;o>
aw, $*£&! have i gone and blown it again? assuming what's good for steven bradbury and steve is bad for me?
HA HA HA HA HA!!! - what a way to win?!! ;o>
I feel so sorry for Steven Bradbury - his name has passed into Australian folklore but he is such a good sport and always takes it on the chin. He can laugh at himself:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jagh3...
Sometimes we find good fortune and sometimes good fortune finds us. It looks like it was all just meant to be - and I think that he should still be very proud of himself ;o>
Just reading about him - he broke his neck (C4 and C5) in 2000 and his head and neck are full of ironmongery. Nice he’s had some good luck!
Congratulations to Steve..& hard luck Techy...Steve J B has done a Steve B indeed! :)
Well..that's it, another season all done and dusted, just the knock out rounds left, and I finally got a full house at last...yay! And I think.....Suzy may have just reaped a wooden spoon this week, nice way to end the season. :)Just the knock outs left...and after the way GWS played today...which was rubbish..i really can't see them beating their closest rivals next weekend.
Late but in earnest.Today's results:
Brisbane Lions (David) v West Coast Eagles (Sussex)
4.0.24 (Q1) 5.4.34
4.2.26 (Q2) 9.7.61
7.6.48 (Q3) 12.12.84
11.6.72 (Q4) 14.14.98
Melbourne Demons (TheFoe) v Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke)
4.2.26 (Q1) 4.1.25
7.6.48 (Q2) 5.5.35
12.9.81 (Q3) 5.8.38
15.12.102 (Q4) 8.9.57
St Kilda Saints (Lez) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
3.3.21 (Q1) 6.7.43
6.4.40 (Q2) 11.9.75
11.6.72 (Q3) 14.11.95
14.10.94 (Q4) 17.15.117
I watched the Demons/Giants game and as Duke said, above, the Giants were so disappointing. Even allowing for injuries, they were totally inept. I thought only 3, maybe 4, players could hold their heads up. They'll need to get their act together for next week. After the two earlier games (both of which had important outcomes for positions in the eight), the Saints/North game was a real fizzer because absolutely nothing was at stake. Even wishing on a star for Ben Brown to kick a career best 8 goals wasn't going to lift this game.
Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:Round 23 (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)
Blastro on 9 (3)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 9 (12)
Duke on 9 (15)
RedJohn on 8 (11)
SussexWelsh on 8 (11)
Philip on 8 (13)
Val on 8 (30)
Foe on 8 (35)
David on 7 (32)
Tech on 7 (39)
Lez on 7 (75)
Anita on 6 (4)
Grizzly on 3 (31)
Suzy on 0 (43)
Deano on 0 (75)
Charity donations are:
Deano (Sacred Heart Mission) - $6.00 (highest score - Crows 165)
Blastro (Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Blastro (Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)
CUMULATIVE LADDER:
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 141 (566)
Tech on 140 (566)
Duke on 135 (641)
SussexWelsh on 135 (658)
Blastro on 132 (613)
RedJohn on 131 (819)
Anita on 130 (809)
Val on 128 (545)
Lez on 125 (866)
David on 124 (656)
Philip on 122 (814)
Foe on 120 (890)
Deano on 109 (907)
Grizzly on 94 (691)
Suzy on 60 (824)
Highest score - Cats 158 - Not allocated - $6.00 will be added to the pot for distribution at the end of the season.
Anita (The Mirabel Foundation) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Steve (Swags For Homeless) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)
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aww cheers for my 'Swags' donation Val! Bless ya! xx