"BALL UP!" - Val's 2018 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone* Showing 351-400 of 1,542

[David]

Bulldogs 5
Cats
Roos
Giants
Hawks
Crows
Bombers
Tigers
Eagles

[[deleted user]]

Going to go against popular expectations for the first game and say:

Blues by 7
Swans
Power
Giants
Saints
Crows
Demons
Magpies
Dockers

Many thanks, and best of luck to everyone :)

[RedJohn]

Dogs x 17
Cats
Roos
Giants
Hawks
Crows
Bombers
Tigers
Eagles

Ta Val.

[Philip]

Western x 20
Geelong
Port Power
GWS
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Melbourne
Richmond
Fremantle

[suzysunshine7]

Blues by 13
Swans
Roos
Lions
Saints
SUNS
Demons
Magpies
Dockers

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

[TheFoe]

Blues x12
Swans
Roos
Giants
Hawks
Suns
DEMONS
Tigers
Eagles

Thanks Val! :-)

Edit - Sorry Suzy, that was just a spooky coincidence.

[Val]

And mine:

Blues x 5
Swans
North
Giants
Hawks
Crows
Bombers
Tigers
Eagles

Good luck all!

[SussexWelsh]

Blues by 8
Cats
Kangaroos
Giants
Hawks
Crows
Bombers
Tigers
Eagles

[theDuke]

3/4 of the match played, but I'd so wish the game had finished there & then....i'd have a bully! :)

[suzysunshine7]

I'll give a really good bully, Duke? ...

First? ... make me a Mug of Tea RIGHT NOW! ... and get me a nice Biscuit to go with it as well! ... after that I want this entire Group Forum cleaned spotless and shining from top to bottom! ... then get yourself in that Forum Kitchen and cook us all a special Tea!!!

;o>

[theDuke]

Yes miss..right away miss.....doing it as fast as I can, miss! :)

Well done Phil...damn that was close, just 3 points off! Poor old Blues..their worse start to a season, since 18 something or other.

[theDuke]

Blimey..hell of game between the cats v swans!

Goodness knows what happened to the cats..they had a 22 point lead at 3 quarter time.

[Val]

Sorry, I've been out of action for the last 24 hours and will probably be out for much of tonight as well - having one of THOSE weekends!

Last night's result:

Western Bulldogs (Blastro) v Carlton Blues (RedJohn)
4.5.29 (Q1) 3.1.19
7.8.50 (Q2) 4.3.27
9.12.66 (Q3) 6.6.42
11.14.80 (Q4) 8.11.59

I did see all the game but it was far from inspiring. The Dogs should really have blown Carlton out the water - instead both teams seemed to lack very basic skills. Philip picked the Dogs by 20 so he was only i point off the final margin. Well done Philip - $6.00 going Canteen's way.

About 11.00pm, grandson (17 months) woke up with dreadful croup (out of nowhere) resulting in car trip to Emergency. A dose of steroids and home again by 2.30am.

[suzysunshine7]

Awww Val? I hope your poor little Grandson is feeling much better now - and that all of you are over your own shock and distress at him suddenly being so ill as well ... x x x

[suzysunshine7]

YAYYY!!! - Congratulations Philip!!! ;o>

[Val]

Today's results:

Geelong Cats (awaiting MC) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
2.3.15 (Q1) 4.6.30
6.7.43 (Q2) 4.7.31
9.8.62 (Q3) 5.10.40
10.9.69 (Q4) 12.14.86

North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve) v Port Adelaide Power (Grizzly)
2.1.13 (Q1) 4.5.29
4.5.29 (Q2) 8.6.54
6.7.43 (Q3) 12.8.80
10.9.69 (Q4) 15.12.102

Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke) v Brisbane Lions (David)
3.4.22 (Q1) 0.5.5
6.9.45 (Q2) 1.6.12
8.11.59 (Q3) 4.9.33
10.17.77 (Q4) 5.13.43

[Anita]

I hope your grandson is fully recovered now Val?Croup is horrible .

[Val]

Tonight's games:


Hawthorn Hawks (unwanted) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
3.7.25 (Q1) 0.4.4
4.9.33 (Q2) 3.7.25
7.9.51 (Q3) 5.10.40
13.11.89 (Q4) 7.12.54

Adelaide Crows (Deano) v Gold Coast Suns (Suzy)
4.4.28 (Q1) 2.1.13
10.7.67 (Q2) 3.4.22
13.9.87 (Q3) 7.6.48
16.11.107 (Q4) 8.8.56


Thanks Anita. he seemed much better this morning. However, my daughter was told croup is a reaction to a virus so we just have to keep our fingers crossed that the virus itself doesn't take effect in the next few days. A friend of hers had the same thing with her baby last week and had to return to the hospital for admission and baby put on oxygen.

[TheFoe]

Fingers crossed for your grandson Val, hope he makes a speedy full recovery.

[theDuke]

Some brilliant games today.

Freo are really giving the Eagles a hell of a run for their money..both teams playing superbly.

[Val]

Today's results:

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Melbourne Demons (TheFoe)
2.3.15 (Q1) 1.3.9
5.7.37 (Q2) 4.7.31
6.9.45 (Q3) 11.10.76
10.12.72 (Q4) 16.12.108

Collingwood Magpies (Tech) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
2.2.14 (Q1) 3.4.22
5.7.37 (Q2) 4.9.33
7.9.51 (Q3) 8.14.62
10.10.70 (Q4) 16.17.113

Fremantle Dockers (unwanted) v West Coast Eagles (Sussex)
4.3.27 (Q1) 1.1.7
5.4.34 (Q2) 6.6.42
9.7.61 (Q3) 10.7.67
12.9.81 (Q4) 13.11.89

Essendon clocked off at half time and their four goals in the last quarter was too little too late. In the immortal words of the Coodabeens they need to TAGHLAO (take a good hard look at ourselves).

The other two games had quite long periods of excitement when you felt the game could go either way before the favourites finally asserted themselves.

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 6 (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 8 (2)
Philip on 7 (1)
Duke on 7 (3)
Blastro on 7 (6)
Deano on 7 (10)
Anita on 6 (3)
RedJohn on 6 (4)
David on 6 (16)
Lez on 6 (22)
Val on 6 (26)
Foe on 6 (33)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 5 (14)
Grizzly on 5 (28)
SussexWelsh on 5 (29)
Suzy on 2 (34)

Charity donations are:

Philip (Canteen) - $6.00 (highest score - Tigers 113)
Philip (Canteen) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Tech (Oscar's Law) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Tech on 36 (141)
Duke on 36 (187)
SussexWelsh on 36 (197)
Lez on 35 (209)
Val on 34 (203)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 33 (197)
Blastro on 32 (136)
Anita on 32 (185)
Philip on 31 (305)
David on 30 (167)
Deano on 30 (253)
Foe on 29 (200)
RedJohn on 29 (288)
Grizzly on 24 (203)
Suzy on 21 (203)

Congratulations tech on only dropping one game this week and to Philip whose Tigers are looking very good! Some changes on the cumulated ladder sees tech and Duke leapfrogging Sussex, with Lez only a point behind them. Suzy is probably feeling much more comfortable propping all of us up.

[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, May 4
Geelong Cats v GWS Giants (in Geelong)

Saturday, May 5
Western Bulldogs v Gold Coast Suns (in Ballarat)
Essendon Bombers v Hawthorn Hawks (in Melbourne)
West Coast Eagles v Port Power (in Perth)
Sydney Swans v North Melbourne Kangaroos (in Sydney)
Adelaide Crows v Carlton Blues (in Adelaide)

Sunday, May 6
Richmond Tigers v Fremantle Dockers (in Melbourne)
St Kilda Saints v Melbourne Demons (in Melbourne)
Brisbane Lions v Collingwood Magpies (in Brisbane)

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight THURSDAY May 3 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.45am FRIDAY May 4 (your time) if absolutely necessary.

[Craig White]

oh, clever me! :)

top here? top on the fitba'? sheeeeit, i'm good!

and my head appears to be stuck in the doorframe! :)

[Val]

The Coodabeen Champions is a weekly (Saturday morning) radio show on the A.B.C. which takes the mickey out of the AFL, the players, the game and the media. They have produced some wonderful songs over the years (mostly penned by Greg Champion). Some of you may enjoy "Red Hot Go" :

We were playin' footy
For the Coodabeens
In our annual match
Against Tullamarine
We were getting' flogged
Things were pretty crook
When someone yelled out
Take a good hard look!

CHORUS
Then we TTC - Turned The Corner
Had an RHG - Red Hot Go
Yeah, we OTFG - Opened The Flood Gates
We got BIT - Back In Town
We LOG - Lifted Our Game
And took a good hard look at ourselves.

Well the coach came out
He said you're JG - Just Going
He made a BS - Big Statement
Said it's a WNBG - Whole New Ball Game
He said'you're LDB - Looking Down the Barrel
And take a GHLAY.

Then we TTC - Turned The Corner
Had an RHG - Red Hot Go
Yeah we TCAP - Threw the Cat Amongst the Pigeons
We got BIT - Back In Town
We STD - Spat The Dummy
And took a good hard look at ourselves.

My game had been bad.
In fact I'd had an AS - Absolute Shocker
The coach pulled me out
Said I had an AP - Attitude Problem
He said you've DYB - Dropped Your Bundle
And take a GHLAY

We were H&H - Home And Hosed
It was an HHG - Happy Hunting Ground
TLTB - Thankyou Linesmen Thankyou Ball boys
We were CPs - Consummate Professionals
We TNFS - Thrust our Names in Front of the Selectors
We GEI - Gave Every Indication
We got BTB - Back To Basics
And took a good hard look at ourselves.

We were H&H – Home And Hosed
It was an HHG – Happy Hunting Ground
TLTB – Thank you Linesmen Thank you Ball boys
We were CPs – Consummate Professionals
We TNFS – Thrust our Names in Front of the Selectors
We GEI – Gave Every Indication
We got BTB – Back To Basics
And took a good hard look at ourselves.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNASV...

[suzysunshine7]

YAYYY!!! - I've got my Feet safely back down on the Ground Floor ;o>

Ohhh look?!! ... I've just found a lovely long sharp pin as well ... all the better to puncture a big hole in a certain person's now vastly inflated ego! - LOL!!! ;o>

[theDuke]

Tech wrote: "oh, clever me! :)

top here? top on the fitba'? sheeeeit, i'm good!

and my head appears to be stuck in the doorframe! :)"

Yeah...cos me & Sussex are ramming ya bonce up there! ;-)

But well done anyhoo to Tech & to Phil.

The next round ought to be interesting...some tough punting to make with several of the weekend's games.

[Anita]

Sorry I missed the message that I had missed a game .
Giants by 19
Bulldogs
Hawks
Power
SWANS
Crows
Tigers
Demons
Magpies

[Craig White]

not at all sure i'm wanting my bonce rammed, thankyou very much!

cats by 17
bulldugs
hawks
eagles
swans
crows
tigers
demons
PIES!

cheers val, away to get some bonce ramming repellent! :)

[suzysunshine7]

... but it helped take your Mind off the Pin I stuck in your Butt?! - LOL!!! ;o>

[Craig White]

honestly, the abuse i'm getting? i'm going to have to phone 'tech-line'! :)

[suzysunshine7]

I think you'll find there's no Phone Signal on the Naughty Step, tech? ;o>

[Sj]

Geelong Cats #20

Western Bulldogs
Hawthorn Hawks
West Coast Eagles
Sydney Swans
Adelaide Crows

Richmond Tigers
Melbourne Demons
Collingwood Magpies

[David]

This isn't going very well so far;

Cats 24
Dogs
Hawks
Eagles
Swans
Crows
Tigers
Demons
Lions he says optimistically

[Lez]

..
..
Giants 43
Dogs
Hawks
Eagles
Swans
Crows
Tigers
Demons
Pies

Thanks Val

[SussexWelsh]

.
.
Cats by 15
Bulldogs
Hawks
Eagles
Swans
Crows
Tigers
Demons
Magpies

[Blastronaut]

Hope everything's ok with the young un now Val. Brings back a few memories from when ours were younger. Puts years on ya.

My punt...

GWS 19
BULLDAWGS
Hawthorn
West Coast
N Melbourne
Adelaide
Richmond
Melbourne
Collingwood

[RedJohn]

Cats x 14
Dogs
Hawks
Eagles
Swans
Crows
Tigers
Demons
Pies

An inauspicious start but hope to spiral up to the heights of mediocrity..........soon!

[suzysunshine7]

Giants 7
SUNS
Bombers
Power
Roos
Blues
Dockers
Saints
Lions

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

[theDuke]

A couple of tough ones to call, no doubt the surprises will continue on, but my confidence in my beloved Giants to get the job done, isn't high enough, they just haven't got the accuracy this year, then again, the cats home loss last week was a surprise, but I think they'll get the job done...just. I'm going with the most of the favourites for the rest, except for Eagles v Port match...and I'm not overly convinced that the Demons will have it that easy against Kilda...but going to stick with the favs.

Cats - 5
Dogs
Hawks
Port
Swans
Crows
Tigers
Demons
Pies

[[deleted user]]

Giants by 24
Bulldogs
Bombers
Power
Swans
Blues
Tigers
Demons
Lions

Best of luck, everyone :)

I hope your grandson is now fully recovered Val

[Philip]

Thanks Suzy and apologies to Val for leaving it to the last minute once again.

Geelong x 20
Western
Essendon
Port Power
Sydney
Adelaide
Richmond
Melbourne
Collingwood

[Val]

I'm going to go for some outsiders this week - surely at least one of them will get up??

Cats x 12
Suns
Dons
Eagles
Swans
Crows
Tigers
Demons
Lions

[Val]

Thanks Blastro and Grizzly for your good wishes for C's health. If the video my daughter sent me yesterday is anything to go by, he's in the rudest of rude health!

[suzysunshine7]

Awww, bless his little cotton socks! ;o>

[Craig White]

good news, val!

[Dean]

Sorry, just about made it.
Here's my first match prediction, I'll get the rest in shortly

Giants by 22

[Dean]

And the rest....

Giants 22
Dogs
Hawks
Eagles
Swans
CROOOOOOOWS
Tigers
Demons
Pies

Cheers Val

[Val]

Good timing Deano! Here's the bounce ..... and we're off!

[Val]

David - on the contrary, things are going quite well, tonight at least.

Tonight's result:

Geelong Cats (awaiting MC) v Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke)
4.1.25 (Q1) 1.0.6
7.2.44 (Q2) 2.5.17
12.3.75 (Q3) 2.7.19
14.9.93 (Q4) 4.8.32

David had the closest margin even if he was a tad conservative (Cats x 24). They ran out 71 point winners in a rather scrappy game. But, winners are grinners so David breaks his duck with $6.00 going to The Song Room. Well done!