"BALL UP!" - Val's 2020 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*

[theDuke]

Oooo...yeh..my sentiments too Lez, birthday girl! :)

[Craig White]

re. "Happy Birthday Lez!!!!!!"

Happy Birthday Lez!!!!!!

[Lez]

Thanks folks!

[Anita]

Happy Birthday Lez.Have a lovely day.
🎉🎂💐

[[deleted user]]

And from me too - Happy Birthday, Lez 🎂

[Lez]

I will now get an extra 25p per week pension...

[RedJohn]

Many happy returns Lez. Don't spend it all in one shop!

[Philip]

Gold Coast x 10
Western
Port Power
Richmond
Fremantle
Geelong
Brisbane
West Coast
Collingwood

Many happy returns Lez.

[TheFoe]

Happy birthday Lez, hope you had a great day! :-)

[TheFoe]

theDuke wrote: "TheFoe wrote: "Cheers Val, c'mon the Dees!"

Yeah..i must admit...I'm starting to root for them too Nick, since my team seems to have lost their playing ability judging by last week's dreadful perf..."

Welcome to the darkside Duke!

[theDuke]

Going by what everybody else has tipped, it would appear that the first two games are the deciders, but there could be a couple of upsets....but which ones?!

Blues - 11
Demons
Port
Tigers
Dockers
Cats
Lions
Eagles
Roos (Cos it's the Gabba..and both teams are riddled with injuries...tipping an upset)

[SussexWelsh]

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Suns by 10
Demons
Power
Tigers
Dockers
Cats
Lions
Eagles
Magpies

[SussexWelsh]

Many happy returns, Lez!

[Lez]

Thanks, Sussex!

[Val]

Lucky last!

Blues x 9
Dogs
Port
Tigers
Freo
Cats
Lions
Eagles
Pies

[[deleted user]]

Lucky last, Val?
What about Suzy?

[Blastronaut]

Belated Birthday Wishes Lez!! Hope you had a nice day m'dear.

[Lez]

Thanks Blastro!

[Val]

Sorry, Suzy was having computer problems on Wednesday, couldn't get on to Goodreads but managed to send me her tips via email (3 times!)

Her tips are:

SUNS by 13
Bulldogs
Hawks
Bombers
Swans
Crows
Saints
Giants
Roos

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v Carlton Blues (RedJohn)
0.0.0 (Q1) 1.4.10
2.0.12 (Q2) 5.7.37
3.2.20 (Q3) 6.11.47
4.3.27 (Q4) 7.18.60

And it seems fitting that our birthday girl wins the $6.00 this week. Well done Lez! Money set aside for Dementia Australia.

[theDuke]

YAAAAAYYYY!!!! I got one right...finally!!!

[Val]

Today's/tonight's results:

Western Bulldogs (Blastro) v Melbourne Demons (TheFoe)
2.4.16 (Q1) 1.3.9
4.4.28 (Q2) 5.5.35
10.5.65 (Q3) 5.8.38
12.8.80 (Q4) 7.10.52

Port Adelaide Power (Grizzly) v Hawthorn Hawks (unwanted)
2.3.15 (Q1) 4.1.25
6.5.41 (Q2) 5.2.32
7.10.52 (Q3) 8.4.52
9.14.68 (Q4) 9.4.58

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
1.1.7 (Q1) 1.5.11
3.1.19 (Q2) 3.8.26
6.1.37 (Q3) 7.10.52
10.1.61 (Q4) 10.13.73

Fremantle Dockers (unwanted) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
1.1.7 (Q1) 1.2.8
4.4.28 (Q2) 1.4.10
5.7.37 (Q3) 1.4.10
7.8.50 (Q4) 2.7.19

[Val]

Today's/tonight's results:

Adelaide Crows (Dean) v Geelong Cats (unwanted)
1.3.9 (Q1) 3.2.20
3.4.22 (Q2) 4.5.29
5.6.36 (Q3) 6.9.45
5.7.37 (Q4) 9.11.65

Brisbane Lions (David) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
2.5.17 (Q1) 1.0.6
3.6.24 (Q2) 3.2.20
6.13.49 (Q3) 6.3.39
6.14.50 (Q4) 7.6.48

West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke)
4.3.27 (Q1) 0.1.1
5.4.34 (Q2) 1.6.12
8.7.55 (Q3) 3.6.24
9.7.61 (Q4) 7.7.49

[Val]

EARLY WARNING!!!

Round 13 concludes on Monday night and Round 14 begins on Thursday night. In fact, the next 5 rounds are all pretty tightly jammed together. We are all going to have to be on our toes.

So here's the Round 14 fixture:

ROUND 14

Thursday, August 27
Hawthorn Hawks v Essendon Bombers (in Adelaide) MARGIN REQUIRED!!
Richmond Tigers v West Coast Eagles (on the Gold Coast)

Friday, August 28
Western Bulldogs v Geelong Cats (on the Gold Coast)

Saturday, August 29
Port Power v Sydney Swans (in Adelaide)
Fremantle Dockers v GWS Giants (in Perth)
Melbourne Demons v St Kilda Saints (in Alice Springs)

Sunday, August 30
Carlton Blues v Collingwood Magpies (in Brisbane)
Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne Kangaroos (on the Gold Coast)

BYE: Adelaide Crows; Brisbane Lions

Please lodge your tips by Wednesday midnight (your time) if you can but Thursday, 27 August 2020 at 7:40am BST at the very latest!!!

And then there's one day's respite before Round 15 begins on Tuesday, September 1

[[deleted user]]

Round 14

Bombers by 7
Tigers
Cats
Power
Dockers
Saints
Blues
Suns

Good luck everyone :)

[Lez]

Val, do you mean Thurs Aug 27th?

[Val]

Lez wrote: "Val, do you mean Thurs Aug 27th?"

I most certainly do and I had the time wrong in my earlier post too. Not sure how that happened as I had carefully copied and pasted it in from the World Clock Time Zone Converter. Thanks for picking it up Lez. It's Thursday, 27 August 2020 at 7:40am BST at the very latest!!!

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Collingwood Magpies (tech) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
1.2.8 (Q1) 2.1.13
4.3.27 (Q2) 3.4.22
8.3.51 (Q3) 5.5.35
10.5.65 (Q4) 5.5.35

[Val]

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)

Val on 9 (24)
Lez on 8 (10)
RedJohn on 8 (11)
Tech on 8 (16)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 8 (20)
David on 8 (38)
Philip on 8 (43)
Foe on 7 (13)
Duke on 7 (22)
Dean on 7 (29)
Blastro on 7 (42)
SussexWelsh on 7 (43)
Anita on 7 (52)
Grizzly on 6 (42)
Suzy on 1 (46)

Charity donations are:

Blastro (Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation) - A$6.00 (Highest score - Bulldogs 80)
Lez (Dementia Australia) - A$6.00 (closest margin)
Val (WarChild) - A$11.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Sj Brooke (Steve) on 85 (339)
Tech on 78 (310)
Val on 76 (327)
Philip on 76 (359)
SussexWelsh on 75 (433)
Duke on 73 (369)
Foe on 69 (404)
RedJohn on 69 (427)
Blastro on 69 (440)
David on 66 (431)
Dean on 63 (321)
Lez on 59 (636)
Anita on 56 (374)
Grizzly on 50 (373)
Suzy on 45 (297)

Blastro's Doggies win him another $6.00; Lez's consistent margin of 43 is always going to triumph sometime; and I'm back in the mix with a full house. Well done all.

[Val]

Start wetting your tipster's pencil and get your selections in before Wednesday midnight if poss. Thursday morning early at the very latest.

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:

ROUND 14

Thursday, August 27 4.10pm
Hawthorn Hawks v Essendon Bombers (in Adelaide) MARGIN REQUIRED!!
Richmond Tigers v West Coast Eagles (on the Gold Coast)

Friday, August 28
Western Bulldogs v Geelong Cats (on the Gold Coast)

Saturday, August 29
Port Power v Sydney Swans (in Adelaide)
Fremantle Dockers v GWS Giants (in Perth)
Melbourne Demons v St Kilda Saints (in Alice Springs)

Sunday, August 30
Carlton Blues v Collingwood Magpies (in Brisbane)
Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne Kangaroos (on the Gold Coast)

BYE: Adelaide Crows; Brisbane Lions

Please lodge your tips by Wednesday midnight (your time) if you can but Thursday, 27 August 2020 at 7:40am BST at the very latest!!!

[Sj]

Well played Val, Lez and Blastro!

Essendon Bombers # 11
West Coast Eagles

Geelong Cats

Port Power
GWS Giants
St Kilda Saints

Collingwood Magpies
Gold Coast Suns

[Anita]

Mine
Round 14
Hawks by 19
Tigers
Bulldogs
SWANS
Giants
Saints
Pies
Roos

[theDuke]

Val wrote: "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 th..."

Congratulations to Val...... the first full 9 of the season! And to Lez and Blastro too.

But i think my margin should be 22 for this round? I tipped the Blues to win at 11 points, they got 33 over the Suns.....otherwise..all fine. :)

[Blastronaut]

Essendon 9
Richmond
Geelong
Port
Fremantle
St Kilda
Collingwood
Gold Coast

Cheers Val.

[Val]

theDuke wrote: "But i think my margin should be 22 for this round? I tipped the Blues to win at 11 points, they got 33 over the Suns.....otherwise..all fine. :)"

Thanks for picking that up Duke. When I went back and checked, it turned out that Lez and RedJohn were the only two with their margins correct. Everyone else had been given 10 points too much. I've edited my post and I think both tables are now correct.

[Val]

Anita wrote: "Mine
Round 14
Hawks by 19
Tigers
Bulldogs
SWANS
Giants
Saints
Pies"

ANITA!!!!

You've missed the last game of the round:

Gold Coast Suns v North Melbourne Kangaroos (on the Gold Coast)

[RedJohn]

Bombers x 11
Tigers
Cats
Power
Dockers
Saints
Pies
Suns

Lotsa ta's Val.

[Lez]

Round 14

Bombers 43

Eagles
Cats
Port
Freo
Saints
Pies
Suns

Thanks Val

[theDuke]

ROUND 14

Bombers - 8
Eagles
Cats
Port
Giants (If they lose this one, GWS deserve to be sent packing!)
Saints
Blues
Suns

Cheers Val..& good luck everybody.

[David]

Bombers 16
Tigers
Cats
Power
Giants
Demons
Magpies
Suns

[Philip]

Essendon x 7
West Coast
Geelong
Port Power
GWS
Melbourne
Collingwood
Gold Coast

[Craig White]

och aye,

bombers by 5
eagles
cats
power
dockers
demons
PIES!
suns

cheers val

[Dean]

Bombers 22
Tigers
Cats
Power
Giants
Saints
Pies
Roos

Cheers Val.

[SussexWelsh]

.
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Hawks by 11
Eagles
Cats
Power
Giants
Saints
Blues
Suns

[Anita]

Thanks Val.Ive added the Roos.

[TheFoe]

Bombers x15
Eagles
Cats
Power
Dockers
Demons
Magpies
Suns

Nice one for the full house Val!

[suzysunshine7]

Whoops! - very nearly forgot and went to Bed early ;o> ...

Hawks by 7
Tigers
Bulldogs
Swans
Dockers
Demons
Blues
Roos

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

[Val]

Hawks x 17

Back later with the rest. Computer playing up!!

[Val]

Okay, I appear to be back in business. I had no screen so had to unplug everything at the wall and try again.

Rest of my tips:

Eagles
Cats
Port
Giants
Saints
Pies
North

[Val]

Tonight's first game:

Hawthorn Hawks (unwanted) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
3.4.22 (Q1) 1.3.9
7.10.52 (Q2) 2.4.16
8.10.58 (Q3) 7.7.49
10.11.71 (Q4) 13.9.87

A truly miraculous game from the Bombers. They came from six goals down to win this one. And the result was still in the balance with two minutes to go. David picked the Bombers by 16 so wins $6.00 for The Song Room. Top stuff!