"BALL UP!" - Val's 2021 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*

[theDuke]

SussexWelsh wrote: "Hi Val, it looks to me as if you have scored everyone as if the Lions won. I might be wrong but maybe worth a recheck?"

The Lions did win!

[Val]

SussexWelsh wrote: "Hi Val, it looks to me as if you have scored everyone as if the Lions won. I might be wrong but maybe worth a recheck?"

Sorry for the confusion Sussex. Duke's right, the Lions did win but I had their names transposed. Apologies to anyone who routinely picks the home team as I had the same error in last week's fixture too (although I did say it was in Brisbane). Hope this clears it up - and very happy I don't have to go back and re-do all the scores!

[Val]

theDuke wrote: "which with regards to North winning this week, that stuffed that one up! I honestly believe now that they won't win a single game all season now! ..."

In the immortal words of Aussie cricketer Greg Chappell - "I'm not out of form, I just keep getting out". North are actually playing pretty well - at least up until three-quarter time. They are definitely in a team rebuilding phase and are playing a lot of very young kids. They also have a lot of injury woes - but then, so do many teams. Their new coach - a seasoned veteran - is doing a good job with them and I wouldn't write them off just yet.

[Craig White]

punts lift me up where i belong.................

cats by 17
swans
hawks
lions
tigers
power
bombers
demons
eagles

cheers val

[suzysunshine7]

... ! ! ! WoW ! ! ! ...

[Sj]

ROUND 9:

Geelong Cats #35

Sydney Swans
Hawthorn Hawks
Brisbane Lions
Richmond Tigers
Port Adelaide Power

Fremantle Dockers
Melbourne Demons
West Coast Eagles

[Val]

Tipsters may wish to look at Richmond's injury list before submitting their selections. Now further compounded by this incident:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-1...

[theDuke]

Val wrote: "Tipsters may wish to look at Richmond's injury list before submitting their selections. Now further compounded by this incident:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-1...-..."

I think Dustin Martin might be back in play for round 9 though, his 12 day concussion recovery period is nearly up...and he is training again.

[Val]

Dusty played on Friday against the Cats but Tom Stewart kept him wrapped up. Watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7Nfu...

and see how much Richmond are missing Dylan Grimes at the back and how much they are going to miss Shai Bolton, Daniel Rioli(??) and Shane Edwards in the next few weeks.

On the other hand, when Geelong fire, they are unstoppable. Many thought that Jeremy Cameron would get in the way of Tom Hawkins and and Gary Rohan but as the clip showed, they were all able to position themselves well on Friday night. And veteran recruit, Isaac Smith, who played in FOUR Premierships with Hawthorn, is just icing on the cake. However, Geelong need to show more consistency to be a serious contender. They always have an advantage playing at home in Geelong; last Friday they showed just how dangerous they can be on the MCG. The "G" has traditionally been Richmond's fortress, but now the Demons are intent on making it theirs.

[TheFoe]

Cats x20
Swans
Roos
Lions
Giants
Power
Dockers
Demons
Eagles

Cheers Val, up the Dees!

[Blastronaut]

Good to see ya back Lez n Suze

Geelong 19
Sydney
Hawthorn
Brisbane
GWS
BULLDAWGS
Fremantle
Melbourne
West Coast

Cheers Val

[David]

Thanks, Val (and Suzy)

Cats 34
Swans
Hawks
Lions
Tigers
Bulldogs
Dockers
Demons
Eagles

[Anita]

cats by 13
SWANS
roos
lions
giants
Power
dockers
blues
eagles

[theDuke]

Ah, i didn't catch the Tigers game, so didn't realise Dusty was back. I just trawl through the net and see what info is available!

Okay then....looks reasonably straightforward, just one or two 50/50ers this week:

Cats - 50 pts (after last week's floor wiping of the Tigers, The Saints will need a prayer or two!)
Swans
Hawks
Lions
Giants
Dogs
Freo
Demons
Eagles

G'luck folks! :)

[Philip]

Geelong x 32
Sydney
Hawthorn
Brisbane
Richmond
Western
Essendon
Melbourne
West Coast

[SussexWelsh]

.
.
Cats by 21
Swans
Hawks
Lions
Tigers
Bulldogs
Dockers
Demons
Eagles

[suzysunshine7]

Saints by 7
Magpies
Roos
SUNS
Giants
Power
Bombers
Blues
Crows

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

[Dean]

Just in time!

Cats 19
Swans
Roos
Lions
Giants
Dogs
Dockers
Demons
Crows

Cheers Val, (and Suzy for the nudge after Val's)

[Val]

Isabella's tips:

Geelong by 4
Sydney
Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
Richmond
Port Adelaide
Essendon
Melbourne
West Coast

[Val]

In case Lez doesn't make it in time, I've given her these tips. If she does, she's welcome to change them.

Geelong by 43
Sydney
Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
GWS
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
Melbourne
West Coast

[Val]

And mine:

Cats x 43
Swans
Hawks
Lions
Giants
Port
Dons
Dees
Eagles

[Val]

Tonight's result:

St Kilda Saints (Lez) v Geelong Cats (available)
0.7.7 (Q1) 2.1.13
3.11.29 (Q2) 4.2.26
4.13.37 (Q3) 6.6.42
5.17.47 (Q4) 10.8.68

It wasn't quite the walkover that last Friday night's game was, but the Cats still got it done. Wayward kicking cost the Saints. Sussex was spot-on with his margin of 21 points so $7.00 goes to the Save The Bilby Fund. Well done!

[suzysunshine7]

Val wrote: "In case Lez doesn't make it in time, I've given her these tips. If she does, she's welcome to change them.

Geelong by 43
Sydney
Hawthorn
Brisbane Lions
GWS
Port Adelaide
Fremantle
Melbourne
West ..."

Ohhh dear, I had noticed that she had barely managed to Post anything much at all on the Forums since she came Home and got back online again ... x

Get well soon, Lez - you are always missed when you are not here with us ... x x x

[Val]

She did say on the Premier League thread that she was having difficulty posting. Not sure if that was the Goodreads problem a few of us had or something up with her tablet.

[suzysunshine7]

It certainly was a very weird kind of a glitch this time around, wasn't it? I could pretty much Post anything anywhere on the Forum except for just on the ABC Game Thread?!! And I thought, at first, that it might possibly be objecting to the Link that I was trying to include with my Post so, after trying at least 20 times by then to get it to accept my Post, I tried just using the Word instead.

When Goodreads accepted that as a Post - I quickly edited it to add the Link and it turned out that that also worked too?! - and I had no more problems after that. It now sounds like everyone discovered that they suddenly had a particular Thread that just wouldn't take their Post - and, from memory, I don't think we've ever experienced a glitch quite like this one before? - LOL!!! ;o>

[suzysunshine7]

Val wrote: "Sussex was spot-on with his margin of 21 points so $7.00 goes to the Save The Bilby Fund. Well done!"

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

[Val]

Today's/Tonight's results:

Sydney Swans (Anita) v Collingwood Magpies (Tech)
1.2.8 (Q1) 4.2.26
4.3.27 (Q2) 4.4.28
7.7.49 (Q3) 4.6.30
10.12.72 (Q4) 5.12.42

Hawthorn Hawks (Isabella) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
5.3.33 (Q1) 1.1.7
8.6.54 (Q2) 5.2.32
9.8.62 (Q3) 9.7.61
12.8.80 (Q4) 13.9.87

Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v Brisbane Lions (David)
2.3.15 (Q1) 3.3.21
3.6.24 (Q2) 8.5.53
3.7.25 (Q3) 16.7.103
7.9.51 (Q4) 19.10.124

Richmond Tigers (Philip) v Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke)
3.0.18 (Q1) 4.3.27
6.2.38 (Q2) 9.5.59
10.5.65 (Q3) 10.8.68
13.9.87 (Q4) 12.11.83

Port Adelaide Power (available) v Western Bulldogs (Blastro)
2.1.13 (Q1) 6.2.38
8.1.49 (Q2) 8.2.50
9.4.58 (Q3) 12.5.77
12.5.77 (Q4) 15.6.96

A few surprise results - for some of us anyway.

[Val]

Today's results:

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Fremantle Dockers (available)
3.2.20 (Q1) 2.2.14
5.2.32 (Q2) 4.6.30
7.6.48 (Q3) 7.9.51
10.8.68 (Q4) 8.13.61

Melbourne Demons (TheFoe) v Carlton Blues (available)
4.3.27 (Q1) 3.2.20
8.6.54 (Q2) 6.5.41
12.9.81 (Q3) 8.7.55
13.16.94 (Q4) 10.8.68

West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v Adelaide Crows (Dean)
2.5.17 (Q1) 2.3.15
9.6.60 (Q2) 4.7.31
14.7.91 (Q3) 8.8.56
15.9.99 (Q4) 9.9.63

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 9 (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)

Philip on 8 (11)
SussexWelsh on 7 (0)
Tech on 7 (4)
David E. on 7 (13)
Isabella on 7 (17)
Foe on 6 (1)
Blastro on 6 (2)
Dean on 6 (2)
Val on 6 (4)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 6 (14)
Duke on 6 (29)
Anita on 5 (8)
Lez on 5 (22)
Suzy on 2 (28)

Charity donations are:

David (The Song Room) - A$7.00 (Highest score - Lions - 124)
Sussex (Save The Bilby Fund) - A$7.00 (closest margin)
Philip (Canteen) - A$12.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Tech on 56 (252)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 54 (261)
Philip on 54 (324)
Duke on 54 (355)
Foe on 53 (285)
David on 51 (196)
SussexWelsh on 51 (282)
Isabella on 50 (269)
Blastro on 49 (294)
Lez on 47 (360)
Dean on 45 (359)
Val on 41 (221)
Anita on 39 (261)
Suzy on 28 (326)

Philip repeats his feat of last week - well, not 9, but 8 winners is still a feat! Tech is holding on to his overall lead but there's a logjam below him. Congrats all money winners.

[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

ROUND 10 fixtures are:

Friday May 21
Brisbane Lions v Richmond Tigers (in Brisbane)

Saturday May 22
Carlton Blues v Hawthorn Hawks (in Melbourne)
Geelong Cats v Gold Coast Suns (in Geelong)
Adelaide Crows v Melbourne Demons (in Adelaide)
Western Bulldogs v St Kilda Saints (in Melbourne)
Fremantle Dockers v Sydney Swans (in Perth)

Sunday May 23
GWS Giants v West Coast Eagles (in Sydney)
Collingwood Magpies v Port Adelaide Power (in Melbourne)
Essendon Bombers v North Melbourne Kangaroos (in Melbourne)

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight THURSDAY May 20 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.45am FRIDAY (your time) if absolutely necessary.

[suzysunshine7]

YAYYY!!! - Congratulations to Philip!!! ... x ;o>

And very well-punted David and Sussex ... x x ;o>

[David]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "YAYYY!!! - Congratulations to Philip!!! ... x ;o>

And very well-punted David and Sussex ... x x ;o>"

Thank you Suzy

[David]

Lions 15
Blues
Cats
Demons
Bulldogs
Swans
Eagles
Power
Bombers

Thanks, Val. I'm pleased to see The Song Room getting a few dollars

[Blastronaut]

Brisbane 21
Carlton
Geelong
Melbourne
BULLDAWGS
Fremantle
West Coast
Port
Essendon

[Anita]

Lions by 13
Hawks by
Cats
Demons
Bulldogs
SWANS
Giants
Power
Roos

[Dean]

Here's mine

Lions 7
Blues
Cats
Demons (Sorry my Crows)
Dogs
Dockers
Eagles
Power
Bombers

Good luck all

[suzysunshine7]

! ! ! TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT FOR THE AUSSIE FOOTY PUNT ! ! !

[Philip]

Thanks Suzy

Richmond x 17
Carlton
Geelong
Melbourne
Western
Fremantle
West Coast
Port Adelaide
Essendon

[SussexWelsh]

.
.
Lions by 13
Blues
Cats
Demons
Bulldogs
Dockers
Eagles
Power
Bombers

[Sj]

ROUND 10:
Brisbane Lions #30

Carlton Blues
Geelong Cats
Melbourne Demons
Western Bulldogs
Fremantle Dockers

GWS Giants
Port Adelaide Power
Essendon Bombers

[suzysunshine7]

Tigers by 7
Hawks
SUNS
Crows
Saints
Swans
Giants
Magpies
Roos

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

[TheFoe]

Lions x47
Blues
Cats
Demons
Bulldogs
Swans
Giants
Power
Bombers

Thanks for the heads up Suzy. :-)

[Craig White]

thankyou, suzy, was under the impression i'd already done it,

lions by 17
blues
cats
demons
bulldugs
swans
eagles
power
bombers

cheers val

[Val]

Isabella's tips:

Richmond x 10 pts
Carlton
Geelong
Adelaide
W Bulldogs
Fremantle
GWS
Port Adelaide
Essendon

[Val]

Lez's tips:

Brisbane Lions by 43 pts
Carlton
Geelong
Melbourne
W Bulldogs
Sydney
GWS
Port Adelaide
N Melbourne

[Val]

And mine:

Lions x 3
Blues
Cats
Dees
Bulldogs
Swans
Giants
Port
Dons (with fingers crossed!)

[Val]

Not like Duke to be MIA - I do hope all is well in Wales.

A cracking game tonight with the Tigers making most of the running in the first half (before a capacity crowd up in Brissie):

Tonight's result:

Brisbane Lions (David) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
3.5.23 (Q1) 5.1.31
7.9.51 (Q2) 7.2.44
11.11.77 (Q3) 8.5.53
15.12.102 (Q4) 11.8.74

Steve's prediction of the Lions by 30 came closest to the final result so he wins $7.00 for Backpack Beds for Homeless. Great work!

[theDuke]

Bugger...thought i had another day to go. Like most folks i also would've picked the Lions..but here's my remaining tips:

Blues
Cats
Dees
Dogs
Swans
Eagles
Port
Bombers

[Val]

Today's/Tonight's results:

Carlton Blues (available) v Hawthorn Hawks (Isabella)
4.1.25 (Q1) 2.3.15
8.3.51 (Q2) 7.6.48
12.4.76 (Q3) 8.9.57
13.8.86 (Q4) 9.9.63

Geelong Cats (available) v Gold Coast Suns (Suzy)
4.0.24 (Q1) 1.1.7
6.1.37 (Q2) 3.6.24
10.3.63 (Q3) 4.8.32
14.7.91 (Q4) 8.9.57

Adelaide Crows (Dean) v Melbourne Demons (TheFoe)
4.2.26 (Q1) 5.1.31
8.4.52 (Q2) 8.4.52
11.5.71 (Q3) 11.8.74
15.6.96 (Q4) 14.11.95

Western Bulldogs (Blastro) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
3.5.23 (Q1) 2.0.12
10.10.70 (Q2) 3.1.19
15.13.103 (Q3) 4.2.26
21.18.144 (Q4) 5.3.33

Fremantle Dockers (available) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
3.2.20 (Q1) 4.0.24
6.6.42 (Q2) 9.3.57
10.11.71 (Q3) 9.4.58
12.14.86 (Q4) 13.6.84

[suzysunshine7]

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