"BALL UP!" - Val's 2022 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*

[Sj]

oops here too 🤦🏻‍♂️

Adelaide Crows
Gold Coast Suns
Melbourne Demons

Collingwood Magpies
Brisbane Lions

[Val]

Today's/Tonight's results:

Adelaide Crows (Dean) v West Coast Eagles (Sussex)
5.2.32 (Q1) 0.1.1
9.6.60 (Q2) 3.4.22
10.10.70 (Q3) 5.5.35
13.10.88 (Q4) 8.9.57

Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
1.4.10 (Q1) 4.3.27
8.11.59 (Q2) 4.3.27
11.13.79 (Q3) 7.3.45
15.19.109 (Q4) 7.5.47

Melbourne Demons (TheFoe) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
5.1.31 (Q1) 1.5.11
7.1.43 (Q2) 6.9.45
8.6.54 (Q3) 6.11.47
9.7.61 (Q4) 10.13.73

The Dees/Swans games was a fierce contest tonight. I wonder if Tim braved Melbourne's arctic blast? If he did, he would have been delighted by his team's performance. I did think they benefited from a couple of soft frees which got them their last two goals but you couldn't begrudge them the win as they never gave up and played fiercely all night. Papley is so reliable and I thought Justin McInerney had a great game too. But I'd give most credit to coach John Longmire who obviously had done his homework on the Demons and never allowed them to go unchallenged at any point in the game. Great result!

[Val]

Today's results:

Hawthorn Hawks (available) v Collingwood Magpies (Tech)
2.2.14 (Q1) 5.4.34
4.4.28 (Q2) 7.9.51
8.5.53 (Q3) 8.10.58
10.8.68 (Q4) 10.12.72

Fremantle Dockers (available) v Brisbane Lions (David)
1.1.7 (Q1) 3.2.20
4.3.27 (Q2) 4.4.28
10.5.65 (Q3) 7.6.48
15.9.99 (Q4) 13.7.85

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 12 (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)

Duke on 5 (4)
Val on 4 (5)
Tech on 4 (18)
Blastro on 4 (22)
Lez on 4 (30)
SussexWelsh on 4 (31)
Anita on 4 (34)
Foe on 4 (40)
Philip on 4 (50)
David on 3 (8)
Tim on 3 (23)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 3 (50)
Dean on 3 (50)
Suzy on 2 (6)

Charity donations are:

Suzy (Friends With Dignity) - Highest score (Suns - 106)
Duke (Centre For Eye Research Australia) - A$7.00 (closest margin)
Duke (Centre For Eye Research Australia) - A$12.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Duke on 71 (260)
Tim on 71 (311)
Blastro on 71 (337)
Tech on 71 (355)
Lez on 71 (420)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 69 (327)
David on 67 (312)
SussexWelsh on 67 (316)
Philip on 67 (354)
Val on 62 (274)
Foe on 62 (336)
Anita on 55 (455)
Dean on 54 (350)
Suzy on 35 (328)

Once again, please check your scores!! Congrats to Suzy and Duke for earning the $$ in this round. I think the logjam is getting worse!!!

[Val]

N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TIPS EARLY!!! THRE'S A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME!!!

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 13

Thursday June 9
Richmond Tigers v Port Adelaide Power (in Melbourne)

Friday June 10
Essendon Bombers v Carlton Blues (in Melbourne)

Saturday June 11
Fremantle Dockers v Hawthorn Hawks (in Perth)
Brisbane Lions v St Kilda Saints (in Brisbane)

Sunday June 12
North Melbourne Kangaroos v GWS Giants (in Melbourne)

Monday June 13
Collingwood Magpies v Melbourne Demons (in Melbourne)

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY June 8 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.15am THURSDAY (your time) if absolutely necessary.

[Val]

N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TIPS EARLY!!! THERE'S A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME!!!

[theDuke]

Hoohah! Thank you Val.

I must say, and I hope this doesn,t come across as disrespectful in anyway, but for the five of us currently squashed at the top, the fifth member of that group is sadly no longer with us. Tis a odd feeling that we,re battling with a ghost from the library! Reminds me of that scene in Ghostbusters!

[TheFoe]

"Great result!" No. :-(

[Craig White]

early,

tigers by 17
blues
dockers
lions
giants
demons

cheers, Val

[Dean]

Pitiful!! Let's see if making my guessdictions early makes any difference!!

Tigers 9
Blues
Dockers
Saints
Roos
Demons

Cheers Val.

[Tim]

Tigers x 15
Blues
Dockers
Saints
Giants
Demons
At least I cannot get Swans wrong this weekend. You were right Val. What great game last weekend. The Swans outdid the Demons physically and I just didn't see that coming.

[Anita]

Tigers by 19
blues
hawks
giants
Demons

[theDuke]

Anita wrote: "Tigers by 19
blues
hawks
giants
Demons"

You,ve left out your tip for the Lions v Saints game Anita. 😉

[Blastronaut]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeere's Bobby.....

Richmond 17
Carlton
Fremantle
St Kilda
GWS
Melbourne

[David]

Tigers 27
Blues
Dockers
Lions
Giants
Demons

[SussexWelsh]

.
.
Tigers by 22
Blues
Dockers
Lions
Giants
Magpies

[TheFoe]

Tigers x21
Blues
Dockers
Saints
Giants
Demons

Cheers Val.

[theDuke]

Tigers - 6
Blues
Freo
Lions
Giants
Pies

Cheers Val and good luck folks. 🤞

[Anita]

Val I've missed one,I'll go with Saints.
To hanks to the Duke.

[Val]

Lez's tips:

Richmond by 43 pts
Carlton
Fremantle
Brisbane Lions
GWS
Melbourne

[Val]

Suzy's tips

Port by 7 pts
Essendon
Hawks
Lions
North
Pies

[Val]

Mine:

Tigers x 24
Blues
Freo
Lions
Giants
Dees

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Richmond Tigers (Philip) v Port Adelaide Power (available)
5.2.32 (Q1) 2.1.13
6.4.40 (Q2) 5.2.32
8.5.53 (Q3) 8.4.52
11.11.77 (Q4) 10.5.65

A game that could have gone either way sees Richmond scrape into the eight. Tim and Dean had the closest margin this week and each score $7.00 for their charities - Sacred Heart Mission and Koala Hospital - Port Macquarie. Nice work!

[theDuke]

I wonder which game is going to produce the surprise upset this week?

I was tempted to plump for Port, but glad I stuck with favourites. Now thinking that it might be the Saints or....dare I think it...your Bombers Val! 😮🤪

[Sj]

Sorry was away this week....

Fremantle Dockers
Brisbane Lions

GWS Giants

Melbourne Demons

[Val]

theDuke wrote: "I wonder which game is going to produce the surprise upset this week?

I was tempted to plump for Port, but glad I stuck with favourites. Now thinking that it might be the Saints or....dare I think it ... your Bombers Val! 😮..."

Hope you didn't dare to think it because you would have been very wrong. A 26 point margin flatters them beyond belief - they have no game plan whatsoever.

Tonight's result:

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Carlton Blues (Tim)
3.2.20 (Q1) 4.1.25
5.4.34 (Q2) 9.4.58
7.8.50 (Q3) 12.6.78
7.12.54 (Q4) 12.8.80

[theDuke]

Nah, I stuck with the Blues......so could it be the Saints now?! The Gabba is the home of the upsets, is it not? And the Saints have had a rest, unlike the Lions coming off a loss to Freo last week.

Dare I change my tip? 😬🤔

Speaking of having no game plan. I do hope my Giants put in a sterling effort this week.....dunno what,s going on in their camp, but they ought to be better than they have.

[Val]

No upsets yet:

Today's/Tonight's results:

Fremantle Dockers (available) v Hawthorn Hawks (available)
4.3.27 (Q1) 5.0.30
6.6.42 (Q2) 8.4.52
12.9.81 (Q3) 10.7.67
14.11.95 (Q4) 12.10.82

Brisbane Lions (David) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
2.4.16 (Q1) 2.1.13
3.6.24 (Q2) 5.6.36
7.10.52 (Q3) 7.7.49
10.18.78 (Q4) 8.9.57

[Val]

Today's result:

North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve) v Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke)
0.3.3 (Q1) 5.3.33
2.5.17 (Q2) 10.4.64
4.7.31 (Q3) 12.9.81
7.11.53 (Q4) 15.12.102

[Val]

Duke forecast an upset and for all but three of us, today's game was it:

Today's result;

Collingwood Magpies (Tech) v Melbourne Demons (TheFoe)
0.5.5 (Q1) 3.1.19
3.8.26 (Q2) 5.4.34
6.10.46 (Q3) 7.6.48
12.10.82 (Q4) 8.8.56

Dees drop to second on the ladder and the Pies enter the eight at the expense of Richmond.

[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)

Duke on 6 (6)
SussexWelsh on 6 (10)
Tech on 5 (5)
Val on 5 (12)
David on 5 (15)
Lez on 5 (31)
Tim on 4 (3)
Blastro on 4 (5)
Foe on 4 (9)
Dean on 3 (3)
Anita on 3 (7)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 3 (41)
Suzy on 2 (19)
Philip on 1 (41)

Charity donations are:

Duke (Centre For Eye Research Australia) - Highest score (Giants - 102)
Dean (Sacred Heart Mission) and Tim (Koala Hospital - Port Macquarie) - A$7.00 each (closest margin)
Duke (Centre For Eye Research Australia) - A$12.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Duke on 77 (266)
Tech on 76 (360)
Lez on 76 (451)
Tim on 75 (314)
Blastro on 75 (342)
SussexWelsh on 73 (326)
David on 72 (327)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 72 (368)
Philip on 68 (395)
Val on 67 (286)
Foe on 66 (345)
Anita on 58 (462)
Dean on 57 (353)
Suzy on 37 (347)

I hope I've got it right. Shout out if I haven't. Well done Duke on a double and to Dean and Tim for also scoring some dosh for their charities.

[Val]

N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TIPS EARLY!!! THERE'S ANOTHER THURSDAY NIGHT GAME!!!

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 14

Thursday June 16
Richmond Tigers v Carlton Blues (in Melbourne)

Friday June 17
St Kilda Saints v Essendon Bombers (in Melbourne)

Saturday June 18
Port Adelaide Power v Sydney Swans (in Adelaide)
West Coast Eagles v Geelong Cats (in Perth)
GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs (in Sydney)

Sunday June 19
Gold Coast Suns v Adelaide Crows (on the Gold Coast)

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY June 15 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.15am THURSDAY (your time) if absolutely necessary.

[Val]

N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TIPS EARLY!!! THERE'S ANOTHER THURSDAY NIGHT GAME!!! THAT MEANS YOU HAVE LESS THAN THREE DAYS TO GET YOUR TIPS RECORDED!!!

[Tim]

Again many tough choices in just 6 matches but anyway here goes...
Blues by 8
Saints
Swans
Cats
Giants
Suns

[Craig White]

OK, VAL,

tigers by 5
saints
swans
cats
giants
suns

CHEERS, VAL 😁

[Val]

Tech XXIII wrote: "OK, VAL,

tigers by 5
saints
swans
cats
giants
suns

CHEERS, VAL 😁"

Don't you wish you knew how to do bold???

[Dean]

Blues 12
Saints
Power
Cats
Dogs
Crows

Mucky Buckets

[Craig White]

"Don't you wish you knew how to do bold???"

hmph! could if i wanted to, just don't wanna! 😁

[Val]

😄😄😄

[David]

Tigers 15
Saints
Swans
Cats
Giants
Suns

[SussexWelsh]

.
.
Blues by 6
Saints
Swans
Cats
Bulldogs
Suns

[theDuke]

Some very tough ones this week. Gunna gamble on a couple:

Blues - 11
Saints
Port
Cats
GWS (nigh on impossible to call, I,m hopeful tho!)
Suns

G,d luck folks. 😊

[Sj]

Richmond Tigers #7

St Kilda Saints

Port Adelaide Power
Geelong Cats
GWS Giants

Gold Coast Suns

[TheFoe]

Blues x15
Saints
Swans
Cats
Giants
Suns

[Val]

Lez's tips:

Richmond by 43 pts
St Kilda
Sydney
Geelong
W Bulldogs
Gold Coast

[Val]

Blastro has been in touch with me and he's not doing too well at the moment, so until he comes back, his tips are coming via Michael Gleeson in today's Age newspaper.

Blastro's tips:

Carlton by 2 pts
St Kilda
Sydney
Geelong
W Bulldogs
Gold Coast

[Val]

Suzy's tips:

Tigers x 17
Essendon
Port
Eagles
Dogs
Crows

[Val]

And mine:

Tigers x 10
Saints
Swans
Cats
Giants
Suns

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Richmond Tigers (Philip) v Carlton Blues (Tim)
3.2.20 (Q1) 0.4.4
7.6.48 (Q2) 3.5.23
8.10.58 (Q3) 6.8.44
11.15.81 (Q4) 9.12.66

The Blues threw everything they could into this game with the chance to go top of the table if they won. It almost looked like they were going to do it in the final quarter but the Tigers held their nerve after leading all night. David was spot on with his forecast of the Tigers by 15 so he wins $7.00 for The Song Room. Well done!

[Anita]

sorry I'm late Val,quiz night last night and I forgot.
saints
SWANS
cats
Bulldogs
Suns