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

[Val]

Tonight's result:

St Kilda Saints (Lez) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
2.1.13 (Q1) 4.5.29
3.3.21 (Q2) 7.7.49
8.4.52 (Q3) 13.11.89
11.6.72 (Q4) 15.17.107

I was out earlier in the evening but heartened to see Essendon had a 28 point lead at half time. By the time I got home, St Kilda had piled on 5 goals and I was thinking "50 ways to lose a lead". But I was wrong, the Bombers found reserves that have been missing all season and continued to surge ahead. If only they had played like this in the first 13 rounds!

[Val]

Today's/Tonight's results:

Port Adelaide Power (available) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
4.3.27 (Q1) 3.1.19
6.6.42 (Q2) 5.8.38
12.8.80 (Q3) 6.10.46
12.10.82 (Q4) 8.11.59

West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v Geelong Cats (available)
2.3.15 (Q1) 4.4.28
6.5.41 (Q2) 6.5.41
8.6.54 (Q3) 11.6.72
9.9.63 (Q4) 12.9.81

Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke) v Western Bulldogs (Blastro)
3.4.22 (Q1) 2.2.14
4.8.32 (Q2) 6.2.38
7.12.54 (Q3) 6.7.43
16.9.105 (Q4) 19.11.125

Some of us aren't going too well this round!

[Val]

Today's result:

Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v Adelaide Crows (Dean)
1.2.8 (Q1) 2.2.14
7.5.47 (Q2) 3.6.24
10.7.67 (Q3) 6.11.47
18.8.116 (Q4) 10.13.73

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 14 (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)

Suzy on 4 (2)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 4 (8)
Lez on 4 (28)
David on 3 (0)
Val on 3 (5)
Tech on 3 (10)
Blastro on 3 (17)
SussexWelsh on 3 (21)
Duke on 3 (26)
Dean on 3 (27)
Anita on 3 (40)
Tim on 2 (23)
Foe on 2 (30)

Philip on 1 (40)

Charity donations are:

Blastro (Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation) - Highest score (Bulldogs - 125)
David (The Song Room) - A$7.00 (closest margin)
Suzy (Friends With Dignity) - A$12.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Duke on 80 (292)
Lez on 80 (479)
Tech on 79 (370)
Blastro on 78 (359)
Tim on 77 (337)
SussexWelsh on 76 (347)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 76 (376)
David on 75 (327)
Val on 70 (291)
Philip on 69 (435)
Foe on 68 (375)
Anita on 61 (502)
Dean on 60 (380)
Suzy on 41 (349)

Congratulations to the three winners of $$$. Suzy's trick of picking the underdogs paid off again! Some people (not me!) are building up sizable little pots for their charities.

[Val]

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

[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 15

Thursday June 23
Melbourne Demons v Brisbane Lions (in Melbourne)

Friday June 24
Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn Hawks (in Melbourne)
West Coast Eagles v Essendon Bombers (in Perth)

Saturday June 25
Carlton Blues v Fremantle Dockers (in Melbourne)
Geelong Cats v Richmond Tigers (in Melbourne)
Sydney Swans v St Kilda Saints (in Sydney)

Sunday June 19
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Adelaide Crows (in Hobart)
Collingwood Magpies v GWS Giants (in Melbourne)
Port Adelaide Power v Gold Coast Suns (in Adelaide)

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY June 22 (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]

Gee.,round 15 is a tough looking one! This one could change the top 8 on the afl ladder....and ours too! 😬

[Tim]

What a bad week for me. Feel less confident this week but here goes..
Lions by 13
Bulldogs
Eagles
Blues
Cats
Swans
Crows
Magpies
Port

[Craig White]

ocht aye,

demons by 17
bulldugs
bombers
dockers
cats
swans
crows
PIES!
power

cheers, Val

[David]

Lions 10
Bulldogs
Bombers
Blues
Cats
Swans
Crows
Magpies
Suns

Thanks Val

[Sj]

Melbourne Demons #20

Western Bulldogs
Essendon Bombers

Carlton Blues
Geelong Cats
Sydney Swans

Adelaide Crows
Collingwood Magpies
Port Adelaide Power

[Anita]

mine
lions
bulldogs
eagles
dockers
cats
SWANS
crows
magpies
port

[theDuke]

Anita wrote: "mine
lions
bulldogs
eagles
dockers
cats
SWANS
crows
magpies
port"

Don,t forget your margin, Anita. 😉

[theDuke]

Rightio.....it,s a coin toss with a few of these, nothing much to separate them. For the first game, as hard as it is to think the Dees could drop four in a row, but no Max Gawn could make it easier for the Lions, so,

Lions - 9pts
Dogs
Bombers
Freo
Cats
Swans
Crows
Magpies
Port

Cheers Val, and good luck everybody.

[TheFoe]

Demons x31
Bulldogs
Bombers
Dockers
Cats
Swans
Roos
Magpies
Suns

Thanks Val. :-)

[Val]

Lez's tips:

Brisbane Lions by 43 pts
W Bulldogs
West Coast
Carlton
Richmond
Sydney
Adelaide
GWS
Gold Coast

[Val]

Blastro's tips:

Melbourne by 2 pts
W Bulldogs
West Coast
Fremantle
Richmond
Sydney
Adelaide
Collingwood
Port Adelaide

[Val]

Apparently this is the first time in 10 years that the teams in the 8 are playing against each other in the home and away season. As I'm not one of the tipsters who's in the hunt for top spot, I can tip with gay abandon!

Dees x 13
Dogs
Dons
Freo
Tigers
Swans
North
Giants
Suns

[Val]

Suzy's tips:

Lions x 7
Hawks
Eagles
Blues
Tigers
Saints
North
Giants
Suns

[SussexWelsh]

.
.
Lions by 11
Bulldogs
Bombers
Blues
Cats
Swans
Crows
Magpies
Suns

[Val]

So much for it being a close one .....

Tonight's result:

Melbourne Demons (TheFoe) v Brisbane Lions (David)
2.4.16 (Q1) 3.4.22
8.10.58 (Q2) 4.4.28
11.17.83 (Q3) 6.7.43
16.21.117 (Q4) 7.11.53

Foe wins $7.00 for Launch Housing for being our bravest tipster.

[Dean]

Really sorry!!

Hawks
Eagles
Blues
Tigers
Saints
Crows
Giants
Suns

[Val]

Friday's results:

Western Bulldogs (Blastro) v Hawthorn Hawks (available)
1.2.8 (Q1) 4.3.27
6.6.42 (Q2) 5.7.37
12.10.82 (Q3) 5.11.41
19.11.125 (Q4) 12.11.83

A dominating win by the Dogs but gee, Hawthorn play an exciting style of football. Look for them in the next year or two.

West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
3.3.21 (Q1) 5.5.35
9.3.57 (Q2) 7.10.52
13.6.84 (Q3) 10.13.73
16.11.107 (Q4) 14.13.97

It's always hard to win over in the west but I still felt this score flattered Essendon. They're just not consistent enough.

Today's/Tonight's results:

Carlton Blues (Tim) v Fremantle Dockers (available)
1.3.9 (Q1) 3.0.18
6.5.41 (Q2) 4.2.26
9.7.61 (Q3) 6.5.41
12.9.81 (Q4) 7.8.50

Didn't see anything of this game but good on the young Blues for taking on the strong Freo side.

Geelong Cats (available) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
5.2.32 (Q1) 2.0.12
8.5.53 (Q2) 5.3.33
9.8.62 (Q3) 10.7.67
13.11.89 (Q4) 13.8.86

This would have been a worthy Grand Final. After leading by 35 points in the 2nd quarter, the Cats then trailed by 17 points in the 3rd quarter. The last five minutes were real nail-biting time. But the Cats are likely to lose gun defender Tom Stewart for a lengthy spell after a horrible hit on Richmond's Dion Prestia..

Sydney Swans (Anita) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
3.1.19 (Q1) 1.2.8
4.6.30 (Q2) 2.2.14
9.10.64 (Q3) 2.6.18
12.11.83 (Q4) 4.8.32

Again, I didn't see anything of this game but it looks like a horrible night out for the Saints.

[Anita]

thanks for your reminder Duke,sorry not been on much ,really busy so missed the margin.

[Val]

Today's results:

North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve) v Adelaide Crows (Dean)
4.0.24 (Q1) 5.3.33
4.4.28 (Q2) 7.6.48
6.8.44 (Q3) 11.9.75
8.10.58 (Q4) 17.13.115

Collingwood Magpies (Tech) v Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke)
3.4.22 (Q1) 2.4.16
5.9.39 (Q2) 2.4.16
9.17.71 (Q3) 5.4.34
11.22.88 (Q4) 12.5.77

Port Adelaide Power (available) v Gold Coast Suns (Suzy)
5.4.34 (Q1) 2.4.16
6.8.44 (Q2) 5.9.39
12.11.83 (Q3) 10.10.70
13.15.93 (Q4) 13.13.91

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 15 (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)

Sj Brooke (Steve) on 8 (44)
Tim on 8 (77)
Tech on 7 (47)
Blastro on 7 (62)
Anita on 7 (107)
Duke on 6 (73)
David on 6 (74)
SussexWelsh on 6 (75)
Foe on 5 (33)
Lez on 5 (107)
Philip on 5 (107)
Val on 3 (51)
Dean on 3 (107)
Suzy on 2 (71)

Charity donations are:

Blastro (Zaidee's Rainbow Foundation) - Highest score (Bulldogs - 125)
TheFoe (Launch Housing) - A$7.00 (closest margin)
Sj (Backpack Bed For Homeless) - A$12.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Duke on 86 (355)
Tech on 86 (407)
Blastro on 85 (411)
Tim on 85 (414)
Lez on 85 (586)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 84 (400)
SussexWelsh on 82 (422)
David on 81 (401)
Philip on 79 (512)
Val on 73 (342)
Foe on 73 (398)
Anita on 68 (599)
Dean on 63 (467)
Suzy on 43 (420)

I have made some adjustments over the last few weeks to give Philip an average score and anyone who missed the margin on the first game is now given a score equal to that of the worst tipster. Hope that makes sense. And I hope I haven't made too many errors. Well done to all those winning (i.e. not me!)

[Val]

N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TIPS EARLY!!! THERE'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 16

Thursday June 30
Brisbane Lions v Western Bulldogs (in Brisbane)

Friday July 1
Carlton Blues v St Kilda Saints (in Melbourne)

Saturday July 2
Essendon Bombers v Sydney Swans (in Melbourne)
Adelaide Crows v Melbourne Demons (in Adelaide)
Geelong Cats v North Melbourne Kangaroos (in Geelong)
Gold Coast Suns v Collingwood Magpies (on the Gold Coast)

Sunday July 3
Richmond Tigers v West Coast Eagles (in Melbourne)
GWS Giants v Hawthorn Hawks (in Sydney)
Fremantle Dockers v Port Adelaide Power (in Perth)

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY June 29 (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!!!

[Tim]

Much better week and only Lions let me down
This week as follows:
Lions by 14
Blues
Swans
Demons
Cats
Pies
Tigers
Giants
Dockers

[Craig White]

oh, my,

lions by 23
blues
swans
demons
cats
suns
tigers
giants
dockers

cheers, Val

[Anita]

mine
lions by 19
blues
SWANS
crows
cats
pies
Tigers
giants
port

[Sj]

Brisbane Lions #30

Carlton Blues

Sydney Swans
Melbourne Demons
Geelong Cats
Collingwood Magpies

Richmond Tigers
GWS Giants
Fremantle Dockers

[TheFoe]

Bulldogs x34
Blues
Swans
Demons
Cats
Magpies
Tigers
Giants
Power

Cheers Val. :-)

[Dean]

Lions 16
Blues
Swans
Crows
Cats
Pies
Tigers
Giants
Dockers

Cheers Val, good luck all

[SussexWelsh]

.
.
Lions by 20
Blues
Swans
Demons
Cats
Magpies
Tigers
Giants
Dockers

[theDuke]

Whoops, meant to edit my post and accidentally deleted it.

So here it is again!

Lions - 8
Blues
Swans
Demons
Cats
Suns
Tigers
GWS
Port

[Val]

Lez's tips:

Brisbane Lions by 43 pts
Carlton
Sydney
Melbourne
Geelong
Gold Coast
Richmond
Hawthorn
Fremantle

[Val]

Blastro's tips:

Brisbane Lions by 5 pts
Carlton
Sydney
Melbourne
Geelong
Collingwood
Richmond
GWS
Fremantle

[Val]

Suzy's tips:

Dogs x 7
Saints
Dons
Crows
North
Suns
Eagles
Hawks
Port

[Val]

And mine:

Lions x 12
Blues
Swans
Demons
Cats
Suns
Tigers
Giants
Freo

[Val]

Hope David and Philip are right to tip this week.

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Brisbane Lions (David) v Western Bulldogs (Blastro)
1.5.11 (Q1) 2.5.17
6.9.45 (Q2) 5.7.37
12.11.83 (Q3) 7.9.51
16.12.108 (Q4) 9.13.67

Lez's regular margin of 43 pays dividends this week and earns her $7.00 for Dementia Australia. The rest of us were much more conservative.

[theDuke]

NB Got problems ATM, mum,s ill I,m suffering badly from the tinnitus, it,s gone nuts and my one remaining computer has just died. Trying to sort out a replacement, not sure if be able to post my tips for next week, we,ll see.

[Val]

If you're not here Duke, I'll enter some proxy tips for you. Good luck with the tinnitus and the tablet/computer. Hope your mum feels better soon.

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Carlton Blues (Tim) v St Kilda Saints (Lez)
2.4.16 (Q1) 3.6.24
6.7.43 (Q2) 7.6.48
7.13.55 (Q3) 10.7.67
10.18.78 (Q4) 14.9.93

Only Suzy forecast that result!

[Val]

Today's/Tonight's results:

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
2.2.14 (Q1) 5.2.32
7.2.44 (Q2) 7.6.48
9.3.57 (Q3) 9.14.68
15.5.95 (Q4) 12.14.86

I wonder if Tim was there? I wasn't (stinking head cold). I'm happy with the result even though I didn't tip them. Once again, Suzy was our only correct tipster on this one.

Adelaide Crows (Dean) v Melbourne Demons (TheFoe)
4.0.24 (Q1) 5.1.31
6.2.38 (Q2) 6.3.39
7.4.46 (Q3) 9.9.63
10.5.65 (Q4) 14.10.94

Geelong Cats (available) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
3.5.23 (Q1) 3.1.19
8.8.56 (Q2) 4.1.25
15.12.102 (Q3) 5.1.31
21.18.144 (Q4) 5.2.32

Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v Collingwood Magpies (Tech)
3.4.22 (Q1) 3.4.22
5.6.36 (Q2) 6.9.45
6.11.47 (Q3) 6.10.46
8.14.62 (Q4) 9.13.67

[theDuke]

Drat, i've lost me lead...again!

Anyhoo....on the new laptop..so should be fine for the next round.

[Val]

Today's results:

Richmond Tigers (Philip) v West Coast Eagles (Sussex)
4.2.26 (Q1) 2.4.16
11.4.70 (Q2) 5.6.36
15.5.95 (Q3) 11.11.77
20.8.128 (Q4) 13.15.93

Greater Western Sydney Giants (Duke) v Hawthorn Hawks (available)
3.1.19 (Q1) 4.1.25
6.2.38 (Q2) 4.6.30
9.2.56 (Q3) 6.7.43
11.6.72 (Q4) 7.8.50

Fremantle Dockers (available) v Port Adelaide Power (available)
4.2.26 (Q1) 4.2.26
10.4.64 (Q2) 6.3.39
14.8.92 (Q3) 9.4.58
15.9.99 (Q4) 14.7.91

[Val]

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

Round 16 (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)

Sj Brooke (Steve) on 7 (11)
SussexWelsh on 7 (21)
Tim on 7 (27)
Blastro on 7 (36)
Tech on 6 (18)
Dean on 6 (25)
Val on 6 (29)
Lez on 5 (2)
Anita on 5 (22)
Duke on 5 (33)
Foe on 5 (75)
David on 5 (75)
Philip on 5 (75)
Suzy on 2 (48)

Charity donations are:

To be re-distributed at season's end - A$7.00 - Highest score (Cats - 144)
Lez (Dementia Australia) - A$7.00 (closest margin)
Sj (Backpack Bed For Homeless) - A$12.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Tech on 92 (425)
Tim on 92 (441)
Blastro on 92 (447)
Duke on 91 (388)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 91 (411)
Lez on 90 (588)
SussexWelsh on 89 (443)
David on 86 (476)
Philip on 84 (587)
Val on 79 (371)
Foe on 78 (473)
Anita on 73 (621)
Dean on 69 (492)
Suzy on 45 (468)

Steve is our weekly winner again! Well done! Do check your scores please (David & Philip have been given averages). It's still tight at the top so everything to play for!