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"BALL UP!" - Val's 2024 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*
Every team analysed after Round 4 in just three words.ADELAIDE CROWS: Season already over.
BRISBANE LIONS: Oh, hello there!
CARLTON: This year’s Magpies.
COLLINGWOOD: Almost got Collingwood-ed.
ESSENDON: Severe reality check.
FREMANTLE: It was touched.
GEELONG: Goalkicking saving them.
GOLD COAST SUNS: Showing genuine growth.
GWS GIANTS: Still expansion kings.
HAWTHORN: Unlucky yet again.
MELBOURNE: Relocate to Adelaide?
NORTH MELBOURNE: Well... about right.
PORT ADELAIDE: Top four again?
RICHMOND: Brave every week.
ST KILDA: Impressive comeback. Needed.
SYDNEY SWANS: Getting slightly concerned.
WEST COAST EAGLES: Harley hype justified.
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Bont, Libba unassisted.
Congrats to Val on getting a perfect score, very nicely done.
I would like to add my congratulations to Val for the perfect tipping as well as the correct margin. Not sure I have ever seen this achieved before so well played!My tips for this week and still going out on the edge for at least one match.
Demons by 15
Bombers.. yes Val I am tipping them
Giants no stopping them at the moment
Blues
Suns
Port
Cats
Tigers.. although this could be the chance for the Eagles but Tigers played well last weekend.
Round 6:Really hoping to turn my game around...i ain't doing well atm!
Dees - 6pts (i think it'll be a close one)
Dogs - Still holding faith with them atm!
GWS - Rack up that percentage boys!
Blues - the new comeback kings?
Suns - a potential Hawks upsets mibbe? Don't think so.
Port - Ain't nowt stopping this side atm
Cats - Geelong proving themselves to be a side to be reckoned with.
Tigers - the other game that could produce an upset, Eagles didn't play badly last week against the superior Swans...but Richmond will prevail i think.
Agreed regarding Eagles who are improving but think Tigers will be too strong but a surprise is on the cards
Demons by 17Bulldogs
Giants
Blues
Suns
Power
Cats
Tigers
Melbourne Demons + 10Western Bulldogs
GWS Giants
Carlton Blues
Gold Coast Suns
Port Adelaide Power
Geelong Cats
Richmond Tigers
Yes, congrats Val on the perfect 9 + the perfect (0) score, don't remember that ever happening before either
Melbourne x 25Western
GWS Carlton
Gold Coast
Port Adelaide
Geelong
Richmond
Suzy's tips:Lions x 7
Dons
Saints
Crows
Hawks
Fremantle
North
Eagles
Thanks for all the congratulations. It was a pure fluke and will never happen again (by me, anyway).Mine:
Demons x 11
Dogs
Giants
Blues
Suns
Port
Cats
Eagles
I am going out on a limb with the last game. Although the Tigers have been putting up a fight in recent outings, they still only have one win on the board plus, after travelling to Adelaide last week, they now have to travel to Perth. The Eagles are looking a bit stronger and No.1 draft pick Harley Reid is awesome. I think they might just have their tails up in front of their home crowd. Well, I hope so anyway.
Tonight's result:Melbourne Demons (on hiatus) v Brisbane Lions (on hiatus)
2.0.12 (Q1) 4.2.26
2.4.16 (Q2) 7.4.46
3.7.25 (Q3) 10.8.68
8.12.60 (Q4) 12.10.82
Well that wasn't supposed to happen. The final score flatters Melbourne because the Lions put on a master class and had them beat all over the ground. It was only in the final quarter that Melbourne were able to string a few plays together. Suzy was the lone outlier this round and collects another $7.00 for Friends With Dignity.
I am kicking myself because I was going to change my pick this afternoon. Just thought Demons without Pickett would struggle.The Lions were first class this evening and made the Demons look second rate. The score should have been 40 plus as Val suggested.
I take back my comment of a couple of weks ago about Lions being a spent force. The tall forwards rely on service and tonight they got it. Cam Rayney was magnificent and Lackie Neal is a star.
Bloody Demons! Dead cert to win, but ah no...not this week. Where has this Brisbane side been eh...bit late to the show! Pffff!!
Told you Val to have faith in your Bombers.
You did too! Well done on your foresight. My daughter (Doggies member) offered to take me and her brother (Bombers supporter) to the game tonight. I had to decline as I've got a big day tomorrow. She's just messaged me to say she wishes I'd been there (as in the result would have been totally different!) I think the Dogs are a better team than Essendon but kudos to the Bombers for keeping The Bont, Libber and Corey Weightman under tight rein. Todd Goldstein was very good in the ruck but all the players did their part. My favourite, Sam Durham, was also excellent.Western Bulldogs (on hiatus) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
4.2.26 (Q1) 5.0.30
6.6.42 (Q2) 8.2.50
7.9.51 (Q3) 10.5.65
9.13.67 (Q4) 15.6.96
You underestimate your team. They were very good and deserved their win
Today's results:GWS Giants (Duke) v St Kilda Saints (Tim)
4.4.28 (Q1) 1.3.9
7.6.48 (Q2) 4.5.29
10.10.70 (Q3) 6.5.41
11.14.80 (Q4) 12.7.79
Carlton Blues (available) v Adelaide Crows (on hiatus)
5.1.31 (Q1) 4.0.24
8.2.50 (Q2) 7.2.44
11.9.75 (Q3) 12.3.75
14.14.98 (Q4) 16.4.100
Gold Coast Suns (Suzy) v Hawthorn Hawks (available)
4.4.28 (Q1) 1.4.10
6.8.44 (Q2) 3.4.22
11.10.76 (Q3) 5.6.36
16.13.109 (Q4) 8.8.56
Port Adelaide Power (available) v Fremantle Dockers (available)
3.3.21 (Q1) 2.2.14
4.5.29 (Q2) 5.5.35
6.9.45 (Q3) 7.7.49
9.12.66 (Q4) 9.9.63
What a great day with all games except the Suns easy win going down to the wire.
Wow, some really tight games there. Looks like GWS faded out in that last quarter, they were lucky to steal the win by that lonely one point! Surprised by the Carlton v Crows result, maybe Adelaide aren't down and out just yet. Suns will be happy with the percentage boost...and Port had a narrow escape too.
Today's results:Geelong Cats (available) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
5.2.32 (Q1) 3.1.19
12.6.78 (Q2) 4.3.27
15.10.100 (Q3) 6.4.40
21.13.139 (Q4) 10.4.64
West Coast Eagles (Sussex)v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
3.1.19 (Q1) 4.3.27
11.2.68 (Q2) 7.7.49
15.8.98 (Q3) 8.8.56
16.13.109 (Q4) 10.10.70
Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:Round 5 (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 5 (33)
Tim on 5 (37)
Suzy on 4 (15)
Duke on 4 (28)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 4 (32)
SussexWelsh on 4 (39)
Philip on 4 (47)
Anita on 3 (57)
Charity donations are:
To be redistributed at the end of the season - A$7.00 - Highest score (Cats - 139)
Suzy (Friends With Dignity) - A$7.00 (closest margin)
Val (Asylum Seeker Resource Centre) - A$12.00 (weekly winner)
CUMULATIVE LADDER:
Tim on 33 (109)
SussexWelsh on 33 (132)
Val on 32 (144)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 28 (148)
Duke on 27 (100)
Philip on 27 (190)
Anita on 22 (187)
Suzy on 16 (99)
Please check your scores!!! I managed a lucky win by virtue of tipping the Eagles but I'm still trailing Tim & Sussex.
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
or https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/ladder
ROUND 6
Thursday April 18
St Kilda Saints v Western Bulldogs (in Melbourne)
Friday April 19
Adelaide Crows v Essendon Bombers (in Adelaide)
Saturday April 20
Collingwood Magpies v Port Adelaide Power (in Melbourne)
Carlton Blues v GWS Giants (in Melbourne)
Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats (in Brisbane)
West Coast Eagles v Fremantle Dockers (in Perth)
Sunday April 21
Sydney Swans v Gold Coast Suns (in Sydney)
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Hawthorn Hawks
BYE: Richmond Tigers, Melbourne Demons
If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY Apr 17 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.15am THURSDAY (your time) if absolutely necessary.
Every team analysed after Round 5 in just three words.ADELAIDE CROWS: Season saving win.
BRISBANE LIONS: There’s a pulse.
CARLTON: Injury plague returns.
COLLINGWOOD: Had the bye.
ESSENDON: Stringer contract year!
FREMANTLE: Hate South Australia.
GEELONG: Could’ve rested more.
GOLD COAST SUNS: Building a fortress.
GWS GIANTS: Peatling the hero.
HAWTHORN: Not good enough.
MELBOURNE: Break BADLY needed.
NORTH MELBOURNE: Brutal draw. Still...
PORT ADELAIDE: Stars win games.
RICHMOND: Injuries too much.
ST KILDA: Left too late.
SYDNEY SWANS: Had the bye.
WEST COAST EAGLES: Jake became JK!
WESTERN BULLDOGS: Nothing makes sense.
I very nearly tipped the Eagles too but common sense overrode valour :-|
As I said a tough week ahead with many games between teams who are roughly level and so inconsistent. I have tipped my Swans but with no confidence as Gold Coast are a different team this year with a top coach and a good record against the Swans. When I came to it though it was hard to go against the Swans Saints by 8
Crows but this could easily go either way
Port Adelaide.. another close one
Blues.... only because GWS have a couple of big injury concerns
Lions.... who knows which team will turn up but they are getting large crowds who do their best at the Gabba for the Lions
Fremantle
Swans
Hawthorn... 2 winless teams so anyone's guess.
Tim wrote: "As I said a tough week ahead with many games between teams who are roughly level and so inconsistent. I have tipped my Swans but with no confidence as Gold Coast are a different team this year with..."Aye, losing Taylor, Kelly & Coniglio in the same match, isn't great news for GWS......but have you seen Carlton's injury list yet?! Yikes!
It'll be a another tight one....but have hope for my boys.
saints by18Crows
power
blues
lions
dockers
SWANS
hawks
Saints by 20Bombers
Power
Giants
Cats
Dockers
Swans
Kangaroos
St Kilda Saints + 3Adelaide Crows
Port Adelaide Power
GWS Giants
Brisbane Lions
Fremantle Dockers
Sydney Swans
Hawthorn Hawks
Round 6:Saints - 14 pts
Essendon
Collingwood
GWS
Lions
Freemantle
Sydney
Hawthorn
Suzy's tips:Dogs x 7
Essendon
Collingwood
Blues
Cats
Eagles
Suns
North Melbourne
Mine:Saints x 5
Crows
Pies
Giants
Lions
Freo
Swans
Hawks
Western x 60 ! Adelaide
Collingwood
Carlton
Brisbane
Fremantle
Sydney
North Melbourne
Clever clogs!Tonight's result:
St Kilda Saints (Tim) v Western Bulldogs (on hiatus)
1.0.6 (Q1) 7.1.43
4.3.27 (Q2) 12.4.76
5.7.37 (Q3) 17.6.108
9.10.64 (Q4) 19.10.124
A rather boring game because it was completely one-sided. It was hard to tell how good the Dogs were because the Saints were just so bad - listless and uninterested. Brad Hill tried hard but the rest may as well have stayed home. Hardly sighted Jack Steele, Seb Ross, Jack Sinclair, Mitch Owens. Suzy's underdog strategy pays off again with another $7.00 going to Friends With Dignity.
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If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladder
or https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/ladder
ROUND 7
Wednesday April 24
Richmond Tigers v Melbourne Demons (in Melbourne)
Thursday April 25
Essendon Bombers v Collingwood Magpies (in Melbourne)
GWS Giants v Brisbane Lions (in Canberra)
Friday April 26
Port Adelaide Power v St Kilda Saints (in Adelaide)
Saturday April 27
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Adelaide Crows (in Tasmania)
Geelong Cats v Carlton Blues (in Melbourne)
Fremantle Dockers v Western Bulldogs (in Perth)
Sunday April 28
Gold Coast Suns v West Coast Eagles (on the Gold Coast)
Hawthorn Hawks v Sydney Swans (in Melbourne)
If punters could lodge their tips by midnight TUESDAY Apr 23 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.15am WEDNESDAY (your time) if absolutely necessary.
Agreed Val. A truly dreadful game which really does nothing for AFL. Really thought the Saints had turned a corner for this season but now dropping back just like they have done for the last 15 years. This weeks fixtures show so much promise for some tight games so lets hope it improves. Think the GWS Blues match should be a cracker but injuries may well decide.
Meant to ask Val, did you get the chance to see "The Motive and The Cue" screening from the National Theatre at cinemas a couple of weekends ago? It's a play about Sir John Gielgud directing Richard Burton for a production of Hamlet in 1964. Wonderful performances with Mark Gatiss as Gielgud and Johnny Flynn as Burton. Gatiss has just won the Olivier award for best actor which was much deserved. The wonderfully named Tuppence Middleton plays Liz Taylor.
No Tim, I didn't see it. I haven't been to the cinema in ages. I know The Palace chain (of which I am a member) screens a lot of plays and operas but I am rather unmotivated at the moment, probably owing to ongoing sciatica issues. I've got an MTC play tomorrow - The Almighty Sometimes with Nadine Gardiner.
We are members too and it is good to have the opportunity of catching up with plays from the UK. Sorry to hear of your issues. The Almighty Sometimes received great reviews and sounds a very interesting play. Hope you enjoy. Must say we are making an effort to get out more in the City but this is proving tough with me currently not working but hopefully prospects looking a little brighter now. Palace do some excellent offers for members and we went to see Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode in Freud's Last Session last Sunday which was very interesting.
A very scrappy game in Adelaide and the Bombers not taking a lot of opportunities. Luckily I looked at our MTC tickets and the play is next Saturday, not tomorrow.
Very close game. Bombers coming back again.Good job you checked tickets
Well it did turn out to be an exciting second half with the teams alternating the lead and missing chances. Well done to my boys for fighting it out to the end.Tonight's result:
Adelaide Crows (on hiatus) v Essendon Bombers (Val)
2.2.14 (Q1) 2.4.16
5.4.34 (Q2) 5.9.39
9.5.59 (Q3) 8.14.62
11.9.75 (Q4) 10.18.78
Today's results:Collingwood Magpies (on hiatus) v Port Adelaide Power (available)
3.4.22 (Q1) 6.3.39
9.9.63 (Q2) 8.3.51
14.15.99 (Q3) 10.4.64
17.21.123 (Q4) 12.9.81
Carlton Blues (available) v GWS Giants (Duke)
5.1.31 (Q1) 4.1.25
7.7.49 (Q2) 9.4.58
14.10.94 (Q3) 12.7.79
17.15.117 (Q4) 15.8.98
Brisbane Lions (on hiatus) v Geelong Cats (available)
2.5.17 (Q1) 2.1.13
3.8.26 (Q2) 4.4.28
4.11.35 (Q3) 6.6.42
4.13.37 (Q4) 9.9.63
West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v Fremantle Dockers (available)
4.1.25 (Q1) 0.3.3
9.4.58 (Q2) 3.3.21
14.9.93 (Q3) 4.5.29
16.9.105 (Q4) 10.8.68
Not a good day for us hapless tipsters. Collingwood showed their 2023 form by putting Port back in their box. Carlton really looked the goods in beating the Giants comfortably - and is Toby Green in trouble again? The rain poured down at the Gabba and the Lions didn't know what to do. The Cats kept their heads and quietly went about their business - and where did they find Toby Conway?? Over in the west, the Eagles (most of whom look like they're still in primary school) had no trouble in dispensing with the Dockers. Suzy has tipped all six winners so far and cannot be caught now.
Well done to the young Eagles claiming bragging rights for their youths in Perth. Val is correct. They all look 16 but I think after years of pain they will be contenders in 2 or 3 seasons.
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ROUND 5
Thursday April 11
Melbourne Demons v Brisbane Lions (in Melbourne)
Friday April 12
Western Bulldogs v Essendon Bombers (in Melbourne)
Saturday April 13
GWS Giants v St Kilda Saints (in Canberra)
Carlton Blues v Adelaide Crows (in Melbourne)
Gold Coast Suns v Hawthorn Hawks (on the Gold Coast)
Port Adelaide Power v Fremantle Dockers (in Adelaide)
Sunday April 14
Geelong Cats v North Melbourne Kangaroos (in Geelong)
West Coast Eagles v Richmond Tigers (in Perth)
BYE: Sydney Swans, Collingwood Magpies
If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY Apr 10 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.15am THURSDAY (your time) if absolutely necessary.