"BALL UP!" - Val's 2024 Aussie Rules Footy Tipping *Open to Everyone*

[Val]

Sj wrote: "I pretty much [99% of the time] ignore who is playing at home or away. So that made no difference to my selection 👍..."

It's not so much home advantage. In this case it's temperature - AFL is a winter game and though that means it is also winter in the Northern Territory, it's still a bit warmer than Melbourne.

[SussexWelsh]

I demand that Suzy undergoes a drugs test.

[suzysunshine7]

SussexWelsh wrote: "I demand that Suzy undergoes a drugs test."

I am falling about laughing here!!! - LOL!!! ;o>

Does daily mugs of Kenyan Gold Tea count as a banned substance?!!

[SussexWelsh]

suzysunshine7 wrote: "SussexWelsh wrote: "I demand that Suzy undergoes a drugs test."

I am falling about laughing here!!! - LOL!!! ;o>

Does daily mugs of Kenyan Gold Tea count as a banned substance?!!"

You're not fooling anyone ;-)

[suzysunshine7]

I have no idea what you are suggesting?!!

(*hides very large bag of Milk Chocolate Brazils*)

;o> ... ;o> ... ;o>

[Val]

Every team analysed after Round 12 in just three words.

ADELAIDE CROWS: Aaaand they’re done.

BRISBANE LIONS: Had the bye.

CARLTON: Commanding away win.

COLLINGWOOD: Due a loss.

ESSENDON: Wasted their opportunities.

FREMANTLE: So, so good.

GEELONG: Got there eventually.

GOLD COAST SUNS: New fortress loading?

GWS GIANTS: Had the bye.

HAWTHORN: Dare to dream?

MELBOURNE: That was ugly.

NORTH MELBOURNE: Had the bye.

PORT ADELAIDE: Back to reality.

RICHMOND: Valiant in defeat.

ST KILDA: Just scraped by.

SYDNEY SWANS: Had the bye.

WEST COAST EAGLES: Let one slip.

WESTERN BULLDOGS: Another big tick.

[Tim]

What a crazy week and many congratulations to Suzy. The Swans strengthened their position without playing so that was good. Just as well as they have a tough home run with 2 away games in Adelaide where they always struggle plus home games with the Cats, in form Fremantle and the Pies plus travelling to the Giants, Port and the Bombers.
This weeks tips
Crows by 18
Bulldogs
Giants
Eagles
Saints..can go either way or another draw
Swans
Bombers
Demons..another tight one at the G on a holiday Monday (which I miss out on now moved to Queensland)

[Sj]

Adelaide Crows + 40

Western Bulldogs
GWS Giants
West Coast Eagles
Gold Coast Suns

Sydney Swans
Carlton Blues
Melbourne Demons

[Philip]

Adelaide x 35
Brisbane
Hawthorn
West Coast
St Kilda
Sydney
Carlton
Melbourne

[SussexWelsh]

Crows by 23
Bulldogs
Giants
Eagles
Suns
Swans
Blues
Magpies

[Anita]

mine
Crows by 11
bulldogs
hawks
eagles
suns
SWANS
blues
magpies

[theDuke]

Round 13:

Adelaide Crows - 15
Western Bulldogs
GWS Giants
West Coast Eagles
St Kilda Saints
Sydney Swans
Carlton Blues
Collingwood Magpies

[suzysunshine7]

Hmmm? ... a couple of uncertain underdogs this time ...

Tigers by 7
Lions
Hawks
Roos
SUNS ... (not the underdogs but I'm sticking with my brightly shining boys ;o>)
Cats
Bombers
Demons

[Val]

Mine:

Crows x 20
Dogs
Hawks
Eagles
Suns (have to prove they can win away - they haven't yet)
Swans
Blues (breaks my heart but the Blues tend to break Bombers' hearts every time)
Pies (still not game to tip against them even though the injuries continue - Bobby Hill looked proppy at training)

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Adelaide Crows (on hiatus) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
2.4.16 (Q1) 3.4.22
5.6.36 (Q2) 5.5.35
7.8.50 (Q3) 11.6.72
10.11.71 (Q4) 12.7.79

Suzy - the drug test kit is in the mail! The only one who picked the Tigers AND she was only one point off in the margin. $7.00 goes to Friends With Dignity.

[suzysunshine7]

WoW! ... just no words but ... WoW!!!

;o> ... ;o> ... ;o>

[Tim]

You are on fire Suzy

[theDuke]

I just knew it! I had a feeling they would get up, now that Richmond injury list is improving, now having players like Shia Bolton, Tim Taranto, Dion Prestia & a managed Dustin Martin back. But i wasn't confident enough to tip them. Well done Suzy! :)

[Val]

Watch out for the Tigers next weekend - they're playing on their home ground, the M.C.G., they expect Tom Lynch to return from injury and there will be a huge crowd to celebrate Dusty's 300th game!

[Val]

Guess who tipped the Lions??

[suzysunshine7]

No way?!! ;oO

[Val]

Way!

Tonight's result:

Western Bulldogs (on hiatus) v Brisbane Lions (on hiatus)
4.0.24 (Q1) 4.3.27
5.4.34 (Q2) 10.7.67
8.7.55 (Q3) 13.9.87
10.11.71 (Q4) 17.12.114

[suzysunshine7]

! ! ! ... even I think I need to take a Drugs Test now! ... LOL!!! ;o>

[Anita]

well done Suzy.

[Tim]

Well done Suzy can you send some of those drugs around?
The Lions tall forwards couldn't score or take any marks for their lives this season and now dominating. Must be because I have moved to Brisbane.

[suzysunshine7]

Certainly can, Tim ;o>

(*slips a large plain brown paper covered parcel in Postbox*) ...

[Tim]

That's the secret. Yummy

[Val]

Today's results:

Hawthorn Hawks (available) v GWS Giants (Duke)
1.3.9 (Q1) 2.1.13
2.7.19 (Q2) 6.2.38
8.9.57 (Q3) 8.6.54
12.13.85 (Q4) 12.7.79

West Coast Eagles (Sussex) v North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve)
1.4.10 (Q1) 0.1.1
2.9.21 (Q2) 4.5.29
2.15.27 (Q3) 8.6.54
8.17.65 (Q4) 11.8.74

St Kilda Saints (Tim) v Gold Coast Suns (Suzy)
3.1.19 (Q1) 1.1.7
4.5.29 (Q2) 2.3.15
6.7.43 (Q3) 5.5.35
7.9.51 (Q4) 7.6.48

Yes, those results are correct and guess who's sitting on four out of five??? She would have got the Saints too if she'd stuck with the underdogs.

I didn't see any footy today. I was at the Melbourne Theatre Company's "Julia", a play about our one and only woman Prime Minister. It was a tour-de-force by actress Justine Clarke, the only actor, on stage for 85 minutes and talking non-stop - rapidly changing between the Welsh accents of Julia's parents, her own voice, and Julia Gillard's rather deep and slow resounding voice. Plus she did an amazing personification of Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, just with facial movements and hands on hips. It ended with her famous speech ".... I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. I will not. And the Government will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not
now, not ever...." At the end the large audience spontaneously stood up cheering - I wasn't sure if we were cheering Justine Clarke or Julia Gillard. The play has had great reviews and has already been extended into mid-July.

Not that I think I missed much at the footy, although it would have been nice to hear North Melbourne sing their song. How did the Eagles manage 17 behinds?? Is it a case of no Harley Reid, no Eagles?? And the low scoring at the Saints/Suns game must have been rather boring.

[Val]

Today's results:

Sydney Swans (Anita) v Geelong Cats (available)
0.3.3 (Q1) 5.2.32
5.6.36 (Q2) 6.5.41
9.13.67 (Q3) 8.8.56
16.16.112 (Q4) 12.10.82

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Carlton Blues (available)
1.5.11 (Q1) 4.3.27
3.7.25 (Q2) 9.3.57
6.13.49 (Q3) 10.4.64
9.16.70 (Q4) 15.6.96

I didn't see the earlier game but the Swans must have had a shock when the Cats bolted out of the gates. Essendon's 16 behinds didn't affect the result - Carlton were the better team right across the ground.

[Tim]

Wish we had gone to see Julia.
Saturdays games were awful and the standard between top and bottom is startling. Certainly no Eagles if Reid is not playing. On the plus side for the matches on Saturday they all had an exciting close finish.
The Swans really struggled to get going and were still in bye mode. Longmire didn't go mad at them at quarter time although he had every reason to. He just spoke very respectfully and the message and slight tweaks in tactics paid off gradually through the second quarter. The Cats did not have the time or space of the first quarter. However by half time deficit reduced to 5 after Tommy Papley's double in a minute which brought the house down. Not everyone's favourite player outside of the Swans for sure.
Second half Swans in total control apart from a dodgy 5 minutes about 10 minutes from the end when conceding 3 quick goals but they remained calm and scored3 quick ones themselves in return.
Sorry the Bombers lost last night.

[Tim]

It's certainly odd watching a match on Monday afternoon when it isn't a holiday in your state.
See the Collingwood fans are up to their tricks again booing certain players and all the opposition when kicking for goal. They have no idea how disgraceful this is. I hated going to their matches.

[Val]

Papley - the player you hate but wish he was in your team!

[Val]

King's Birthday holiday result:

Today's result:

Collingwood Magpies (on hiatus) v Melbourne Demons (on hiatus)
3.1.19 (Q1) 0.4.4
7.3.45 (Q2) 2.6.18
11.3.69 (Q3) 4.11.35
14.5.89 (Q4) 6.15.51

It didn't seem a very inspiring game what I saw of it. Sorry to see Christian Petracca injured. Hope it's not too bad. It was great to see a sea of blue Freeze beanies in the outer. The traditional Pies/Dees game on the Monarch's Birthday long weekend celebrates former Bombers player and Demons coach, Neil Daniher, who is battling Motor Neurone Disease. His FightMND foundation has donated A$97 million to MND research over the last ten years - mainly from the sale of the beanies.

[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)

Philip on 5 (43)
Suzy on 4 (1)
Anita on 4 (19)
Duke on 4 (23)
Val on 4 (28)
SussexWelsh on 3 (31)
Tim on 2 (26)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 2 (48)

Charity donations are:
To be redistributed at the end of the season - A$7.00 - Highest score (Lions 114)
Suzy (Friends With Dignity) - A$7.00 (closest margin)
Philip (Canteen) - A$12.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Val on 72 (441)
SussexWelsh on 72 (460)
Philip on 72 (503)
Tim on 71 (422)
Duke on 68 (373)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 68 (421)
Anita on 54 (557)
Suzy on 48 (339)

Please check your scores!!!

Watch out for Philip - he's making his run! Still tight at the top.

[Val]

We're back to Friday night games now.

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 14

Friday Jun 14
Brisbane Lions v St Kilda Saints (in Brisbane)

Saturday Jun 15
Western Bulldogs v Fremantle Dockers (in Melbourne)
Richmond Tigers v Hawthorn Hawks (in Melbourne)
Adelaide Crows v Sydney Swans (in Adelaide)

Sunday Jun 16
North Melbourne Kangaroos v Collingwood Magpies (in Melbourne)
GWS Giants v Port Adelaide Power (in Sydney)

BYE : Gold Coast Suns; Carlton Blues; Geelong Cats; Essendon Bombers; Melbourne Demons; West Coast Eagles

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight THURSDAY Jun 13 (your time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 10.15am FRIDAY (your time) if absolutely necessary.

[Val]

Every team analysed after Round 13 in just three words.

ADELAIDE CROWS: Nicks’ seat warming. (Coach Matthew Nicks under the pump)

BRISBANE LIONS: 13th and dangerous.

CARLTON: The two seed?

COLLINGWOOD: Play on Monday.

ESSENDON: Is bubble bursting?

FREMANTLE: Had the bye.

GEELONG: Weirdly positive result.

GOLD COAST SUNS: More Marvel (stadium) pain.

GWS GIANTS: Quietly falling apart.

HAWTHORN: 0-5 to finals?!

MELBOURNE: Play on Monday.

NORTH MELBOURNE: Finally! (player Jy) Simpkin super.

PORT ADELAIDE: Had the bye.

RICHMOND: Reward for effort.

ST KILDA: Grotesque, but needed.

SYDNEY SWANS: First by miles.

WEST COAST EAGLES: Need for (player Harley) Reid.

WESTERN BULLDOGS: A momentum killer.

[Val]

Tim - re Julia. I see Julia Gillard is slated to attend a performance in Adelaide in August so maybe it will be picked up in other states. Keep your eyes peeled.

[suzysunshine7]

YAYYY!!! - Congratulations Philip! ... x

[Sj]

Kicking myself...🦘👊🦅
I could NOT have got Round 13 more wronger! 🙈

ROUND 14
Brisbane Lions 26

Western Bulldogs
Hawthorn Hawks
Sydney Swans
Collingwood Magpies
GWS Giants

[SussexWelsh]

Lions by 15
Dockers
Hawks
Swans
Magpies
Power

[Anita]

lions by 19
bulldogs
Hawks
SWANS
magpies
port

[Tim]

Thanks for the Julia tip Val. I will keep a lookout.
2 points last week! Disaster. "Must do better" is my 3 word summary.
This week:
Lions by 21
Fremantle
Tigers
Swans
Pies
Giants
Tough games again

[Philip]

Brisbane x 43 (remembering Lez)
Western
Hawthorn
Sydney
Collingwood
Port Adelaide

[theDuke]

Round 14:

Brisbane - 31 points
Fremantle
Richmond
Sydney
Collingwood
GWS

[suzysunshine7]

Another uncertain guess on two of the underdogs ;o> ...

Saints by 7
Dockers
Tigers
Crows
Roos
Power

*Now edited* ... ;o>

[Val]

With little confidence, my tips:

Lions x 20
Dogs
Tigers
Swans
Pies
Giants

[Val]

Tonight's result:

Brisbane Lions (on hiatus) v St Kilda Saints (Tim)
7.2.44 (Q1) 2.1.13
10.5.65 (Q2) 5.6.42
15.9.99 (Q3) 9.8.62
19.12.126 (Q4) 16.10.106

and miraculously I had the margin spot on. Go me! $7.00 goes to
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre.

[Tim]

And just when I thought I had the closest margin. Well done Val spot on

[Tim]

Anita and I both one point out

[Tim]

High scoring game with Saints doing the rare thing of scoring over 100 and losing.