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Round 10 Preview

Last Week           6/9           Season Total      58/80 In such a close round where many games were decided by a kick or less, I should be satisfied with getting 6 right?   However, I’m not, so have decided to take the Trump view of my tipping where I am always correct, regardless of any of these so-called facts you present.   In that spirit not only did I get 9 out of 9 and it was the greatest tipping ever by anyone ever, but I’d also like to point out that both India and Pakistan read my tipping last week and decided to de-escalate tensions on the back of it.   Not only that, but my preview also resolved a stalemate in the conclave, sorted out world hunger and disproved a whole bunch of facts were just fake news.   Not bad really, but not surprising, given how good I actually am.   I’ll get Putin and Netanyahu to read it this week an...

Round 9 Preview

  Last Week           8/9           Season Total      52/71 The election has been run and won, called about 20 seconds after the booths closed.   That’s great and we don’t have to worry about that for another three years except deal with any fall out.   The Libs may need a bit of help getting in touch with the common man if they want a better showing next time.   But like footy, there is always a redemption story.   What the Libs need is a Ross Lyon type to give them a good public dressing down and then they can come back next time and get the rising star nominee.   What a stroke of brilliance.   No Pope yet, but I see that Trump has put in an application.   I’d say he might be good as he could really show the church how to monetise religion, but I think they’ve got a pretty good handle on that already. Willie Rioli has ...

Round 8 Preview

  Last Week            7/9            Season Total       44/62 Firstly, let's address Anecdotal Bias. This occurs when individuals use stories, poor memory, or the propagation of someone else's story or opinion as a basis for their statements rather than examining data and arriving at purely statistical conclusions. Each year during the MCG Anzac Day match, commentators often say, "It doesn’t matter where they are on the ladder." However, data suggests otherwise. If you rely on commentators' opinions for your selections, you may be misled. Let’s analyze this more closely. There have been 30 meetings between Collingwood and Essendon on Anzac Day (excluding 2020 due to COVID). Out of these, there have been 2 draws, and the team ranked lower on the ladder won the game only 9 times. This equates to 30% of the time, or conversely, the higher-ranked team wins 6...

Round 7 Preview

Last Week           6/9           Season Total      37/53 A number of upsets on the weekend made it a tough round to pick and I think getting 6 was pretty serviceable.   Sure, someone somewhere probably got 9, but it was probably a Canadian who was bullied into joining the office tipping and before tipping asks questions like “Why do they get 6 points when the puck goes in the net?” I managed to enjoy the weekends footy a bit and also watched a bit of swimming and watched Kennedy and Gout Gout miss the final of the Stawell Gift.   All the while I became a chemistry expert trying to balance the chemical levels in my pool which had gotten a bit out of whack!   I certainly learned a lot.   I mean, I’m not ready to start cooking Meth for the masses yet, but if you get a high from floating in a body of essentially drinkable spring water then I’m...