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Round 18 Preview

  Last Week           5/9           Season Total      97/144 It was a crazy week on the field, as it was off the field.   Saturday was almost a total bust as far as tipping was concerned and there was much debate about umpire contact and the penalties that should be dished out.   In most of the things I read, the desired sanction was anywhere between 6 weeks and public execution by being broken on the wheel, but what everyone forgot was that there is a system in place to deal with things like this.   It’s not a perfect system and it often puts forth confusing and unwanted outcomes, but it is the system we have. Of course, as we have just witnessed in the World Cup, there’s nothing stopping either Donald Trump or Anthony Albanese in calling up and getting the decision overturned.   Being able to stand on that dais and say, “remember tha...
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Round 17 Preview

  Last Week           6/7           Season Total      92/135 The World Cup is in full swing and remarkably I have seen more goals scored (live) than I have seen in my entire life up until now.  Australia made it through to the knockouts and will face Egypt first up.  If we are the Socceroos, I wonder what Egypt are called?  The Asps?  The Square Pyramids (or the Pentahedrons, or the Johnson Solids?).  I guess they could be The Pharaohs, led by top striker, Tutankhamen? Wimbledon has also started and we are a week away from the LPGA major at Evian and two weeks away from the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale and then the Women’s Open at Royal Lytham.  It’s a key period in European sports and one that will keep me busy.  Busy as in sitting on my ass on the couch eating foods not good for me.  I’ve earned it…perhaps....
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Round 16 Preview

  Last Week           5/7           Season Total      86/128 The Straight of Hormuz is open, Fuel prices are down and Australia will (probably) make the knockout part of the World Cup.  Can life get any better?  Don’t answer that. Let’s get straight into it. Brisbane vs Sydney         Gabba   Thursday Night Again, the week opens with the match of the round.  The reigning premier up against one of this year’s Premiership fancies.  There’s been a few close encounters between these two at the Gabba in the last few meetings, with the biggest margin in recent history being 16 points and a 2-2 win/loss record.  Both of these teams are coming off a bye so any rampant bye malaise will be shared out in equal portions.  Sydney gets Errol back, which is a strong name and Sydney will be fu...
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Round 15 Preview

  Last Week           6/7           Season Total      81/121 It was a pretty uneventful week of footy last week.  Ok, there were a couple of close ones, but they still fell the way expected and the other matches were walkovers.  More to the point, I forgot the World Cup was on.  Yes, that other sport they call Football.  To be honest, I had no idea about it at all and if not for someone asking about a tipping competition, I probably wouldn’t have realized.  Of course, I love to throw money at frivolous causes so I’m now in three competitions.  I’ll admit, I did watch some of the Australia vs Türkiye match (it was either that or help the missus with housework) and I even caught myself yelling GOAAAALLLL, when we scored our first.  My wife retorted, “What the hell?  You don’t even like Soccer?”  She was right, but ...
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Round 14 Preview

  Last Week           4/8           Season Total      75/114 These Byes just seem to be going on and on.  And I just noticed that there are three more weeks of them.  I know we have to get used to them when Tasmania enters the competition, but dragging these ones out just seems like some kind of cruel punishment.  Especially when the games are so tight.  With 6 of the 8 matches last week decided by less than 9 points for some, depending on which side if the ledger your tips were on, was the difference between getting 3 or 8!?  Obviously, the AFL sent out a memo to make the games closer, but I guess they spelled Fremantle incorrectly in the email addresses.  Wharfie Time not required there. Anyway, I can bang on about footy some more or I could talk about Negative gearing and CGT?  It’s certainly a hot-button topic. ...
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Round 13 Preview

  Last Week           4/7           Season Total      71/106 It was a difficult week last for tipping.  There seemed to be lots of upsets.  I didn’t have a tip right until late into Saturday.  Of course, there is always someone in the tipping competition that picks every upset. Anyway, no special messages this week so let’s launch into it. Adelaide vs Geelong     Adelaide Oval   Thursday Night The Cats come off another defeat at the hands of Carlton.  One of those teams that seem to have the better of them recently.  Adelaide needs to wake up if they want a chance at this season.  This is the time to stand up.  Against a tough opponent on their home ground.  Unfortunately for Adelaide, like Carlton is Geelong’s bogey side, Geelong is Adelaide bogey side, and it doesn’t matter where the g...
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Round 12 Preview

  Last Week           3/9           Season Total      67/99 And here I was, worried that after the Scott Pendlebury milestone there’d be nothing for football journalists to talk about.  An eventful week on a number of points, but I will start with Scott (Pendlebury, not Brad). I get a little confused sometimes about the tribalism of our great game.  You want to beat the other guys, I get it, but I listened to talkback radio last Saturday as the hosts encouraged people to ring in who had nothing better to say than they hoped Pendlebury injured himself in the warm up or they hoped he got concussion and was unable to remember the game.  A newspaper journalist in my local rag, in a very poorly researched and ill conceived article, actually demanded that West Coast players ‘risk suspension to cause physical damage to Pendlebury.’  People ne...
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