Hidy Ho Folkettes :)
Ooof! Looks like I missed out on a rather close game Saturday night. Yes, despite suffering a mild case of Salt n Lemon poisoning on her first night in Chicago, Lady Horseboy arrived safe'n'sound after a week in The Windy City. A city that should not be confused with any between-the-sheets action that may go on around here. Anyway, being the nice person I am, I stayed home and suffered through the Crows game rather than head out to the lovely atmospheric ground that is Telstra/ANZ/Olympic Whateverthemuthasnameis Stadium.
Where do I start? Well, not with the second half cos the Crows left 28mins into the 2nd quarter. WildJohnny let me tell you I had almost chartered my own plane up there at quarter time. I'd certainly spent the $60 return on my $20 investment! The Crows looked very good for the entire first half - omitting 3 minutes at the end. And then. Game over. Bradshaw kicked about 62 goals in the third quarter to beat 101's heart-throb Mr Lynch's goal kicking record, and the Mighty Crows became a bunch of feather dusters in 3.5 minutes. Damnit! That is two weeks in a row we've struggled from the main break. If they called the game 'First Half of Football' the Crows would be World Champions! Sadly there are 4 quarters... Ah well.
Meanwhile over at ANZ Stadium the Swans just got over those powerful Eagles by 5 points. The Eagles and Swans play some tight games eh? Their games are closer than Johnsy and 11 teammates on a sleepover. *boom tish* But every time I turned the telly over there was Goodesy dominating like TreeFiddy with a Driver in his hand. Big Bad Bazza was on fire - 5 goals and at least one assist - and LRT was his standard selfless self - handing out turnovers with the flair of a sailor lost at sea *boom tish* No please... stop me. Obviously the Eagles must have played ok but who cares - they lost.
Ditto the Bombers against the Sinners. Jimbo Hird has taken over from Neil Kerley as the most biased commentator in Footy. I'm sure he's getting paid a marketing fee by the Black n Red. A tip Jimbo. Shut the F Up. "I know Jobe very well and he is underrated because of his kicking skills". No James, he is overrated - he should be playing TFL not AFL. Koshitsme is clearly due some time in Horseboy's Dream Team cos he's playing well enough to earn some injuries. 4 goals to him and 3 to Nick "Tears of a Clown" Riewoldt were enough to put the cap on what was a fairly routine victory unless you were listening to Jimbo, in which case I think the Bombers actually won.
On Friday night the Dockers did exactly as I said they would - cause me to miss a tip. Bastards. Purple is the colour of the Traitor. Speaking of Traitors, the Paaaaaah just snuck home against those Mighty Mighty and did I say Mighty(?) Tigers. Treddars continues to dominate against teams with no defence (7 goals), and a huge 22,000 centrelink customers saw the big fella kick the winning goal. Benny Cousins was seen on the ice just after the game but apparently it was just a soft tissue injury.
In another close game the Doggies just snuck home over Melbourne. What was going on there? Sheesh... Akkers kicked a few goals and all those people that wouldn't have him in their team are clearly loonies. Obviously the Cats won. *yawns* An the Blues absolutely smashed the Pies. You wouldn't believe this but I know a certain Pies "Supporter" who actually put money on the Blues! Who said Pies supporters were all stupid?
The Tippers
Yup, there were a lotta perfect scored this week 14 people in fact! Yup, it's lucky that those PIES supporters have no LOYALTY because The Nipster and Pizerule- so called Collingwood fans - are two of them. No doubt The Nipster slipped a lazy $50 on the Blues too. Unbelievable. Are the Pies the least loyal supporters in the comp? Well, maybe Dave would like to think the Bombers were up there on that score, but maybe you should tell ME who it is...
So 14 perfect tippers get the Bonus Point, while the worst effort was 5 from 8 (Paulverisor yet again forgot to put his tips in...). Leading the way now is The Traitor I mean Nipster on 48 points, 1 clear of Footy Junkie, Grunter and jchr2041, and a bunch on 45.
In the Side Comp... no one went for the Pies and all went through to Round 9... that is... hold on... let me do the sums... yup, it is up to $90!
And in the Ponyboy comp...well it is Luke (the cute one) now leadin the way from D Master.
Round 9
Some seriously interesting games this week, kicking off with the Cats n Dogs at what is listed as Telstra Dome but isn't that now Catinthehat Stadium? This is just the second big test for the Cats this year (obviously the first one was against the Crows), and I wouldn't be surprised to see the Doggies take it if Akka can fire. No - there's no logic, but if you want to get a point up on people, you'll be picking the 'away' box for this one folks.
North n Freo. What the huck are you supposed to do with this one? This is the most ridiculous game ever put on a tippers sheet. Beside the Freo/Hawks game this week. The reality is that neither team will win it - one will lose it. Absolute scrubbers. That is balanced out by the GOLD on display at AAMI Stadium - yup, the Crows will get their season back in the right direction (slightly parallel to the road that heads that way) - with an emphatic win over the Blues. Fev will yet again kick nothing cos he's too busy reminiscing about his time spent with Lara & Simmo in better times. Crows will dominate the first half to lead by 6 points but then hold the Blues to nothing by handpassing 325 times in the backlines.
Another toughie to pick is the Eagles n Pies. If in melbourne you'd say no dramas, but over at the Subi, the Eagles are a different proposition. My advice is to first find out if the Gayboy is putting money on the Eagles and go from there. The Tiggers play the Bombers in the Dreamtime at the G. IF the Bombers lose this, the Dream will become a Nightmare. For the Tiggers, it's already a nightmare. Glorious. I reckon the Bombers will take this easy and crash n burn. SUCKERS!
At the SCG on Sunday the Swans host the Paps. If the Paps are any good they should smack the Swans harder than Bocky does people that should know better. I'm tipping the Swans by 15 points, with Barry Hall and Dean "The Chin" Brogan duking it out at half time, killing 36 mini-leaguers in one mighty push.
The Sinners will be way too good for the Lions - although the Lions are undoubtedly one of the 5 best teams in the com - and the Hawks n Melbourne... is this an internal trialgame?
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