Unbelievable... all that time you have spent waiting for Season 2010 to start and here it is!!! Can you SMELL it? I can... and it's not just Fev's dirty skanky groin region I can smell, no I can smell anticipation. I can smell desire. And most of all I can smell a lot of false hope.
Of course everyone has their own take on what it is that makes you a successful tipper... At the Punch they give Ten Commandments of Tipping, while other people have dined out on tipping the exact opposite of what a proven loser tips (which is why we have 'The Anti-Dave'). But here in our own comp you need look no further than our own back-to-back winner looking to make it 3 in a row - Yep, 'line in the sand' is on the verge of giving up his daytime job as he dines out on your money... it's time to stop this plague!
So lets head straight into it. Standard rules apply. If you haven't given me your Grand Finalists etc by THURSDAY night (thats when the first game is) then you will lose 2 points. You know who you are. It says it on the side of this page - OPEN YER BLUDDY EYES! Do you think you gave it to me but yer name ain't ticked off? Email me to make sure...
Oh and don't forget to put yer Winning Team in the side comp - jackpot is $10 a week... good luck!
Oh and don't forget to put yer Winning Team in the side comp - jackpot is $10 a week... good luck!
Into it...
Yep, Season 2010 starts with a THURSDAY NIGHT (thats right... get yer tips in EARLY) blockbuster... Richmond v Carlton... oh lord. So many possible games and most of them better than this. To start the season between the teams destined to finished 15th and 12th seems a bit trite eh? But there ya have it. Last year this game cost Wallace his coaching job eventually. This year it won't cost a job, but the Blues will get the 4 points easily, even if there ain't one Captain that thinks the Blues will more more than about 6 more games....
On friday night for some reason the AFL has deemed that the Cats n Bombers will get yer loins going. Well Andrew, the Cats will absolutely pummel the Bombers with their hands tied behind their back. I can hear it now. "Bombers are bluddy rubbish... Matthew Knights... fair dinkum... he couldn't coach a bus." Ahhhh Dave... you've done it again.
In the season's first bye, the Hawks take on the Demons. The Hawks must be pretty happy to get the extra week to overcome their injury problems - they can't take a trick and we're not even to the start line. Injured? Lets have a look... Bailey, his replacement Taylor, his replacement Skipper (and Gilligan), Young, Sewell, Burgoyne... probably Rioli... any others? Oh, Big Buddy is suspended for the first round... all that and yet you can STILL mark down an easy victory for the Hawks - THAT is how bad the Demons will be in 2010.
Finally on to a decent game. ON Saturday night we have the Swans n Sinners. Now I know on paper the Sinners should be way too good for the Swans. I know that the Swans are traditional mid-season starters. But I'm tippin something slightly out of the ordinary here cos the Swans are going to cause the upset of the round here. The Sinners are a little lacking in the backline - something you never said last year - but with Fisher likely to be out injured for a few weeks they will be relying on Dawson to cover Bradshaw (assuming he plays), and with Goodsey spending more time in the forward line... well don't say I didn't tell you. I reckon this game with be an absolute ripper.
Also on show Saturday night is Brisbane hosting the Beagles up at the Gabba. While the Coasters will be better this year, the interest is all about the Fev. Will Lara turn up and offer herself to the big fella? Will he send an SMS of her pic to the scoreboard at halftime? Will he give Browny a go? The relationship between Browny & Fev this year is gonna tell the tale for the Lions - if they gel they are an extremely dangerous unit. If they don't, then they are worse off than last year. The Eagles have some good players coming through but away from home and with the Lions keen to shore up some support before the Gold Coast Beige Shoe Brigade start to drift away.. well it's the Lions comfortably for me.
In a tough pick we see two teams who would give themselves a shot at the low reaches of the 8 duke it out - Port & the Roos. When in doubt you pick the home team don't you? The Paps now have ex-North coach Dean "the lip" Laidley in the box and apparently he is helping them through his "ability to deliver sensible instructions". Says a lot for Choko eh? Well I am leaving this pick until I see the teams but it is a genuine 50/50. Brad Scott will add some real mongrel to the Roos, and they have some good young players. The Paps have lost some experience but also have some young things coming thru. The Paps NEED to win this. Badly. If they don't win this, they will NOT make the 8 - you heard it here. Actually I now think they will win, but still not make the 8...
On to the Match of the Round, and Sunday arvo at Etihad will be a cracker - the Doggies play the Pies. Obviously the Doggies have been in great pre-season form. They now have a major forward target in Big Bad Barry 'the Saviour' Hall to kick to, and coming off the back of 7 goals against the Sinners in the Escort Cup he will be chockas full of happiness pills. The Pies have had a quiet pre-season by their standards - no one (in the starting 22) has been arrested yet. Ex-Team Mate Jolly is on their side and with him in the centre they can only be better than last year. Dogs to start firm favorites but the Pies will be fires up and any dirty scummy stinky Pies supporter that doesn't back their team in the first game of the season is someone even MORE deserving of your lack of respect than you thought.
Finally... the Dockers n the Crows over in WA. The Crows have a LOT of first up injuries in their forward line, and this IS over in purple land so it is a genuine 50/50... but i am fairly confident the Mighty Mighty's will get over the line.
On to the Match of the Round, and Sunday arvo at Etihad will be a cracker - the Doggies play the Pies. Obviously the Doggies have been in great pre-season form. They now have a major forward target in Big Bad Barry 'the Saviour' Hall to kick to, and coming off the back of 7 goals against the Sinners in the Escort Cup he will be chockas full of happiness pills. The Pies have had a quiet pre-season by their standards - no one (in the starting 22) has been arrested yet. Ex-Team Mate Jolly is on their side and with him in the centre they can only be better than last year. Dogs to start firm favorites but the Pies will be fires up and any dirty scummy stinky Pies supporter that doesn't back their team in the first game of the season is someone even MORE deserving of your lack of respect than you thought.
Finally... the Dockers n the Crows over in WA. The Crows have a LOT of first up injuries in their forward line, and this IS over in purple land so it is a genuine 50/50... but i am fairly confident the Mighty Mighty's will get over the line.
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