Round 5: Beaver Fever

OK hands up who DOESN'T have Beaver Fever!  The whole WORLD has been taken over by the need to see da young Beaver, and 5000 screaming hyperventilating 12yo girls answered the call.  I was so taken by the fever of the Beaver that I have spent all afternoon investigating the phenomenon that is the Young Beaver, and having seen da Beaver in action I can see why there is such a desire for it.  Sure the Beaver is young.  But the pain I hear in the Beaver is from the Heart.  This is For Real.  


"My first love broke my heart for the first time/And I was like/Baby, baby, baby, ooooh/I thought you'd always be mine"

That, my friends, is Gold.  That is the ache of a sore Beaver.

Now I know you reckon that once the Beaver is old it will lose its appeal - but in my book that just means the Beaver will be more experienced.  Just look at New Kids On The Block.  The only mistake they made was going radical and changing their name to NKOTB (they weren't KIDS you know...).  They hung tough.  But were they tough enough?

'Upset' didn't just relate to the kiddies waiting for Beaver however.  Nup, Round 5 featured a lot of upset.  Yep, the Catters fell for the ole 'we played the Crows last week' routine when they lost to the Blues.  As I predicted!  That means that every week, the Crows have played teams in red hot form.  Evidence again?

Round 1. Dockers.  Equal Top.  BANG.
Round 2. Swans. Equal Top.  BANG.
Round 3. Dees.  Haven't lost since.  BANG.
Round 4. Carlton.  Beats 2009 Premiers.  BANG.
Round 5. Doggies.  Equal 2010 Faves.  BANG.  

Do the Crows just happen to have the hardest draw in the Comp?  WE HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY THE AFL!!!  *sighs*  This kind of harassment makes what the poor innocent Storm have gone through look positively benign.

Speaking of which, I for one totally back Bellamy's comments that you cannot take away the Storms INTEGRITY.  Sure they RORTED the system but what has that got to do with INTEGRITY?  Sure they CHEATED by paying players more than the system allowed and therefore were able to field a stronger team than others but they did it with INTEGRITY.  It is all a plot by the NRL to get rid of them.  They play with too MUCH integrity THATS the problem.  Anyway it wouldn't happen in the AFL.  Essendon Premiership anyone?

So back to a mans game.  Did I mention upsets?  This week 50 out of 60 tippers picked exactly the same teams.  It is this kind of MOB mentality that gets rockin gigs by the Beaver CANCELLED.  One 12yo screams for the Beaver and 4,999 others do likewise.  As that young gal said... 'the police were so... like... slack...'.  RIGHT ON SISTER!  Some 12yo's travelled from like... Perth.  Who are these... like... 12yo's?  They travelled like... from PERTH???  They have enough money to travel like... from PERTH... to see the Beaver?  Whatever.  These are the kind of people that all tipped the same teams this week and it is no wonder you all got 4 out of 8.  Think OUTSIDE the square for ONCE in yer lives. COME ON!  You are the kind of people that thought putting $5 on the 8 from 8 was a dead cert.  I have SEEN your type.

So the Swans kept winning, and indeed they now rise to the top of the crop, but the big mover was the Dees.  The DEES! Stick THAT on bluddy utube.  Beaver THAT in yer bluddy utube.  To be honest the Dees were always going to win.  And you know how I know?  Because Dave Cassell put money on the Lions.  Of course he didn't put his own money on them - he put other peoples money on them.  Welcome home Dave.  We missed you.  8 from 8 last week when it means nothing to us?  Yeah no probs.  This week when yer putting OUR money on it, DDDZZZZZZZZT.  He also told us that the Bombers would win.  But he didn't wanna pick em.  HE is a man of means and a means of a man.

Rather than listen to Dave I decided to speak to the Beaver himself and he said the Paps would beat the crap out of the Sinners and the Roos would beat the Hawkers.  Which just goes to show that if you got more than 4 this week you have no idea about tipping.

The Ladder
The Blue Chimp and Bampo both picked 6 from 8 this week - not a bad effort in a tough week.  Overall though it is Horseboy's Nemesis at the top of the table.  I can just see his face now as he gets an early win in the little races of life, sure he thinks he is smart but it won't be long before he gets an injury and is never seen again.  On yer Bike Nemesis!  Also up there is that dirty stinkin Port Supporter Once Great and Kermitt the Frog.  Drive fer show, putt fer dough I say!

Oh and in the side comp the 6 folk are still in it this week and we jackpot to $60.  Round 6 you will need to tip from one of the Saturday games. 


Round 6
Gotta say this is a huge week of footy.  7 out of the 8 could go either way and given my mediocre position on the table I have deferred to The Beaver for his advice on who will win.

He said, and I quote...


Baby, baby, baby ooh
Like
Baby, baby, baby noo
Like
Baby, baby, baby ohh

He knows $hit.  But what I do know is that the Sinners n Doggies is gonna be a heaving do-do of a game and worth staying in for - tough tough tough.  While the Rooos n Deees is also bluddy tough.  Throw in the showdown where the Crows will smash the Paps and mix in a Derby where the Beagles will stir cos you always go the underdogs in these games and maybe Baby Baby oooh the Beaver is onto something.

The Hawks n Bombers... jeez you can't back the Bombers can you?  Dave?  No, he can't.  They are rubbish.  But the Swans n Lions will be a big game - home town will help decide that one and keep the Swans on top for another week.  The Blues n Pies is ANOTHER tough one after the Blues job on the Cats... but the Pies will keep winning cos the Blues really aren't that good, and in the only easy pick of the round, the Cats will get over the Tigers by 100 points.

Baby Baby Baby ohhhhhh.