Happy New Year to you all...
Yep, I am just starting to set some stuff up here and was after your thoughts before I set up the tipping comp. Do you want the Finals included in the 2011 Horseboy Tipping Comp? Let me know by voting on the side panel.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Thursday, 7 October 2010
The Premiership Diaries - Post 1
Grand Final - September 2010
In hindsight, I was pretty confident the Pies were going to win on the big stage. I got all the emails in the lead-up to the losses. Saw Licca and Mick in tears, got told of the omen that was 1966 and was reminded that the Pies had no-one to stop Riewoldt, Hayes, Goddard, Montagna and Fisher.
Following the parade on the Friday, I scoffed at suggestions the Maggies were'nt up for the big dance. The City was a buzz of black and white (and a fair bit of red) just quietly. I'd gone for the scarf into the office. C'mon Pies.
Fair to say there was an equal amount of confidence and concern on the morning of the grannie. Barbies were planned, potential pubs pre (and post) game were arranged and plenty of money was taken from the ATM in anticipation of the Pies ending a 20yr AFL premiership drought.
The beers started early. By lunch I'd had bets on Leigh Brown and Harry O'Brien for first goal. Didak was my Norm Smith bet and I had the margin at 17 points. All good. More Bridge Road pubs followed before we jumped on a tram - bound for glory (ahhhh Angry....bless him).
Got to the park outside the ground and it was packed. Cars, streamers, barbies, bands, supporter decoration and beers flowing from every vantage point. I was definately swept up in the potential that today was the day that the Pies were going all the way.
Straight in and queued up for beer. The queues were so long, we decided to get a tray each. Silly in hindsight. That set the pace. 4 beers a quarter - followed by a 10min queue for a snakes hiss, only to get into another queue for another 4 beers.
First quarter the Pies started on fire. Dids nailed one from the boundary. Daisy's mongrel from 50 somehow floated over the pack. Pies had momentum - granted werent kicking everything that came their way but the game was played in our forward 50.
More beer required.
Second quarter, Saints started with a couple. Reiwoldt and Sneider got into the game. Goddard looked like he had multiplied. Fisher seemed to be a ball magnet and Pies were only too happy to get it too him.
Half time - Pies by 4 goals. Worthy time to make prediction....Pies kick 3 more they're home! Damn those beers for the uber confidence!
Third quarter and time in urinal is blowing out and all too frequent. Goddard starting to tear new black and white orifaces. Daisy and The Blair Witch missing montys. Clokey has a chance to stem the flow from 40 metres and aaarkin' misses! Started to cradle beers.
Last quarter and I'm barely conscious.
Beers, nerves and toilets all made worse by the fact that the Pies run had stopped. Goddard and Hayes both looked enormous. Goddard takes the best mark in a grand final ever captured on colour TV. Faark, Faark and FAAAARKK again!
One minute Goddard is at full back, then he's in the guts, only to end up sitting on Harry's shoulders in the goal square. Urine sample required UMPIRE!
Saints hit the front! I nearly pass out.
Game gone to a new level. Pies kick it long, Heater flies, ball spills - quick hands to Cloke *(argh) and goal. Pies up by a point. How long left?!!! Someone splutters 3mins. Geezus. I spill more beer and start looking for frees. 50 metres, in the back, BALLLLLLLL!!!! ump for faarks sake use the faaarking whistle?????
Hayes (no??!!!) to bluddy Milne. Surely not! But Milney pulls out (unlike a few years ago when he shouldve? - ahhh come-on - thats fair?!)
All square.
How long? 30 secs left. The longest 30secs of living memory follows. Thats where it gets fuzzy for this Nipster. The rest is a blur. Siren, Hayes Norm Smith, me toilet queue and the long walk home.
I'll be faarrked. Its a bluddy DRAW!
Swollen Nips
The Road to the Holy Grail
Woke up this morning,
from the strangest dream
The Pies winning margin,
Was the best I've ever seen
After the draw, the Pies ABSOLUTELY PUMPED THE SINNERS,
on the road to the (2010) HOLY GRAIL!!!!!!
Very Happy Nips (and Co.)
G Ablett Robbed of Brownlow?
Hello! I'm Chris Judd. You may remember me from such games as:
1. Andrew Walker - 36 possenssion (25 kicks) 12 marks - C Judd = 3 votes!
2. Gary Ablett - 33 possessions 7 marks, 7 tackles and 2 goals - C Judd = 3 votes!
3. Loss to the Pies: Collingwood - 24-11-155 v's Carlton 16-6-102 (Judd 10 turnovers) - C Judd = 3 votes!
4. Jordan Russell 35 possessions - 14 marks (144 Supercoach Points), Judd 24 possessions = C Judd 3 votes!
5. Jarrod Waite 19 possessions, 10marks, 4 goals - Judd 22 possessions (10th on the ground) - C Judd 2 votes!
6. Loss to Freo (elbow to the Pav NO LESS!) - Sandilands 49 hitouts, Barlow 4 goals - C Judd 2 votes!
7. Eddie Betts (5 goals) - Judd under 100 Supercoach Points due to poor disposal - C Judd 3 votes!
8. Jeff Garlett (6 goals) - Jarrod Waite (4 goals) - C Judd 3 votes!
.......strip him and give it to Gazza!
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Ugly Ugly Ugly
Some things are just appalling. Footy Junkie (left) gets amongst it after the game...
OK Ladies n Gents, the Final Results are in... and the winner is of course D Master, who has taken great joy in 'schoolin' us apparently. Yes indeed D Master, it is a pleasure to be absolutely SMASHED by a 13 year old. The tragedy for you is that your father - Pizerule - has requested you receive $1 a week until you turn 18. Laugh on THAT one sonny boy....!!!!!
So I owe some money... please get in touch with me @ lukejporter@gmail.com to receive it and I will try and get it to you all ASAP.
So I owe some money... please get in touch with me @ lukejporter@gmail.com to receive it and I will try and get it to you all ASAP.
Monday, 4 October 2010
Pies Schmies
DAMN YOU EDDIE! There is no worse sight in the world than a happy Eddie, and that is what we were all subjected to on Saturday. The Sinners just couldn't get going, and when they did they kicked points. Riewoldt was back to his best - making points out of goals - and the team looked tired tired tired.
There were a cuppla tipsters down there at the G and while I'm not sure they can remember what happened I'm sure The Nipster will give us a bit of a rundown of the day...
In the meantime, I'll get busy on the final results..
BASTARDS!
There were a cuppla tipsters down there at the G and while I'm not sure they can remember what happened I'm sure The Nipster will give us a bit of a rundown of the day...
In the meantime, I'll get busy on the final results..
BASTARDS!
Sunday, 26 September 2010
The Grand Final 2010 - Apparently It Was A Draw
So I get a call from a mate... wanna go over to his place and watch the Granny? Take over a cuppla beers, have a barbie, chill and watch what will probably sadly be a Pies victory? Well there's no point in saying no to that is there? His brother even offered to pick me up on the way through, Very handy. Oh... can I get some bread and tomatoes... no problemo... I pick up a 6 pack on the way through. Must say do I REALLY care about this result? My only allegiance in this is cos it would be great to see the Pies lose. I don't even like the Saints.
We arrive - beautiful day in sydney - and the footy is on - a repeat of the 2009 granny. This is on Channel 10. He's got it all set up to play through his PS3 so I start having a fiddle and look for Channel 7, but can't find it... he wanders through and asks what I'm doing... I explain that I can't find Channel 7.. and he says... he doesn't have Channel 7...
No. Seriously!!!!! He can't get Channel 7!!!!! Gold. Off to the pub... and I was really looking forward to those snags.
Quite a game eh? The Pies dominated the first 20 minutes, making the Sinners look second rate but somehow they managed to stay in it. There were times where I have to admit to feeling unclean. I was actually cheering when that dirty r*pist Milney got a possession and kicked a goal. I am scrubbing as we speak. The Pies took off again in the second quarter, and yet again the Sinners managed to slow down the game. The Pies started missing goals and one wise sage was heard to invoke the ghost of W Carey, 1998 Granny just before half time. If S Waugh was there he would have screamed at Cloke "YOU JUST MISSED THE WORLD CUP!". What a shame...
So we're back again next week... get yer leave passes sorted and make sure yer tv has Channel 7.
We arrive - beautiful day in sydney - and the footy is on - a repeat of the 2009 granny. This is on Channel 10. He's got it all set up to play through his PS3 so I start having a fiddle and look for Channel 7, but can't find it... he wanders through and asks what I'm doing... I explain that I can't find Channel 7.. and he says... he doesn't have Channel 7...
No. Seriously!!!!! He can't get Channel 7!!!!! Gold. Off to the pub... and I was really looking forward to those snags.
Quite a game eh? The Pies dominated the first 20 minutes, making the Sinners look second rate but somehow they managed to stay in it. There were times where I have to admit to feeling unclean. I was actually cheering when that dirty r*pist Milney got a possession and kicked a goal. I am scrubbing as we speak. The Pies took off again in the second quarter, and yet again the Sinners managed to slow down the game. The Pies started missing goals and one wise sage was heard to invoke the ghost of W Carey, 1998 Granny just before half time. If S Waugh was there he would have screamed at Cloke "YOU JUST MISSED THE WORLD CUP!". What a shame...
So we're back again next week... get yer leave passes sorted and make sure yer tv has Channel 7.
Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Pies Destined for Second...
Sadly I actually think that it would take a choke of Greg Norman proportions for the Pies to lose this one. But I like the optimism of this...
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/go-pies-the-punch-tribute-to-109-years-of-almost-winning?
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/go-pies-the-punch-tribute-to-109-years-of-almost-winning?
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
The Ladder
The Ladder after the Grand Final Bonus Points & Barry Hall Lucky Draw Prize...
(and yes, you have one more game to pick to now you need to work out if yer feeling lucky punk... well... are ya?)
(and yes, you have one more game to pick to now you need to work out if yer feeling lucky punk... well... are ya?)
If you think I may have your picks wrong, drop me a line!
Monday, 20 September 2010
Bonus Points
FORTY SIX PEOPLE!!!
So Baz didn't get suspended - you get a point for that if you picked it - and obviously the Pies/Sinners Granny...
# 14 people picked Bazza correctly - he was a bit lucky!
# 4 people picked Collingwood and St Kilda
# 1 of those picked Collingwood, St Kilda AND Baz...
Nice picking to the footy junkie...
Patience as i add the points in.
So Baz didn't get suspended - you get a point for that if you picked it - and obviously the Pies/Sinners Granny...
# 14 people picked Bazza correctly - he was a bit lucky!
# 4 people picked Collingwood and St Kilda
# 1 of those picked Collingwood, St Kilda AND Baz...
Nice picking to the footy junkie...
Patience as i add the points in.
Sunday, 19 September 2010
The Granny Lurketh!
Pies n Sinners eh? A few of you picked it - well done! Me currently recovering from some stupid run today but I will looksie at the spreadsheet tomorrow and get busy with it.
One game to go... Do you go the fave or take a risk to move up a place or 2?
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One game to go... Do you go the fave or take a risk to move up a place or 2?
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Tuesday, 14 September 2010
Semi Finals DONE
But I still have no internet connection.
What AM I doing? hmmm. I blame work.
Anyway, you all know the results now. Unsurprisingly the Cats spanked the Dockers. And they took about 12 minutes to do it. Season Over. Bloody Rubbish Team.
In the other game the Swans were doomed from the start. Well, doomed as soon as Daaaave suggested we should put our money on them..... This man has put on countless bets over the years for us and has a failure rate second only to his favorite coach, Matthew Knights. From that point on the Dogs were destined for success.
Speaking of crap, Knights eh? Surely that backstabbing mongrel Hirdy will take it on. He's been gunning for it all year. sniping, biting, scratching. Only libba has sharper nails.
The Ladder
We're still tipping, and the Top Ten pay money so if yer anywhere around the mark then keep em coming in. Remember who yer grand finalists were? Well here are the majority... and there are plenty of potential 6 pointers in the offing!
Preliminary Finals
I think we all know that the Sinners will spank the Doggies. The Doggies overachieved last week courtesy of a team that clearly knows some Pakistani bookmakers and backed themselves to lose the unlosable. Or was that the Wallabies? Eitehr way, the Sinners will have a day out.
The OTHER game however is a pearler. It's the Grand Final we have been expecting for 2 months. But it's a week early. And wouldn't all sane non-commonwealth benefit receiving people love to see the Pies go out at this stage? The answer is yes! I'm tipping the Cats but not by many.
What AM I doing? hmmm. I blame work.
Anyway, you all know the results now. Unsurprisingly the Cats spanked the Dockers. And they took about 12 minutes to do it. Season Over. Bloody Rubbish Team.
In the other game the Swans were doomed from the start. Well, doomed as soon as Daaaave suggested we should put our money on them..... This man has put on countless bets over the years for us and has a failure rate second only to his favorite coach, Matthew Knights. From that point on the Dogs were destined for success.
Speaking of crap, Knights eh? Surely that backstabbing mongrel Hirdy will take it on. He's been gunning for it all year. sniping, biting, scratching. Only libba has sharper nails.
The Ladder
We're still tipping, and the Top Ten pay money so if yer anywhere around the mark then keep em coming in. Remember who yer grand finalists were? Well here are the majority... and there are plenty of potential 6 pointers in the offing!
Preliminary Finals
I think we all know that the Sinners will spank the Doggies. The Doggies overachieved last week courtesy of a team that clearly knows some Pakistani bookmakers and backed themselves to lose the unlosable. Or was that the Wallabies? Eitehr way, the Sinners will have a day out.
The OTHER game however is a pearler. It's the Grand Final we have been expecting for 2 months. But it's a week early. And wouldn't all sane non-commonwealth benefit receiving people love to see the Pies go out at this stage? The answer is yes! I'm tipping the Cats but not by many.
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Finals Part 1...
A little late but STILL no internet connection... what can ya do?
It was a week where in my book there was but one upset - the Catters going down to the Sinners. Am I upset with that? HELL NO! I love the idea of the Cats smashing the Pies in the Prelim Final and I am sure there are a few Pies Centrelink 'employees' in a nervous state at the mo.
Speaking of Catters, BOB! What an unusual man he is. But even more unusual must be the people that voted for him... no? You can call him The Charmer.
Mooney could take a leaf out of his book? That was a dead set push in the friggin back so SHUT UP CAM! Mike Sheahan you are a clown for questioning it. Bozo, you are a clown. No seriously...
The Swans eh? Nice work. They are of course my second team Once Great, as I have lived in Sydney for 15 years. The Judds sparked halfway thru the second quarter and DAMN it was a great game, but in the end four missed goals cost the Blues a chance to take on the Doggies next week. But whatta game.
The Dogs... well they got smashed by the Pies. No surprises there. What WAS a surprise was how Bazza got off when he belted pieboy. What is going on there? Eh? EH????? BLUDDY RUBBISH DECISION!!!!
Oh and the Hawks... yes that IS a shame. on yer bike boys... yer win/loss ratio is in the negative for the last 2 years. You had 8 good weeks of footy in the last 3 years and somehow snagged a premiership. I see a correlation between the Hawks and LRT...
SemiFinals...
It's the Cats v the Dockers and the Doggies v the Swannies... The Cats will spank the Dockers guys - just reality. The Doggies n Swannies...? Well that IS interesting... Sydney are playing good finals footy I reckons, while the Doggies... well Johnno strategically is retiring to fire em up. It won't work.
It was a week where in my book there was but one upset - the Catters going down to the Sinners. Am I upset with that? HELL NO! I love the idea of the Cats smashing the Pies in the Prelim Final and I am sure there are a few Pies Centrelink 'employees' in a nervous state at the mo.
Speaking of Catters, BOB! What an unusual man he is. But even more unusual must be the people that voted for him... no? You can call him The Charmer.
Mooney could take a leaf out of his book? That was a dead set push in the friggin back so SHUT UP CAM! Mike Sheahan you are a clown for questioning it. Bozo, you are a clown. No seriously...
The Swans eh? Nice work. They are of course my second team Once Great, as I have lived in Sydney for 15 years. The Judds sparked halfway thru the second quarter and DAMN it was a great game, but in the end four missed goals cost the Blues a chance to take on the Doggies next week. But whatta game.
The Dogs... well they got smashed by the Pies. No surprises there. What WAS a surprise was how Bazza got off when he belted pieboy. What is going on there? Eh? EH????? BLUDDY RUBBISH DECISION!!!!
Oh and the Hawks... yes that IS a shame. on yer bike boys... yer win/loss ratio is in the negative for the last 2 years. You had 8 good weeks of footy in the last 3 years and somehow snagged a premiership. I see a correlation between the Hawks and LRT...
SemiFinals...
It's the Cats v the Dockers and the Doggies v the Swannies... The Cats will spank the Dockers guys - just reality. The Doggies n Swannies...? Well that IS interesting... Sydney are playing good finals footy I reckons, while the Doggies... well Johnno strategically is retiring to fire em up. It won't work.
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