Bonus Points.

So here are the totals NOT including the point for saturdays tip, but they do include ALL the bonus points.  Four people picked the Cats n Pies for the Granny this year - well done to Fava, Wildjohny, Asylum Seeker and jchr.  NObody picked the trifecta (ie with the Suns). 

And... it looks like we have a winner here ladies... just the Grand Final to go - so just one point... and Driza has riza to the toppa!  Still lots of other positions within the top ten up for grabs though so choose wisely.

#	Tipper	Bonus Points	Comp Points	TOTAL POINTS
1	DrizaBone	6	152	158
2	ONCE GREAT	6	150	156
3	bjak	4	151	155
4	Chris Judd's married hair	3	151	154
5	Fava_Beans	6	147	153
6	kshafer	6	146	152
7	CaseyinCH	6	145	151
8	Wildjohny	6	145	151
9	MadJakob	6	143	149
10	Nelson Rocks	3	146	149
11	jklh	1	146	147
12	the-falcon	1	146	147
13	101	3	142	145
14	BrownDirtCowboy	3	142	145
15	maddzy	3	142	145
16	Zingaroo	6	139	145
17	Up for a Milo	6	138	144
18	Hooksters	1	142	143
19	Mozza53	4	139	143
20	Pavsthaman	6	137	143
21	D Master	3	138	141
22	HirdyGirdy	6	135	141
23	Synneee	3	138	141
24	Mr Cricket Jr	1	139	140
25	PizeRule	1	139	140
26	Chooka	4	135	139
27	redhotchilli	1	137	138
28	Horseboy	4	133	137
29	gutterguard	1	135	136
30	shockeroo	0	136	136
31	TheChez	-2	138	136
32	PavPaaa	1	134	135
33	The Nipsters	4	131	135
34	Kermitt The Frog	1	133	134
35	The Anti-Dave	1	133	134
36	Home Park Streak	-2	135	133
37	Carbonara Tax	3	129	132
38	Go Jana Love Tamsyn	4	127	131
39	hschafer	1	129	130
40	Tasmanian Devils	6	124	130
41	Dolores16	0	129	129
42	Asylum Seeker	4	121	125
43	TheJoe	-1	123	122
44	Judge Dredd	-4	121	117
45	ruby2shoes	6	111	117
46	FootyJunkie	1	110	111
47	line in the sand	3	99	102
48	Root Veggies	1	88	89
49	jchr2041	6	78	84
50	beandmor	1	72	73
51	crowsfc	1	67	68



Of Scooters and Man - The Grand Finale

As the Grands Finale (thats the plural of Grand Final) are upon is, it seems like the lack of any Queensland team at the pointy end is causing those slowpokes to start turning their aggression within... yep much like the mods in the 60's it looks like the scooter wars are kicking off in Brissy.  "You go too slow Once Great." "You don't go at all WildJohnny."  "That's not a scooter, THIS is a scooter." "Who the f##k rides a scooter?".  "Just who was Scooter in the Muppets anyway?"

Well I can only answer the last question with certainty, and then only by looking it up on the Muppets very own wiki site - http://muppet.wikia.com - who knew they had their own world going?

Of course there are also no South Aussie teams in the finals.  We were robbed by dodgy umpiring decisions through the course of the year.  No, seriously.  If the Blues were robbed, and the Hawks were robbed, the the Crows were most certainly robbed. I blame Razor Ray. WOWEE!

So the best team of the last 5 years plays the best team of the last 2 years.  This promises to be an absolute cracker.  I know that gets said most years (notable omission: Port v Cats - everyone said 'this will be a slaughter, suck shit') but in all but Dave Cassell's mind, the Cats n Pies have been primed all year for this and it was never going to be anything other than this in the Granny.

The Pies have made their way through a tough tough final against the Hawks - massive game for them and they will be battered and bruised for the next couple of days.  Is it going to hurt them for the big one?  If it is still tight in the last quarter will they have the energy to keep going at that intensity?  One thing f'sure is the Cats will be going hard for the first half to try and break the Pies.

But unfortunately it could all come down to the absence of one player - Stevie J - massive out for the Cats if it goes that way.  Unlike the Hawks and Buddy, the Cats don't seem to LIE continuously about their players fitness.  I'm looking forward to Buddy being unavailable every game next year only to miraculously line up 20 mins before the start.  Alistair C spent too much time at the Paaaah honing his skills of deceit, learning from the Masters of Duplicity, but it won't wash next year Buddy - on yer bike.  Or scooter.

Stevie J.  He looks like an accountant but he is no doubt the X factor for the Cats.  And not in a Luke O'Dell "Introvert, Extrovert" kinda way... Without the big fella I just can't see them winning. Simple. 

In terms of your tips, YES you need to tip the grand final. During the week I will work out your GF/WS picks impact and post them on this ere blog - a few did tip the Cats n Pies so if you did, you may see your star rise... Tis a top ten paying tipping comp... I will post the $ this week too - it will all be revealed soon.

GO CATS!