GrantSmith

Well done Rip on picking with your head taking the Swannies. I switched my tip back and forth after Buddy and Parks were pulled at the last minute and banked on you not tipping against the boys and then I took the chance on the Giants to get up over the Dees, was looking good up until half time. I'll take 2nd though based off last years efforts as well where I think I was mid-field. 

Huge effort by FJ to take out the Fantasy League as well, 2500+ saving the best for last! Alex, mate, ya got dealt a dud with Buddy and Parker being pulled.

I see the pre-lim All Australian squad was released earlier today, 8 tigers players? Give me a spell!

Of course with the last monday in August comes the rumor mill... Bloody hell break out the colanders gents, shit's about to get wild! Don't think we need Tom Lynch to be honest, we tried that with Kurt Tippett and look how that turned out, but the opportunity to work alongside Bud would be tempting for the young fella.

12 hours ago, Will27 said:

 

It's getting tight at the top in the tipping fella's

Ripstanley picked Essendon and moved to outright second

just 1 behind grannysapples. Rip also has a better percentage.

 

Will Mr Smith sleep ok tonight or will he be tossing and turning?

Will Ron make a late charge?

 

Looks as if there is one fitty fitty game tomorrow being the Hawks

versus Sydney.

We know Rip always picks Sydney.

Will Buddy come up?

 

Any other upsets on the horizon for tomorrow?

Freo a sneaky against Collingwood?

I hope so.

 

Good luck guys.

 

Stay tuned...…..

<deleted> Port Adelaide! Christ alive! Should've known better...

I reckon the Lions are a sneaky against your boys Will. Don't know if the Dockers will come back from that belting last weekend, they were beaten well beyond submission and were pushing Stockholm Syndrome levels.

Holding onto that 1 point pretty tightly ?

16 hours ago, Will27 said:

Buddy is the best player I've seen since Gary Ablett senior.

 

 

Lance Franklin might be AFL’s greatest player.

 

Lance Franklin

Former colleague Mike Sheahan’s love for Wayne Carey was boundless. Sheahan had seen all footy from the 1970s to now and when Wayne Carey was at the top of his game in the mid to late 1990s, Sheahan declared Carey the best player he had seen — over Leigh Matthews, Malcolm Blight, Jason Dunstall, Tony Lockett, Gazza Snr and Jnr. But the love affair ended on Friday. Sheahan said Franklin was his new No.1 and, befittingly, Franklin produced a knockout performance on Saturday night, kicking five goals to lead the Swans to victory over the Giants. Sheahan is not the first commentator to rate Franklin above Carey, but this was different. This was a football divorce.

My introduction to footy was quite late by comparison, having grown up in the heart of Rugby League country but I was lucky enough to have watched both Plugger (who as it turned out later in life, would become my neighbor) and Carey play. I would say in terms of the complete package, Bud is definitely on top in terms of ability. Not sure he'll break Plugger's goal kicking record, he's going to need a few more tons over the journey to do it.

Bud's an excitement machine and a human pokie machine (he just pays out for the Swans year after year) and speaking of Sheahan, I look forward to Bud's episode of Open Mike, if he's still alive when Bud finishes up to see him ask about the Coup de Sydney and how close Bud came to being a Giant.

25 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

 

Thank you......Like to remind you i was a man down in the GF last year......You have never been easy to beat the DD's modelled themselves on your skills as a super coach and with making 3 GF's in a row dout that will ever be beaten...

cheers mate... we've certainly had our battles and banter over the years...

Don't leave any money in the piggy bank this week against FJ though.. You 2 have certainly been the teams to beat after the bye rounds... 

4 minutes ago, ripstanley said:

Brisbane to beat WCE

If Will’s boys rock up to the Gabba with the same mentality as our boys did against Gold Coast, it’ll happen.

Same goes for the Pies against the Dockers. 

Well done Alex knocking me off. Was always going to be tough assignment playing a man down but that’s the way tom yum boils sometimes.

We all know the Tipping is where the big dance is though, so there’s that hahaha

There’s some genuine 50/50’s next next week that’s for sure..

And good luck with the tipping this week fellas... I've been scratching my head for the best part of a couple of hours to come up with some answers...

I almost digressed to the prowess of psychic animals who were busy dishing out predictions, but most of them came back as England, so thought I'd have a better chance flipping a coin...

2 hours ago, Will27 said:

You mean like Lllllllloyd and Orazioooooooooooo.

This! A thousand times this! I’m just glad JB wasn’t commentating last night or I would’ve been shopping for a new TV.. 

And whilst they’re at it, <deleted> Phil Davis out of ‘expert’ commentary as well, that was a ridiculous experiment last night he’s a sad sack to listen to. Cameron Mooney can stick to his <deleted> ‘numerology’ bit on “The Bounce” that’s where he belongs the <deleted> numpty.

I firmly believe Alistair Lynch needs to commentate more.