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[BookMan]

Chimpy pulled the socket from the wall and rebooted the server and the tipping results are in!

We have 4 tipsters this week sharing the honours with a 9/9 selection card! Sensational!! A good effort in a round that had some close games.

The 4 tipsters were:

AlexRRR

Ron19

Sceadugenga

Bookman

AlexRRR had the best margin of the 4.

AlexRRR is also the new leader of the Tipping comp, by a slight margin, to myself. Both of us are on 74 points

4 Tipsters are on 73 points

Ripstanley

Will27

Sobek
Ron19

The comp is still wide open for anyone to take.

Next week throws up quite a few difficult games... a 9/9 next week might give someone a break at the top.

Edited June 5, 2016 by BookMan

[ripstanley]

Chimpy pulled the socket from the wall and rebooted the server and the tipping results are in!

We have 4 tipsters this week sharing the honours with a 9/9 selection card! Sensational!! A good effort in a round that had some close games.

The 4 tipsters were:

AlexRRR

Ron19

Sceadugenga

Bookman

AlexRRR had the best margin of the 4.

AlexRRR is also the new leader of the Tipping comp, by a slight margin, to myself. Both of us are on 74 points

4 Tipsters are on 73 points

Ripstanley

Will27

Sobek

Ron19

The comp is still wide open for anyone to take.

Next week throws up quite a few difficult games... a 9/9 next week might give someone a break at the top.

delete

Edited June 5, 2016 by ripstanley

[AlexRRR]

Fantasy update....Last seasons premiers continue to slide further down a blunt razor blade, loosing this week the unloose able game to Fj , he had 5 out to 2 and still managed to pull it off comfortably, Chooks along with me are looking the blow touch in the face.

Grant the unstoppable knocks off the cocky kid from the west and rip goes down as well...its a sorry state the rest of us find ourselves in.

Me i can't pick a captain...double points there....tried a few they all fall away quickly, players that were hot last season so so now....what to do what to do....

The ladder...Grant 4th 1 game and % from top spot sitting at 7-3

TV members make up the bottom 6

at 9 JOBLOW sitting at 5-5 out of the 8 on %

10 Delightful Dees on 3-7

11 Rips Swans on 3-7

12 Chooks saints on 3-7

13 FJ on 2-8

14 Leonine Times on 1-9

[Ron19]

[Will27]

Chimpy pulled the socket from the wall and rebooted the server and the tipping results are in!

We have 4 tipsters this week sharing the honours with a 9/9 selection card! Sensational!! A good effort in a round that had some close games.

The 4 tipsters were:

AlexRRR

Ron19

Sceadugenga

Bookman

AlexRRR had the best margin of the 4.

AlexRRR is also the new leader of the Tipping comp, by a slight margin, to myself. Both of us are on 74 points

4 Tipsters are on 73 points

Ripstanley

Will27

Sobek

Ron19

The comp is still wide open for anyone to take.

Next week throws up quite a few difficult games... a 9/9 next week might give someone a break at the top.

Nice work to the four that picked the card.

Great effort by AlexRRR to get the choccies again.

You're right BookMan, next weeks round is a ball tearer.

[Will27]

Robbo's Likes & Dislikes

1. The Bulldogs

They did it again, the Dogs. Not only clamped the opposition ruckman, this time Nic Nat, they also clamped Josh Kennedy. Two big scalps on the day they lost yet another half-back in Easton Wood. Tom Campbell

and Jordan Roughead took care of Nic Nat and Marcus Adams shut down Kennedy. All the time, the Bulldogs midfield, which runs about 14 deep, applied incredible pressure. Hunter, Biggs, Boyd, Libba, Suckling and

Bontempelli were among the most influential and Dale Morris played yet another game which surely attracts the attention of the All-Australian selectors.

2. Back to Hunter

Lachie Hunter is 21, has played 47 games and has accumulated 30-plus possessions from seven of his 11 games this season. On Sunday it was 38 in the heat of Etihad. Clearly, Hunter has terrific game awareness,

a wonderful fitness base, and a reliable left foot. Thirty-two of his 38 possessions were uncontested so either he’s not rated by the opposition, or he’s too smart for them.

3. Bernie Vince

Has the ability to shut down opponents and rack up huge numbers. Has got Scott Pendlebury before. On Saturday, added Sam Mitchell to the account. Thrived in the wet with a simple philosophy:

Put the body in and move the ball forward any way possible. Vince and Mitchell were head-to-head for 98 minutes. It was 32-24 in disposals, 14-6 contested ball and 10-4 clearances — all Vince’s way and he clearly was best afield, ahead of Dom Tyson.

4. Zac Smith

Amazingly, did not get in the votes by some commentators. Early on Saturday it was said Smith had been intimidated by Shane Mumford in previous outings and the insinuation was Smith was soft. He proved the critics wrong.

They were opposed for more than half the game and Smith beat Mumford in every major category. He finished with 19 disposals, 31 hitouts, 10 clearances and seven one-percenters and played every minute in the slog.

Coach Chris Scott was thrilled. “We were really proud of him,” Scott said. “We thought he was great.” Indeed, he was.

5. Contested Cats

Dominated around the ball, winning the contested footy by 30, which was the Giants’ worst result this season. It was helped, of course, by a vintage final quarter from Joel Selwood. The numbers aid the evidence,

but numbers don’t do justice to the willpower of the skipper at certain contests. He had 12 disposals, eight contested disposals, 287m gained, three clearances, five score involvements and a goal. Henderson, Smith,

Mackie, Dangerfield, Bartel and Guthrie were all important, but this day belonged to the captain.

7. Al Clarkson

The debate about head-high tackles was raging for a week and then the best coach in the game joined the fray. Let’s not be mistaken here, Clarkson’s opinion carries more weight than other coaches. That’s how it is when you’re the longest-serving coach and have won the past three premierships. It helps that he’s right. Even the AFL became more involved in the debate, led by football boss Mark Evans. “If we can find balance that discourages poor tackling but equally also discourages people from drawing head-high contact, that’s the answer,’’ Evans said. Take that as, yes, changes will be made at the end of the season, if not sooner.

8. Micky Barlow

Couldn’t get a game a couple back and on Saturday night embarrassed David Zaharakis. The Essendon midfielder has been outstanding this season, but just 11 touches at a miserable 45 per cent efficiency meant

when he found the ball, he did nothing with it. Not so Barlow. He had 21, four clearances and six tackles and was among the best — behind Lachie Neale, of course. Neale could break the record for the most one votes in the Brownlow Medal.

9. Tackling

Hawks still lost the contested ball, which is not a surprise, but can’t fault their endeavour when they didn’t have the ball. The Hawks recorded 109 tackles, their most since 1999, the year when stats identification

became what we know. Hawks lost contested ball 170-147, lost the possession count by three (367-364), and won tackles 109-68, led by Poppy, Burgoyne, Rioli and Shiels all in double figures and newbies Howe and Stewart with nine each.

10. Jacob Weitering

Betting houses went into panic mode when the little fella on AFL360 suggested Callum Mills was worth a punt for the Rising Star. The excitement lasted three days. Mills, who went from 18s to 9s overnight,

didn’t play and Weitering took 14 marks and had 23 disposals in yet another Carlton victory. The Blues big man is as exciting a prospect we’ve seen in a first season of football and if doesn’t win the rising star, the AFL should order an investigation.

DISLIKES

1. Not tanking, just no good

Effort doesn’t require talent for activation and the Bombers should be ashamed with that output against a team which had not won a game this season. Lacked everything, even comradeship. Despite it being toward

s the end of the game, Will Hams and Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti both kicked the first goals of their careers and, judging from the TV, their teammates couldn’t be bothered with any congratulations. Poor all round.

2. Richmond

Spend their lives living in the dislikes and it helps explain why they are in 14th position with a 4-7 record. Have had some poor performances this season, but Friday night against North Melbourne was the pick of the bunch.

Forget the injuries, the Tigers were cooked before that. Tigers fans must be disconsolate because turnovers came back to kill them. North’s pressure is ranked No.1 — their average pressure factor is 187 — and the Tigers

crumbled underneath it. They gave up 82 points from turnovers. Last year against North at the same ground it was 92 points. Two aspects here: Don’t pick Tigers to be beat North, and Tigers, get out of the Hobart schedule as quick as you can.

3. Brandon Ellis

He’d wake up with cold sweats thinking about Sam Gibson. Clearly, he is Ellis’s bogeyman. On Friday night, Gibson had Ellis for 87 minutes and kept him to seven possessions. In the elimination final last year,

it was 88 minutes and 10 disposals. Gibson’s strategy is simple; no easy switch possessions for Ellis, who likes to get loose on the other side of the ground. Ellis’s problem is compounded because he doesn’t change his game and become a ball hunter.

4. Leaky Pies

The Pies kicked the first two goals of the game and then had their defence dismantled when Port kicked six of the next seven, several coming when Port forwards found themselves free of an opponent inside 50m.

By halftime, they had kicked four goals from inside the goalsquare. It tightened up more in the second half, but to avail as Port surged ahead. The upshot is Port is alive in the finals hunt and the Pies are cooked.

5. Running out of excuses

Troubles up the other end as well. It is team defence again, but surely there had to be some ownership for Port’s runners, Jarman Impey and Jasper Pittard. Impey possibly played his best game and gained 667m,

while Pittard gained 769m. Collingwood’s effort again was solid, winning the tackle count by 11, but Port’s run shredded them and their defence. Is it lack of forward pressure or lack of midfield pressure? More than likely both.

6. Tom Lynch

Finally a report for a stomach punch. Rodney Eade called it “totally undisciplined’’ from a leader and you got the impression Rocket gave it to his emerging superstar in the post-match. It was the sour note in what

was a pretty solid effort from the Suns in the slosh against the one of the best contested-ball teams in the competition. The Lynch outcome will be interesting. The MRP has dished out fines for similar incidents this season,

so Lynch surely can expect the same. The stomach punch is an issue, though. The AFL loves a memo and there should be one at the end of the season telling all clubs there will be crackdown, that’s if it doesn’t come sooner.

7. Lions support

The skipper returned and had 48 disposals, 13 clearances and nine tackles. Please, Brisbane, how about you follow Tom Rockliff’s lead? Another poor performance from the Lions, this time the skill level being

the glaring problem. The effort was pretty good, but it’s tough kicking goals when you find it difficult kicking it from Player A to Player B. The Lions have Fremantle at home this weekend.

8. Out of order

Would argue West Coast’s Sam Butler tried to keep the ball alive, instead of taking it over the boundary line, when he handballed down the line. But the umpire said no. He was pinged for deliberate and Jake Stringer

kicked the curling goal. Cats coach Chris Scott is right, the deliberate rule is great for the game, but it continues to have teething problems. Skill errors are mistakes and not deliberate actions.

9. Steve Morris’s knee

A career sliding was saved by solid performances in the past month and now Morris will sit out for 12 months after rupturing his ACL. He’s one of those players loved his teammates and liked and disliked by Tigers fans.

He might not get plenty of the ball and can make errors with it. But his effort is supreme. Even after his knee popped on Friday night, he still managed to play the ball. Awesome effort.

10. More road woes

St Kilda can’t get it right. That’s four interstate games for four losses this year and Sunday’s was as poor as the 100-point loss to West Coast in Round 8. Poor first half meant the momentum the Saints had

garnered in their previous two victories was left at Melbourne airport. We see performances like the Round 4 game against Hawthorn and the Round 7 against North Melbourne and then you see Sunday night’s game and shake your head at the gap between their best and worst.

[Will27]

This clip gave me a giggle.

[Radar501]

I was disgusted to give away 90 margin points in the Friday game........but everything was put into perspective when I scrolled through the rankings and saw that one unfortunate punter had a margin error of 156 points. He must have picked Richmond to win by 86 points.....(or North to win by 226)

So many ha-sip ha-sip games next round. I foresee some carnage at the top of the tipping board.

Oh, by the way. Can someone tell me who CHIMPY is.

[BookMan]

I was disgusted to give away 90 margin points in the Friday game........but everything was put into perspective when I scrolled through the rankings and saw that one unfortunate punter had a margin error of 156 points. He must have picked Richmond to win by 86 points.....(or North to win by 226)

So many ha-sip ha-sip games next round. I foresee some carnage at the top of the tipping board.

Oh, by the way. Can someone tell me who CHIMPY is.

Chimpy is a close buddy of Chooka. The two of them choose their tips together

[BookMan]

Here are the early odds for Round 12... Bookies have a lot of games at close to even money...

Gold Coast look a good bet at $6.25

Edited June 6, 2016 by BookMan

[Will27]

Here are the early odds for Round 12... Bookies have a lot of games at close to even money...

Gold Coast look a good bet at $6.25

Essendon on a Friday night

Ade and the St's look like decent value bets.

[Radar501]

Round 12 sees the usual Queen's Birthday megaclash between 1950's arch rivals Collingwood and Melbourne. Those two teams last met in round 4. That's only 8 weeks apart.

Yet The Maggies play Hawthorn only once this season, in round 23.

I wanna speak to whoever is in charge.

[sceadugenga]

Early days yet but apart from the Hawks I fancy the home sides.

[Ron19]

Round 12 sees the usual Queen's Birthday megaclash between 1950's arch rivals Collingwood and Melbourne. Those two teams last met in round 4. That's only 8 weeks apart.

Yet The Maggies play Hawthorn only once this season, in round 23.

I wanna speak to whoever is in charge.

I agree with you, that is rank. I can't see why it can't be that for the first 18 games that a team plays each of the other teams once and for the final 5 games start again from as round one. Couldn't be fairer than the manipulated abomination that we have now. The only other logical thing to do would be to cut the season back to 18 home and away games but that will never happen.

[AlexRRR]

I was disgusted to give away 90 margin points in the Friday game........but everything was put into perspective when I scrolled through the rankings and saw that one unfortunate punter had a margin error of 156 points. He must have picked Richmond to win by 86 points.....(or North to win by 226)

So many ha-sip ha-sip games next round. I foresee some carnage at the top of the tipping board.

Oh, by the way. Can someone tell me who CHIMPY is.

Chimpy is a rat like monkey that is the alter ego of the said BOOKMAN he uses it as an excuse for a lot of things, with all the floods going on up in the north id say he's a bit busy fishing at the moment.

[AlexRRR]

Round 12 sees the usual Queen's Birthday megaclash between 1950's arch rivals Collingwood and Melbourne. Those two teams last met in round 4. That's only 8 weeks apart.

Yet The Maggies play Hawthorn only once this season, in round 23.

I wanna speak to whoever is in charge.

This is our chance to beat the Pies twice in one season now that hasn't happen in my memory.

[AlexRRR]

And round 12 will be mega death, hari kari, terminator 12, mission impossible 5, talk about my short lived ascension to the top spot, shake out, el nino, death at a funeral aww the list goes on......i will award the star of david to who ever should pick the most winners.

[joboss]

I was disgusted to give away 90 margin points in the Friday game........but everything was put into perspective when I scrolled through the rankings and saw that one unfortunate punter had a margin error of 156 points. He must have picked Richmond to win by 86 points.....(or North to win by 226)

So many ha-sip ha-sip games next round. I foresee some carnage at the top of the tipping board.

Oh, by the way. Can someone tell me who CHIMPY is.

Chimpy is a rat like monkey that is the alter ego of the said BOOKMAN he uses it as an excuse for a lot of things, with all the floods going on up in the north id say he's a bit busy fishing at the moment.

If there is flooding, I would have thought Chimpy would be up on the fan keeping dry and checking peanuts for size before he eats them.

[BookMan]

Anyone see the Tom Hawkins 2 weeks down to one week penalty for the strike?

... nothing in it

Chimpy was ropable. He was due to sit on the Match review panel Monday night, but he got a late call from Nathan Buckley, who needed some coaching advice, and had to be absent.

Chimps reckon Geelong has rubbed some of the MRP the wrong way by not providing free snacks with the complimentary game day seats... and so the big Tomahawk was singled out.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-2016-geelong-may-go-to-tribunal-to-defend-tom-hawkins-20160606-gpcx4x.html

Edited June 7, 2016 by BookMan

[Will27]

Anyone see the Tom Hawkins 2 weeks down to one week penalty for the strike?

... nothing in it

Chimpy was ropable. He was due to sit on the Match review panel Monday night, but he got a late call from Nathan Buckley, who needed some coaching advice, and had to be absent.

Chimps reckon Geelong has rubbed some of the MRP the wrong way by not providing free snacks with the complimentary game day seats... and so the big Tomahawk was singled out.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-2016-geelong-may-go-to-tribunal-to-defend-tom-hawkins-20160606-gpcx4x.html

Couldn't believe the Hawkins case.

The same as penalty as Jack Viney who hit a bloke in the head 3 or 4 times.

Apparently it's ok to punch blokes in the guts though​

If the AFL implemented a rule whereas you get a week (minimum) for striking, all of these cheap

shots would disappear overnight.

Edited June 7, 2016 by Will27

[Thechook]

Tom Hawkins should not be in any danger of receiving a two-match suspension for a very tame left jab to the chin of Phil Davis after they tangled with each other on the weekend, says Tim Watson.

Read more at http://www.sen.com.au/news/afl/06-16/tim-watson-you-get-a-week-for-that#ZGk57OhZr8SlAHih.99

[Old Croc]

West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui is racing time to recover from an ankle injury to play in Saturday's big home clash against Adelaide.

Naitanui was hobbling around in Perth on Monday with the aid of crutches and in a moon boot, as he nursed a swollen Achilles and calf in his right leg.

http://www.watoday.com.au/afl/west-coast-eagles/star-eagle-nic-naitanui-on-crutches-will-he-play-against-adelaide-20160606-gpd39r.html

Could affect some peoples tipping.

[GrantSmith]

Anyone see the Tom Hawkins 2 weeks down to one week penalty for the strike?

... nothing in it

Chimpy was ropable. He was due to sit on the Match review panel Monday night, but he got a late call from Nathan Buckley, who needed some coaching advice, and had to be absent.

Chimps reckon Geelong has rubbed some of the MRP the wrong way by not providing free snacks with the complimentary game day seats... and so the big Tomahawk was singled out.

http://www.smh.com.au/afl/afl-news/afl-2016-geelong-may-go-to-tribunal-to-defend-tom-hawkins-20160606-gpcx4x.html

Robbo was filthy about it last night on 360...

I think he was right too, Hawkins gets 2 down to 1 because he touches Davis's chin. Lynch gets 1500 down to 1000 because the impact was lower..

[joboss]

For a mid week break from the football.

Boxing nostalgia. Jeff Fenech v Azumah Nelson.

Great contest, good commentary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJHiTXx7GAs

[Thechook]

For a mid week break from the football.

Boxing nostalgia. Jeff Fenech v Azumah Nelson.

Great contest, good commentary.

Don't need a break from football. How about those bloody soccer fans rioting in the Melbourne CBD last night, when are they going to ban this violent nasty game. Edited June 7, 2016 by Thechook

[Thechook]

For a mid week break from the football.

Boxing nostalgia. Jeff Fenech v Azumah Nelson.

Great contest, good commentary.

Don't need a break from football. How about those bloody soccer fans rioting in the Melbourne CBD last night, when are they going to ban this violent nasty game.

http://www.3aw.com.au/news/soccer-fans-set-off-flares-in-melbournes-cbd-last-night-20160607-gpdywo.html

[BookMan]

Former Carlton and St Kilda player Aaron Hamill on Open Mike

[BookMan]

Bob Murphy to play on in 2017

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-07/bob-murphy-to-play-on-in-2017

[Will27]

Bob Murphy to play on in 2017

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-06-07/bob-murphy-to-play-on-in-2017

Yes, saw that on AFL360 last night.

I thought Gerard was going to have a messy accident when Bob appeared.

[Will27]

One for AlexRRR