Well done to Alex winning the fantasy and Rip for a gallant 2nd.

To Scea for winning the tipping with a super consistent year.

Also Radar for fighting it out to the end.

Going to be a bit lost this week. 

11 hours ago, farmerjo said:

Well done to Alex winning the fantasy and Rip for a gallant 2nd.

To Scea for winning the tipping with a super consistent year.

Also Radar for fighting it out to the end.

Going to be a bit lost this week. 

And thank you to Chooks who sets up the comps every year????

Thanks guys, congrats to Will and Ozzydom on the placings, but I'm not airing out the Port polo shirt just yet, a flag, even in this crazy season, will be more cause for celebration.

 

The Adelaide Advertiser celebrated the end of the Crows season on the weekend with applause usually reserved for a premiership but we're used to that.

The interstate clubs have a big responsibility now, if a Vic team gets up this year we'll never hear the last about how well they can play away from Melbourne.

 

An example of the standard of Adelaide sports journalism to keep you amused this week...

 

Touch of the Fumbles

 

The Crows were robbed, then capitulated – while Port gears up for a crack at a premiership that absolutely, positively, definitely won’t count. The AFL ladder proves it: 2020 really is the End Of Days.

https://indaily.com.au/sport/touch-of-the-fumbles/2020/09/21/touch-of-the-fumbles-spooners/

Well done Scea and Alex. Thanks to Will and Radar for posting the results.

13 hours ago, Radar501 said:

Thank you Rip for the game, thank you Fj for loosing the tight one, so sweet to get you after last years shellacking, the tighter the better...and in tipping i managed to climb off the bottom and even get above Books....Any mention for the best margin? does it mean anything?

 

Congrads to Sceadugengai its a raffel bettween he and Master WILL these days, nice to see you not win this year WILL....Thanks Radar for keeping it entertaining and as usual save me from embarrassment and thank you Chook for setting up both comps.....

 

Thank you Demons for not making the 8 you wouldnt have lasted long anyway, seriously the worst season i can recall in a long time from them, forget the win loss it was there shocking play for most of the year.

45 minutes ago, AlexRRR said:

Any mention for the best margin? does it mean anything?

Only if you finished equal last.????

26 minutes ago, farmerjo said:

Only if you finished equal last.????

It's just like percentage on the ladder Uncle Alex.

 

Go and have a look.

Hang on..............

 

Do we like it?

 

Any glaring omissions?

This is a bit untidy I think.

The Saints should be able to nominate (and get) their home ground preference.

 

AFL could force St Kilda to play its first final at Adelaide Oval – not at the Gabba

 

 

The AFL could ignore the wishes of St Kilda and send the Saints to Adelaide for their first final in nine years.

St Kilda is preparing for the possibility the AFL will inform them its home final will be in Adelaide if Collingwood loses to Port Adelaide.

 

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten told AFL 360 the Saints want to play their final at the Gabba.

“I think it (the Gabba) would be a preferred ground for us, where we’re situated,” Ratten said.

“But it will be what the AFL decide and if it’s not there, we’ll just make it up as we go.

3 hours ago, Will27 said:

This is a bit untidy I think.

The Saints should be able to nominate (and get) their home ground preference.

 

AFL could force St Kilda to play its first final at Adelaide Oval – not at the Gabba

 

 

The AFL could ignore the wishes of St Kilda and send the Saints to Adelaide for their first final in nine years.

St Kilda is preparing for the possibility the AFL will inform them its home final will be in Adelaide if Collingwood loses to Port Adelaide.

 

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten told AFL 360 the Saints want to play their final at the Gabba.

“I think it (the Gabba) would be a preferred ground for us, where we’re situated,” Ratten said.

“But it will be what the AFL decide and if it’s not there, we’ll just make it up as we go.

They are playing at the Gabba

 

 

There had been a behind-scenes push to play the St Kilda-Western Bulldogs final in Adelaide, but the Saints were able to negotiate a desired outcome of the Gabba being the venue.

 

https://www.afl.com.au/news/510195/finals-fixture-afl-unveils-times-venues-for-week-one

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Will27 said:

This is a bit untidy I think.

The Saints should be able to nominate (and get) their home ground preference.

 

AFL could force St Kilda to play its first final at Adelaide Oval – not at the Gabba

 

 

The AFL could ignore the wishes of St Kilda and send the Saints to Adelaide for their first final in nine years.

St Kilda is preparing for the possibility the AFL will inform them its home final will be in Adelaide if Collingwood loses to Port Adelaide.

 

St Kilda coach Brett Ratten told AFL 360 the Saints want to play their final at the Gabba.

“I think it (the Gabba) would be a preferred ground for us, where we’re situated,” Ratten said.

“But it will be what the AFL decide and if it’s not there, we’ll just make it up as we go.

dont care....the season is over for me....send the Dee's to play in Mongolia and see if i care....we can go with North....

NN is a lock and I'd like to see Liam Ryan get in.

What about you guys?

 

The 2020 All-Australian Squad
Adelaide – None
Brisbane - Harris Andrews, Hugh McCluggage, Lachie Neale
Carlton - Jacob Weitering
Collingwood - Taylor Adams, Brayden Maynard, Darcy Moore, Scott Pendlebury
Essendon - Jordan Ridley
Fremantle - Nat Fyfe, Luke Ryan, Matt Taberner
Geelong - Mark Blicavs, Patrick Dangerfield, Cam Guthrie, Tom Hawkins, Sam Menegola
Gold Coast - None
GWS - Nick Haynes
Hawthorn - Jack Gunston
Melbourne - Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca
North Melbourne – None
Port Adelaide - Travis Boak, Zak Butters, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Charlie Dixon, Tom Jonas
Richmond - Dylan Grimes, Dustin Martin, Nick Vlastuin,
St Kilda - Dan Butler, Jack Steele
Sydney - Tom Papley
West Coast - Andrew Gaff, Nic Naitanui, Liam Ryan, Brad Sheppard
Western Bulldogs - Marcus Bontempelli, Caleb Daniel, Jack Macrae

On 9/21/2020 at 10:16 PM, Radar501 said:

Congrats to Scea for a masterful year of tipping!  A deserved winner ????
Ozzydom looked the goods for a while this year falling just short
Khun Will will have to rethink his strategy of tipping favorites next year and have his supercomputer algorithms rejigged ????

 

UncleAlex managed to pull his best tipping round of the year out of his <deleted> and equaled me on 91 for the year
Sadly for him he still has never beaten me in a tipping comp  ????

 

I'll be back next year and watching more games each round... i expect to be crowned 20121 TVF tipping champ

12 hours ago, Will27 said:

NN is a lock and I'd like to see Liam Ryan get in.

What about you guys?

 

The 2020 All-Australian Squad
Adelaide – None
Brisbane - Harris Andrews, Hugh McCluggage, Lachie Neale
Carlton - Jacob Weitering
Collingwood - Taylor Adams, Brayden Maynard, Darcy Moore, Scott Pendlebury
Essendon - Jordan Ridley
Fremantle - Nat Fyfe, Luke Ryan, Matt Taberner
Geelong - Mark Blicavs, Patrick Dangerfield, Cam Guthrie, Tom Hawkins, Sam Menegola
Gold Coast - None
GWS - Nick Haynes
Hawthorn - Jack Gunston
Melbourne - Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca
North Melbourne – None
Port Adelaide - Travis Boak, Zak Butters, Darcy Byrne-Jones, Charlie Dixon, Tom Jonas
Richmond - Dylan Grimes, Dustin Martin, Nick Vlastuin,
St Kilda - Dan Butler, Jack Steele
Sydney - Tom Papley
West Coast - Andrew Gaff, Nic Naitanui, Liam Ryan, Brad Sheppard
Western Bulldogs - Marcus Bontempelli, Caleb Daniel, Jack Macrae

 

young Tom Pappers Papley desrves a spopt

3 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

Congrats to Scea for a masterful year of tipping!  A deserved winner ????
Ozzydom looked the goods for a while this year falling just short
Khun Will will have to rethink his strategy of tipping favorites next year and have his supercomputer algorithms rejigged ????

 

UncleAlex managed to pull his best tipping round of the year out of his <deleted> and equaled me on 91 for the year
Sadly for him he still has never beaten me in a tipping comp  ????

 

I'll be back next year and watching more games each round... i expect to be crowned 20121 TVF tipping champ

Beaten on percentage I'm afraid BM.

3 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

 

young Tom Pappers Papley desrves a spopt

I thought he tailed off a bit towards the end.

Could've sown up a spot if he'd kick straight against Geelong.

He cost us 4th spot the little <deleted>

 

Thought Steven May AKA Pieman should've been a a lock.

Think Dusty got in the squad on rep this year.

Will be interesting to see if he makes the cut.

 

Travis Boak should probably be captain but if Danger get's in, they will

probably have to give it him as a legacy vote like they did with Buddy.

Which was disgraceful by the way.

Buddy couldn't captain a packet of Maltesers.

Well what a morning hey, woke like i have a hangover the joys of allergy season...ok quick air out of the joint turn on the new air purifier pop a couple of panadol now starting to resemble human like fellings again......

 

Trawling the net in blurred out feeling looking for Dee delistings but unlike North and GWS who by the way did some of there delisting prior to the last game seems there slow on the holiday coast, even looked in there app....nothing.....i could make a few suggestions, by the way Books i finnished above you in tipping nice of you to just ignore it and do a Donald Trump statement contray to how it really is.....

 

So you know while waiting with belated breath of news that WILL shake the world of delistings and who the Swan can pick the teeth out of we run an eye over CNN this morning....and its a worry...makes you wish you were dead especialy how i feel....The never ending Trump show....looking forward to that November date and the drama later when Donald will be in denial....they just made 200,000 cornvid deaths there in Trump land...the fact its against there civil liberties to wear a mask and all...A Indian serum manufacturer giving us a real picture on how long it will take to jab the world with a corona vaccine...ho dear....Then worst of all some Indian man slashes pregnant wife's stomach to check the  babys gender....that truned my guts....Oh and at 2 am i got sacked again in FM20 this time reaching only the half way mark of the first season....Do you think the 6-1 bashing from Juve in a cup final was the last straw? Well i had two of my best players out due to them acting up over wanting a pay rise...like i refused point blank like one guy was already on like 2.5m a season and at 22 should have been happy but he wasnt and fair enough casue he was the player of the previous year...anyway after a few attemps at trying to negotiate his contract which was arounf 3.5m i handed it over to the Director of football....well i learned lesson.....he was very generous and signed the guy up for a further 4 ys at 7m....so you know i had no more payroll in the transfer budget....i was thinking of tossing it in but the board beat me to it....

 

Well the Browns looked good last night i liked the uniform, the orange daks look great with the brown tops... they played very well and won but they didnt beat much though the Bengals have the next wonder kid QB, Baker Mayfield finaly looked like a number 1 first round pick, on the money all night....while in the UK NU came back to earth a nice old 0-3 at home to Brighton aparently Brighton have never been beaten by Newcastle in Newcastle...intresting that...

 

Well its time to pick a team for the finals......gees its hard....Saints i should casue well i often go for the under dogs.....Port....well i did when they won there first flag, normaly id go Eagles but not this year, Scrays.....i like there work ethics....so im going the Dogs this year....

5 hours ago, Will27 said:

Beaten on percentage I'm afraid BM.

equal number of tips, so still hasn't beaten me

5 hours ago, Will27 said:

I thought he tailed off a bit towards the end.

Could've sown up a spot if he'd kick straight against Geelong.

He cost us 4th spot the little <deleted>

 

Thought Steven May AKA Pieman should've been a a lock.

Think Dusty got in the squad on rep this year.

Will be interesting to see if he makes the cut.

 

Travis Boak should probably be captain but if Danger get's in, they will

probably have to give it him as a legacy vote like they did with Buddy.

Which was disgraceful by the way.

Buddy couldn't captain a packet of Maltesers.

Pappers got a bit distracted thinking of his future but he still looked only one kick away from blowing things wide open again.
Also, given his small stature, it was a big role to be the key forward

59 minutes ago, BookmanBkk said:

equal number of tips, so still hasn't beaten me

Finished above you on the ladder, so yes he has.

1 hour ago, Will27 said:

Finished above you on the ladder, so yes he has.

Yeah he still hasnt beaten me in tips, which is what counts 

Ben Brown to leave North
How many clubs ASK a key forward kicking 60+ goals a year x 3 seasons to LEAVE? 

 

Daniher will end p where?

Jeremey Camron to leave?

Jesse Hogan pushed out of Freo?

 

 

Footy Classifieds review of the bottom 10 teams..

Ross Lyons was asked if he ranks Sydney or Carlton as being ahead for a premiership tilt. Ross Lyons picked Sydney without hesitation. @Radar501
Ross also suggested that Sydney were looking at Jeremey Cameron from GWS ????

 

Perhaps Ross is heading to Sydney for a coaching role?

4 hours ago, BookmanBkk said:

Ben Brown to leave North
How many clubs ASK a key forward kicking 60+ goals a year x 3 seasons to LEAVE? 

 

Daniher will end p where?

Jeremey Camron to leave?

Jesse Hogan pushed out of Freo?

 

 

Not sure who BB has to blame, himself or his manager.

 

Allegedly knocked back Norfs offer of a 3 year deal at $750 000 per

year for 3 years. Was hanging out for a 4 year contract.

 

Will be lucky to get a 2 year deal on $500 000 now I'd imagine.

5 minutes ago, Will27 said:

Not sure who BB has to blame, himself or his manager.

 

Allegedly knocked back Norfs offer of a 3 year deal at $750 000 per

year for 3 years. Was hanging out for a 4 year contract.

 

Will be lucky to get a 2 year deal on $500 000 now I'd imagine.

Will be sad to lose him,hard to find good leading forwards that can kick straight.If the playing group could hit a barn door from 15 metres his knee and performance would of been better.

North IMHO would be better off keeping him(worth a 4 year deal) and looking for a centre half forward to complement him,good big men don't grow on trees.

I have a bit of faith in Rawlings after his job at west coast but next year is going to be hard to watch if they are going to rely on midfielders kicking the goals.

The demons could maybe offer two Mc Donalds for one Brown ????

2 hours ago, ozzydom said:

The demons could maybe offer two Mc Donalds for one Brown ????

Mcdonalds #Brown?

4 hours ago, Will27 said:

Not sure who BB has to blame, himself or his manager.

 

Allegedly knocked back Norfs offer of a 3 year deal at $750 000 per

year for 3 years. Was hanging out for a 4 year contract.

 

Will be lucky to get a 2 year deal on $500 000 now I'd imagine.

 

He must be incredibly out of favor at North given he kicked 60 goals the 3 seasons previous per season. To cut him out of any offer says a lot.

 

He should go back to enjoying his game and life and embrace the days when he was nicknamed Sideshow Bob

Ben Brown looks like he's going for zip.....hope them duds are rushing over to sign him as i write....Surgical knife in action, them Shaws are known for being cunning devils....another Noff player told to find a new home in S Higgins, and still no news of Delistings, hey Simon this isnt a poker game....

 

Now wonder what simple is going to do about the Mcdonald Bros, Oscar is clearly hated and you know i though he did his bit and theres like 15 in front of him more worthy off get chopped i would have thought... Tom? who knows no talk of carrying an injury and no chance off going down back to play at this point in time...if he cant play forward he is surplus...Swap Fj?

 

Well Tragic news out of Adelide tonight, Jackie Watts hangs up the boots at 29, broke his leg 2 games into last year and has lost the feeling....to play....so hes taking his few tillion and riding off into the sunset....Latest news since he loves it west of the big bubble hes  looking to go further west talk of one of them BIG Perth clubs (no names here WILL) inrested to resurect his career and fattern up the wallet....since one of there key forwards is almost ready for the retirement village......I think @ 29 hes learned a few things by now....

 

The Big ROUMOR now around the alleys of Melbourne city is uncle Neil Daniher has had a word to Joe that he should make the move from the Black and Red to the Dark Blue and Red.....so this defiantly makes Big Tom surplus to requirements, ummmm Ben Brown and Joe Daniher who i must say inpressed me when he went on the ball second half last week would make our forward line look a bit decent .......assuming they can get around to kicking it into the 50 meter arch... i dont know, people think we have a good midfield....im not so sure on that....wouldnt be suprised if they move one or two on/trade swap, i think Demons mid is very stale and predictable...

 

Chis Patracca wins the B$F at Melbourne....no one came anywhere near him.....they actualy have giving him this years and next years trophy as they still cant see whos going to get close to Chris....