General Footy Tipping and Discussion Thread

[vox nihili]

Humble brag but 8/8 this week


Worried about the Tigers atm. Bit of a form slump mid season I reckon. I guess as long as we regroup at the end we'll be all right.

[S200]

I unfortunately underestimated the Dees... :|

Ah well...

[spectroscopy]

Yeah... What has happened to GWS?

I guess they are semi-premiership team now...

They just have a super depleted team with injuries and not much depth in their roster.

losing to the cats in geelong with a depleted team is understandable. losing to west coast anywhere is ok too and they only lost by 15.
North are REALLY good at the moment, plus GWS played in geelong, then back to sydney, then tasmania which is tiring plus that was a super windy match and ben brown was kicking goals left right and centre. so that ones understandable. and essendon are a pretty volatile team really with good potential. off field drama and stuff with the coaches etc. has caused them to crap their pants one week and put up a solid performance the next. their only other away game this year was a 16 point loss to freo which is a solid away performance against a healthy freo at the time especially considering how good freo have been in perth until this week (again though north are on a roll) so i think gws losing to the bombers this week is again fine.

i think round 10 was the least shocking of the season so far given teams current form, injuries, rosters, and play style matchup.  although I am disappointed in the lions kicking accuracy given they've been amazing since round 7 or so. thats the one tip i got wrong    what the hell is with the lions forward line they need some big targets up there cos this week they were just running around like headless chooks every time they got an inside 50.

[Aaron]

Good to come off with a win. I know it's freo but in Perth where they are really strong is great! 5th now love it

[Aaron]

Tips for Round 11 folks?

This is what i've currently got.

SYD V CARL = SYD BY 30
WB V MELB = MELB
HAW V PORT = HAW
GC v GEE = GEE
ESS v RICH = RICH (this tip makes me nervous after essendon's past 2 weeks)
WC v STK = WC
NM v BRI = NM
COLL v FRE = COLL
ADE v GWS = ADE (this was tough, deciding who is worse at the moment.... i am on the fence with this one)

[S200]

Couldn't be stuffed typing, so I just snipped them..

I'm also unsure about the Dons... They are very haphazard right now.

[vox nihili]

Tips for Round 11 folks?

This is what i've currently got.

SYD V CARL = SYD BY 30
WB V MELB = MELB
HAW V PORT = HAW
GC v GEE = GEE
ESS v RICH = RICH (this tip makes me nervous after essendon's past 2 weeks)
WC v STK = WC
NM v BRI = NM
COLL v FRE = COLL
ADE v GWS = ADE (this was tough, deciding who is worse at the moment.... i am on the fence with this one)

Essendon making me nervous as well. Richmond haven't played well for a good 5-6 weeks now, so getting very nervy about this one. Could be the best chance of an upset this round.

[spectroscopy]

I think richmond will still win it but I definitely see dreamtime at the g being a big match. Especially since the tigers will have Houli out injured, dion prestia wont be back til after the bye and jack reiwoldt is still uncertain but probably playing, and the bombers will have hurley back. either way will be close.

but the big upset might be (and i might change my tip) could be the suns to beat geelong. the cats have been playing pretty poorly really plus been hit with a few injuries and I have to think that a large part of the gold coast being shithouse up until now was because of their absolutely ridiculous travel schedule.
lets take a look at their matches so far in order:
cairns (beat north)
etihad (beat carlton)
perth (lose to freo but close)
perth AGAIN(smashed by west coast fair enough)
gabba (beat brisbane still not a home game)
adelaide
BALLARAT
back to the gabba
CHINA

they have literally had the worst possible schedule for the first half of the year living their life in planes and hotels and not being able to have good recovery sessions and just solid training. now they have had a bye and are coming back into their first match in their home stadium all year with a lot of people coming back into the squad. Sam Day, Tom Lynch and Jack Martin coming back. I can really see gold coast doing it. Of course we dont know how good they will be yet when fully fit and rested with a full squad but we have barely seen the teams potential all year I think.

[Aaron]

SYD V CARL = SYD BY 30

What a prediction

Carlton quite competitive for most of it.

[S200]

Josh J 6.1! holy cow he's killing it right now!!!

[Aaron]

Josh J 6.1! holy cow he's killing it right now!!!

fair effort

Edit: Brave comeback from St Kilda... just not enough!!!

[vox nihili]

I think richmond will still win it but I definitely see dreamtime at the g being a big match. Especially since the tigers will have Houli out injured, dion prestia wont be back til after the bye and jack reiwoldt is still uncertain but probably playing, and the bombers will have hurley back. either way will be close.

but the big upset might be (and i might change my tip) could be the suns to beat geelong. the cats have been playing pretty poorly really plus been hit with a few injuries and I have to think that a large part of the gold coast being shithouse up until now was because of their absolutely ridiculous travel schedule.
lets take a look at their matches so far in order:
cairns (beat north)
etihad (beat carlton)
perth (lose to freo but close)
perth AGAIN(smashed by west coast fair enough)
gabba (beat brisbane still not a home game)
adelaide
BALLARAT
back to the gabba
CHINA

they have literally had the worst possible schedule for the first half of the year living their life in planes and hotels and not being able to have good recovery sessions and just solid training. now they have had a bye and are coming back into their first match in their home stadium all year with a lot of people coming back into the squad. Sam Day, Tom Lynch and Jack Martin coming back. I can really see gold coast doing it. Of course we dont know how good they will be yet when fully fit and rested with a full squad but we have barely seen the teams potential all year I think.

God hindsight’s a bitch 😂

I tipped Suns tbh. Thought the cats had looked pretty flat. Also agreed that Dreamtime would be a tight one. Really glad we finally found some form. Our effort in the second quarter was second to none, back to our best at that point.

[Aaron]

An OK win against the Lions today.

54 points seems like a lot but imo we could've done much better. Second half was average at best. Umpiring was absolutely atrocious as per usual.

Ahern absolutely superb on debut.... loved it.

Good to get the 4pts but overall wasn't the best game. Should've dominated by 100+ based on the first half.


Edit: AAARGH So close to 9/9 tips!! Bloody GWS.

[spectroscopy]

God hindsight’s a bitch 😂

I tipped Suns tbh. Thought the cats had looked pretty flat. Also agreed that Dreamtime would be a tight one. Really glad we finally found some form. Our effort in the second quarter was second to none, back to our best at that point.

Yea I was at dreamtime at the G and left at 3 quarter time. it could've been anyones game for a bit but when the bombers were two goals down they missed some opportunities that really should've been a couple of goals then the tiges ran away with it in the second quarter. definitely the better side on the night. and yeah even though the cats won in the end I still think based on the information we had available before the match it really could've been anyones game. at least now we know the suns are actually ashit and not just when they are jetlagged LOL

An OK win against the Lions today.

54 points seems like a lot but imo we could've done much better. Second half was average at best. Umpiring was absolutely atrocious as per usual.

Ahern absolutely superb on debut.... loved it.

Good to get the 4pts but overall wasn't the best game. Should've dominated by 100+ based on the first half.


Edit: AAARGH So close to 9/9 tips!! Bloody GWS.

North are so good this season. they have an easy schedule up ahead too. could seriously finish top 4 on the ladder. so dangerous all over the field and so many guns on the team. hope they beat the cats next week

[Aaron]

Tips for Round 12:

PORT v RICH = RICH BY 20
GEEL v NM = NM
GWS v GC = GWS
STK v SYD = SYD
BL v ESS = BL
FRE v ADE = FRE (will depend on Fyfe's tribunal outcome tomorrow night, might change)
MELB v COLL = MELB (at the moment, tempted to tip against esp. with Lever out now)