Amazon exiles discussion

mine
Hawks by 12
bulldogs
crows
power
cars
lions
roos
SWANS

Val wrote: "N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TIPS EARLY!!! THERE'S A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME!!!

If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladder
or https..."

Another 'ROUND 1' Val? 😂

Sj wrote: "Another 'ROUND 1' Val? 😂 ..."

Whoops! Cut and paste strikes again! Mind you, I wouldn't put anything past the AFL if they thought there was a buck to be made!

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Hawks by 14
Magpies
Bombers
Power
Cats
Lions
Demons
Swans

Hawks by 9
Magpies
Power
Cats
Lions
Demon's
Swans

sorry missed one.
Crows

Hawks by 17
Footscray (Dogs)
Crows
Port
Cats
Bris
Melb
Swans

Hawthorn Hawks +24

Collingwood Magpies
Adelaide Crows
Port Adelaide Power
Geelong Cats
Brisbane Lions
Melbourne Demons
Fremantle Dockers

Hi Val, I was at the Reds and when left the Swans were about 30 up. I knew the Swans did not go well judging from the looks of other friends at the Reds who were on a vow of secrecy, but they looked smug. And so it proved when I got home at 10 and watched the match.
Never mind they will improve but new coach takes some time. Heaney looked very forlorn. We need to improve quickly in order to get Chad Warner to extend his contract along with his bro.
This week and sorry for being a little late...

Hawks by 15
Magpies
Crows
Port
Cats
Lions
Demons
Swans ( cannot keep tipping against them)

I thought you would be at the rugby. Swans need to get their forward line sorted. Amartey runs hot and cold, McCartin is better in defence than attack, and McDonald and McLean aren't reliable either. Too much depends on the small forwards and mid-field. No chance Warner would want to go to either of the Perth clubs surely?

We have a first next weekend when we are having a special night for our dear departed Garry. The last act of his will was leaving money for 20 of his best rugby mates to attend a match in a corporate box at Suncorp. Troy his closest rugby friend has organised this for next Friday evening to attend the Broncos v Dolphins in which will be my first ever Rugby League match live apart from a couple of Origins I attended in Sydney. It will certainly be my wife's, Victoria, to whom I am trying to explain the differences, first league match.
Garry set aside funds for not only the box but all food and drink. After the game we will amble to the Caxton Pub to toast Garry in what was a ritual for him in both League and Union. Maybe then off to the infamous Sporties to really complete the night. Just as well the Swans have a bye and a Friday night.

He sounds like a top bloke and I'm sure all of you will have a great time in his memory.

Suzy's tips:

Carlton by 7
Bulldogs
Essendon
Richmond
St Kilda
West Coast
North Melbourne
Fremantle

Mine:

Hawks x 11
Pies
Dons
Port
Cats
Lions
North
Freo

Nailbiter at the G tonight!

Val wrote: "Charity donations are:
To be redistributed at the end of the season - A$8.00 - Highest score (Cats - 147)
Suzy (Friends With Dignity) - A$8.00 (closest margin)
Jed (Great Barrier Reef Foundation) - A$14.00 (weekly winner)"

Congratulations Jed! ... ;o>

Tim wrote: "We have a first next weekend when we are having a special night for our dear departed Garry. The last act of his will was leaving money for 20 of his best rugby mates to attend a match in a corpora..."

What a wonderful way to create a treat for his friends. Garry sounds like he was a wonderful person, Tim, and I am so sorry to hear of your sad loss of such a good friend ... x

Val wrote: "Suzy's tips:

Carlton by 7
Bulldogs
Essendon
Richmond
St Kilda
West Coast
North Melbourne
Fremantle"

Thanks for placing my punt, Val ... x ... I don't always know what day it is these days and somehow I had the thought that today was a Tuesday! ;o>

suzysunshine7 wrote: "I don't always know what day it is these days and somehow I had the thought that today was a Tuesday! ;o> ..."

I know how you feel Suzy! I could have sworn today was Friday.

Tonight's result:

Carlton Blues (available) v Hawthorn Hawks (available)
2.1.13 (Q1) 2.3.15
6.4.40 (Q2) 5.5.35
8.8.56 (Q3) 9.7.61
8.12.60 (Q4) 12.8.80

Great game tonight! Tazz is the winner of the closest margin tip. $8.00 set aside for Royal Flying Doctor Service Victoria. Well done!!

Ach darnnit! Thought i had another day to go. I would've gone with Hawks also, but here's my remaining tips:

Pies
Crows
Port
Cats
Lions
Demons
Dockers

Cool Val 👍 was a good game too.

Duke, mate, you gotta keep reminding yourself us Aussies are a day ahead of the rest of the world. 😉

Well the G is certainly seeing its share of close games this weekend!

Tonight's result:

Western Bulldogs (Tazz) v Collingwood Magpies (available)
3.4.22 (Q1) 2.4.16
6.7.43 (Q2) 5.8.38
7.9.51 (Q3) 8.11.59
10.10.70 (Q4) 10.16.76

Heartbreaking for the Dogs. Collingwood is a top team - viz their performance last week. The Doggies are without Bontompelli, Weightman, Treloar, Ugle-Hagan and more but boy did all their journeymen players step up tonight. How good was Khamis?? And Richards? And Davidson? I am a huge fan of Bailey Dale - an absolute rock. And any team in the league would give an arm and a leg for Libba. They all played their hearts out and no one would have begrudged them a win, or at the very least a draw. Collingwood will know they met a very tough opponent this week and they will feel it in their next game. Bad luck Doggies - you deserved this one.

Tazz wrote: "Cool Val 👍 was a good game too.

Duke, mate, you gotta keep reminding yourself us Aussies are a day ahead of the rest of the world. 😉"

Well 12 hours or so, but yeah i know what you mean. I keep forgetting that the early part of season have Thursday games, despite Val trying her best to point that out in bold capitals! Must do better! Hard luck with your Doggies today, i didn't get to follow the game, but looked a close game.

Hi Duke. Mmmm, the umpiring was disgraceful, oppo teams and players have called it out as the most disgraceful display of biased umpiring they have ever seen. They awarded the Pies 19 free kicks more than the dogs. I actually watched Pendles get a free and nobody even touched him! Mathew Loyd labelled it an utter disgrace and others actually called for an investigation into it! Its hard at times following the footy knowing the level of corruption in the AFL and the stacking that goes on behind the scenes for or against a team. You should see the footy forums today and what even people who hate the Dogs have to say about last night. The general consensus is it was 100% a stacked game.
Last night reminded me of the stacked grand final Collingwood vs Bris Lions. That was a joke. Collingwood was no ifs robbed by corrupt umpiring. It was farcical!

Tazz wrote: "Hi Duke. Mmmm, the umpiring was disgraceful, oppo teams and players have called it out as the most disgraceful display of biased umpiring they have ever seen. They awarded the Pies 19 free kicks mo..."

What is it about Collingwood? They do seem to get a lot favouritism and hype, so it looks. I know that they're one of the biggest clubs and have a large following...yet the equally have a lot of hate for that club too!

Today's results:

Essendon Bombers (Val) v Adelaide Crows (available)
3.2.20 (Q1) 5.5.35
5.4.34 (Q2) 11.8.74
9.7.61 (Q3) 18.10.118
15.10.100 (Q4) 25.11.161

Port Adelaide Power (available) v Richmond Tigers (Philip)
6.6.32 (Q1) 1.3.9
13.11.89 (Q2) 3.6.24
19.13.127 (Q3) 6.10.46
21.14.140 (Q4) 9.14.68

St Kilda Saints (Tim) v Geelong Cats (available)
6.1.25 (Q1) 1.4.10
10.5.44 (Q2) 5.6.36
14.6.59 (Q3) 9.9.63
15.8.98 (Q4) 13.13.91

Lions win again 😎

Have you been to a game yet?

Not yet, I'm sure I'd understand what I'm watching to be honest Val 🤣

You probably wouldn't at this stage but you'd get caught up in the excitement and general buzz. A pie and a beer will cost you a bomb but it's standard footy fare. Definitely worth investing in a scarf and a beanie.

Always tempted by a beer! A Beanie in QLD weather however, could be a pass on that one

Today's results:

Brisbane Lions (Jed) v West Coast Eagles (Sussex)
1.2.8 (Q1) 5.2.32
4.3.27 (Q2) 8.3.51
9.6.60 (Q3) 9.9.63
14.10.94 (Q4) 11.9.75

North Melbourne Kangaroos (Steve) v Melbourne Demons (available)
3.5.23 (Q1) 4.5.29
8.9.57 (Q2) 6.9.45
11.10.76 (Q3) 8.10.58
19.11.112 (Q4) 9.12.66

Fremantle Dockers (available) v Sydney Swans (Anita)
4.3.27 (Q1) 0.5.5
5.5.35 (Q2) 3.8.26
8.8.56 (Q3) 7.12.54
9.11.65 (Q4) 9.14.68

Our tipsters' ladder is as follows:

ROUND TWO (first number is correct number of wins - you want this to be high; number in brackets is the cumulative margin which is used to separate punters on the same amount of points - you want this to be low)

Tim on 6 (5)
Anita on 6 (8)
Jed on 6 (11)
Tazz on 5 (3)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 5 (4)
SussexWelsh on 5 (5)
Val on 5 (9)
Duke on 4 (37)
Suzy on 2 (27)
Philip on 1 (37)

Charity donations are:
To be redistributed at the end of the season - A$8.00 - Highest score (Crows - 161)
Tazz (Royal Flying Doctor Service Victoria) - A$8.00 (closest margin)
Tim (Koala Hospital - Port Macquarie) - A$14.00 (weekly winner)

CUMULATIVE LADDER:

Jed on 15 (98)
Tim on 13 (84)
Sj Brooke (Steve) on 13 (86)
SussexWelsh on 12 (79)
Tazz on 12 (92)
Anita on 11 (139)
Val on 10 (85)
Duke on 9 (155)
Philip on 8 (110)
Suzy on 4 (46)

Congratulations Tim (you must have been on the edge of your seat until the last three minutes!) and Jed (see, I told you, tipping is a piece of cake!).

Please check your scores!!!

If anyone would like to view the AFL Ladder before submitting next week's tips, it's at http://www.afl.com.au/ladder
or https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/matc...

N.B. PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR TIPS EARLY!!! THERE'S A THURSDAY NIGHT GAME!!!

ROUND 3

Thursday March 27
Essendon Bombers v Port Adelaide Power (in Melbourne)

Friday March 28
Carlton Blues v Western Bulldogs (in Melbourne)

Saturday March 29
Melbourne Demons v Gold Coast Suns (in Melbourne)
St Kilda Saints v Richmond Tigers (in Melbourne)
Hawthorn Hawks v GWS Giants (in Tasmania)
Brisbane Lions v Geelong Cats (in Brisbane)

Sunday March 30
Adelaide Crows v North Melbourne Kangaroos (in Adelaide)
West Coast Eagles v Fremantle Dockers (in Perth)

BYE:
Sydney Swans, Collingwood Magpies

If punters could lodge their tips by midnight WEDNESDAY Mar 26 (U.K. time) it would be a great help, although I can accept them up until 8.15am THURSDAY (U.K. time) if absolutely necessary.

Hi Jed, how are you going and hope you are enjoying life and work is good? Do not know what has happened to weather though. Still unsettled after the cyclone.
You have to make a game to see the Lions as Val is quite right, the atmosphere at a live AFL game is the best experience in all codes of Aussie sport. Especially so, in tight matches. I am hoping to get to the Suns v Swans match in late April if I can work out logistics of making it by public transport. Really love a beer at the match.
Val, the match Sunday could have gone either way and I could see time running out until Amartey took a great mark to win it. Even then, they conspired to overturn the ball with seconds left leaving the Dockers another chance of entry to the 50m which they did but a second too late as the siren saved us with the ball in mid-air.
We do need to sort the forwards, but I have seen an improvement in Amartey this season and with more confidence can see him being a threat to the opposition. McDonald is still injured but one back I think we will be ok. The SMH focussed on Jordan this morning naming him as a major tagger keeping key opposition quiet in all games so far. Cox is said to be very pleased with his performances so far.

ROUND 3
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Port Adelaide Power + 14

Western Bulldogs
Melbourne Demons
St Kilda Saints
Hawthorn Hawks
Brisbane Lions

Adelaide Crows
Fremantle Dockers

port by 17
suns
saints
hawks
cats
crows
dockers

Power by 20
Demon's
Saints
Hawks
Lions
Crows
Dockers

Anita - you've missed Friday night's game:

Friday March 28
Carlton Blues v Western Bulldogs (in Melbourne)

Jed - you've also missed Friday's game:

Friday March 28
Carlton Blues v Western Bulldogs (in Melbourne)

Bulldogs

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Power by 23
Bulldogs
Suns
Saints
Hawks
Lions
Crows
Dockers

Port Adelaide x 30
Carlton
Melbourne
St Kilda
Hawthorn
Brisbane
Adelaide
West Coast

Completely forgot about punting last week.

And I'm on time this week:

Power - 12
Blues
Suns
Saints
GWS (this should be a corker of a game, two evenly matched sides, similar playing styles, it'll be a close one, but i think my boys will pull off another snatch win....just!)
Lions
Crows
Dockers

Here goes for this week:

Port by 21.... (sorry Val but what a lovely guy Zach Merrett is after having seem him on AFL360 on Tuesday.) He deserves a lot better than his teammates are providing at present.
Bulldogs.... but a close one and never rely on Carlton
Suns
Saints
Lions....in what could be very wet conditions at the same time as I will be at the other venue in Brissie watching the Reds.
Hawthorn...who look very good to date, but Giants can give them a big test
Crows
Dockers

Just to make life simpler for you Val I summarise

Port by 21
Bulldogs
Suns
Saints
Lions
Hawthorn
Crows
Dockers

A few out there's.
Port by 38 points
Dogs
Suns
Saints
GWS
Bris
North
Freo

Philip wrote: "Completely forgot about punting last week."

I do send reminders via Goodreads' messages. I don't know about you, but I used to get an email saying there was a message waiting for me in Goodreads. No more, I'm afraid.Like many other services (MyGov, for one), you have to actively go looking to see if there are any messages for you. I don't always notice if there's a new message for me so I don't blame you for missing mine.

Tim wrote: ".. sorry Val but what a lovely guy Zach Merrett is after having seem him on AFL360 on Tuesday.) He deserves a lot better than his teammates are providing at p..."

I saw it too. Must be so hard to be both diplomatic and modest in those particular circumstances. I was trying to think which, if any, current Bombers players, apart from Merrett, would be desirable on today's market. Ridley, Draper, Kako, Durham, McGrath, Caldwell, Langford??? I take comfort in knowing that they are one of the youngest teams in the league but players like Cox, Jones, Hobbs, Perkins have had a fair bit of experience now but don't seem to be able to make that leap to elite level.