sidelined

I would like to point out that I am on holidays in Tasmania, which made it very hard for me to post. That geospatial fact was the reason I didn’t post last week. Honestly, it had nothing to do with the fact that I tipped abysmally, nor with the fact that Essendon went down in a screaming injury-ridden heap to Geelong. I wasn’t trying to cover up the fact that I tipped against the trend and scored just two for the round. Honest.

Here’s what it looked like;

(18%) Bombers (12.11 83) Cats (19.19 133) (82%)
(72%) Bulldogs (20.13 133) Power (17.11 113) (27%)
(74%) Magpies (12.17 89) Saints (12.8 80) (26%)
(54%) Crows (15.12 102) Hawks (4.7 31) (46%)
(96%) Eagles (9.10 64) Lions (13.13 91) (4%)
(85%) Swans (11.23 89) Dockers (9.7 61) (14%)
(42%) Blues (14.17 101) Demons (19.10 124) (58%)
(16%) Tigers (11.13 79) Kangaroos (14.20 104)

I tipped against the trend with the Bombers, Power, Saints, Hawks, Blues and these proved to be dumb decisions. I tipped with the mob for the Eagles, so suffered from their upset, and tipped correctly for the Roos and Tigers games. Punters should have scored seven – I scored two.

Here is the shape of things this week;

(52% / $2.35) Saints Crows ($1.55 / 48%)
(79% / $1.47) Cats Magpies ($2.55 / 21%)
(35% / $2.00) Power Eagles ($1.75 / 64%)
(57% / $2.80) Bombers Bulldogs ($1.40 / 43%)
(54% / $2.47) Demons Lions ($1.50 / 46%)
(89% / $1.14) Swans Blues ($5.25 / 10%)
(85% / $1.30) Hawks Tigers ($3.30 / 14%)
(69% / $1.41) Dockers Kangaroos ($2.75 / 31%)

I like Crows, Cats, Eagles, Bombers, Demons, Swans, Hawks and Dockers, so it’s a conservative week for me – I’m with the punters on all but one of the matches.