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ROUND 10 UPDATE

This week, like last, I can sum up the round in just two words!

And in a mark of respect to the man who kicks goal of the year every round, I’ll let Dale say them for me......................

So am I Dale. So am I.

Coolio’s Hot Pie Tribute.

Last week, my ‘thrashing of the week’ expose, highlighted the Cats.

In the interests of a fair and unbiased commentary, this week I’ll give the Eagles a mention for their fine effort on Saturday.

COLLINGWOOD 5.5 12.8 19.10 27.11 (173)
WEST COAST 1.4 7.6 8.8 10.13 (73)
GOALS: Collingwood: Medhurst 5, Davis 3, Didak 3, Thomas 3, Cloke 3, Pendlebury 2, Swan 2, Maxwell, O'Bree, Cox, R Shaw, Lockyer, Fraser. West Coast: Lynch 3, Cox 2, Kerr, Waters, Kennedy, McKinley, Armstrong.
BEST: Collingwood: Swan, Davis, Pendlebury, Didak, Thomas, Cloke. West Coast: Cox (the bigger Cox), Priddis, Kerr, Kennedy, Embley, Lynch.
INJURIES: Collingwood: Rocca (general weakness) replaced in selected side by Cox (the smaller Cox). West Coast: Kerr (ankle), Schofield (ankle).
UMPIRES: James, Grun, Wenn.
CROWD: 52,968 at the MCG.

TALKING POINT
Dale Thomas' eye for a spectacular goal is undisputed. Even off the half-back line. Accepting Rhyce Shaw's handpass at full pelt, 15 metres shy of the centre circle, Thomas had one thing on his mind. Sixty sprinted metres and four bounces later, he split the middle, then was knocked to his knees where he stayed, fists clenched, shouting to the heavens.

THE UPSHOT
Only two weeks ago, Collingwood was considered an also-ran, eminently beatable, fighting with the pack to fill the bottom places of the eight. No longer. Now it looks a genuine premiership threat, backing up last week's wonderful effort by doing what good sides do — winning well against inferior opposition. With their already healthy percentage, and Melbourne and Carlton to come, the Magpies could well be sitting in the top four by the split round.

HOT AND COLD
Dane Swan was on fire from the first bounce, collecting 10 first-quarter possessions alone, running his heart out on the ball and getting forward to contribute two quality goals. David Wirrpanda, in contrast, was anything but his usual damaging self out of defence, having only six touches to three-quarter-time, and gifting his opponent Tarkyn Lockyer a goal with a needless 50-metre penalty.

The two players named Cox

I turned on the tele and saw two players named Cox,

Who were wearing different coloured footy socks,

And at the end of the day,

With smaller Cox’s team in front by the way,

It was the Eagles, that the Magpies outfoxed!

The winning 6’2” Cox.

The losing 6’8” Cox.

Which just goes to prove that size doesn’t matter!

And I’ve discovered Essendon’s problem this season!

They just don’t want the football!

Chris Judd tries to explain to his teammates that his humongous salary is NOT the reason why they’re heading to Dubbo for their end of season trip!

Jonathon Brown’s weekly ‘sook’!

Who remembers this sook from last year?

WEEKLY TIPPER LEADERBOARD POSITIONS

Weekly Tipper Leaderboard Position

Congratulations go to the following tippers who this week went in the right direction, up the ladder, for the first time this season!

FlyingTony

The season is a shambles for FlyingTony’s beloved Demons, but his footy tipping season is on the improve this week after he moved from 68^th to 67^th!

In honour of his retired captain ‘Neiter’, FlyingTony played with his hand on his heart in Round 10 and tipped an excellent 7.

Kezndes

What can I say about this lovely duopoly?

Well, they’re tipping from behind the 8 ball this season, being 50% aligned to the Bombers and all. I think it’s about time the Dez part of the team put her foot down and stopped the Kez part tipping the Bombers! The Bombers won’t win another game this season. Unless they play FlyingTony’s team again.

Or the Dockers!

WEEKLY WINNERS ARE GRINNERS:

2008 Weekly Winners

Round 10

1^st - Bondy

I asked Virgin Blue’s former ‘Man of the Meteorological Observation’ (MOTMO), Bondy, for his prediction for last weekend.

He said “It’s gunna bucket down Coolio”.

I was actually interested in his footy tips, but did in fact note that his weather predictions held true.

Which would be a first for Bondy!

Here’s the evidence that Bondy was ‘Nostradamus like’ with his predictions.

Ok, so none of the above is true, except the fact that it did actually bucket down.

And that Bondy, in his retirement, obviously spends much of the week researching statistics for the coming footy tipping round.

What’s also true is that this Hawks supporter, while tipping a perfect round this week, tipped against his team from the Waverley Theme Park.

Now Bondy, when they hadn’t lost a game all year, tipping against your own team is a little brutal.

But it paid off, so who I am to sledge!

2^nd – Jo O’Donnell

Jo ‘The Eagles Rock’ O’Donnell works in the Department of Spin at VB. And apparently her press releases are top notch!

The way her team The Eagles are playing this year, I’m sure they could do with her help!

Jo, tipped 8 but lost out on adjusted margin to Bondy. And just like Bondy, she tipped against her own team!

I thought I’d try and help Jo with a few ‘potential’ Eagles PR department media releases:

‘Eagles play 4 quarters of footy – Worsfold “I’m over the moon, but where’s the dish and the spoon?”’

‘Eagles lead Pies’ (at 3 minute mark of 1^st quarter)

‘Eagles make their flight home on time – Worsfold happy - “Hey I found the spoon!”’

‘Eagles look ahead (to 2012)’.

3^rd – Power

Who would have thought that one week after an exasperated email from Power stating something like “I’m sick of being on the bottom of the ladder Coolio”, Power has pulled herself off the ropes and bolted into 70^th position!

Tipping a perfect 8 definitely helps you get moving in the right direction up the ladder!

Power, you can walk tall in the knowledge that you’re currently sitting two places higher on the ladder than last years’ winner of this comp, OWSTA!

And your boys had a win over in Freo on the weekend, and they play Carlton at home in Adelaide this week, so it’s all smiles for you!

THE NETWORK OPS AFL LEADERBOARD

2008 Tipping ladder

THE 2008 HALL OF SHAME

2008 Network Ops AFL Winners Table

THE NETWORK OPS NIPPERS LADDER

(Where it’s cool to like ‘Wii’ – for all you oldies, it’s pronounced “wee”).

1. Footy Freak97 (59)
2. Hot Dog (58)
3. Lil Plugger (58)
4. Iceman (55)
5. Bones (55)

Coolio, how do adjusted and cumulative margins work?

What you need to know about Tipping

· Tips for each game can be entered or edited at any time prior to the nominated game commencement time as published on the site.

· Under no circumstances will tips be accepted after a game has commenced.

· If tippers do not enter tips for a game, round or join after the season has commenced they will be allocated the default score (see below).

What you need to know about Tipper Rankings

· Tippers will be firstly ranked by their weekly score, where the highest score is the highest rank.

· Weekly winners will be determined by the user's weekly score for the round, then by a tippers 'Round Margin' and then by their 'Total Margin'.

· End of season winners will be determined by total score, and then by their 'Total Margin' (and if drawn the Round Margin for that round).

What you need to know about Margins

· The Margin Tippers are required to enter a winning team plus a margin for one game each round (the number of points team A will beat team B by).

Round (Adjusted Margin)

· If you tip the winning Team and their exact winning margin, your 'Round Margin' will equal 0 points/goals (like golf, lower is better).

· If you pick the winning team, but not the winning margin, your 'Round Margin' will equal the difference between the actual game margin and the margin you tipped.

· If you tip the losing Team, your 'Round Margin' will equal the points/goals difference of the actual game margin PLUS the margin you tipped.

Total (Accumulative Margin)

· The 'Total Margin' is the total to date of the Weekly Margins for all rounds in the tipping competition. As with 'Your Margin' the lower your 'Accumulative Margin' is the better ranking you will have.

Housekeeping

I’ve chased up all the entry money – so here are the final prize ‘divvys’

Now that the money’s been counted, and the bookies have been pacified, I can ‘officially’ declare the prizes for this seasons comp.

It’s big money this year, so pull your collective fingers out and start studying the form guide. If you’re tipping poorly, then start studying a different type of form guide! Bluey already has.

Total prize pool = Number of paid up tippers 73 x $20 = $1460

Weekly prizes = 22 rounds x $20 = $440

Remainder of prize pool for end of season winners = $1020

1^st place = $500

2^nd place = $250

3^rd place = $150

4^th place = $70

5^th place = $50