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ROUND 18 UPDATE

If I was Eddie McGuire for a day, here’s what I’d have given Shaw and Didak ..........

First this.................

Followed by this.....................

And then this.

WEEKLY TIPPER LEADERBOARD POSITIONS

Weekly Tipper Leaderboard Position

WEEKLY WINNERS ARE GRINNERS:

2008 Weekly Winners

Round 18

1^st – Bomber Girl

Bomber Girl has had a very successful season so far, and this is her second weekly pole position!

And when you find out that she’s submitting her tips all the way from Jabiru (below), via the Post office telegraph machine no less, she’s doing exceptionally well!

Fev reckons he does Bomber Girls tips for her, but Fev, I reckon there’s as much chance of Bomber Girl letting you do her tips as there is of Eddie McGuire letting Heath Shaw drive him to the shops!

By the way, Jabiru is in the middle of nowhere, somewhere between nothing and a rock. And a fair way out the back.

On Friday night, while Fev and I watched the Pies go down to the Hawks, I pumped a few beers into him and asked for some dirt on Bomber Girl.

Thankfully he remembered and emailed me later, and I get to use them this week! Woohoo!

Ok. Some facts you probably don’t know about Bomber Girl:

1. Bomber Girl’s favourite Bomber Boy is Mark McVeigh.  And apparently he’s referred to as ‘Mark McBabe’, not only by Mr McVeigh himself, but also by Bomber Girl.
2. Due Bomber Girls excited demeanour when Mark McBabe gets a mention on the tele, Fev sometimes feels a little unloved. C’mon Fev, you must understand he’s a highly attractive, highly paid footballer. Coolio feels the same way when Simon Black gets his mug on the screen! Or Lukey, Browney, Braddles, even Leppa!
3. Bomber Girl went to school at Windy Hill, and apparently Bomber Girl and a friend used to follow Matthew ‘The Cat’ Lloyd after school, all the way from the bus stop to the ground while The Cat was on his way to training. Every day (except during summer, weekends, or week days when Sheeds gave ‘the boys’ the day off).

2^nd – OWSTA

Owsta once had a stalking problem with Matthew Lloyd as well.

I think it was a hair thing!

And after such an impressive season in 2007, it’s good to see Owsta back in the near company of winners.

If he gives up Supercoach next year he’ll tip a lot better I’m certain of that. Hint Hint O.

What’s more important to you?

Winning a prestigious tipping competition?

Or doing well in mine?

Owsta is relieved by the way, as he had some Supercoach trades left and was able to quickly trade Didak for some funny sounding bloke from the Bulldogs. I bet Eddie hopes it’s as easy to trade Didak at the end of the season!

And viewers, if you don’t believe my Bomber Girl and Owsta stalking stories..................

Check out what the security cameras at the ‘G’ revealed on Anzac day.

3^rd – Katie Hardcore

I’ve dug and dug for dirt on Katie Hardcore and all I got was a tunnel to China.

I can say this though. She may be a bit hormonal, because she is (congratulations are in order of course), having a baby! Hopefully not while reading this update of course.

I know of the hormonal situation, because at the start of the season I got an email from Katie after I sent out my first weekly update:

Hi David,
Please remove me from your distribution list as I am not part of this tipping comp.
Thanks,

Kathryn.

A couple of confirmation emails (well, me basically begging her not to leave my comp) were exchanged and we all agreed to blame the misunderstanding on the ‘having a baby’ hormones!

I can’t wait till next time I get to Melbourne, and (after some steamed dumplings in Box Hill) will catch up with Katie’s good friend Lady Lunchalot, who reckons she was present when Katie Hardcore got her nickname.

Sounds like a very interesting story!

THE NETWORK OPS AFL LEADERBOARD

2008 Tipping ladder

It’s time to baton down the hatches Guido, as the last the last 4 rounds are ahoy, and you’re only 2 points clear of four hungry for the money tippers.

It gets serious now. I don’t need to remind you tippers near the top that there’s $500 on offer for 1^st place. That’s if I can locate the prizemoney of course. A couple of Fev’s and Sacre Bleu’s tips need to come home for me on Saturday before I can start thinking about paying out!

Aqueous is sitting quietly in 2^nd place, and only 4 cumulative margin points in front of Carlie Dean in 3^rd.

I must mention Carlie, who has been moving up the ladder steadily, and has now cemented a place in the top 5. And no, Fev, I doubt that Carlie “copies” your tips. There’s as much chance of Carlie copying your tips as there is of Eddie McGuire copying the Eagles, and sacking a player that’s been caught out one too many times.

And for those of you who have given up ie. Power, Vickers, Should’ve joined Clarence’s (go ahead – there’s $50 prizemoney in that huge comp) etc etc –

You’ve still got a mathematical chance of winning and taking home the $500!!!!!!

Just crunch the numbers – If everyone above you tips 0 in each of the last four rounds, and you tip 8 each week, you could still do it!!!!!!

THE 2008 HALL OF SHAME

2008 Network Ops AFL Winners Table

(Weekly winner prizes will be paid at the end of the season with the main prizes)

THE NETWORK OPS NIPPERS LADDER

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

Oohhh it’s gotten close in the nippers comp.

Four ‘Generation Z’ tippers within 1 point of each other.

I’ve been wondering, what generation comes after Z?

1. Hot Dog (101)
2. Footy Freak97 (101)
3. Iceman (101)
4. Lil Plugger (100)
5. Gyanu (98)
6. Bones (92)

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