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ROUND 8 UPDATE

Welcome back ‘normal club footy’ – you were only gone one week, but we missed you!

There’s none of this fluffy ‘Dream Team’ business here people.

Sorry, wrong Dream Team.

This is the fluffy Dream Team ‘waste of a good weekend’ type footy I’m talking ‘bout Willis.

What’s wrong with this picture below?

Too much friendly stuff and not enough of this:

Just like Shaun Burgoyne, this tipping comp is the real deal. We’ve got fair dinkum committed tippers and a few upset Fremantle supporters.

By crikey Fremantle are useless!

They’ve led their last 3 games at 3qtr time and lost them all.

The only person who stands to be a bigger loser than any Freo player this year, is our mate Tony.

This week we welcomed Tony back home after his European backpacking holiday.

Welcome back big fella.

Coolio’s 2008 AFL Bachelor of the Year

Results of the Round 7 poll:

In the last update the girls were asked to cast their vote for Coolio’s 2008 AFL Bachelor of the Year.

You were asked to choose from:

a) Dean Brogan

b) Fraser Gehrig

c) Nick Riewoldt

d) Fraser Gehrig AND Nick Riewoldt

e) Pass, thanks

Each female member in our tipping comp either voted properly or voted telepathically (it appears as though 13 of the 15 girls can’t find the reply button in their respective email programs!)

Anyway, it is now my duty to declare the results:

Dean Brogan - 0 votes

Fraser Gehrig - 0 votes

Nick Reiwoldt - 0 votes

Fraser Gehrig and Nick Riewoldt - 0 votes

Pass, thanks - 15 votes

Chris Tarrant brings out the big guns.

How come he never got this excited at Collingwood?

Another inappropriate Hawks ‘after goal’ celebration.

I’m still waiting for Buddy to ring me and apologise for this.

Hmmmmmmm, speaking of inappropriate.

That banner is covering the advertising hoarding.

WEEKLY TIPPER LEADERBOARD POSITIONS

Weekly Tipper Leaderboard Position

Now this is new so I’d better explain it.

For those of you who are interested in how you’re tracking from one week to the next, this table shows your overall ladder position after each round.

If you move up on the tipping ladder, you’ll see a green ladder position (this is good). If you’ve moved down the ladder it’ll turn red (this is not so good).

WEEKLY WINNERS ARE GRINNERS:

2008 Weekly Winners

Round 8

1^st – Jovanka.

Well it had to happen eventually didn’t it? The first Brisbane supporter to win a round this year. And hopefully the last!

I haven’t counted Superboot because he strikes me more Fitzroy than Brisbane! If he followed Brisbane his nickname would be Vossy or Browny or something.

Anyway, Jovanka and her fellow Lions girlfriend Virginia were piling on the sledges thick and fast on Monday morning.

Stuff like “Hey Coolio how does it feel to be beaten by two girls”? And, “Hey Coolio, how does it feel to be behind two girls?”

Of course my mind immediately wandered a little, took a left turn, and then ended back at that town named Reality (where it rarely visits)!

Anyway, I told the girls that they should go easy on an old man and pick on someone their own age, and intelligence. Like a 5 or 6 year old!!!!

2^nd – flyboymickey

flyboymickey continues to tip like a typical Hawks supporter this year. They’re all up the top these Hawkies (except for Janus!), and in fact, there are 4 Hawks in our top 10 after round 8.

Poor flyboymickey is probably wondering how he tips 8 winners, with a margin of 3, and still comes second!

Well it’s all due to the vagaries of adjusted and cumulative margins. I’ve put a bit of info down the bottom of this email so you can read it all and familiarise yourselves with the details.

There will be a 20 question exam next week.

In the meantime flyboymickey, dry your eyes and try to maintain your composure. You haven’t had a round yet where you’ve moved backwards, so you’re definitely heading in the right direction!

3^rd – Just making up the numbers

The poor old Bombers this year will get no sympathy from me that’s for sure. And neither will any struggling Bombers supporters. Especially this one.

It’s been a while since Ballarat’s biggest disappointment since Kryall Castle has been on the podium!

Unfortunately this tipper with just about the most appropriate nickname in this year’s comp (except for that hunk named Coolio of course), is languishing in 48^th place at the moment.

That’s about the same position his Bombers would be in if the AFL expanded to 48 teams!

THE NETWORK OPS AFL LEADERBOARD

2008 Tipping ladder

Oooh it’s tough at the top this year.

Jimmy C, Choco, Guido, Jovanka, aqueous and Bondy all sitting pretty on 53 wins.

The Hand and flyboymickey close behind on 52.

You tippers need to concentrate on your margins this year.

I reckon there’ll be tighter margin calls over the next few weeks than in an NAB trading room on a Friday arvo.

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 (49)
2. Hot Dog (48)
3. Lil Plugger (47)
4. Bones (46)
5. Iceman (44)

I’ve had a few questions about how the adjusted margin and cumulative margin works – here’s some stuff from the footytips website.

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