Archive for June, 2011
July 2 Racing Selections
Tips for this weekend cover the July 2 meetings at Moonee Valley, Rosehill, Sunshine Coast (Caloundra Cup Day) and Morphetville. Apologies for the brevity of this column – time constraints have meant that this will be a column of tips without associated justifying arguments. Mind you, my current run of ‘outs’ on horses priced $6 […]
From The Couch: Round 16
Image: Origin III Selection Notes: My first thought when Ricky Stuart named a 20-man squad: the 17-squad team named by the idiotic cricket selectors before the opening Test of last summer’s Ashes disaster. Simon Katich said about that ridiculous selection notion three weeks back: “it reeks of indecision”. That is exactly what we have heading […]
The AFL Lines – Rd 15
Round 14 saw West Coast enter the top-4 debate, Aaron Sandilands go down again to leave the Dockers vulnerable and the Demons and Kangaroos vault to the front of the queue of teams battling it put on the fringes of the top-8. Round 14 also saw Greg Oberscheidt continued his fine punting form while Cliff […]
Luxbet Joins the Nut
Making The Nut is pleased to announce that Luxbet have come on board as a sponsor of the site. It looks set to be a great fit. To my eye, Luxbet have two big advantages over other bookmakers as a betting shop outside of regularly being competitive on prices. Firstly, the Luxbet have a great […]
Tinkering with Fantasy Football
Confession time – I have played the AFL Dream Team competition every year for around a decade now. Up to 2005, I cared quite a deal about it. Since a Friday afternoon in early March 2006, however, it has been consigned to a secondary role, as a new (and far superior) form of fantasy football […]
The Early Line: Round 16
The Wests Tigers–Canterbury clash has red flags all over it. The line has opened as Tigers 2.5 to 4 point home underdogs, a bit of a surprise even without Benji, though they have won only two of their last seven when he hasn’t played. Canterbury are going just awful though. They have lost five of […]
From The Couch: Round 15
Image: Origin II Wrap: What a game, what a monumental shift in the Origin landscape. Ricky Stuart rolled the dice and he came up trumps. New South Wales signalled their intent to play “small-ball” with team selection but just how small that would be didn’t become apparent until last Wednesday when NSW props received just […]
At the Trough Rd 13
AFL – News, Reviews, Injuries and Tactics are all discussed “At the Trough” with Schitty. Grand Slam: Everyone in football is throwing their weight behind the latest issue. The sling tackle. The Match Review Panel is in a difficult position with this one as the outcome of the tackle seems to have more bearing […]
June 25 Racing Selections
Splitting the provincial elements of the Queensland winter carnival (i.e. the Ipswich Cup and Caloundra Cup meetings) is the last Group 1 hoorah in Brisbane for the year, with one of my absolute favourites in Beaded set to go around as the very popular elect in the Tattersall’s Tiara (formerly known as the Winter Stakes). […]
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