Archive for February, 2012
The Fantasy King: Round 1
The release of team lists for round one on Tuesday kicked off the most important two days of the year for fantasy players, the last chance to take advantage of unlimited trades before the round one lockout commences. As always, there are a few surprises, and I for one have had to do a lot […]
Try Line Picks: Round 1
Try Line Picks – Making the Nut FREE Round Selection Cowboys – Line: 3.00 Bet Units: Should be the lock of the week – the Titans look disjointed and we have not seen them play as yet, but on paper their key positions do not look strong. Matt Srama finished the year as their best player but finds […]
The Early Line: Round 1
An absolute crackerjack to open the season with Wayne Bennett's Newcastle hosting the supercoach's former team St George Illawarra with the Knights opening up 3.5 to 4 point favourites. The Dragons have won seven straight against the Knights in Newcastle and the Knights went 3-8 ATS in night/twilight matches. The Dragons were 2-1 ATS when […]
Extreme Tipping
Ever been in a tipping comp? I mean a real tipping comp? Across Australia (and the world for that matter) there aren't many like this one. Sure I’ve picked a perfect round in all codes of football before. I’m sure you have as well. But imagine this, just for a minute… A tipping comp that […]
From The Couch: February 28
Image: Ding Dong The Bitch is Dead: The back page of The Daily Telegraph said it all. It showed the dancing man in the street that came to signify the end of World War II in Australia. That is how important it is. The McIntyre System is dead. Hopefully, it is never resurrected. This column […]
Punting Profiles: Felipe Ysmael
He liked to be called The Babe and Felipe Ysmael had enough money, made from steel and benefits gained in Filipino politics, that nearly everybody adhered. He had so much scratch that it was often said that $1000 to him had no more meaning than a single cent does to most. And this was the […]
Confessions of a Hacker – Slow Play
Aside from cheats and those playing partners who are simply poor company, slow play is one of the great banes of my club golfing existence. As a Canberra resident for the past 14 years and a Coffs Harbour resident for the ten years prior, I’ve not developed the Zen of those who can brush aside […]
Capturing the Flag
I have a confession to make: I have a Southern Cross tattoo. It’s a ‘Eureka Stockade’ cross, to be specific. 12 years ago, in a pique of patriotism after spending nearly a year living in Canada as a university student, I got the ink. I was proud of it at the time, because of its […]
Let Fantasy Begin
The imminent resumption of hostilities in the NRL offers many things for footy loving Australians. For some it brings respite from an increasingly dreary summer of cricket (Michael Clarke’s SCG heroics aside). Others may rejoice in once again having a conversation topic to share with that bogan at work with whom they’ve suffered through five […]
Monday Milestone: The Big Ship
“If ever there was a man singled out as a king of sport it was Mr Armstrong, who had gone out to give the people of England a chance to regain the Ashes and who had returned, like Imperial Caesar who came, saw, and conquered” – Former Prime Minister W.M. Hughes This Week in History: […]
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