Archive for March, 2012
Kicking with the wind: Farewell, Jim
Vale Jim Stynes Unless you’ve been hidden under a rock or are a true football heathen, you’ve heard that former Melbourne ruckman Jim Stynes died early this week. Stynes’ story is a fabled one. From Eire to the top of the Australian game. He leaves a loving family and an indelible mark on the Melbourne […]
Try Line Picks: Round 4
Try Line Picks – Making the Nut FREE Round Selection Dragons – Line: 5.00 Bet Units: Like we forgave the Cowboys in Round 1 we can forgive the Dragons for their Round 2 performance against the Dogs. The methodical Dragons were excellent against a Tigers side looking disinterested and soft in the middle. The Sea Eagles back […]
March 23 and 24 Racing Selections
Tips for this weekend cover the March 23 meeting at Moonee Valley (featuring the Group 1 William Reid Stakes) and the March 24 meetings at Caulfield, Rosehill (featuring the Group 1 Ranvet Stakes and Group 1 Coolmore Classic) and Morphettville Parks. Final report card for 2011 and revised rules for 2012 tips Results for […]
The Fantasy King: Round 3
By Mick Adams What a round. Fensom and Dugan suffer injuries early in the Roosters vs. Canberra game. T-Rex facing a ten week suspension, Farah rubbed out for two. Sharks win but Carney nowhere to be found; only managing 24 points. Marshall was average. Hindmarsh was average. Cherry-Evans was average. As you know, my mantra […]
Confessions of a Hacker – Learning From High Markers
No, the title to this column is not an oxymoron. You can learn things from high handicappers beyond the ‘don’t do that’ style of teaching. As last week’s column noted, I played with a +2 handicapper the Saturday prior to last, coming away from the day with a couple of basic swing thoughts reiterated in […]
2012 AFL Season Preview – Hawthorn, Collingwood and Geelong
The 2012 AFL season looms large on the horizon – new coaches, new structures and once again this year, a new entrant to the competition. How will it all shake out? In the sixth and final part of our season preview, Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham look at the three premiership favourites – Hawthorn, Collingwood […]
The Sledge: Ian Thorpe is Not a Role Model (and other matters)
Given the history of this website’s ongoing criticism of Ian Thorpe*, you’d think we’d be happy at the abject failure of his bid to return to the London Olympics. You think that we’d be pleased that he doubled his humiliation by getting special treatment (extra money, rules being bent) in the process of his failure. […]
The Early Line: Round 4
Parramatta and Penrith square off in a battle of ordinary western Sydney teams with the line set as Parra 2.5-point home underdog. Situation betting recommends playing Parramatta in this one: the Eels are 7-4 ATS as a home underdog since 2010 while Penrith are 1-5 ATS as a road favourite over that time. But I'm […]
2012 AFL Season Preview – Sydney, Carlton, West Coast
The 2012 AFL season looms large on the horizon – new coaches, new structures and once again this year, a new entrant to the competition. How will it all shake out? In part five of our season preview, Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham look at three teams who have the potential to take it right […]
From The Couch: Round 3
Image: Stephen Kearney is in Big Trouble: Hopes were high at Parramatta when Stephen Kearney was signed. He had a good coaching pedigree and had done an outstanding job at international level, piloting New Zealand to an unlikely World Cup win in 2008 and a Four Nations victory in 2010. In his first year, the […]
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