Archive for May, 2012
June 2 Racing Selections
Another couple of bets, another placing, no winners…. just fantastic. Since I still haven’t worked out how to set fire to the internet and destroy all evidence that these columns ever existed, I’m going to add the number of placings to the recordkeeping process. I’m sadistic like that. June 2 tips cover the meetings at […]
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
You’d think, in 2012, being gay wouldn’t be an issue anymore. You’d assume, given the Mardi Gras has worked its way from a protest march to a mainstream festival celebrating homosexuality, that there was a general acceptance in the community. You’d be forgiven for thinking – the occasional bigot and ideologue aside – we’d gotten […]
Try Line Picks: Round 13
Try Line Picks – Making the Nut FREE Round Selection Bulldogs – Head to Head: 5.00 Bet Units: Probably the match of the round, the Bulldogs were impressive against a willing Roosters, the Rabbitohs the same against a poor Raiders team that hung around! The Bulldogs are warming to the task and the defence is […]
At the Trough Rd 9
The Pies steal a win in Adelaide but the price they paid could be telling. Fremantle’s new “game plan” is sending their supporters crazy. One man’s pain is another man’s ecstasy with the rise and rise of the Yellow and Black and the expansion teams continue to struggle. More big grabs and some cracking goals […]
The AFL Lines – Round 10
The Eagles kept rolling, the Magpies surged back into the top four, Richmond and St Kilda put September holiday plans on hold while fans of the Swans, Hawks and Dockers all took a swift punch to the stomach. A number of positions in the eight are now well and truly up for grabs – a […]
The Fantasy King: Round 12
By Mick Adams And so it’s goodbye and good riddance to Round 12, one of the more bizarre weekends of fantasy football, even by the lofty standards already set this year. To put it into context, the Supercoach top scorer this week scored sixty points less than last week’s winner, despite having two extra games […]
The Early Line: Round 13
Gold Coast have opened 2.5 to 3.5 point home outsiders in their clash with North Queensland. The Titans are 5-5 all-time against the Cowboys and toweled them up in the opening weekend of the season. Home underdogs have not been great this year (17-22 ATS) but have gone 89-76 ATS since 2010. The Cowboys are […]
From The Couch: Round 12
Image: Origin I Review: Let's start where we have to, where any decent penman worth his opinion would: that ridiculous decision to award a try to Greg Inglis. To award Inglis a try at the death was a disgrace, one of the biggest embarrassments rugby league has had to endure. We have officially reached the […]
Confessions of a Hacker – The Scoring Clubs
As the old golfing axiom goes, you drive for show and you putt for dough. This is clearly an oversimplification, so let’s tinker with it a little – you can take yourself out of the running with poor driving, but your wedges and putter decide whether or not you win. They truly are your ‘scoring […]
Monday Milestone: Royal Ascent
“Well George, we knocked the bastard off” – Sir Edmund Hilary’s first words to good friend George Lowe after returning from the summit of Everest This Week in History: 1953, May 29 Sir Edmund Hilary and sherpa Tenzing Norgay become (allegedly) the first men atop Mt Everest, the highest peak on the planet. The Kiwis […]
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