Archive for May, 2013
The Fantasy King: Out of the Blue
By Mick 'the King' Adams The Fantasy King: Out of the Blue This week’s Fantasy King is dedicated to the Penrith Panthers, who annihilated the Warriors with a scoreline that had me questioning the accuracy of my iPhone app as I checked it on Saturday night. Yes it was against the Warriors, a team who […]
The 2013 AFL Lines – Round 9
The Cats’ unbeaten streak ended and we had our first draw of 2013 – Round 8 of the season certainly provided a couple of, to borrow a well-worn cliché, turn-ups for the books. Round 9 sees a significant number of teams go into matches as strong favourites – can the underdogs mount a legitimate challenge? […]
A footy love triangle
Imagine that you had a high school crush. After an extended period of dancing around the ever-building tension, the moment came when those tensions spilled over. The only problem was that via a series of blunders at critical moments, the results were calamitous. In light of this, you decide to remain ‘just friends’ and go […]
From The Couch: Round 10
Image: Mediocre Matt Must Go: A few statistics on Matthew Elliott’s coaching career, before the butchering begins. He has a win ratio of 45.1 per cent – one of just two mentors to coach over 200 games and win fewer than 50 per cent of game. His record betters only that of Don Furner. He […]
The 2013 Willie M Medal: Round 10
Image: Well, he lasted just 14 minutes before being felled like a giant oak but Tony Williams managed to extend his lead at the top of the Willie M Medal count to seven by polling two votes in the loss to the Knights. In those 14 minutes, he managed two errors and conceded a penalty […]
Monday Milestone: The Spirit of St Louis
This Week in History 1927, May 20 Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to successfully cross the Atlantic Ocean solo by air, winning the Orteig Prize “Gentlemen: As a stimulus to the courageous aviators,I desire to offer, through the auspices and regulations of the Aero Club of America, a prize of $25,000 to the first aviator […]
2013 ANZ Championship – Round 9 Tips
Round 9 of the ANZ Championship is headlined by the opening two matches – the Steel host the Magic in a battle for fourth position, while second plays third when the Vixens host the Firebirds in a battle of the 6-1 sides. Ben Carbonaro picked up another couple of winning bets last week to extend […]
Racing’s Kiss Of Death – May 18
This week’s selections cover the May 18 meetings at Flemington, Scone and Doomben featuring the Group 1 Doomben Cup). Since last week’s abbreviated spiels led to a pair of nicely-priced winners, I’m going to stick with that format until a run of losers is struck. Results for May 11 selections Tips which were either scratched, […]
The Fantasy King: 10 for 10
By Mick 'the King' Adams Since I found the box set in the half price bin at Sanity a few weeks ago, ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary series has become an obsession. With Round 10 of the 2013 NRL season upon us, paying homage via a Fantasy King “10 for 10” was a no brainer, […]
The 2013 AFL Lines – Round 8
The Cats remain undefeated, but the battle for ladder positions behind them will be influenced by a number of Round 8 matches, particularly the two matches on Saturday night. With some intriguing matchups in store, Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham preview the upcoming weekend. CB Finally in the black for 2013! About bloody time too. […]
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