Archive for September, 2015
From The Couch: Finals Week 3
Grand Final Preview: As much as it would be a real delight – both spiritually for the great JT and financially having steamed in at the 10s pre-season – to see the Cowboys lift the trophy on Sunday night, it won’t happen. The Broncos look absolute specials to win their seventh title and end […]
The 2015 AFL Lines – Preliminary Finals Week
27 of the last 30 Qualifying Final winners have gone on to win their Preliminary Final. Can Fremantle and West Coast continue the trend? Can Hawthorn and North Melbourne upset the historical apple cart? Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham assess the two matchups this weekend..
From The Couch: Finals Week 2
Disgrace: How Tony Archer and Todd Greenberg did not resign immediately after firing Matt Cecchin for the outlandish decision to award Kane Evans a try last week does not surprise but it does disgust. These two are a cancer on the game, rotting the game away from the inside with their incompetency, incapability and inability […]
The 2015 AFL Lines – Finals Week 2
The 2000-2013 history of first week finals losers bouncing back in week two was upended last year as both Fremantle and Geelong went out in straight sets. Where does that leave us in 2015? Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham assess the two matchups this weekend..
From The Couch: Finals Week 1
Dumb Dogs: There has been plenty of money for Canterbury to go all the way this year in recent week and the Bulldogs have won six straight but they are going no good at all with their lack of football intelligence the biggest concern. Canterbury played as dumb as a team could against the Dragons […]
Beating the Brownlow – 2015
The initial “Beating the Brownlow” column for Making The Nut in 2011 was an abject failure; 2012 and 2013 brought tidy PoT (Profit on Turnover) figures of 30% and 24% respectively, while 2014 result in a net loss of half a unit. And so we turn to the 2015 markets with renewed enthusiasm.
The 2015 AFL Lines – Finals Week 1
Finals footy is here! After taking last week off (to pay homage to all of the Fremantle and North Melbourne players who did likewise), Greg Oberscheidt and Cliff Bingham run the ruler over the top eight.
From The Couch: Round 26
Brown A Bad Decision: The Newcastle Knights had the opportunity to think wide. They had the chance for some blue square thinking. They had an opportunity to break free of the rut that has hampered them for a decade when looking for a new coach. But rather than chase a big name, bring in a […]
The 2015 Willie M Medal: Round 26
Despite not holding the outright lead in the Willie M Medal until the final round, Newcastle halfback Tyrone Roberts has claimed the award for the 2015 season’s most consistently mediocre and inept player. Roberts trailed Mitchell Moses all season with the young Tigers half seemingly home but with 12 votes in the final eight games […]
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