Author Topic: 2009 AFL Footy Tipping Competition (Read 104401 times)

oldskoolgamer101 · « **on:** March 20, 2009, 07:43:43 am »

Season 2009 launch promo right here: http://www.afl.com.au/video/inaleagueofitsown/tabid/14032/Default.aspx

With a fair few Aussies on TSC now and round 1 of the AFL season just a week away, Mike suggested we run a tipping comp. Not a bad idea at all.

So here is how it's going to work, anyone following the season who wants to take part can just whack their round 1 tips in here between now and Thursday 26th March at 7:40pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (that's GMT +11 for those residing overseas) and I'll add your name to the leaderboard.

RULES
Simple enough, there are 8 matches played per round and one round per week; pick the side that you think will win each match in the current round and highlight your selections in bold like so:

Sydney vs Geelong
St. Kilda vs West Coast
Melbourne vs Fremantle

and so on...

For the game each week involving the team you support, you pick the winning margin as well as the result. For instance, I support the Adelaide Crows who are playing against Collingwood in round 1. So my tip for this match could be as follows:

Collingwood vs Adelaide (19 points)

Remember you can only nominate one team to support and hence predict winning margins for/against, and you stick to this team for the season.

SCORING
For each standard correct prediction you are awarded 1 point. If you are lucky/astute enough to tip the closest-to-correct winning margin for your team's game, you will gain 1 bonus point to go with the 1 standard point for picking the result. Successfully picking the exact margin will result in 4 bonus points. At the end of the season (consisting of 22 rounds) the user with the most total points wins the competition for 2009. In the event of a tie between 2 or more users, the difference between their predicted winning margins and the actual margins for the year would be tallied, and he/she with the lowest tally in this case would be crowned the winner. In the very unlikely event that two or more users were still tied, the remaining competitors would be deployed to the Atlantic Ocean to hunt and club as many seals as possible in the alotted time. No wait that's illegal. We'd just leave it as a tie ;)

IMPORTANT: YOU MUST SUBMIT ALL OF YOUR TIPS FOR A PARTICULAR ROUND BEFORE THE FIRST BALL IS BOUNCED THAT WEEK. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A ZERO SCORE FOR THE ROUND.

Good luck!

Note: A random on the interwebs has said he would upload replays of games played by the Adelaide Crows each week on youtube, but unfortunately the AFL clamped down and had his account removed. Hoping to organise a better setup for next season (or even later this year).

LEADERBOARD

As at the end of Round 21

1. flyby: 20 (autowin)
2. Cruizer: 104 (+7)
3. wersterlobe: 98 (+6)
4. mike89: 56
5. oldskoolgamer101 - 130 (+6)
6. Emerl: 6

yse · « **Reply #1 on:** March 20, 2009, 07:49:28 am »

Needs more of your tips ok >_>

Anyway, my picks for round 1:

Richmond vs Carlton (9 points)
Hawthorn vs Geelong
Collingwood vs Adelaide
Brisbane vs West Coast
St Kilda vs Sydney
Melbourne vs North Melbourne
Port Adelaide vs Essendon
Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs

werster · « **Reply #2 on:** March 20, 2009, 07:52:43 am »

oh, oh, im in, im in :D

Also no one will follow the crows, you might not know that in your heart andy, but your mind tells you otherwise :)

Tips (see above for the losing teams)

Richmond ns Carlton (mike goes for carlton)
Geelong vs Hawks (just too good, especially while the hawks are fading)
Collingwood vs Crows (Andy supports the crows <_<)
Brisbane West Coast (cause WA suck)
Sydney Saints (cause...iono)
~~Melbourne (cause cruizer goes for north >_>)~~ I couldnt do it, melbourne are -that- bad. North vs Melbourne
Bombers vs Power (cause SA fail)
Doggies Freo (43 points) (cause WA fail...no i mean cause the doggies are awesome :()

Luxray · « **Reply #3 on:** March 20, 2009, 09:04:38 pm »

EVERYONE NEEDS TO JOIN IN
Richmond vs Carlton
Hawthorn vs Geelong
Collingwood vs Adelaide
Brisbane vs West Coast
St Kilda vs Sydney
Melbourne vs North Melbourne (21 points)
Port Adelaide vs Essendon
Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs

Werster you know you can't go against the kangas :D

Telnaior · « **Reply #4 on:** March 21, 2009, 01:26:21 am »

Richmond vs Carlton
Hawthorn vs Geelong (15 points)
Collingwood vs Adelaide
Brisbane vs West Coast
St Kilda vs Sydney
Melbourne vs North Melbourne
Port Adelaide vs Essendon
Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs

Mostly just random guesses, since I barely follow the AFL AT ALL

But I'll be in anyway. Until I get bored and miss a round, that is

oldskoolgamer101 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2009, 08:05:14 am »

Richmond vs Carlton
Hawthorn vs Geelong
Collingwood vs Adelaide (21 points)
Brisbane vs West Coast
St. Kilda vs Sydney
Melbourne vs Kangaroos
Port Adelaide vs Essendon
Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs

EDIT: These are subject to change in a few hours when the team sheets are released.

flyby · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2009, 12:48:36 am »

Yeah I have no idea about anything, so here goes nothing! Also werster says I should not support the Crows, and I said I don't have any other reason to support a team, he says I should go neutral. SO MY NEUTRALITY WILL PWN YOU ALL.

Richmond vs Carlton
Hawthorn vs Geelong
Collingwood vs Adelaide
Brisbane vs West Coast
St Kilda vs Sydney
Melbourne vs North Melbourne
Port Adelaide vs Essendon
Fremantle vs Western Bulldogs

YEAAA~

oldskoolgamer101 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 26, 2009, 01:21:04 am »

Lol...Werster is still hurting because it was the Crows that came back in the last quarter of the preliminary final in 1997 to win by two points, knocking his Western Bulldogs out of the finals and putting the Crows into the Grand Final. Their supporters have hated us ever since.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSVHQnbI7dc

Particularly memorable was Libba's celebratory point, and Smith smacking the turf in frustration when the siren goes. There there Werster :)

Anyways should be a crackerjack game tonight people! Cuz to gather more possessions than Judd is my tip.

werster · « **Reply #8 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:09:57 am »

Talk yourself up andy, you know it's all you've got, no real players to back up your cinfidence, just faded memories. But the real reason i didn't want flyby with the Crows is I don't think anyone should have a second support behind them <_<

And quite clearly flyby knows -nothing- about footy. PIcking freo -and- melbourne? Oh come on...

Telnaior · « **Reply #9 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:15:42 am »

Flyby: Pick a winning/losing margin for one of the games.

flyby · « **Reply #10 on:** March 26, 2009, 03:52:55 pm »

Quote from: flyby on March 26, 2009, 12:48:36 am

Yeah I have no idea about anything, so here goes nothing!

Quote

And quite clearly flyby knows -nothing- about footy.

...old news, way to state the obvious <_< >_>

oldskoolgamer101 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2009, 12:27:49 am »

Werster bullies everyone and it makes me cry ;_;

Haha, geddit? Bullies? lawlers

Luxray · « **Reply #12 on:** March 28, 2009, 07:42:39 am »

* No Andy... Just no

And Doggies are awesome since Addison is in the team.

oldskoolgamer101 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 28, 2009, 08:43:21 am »

Those who were in attendance at the MCG today witnessed the beginning of a career that will become one of the most decorated in Adelaide's history. Taylor Walker slotted this today from the boundary, the first of MANY goals to come from a player Neil Craig describes as the sort that, as a coach, you go to bed and dream about.

As someone who has seen almost every one of his games at SANFL level, I can vouch for the fact that he's the most gifted forward to come through said league at least since Matthew Pavlich, in fact most pundits here would go further back than that to find someone of comparable talent. He only played a few minutes each quarter today which is to be expected as the club tries to manage his introduction to the big league. Make no mistake though, the young people at the MCG today will be telling their grandkids about the day they saw Taylor Walker kick his first goal.

yse · « **Reply #14 on:** March 29, 2009, 07:42:51 am »

Quote from: oldskoolgamer101 on March 28, 2009, 08:43:21 am

... to come from a player Neil Craig describes as the sort that, as a coach, you go to bed and dream about.

That is an image I did not need.

Also 7 yeaa. I am incensed that it was Adelaide of all teams that stopped me from a perfect round though >:O

Luxray · « **Reply #15 on:** March 29, 2009, 08:06:56 am »

Just be glad thatyour team won. I know i am. :D

yse · « **Reply #16 on:** April 01, 2009, 06:43:09 am »

Round 2 tips!

Adelaide vs St Kilda
Geelong vs Richmond (I'm tipping this one to be over an 80 point margin, too)
Collingwood vs Melbourne
Carlton vs Brisbane (28 points)
Sydney vs Hawthorn
Essendon vs Fremantle
Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne
West Coast vs Port Adelaide

Oh, and just incidentally:

You are ranked 25,016 out of 155,582 tippers in the 2009 AFL home and away season.

oldskoolgamer101 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2009, 07:10:25 am »

Round 2:

Adelaide vs St Kilda (7 points)
Collingwood vs Melbourne
Geelong vs Richmond
Sydney vs Hawthorn
Carlton vs Brisbane (my upset for the week. 50/50 game)
Essendon vs Fremantle
Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne
West Coast vs Port Adelaide

werster · « **Reply #18 on:** April 02, 2009, 12:48:01 pm »

Round 2:

Adelaide vs St Kilda
Collingwood vs Melbourne
Geelong vs Richmond
Sydney vs Hawthorn
Carlton vs Brisbane
Essendon vs Fremantle
Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne (32 points)
West Coast vs Port Adelaide

Check it out! I managed to go different to andy and mike in this ridiculously terrible week for tips!

flyby · « **Reply #19 on:** April 02, 2009, 05:40:35 pm »

Let's see how few points I can get!

Adelaide vs St Kilda
Collingwood vs Melbourne
Geelong vs Richmond
Sydney vs Hawthorn
Carlton vs Brisbane
Essendon vs Fremantle
Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne
West Coast vs Port Adelaide

Luxray · « **Reply #20 on:** April 03, 2009, 12:27:57 am »

Yeah... :/

Adelaide vs St Kilda
Collingwood vs Melbourne
Geelong vs Richmond
Sydney vs Hawthorn
Carlton vs Brisbane
Essendon vs Fremantle
Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne (19 points)
West Coast vs Port Adelaide

flyby · « **Reply #21 on:** April 07, 2009, 06:05:00 pm »

also how is it that all the other non-capital beginning people have lowercase at the beginning of their names, but I do not >:( I AM MORALLY AFFRONTED!.

Also hi :)

oldskoolgamer101 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 09, 2009, 03:20:54 am »

Round 3:

Geelong vs Collingwood
St Kilda vs West Coast
Carlton vs Essendon
Brisbane vs Sydney
Port Adelaide vs Melbourne
North Melbourne vs Hawthorn
Fremantle vs Adelaide (19 points)
Western Bulldogs vs Richmond

flyby · « **Reply #23 on:** April 09, 2009, 03:24:31 am »

Geelong vs Collingwood
St Kilda vs West Coast
Carlton vs Essendon
Brisbane vs Sydney
Port Adelaide vs Melbourne
North Melbourne vs Hawthorn
Fremantle vs Adelaide
Western Bulldogs vs Richmond

werster · « **Reply #24 on:** April 09, 2009, 04:33:57 am »

Geelong vs Collingwood
St Kilda vs West Coast
Carlton vs Essendon
Brisbane vs Sydney
Port Adelaide vs Melbourne
North Melbourne vs Hawthorn
Fremantle vs Adelaide
Western Bulldogs vs Richmond (82 points, yeah thats right, 82 :()

yse · « **Reply #25 on:** April 09, 2009, 04:39:49 am »

Geelong vs Collingwood
St Kilda vs West Coast
Carlton vs Essendon (34 points)
Brisbane vs Sydney
Port Adelaide vs Melbourne
North Melbourne vs Hawthorn
Fremantle vs Adelaide
Western Bulldogs vs Richmond

Luxray · « **Reply #26 on:** April 09, 2009, 05:43:51 am »

Geelong vs Collingwood
St Kilda vs West Coast
Carlton vs Essendon
Brisbane vs Sydney
Port Adelaide vs Melbourne
North Melbourne vs Hawthorn - (7 points)
Fremantle vsAdelaide
Western Bulldogs vs Richmond

Yeah that's right

oldskoolgamer101 · « **Reply #27 on:** April 09, 2009, 06:07:18 am »

3 minutes too late by my clock Cruizer. Sorry :P

oldskoolgamer101 · « **Reply #28 on:** April 13, 2009, 03:09:34 am »

Still early days but mike is looking the goods at this stage!

yse · « **Reply #29 on:** April 13, 2009, 06:54:58 am »

Six points ahead after three rounds? Am I awesome or am I awesome.

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