Round 24

Drama to finish the tipping in the minor round. Firstly, well done to this week’s best tipsters – Annie, Dee, Margot and Sal who all got 8. Good tipping by everyone there.

The other thing to mention is that the email I sent around after the Carlton-St Kilda game overlooked the fact that early in the day Dee had changed her tip from Carlton to St Kilda, which meant that she was still in the race as well, as she had tipped Port. But that’s by the by.

A minute before the first bounce of Freo-Port, Ausi changed his tip from Port to Freo. That change, and with Dee tipping Port, means that at the end of the minor round Ausi and Dee have finished tied on 130. So, Ausi and his grandma Dee will go into a sudden-death tip-off in the finals. The way this will work is explained in full on the Rules Page of this blog. In short, if one of them is in front after week 1 of the finals, that person wins. If they are still tied, it goes on to the next week, and if they are still tied after that it keeps going, and so on all the way if necessary to the grand final. They tip a margin on every game through the finals but those margins only come into calculations if it goes all the way to the GF and they are still tied. In that situation, the winner will be the person who has the lower aggregate margin on their winning tips. (Any queries, Ausi or Dee, give me a ring).

Well done again to Rob and Helen who tied for second on 129. Rob is a very good footy tipster who is always at the top of the ladder. Helen too has done really well lately. Last year she made the finals tip-off and lost to Mum. Well done to everyone in the comp. Keep an eye on the blog and your email for news from me on how the tip-off goes between 13 year-old Ausi and Dee.

As for the footy itself, I’m worrying that Nicks is starting to lose the players after what was another lack-lustre effort against Sydney to finish the season. Hopefully I’m wrong on that. Next year is going to be fascinating from a Crows’ perspective as it really is ‘do or die’. It’s hard to see Nicks and maybe also certain Board members keeping their positions if next year is another a failure (missing the finals). Margot’s Blues fell into the finals after losing to St Kilda and how will Port go in the finals? They play Geelong at Adelaide Oval in the first week. What a game that will be.

That’s all for now. The next blog post will be after Week 1 of the finals.