It's Back - The Official S/Boards 2009 Footy Tipping Contest

gandly · Post by **gandly** » 23 Mar 2009 15:47

downunder,

Thanks for this - I didn't participate last year but reckon my Melbourne Demons are about ready to fire which should give me 22 sure winners this year.

Selections are:

Richmond
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane Lions
Sydney Swan
Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Fremantle

jennys · Post by **jennys** » 23 Mar 2009 16:21

This is my first AFL season as a Stampboards member and this looks like a lot of fun!

Never been to a game but do watch a couple of quarters now and then whilst doing the weekly ironing (got to pass the time somehow)!

Many thanks to the organisers.

Here are my picks for Round 1:

Richmond
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane
St. Kilda
North Melbourne
Essendon
Fremantle

ghopper02 · Post by **ghopper02** » 23 Mar 2009 17:25

Never been to a game - watched a bit on TV though...

Richmond
Geelong
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
Sydney
Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Western Bulldogs

electric chook · Post by **electric chook** » 23 Mar 2009 19:47

Thank's Norm.
Round 1
Carlton
Geelong

Adelaide
Brisbane
Saint Kilda
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Freemantle
Cheers,
Frank (Electric Chook)

griffofromtas · Post by **griffofromtas** » 23 Mar 2009 19:54

A team in Tassie, if "Mars" believes so can you!
Round 1 tips
Richmond
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane
St Kilda
Melbourne
Essendon
West Bulldogs

Dorian · Post by **Dorian** » 23 Mar 2009 21:22

Here goes:

ROUND 1
THURSDAY, MARCH 26
Richmond

FRIDAY, MARCH 27
Hawthorn

SATURDAY, MARCH 28
Collingwood
Brisbane Lions
St Kilda

SUNDAY, MARCH 29
Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Fremantle

I was a backpacker in Australia in 1990, and at the time did begin to take an interest in Aussie Rules. We managed to see a couple of matches, the first of which was in Perth. This meant that I ended up following West Coast Eagles. Are they any good nowadays? I remember there was a player for someone called Gary Ablett. This caused endless amusement to my mate and I, because at the time, that was the name Liverpool's left back (in the game you know as soccer) We were - and still are - Big Liverpool fans and he was a bit of a cult figure back then. Not paid any attention since though (sorry)

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 24 Mar 2009 08:18

Norm, I am runnin g teh tipping competition at work. So, I have an idea of teh effort!

Round 1
Carlton
Hawthorn (premiers, AGAIN, for 2009)
Collingwood
Brisbane
St.Kilda
Kangaroos
Port Adelaide
Bulldogs

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 24 Mar 2009 08:21

Dorian wrote:
I was a backpacker in Australia in 1990, and at the time did begin to take an interest in Aussie Rules. We managed to see a couple of matches, the first of which was in Perth. This meant that I ended up following West Coast Eagles. Are they any good nowadays? I remember there was a player for someone called Gary Ablett. This caused endless amusement to my mate and I, because at the time, that was the name Liverpool's left back (in the game you know as soccer) We were - and still are - Big Liverpool fans and he was a bit of a cult figure back then. Not paid any attention since though (sorry)

West Coast Eagles are a shadow of thier former selves, no threat to anybody these days. Gary Ablett played for Geelong but has long retired. His son, of teh same name, is a champion player at Geelong these days.

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 24 Mar 2009 08:29

fromdownunder wrote:
That's how easy it is to play. Just do that once per week. Any nasty comments about Geelong will be subject to Moderator sanctions, bans and edits. Any nasty comments about Hawthorn or Collingwood are welcome.

Norm

HEY! The greatest team of all won the premiership last year and will do so again this year! You Geelong supporters sure do hold a grudge (I have a couple here at work, one even has the gall to have his 2008 Geelong poster still up! Just because I have my GF winning team poster and a few pages of newspaper coverage up is no excuse). Eventually you will realise that the better team won on the day. It is a good chance we will play again on the last Saturday in September...with the same result.

As to Collingwood, I would expect sanctions to be applied on anyone who DOESN'T bag them.

bonfiregirl · Post by **bonfiregirl** » 24 Mar 2009 08:53

Round 1

Richmond
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
St Kilda
Melbourne
Essenden
Western Bulldogs

mrboggler · Post by **mrboggler** » 24 Mar 2009 08:55

PeterS... consider yourself Banned from the shop for 4 weeks as a First Offence.

cheema · Post by **cheema** » 24 Mar 2009 08:56

Hi!
I am glad that I didn't miss the train.

ROUND 1
THURSDAY, MARCH 26
Carlton

FRIDAY, MARCH 27
Geelong

SATURDAY, MARCH 28
Adelaide
West Coast
Sydney

SUNDAY, MARCH 29
North Melbourne
Essendon
Western Bulldogs

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 24 Mar 2009 09:02

mrboggler wrote:PeterS... consider yourself Banned from the shop for 4 weeks as a First Offence.

Ron, what ARE you on about? Me, offensive??? Rubbish!

BTW, which particular statement upset you?

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 24 Mar 2009 09:05

Ron,

You wouldn't be a <shock> <horror> COLLIWOBLES suuporter would you

mrboggler · Post by **mrboggler** » 24 Mar 2009 11:54

So it seems it is not just us Collingwood Supporters,that are Slow.

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 24 Mar 2009 12:15

mrboggler wrote:So it seems it is not just us Collingwood Supporters,that are Slow.

Ron, you do know that there is a special part of hell reserved for Collingwood and Carlton supporters (you have to spend eternity together, which is horrible just in itself), don't you?

You can be saved you know. Yes, EVEN you! Get with the strength (and over 43,000 other members) and join the Mighty Hawks! I fear for your soul, Ron! I WANT you to be saved! All is not, yet, completely lost and redemption is a few clicks away on the computer (along with a painless monthly contribution)! After all, you could be beyond redemtion totally, you could support <shudder - get thee behind me satan> CARLTON!

Ron, come and be SAVED!!!!!!!!!!

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 24 Mar 2009 15:28

Peter, Carlton is also (unfortunately) immune to criticism on this thread. My future son-in-law is a Carlton supporter (yes, it will be a mixed marriage) So, since we need another club to make fun of, I vote for:

...and the winner is ...Sydley (stet)

51 hours to go for Round One tips to be closed.

Norm

mrboggler · Post by **mrboggler** » 24 Mar 2009 16:42

PeterS wrote:
mrboggler wrote:So it seems it is not just us Collingwood Supporters,that are Slow.
Ron, you do know that there is a special part of hell reserved for Collingwood and Carlton supporters (you have to spend eternity together, which is horrible just in itself), don't you?

You can be saved you know. Yes, EVEN you! Get with the strength (and over 43,000 other members) and join the Mighty Hawks! I fear for your soul, Ron! I WANT you to be saved! All is not, yet, completely lost and redemption is a few clicks away on the computer (along with a painless monthly contribution)! After all, you could be beyond redemtion totally, you could support <shudder - get thee behind me satan> CARLTON!

Ron, come and be SAVED!!!!!!!!!!

Peter,,, Now consider youself banned for another 4 weeks,
Why even Bruce who is a Hawthorn Supporter and Philly who follows the D,s get on well together,
and have even been known to sing "Good Old Collingwood Forever.if we win

Gatto · Post by **Gatto** » 24 Mar 2009 16:58

Hello, my tips are

Richmond
Hawthorn
Adelaide
Brisbane Lions
Sydney
Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Fremantle

Thanks.

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 24 Mar 2009 17:02

mrboggler wrote:
PeterS wrote:
mrboggler wrote:So it seems it is not just us Collingwood Supporters,that are Slow.
Ron, you do know that there is a special part of hell reserved for Collingwood and Carlton supporters (you have to spend eternity together, which is horrible just in itself), don't you?

You can be saved you know. Yes, EVEN you! Get with the strength (and over 43,000 other members) and join the Mighty Hawks! I fear for your soul, Ron! I WANT you to be saved! All is not, yet, completely lost and redemption is a few clicks away on the computer (along with a painless monthly contribution)! After all, you could be beyond redemtion totally, you could support <shudder - get thee behind me satan> CARLTON!

Ron, come and be SAVED!!!!!!!!!!
Peter,,, Now consider youself banned for another 4 weeks,
Why even Bruce who is a Hawthorn Supporter and Philly who follows the D,s get on well together,
and have even been known to sing "Good Old Collingwood Forever.if we win

I would rather cut out my tongue than stoop to singing THAT song! Bruce gets on well with Philly because, like all of us, we have some sympathy for poor old Melbourne. 1991 was NOT a good year for them aqnd then, to top it all off, we spurned them in 1996 (thank God...and Don Scott).

We are a family club at Hawthorn and try to be kind to the lesser mortals, EXCEPT the axis of evil - aka Carlton (the Great satan) and Collingwood (the lesser satan).

BTW, some new words for THAT song;

poor old collingwood, disaster
we know how to lose the game
side by side we crash together
but deny it every time

etc etc etc

Post by **ozstamps** » 24 Mar 2009 17:27

PeterS wrote:
Ron, you do know that there is a special part of hell reserved for Collingwood and Carlton supporters

'Special part' .... I think it is a large section of the place surely?

Grant C · Post by **Grant C** » 24 Mar 2009 18:08

Carlton
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane
Sydney
North Melbourne
Essendon
Western Bulldogs

Go Dons

Clino · Post by **Clino** » 25 Mar 2009 00:55

Week one:

Carlton
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane
St. Kilda
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Western Bulldogs

Good luck everyone,
Peter/Clino

swoosh · Post by **swoosh** » 25 Mar 2009 12:12

Week 1.

Richmond
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane
St.Kilda
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Fremantle

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 25 Mar 2009 19:11

23 Hours left to get your Round 1 tips in.

And I will be at the 'G when Geelong demolish Hawthorn on Friday evening.

Norm

prof2000 · Post by **prof2000** » 25 Mar 2009 21:51

Thanks Norm for running this again for us all! Is there honour in coming last???

Let's see now......

ROUND 1
Richmond
Geelong
Collingwood
West Coast
Sydney
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Fremantle

Gee thanks for the avatar, whoever put it on! Lost the other one, and felt quite naked without it!

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 25 Mar 2009 22:57

prof2000 wrote:Thanks Norm for running this again for us all! Is there honour in coming last???

Well, you won a prize out of it. That's more than most of us did.

Norm

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 25 Mar 2009 23:07

Forty-Eight starters so far - can we get over the 50 mark?

alltorque
anna
annwiggy
artz
baroldsan
billlel
bonfiregirl
cheema
Clino
DeBrouin
Dorian
efjay
electric chook
eqnox
Evelyn
fromdownunder
gandly
Gatto
gavin-h
ghopper02
GlenStephens
Grant C
Greg Ioannou
griffofromtas
GUTTERS
jennys
kellysboytoy
KevinHedley
Lakatoi 4
MargoZ
mrboggler
myakov
ozsupastore
parryone
PeterS
PGphilat
Philanthropist
PhilipS
prof2000
punter
Raz
RolyRJ
Roo~Chalon
sherro
Stefy
swoosh
tacomabob
waroff49

Nice to "see" many old faces here, and really great to "see" a few new faces. Not long to the start, and twenty-four weeks to the finish. Above all, let's have a lot of fun. And don't forget - Geelong Rules! Forget that, and you will make me angry. And you won't like me when I'm angry.

Norm

Post by **GlenStephens** » 25 Mar 2009 23:24

Wow .. what a massive job Norm. Thanks for your offer to run this huge job.

To save some work later, maybe add a point up front to all those who tipped the Swans.

Take off a point NOW for all those who tipped Collingwood.

And give a charity/sympathy point for anyone who tipped Fremantle.

See - you will be 35% sorted after that.

AndrewWalker · Post by **AndrewWalker** » 25 Mar 2009 23:37

I'm number 49, 1 more for 50!

Round 1

Carlton
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane
St Kilda
Nth Melbourne
Pt Adelaide
Western Bulldogs

palamooch · Post by **palamooch** » 26 Mar 2009 00:38

hi guys, how do i place my tips in?

palamooch · Post by **palamooch** » 26 Mar 2009 00:41

Here we go, i'm number 50 by the looks of it

Round 1

Richmond
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane
St Kilda
Melbourne
Pt Adelaide
Western Bulldogs

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 26 Mar 2009 06:42

fromdownunder wrote:23 Hours left to get your Round 1 tips in.

And I will be at the 'G when Geelong demolish Hawthorn on Friday evening.

Norm

What? There are TWO Hawthorn v Geelong games at the 'G on Friday night??????

PeterS · Post by **PeterS** » 26 Mar 2009 06:45

fromdownunder wrote: And don't forget - Geelong Rules! Forget that, and you will make me angry. And you won't like me when I'm angry.

Norm

27th September 2008 - for Geelong supporters, a date that will live in infamy.

gmoney · Post by **gmoney** » 26 Mar 2009 09:51

Norm, it is awesome and well appreciated that you are running this competition again Norm and if you ever need any help with it, let me know.

Tips for Round 1 :

Carlton
Geelong
Collingwood
Brisbane Lions
St Kilda
North Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Western Bulldogs

Darkice · Post by **Darkice** » 26 Mar 2009 12:25

Thanks Norm Good luck to all.

Round 1

Carlton
Hawthorn
Collingwood
Brisbane
St Kilda
Melbourne
Port Adelaide
Western Bulldogs

Cheers,
Mal Hahn

monty · Post by **monty** » 26 Mar 2009 12:39

Here are my tips for Round 1:

CARLTON
GEELONG
COLLINGWOOD
BRISBANE
SYDNEY
MELBOURNE
PORT ADELAIDE
FREMANTLE

Cheers Monty

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 26 Mar 2009 14:19

Four Hours to go till Round 1 closes.

Norm

Lakatoi 4 · Post by **Lakatoi 4** » 26 Mar 2009 14:29

A nice roll up for this Norm 8)

So what game are we all going to see during the Melbourne Stamp Show in July

From what I can see this is game at the MCG looks good:

Saturday July 25, Geelong V Hawthorn

Aladdin · Post by **Aladdin** » 26 Mar 2009 15:27

Sadly I haven't had much time to loiter at Stampboards lately, but hopefully five minutes on a Friday to submit my tips won't be too much to ask!

CARLTON
GEELONG
COLLINGWOOD
BRISBANE
ST KILDA
NORTH MELBOURNE
PORT ADELAIDE
FREMANTLE

Carn the 'Roys!

Cheers

Aladdin

mrboggler · Post by **mrboggler** » 26 Mar 2009 16:19

How many starters compared to last year Norm

Up.
Down.
Same.

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 26 Mar 2009 18:02

mrboggler wrote:How many starters compared to last year Norm

Up.
Down.
Same.

We had around the 30 mark last year Ron. So this year we are well up on that,

Norm

ROUND ONE TIPS ARE NOW CLOSED.

Norm

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 26 Mar 2009 18:04

Lakatoi 4 wrote:A nice roll up for this Norm 8)

So what game are we all going to see during the Melbourne Stamp Show in July

From what I can see this is game at the MCG looks good:

Saturday July 25, Geelong V Hawthorn

It is a day match as well - a 2:10PM start. It's likely to be a sell out, so we would need to pre book. More importantly, when are we having dinner? Friday evening?

Norm

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 26 Mar 2009 22:19

Carlton 150 d Richmond 67.

Norm

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 27 Mar 2009 15:38

Off to the 'G soon to see tonight's match, so I will not be online to post the result. Go catters!

Norm

Lakatoi 4 · Post by **Lakatoi 4** » 27 Mar 2009 21:20

fromdownunder wrote:
Lakatoi 4 wrote:A nice roll up for this Norm 8)

So what game are we all going to see during the Melbourne Stamp Show in July

From what I can see this is game at the MCG looks good:

Saturday July 25, Geelong V Hawthorn
It is a day match as well - a 2:10PM start. It's likely to be a sell out, so we would need to pre book. More importantly, when are we having dinner? Friday evening?
Norm

Norm, the Palmares dinner on the Saturday night of the exhibition timetable will attract a lot of members, so the official stampboards dinner is likely to be on the Friday night (which was the same setup as the Canberra and Adelaide Stamp Shows).

How far ahead do you have to book for those games at the MCG

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 28 Mar 2009 01:20

Lakatoi 4 wrote:How far ahead do you have to book for those games at the MCG

The Monday before the match should be fine to get a block of seats. $34.00 per seat. We would need a firm list of total numbers and names prior to the Monday.

There was about 70,000 at tonights game, so there were quite a few empty seats (which surprised me a bit), so it may not even be essential to book, depending on where both teams are on the ladder by mid July. We may be able to just front up about 1:00PM Saturday and go in. That would be a more flexible arrangement for everybody.

I suppose this would also depend on whether we are going to hold a Stampboards meeting at the show, and what time and day that can be slotted in, plus manning our on-line stand.

Norm

fromdownunder · Post by **fromdownunder** » 28 Mar 2009 01:21

Geelong 111 d Hawthorn 103.

Norm

Post by **gavin-h** » 28 Mar 2009 02:18

About 28 tipsters with 2 right out of the first 2 games...

...considerably less with 2 wrong

kellysboytoy · Post by **kellysboytoy** » 28 Mar 2009 04:07

SH!

You will break my streak!!