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Footy tipping
Jun. 16th, 2003 04:40 pmI'm doing very averagely this year. In the large competition, I'm coming exactly 28,000th out of 56,398 people. In our somewhat smaller work competition I'm coming 12th out of 18. Or, more accurately, I'm coming equal 7th with one other person. :-) Still out of 18 though.
There is still a (OK, fairly small) chance that I could win this comp, or at least come third and get some money back. I'm only 7 off the leader, and we're just over half way through the season. A few injuries, a couple of suspensions and the season could open right back up again, and so could the tipping. It's been an absolute bugger of a season so far though - teams which should be on their deathbeds get up and win, and teams who should romp it home lose convincingly (thank you Brisbane Lions - twice now you've screwed my tipping, dammit).
The latest round was a case in point. It seemed, on paper, to be a gimme: all fairly straightforward, maybe one or two upsets. Oh no. We had four upsets, which meant that in the work comp 15 people got four winners, one got 6, one got 5 and one got 3. I'd almost expect Essendon to lose a game they should easily win - after all, I've barracked for them for long enough to know their habit of buggerising around for a bit in the third quarter and then trying to come back from the grave in the fourth. (OK, sometimes it works. It's absolutely screws with the supporters minds though[1].) But Brisbane? Losing? At home? Again?? Bastards!
Still.
There's always next week.
( Going to the footy )
[1]It's been said of Essendon supporters that we don't want a win, we want a massacre. Personally I blame Sheedy (the coach) for that. We want a massacre because that way we know that they can't possibly lose it in the final seconds of the final quarter. Maybe. We hope.
There is still a (OK, fairly small) chance that I could win this comp, or at least come third and get some money back. I'm only 7 off the leader, and we're just over half way through the season. A few injuries, a couple of suspensions and the season could open right back up again, and so could the tipping. It's been an absolute bugger of a season so far though - teams which should be on their deathbeds get up and win, and teams who should romp it home lose convincingly (thank you Brisbane Lions - twice now you've screwed my tipping, dammit).
The latest round was a case in point. It seemed, on paper, to be a gimme: all fairly straightforward, maybe one or two upsets. Oh no. We had four upsets, which meant that in the work comp 15 people got four winners, one got 6, one got 5 and one got 3. I'd almost expect Essendon to lose a game they should easily win - after all, I've barracked for them for long enough to know their habit of buggerising around for a bit in the third quarter and then trying to come back from the grave in the fourth. (OK, sometimes it works. It's absolutely screws with the supporters minds though[1].) But Brisbane? Losing? At home? Again?? Bastards!
Still.
( Going to the footy )
[1]It's been said of Essendon supporters that we don't want a win, we want a massacre. Personally I blame Sheedy (the coach) for that. We want a massacre because that way we know that they can't possibly lose it in the final seconds of the final quarter. Maybe. We hope.
