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19 Winners for the year and still unable to crack six wins in a round DOH. Beware dear readers that I have not successfully selected the winner in an Essendon or St Kilda match all season!

Essendon should be able to get over the top of Collingwood in today's overhyped ANZAC Day clash. If you believe some of the suits down at AFL house ANZAC Day was invented by these two clubs and is their version of the Grand Final since they no longer actually appear in the real thing anymore. Selecting this one is tough even if you can work out which Essendon side is going to turn up for the day. The Bombers will go in without Leroy Jetta who has added some pace to the Bombers but more importantly, Essendon will be minus their ruckman David Hille. The Bombers have brought in tall timber in the form of Bolton and Unco Bradley to cover the loss of Hille. The Pies will welcome back former Port goalsneak Alan Didak and ex-Carlton dud Chris Byran. Neiither side look strong in the ruck here and for me the key to this game is that last week Essendon played under cover at the Domea55 while the Pies had to slog it out in the wet against the Power. I think that there are plenty of sore bodies on both sides and that this game will slow down to a crawl by about half way through the third quarter. Essendon are travelling better and have a lot more options in attack and should win the Controversy Cup this year by 21 points.

More rubbish to follow.

regards,

REB

REB are you after a contract with foxtel?????..................what with all this REB'S Rubbish and REBS Round-up anyone would think your having a mid life crisis and looking for a new career???

One things for sure....it was certainly rubbish.

Mal would love this- Essendon lose to the Pies, after playing on TD!

Punk Rooster wrote:Mal would love this- Essendon lose to the Pies, after playing on TD!

His Saints have played there tiwce in a row and are now a LAY this weekend in my DOOM system

power01 wrote:REB are you after a contract with foxtel?????..................what with all this REB'S Rubbish and REBS Round-up anyone would think your having a mid life crisis and looking for a new career???

No calls yet. They must be Bomber fans. Sorry mate, I thought this was a football forum where people talked about footy.

regards,

REB

In spite of power01's protestations.

Let the Rubbish begin

Port Adelaide should continue St Kilda's run of outs at Football Park tonight with another win. St Kilda has proven to be Port's bitch consistently in recent seasons and with yet another defender going down last week, the cupboard looks totally bare in the back half for the Saints. I reckon this one will get real ugly for the Saints with the Power recording a comfortable 41 point victory. Surely I can break my Essendon/St Kilda duck here!

West Coast should absolutely pound the inept Richmond 'team' at the MCG on Saturday, even though Inside Football has selected the Tigers! How Victorian can you get?? There would be a better chance of getting the Eagles to enforce their players to take responsibility for their actions than there would be for a Tiger victory. I'd expect a similar scoreline to last week for the Eagles, perhaps even more. West Coast by 57 points.

Carlton sides of recent years have perfected the art of the rebound victory after a large loss and I expect this unit to do the same and defeat the Lions this weekend. The inclusion of Fev tips the scales the Blues way as does the home ground advantage of playing at the Telstra Dome. I reckon the Blues can defy the Lions and Dutchy's statistical analysis and finish up 18 point winners.

Sydney will be the latest club to beat up on the undermanned Demon outfit this weekend. The Swans were embarrassed last weekend and their kicking for goal was rank. They'll get plenty of opportunities to practice their goalkicking during the match on the weekend and actually put a few more through the big uprights. Daniher's last season looks like it's going to be a long one for the Dees. Johnstone, Maloney and Rivers back for the Dees but they lose Whelan, Wheately and Green. This mob can't take a trick and the Swannies will be primed to pounce by 45 points.

Western Bulldogs will include Akker and Cross for it's match against Hawthorn who will feel the loss of goalsneak Mark Williams. It is now time for Hawthorns annual 'apres Geelong win' form slump and the Dogs will be played back into form by the league's training tool, Richmond. The G is made for the Doggies and they'll put the Hawks away this weekend. Bulldogs by 27 points.

Geelong will make sure that last week's pi55 poor loss against the Hawks is not the Roos gain at Cat Park on Sunday. Geelong will have Ottens back into the side and have included Kane Tenance hopefully to replace that dud Shannon Byrnes. The Roos are another side that have had success against the Cats at venues such as Manuka but the Cat Park venue will not be a welcome place for many of the younger Roos. Geelong will bounce back and win by 31 points.

Fremantle will be the next side played into form by a battling opponent the previous week in Melbourne. The Crows have been most resilient in recent rounds winning matches in spite of a mounting injury toll. However I reckon this match might catch the Blackbirds in a bit of a flat spot against a desperate opponent who will not want to fall behind the back after it's 0-3 start. At full strength Adelaide has Freo's number and can win at Subiaco but I don't think that will happen this week as Freo should have the hunger here. Fremantle to win by 11 points in this round's toughie.

So get on (the opposition) and collect. This is REB here for FOXTEL.

regards,

REB

Essendon
Port
West Coast
Lions
Sydney
Bulldogs
Cats
Crows

REB on Foxtel hey? Must be from when they sacked Wayne Carey,freed up the dosh required to pull off the recruiting coup of the.......afternoon.

Essendon
Power
Eagles
Lions
Swans
Cats
Hawks
Crows

Heart says Crows, head says Freo
Heart says St Kilda, head says Port

..... maybe a bad weekend coming up ....

I got off to a flier to continue my superb tipping form this season by going for the Dons.

I went for the Crows earlier in the week but now with a few players in doubt and Bodey out it could be a tough game, it's expected to rain there which will help the Crows I feel so we are a chance. I tipped Port tonight because St Kilda hate beating them, and it's at footy park but i hope the Sainters get up.