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AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:11 pm
by another grub
Sportingbet.... To placed interstate side....
Brisbane 3.75
Adelaide 4.25
Fremantle 5.25
Port Adelaide 5.50
Sydney 5.50
West Coast 12.00
Any thoughts here lads?????? looks an open event.
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:24 pm
by jackpot jim
Port Adelaide way way way over the odds.
Also the 5/4 offered by bookies for the power to make the 8 is a GIFT.
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:26 pm
by overloaded
brisbane to short
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:28 pm
by Dutchy
jackpot jim wrote:Port Adelaide way way way over the odds.
Also the 5/4 offered by bookies for the power to make the 8 is a GIFT.
based on what, last season?
Port laready show all the signs of an implosion
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:29 pm
by jackpot jim
My order would be
Port
Brisbane
Adelaide
West Coast
Sydney
Freo
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:32 pm
by jackpot jim
Dutchy wrote:jackpot jim wrote:Port Adelaide way way way over the odds.
Also the 5/4 offered by bookies for the power to make the 8 is a GIFT.
based on what, last season?
Port laready show all the signs of an implosion
Just having an opinion mate, time will tell whether i'm right or not.

Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 12:52 pm
by another grub
surely dutchy's Freo will finish ahead of WCE.....
(sorry dutchy couldn't resist

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Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:58 pm
by Dutchy
jackpot jim wrote:Dutchy wrote:jackpot jim wrote:Port Adelaide way way way over the odds.
Also the 5/4 offered by bookies for the power to make the 8 is a GIFT.
based on what, last season?
Port laready show all the signs of an implosion
Just having an opinion mate, time will tell whether i'm right or not.

appreciate that, would genuinely like to know you reasons
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:14 pm
by JK
Must admit, my pick from that list would be Port also ... Think they've probably got the market order right, but I like Port to be resurgent this year (as Ive mentioned elsewhere).
I think last year a combination of factors hurt them, particularly less preparation (I know it didnt hurt the Cats, but their squad was better) and a bad start to the season (throw in patches of complacency too IMHO).
All of those factors are more in their favour this year I think, and if they're legitimately in the running by halfway through the season, which I expect them to be, then I think they finish top 8 for sure and that gives them half a chance at a reasonable price.
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:28 pm
by wycbloods
I think that it may well be the first year for a while that the top 8 could consist of 8 victorian sides. However, i think that Port and the Crows are the two best sides in that group, and should make the finals, and agree with the others that Brisbane are too short.
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 5:05 pm
by The Dutchman
I wonder if there is a stat on teams with new coaches and their win/loss ratio in their first year?
Teams like Brisbane could win a few games early under Voss, then slowly fade as the season wears on. They might win enough games early in the season to hang on to a finals berth.
Re: AFL _ Top placed interstate side

Posted:
Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:54 pm
by Groover
Sydney seems like very good odds to me.
Even Freo are slightly over the odds, they always show alot of promise but never deliver.