• Pies 40+ $1.60
• Game points over 190 $1.90
• Pies over 27 points half time $2
• Pies over 37 half time $2.65
• Pies first quarter $1.18
• Pies first points $1.62
• Pies first behind as first points $3.30
• First goalscorer Dale Thomas $17
• Pies First to 15 points $1.22
• Pies/Pies half time/full time $1.18
• Most Goals – Riewoldt and Swan tied with 4 each paying $3.25 and $19. So you would get half. $1.625 and $9.50. Let’s just assume you picked Swan as it’s paying more so $9.50.

11. Dead Heat Rules

11.1 A Dead Heat occurs where two or more participants in an event tie for first and second place.
In the event of two selections having a Dead Heat, the customer’s stake is split with half the stake applied to the winning selection and the other half lost. With more than two selections, the stake is split proportionately.

http://www.sportingbet.com/t/info/rules/rules.aspx

• Pies to lead at end of each quarter $1.20
• Total match goals 34 or more $5.50
• Total match points 221 points or more $4.50
• Pies over 15 points $1.12
• Pies over 24 points $1.22
• Pies over 39 points $1.60
• Total Match points odd $1.95
• Pies score first points and win $1.77
• Pies over 60 points $2.20
• Pies over 60 points (10 goal hiding) $2.20
• Winning margin Pies over 60 points $2.20
• Most disposals group A – Deledio and Swan tied. Deledio has better odds @ $10 so you’d win $5
• Most disposals group B – Didak, Jackson and Newman tie at 26. Newman better odds at $10 so you’d win $3.33
• First Goalscorer/Winning margin Thomas/Pies over 60 $38
• Riewoldt more goals than behinds $1.41
• King more goals than behinds $1.75
• Nahas didn’t score so money back $1
• Brown more goals than behinds $1.57
• Cloke more behinds than goals $2
• Beams more goals than behinds $1.81
• Swan more goals than behinds $1.77
• Didak more goals than behinds $1.41
• Riewoldt last goalscorer $9

If you placed $1 single bet on each of these you would have walked away with $137.29 this (includes initial $1 wagered on each bet)

Total of 34 bets so a profit of $103.29 if you bet 100%! Obviously you could have multi’d a few of them but you can’t multi them all.

I didn’t go so well personally. My results:

• Won my Riewoldt more goals than behinds $1.41
• Got partial money for Didak and Swan for most disposals (as it was a dead heat/tie) $2.33 and $1
• Pies first points and win match $1.77
• Pies first to 15 points $1.22
• Collingwood behind first score $3.30
• Collingwood first points $1.62

I staked $22 on the game and ended up with $12.65. Thought I had beams for last goalscorer in the bag until Didak and Riewoldt kicked the last 2 within the last 50 seconds. Check out the other bets I made for the Tigers/Pies game.

How did you go with your bets?! Any punts for the rest of the week?

I’ve made my own bets for the game. Not for each type of bet but for a majority of them. Here are my bets:

I’m thinking Didak is going to have a blinder game tonight. Swan most disposals as always. I see Collingwood kicking around 20 goals to Richmonds 7. Though I sort of contradict myself as I think the margin will be around 55 points. I can also see the two twin towers in Dawes and Cloke kicking a few goals early. A small midfielder for the pies will kick the last goal. Blair or Sidebottom. Interesting that Didak isn’t named on the first goal scoring list, that’s why I went with the ‘any other unlisted collingwood player’ for first goal.

Here is the complete list of bets you can make for theo Richmond VS Collingwood match up:

*In Brisbane around Grand Final time the weather starts to really dry up and you can feel a hot summer coming up. It’s a great time of year!

While the NAB Cup really doesn’t mean anything it’s a great chance to see the up and coming kids that are going to rule the competition in the next few years. What sucks is that if your team is knocked out first round, you don’t get a chance to see your team play. Solution – have 3-4 weeks of practice matches that are televised on networks that would love to showcase the AFL. Or stream it all online. I know a few clubs are streaming the NAB Challenge matches for supporters to see so that’s great. More of that!

With that little rant out of the way let’s get stuck into the tips and bets for Round 3 of the NAB Cup! 2 games, 2 nights. Let’s GO!

NAB CUP ROUND 3 FIXTURE

NAB Cup Round 3 Tips

NAB Cup Round 3 Bets/Results

NAB CUP ROUND 2 FIXTURE

NAB Cup Round 2 Tips

NAB Cup Round 2 Bets/Results

Along with our tips we’ll also be placing our bets and results for each round in here. We’re doing a NAB Cup $30 mini-betting challenge and mini-tipping competition to get things warmed up for the real season ahead.

Also, rather than continue to create new posts for each game/bet/week of the first round of the NAB Cup – we will continually update and edit this post as new tips and bets come in. So bookmark it!

NAB CUP ROUND 1 FIXTURE

NAB Cup Round 1 Tips

Sarge – 10/18

Crows, Dees, Crows (2)
Blues, Pies, Pies (3)
Hawks, Freo, Freo (0)

Dons, Saints, Dons (2)
Swans, Swans, Suns (2)
North, North, Cats (1)

Matty P – 11/18

Crows, Dees, Crows (2)
Tiges, Pies, Pies (2)
Hawks, Dockers, Dockers (0)

Dons, Saints, Saints (2)
Swans, Suns, Suns (3)
Cats, Dogs, Dogs (2)

Beno – 11/18

Crows, Port, Crows (1)
Blues, Pies, Pies (3)
Eagles, Freo, Freo (1)

Dons, Saints, Saints (2)
Mighty Swans, Mighty Swans, Suns (2)
Cats, North, Cats (2)

Winchy – 13/18

Dees, Dees, Crows (3)
Blues, Pies, Pies (3)
Hawks, Freo, Freo (0)

Brisbane, Saints, Saints (1)
Swans, Suns, Suns (3)
Cats, Dogs, Cats (3)

NAB Cup Round 1 Bets/Results

Sarge

$3 on Crows/Dees/Crows Multi – FAIL

$2 on Hawks (V Eagles) – FAIL

$5 on Freo (V Eagles) – FAIL

$2 on North (V Cats) – FAIL

$3 on North (V Dogs) – FAIL

$5 on Cats (V Dogs) – WIN

Total after Round 1 of NAB Cup: $18.25

Beno

$5 on Crows/Dees/Crows Multi – FAIL

$5 on Crows to take out 1st pool – FAIL

$20 on Pies to take out 2nd pool – WIN

$5 on Saints to win the 4th pool – FAIL

Total after Round 1 of NAB Cup: $29.40

NAB Cup 2011 Tips and Prediction Posts:

Outside of my team’s performance it was a cracker of a season. We saw the rise of Collingwood, the fall of Essendon, the continued middle-of-the-road blandness of the Kangaroos. Some young guns came through, and some old dogs went out. So many great moments, but I’ve boiled it down to a top five best moments, be warned there’s a bit a Brisbane slant:

5. Browny blowing Carlton away - To see the contrast between Carlton fans huffing and puffing about Fev before the game then crying about Browny tearing them a new one (again) in round 2 was beautiful. 21 touches, 12 marks and 7 goals. The man is a legend.

4. Melbourne Collingwood draw - I will always remember this game. One of the greats. Collingwood play an entertaining, free-running style of footy and they were so close to being beaten by a young Melbourne side at their own game. There’s no neutral supporter’s when Collingwood’s involved and this one was heart-breaking for 90%  of fans.

3. Goddard in the drawn grand final - Tough, gutsy and brutal, but also pure class in probably the most intense game I have ever seen. How he did not win Normie I have no idea. Not that I’m complaining – I made a pretty penny on Lenny.

2. Sydney getting their pants pulled down by Melbourne - I’m just happy I could be a part of this one. Could not have asked for a better game to sit by my good friend Beno. Watching Sydney suffer their biggest defeat under Paul Roos and Benson’s reaction was priceless.

1. Fev’s 4 second half goals to sink the Pies - Home and away games do not get better than this one. A packed house at the Gabba, our star recruit kicks a bunch of assy goals to steal victory from the bad guys, snapping a five game losing streak in the process. All I could think after this game was ‘this is why I love footy’.

The Dizzying Highs

On a personal level, 2010 has been a huge success for Matty P. Dream Team was a huge focus for us Footy High boys this year, although I’m not sure why. It was and always has been a foregone conclusion that I would be the premier. I paced myself in the lower half of the eight all season, just biding my time – building the ultimate team of Septemer (or August) specialists. The mighty Mashers pulled an Adelaide ’98 effort winning the flag from 5th, bundling Sarge’s zeros and Beno’s Wangstaz out of the finals in the process. How sweet it is.

But that’s not my only huge success. The final tally in the $100 betting challenge looks a little something like this:

Matty P – $195.41

Sarge – <$1

Beno – DNF

I am truly a legendary punter and I’m going to pull a Joe Namath and guarantee victory in this same contest next year.

The Crushing Lows

It wasn’t all roses though. If we look back in time my start of season predictions were not so super.

Premiers: WRONG

Brownlow: WRONG

Coleman: WRONG

Rising Star: WRONG

Norm Smith: WRONG

AA Captain: WRONG

Well if there’s one thing a Lions supporter has learned from 2010 is that you can’t win them all.

I’ll admit I have an asschin the footyhigh experiment, while a bunch of fun has been a bit inconsistent. I’ll make a few posts in the off-season, just to keep my fitness up, but next year it’ll be back and I promise better than ever. More impassioned opinions, biased rants, putting shit on Beno and most of all, more footy!

One of those winnable games is Saturday night against North. The Roos have at times looked pretty good this year, but other times they’ve been dismal, particularly against the Saints and last week at Freo. A huge factor in this game is the Roos coming off a six day break flying back from Perth – if Brisbane are around the mark at three quarter time, expect them to run away with it. Brownvola still looks a long way off fit, but 8 goals between them last week will boost their confidence, and I don’t think North have the defence to contain them. Look for them to dominate – I’m tipping 10 between them.

So with that in mind I’m placing the first of a few bets for the week on this game:

$10 on the Lions over North by 24+ @$2.65. Was tempted to go over 40, but that might be getting a bit carried away considering the month or so of footy we played preceeding the Collingwood game. If my team is to go anywhere this year then this is a must win game, and it should be a percentage booster.

$10 on Carlton over Dees by 1-39 @ $2.20. I like these odds. Carlton are looking good, and should get up over the Dees, but I don’t think they have the forward line to really kick away from Melbourne, whose defence has proven to be quality this season.

$5 on Collingwood over the Dogs by 1-24 @ $3.40. Collingwood tend to lift for big games, and I think they’ll be stung into action after a humiliating loss to the eventual premiers last week. Dogs were woeful last week, and seem to have some issues getting it together this season. The way they’re playing at the moment, I think they’ll struggle to crack top 4. Having said that, they are a decent side, and they shouldn’t let the Pies get away too much.

I also need to mention a bet made between me and Beno last week. These things need to be put in the public domain. On Saturday night, my dreamteam sat on about 1300 with 9 players left to play, Beno about 1100 with 11 to come. I made the call and the bet was on – the lower scoring coach would buy a couple of beers for the victor. I’m pleased to say it was not even close. My boys smacked Beno’s Gangstaz by 100+ points. I’m looking forward to a couple of domestic brews on Beno’s wallet this weekend.

The official match between Beno’s Gangstaz and Matty P’s Mashville Mashers takes place in round 12, and the smack talk has begun already. I’m quite confident the Gangstaz are going the way of the Swans and I will get over them easy.

The first bet is a simple two leg multi:

$5 on Swans to beat Freo and Crows to beat Brisbane @ $3.74 - I’m doing Sarge’s trick here. I’m a bit pessimistic about my team at the moment, so I figure I’ll make some money off our poor form, or at least be pleasantly surprised with a win. We’ve got Clark back which is nice, but with Merrett and Drummond both out, our defence is very shaky. Saucehead is a real general down there so heads are cooler with him around and without Drummond, the rebound from the back our team relies on is left to the less silky skills of Raines and McGrath. I would love to see Freo win today as well, but I think they’ll be a little shaky after a loss last weekend and the goings on with Johnson during the week won’t help. Swans at home are always a tough ask.

The second bet is simple:

$20 on the Saints to beat West Coast with a 7.5 point headstart @ $2 – Couldn’t believe these odds when I saw them. Sure the Saints have not been great, but the Weagles are in the doldrums (wins over Melbourne and Hawthorn are nothing to brag about). St Kilda are a great side, and they will blow away cellar dwellers like West Coast any day of the week .

Footy starts in ten minutes – time to put a pie in the oven!

Port to beat the Bombers by under 39 points @ $2.60 – Yes it’s in Melbourne, the only reason I can see why the bombers would be favourites. They beat a pathetic hawthorn the week before and the dees still have a lot of trouble with their defense. To be honest it wouldn’t surprise me if the Power got up by over 39 but because the bombers are favs I’m tipping Port by under 39. P.S. I need new recruit C.Cornes to really kick ass this week in my Dream Team.

Hawks to beat the Eagles @ $2.35 – Yes, it’s at subie but the eagles have been pretty bad and there doesn’t seem to be any sign on or off field that they’re going to turn it around. Meanwhile this week all the heat has been on the hawks who I honestly believe will come out firing. Franklin playing fully fit is the worry and they’re still without their captain. Also the ruck is a worry too with big Nic Nat and Cox coming back to form (I sort of feel like I’m talking myself for a weagles win now but I’ll stick with it! ) However – they’re a proud club and can be nasty when they want to be. I predict a nasty hawks side to get one back and keep the media at bay. In all honesty though, if they lost again it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest

Freo to beat Lions by under 39 @ $3.25 – I can’t believe Lions are huge favourites here. Still without Merrett and now Maguire suspended their backline will struggle a bit. They’ll need a fully firing Browny and Fev to win this one but I just think the run of Freo will get them over the line. I hope Lions win but the dockers are just looking too good at the moment and at those odds they’re too good to refuse. Would be a great game to go to!

Swans to beat Cats by under 39 @ $4.25 – Delicious odds and again I’m doing my usual routine of betting against my beloved cats. I can’t see either team winning by over 40 and I give the Swans a chance on current form. I still go by my tip last week that from the head I think the cats at home will be too strong for the swans and the cats should take it out in a close one. Having said that, they are juicy odds and it will be devestating if we lost, especially against Sydney for certain reasons (ie putting up with Beno for the rest of the year over a H&A win against the cats) so a few dollars in my pocket will make up for it only very very very very slightly.

If I were going to put a multi on I’d slap it on port and freo double. Sorry Matty P. Lions need to do something to gain my respect back. Your return from the states may just help them!