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[Deanomachino]

Preliminary Final Leaderboard

Our Competition Leader is Michael with a total score of 147 and with a total margin of 580.

Then Dean also on 147 Points Followed By Deltaluva2, Mei & Renee on 145 Points

1 Michael Knowles
2 Dean Bennett
3 deltaluva2
4 Mei
5 Ninafan
6 Anita
7 Patrick Lijnders
8 Matt Kwan
9 Rhedyn *
10 Hannah Clark
11 Rise Up Stiffy
12 Evelyn
13 johnson
14 Nick Burge
15 ChristinaBerliBabbey
16 Alicia Turner
17 Boden Ebery
18 Carley Swan

AFL Grand Final 2011

Sat 01 Oct 2:30 pm Collingwood v Geelong MCG

Good Luck Tipping the Grand Final

Edited by Deanomachino, 25 September 2011 - 01:34 PM.

[Johnson]

Twelve months after he was supposed to win the Brownlow Medal, Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan finally has.
The 27-year-old took out the AFL's most prestigious individual award with 34 votes - a record under the current 3-2-1 voting system.
He beat St Kilda's Nick Dal Santo, who polled 28.
Western Bulldogs captain Matthew Boyd and Collingwood's Scott Pendlebury finished equal third on 24.
Swan, beaten as unbackable favourite in 2010, went two places better than his third place finish last year to secure his first Brownlow.
Swan won an enthralling medal count, in which Hawthorn's Sam Mitchell had looked on track to end up polling the most votes despite being ineligible.
Mitchell was rubbed out after pleading guilty to head-high contact on Geelong's Steve Johnson in round five and receiving a reprimand from the match review panel.
While he wasn't suspended, players found guilty of an offence carrying more than 100 demerit points are ineligible to win the Brownlow.
Mitchell polled 30 votes - the most ever by an ineligible player.
Swan was presented with the Brownlow - Collingwood's first since Nathan Buckley was part of a three-way tie in 2003 - at an awards ceremony attended by more than 1,500 at Melbourne's Crown Entertainment Centre.
Swan's 34 votes broke the previous mark of 32 under the current 3-2-1 system voted for collectively by umpires from each match.
The joint winners in 1940, Collingwood's Des Fothergill and South Melbourne's Herbie Matthews, polled 32 votes each, as did St Kilda's Robert Harvey in 1998.

http://news.theage.c...0926-1ktxk.html

[innocentdeltafan]

Go Geelong!

[Johnson]

Here are the Grand Final teams:

COLLINGWOOD
B: Alan Toovey, Ben Reid, Heritier O'Brien
HB: Nick Maxwell, Chris Tarrant, Heath Shaw
C: Jarryd Blair, Dane Swan, Dale Thomas
HF: Ben Johnson, Leigh Brown, Alan Didak
F: Steele Sidebottom, Travis Cloke, Luke Ball
Foll: Darren Jolly, Scott Pendlebury, Andrew Krakouer
I/C: Leon Davis, Chris Dawes, Sharrod Wellingham, Alex Fasolo
Emg: Tyson Goldsack, Cameron Wood, Ben Sinclair
In: Alex Fasolo
Out: Dayne Beams (Groin)

GEELONG
B: Josh Hunt, Matthew Scarlett, Tom Lonergan
HB: Corey Enright, Harry Taylor, David Wojcinski
C: Joel Selwood, Jimmy Bartel, Andrew Mackie
HF: Steve Johnson, Tom Hawkins, Travis Varcoe
F: Trent West, James Podsiadly, Paul Chapman
Foll: Brad Ottens, Cameron Ling, Joel Corey
I/C: James Kelly, Mathew Stokes, Mitch Duncan, Allen Christensen
Emg: Shannon Byrnes, Darren Milburn, Cameron Guthrie
No change

[Johnson]

Former Adelaide Crows coach Neil Craig has chosen to work at the Melbourne Foootball Club instead of others, including Carlton and Brisbane.
He has been appointed Melbourne's director of sports performance, a role which should see him act as a mentor to first-time coach Mark Neeld, who was appointed two weeks ago.
Craig, who was Adelaide’s fitness coach during their premiership years of 1997 and 1998, was head coach from 2004 until his resignation in July.
The 55-year-old’s experience in sports science and coaching have led to several clubs showing interest in his services for next season, including Carlton, Brisbane and Richmond.
Craig was quoted on the Melbourne website as saying he was convinced by discussions with Melbourne officials that their club was "serious about becoming a high performance football club".
"I love the history of the Melbourne Football Club. When I walk through the MCG and look at the honor boards I see that the Melbourne Football Club started this game, wrote the rules and have produced some all time great coaches."
"In Mark Neeld I see a coach that has a clear vision and I wanted to be part of this coaching group that will work really hard to give the members and supporters what they have been craving for."
Prior to becoming head coach, Craig worked as an assistant coach and as a fitness adviser with Adelaide, overseeing back-to-back premierships in 1997 and 1998. He also advised the Australian cycling team at the Sydney Olympics. Craig played 319 games in the SANFL and is a member of the South Australian Hall of Fame.
Melbourne describes Craig's position as providing "leadership, strategic direction and management support across all aspects of the Football Department’s performance structure including Senior Coach Mark Neeld, Elite Performance Manager David Misson and General Manager, Player Development & Strategy Todd Viney".

http://www.theage.co...0929-1kyoo.html

[Deanomachino]

Grand Final Result

This week's winner is Patrick Lijnders with a score of 1 and a round margin of 2. The game's margin was 38.

Congratulations Patrick

32 Whopper Vouchers have been given out in Our AFL Competition

1 Patrick Lijnders
2 Anita
3 Hannah Clark
4 Alicia Turner
5 Rhedyn *
6 Mei
7 Dean Bennett
8 deltaluva2
9 johnson
10 Rise Up Stiffy
11 Evelyn
12 Nick Burge
13 ChristinaBerliBabbey
14 Boden Ebery
15 Carley Swan
16 Ninafan
17 Michael Knowles
18 Matt Kwan

Comp Tip Stats

This report displays the site wide split between teams tipped as a % for each match of a given round (excluding default tips). The winning team is indicated in Bold

Collingwood 25% - 75% Geelong

[Johnson]

GEELONG - 2011 AFL PREMIERS

GEELONG 4.3 8.6 13.7 18.11 (119)
COLLINGWOOD 4.2 9.3 12.6 12.9 (81)
Goals: Geelong: S Johnson 4 J Bartel 3 T Hawkins 3 T Varcoe 3 J Selwood 2 C Ling M Duncan M Stokes. Collingwood: A Krakouer 3 T Cloke 3 S Sidebottom 2 B Johnson L Ball L Brown S Wellingham.
Best: Geelong: J Bartel J Selwood C Ling T Lonergan J Corey S Johnson T Hawkins B Ottens A Mackie. Collingwood: S Pendlebury D Thomas C Tarrant B Johnson H Shaw L Ball S Sidebottom.
Injuries: Geelong: H Taylor (head knock), J Ponsiadly (dislocated shoulder). Collingwood: nil.
Reports: nil.
Umpires: Chris Donlon, Shaun Ryan, Brett Rosebury.
Official Crowd: 99,537 at MCG.

Geelong has become of the greatest teams of the modern era by winning the 2011 AFL Grand Final.
The Cats lost key forward James Podsiadly to injury half-way through the second term whilst facing an 16-point deficit, but managed to battle their way to a tense 18.11 (119) to 12.9 (81) victory on the back of tremendous performances by young gun Tom Hawkins and Norm Smith medallist Jimmy Bartel.
The triumph hands Geelong its ninth VFL/AFL premiership just a season after being discounted as a real force in the AFL after being unceremoniously dumped by the Pies in the 2010 preliminary final and the departures of superstar midfielder Gary Ablett and mentor Mark Thompson.
But under new coach Chris Scott, a talented list laden with now three-time premiership stars (a first for any Geelong player) regrouped with a much-needed injection of youth to lose just three games in 2011.
Scott becomes the first coach to win a flag in his debut season since Alan Joyce achieved the feat with Hawthorn in 1988. Scott also becomes the 13th coach in VFL/AFL history to win a flag in his first season.
In contrast, AFL icon Mick Malthouse was denied the fairytale chance to hoist a fifth premiership trophy in his final game as a coach and will now step aside for assistant Nathan Buckley to take the reins at Collingwood.
Hawkins took the game by the scruff of the neck after the Cats trailed by three points at half-time, booting three goals in the third quarter and consistently outmarking All Australian opponent Ben Reid to give Geelong a vital target on half forward.
Steve Johnson overcame a long week of speculation over his knee injury to kick four goals while Joel Selwood and Bartel played crucial parts in overcoming the dogged Pies.
Bartel in particular filled the gaping hole left by Podsiadly in the Geelong forward line, his superior overhead marking ability helping him to three goals, six marks and 26 disposals.

[hannahbanana]

GO CATS! yay

[Deanomachino]

Grand Final Leaderboard

Our 2011 Competition Winner is Dean with a total score of 148 and with a total margin of 762.

2nd Place is Michael with a total score of 147 and with a total margin of 629.

3rd Place is Deltluva2 with a total score of 146 and with a total margin of 626.

Congratulations Dean our 2011 AFL Competition Winner

Congratulations Michael & Deltaluva2 our 2nd & 3rd Place Winners

Congratulations Everyone Who Won Hungry Jack's Whopper Vouchers!!!

1 Dean Bennett
2 Michael Knowles
3 deltaluva2
4 Mei
5 Ninafan
6 Anita
7 Patrick Lijnders
8 Rhedyn *
9 Matt Kwan
10 Hannah Clark
11 Rise Up Stiffy
12 Evelyn
13 johnson
14 Nick Burge
15 ChristinaBerliBabbey
16 Alicia Turner
17 Boden Ebery
18 Carley Swan

2011 Overall Comp Tip Stats

Collingwood
Tip Ratio: 89% tipped
Win Ratio: 88% won

Geelong
Tip Ratio: 76% tipped
Win Ratio: 88% won

Hawthorn
Tip Ratio: 66% tipped
Win Ratio: 76% won

Carlton
Tip Ratio: 67% tipped
Win Ratio: 66% won

West Coast Eagles
Tip Ratio: 61% tipped
Win Ratio: 72% won

Sydney Swans
Tip Ratio: 59% tipped
Win Ratio: 58% won

Essendon
Tip Ratio: 55% tipped
Win Ratio: 52% won

St Kilda
Tip Ratio: 49% tipped
Win Ratio: 56% won

Fremantle
Tip Ratio: 45% tipped
Win Ratio: 40% won

Melbourne
Tip Ratio: 41% tipped
Win Ratio: 40% won

Adelaide
Tip Ratio: 40% tipped
Win Ratio: 31% won

Western Bulldogs
Tip Ratio: 38% tipped
Win Ratio: 40% won

North Melbourne
Tip Ratio: 36% tipped
Win Ratio: 45% won

Richmond
Tip Ratio: 35% tipped
Win Ratio: 40% won

Brisbane Lions
Tip Ratio: 21% tipped
Win Ratio: 18% won

Port Adelaide
Tip Ratio: 13% tipped
Win Ratio: 13% won

Gold Coast
Tip Ratio: 5% tipped
Win Ratio: 13% won

This Concludes the 2011 AFL Tipping Competition and I Hope You All Enjoyed The 2011 AFL Season

See Ya All Next Year For The 2012 AFL Season

Edited by Deanomachino, 02 October 2011 - 09:36 PM.

[Johnson]

Outgoing Collingwood coach Mick Malthouse has confirmed he will not work with an AFL club again.
Collingwood has appointed former Western Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade as director of football. Eade will be a mentor to new coach Nathan Buckley.
Just retired Pies forward Leigh Forward has joined Melbourne as a forward specialist.

[Johnson]

Geelong's Jimmy Bartel became the fifth player to win a Brownlow Medal, premiership medallion and Norm Smith Medal in his career.

[Johnson]

Geelong captain Cameron Ling has decided to retire after 246 games and three premierships. Ling is Geelong through and through: He was born and raised in the city and played in the Geelong Falcons under-18 team.

[Johnson]

Essendon fined players Heath Hocking and Josh Jenkins today for breaching code-of-conduct regulations regarding the on-selling of AFL grand final tickets.
Essendon rookie Jenkins offered to on-sell tickets allocated by the AFL to Heath Hocking via Twitter last week, the Bombers said.
The tickets were not sold.
The AFL carried out an investigation in which both players were co-operative, the Bombers said in a statement.
The investigation found Jenkins quickly realised what he was doing was wrong and did not take any serious steps towards selling the tickets - which were not in fact his to sell, the club added.
Jenkins was fined $1750 while Hocking was fined $3000.

http://au.sports.yah...d-over-tickets/

[Johnson]

The 2012 fixture will be revealed on Friday, October 28.

[aussiemusiclover]

yay! The only downside will be the long 6 month wait for the season to commence

Kind Regards,

aussiemusiclover

[Johnson]

Essendon has signed up Kia Motors as the club’s new co-major partner for the next five years, replacing Samsung. The new alignment will see the Kia logo alternate between the front and back of the Essendon guernsey during home and away games. Co-major partner True Value Solar will be displayed on the alternate side of the guernsey. Kia is best known locally as the presenting partner of Australian Open tennis tournament.

[Johnson]

Brendan Fevola has registered with NTFL club Waratahs and will play his first game against Wanderers next week.
The NT News revealed in July that Fevola was Top End bound to join good mates Lincoln Withers and Heath Culpitt at Gardens Oval.
Fevola officially became a Warrior this week, meaning he will serve his one-match suspension from the VFL in Sunday's game against the Tiwi Bombers.
Next week's clash with traditional rivals Wanderers on October 23 is Tahs' first home game of the season, making it the ideal time to introduce the former AFL Blue and Lion to the NTFL.
Fevola is desperate to play in the AFL again and a month of football in the Top End before the November 24 national draft would seem the ideal preparation.
The AFL flavour will continue at Palmerston and the Tiwi Bombers, with dual Geelong premiership player Cameron Mooney and former Bomber and Saint Andrew Lovett set to join their playing ranks.
Mooney's link with the NTFL Magpies comes from his friendship with Geelong teammate and former Palmerston player Mathew Stokes.

http://www.ntnews.co...51_ntsport.html

[Johnson]

Collingwood assistant coach Scott Watters has been appointed as St Kilda head coach for the next 3 years. position from Carlton assistant coach Alan Richardson and Gold Coast assistant Ken Hinkley.
Watters, 42, played 109 games in stints at West Coast, the Sydney Swans and Fremantle. He was appointed senior coach of WAFL club Subiaco in 2007 and masterminded the Lions' premiership that year and again in 2008. He joined Mick Malthouse's coaching panel ahead of the 2010 season and was charged with overseeing Collingwood's backline.
Watters will be one of five former Collingwood assistants to hold a senior coaching position in 2012, joining Brad Scott (North Melbourne), Guy McKenna (Gold Coast), Nathan Buckley (Collingwood) and Mark Neeld (Melbourne).

[aussiemusiclover]

That's a bit disappointing that Essendon and Samsung are no longer partners.
I wonder why the partnership ended.

Kind Regards,

aussiemusiclover

[Johnson]

Former Sydney Swans player Daryn Cresswell says a gambling problem led him to lose close to $1 million and reckons he knows of players who bet on matches they played in.
Cresswell, who has recently been released from jail after defrauding a bank to fuel his gambling problem, has also admitted to betting on a game he was playing in.
He told the Seven Network's Sunday Night program he had millions of dollars worth of property, a wife and three children and a promising career until he became addicted to gambling and lost it all.
"A typical day would be, buy the paper, straight to the form guide, make a few phone calls to see if there's any tips running around ... and start betting pretty much all day," he said.
He said on a typical day he would bet between $1000 and $20,000 on horses.
"I was completely out of control," Cresswell said.
"My thought process was just clouded by winning and betting - nothing else came into the equation.
"When you're in jail for 10 months you think about a lot of things and I would have lost $1 million, no question.
"Gambling is a huge problem. I just don't think it should be allowed."

http://www.perthnow....u-1226167964813

To watch the interview, go to the program's website: http://au.news.yahoo...sporting-shame/

That's a bit disappointing that Essendon and Samsung are no longer partners.
I wonder why the partnership ended.

It was Samsung who told Essendon that the partnership was over. I guess it's for monetary reasons?