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The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hot tips for Rosehill races on 27 March 2021 and the Professor’s Parlay

After a break last week due to some technical difficulties, the Professor and the Gelding are back with their red hot tips for today’s Rosehill Golden Slipper meeting. The track is rated a Soft 7 with the rail out 3 metres for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Rosehill

Professor’s tips

Race 1 Horse 5 – Private Eye (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 2 Horse 7 – Sacramento (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 4 Horse 6 – Verry Elleegant

Race 5 Horse 3 – Mo’unga

Professor’s Parlay

Race 4 Horse 6 – Verry Elleegant into Newcastle Knights to beat Wests Tigers (NRL) into Central Coast Mariners to beat Melbourne Victory (A League).

You can see today’s edition of That’s Racing!! here.

The Professor and the Sportzfan Radio panel of the Judge, Coutta, Dan Butterly, Sarah Radlow and Paul Dalligan will be live on our Facebook page tomorrow talking sport at 12.00pm AEDT.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s red hotties for Flemington races on 14 December 2019 and the Weekend Parlay

The Professor is looking to Flemington today to get back into some good tipping form. The track is rated a Good 4 and the rail is out 10 metres for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Flemington

Race 6 Horse 13 – Talenti (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 7 Horse 2 – Defibrillate (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Weekend Parlay

Race 7 Horse 2 – Defibrillate into Sydney FC to beat Central Coast Mariners (A League) into San Francisco 49ers to beat Atlanta Falcons (NFL).

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s red hot tips for Ballarat on 23 November 2019 and the Weekend Parlay

The Professor had a tough outing last Saturday, as did most punters. With no city meeting today, he’s looking to get back onto the winning list at provincial Ballarat. The track is rated a Good 4 with the rail in the true position.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Ballarat

Race 2 Horse 3 – Bam’s on Fire (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 5 – Dr Drill (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Weekend Parlay

Race 2 Horse 3 – Bam’s on Fire into New Orleans Saints to beat Carolina Panthers (NFL) into Western United to beat Central Coast Mariners (A League).

You can hear the Professor discuss today’s race results with the Sportzfan Radio panel tomorrow from midday. The show will be hosted from an outside broadcast at the Bentleigh Festival. Come down to the festival in Centre Road and say hello to the Professor, the Judge, Coutta and the Saint. If you can’t make it to Bentleigh, tune in to 88.3 Southern FM, the Sounds of the Bayside.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s red hotties for Caulfield races on 12 October 2019 and the Weekend Parlay

The Professor is coming off some good form with a winner and the weekend parlay saluting last weekend. Racing is at Caulfield today with the start of the Spring Carnival and this meeting preparing everyone for next Saturday’s Caulfield Cup. The track is rated a Good 4 with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way.

Caulfield

Race 6 Horse 3 – Flit (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 7 Horse 5 – Avilius (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Weekend Parlay

Race 6 Horse 3 – Flit into Western Sydney Wanderers to beat Central Coast Mariners (A-League) into Baltimore Ravens to beat the Cincinnati Bengals (NFL).

You can hear the Professor discuss today’s racing with the Gelding, the Judge, the Saint and Coutta on Sportzfan Radio tomorrow on 88.3 Southern FM, the Sounds of the Bayside.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

Mark Fiorenti on the search for the Socceroos coach

Jan 23 2011 Studio Picturies 040Whilst it was a good result for the Socceroos against Canada, I am not sure we can read too much into this result for the following reasons:

1. The players were always going to be fired up after Holger Osieck was sacked and the shellacking’s the media has served up to the them in the last few days.

2. Canada haven’t qualified for the World Cup so are they a worthy opponent?  Would the Canadians have taken this game as seriously as the Socceroos given the events of the last few days?

3. Canada is nowhere near the calibre of football team that Brazil and France are.  In hindsight, I Holgerconsider Osieck shot himself in the foot opting to play friendlies against these two nations, especially considering: (a) Brazil never take friendlies easy, especially ones they play at home (their fans expect to win all the time!) and moreover, they don’t have to qualify for the World Cup as they are hosts and (b) France were shooting blanks up until last week so the Aussie game would have given them and their strikers, particularly Karim Benzema (who hadn’t scored for the French national team in over 1,000 minutes) some good shooting practice.

I still believe and moreover, am concerned that our national team is in danger of embarrassing itself next year.  Luckily, we have eight months to try and steady the ship and get the broom out to clear some old wood. Lucas Neill and Brett Holman immediately come to mind – they could still be handy squad players, but not starting players in my opinion. The new regime should blood some youngsters like Rogic, Davidson, Lowry and Williams and take a serious look at the problem left back position. McKay is a midfielder and not an option whilst Carney is a shambles.  Lowry and/or Davidson are good options.

Finally, the coach, whoever it is, can start to bring back the competitive spirit and self belief our players have been lacking in recent months.

As for the coach, it looks like it will be a local appointment and moreover, over a five year period.  It graham-arnoldappears the FFA has learned the lessons of the past and the new appointment will incorporate next year’s World Cup, the Asian Cup in 2015, qualification rounds for the 2018 World Cup and the 2018 World Cup, assuming we make it!.

The most likely candidates are Ange Postecoglou, Graham Arnold and Tony Popovic.

tony-popovicPoppa had a great year at the Wanderers last year, especially considering their limited budget and experience and it was in their first season!  Nevertheless, I feel he is still a little too raw.

I don’t warm very well to Arnold, but in his defence he has done wonders at the Mariners considering their limited funds and constant sales. This has forced him to regularly re-invent the team.

I like Ange.  When he joined the Roar they were a shambles – they allegedly had a culture unsuited to top level sport and a number of egos ruled the roost.  He eradicated the culture and cleared out the dead wood in his first season, remembering he was appointed mid way through that season. He then won the minor premiership and Grand Final in his second season and the Grand Final in his thirdange-postecoglou season.  A fine effort!  He then joined Victory and implemented his plan and did very well considering his ideas were quite foreign to the team. Victory are now favourites for this season’s A-League flag.  I also like the style of play his teams adopt.

For me, it should be Ange but I wouldn’t lose sleep if Graham Arnold was appointed.

Sportzfan Radio #193.2

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!13 March 2011 193.2 – Sportzfan Stan reminds Mark that he had called for Merrick’s sacking weeks ago. Mark then goes on to discuss the A League Grand Final between Brisbane Roar and Central Coast Mariners. He thinks the Roar will win 2-0. The Professor and Mark discuss how tough it is being an Arsenal supporter. Mark says they promise so much but don’t deliver. Paul Dalligan talks NRL and the start of the season. Even though the Rabbitohs lost to the Roosters, Paul took a lot of positives out of it. Melbourne Storm won their first game for points in a long time. After the Broncos first loss, Sportzfan Stan is already calling for Anthony Griffin’s axing as coach. Paul thinks that is a bit harsh after only one game. He says the NRL will need to look at the rule where a defender runs into a referee with the controversy in the Titans/Dragons game. The Panel discuss the Brendan Fevola saga and whether Casey Scorpions should have offered him a contract. They then talk with Australian baseball centre fielder Amy McCann. She started her career with the interestingly named Kissing Point Angels in Sydney as the only girl on the team and in the league. She now plays for Doncaster Dragons with a change to starting pitcher this season. She says her best pitch is a strike. Sean Callanan comes on to talk social media and the battle between the AFL & NRL for the social media fan. In MWC the Utah basketball coach bans live tweets or texts at a shootaround which seems rather pointless in this day and age.

Sportzfan Radio #192.1

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!3 March 2011 192.1 – Sportzfan Stan has a problem that the benefits the AFL players are going to get under a new collective bargaining agreement will be better than our military personnel who risk their lives on a daily basis. He is not happy with it. Paul Dalligan provides a bottom to top assessment of the 2011 NRL season….Cronulla Sharks to finish on the bottom – Melbourne Storm to be top of the table  and beat St George in the Grand Final.  The Professor takes an opportunity to talk with Glenn Day from the Great Western Hotel, the sponsor of the show. He thinks Hawthorn will finish in the top four and that Buddy Franklin will kick 100 goals for the season. The Gelding talks about his great day at Flemington, tipping four firsts and a third from five selections.  He tells us he finished ‘about even’. Ha! Although the Gelding is a big fan of jockey, Brett Prebble, he awards him an S-Hit ride for his performance on Playing God. The Gelding also reviews the Sydney Colt’s selections at Warwick Farm.  The Professor takes Mark Fiorenti to task about his prediction skills after saying last week that Adelaide would beat Gold Coast 2-0.  He also discusses the Central Coast’s dour win against Gold Coast to get into the A League Grand Final.