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Sportzfan Radio #437

The Professor and the panel of the Gelding, Sarah Radlow, the Judge, Coutta and Paul Dalligan discuss the statement released by St Kilda FC about Georgia Patrikios, who is yet to make a decision about being vaccinated against Covid, talk about the rumors that the AFLW fixture will be released this week and query why it has taken so long given that the season is only five weeks away. Paul Dalligan provides an NRL off season update, the Judge criticizes the current Davis Cup format and the Gelding gives his tips for today’s Traralgon and Warrnambool race meetings.

You can see this episode of the show here.

Sportzfan Radio #435

The Professor and the panel of the Judge, Paul Dalligan, Coutta and the Gelding talk with special guest, former St Kilda player and coach, Grant Thomas about his thoughts on what needs to change at St Kilda FC to end the premiership drought. They also discuss why the AFL has banned pre-draft skinfold tests and ask whether that is a good thing. Paul Dalligan comments on Brandon Smith meeting with the Dolphins and the Titans during the week and the Gelding has some tips for today’s Geelong and Donald race meetings.

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The red hot tips for Cranbourne races on 13 November 2021 and the Professor’s Parlay

Today’s meeting has the provincial feel about it with Cranbourne hosting the main Victorian race meeting. The track is currently rated a Heavy 8 so take care with betting as the form guide is usually thrown out the window when the track is in this state or heavier. The rail is in the True position between the 1600 and 1000 metre marks and 3 metres out for the rest of the circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Cranbourne

Professor’s tips

Race 3 Horse 2 – He’s Xceptional (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 5 Horse 2 – Belle Plaisir (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 4 Horse 3 – Real Sensation

Race 6 Horse 4 – Bless Her

Professor’s Parlay

Race 4 Horse 3 – Real Sensation into Pittsburgh Steelers to beat Detroit Lions (NFL) into Tampa Bay Buccaneers to beat Washington Football Team (NFL).

You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.

The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Coutta and Paul Dalligan will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00pm AEDT tomorrow. Special guest, former St Kilda FC coach Grant Thomas.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

The Professor’s and the Gelding’s red hot tips for Caulfield races on 10 July 2021 and the Professor’s Parlay

The Professor and the Gelding had a day to forget at Sandown on Wednesday but no point dwelling on the negatives and every reason to get back in the saddle today at Caulfield where the track is rated a Good 4 and the rail is in the true position.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!!

Caulfield

Professor’s tips

Race 2 Horse 3 – Pioneer River (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 6 Horse 9 – Uniquely (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 7 Horse 9 – Chief Altony

Race 8 Horse 10 – Malkovich

Professor’s Parlay

Race 8 Horse 10 – Malkovich into Sydney Roosters to beat Canterbury Bulldogs (NRL) into Brisbane Lions to beat St Kilda (AFL).

You can see the latest episode of That’s Racing!! here.

The Professor and the panel of Coutta, the Judge, Paul Dalligan and Dan Butterly will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube page from 12.00pm AEST tomorrow.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

Professor’s red hotties for Flemington races on 6 July 2019 and the weekend parlay

The Professor had some modest success last week for the ladies at the Tennis club with Highland Beat and is looking to improve on that today. The Flemington track is rated a Soft 5 at present but should firm up during the day, with the rail in the true position.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way.

Flemington

Race 3 Horse 1 – Buffalo River (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 4 Horse 1 – Chouxting the Mob (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Weekend Parlay

The Professor is taking a four leg parlay this weekend.

Race 9 Horse 1 – Sure Knee into Cronulla Sharks to beat Brisbane Broncos (NRL) into North Melbourne to beat St Kilda (AFL) into New South Wales to beat Queensland (State of Origin).

You can hear the Professor discuss today’s race results with the Gelding on Sportzfan Radio tomorrow from midday on 88.3 Southern FM, the Sounds of the Bayside.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

Weekend musing – AFL, sledging, EPL final week……

There have been instances of good sportsmanship and bad sportsmanship in the AFL last weekend.

On the good side it was pleasing to see Dyson Heppell and Joel Selwood chair James Kelly off after last weeks game to celebrate Kelly’s 300th game.

On the flip side, you had the sledging allegations levelled at St Kilda players for targetting Marc Murphy in the game against Carlton targeting. This is a difficult issue and hard to assess and monitor. By drawing attention to the sledging and the content of the sledging, it brought to light rumours that I and a lot of other footy fans who aren’t on social media sites were not aware of. Where do you draw the line when it does not involve issues that are currently in the code of conduct?

Another good story in the AFL this week is the appointment of the female umpire, Eleni Glouftsis for the Essendon v West Coast game this Sunday. By all reports she has got there on her merits and deserves the chance. Another way of getting females involved in the game of Australia Rules Football.

The EPL concludes this week with Chelsea and Tottenham wrapping up the top two spots before the weekend and Manchester City almost safe in third spot. That leaves Liverpool and Arsenal in the fight for fourth position and the all important Champions League qualification. Liverpool have the easier game, but the Gunners have come with a rush in the last month and are not without some chance of finishing fourth. With Manchester United playing off for the Europa Cup and possible qualification for the Champions League, more may need to play out before the final positions are known. I have had a look at the qualification criteria and it is by no means clear. My personal view is that it would not be a bad thing for the Gunners to miss out on Europe and only concentrate on the League next season. Chelsea and Leicester have won the League in the last two years without having to worry about the Champions League.

Have a great weekend!

Weekend musing – A- League Final, Collingwood’s good recovery after playing Anzac Day game…

The A-League grand final is on this Sunday with Sydney FC the clear favourite going up against Melbourne Victory. Sydney have only lost one game this season and has beaten Victory on three occasions, but the pressure is on Sydney as they are expected to win. The Victory have nothing to lose and an early goal could cause panic in the Sydney ranks. The Victory certainly have the talent to win the game and as with most cases involving the world game, they just need to take their chances. I am going to go out on a limb and pick the Victory to win 2-0.

Whatever the Collingwood fitness staff have at their disposal the other teams should be trying to emulate it. Back in 2010 they backed up for the grand final replay in a lot better shape than St Kilda and last Sunday they did it again with a five day break after the Anzac Day game. Essendon were clearly off their game on Sunday against Melbourne who had a similar break, whereas Collingwood faced Geelong who had two clear days break on them and yet Collingwood finished strongly and won the game easily in the end.

Just on the Melbourne/Essendon game, the Bombers finally got to play the Demons at Etihad instead of the MCG, however, the Demons had already played twice at the venue this year and it was the Bombers first appearance there so any perceived advantage was lost. he first half was one of the worst halves of football I have seen from both teams. Melbourne were a lot cleaner in the second half and deserved the win.

Have a great weekend!

Weekend Musing – droughts broken in AFL and NRL, Winx steps out…..

Sfan OB6Well what a great AFL Grand Final and a result that is good for football. With the Doggies breaking their 62 year premiership drought, it brings to 4 the number of significant droughts broken in the last 15 years. First you had Brisbane/Fitzroy breaking a 47 year drought in 2001, then Sydney/Sth Melbourne breaking a 72 year drought in 2005 and Geelong breaking a 44 year drought in 2007. This now leaves Melbourne (1964) & St Kilda (1966) as the two established clubs with the longest droughts and with both sides having encouraging years this year, who knows we may see another drought broken shortly.

I must say that Luke Beveridge handing over his medal to Bob Murphy was a wonderful gesture, but equally Murphy giving it back was the right thing to do. Without trying to kill Bambi, I am getting a bit tired of the love for Bob Murphy. Yes he is the captain and spiritual leader of the Doggies, but he is not the only player that has missed out on a premiership due to injury or suspension. I have always felt sorry for the recently deceased Neville Crowe who was captain of Richmond in 1967 when John Nicholls feigned being struck and Crowe missed the 1967 premiership as a result. That was also a drought breaking premiership win for the Tigers (24 years).

In the NRL we also saw the Cronulla Sharks win their first premiership since they entered the competition 50 years ago. I obviously wanted the Storm to win, but again it is hard to begrudge a club a drought breaking premiership.

The attention of the sporting public now turns to horse racing and the Spring Carnival. The Melbourne public see Winx for the first time since the Cox Plate last year. She is in a three horse field and sometimes these races can provide an upset because they can become a “sit and sprint”. If that is the case it may favour Black Heart Bart who is clearly the best sprinter of the three acceptors.

Have a great weekend!

Weekend musing – AFL, All Australian team, 2017 improvers…….

Sfan OB6It must be a first for any form of football in Australia with AFL finals to take place in four different states next week. This shows it is truly tarranta national competition and the four finals spread over three days should be a great spectacle. While the bye may be frustrating for some it did allow flexibility with the scheduling of the last round and the finals so from a broadcasters point of view it is likely to be a success even if the coaches don’t like it.

The All-Australian team was announced last night and I thought there were a few surprises with Robbie Tarrant missing out andenright Corey Enright making the team, but the biggest surprise was eight teams missing out on a representative in the team. This must be a record and it is hard to believe that North Melbourne and St Kilda both winning twelve games did not have a player worthy of being a representative.

Next year it is anticipated that St Kilda, Melbourne, Collingwood and Essendon are the likely teams to improve, but at this stage only North Melbourne looks like sliding, so perhaps we are in for a very even season, just as it has been for the top seven teams this year. It makes for an exciting competition.

Now that the Bombers season is over I can say that having approached their season with very low expectations, I was pleasantly surprised. While the results were heavily skewed in tipungwutifavour of the losses, most games seemed to reveal some positives for the team. For an example you don’t need to look further than Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti. Other players have progressed, like Zach Merrett who I think was unlucky to miss out on the All Australian squad. I doubt the Bombers are under any illusions about next year. It will take time to integrate the banned players back in to the team and a season of 10-11 wins would be a huge step forward.

Have a great weekend!

AFL Trade Period – Dangerfield, Carlisle, Selwood, Hawthorn…..

Chris Barwin HillsWell I must say that not much has grabbed my attention this week save for the AFL Trade period, but even that drags on like unwanted guests. It was good to see the Patrick Dangerfield deal go through early and both clubs should be commended on how it was all done. I cannot Dangerfieldbelieve that Dangerfield has copped grief from Adelaide supporters when he gave them 100% throughout his time there and didn’t go for the money, because he could have got just as much from Adelaide and more from other clubs. I do feel some sympathy for Adelaide, over recent years they have lost Kurt Tippett, Phil Davis and to a lesser extent Nathan Bock, with Dangerfield now leaving there is some pretty fair talent out their doors in recent times.

I must say that my club, Essendon has always had the reputation for over valuing their players and as a consequence being difficult to deal with at the trade table and I have to say that from a distance carlislethat looks like a fair assessment. I don’t think that Jake Carlisle is worth St Kilda’s pick 5, but I do think that he is worth more than their 2nd round pick and it is interesting to see that the best team in the competition, Hawthorn, has now come out and put two late first round picks on the table for him so they must rate him higher than I do. On my estimation he would be worth around the 15-18 mark, but should Carlisle agree to go to Hawthorn, the Bombers could snare both of those selections.

There has also been a lot of discussion regarding the compensation picks for free agents moving clubs and it does seem incongruous that Melbourne got pick five for James Frawley and West Coast get pick 35 for Scott Selwood. I know Selwood didn’t make the grand final frawley
side, but he has had an injury interrupted year and he is former best & fairest so pick 35 seems a little on the light side. Having said that, Hawthorn getting pick 19 for Buddy Franklin seems ludicrous and perhaps Hawthorn should have adopted the same tactic that Adelaide adopted for Dangerfield to secure a better draft pick for one of the better players in the competition.

It will be interesting to see how the rest of the trade period pans out.

Have a great weekend!