Why hasn’t St Kilda FC won a premiership since 1966? Grant Thomas provides his take on what the club needs to address to make the last day in September.
Grant is well placed to comment having played 72 games for the club and coached St Kilda from 2001 until 2006. He has also written for the Age, appeared on SEN and was part of the Footy Classified panel on channel 9.
We spoke with golf professional and coach, Sandy Jamieson. Sandy is the former pro at Commonwealth Golf Club who left the world of private golf clubs to start up One Club Golf at public courses. He says golf is not a difficult game.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Sarah Radlow and Paul Dalligan discuss yesterday’s AFLW Grand Final between Adelaide and Melbourne. Paul Dalligan previews the NRLW Grand Final and reviews round 5 of the NRL season and the panel briefly looks at today’s Australian Grad Prix and decided Daniel Ricciardo has no chance of winning.
With the return of racing to the metropolitan area at Caulfield today, the Professor and the Gelding are looking for an improvement in their form. 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
Professor’s tips
Race 2 Horse 2 – Playoffs (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 6 – Ain’tnodeeldone (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 7 Horse 3 – Belle Savoir
Race 9 Horse 7 – Old Flame
Professor’s Parlay
Race 9 Horse 7 – Old Flame into Penrith Panthers to beat Canterbury Bulldogs (NRL) into Sydney Swans to beat North Melbourne (AFL).
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 AEST tomorrow.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
The panel spoke with rower Jack Kelly, a winner at the Australian National Championships on a number of occasions and a semi finalist at the Henley Royal Regatta. He says most of the Australian rowers today are mid 20’s and to be successful you need to understand that it is a full time job and you can’t do anything else.
The Professor and the panel of the Judge, the Gelding, Coutta and Paul Dalligan discuss the poor crowd at the GWS v Gold Coast Suns match, whether those clubs could be called a success and why Tasmania should have a team in the AFL. Paul Dalligan reviews round 4 of the NRL, Coutta talks AFLW preliminary finals and the Women’s One Day Final between Australia and England and the Gelding chimes in with some tips for Hamilton races.
The main horse races in Victoria today are at Bendigo where the track is rated a Good 4 and the rail is in the true position for the entire circuit. The Professor and the Gelding are looking to improve on last week’s form.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Bendigo
Professor’s tips
Race 4 Horse 14 – Duchess of Dorset (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 5 Horse 4 – Vespertine (also for the ladies at the tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 7 Horse 10 – Cardigan Queen
Race 9 Horse 3 – Corner Pocket
Professor’s Parlay
Race 9 Horse 3 – Corner Pocket into Melbourne Storm to beat Canterbury Bulldogs (NRL) into Adelaide Crows to beat Fremantle Dockers (AFLW).
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 AEST.
Good luck and good punting!
The Professor
When we spoke with Aleksandra she was a Ph D student in Biomedical Sciences at Curtin University in Perth. Aleksandra or Ola for short was involved in a Concussion Recovery study (CREST) and joined the panel to talk about the effects of mild traumatic brain injury or, as it is more commonly known, concussion.
The Gelding was in fine form last week but the Professor needs to lift his game on Mornington Cup day where the track is currently rated a Good 4 with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit.
Don’t forget to back the tips each way!
Mornington
Professor’s tips
Race 7 Horse 5 – Superium (for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Race 9 Horse 10 – Savannah Cloud (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)
Gelding’s tips
Race 5 Horse 3 – Rousseau
Race 6 Horse 2 – Pondus
Professor’s Parlay
Race 9 Horse 10 – Savannah Cloud into Gold Coast Titans to beat Newcastle Knights (NRLW) into St George Illawarra Dragons to beat Sydney Roosters (NRLW).
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Good luck and good punting!!
The Professor
Dane Roy was working as an ice cream sales representative when he won an AFL longest kick competition. That win catapulted Dane into US College football as a punter with the University of Houston. Dane played 50 games for the Cougars, won American Athletic Conference first team honours in 2019 and was a finalist in the prestigious Ray Guy award in the same year.
