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4 red hotties for Morphettville races on 7 May 2022 and the Professor’s Parlay

An ordinary start on the tipping front for the first day of the Morphettville carnival last Saturday but the Professor and the Gelding intend to put that behind them as they look for winners on Robert Sangster Stakes day. The Morphettville track is rated a Soft 5 with the rail in the true position for the entire circuit.

Don’t forget to back the tips each way!

Morphettville

Professor’s tips

Race 4 Horse 3 – Splendiferous (for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Race 5 Horse 2 – General Beau (also for the ladies at the Tennis club)

Gelding’s tips

Race 6 Horse 5 – Foxy Frida

Race 8 Horse 1 – September Run

Professor’s Parlay

Race 8 Horse 1 – September Run into Sydney Swans to beat Gold Coast Suns (AFL) into Melbourne Storm to beat St George Illawarra Dragons (NRL).

The Professor and the panel of the Judge and the Gelding will be talking sport on the Sportzfan Radio YouTube channel from 12.00pm AEST tomorrow. Special guest, former Western Bulldog’s player and Fox Footy commentator, Brad Johnson.

Good luck and good punting!

The Professor

Weekend musing – AFL bye rounds, European Cup, Tour de France, British Open….

Chris Barwin HillsRound 17 of the AFL season started on Thursday night and these Thursday night games have been aptly called ‘Pie night’ games by Fox Footy. The games are largely only possible due to the bye rounds where only six games are played each round across three weekends. Many people do not like the 6 x 6 x 6 way of having a bye, but in my opinion, I think it is fine. Igunston would rather that method than a complete break in the mid-season. It affords every side a break, there is still a good number of games for each weekend and it allows for the introduction of these Thursday night games which appear to have attracted good crowds and TV ratings. I have heard some in the media saying the bye rounds mean the AFL season loses momentum. I do not agree or see it as a problem. After all, if you think about it, the old VFL competition only had six games a week and we thought that was plenty back then.

The round also started with another Hawthorn escape and I think the Swans would be ruing the three 50 metre penalties which resulted in two goals in a game that was decided by five points. The HANNEBERY50 metre penalties were there, but it is massive penalty for innocuous incidents that had little to no impact on the play. There was also a big disparity in the free kick count, especially up to 3/4 time. The Hawthorn free kicks were probably there, but there were a lot of free kicks not paid to Sydney that should have been paid. Again, in a tight game it makes a difference.

In the Euro Cup, Portugal continued the run of outsiders winning big competitions this year and without a meaningful contribution fromronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo. The highlight of the tournament though still has to be Iceland’s defeat of England. One wonders how such a result could occur when one considers the disparity between the two nations in population and football history. Clearly England need to re-invent themselves if they wish to seriously challenge for major silverware in the future.

froomeThe Tour de France continues on and I must say even with the halfway mark just reached, it looks like Chris Froome will again be in front at the end. He seems a cut above the rest and barring some unfortunate accident he is over the line.

The British Open continues to be a major Championship that eludes Australian golfers even now that we have some of the top golfers inscott the world. Greg Norman ‘was our last winner and that was a very long time ago. I see our best chance with Adam Scott, but I am far from confident that any Aussie will be lifting the claret mug this year.

Have a great weekend!