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Sportzfan Radio #169.1

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!5 September 2010 169.1 – Susan Shan makes her Sportzfan Radio debut and talks US sport with the Professor and the Panel. She likes the Green Bay Packers to do well in the NFL this season and thinks the Oakland Raiders defence will be their big problem although they will be better than last year. She is surprised that there aren’t more Aussie punters and kickers going to the US to try out for the NFL. Gelding talks racing and is surprised that the penetrometer didn’t go in as far this week given the rain that had fallen in Melbourne. He thinks he was unlucky with his tips and compliments the Sydney Colt for his 3 winners.  Gelding says his wife knows everything and therefore he would have backed that horse to win over “Wife knows nothing”.  Mordiboy makes a welcome return to the show to talk golf and in particular whether married golfers are more successful than single golfers and expects Tiger Woods to win his next championship within six months.

Sportzfan Radio #168.2

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!29 August 2010 168.2 – Daniel and the Professor continue their discussion about the Boomers.  The Panel talks Rugby League and NRL with Paul Dalligan who is venturing out to Clayton to see the VRL Grand Finals.  We give a shout out to some of our twitter contributors and the Panel discuss whether Tiger Woods golf improved after he was divorced.  Sean Callanan talks social media and explains all about the “Digital Dragon”.  Sean tells Daniel he has nothing to do with “MT unofficial” on twitter and that a lot of problems on social media comes down to execution.  The Panel discuss whether inserting cameras in goal pads will assist goal umpires in AFL matches.

Sportzfan Radio #168.1

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!29 August 2010 168.1 – The Panel comment on Ben Cousins documentary, talk US sport with Dan Butterly discussing Washington Nationals phenom Steven Strasburg requiring Tommy John surgery, looking at the MLB pennant races, Carmelo Anthony looking past his time at the Denver Nuggets and AFA football coach Troy Calhoun saying “no” to twitter. The Gelding reviews Saturday’s racing at Caulfield and Rosehill and awards two S-Hit rides this week. Daniel talks with the Professor about the Boomers shortcomings at the World Basketball Championships.

Gelding's tips for 21 August 2010

The Gelding’s attention is right on Money……I mean Moonee Valley tomorrow where there seems to be plenty of value for punters.

Moonee Valley

The tips are

Race 3 Horse 9 Overtake
Race 4 Horse 1 Curtana (for the girls at the Tennis club)
Race 5 Horse 7 Achievements
Race 8 Horse 9 Ghost Milk (also for the girls at the Tennis club)

No Sportzfan Radio this week as Southern FM is having transmitter maintenance but the Gelding will be back talking racing with the Professor on Sunday 29 August 2010 at 12.30pm on 88.3 Southern FM.

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Sportzfan Radio #167.2

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!15 August 2010 167.2 – The Sydney Colt talks about the best value when betting and says punters would be very foolish not to go with the Corporate Bookies. He also talks about the last table at the World Series of Poker and has framed a book on the next NSW RL State of Origin Coach ($2.80 Laurie Daly $3.40 Ricky Stuart, $5.00 Phil Gould, Steve Folkes, $12.00 Brad Fittler..). We get Dr Leslie’s CSA in earlier this week just prior to Paul Dalligan. Paul hasn’t been eating baked beans but says he had a foot long hot dog at the Mets. Whilst he didn’t do any stool gazing, he did do some beer gazing. He returns from his overseas jaunt to talk NRL but spends most of his time talking baseball. He has brought the Professor an umbrella from his trip to the Citibank Stadium super box. Paul would like to see Phil Gould as the next State of Origin Coach. The Professor reveals there will be no Sportzfan Radio next Sunday as Southern FM are off the air for maintenance work. In that case, Daniel decides to talk about next week’s results this week. The Panel talks to Nick Tedeschi about the NSW State of Origin Coach and Nick thinks Laurie Daly is over the line from the mail he has received. Nick would prefer Chris Anderson to coach the team. He also discusses the players leaving the Melbourne Storm and whether the Storm will be able to do a Canterbury Bankstown and win a flag within two years. The Panel spends the rest of the time talking about rumors and topics tweeted in. The Parkdale Pounce believes Matthew Knights will not coach Essendon next year but Matthew Lloyd will comeback and be coached by Mark Williams. There is also a discussion on changes by the AFL to the interchange rules and it is decided that we should start the “Benny Hill” segment for stupid ideas. Daniel believes Adrian Anderson would be part of the segment each week. The Gelding believes there should be a committee set up to watch over committees. In another nomination for the Benny Hill award, it seems Cameron White is playing for Bangalore against Victoria in the IPL competition – go figure! Will Richmond keep Ben Cousins? Time will tell although the Panel hope he comes back in 2011. Finally the Panel talk about the Socceroos new coach Holger Osieck – the no name coach, who is maybe twenty years out of his prime.

Sportzfan Radio #167.1

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!15 August 2010 167.1 – The Panel kick off with a discussion on the proposed changes to AFL rules. In the US report Dan Butterly talks about the Mets Felix Rodriguez and the alleged attack of his girlfriend’s father at Citibank Stadium and agrees with the Professor that he may have tried for one strike out too many. He also discusses the MLB pennant races and still has hope that the Rockies will qualify for the playoffs. There is a discussion of the various Commissioner’s salaries (Bud Selig from the MLB wins by a long way) and the Professor wonders whether there is value for money, Dan thinks David Stern from the NBA is doing the best job at present. Dan thinks the Knicks are a dysfunctional franchise and this is evidenced by the fact that they have approached Isiah Thomas to become a “consultant” for the franchise. There is also an announcement by Dan of a cultural exchange between the Southern Football League and the Mountain West Conference with the SFL CEO visiting the MWC in the US for a week’s internship. The Gelding and the Sydney Colt talk racing and provide a comnprehensive review of the Caulfield and Rosehill results.

Gelding's tips for 14 August 2010

The Gelding’s attention is fairly and squarely on his home track at a rather wet Caulfield tomorrow.

With the rain during the week, the track should be fairly heavy so look for the runners that like the forward running.

Race 3 Horse 6 Mr Harry (for the girls at the Tennis club)
Race 4 Horse 1 Crystal Lily
Race 6 Horse 11 Shoot Out (also for the girls at the Tennis club)
Race 8 Horse 15 Imperial Command

Remember you can hear the Gelding talk racing with the Professor on Sportzfan Radio every Sunday at 12.30pm.  Special guest this week will be the Sydney Colt.

Good luck and good punting!

The Gelding

Sportzfan Radio #166.2

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!8 August 2010 166.2 –The Panel say it’s all very well to have a baseball league but where will Melbourne Aces play their home games.  No decision made on that as yet as we understand it, but hopefully not Altona as both Daniel and Trav say they won’t go to that venue.  Nick Tedeschi talks NRL and believes Canterbury Bulldogs are the bet of the weekend v Newcastle.  We catch him before he heads out to the SCG to watch the Roosters play St George and felt it would be nostalgic to see League played at the SCG again.  He says Israel Folau will defintely come back to rugby league after his flirtation with the AFL.  We get Dr Leslie’s CSA in earlier this week so we can do more stool gazing before the end of the show.  Daniel says Brett Favre can’t be @packers4 on twitter as the Professor already has that handle.  Daniel reviews the Melbourne Tigers tour of ‘the world’ and notes that they beat England but lost to the University of Pittsburgh.  Stan wonders whether the Tigers should be investing more in players than spending it on a bonding tour.  Sean Callanan joins the discussion and says Stan’s point is fair enough, but he guesses the Tigers are looking at getting advantage from sharing knowledge with other teams aound the world.  The Professor finds it funny that the Tigers are playing the “Irish All Stars”.  The Panel discusses whether there should be a Hall of Fame for the players who actually help the stars into the Hall of Fame by doing the blocks or opening the running lanes.  Sean thinks that a Brett Favre reality show on his “Decision” to comeback (or not) would be a weekly program not a one off.  The Panel gets a tweet from @BrisbaneNBL announcing an attempt to revive the Brisbane Bullets franchise.  Sean thinks sports fans would struggle to name five NBL players.  He doesn’t know when the Tigers will appear on twitter and fires in a record number of sports cliches on Collingwood’s run to the finals.

Sportzfan Radio #166.1

@SportzfanRadio now available on iTunes!8 August 2010 166.1 –The Panel talk about the AFL using technology for deciding whether a goal is kicked or not.  Stan says maybe the umpires need regular checks on their eye sight as over a period of time mistakes can affect the outcome of games.  Marie Baker makes a return to the show with her US report and says human error is part of sport so why sweat over mistakes made by referees.  She believes Brett Fravre is a drama queen who needs his own annual reality “decision” show and doesn’t think Shaq changing NBA teams again will affect his legacy.  She also feels Tiger Woods probably won’t get back to the top in golf and that A-Rod’s 600th homer as the youngest person ever to reach that mark, may not be enough to get him into MLB’s Hall of Fame.  The Gelding provides the answers to Saturday’s racing at both Flemington and Randwick.  He says it was a tough day with many long priced horses saluting and elects not to award the S-Hit ride of the day to the jockey of Bonindi but does say her ride “lacked imagination”.  No luck again for Queen Asa this week although she did run fourth so getting closer to a placing.  He tells Travis that he has no plans to run it in the Spring Carnival.  The Professor looks at the farcical situation with the Commonwealth Games venues in Delhi being incomplete with only 60 days until the start of the events.  Daniel believes the Games organizing committee should adopt the Andrew Demetriou line  “Everything is fine….there is no problem.”  A National Baseball League will finally return to Australia in November with 6 team competing.  Daniel is surprised that Stan can remember back to baseball in the late 1920’s.

Gelding's tips for 31 July 2010

This week racing returns to the Gelding’s home track at Caulfield.  Track could be a bit on the heavy side with all the rain in the last few days and further rain predicted overnight and in the morning.

As always the bets are on an each way and all up basis.

Caulfield

The tips are:

Race 5 Horse 8 Miss Lily Rose (for the girls at the Tennis club)
Race 6 Horse 8 Shoot Out
Race 7 Horse 6 Imperial Command
Race 8 Horse 4 Maxisun (also for the girls at the Tennis club)

Listen to me talk racing with the Professor on Sportzfan Radio at 12.30pm every Sunday on 88.3 Southern FM.

Good Luck & Good Punting!

The Gelding