Talking Footy

Here are my tips for the first round of the Wizard Cup this weekend. Feel free to add your tips.

Friday 18 February

Collingwood v Richmond
Telstra Dome 7.40pm

Fremantle v West Coast
Subiaco Oval 7.40pm

Saturday 19 February

Western Bulldogs v Sydney
Telstra Dome (Double-Header) 2:40pm

Hawthorn v St Kilda
Telstra Dome (Double-Header) 6:10pm

Brisbane v Melbourne
Cazaly Stadium - Cairns 7:40pm

Sunday 20 February

Kangaroos v Geelong
Manuka Oval 2:40pm

Carlton v Essendon
Telstra Dome 5:10pm

Adelaide v Port Adelaide
AAMI Stadium 7:10pm


It's always hard to make predictions for the pre-season games with most teams giving their young ones a run, but lets see how we go in the tipping department anyway. As I said in another thread, I'm not confident with my beloved Swans, but I simply can't tip against them. Tipping purely with my heart when it comes to the Swans here.

Well Round 1 of the Wizard Cup is underway. Last night we had close victories for Collingwood and West Coast:

COLLINGWOOD
1.1.4 1.5.10 1.8.11 3.12.16 (115)
def
RICHMOND
1.3.4 2.3.6 4.6.6 5.9.9 (108)



WEST COAST
0.3.1 0.7.2 0.11.5 0.12.8 (80)
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FREMANTLE
0.3.2 0.6.3 0.7.4 0.11.7 (73)


One prediction for me right so far. Here's hoping my Swans can today add to my correct tips for this round.

Typical Swans bomb out in the first round of the Wizard Cup today.

The lack of success at Sydney is really starting to fucking piss me right off. We can't even win a pre-seaon cup let alone the holy grail in September.

Today's and tonight's results:

WESTERN BULLDOGS
1.11.15 (90)
def
SYDNEY
0.11.4 (70)


ST KILDA
1.8.18 (75)
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HAWTHORN
1.8.9 (66)


MELBOURNE
3.10.11 (98)
def
BRISBANE
0.7.11 (53)

why have a preseason anyway? i mean hats the point? isnt preseason about training from october or november? get straight into it i say.

I'm copping it from fellow Swans fans for my comments last night about the lack of success in Sydney and another disappointing loss in the Wizard Cup yesterday. Fair dinkum you can't even be upset that your club has had no success at RWO these days.

I've been told for instance that I should "piss off" and Sydney doesn't need supporters like me who are negative about the team's on field performance. FFS, give me a break. Thankfully there are fellow Swans supporters who see my point of view. JF_Bay22_SCG even gives this site a plug, although he got it wrong when attributing Croc's post about Farmers and locusts to me:

http://redandwhiteonline.com/forum/show ... genumber=1

Fox Sports wrote:

Wizard Cup quarter-finals
February 20, 2005
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,86 ... 11,00.html

QUARTER-FINAL schedule for the AFL Wizard Cup and next weekend's round of practice matches (all times AEDT).

Wizard Cup quarter-finals

Friday, February 25

St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs at Aurora Stadium, Launceston at 7.40pm

Saturday, February 26

Kangaroos vs Port Adelaide at Telstra Dome at 7.40pm

West Coast vs Collingwood at Marrara Oval, Darwin at 9.40pm

Sunday, February 27

Melbourne vs Carlton at Telstra Dome at 5.10pm

Practice matches

Saturday, February 26

Fremantle vs Hawthorn at Joondalup at 6.45pm

Adelaide vs Geelong at Port Lincoln at 2.15pm

Loser of Essendon v Richmond at Morwell at 2pm

Sydney v Brisbane Lions at TBA at 2pm

The Sydney Morning Herald has reported today that Sydney v Brisbane will be played at Telstra Stadium, Sydney.