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Football! Football! Watch it! Watch the football! It’s moving! The Football is gonna move!
The current AFL fixture sounds a bit familiar.
In case you’ve lost track of where things are at, Round 11 of the 2020 AFL season kicks off this Saturday and wraps up on Wednesday night before Round 12 begins the following Thursday.
You keeping up with me here?
Keeping track of the who, what and where is becoming bloody hard work but thankfully we’ve done it all for you with our Round 11 tips and preview.
Firstly, a special shout out to this Neds punter who had a BIG payday on Tuesday night thanks to the Tiges.
We've just taken a bet of $116,550 on Richmond to beat Brisbane at $2.10!
The Tigers are now into $2.05. #AFLTigersLions #AFL
— Neds (@NedsAus) August 4, 2020
This game is set to be an absolute ripper to kick off the round.
The top of the table Port, hosting Richmond who is flying at the moment at Adelaide Oval.
The Tigers are back in town, with five wins out of their past six including their massive win over the Brisbane Lions (proudly sponsored by Neds) on Tuesday night to the tune of 41 points.
Jack Riewoldt and Tom Lynch are yet again finding their grove as a dynamic forward duo kicking four and three goals respectively last weekend.
Despite making Brisbane’s Alex Witherden eat some of the Metricon Stadium grass, Tom Lynch has been cleared to play by the MRO.
Port Adelaide was able to overcome a four-day turnaround in matches and simply get the job done over the Western Bulldogs on Monday night with a 13 point win – Port’s eighth for the season.
It was former Brisbane Lions (proudly sponsored by Neds) player Tom Rockliff who was clearly Port’s best with 23 disposals, 14 tackles and four clearances.
The Power struggled in the first half when the plucky Bulldogs dominated on the stats sheet, leading by three points at the main break in what was a low-scoring affair.
It was Port’s four goals to the Dogs none effort in the third quarter that ensured victory.
Richmond and Port have spilt the wins in the last eight encounters.
The four-day turnaround plus travel for the Tigers most certainly fall in the Power’s favour, but the form of Richmond cannot be underestimated.
The Power will go in favourites, however, it’s worth noting that the Tigers have been the underdog in their past two encounters and are yet again a great value bet.
In Cricket, they say “catches win matches”
Well, in the case of the Brisbane Lions “Bad kicking is bad football.”
The Brisbane Lions (proudly sponsored by Neds) kicked a woeful 4 goals 17 behinds in their 41 point loss to the Tigers on Tuesday night.
It’s been a great season so far for the Lions, but their issues when it comes to accuracy in front of goal has been a major issue this season.
The stats sheet made for even more frustrating reading for the Lions, the Tigers narrowly won the inside 50 count (44-40) and contested possession (103-97).
Richmond simply outclassed Brisbane.
Saturday night, the Lions will return to the Gabba and play their third game in eight days.
Cam Rayner looks set to miss the game with a hamstring injury but the Lions have options with Daniel Rich, Ryan Lester, Grant Birchall and Dan McStay all the mix to be back in the team.
The Western Bulldogs also had their issues with innacuracy in their match against Port Adelaide on Monday night.
They were dominant in the first half against Port, controlling the football inside their forward line but could only manage a score of 3-5 at half-time.
After trailing by 23 points at three-quarter time, the Dogs got some momentum back but inaccuracy cost them kicking 2.6 in the final term.
Both teams will go into this match coming off similar performances, but one can simply not go past the Brisbane Lions (proudly sponsored by Neds) at the Gabbitoir.
Both the Eagles and Blues are coming off “byes”, having missed the Monday-Friday Round 10.
They’ll be both raring and ready to go this Sunday at Optus Stadium.
West Coast is starting to look bloody good.
With a nice, long streak of matches on their Optus Stadium fortress the Eagles are very much in the mix to take out this year’s premiership.
The Eagles are on a five-game winning streak.
Their 9-point comeback win over the Cats last Saturday was nothing short of sensational.
West Coast booted seven goals to three in the second half and an impressive pack mark by the one and only Josh Kennedy and fourth goal for the game with a minute remaining ensured a famous victory.
Carlton had a fast start over the Hawks last week, but allowed Hawthorn to run over the top of them in what was a disappointing loss for the Blues who have had been in decent form of late.
Jacob Weitering has proved to be solid as a rock in defence, Levi Casboult gives them some spark up forward and Patrick Cripps keeps on keeping on.
The Blues are the kind of team that will make West Coast work hard for it, but you can’t see them causing a major upset in this one.
From the president, players, coaches, officials to the general fan at home, anyone who’s heart beats true for the red and the blue will breathe a sigh of relief as the Dees got the job done over the Crows by 51 points.
The game was a bit of an arm-wrestle but a seven-goal final quarter got the Dees two of the things they need the most – four premiership points and some confidence after a rather disappointing fortnight.
They will go in as favourites for this game but North Melbourne have shown in recent weeks they are no easy beat.
North found themselves within 15 points with five minutes left in their game against Geelong at the Gabba but allowed the Cats to score three late goals and the damage was done.
Jy Simpkin had 25 disposals to his name, so that’s something to consider for your same game multi’s and Shaun Higgins composure week after week is a standout.
One cannot help but be up and about with Majak Daw back in the Roos side and his proven to be handy during his time in the ruck.
It is in the midfield where Melbourne do their best work and if the likes of Clayton Oliver, Max Gawn and Christian Petracca can keep their dominance up they should be too good for the Kangaroos.
Then again, can one trust Melbourne to back it up two weeks running?
That remains to be seen.
It’s 2009 all over again as the Saints and Cats meet in a top of the table clash.
Granted, it’s being played in front of a small crowd of diehards at the Gabba in an unprecedented pandemic football season – but well, you get where I’m going.
It’s a quick turnaround for the Saints who recorded a thrilling four-point win over the Gold Coast Suns just last Thursday night.
The Jack’s – Stelle and Billings are proving their worth in the Saints midfield and Dan Butler is yet again dominating up forward.
Dan Butler has been a revelation since the Richmond premiership player arrived at Moorabbin…or Noosa this year.
Geelong had a much needed 33 point win over North Melbourne on Wednesday night.
Consistency has been an issue for Geelong this season, but that win might just be the tonic they need.
St.Kilda don’t have the greatest record over Geelong of recent.
They’ve only won one out of the last ten against the Cats.
However, with scalps such as Port and Richmond, this season can they add Geelong as another notch on their belt?
The Saints have proven to be an incredibly fun team to watch this year and worth a shot at the $2.55 head to head price.
The Freo-Hawks match at Optus Stadium is a bloody hard one to get your head around.
Head to head betting is tight.
This is 15th v 14th on the ladder, it should be tight.
Freo is coming off a thrilling win over the Magpies and the Hawks had a much-needed confidence-boosting come from behind win over the Blues.
Having Nat Fyfe back in the side is doing the Dockers a world of good and Matt Taberner’s four goals last week played a major role in Freo’s win.
Hawthorn has won their past three against the Dockers, all of those matches have been played in Launceston.
Picking a winner in this one is a hard choice, but if you want to go with one of the most simple and oldest rules in footy tipping – back the WA team at home.
The once pride of South Australia are now the shame of South Australia.
Shame is a harsh word, more the troubled souls of South Australia.
The Adelaide Crows have a firm grip on the 2020 wooden spoon.
Now 0-10, sitting 18th on the ladder and coming off a 51 point loss to Melbourne, despite being competitive for most of the match.
Like society in general, the year 2020 couldn’t end soon enough for the Adelaide Football Club.
The Pies go into this game coming off a nine-point win over the Swans in what was, for lack of a better description – an ugly contest.
There’s something in the water at the Gabba.
Collingwood’s inaccuracy was horrible last Thursday night.
Kicking a score of 2-10-22 at half-time made for incredibly frustrating viewing for the black and white faithful.
What did get the Magpie army up and about was this late goal from Josh Diacos that sealed the game for the Magpies.
Son of a gun Josh Daicos kicked an incredible sealing goal for the Pies in a scrappy win over Sydney! #AFLPiesSydney pic.twitter.com/FPHplJk6yK
— Triple M Footy (@triplemfooty) August 6, 2020
He proved he was most defiantly Peter’s son.
I can give you all the stats you want, but we all know the Magpies will win this and win this easily.
The Gold Coast Suns didn’t lose any fans in their four-point loss to the Saints last week.
Essendon lost the game to the Giants and while they can blame Callan Ward or the umpiring for their loss, they have no one but themselves to point the finger out.
Another hard one to get your head around this game.
Dylan Shiel will be a welcome inclusion back into the Essendon side coming back from suspension.
While Gold Coast have “everyone’s second favourite team” vibes this season, they would be worried about dropping off after a promising start yet again.
If there’s going to be a game for the Suns to get back on the winner’s list, it’s going to be this one.
I’m backing the Suns at home.