EASY TIGER, aka Stephen Reade (aka ‘the sage’) grew up reading the pink Sporting Globe and going to suburban grounds with his dad (a Tiger, who worked two jobs). His fondest childhood memory was attending the 1967 Grand Final. He married a, ahem, Carlton supporter, moved to Tweed Heads in 1990, and in 2001 started a tipping comp at work. The rest, as they say, is history.
- The Final Final
- Round Prefab
- Round: The GF teams get to watch this week
- Round First Finals
- Round Twenty Three - It’s all about perception and perspective. But it depends how you look at it
- Round Twenty Two Limer rocks
- Round 21 - Anfractuous
- Round Twenty - Sententious eh
- Round Nineteen - Another hill to climb
- Round Eighteen - All teams Away
- Round Eighteen - Uninspiring
- Round Seventeen - Upset round
- Round Sixteen – Knot shore
- Round Fifteen - A little alliteration
- Round Fourteen - Negotiations
- Round Thirteen lucky 13 unlucky
- Round Twelve - Keep It Going
- Round Eleven - Time to Dream
- Round Ten - It’s a bit fishy
- Round Nine - Budget Losers and Winners
- Round Eight - The attack is back
- Round Seven - The attack is back
- Round Six - “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.”
- Round Five - Stay Harder For Longer
- Round Four - Two Rules For Winning
- Round Three - Smalls for dough
- Round Two - Breaking Bad
- Round half plus a half = ONE Round
The Final Final
SWANNIES
Or if you prefer the South Melbourne Football Club, The Foreign Legion, The Bondi Billionaires, The Cecil Street Heros, The Bloodstained Angels, The Albert Park Barracks Team, The Bloods, Cazalies, Sydney Swans or the Lakers,
HAWKS
Aka Kennedies Kommandos, the Mayflowers, (very nearly the Melbourne Hawks), The Hawthorn Football Club, Kennetts Kids, Hawthorn City Football Club, Riversdale Football Club,
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Round Prefab
SWANS to “venire, videre, and vincere” the Kangaroos.
Hawkers are highly flavoured to win, but PORT have “a fortiori”,
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Round: The GF teams get to watch this week
The Cats versus the KANGAROOS
Half a game is never enough.
Freeo and PORT
Port have the wind behind them.
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Round First Finals
What would I know. To paraphrase Jumping Jack “I am just a recovering dickhead, twelve steps, on the wagon, one day at a time.”
Hawks and CATS .
Last time the Cats slayed them in the first half, and then slipped into man management mode.
This game is for keeps, CATS will keep the pressure on the throat.
SWANS and Dockers. wet wet wet with wet. I have analysed stats, allowed for the heteroscedacity coefficiency and the Swans win by 3points, ( + or – 36points)
Kangaroos and BOMBERS I confess I’m going with my heart and may change my tip every day.
Roos have scored a heap more, and Bombers can have a 4th Qtr let down, BUT Finals are not like regular games, and Bomber has coached a lot more finals
Power Port and TIGGEERRRSSS . When a team gets on a roll they are very hard to stop, and Tiges are very keen to make up for the loss in last years finals
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Round Twenty Three – It’s all about perception and perspective. But it depends how you look at it
Pies and HAWKS Is this really Collingwood playing?. I don’t recognise many names.
The real bummer is half the Pies need to back up on Sat in the VFL Elim Final against Sandringham
Blues play the BOMBERS. My crystal ball tells me a BIG win for the Bombers
FREEO to just by a bit beat Port. Very Iffity game. Win and you play the Swans in Sydney.
Lose and you host a home final against the tiges (most likely)
Swans to go down to the TIGGGEERRRSSS. Swans finish on top no matter what
Am starting like Ben Griffo. A big lump who can jump and knows where the goals are
CATS to mop up the Lions. This is just tending to business while the action goes on elsewhere
ROOS to beat the Dees. No ladder affects here so don’t get hurt or suspended
Suns to miss out to EAGLES. To Hunt or not to Hunt, that is the question.
CROWS to win over the Saints. Depending on results this game may or may not matter
Actually the Saints have a real chance if they play like they did when they whooped Freeo.
BULLDOGS to outrun the Giants. I am pretty much over it for this weekend
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Round Twenty Two Limer rocks
PORT to clobber the Blues.
There was an old coach named Mick
Who liked to give someone the stick
His eyes could transfick
And encourage conflick
You never get a rose without the prick
ROOS to decimate the Crows in South Eastern Tassie.
There was a big man named Tex
He had big hair and big Pex
He’s the Crows new redeemer
With many a big screamer
And also a mean misdemeanour
BOMBERS to just beat the Suns.
There is a young star named heppell
Who’s favoured for the brownlow medell
But completely unplanned
He fractured his hand
And now they may just crash land
Giants guzunda to the PIES who will work threw their recent vicissitudes, and triumph.
There was big team in the comp
And for most games it was a romp
But then came the Lionce
Who did not compliance
And tested their medical science
EAGLES to mop up the Dees.
There was an old coach named Roos
Who coaches a team that is sick
Not playing to win
Is seen as a sin
But he just wants the first pick
Hawks and the CATS. A six day break and flying back from WA will be tough for Hawks.
There was an old Cat named ling
Who thought a coach was his thing
He had three good offers
To swell out his coffers
But he choose not to do such a thing
Lions to flop to FREEO.
There was a young man named fyfe
Who caused big trouble and strife
He has great skill
But plays like a dill
And may have a short sporting life
Bulldogs and the SWANS.
There was a tall lad from sydnee
Who loved to kick the footee
His team mate ran free
And said pass it to me
He said Nein
TIGGEERRRSSS smash the Saints.
There is young player name Jack
Who’s sometimes a bit of an Ass
Not the one that’s soft and round and pink
But the one with long ears that eats grass
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Round 21 – Anfractuous
The Blues don’t have a window and are playing in the dark. The CATS can see all before them.
They may play with their mouse, but it can only end one way. Catawampus
SWANS to decimate Saints. Buddy really wants a Coleman, and Swans really want a big win.
One way traffic criss crossing the field but always ending in a goal feast
Suns will be going down to PORT To much of a good thing is never enough.
Bombers in a hard fort and torturous running battle with the EAGLES
Only because Eagles have hit a purple patch. Both teams to score a century.
PIES to rock the Lions. A knurly game for the Pies that could easily go awryly skewwiff
Crows to be ripped apart by mighty TIGGEERRSSSS. Will have a big impact on the eight.
Both teams have found their Mojo and play a similar style. Man on mano. A tight one
KANGAS to beat the Bulldogs. A lopsided encounter that will be tilted in favour of the team hirer on the ladder
DEMONS to beat the Giants. The bounce of the lopsided ball will deliver indirect justice
FREEO to upset the Hawks. Sometimes football, like life, is a bit topsy turvy. It’s all about attitude and timing. And being straight
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Round Twenty – Sententious eh
TIGERS should thrash the Bombers, fingers crossed. But as they say “one week at a time”.
Giants and KANGAROOS. Giants will get somewhere but as they say “Rome wasn’t built in a day”.
Blues to be burnt by the SUNS. “When your only tool is a hammer every problem looks like a nail”.
HAWKS will beat the Demons and just be “happy to get the four points”.
Port to get plummeted by the SWANS. As they say “We just stuck to our game plan as a playing group and the talls stood up”.
CATS and Freo. As they say “You don’t rise to the occasion, you sink to your level of training”.
Lions to play the CROWS. As they say “We knew they would come out hard but we just took our chances”.
Saints undone by the BULLDOGS. “They’ve just got to go out there and play four quarters of footy”
Eagles is a real doozy with the PIES. As they say “hunger is the best sauce”.
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Round Nineteen – Another hill to climb
FREEO by ten goals over the Blues. After their last abysmal effort Freeo will be very keen to raise their percentage this week, to squeak a chance at top two.
SWANS to go hard against the Bombers. Swans need to win and win well to remain in top posit
CROWS to overbeat the Eagles. Crows finally made the eight, now they fight to stay there
TIGERS should thrash the young Giants. But I am worried about the big C. C-C-Complacency
Suns undone by SAINTS. Both have their share of the good, the bad and the downright ugly, but based on last game form, and that the Saints owe them one.
Kangaroos in a personal rivalry with the CATS. I only picked the Cats because I like the look of the coach.
DEMONS and Lions. Partly a gut feeling, but mostly just sympathy
HAWKS to good for Bulldogs. Hawks chasing percentage, but last week could have taken a toll.
Pies to be shaded by PORT. For some fans this game is very black and white.
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Round Eighteen – All teams Away
Eagles to be dustined by TIGGEERRRSSSS. I would bet my ex house on this one.
Lions to get burnt by the SUNS. Stand up boys and play like you mean it.
Hawks overwhelmed by SWANS Hope hawks can put on a better show than cats did
Pies in a knee trembler with the CROWS. The straightest and unblinkingest team will win.
– EASY TIGER