Guest tippers for Rounds 3 and 4

Wealthmaker.com lays down the odds for Round 4

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No odds  Richmond vs Collingwood  No odds

The Pies are at unbackable odds, so we won’t let you back them.....we’re not stupid.  Exotic bets are available on how many goals they score.

Exotic Bets:

<20 goals Pays $10

20-25 Pays $1.10 

25-30 Pays $1.01

30+ Pays $1.03

$1.20 Hawthorn vs West Coast $2.75

West Coast have started well, but the honeymoon can’t last forever.  They did collect the wooden spoon last year after all.

Exotic Bet:  Worsfold is the first coaching casualty of 2011 Pays $5

$1.92 Carlton vs Essendon $1.92

Could be the game of the round.  Flip a coin and empty your wallet, ‘cos we have no idea.

Exotic Bet: Hirdy’s blonde locks ain’t so blonde by the end of the year Pays $1.90

$3.50 Sydney vs Geelong $1.50

With inflation, increasing cost of living and probably a carbon tax soon, the only responsible action for Sydneysiders is to make larger and riskier bets.  Go long on the Swans.

Exotic Bet: Gary Ablett desperately asks Geelong to take him back for 2012 Pays $1.05

$2.50 Port Adelaide vs Adelaide $1.75

Showdowns are always tough to pick.  If anything gets Port off the bottom of the ladder, it’ll be the thought of getting beaten by The Crows.

Exotic Bets:  First punchup starts before quarter time Pays $2

$100 Gold Coast vs Melbourne $1.01

The Suns will do well to finish second last this year.  Still .... might be worth a flutter.

Exotic Bet:  Carmichael Hunt starts cramping during the national anthem Pays $1.10

$1.60 Fremantle vs North Melbourne $2.10

Could Freo finally live up to the promise?  They’ve let you all down before.  Any reason they won’t again?

Exotic Bet:  NM President James Brayshaw cries before the final siren Pays $1.50

For this week only, a Super Exotic Bet on which teams get the BYE.  Pick the trifecta of Brisbane, St Kilda and Western Bulldogs Pays $0.99

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Tipper the Iceberg breaks through

He's so cool!  Tipper the Iceberg's tips for Round 3 scored a perfect 8 from 8.  Check it out.

“FEV” BIDING HIS TIME IN DIGNIFIED SILENCE

Before we get to the nitty-gritty of this round, allow me a little reflection on a great thinker and footy champion. I refer, of course, to Brendan “Brains” Fevola. In this column last year I foresaw both the demise of Andrew “Dingbats” Demetriou and the rise to prominence of Fev in a very senior administrative role. A year on, and Demetriou is still doing to footy what so many American men got to do to Liz Taylor – or was that vice versa?

Anyway, Dingbats simply has to go and you are now seeing this play out exactly as I predicted. Fevola has made his gracious exit from an unappreciative Lions unit and is strategically biding his time in the VFL - with characteristic dignity, it must be said - before making his strike at Demetriou's top job.

Assuredly Fevola will prevail, partly because he clearly carries more weight than ever in the game -  have you seen him lately? - but mainly because (to borrow a phrase) we all know it makes sense!

Rumours, however, that Ricky Nixon will be his Deputy are just that - wild rumours – and are plainly nonsense. Let's stay in the real world, for Heaven's sake!

And so to the footy this week:

The red-hot Pies will bake the Blues by no less than six goals;

The Doggies are barking mad after Round 1 and will bite the hapless Suns by a good ten;

Even away from home, Freo will pluck the Crows like pheasants (No, don't try to spoonerise that!);

The battle of the Gold Guernsies will be close but will go the Hawkers' way;

The Eagles may well stall this week and allow the Swannies to glide to a narrow win;

Expect demoniacal Melbourne to do the roaring, not the Lions, and to win by five;

The Catters, sadly, will be too strong at Kadinia Park for a struggling Power; and.....

The last game will be a ripper. Heardy's revitalised Dons to sneak past the Sainters by one.

TippertheIceberg  (So cool!)

Chief (and only) correspondent to the Antarctic Almanac