Make a Big Call - Weekly Edition

[T Dog]

R 18

Jack Redden will crack 90 DT and SC pts this week. His average of low 60's to be belted.
Libba and Fasolo back too early from injury and neither last out the game.
Jack Riewoldt goes large against the Hawks with at least 7 goals.
With Robinson potentially not tagging this week, Zerrett hits 175 SC and DT pts
Big Trav has a night out against the Roos and kicks at least 8 goals.

[HappyDEZ]

Treloar gets 40+ disp.
Lance has 10+ scoring shots.
Essendon by 40+ points.
TOUK goes bunta LOL 100+ in both formats.....PLEASE.
Wagner (Melb) has his best DT day 99+.

[King_Robbo]

Port and GWS dish up one of the games of the year. GWS win by under a kick
Danger shows just how much Adel miss him and leads Geelong to a 4 goal win
St kilda and Brisbane provide the upsets of the round
Neale scores 180 in SC

[fanTCfool]

Round 12 Wrap

Incorrect Calls

T Dog
"No "Home" Teams win this week." - Started off well, but in the end a fair few Home sides got up
"Gold Coast clobber the Tiges by at least 50 points." - The Tigers ended up pinching the W
"If Ryan Griffin plays he will be in top 3 GWS scorers for both SC and DT" - Griff did play, and played fairly well, but could not crack the Top 3 in either format

SydneyRox
"Mills gets 30 disposals 2goals and wins RS nomination" - Only 20 touches and no scores for Mills in a disappointing day for the Swannies
"Tippett to get more of every stat than Mumford" - Tippett looked well and truly on track before going down injured, unlucky!
"James Rose kicks 6goals" - He had 4 scoring shots, and only managed 1.3
"JPK has 50 disposals (40contested)" - A tag and a poor Swannies performance prevented this one

HappyDEZ
"Dees by 31-40." - Unlucky! Dees by 46, a goal too many
"Wingard gets the X Factor on FF (a tad unlucky last week)." - Honeychruch claimed the X-Factor this week
"Hawks by 65-70." - A big hundred point win for the Hawks against the Bombers
"Luey (Ess) gets his second SC ton in a row." - A tough night for the Bombers, not a single ton for the entire team
"Sidey (Coll) has his best DT day for the year 145+" - A quiet day for Sidey, only 81DT

Big Mac
"Petracca BOG on Monday" - Tracca was good, but many of his teammates were better in a smashing
"Rocky to have less than 20 disposals" - 34 touches for Rocky this week
"Gaz to score 180+ in SC" - GC's best with 127, but even Dusty (167) couldn't crack the 180 mark

_wato
"Dons lose to the Hawks by under 16 points tonight after leading at half time." - Hmmm, not quite
"Pies to smash the Dees, Treloar to have 35+" - Roles reversed! Dees smashed the Pies
"Heater to go under 75SC points, 40+ points under his average." - 118SC for Heater against the Swannies
"Rocky to have over 51 touches." - 51 would have made for a Massive Call! No such luck
"The HOFF kicks the first goal against the Dogs tomorrow." - Luke Dahlhaus kicked the first goal of the day, before a tragic injury!

Spite
"Barlow to tag Rockcliff ahead of Rich, Hanley and Zorko." - Barlow tag went to Rich this time
"Smartin to return to form with a 100+ score in both SC and DT." - Poor Stefan, couldn't get close to 100 in either format
"Rosa to tear it up on the wing at the G and have 30+ touches." - Only 23 touches for Rosa, perhaps if the Suns got up he would have got there
"Gold Coast to be leading at half-time, before going on to lose the match." - Close! Needed to have put 3QT
"Port to trounce the Dogs at home, leading at all breaks." - So close! Doggies get a 3 point win
"Docherty to record the triple double of at least 10 kicks, 10 handballs and 10 marks." - 1 too many calls from you Spitey!

LaHug
"Rockliff and Neale to combine for 300+ in AF/DT" - Rocky did his bit, but a Neale tag stopped this one
"Heath Shaw to get 200+ in SC" - A big game again for Heater, but no 200 point performance
"Essendon to lead at half time" - A comfortable lead at each break for the Hawks
"Adelaide to beat West Coast 30+" - Very unlucky call LaHug! Crows by 29  :'(


Correct Calls

Big Mac
"Geelong to beat North by 30+" - Bingo! Cats by 31, a nice Big Call (1)

LaHug
"Brisbane vs. Fremantle to be the highest scoring (game score, not fantasy) game of the round" - Well, this is really difficult to judge. It was the highest scoring game of the round - but it was tied with the Tiges and Suns match, both finished with 211 points when the two teams combined! For that reason, I can only award 1 point (halved from 2) :'( (1)

Leaderboard - Round 12
Big Mac - 1pt
LaHug - 1pt

Leaderboard - Overall
T Dog - 7pts
HappyDEZ - 6pts
LaHug - 4pts
SilverLion - 3pts
_wato - 2pts
Holz - 2pts
Koop - 2pts
AaronKirk - 2pts
Torpedo10 - 2pts
Big Mac - 2pts
Grufflez - 1pt
Gandalf123 - 1pt
SydneyRox - 1pt

Call of the Week
"Brisbane vs. Fremantle to be the highest scoring (game score, not fantasy) game of the round" - LaHug

Final Word:
A busy week for Big Calls, but not too many came off. LaHug can count himself unlucky after calls about the Crows, Dockers and Lions missed their mark by 1 straight kick. However, LaHug moves into outright third position after adding 1 point to his tally after a long drought. Big Mac joins the pack on 2pts, with T Dog still leading HappyDEZ at the top of the pops. Time for the byes.

[fanTCfool]

Round 13 Wrap

Incorrect Calls

T Dog
"Petrie scores 100 + SC and DT points" - 3 goals for Drew, but not a lot else, shy of 100 in both formats
"Lions get up over West Coast" - Eagles relatively comfortably over the Lions on the road
"GWS have both Big Mummy and Stevie J out this week and no one notices." - Probably a fair call, but can't really award points for it  ;)

HappyDEZ
"Jack Redden lays a season best 10+ tackles." - A little bit short, only 7 tackles for Jack
"Billy Hartung has his best ever fantasy day 103+ in DT." - 68DT for Billy against the Roos
"At least one Lions player gets suspended by the MRP." - Nope, nothing for the MRP to see from this match
"Brisbanes future (Schache & Hipwood) get at least 2 goals each." - Scache bagged 2, but only 1 for Hipwood, unlucky!

LaHug
"No more than 4 scores of 120+ this week in AF/DT" - A pretty big week for AF/DT, a fair few scores over the 120 mark
"Every away team wins" - 4/6, close but not quite
"Essendon to have 3 goalless quarters!" - Bombers pushed the Giants at home, a goal in each quarter
"Hawthorn to trail at every break but win" - Sounds like something the Hawks would do, but they did lead at 3QT
"JJK to become just the 7th player in AFL/VFL history to kick 16+ goals in a game" - That would have been very memorable

SydneyRox
"All home teams Bar bombers to win" - Only the Dockers and Swans got up at home this week
"James Rose kicks 5 goals and wins rising star award" - Nothing on the scoreboard for James this week
"Stef Martin to score 160+ SC" - He got surprisingly close! But not quite.
"Bombers to be in front a 3qtr" - Very nearly! Only 8 points behind at 3QT
"Lewis Jetta has 30 disposals and kicks 4goals" - Jetta was pretty woeful considering the opposition. WAFL awaits!

Piccollo
"GWS to beat Essendon by 130 points+" - The Giants couldn't even get a 30 point win, let alone 130!
"Dangerfield kicks 3 and has 25 possies in a losing side" - The Danger-man killed it, but Cats won comfortably
"JPK gets 20 contested possesions" - Close! Only 16CPS for JPK against the Dees
"Stef Martin falls short of 100 sc" - Nope! He went bananas without West in the side

Spite
"Giles to outscore Smartin in SC" - Stefan lazily doubled his score  8)
"Buddy to have 10 scoring shots" - 4 goals from 6 scoring shots for Buddy this week
"Sinclair to outscore Gawn in SC" - Sinclair was very quiet and Gawn did what Gawn has done all year
"Zaha to get 15+ kicks, 10+ handballs, 15+ contested possies and 110+ DT vs GWS" - Zaha fought hard, but fell just short of almost all of those criteria.


Correct Calls

T Dog
"Stef Martin scores 100+ SC and DT points" - From the dead! Stefan goes big with 100+ in both (142 SC) (2)

HappyDEZ
"Lin Jong has a season best game. 76+ in both formats." - One of few Dogs to perform, cracked the DT ton! Could have set the bar higher for more points. (2)

Piccollo
"Eliott Yeo BOG" - He received the star on FF, that's good enough for me! (2)

Spite
"R. Gray, who has gone 113+ in DT in his last 4 at Domain Stadium, to go sub 85 DT this time" - Copped the tag and was kept quiet, only 76DT, good call Spite! (2)

Leaderboard - Round 13
T Dog - 2pts
HappyDEZ - 2pts
Piccollo - 2pts
Spite - 2pts

Leaderboard - Overall
T Dog - 9pts
HappyDEZ - 8pts
LaHug - 4pts
SilverLion - 3pts
Spite - 2pts
Big Mac - 2pts
Piccollo - 2pts
_wato - 2pts
Holz - 2pts
Koop - 2pts
AaronKirk - 2pts
Torpedo10 - 2pts
Grufflez - 1pt
Gandalf123 - 1pt
SydneyRox - 1pt

Call of the Week
"GWS have both Big Mummy and Stevie J out this week and no one notices." - T Dog

Final Word:
4 Very Big Calls this week which were hard to separate, all of which received 2pts. T Dog and HappyDEZ continue to break away from the pack, however the gap between T Dog and HappyDEZ remains the same. Spite and Piccollo were welcomed to the leaderboard this week and join the masses on 2pts. Hopefully the second week of the byes can bring as many Big Calls as the first.

[fanTCfool]

Round 14 Wrap

Incorrect Calls

HappyDEZ
"Pendles, Treloar & Sidey all go 110+ in both formats." - Pendles struggled with the flu and Sidey was tagged, only Treloar got up here
"Josh Jenkins gets zero goals." - JJ was quiet, but still managed to snag a goal in a comfortable win over the Roos
"Liam Shiels lays a personal season high 17+ tackles." - Only 8 tackles for Shiels against the Suns
"Ed Curnow gets the gun in FF." - No gun was awarded in the Blues match against the Giants
"Rocky goes at least one better with 49+ possies." - Only the 30 touches for Rocky this week, quiet by his lofty standards

Spite
"Cloke to kick 25% of Collingwoods goals or more" - Only 2 of the Pies 12 goals came from Clokey against the Dockers
"Rocky to go sub 90 SC" - Rocky finished with a flat 100SC against the Tiges this week
"Danger to go sub 110 SC" - Unlucky! Danger finished spot on 110SC so I cannot pay this one
"SJ to kick 5 against the Blues" - Another very unlucky one Spiteyman! Stevie finished with 4.2
"Gazza to kick 3 or more against the Hawks in Tassie" - Gaz played a lone, dominant hand against the Hawks but only snagged 1 major

T Dog
"Cloke hits opponent, gets 2 weeks. Pies plea offer to take 4 weeks." - No suspension for Big Trav in a pretty bland match
"Hodge re injures himself, doesn't last til 1/2 time." - Hodgey played loose down back and played out the entirety of the game
"Barlow breaks 120 SC and DT" - 31 touches for Barlow against Clokey's men, but couldn't crack 120 in either format

_wato
"Danger goes under 100SC" - A heavy Ross tag in an epic match, but Danger still cracked the 100 mark
"Carlton beat the Giants at Spotless" - Would have certainly made my weekend! Competitive for 3QTs but not quite
"Hall Gaz Prestia score over 300 points in all formats." - Even with a monster 159SC from Gaz, this couldn't get up
"Saints lead Cats all day to lose in the last." - The Sainters prevailed in a thriller!

GoLions
"Rocky highest DT scorer of the week, only player over 150" - Even Connor Menadue had Rocky covered in DT this week
"Lions beat Tigs" - Would have been very nice to see
"Danger scores under 90 in SC" - Why did so many people expect Danger to flop this week?
"Excluding last night, all game margins fall within 20 points" - Giants and Blues always looked set to tear this call apart
"A game this week has the SC points split 50/50" - 100 points between two clubs? Ridiculous! Must add up to 3300  ;)

LaHug
"Rocky, Danger, GAJ combine for 400+ in AF/DT" - Gaz did his bit, but the other two fellers were a bit quiet
"Cloke to kick 5+ goals" - Clokey! Nope, only the two goals for Trav in his big return
"Hodge to be a late out" - Hodgey racked up 28 touches in what was a pretty good performance
"Giants win by 100+" - Perhaps if that last quarter went for a few more minutes...
"Jack Newnes to remember he used to be relevant and crack 115+ in SC for the first time this year" - Snagged two goals but could only manage 82SC points


Correct Calls

_wato
"Menapoo gets 80+ SC" - Menadue revival! A whopping 130 from the new GOAT got this comfortably over the line (2)

Leaderboard - Round 14
_wato - 2pts

Leaderboard - Overall
T Dog - 9pts
HappyDEZ - 8pts
LaHug - 4pts
_wato - 4pts
SilverLion - 3pts
Spite - 2pts
Big Mac - 2pts
Piccollo - 2pts
Holz - 2pts
Koop - 2pts
AaronKirk - 2pts
Torpedo10 - 2pts
Grufflez - 1pt
Gandalf123 - 1pt
SydneyRox - 1pt

Call of the Week
"Menapoo gets 80+ SC" - _wato

Final Word:
_wato manufactured our only correct call of the week, with an amazing prediction of Connor Menadue's massive score. He joins LaHug in equal third place with 4 points. Spite's shocking luck from the previous round continues, narrowly missing out on two more calls. Neither T Dog or HappyDEZ added to their tallies this week, meaning that T Dog remains out in front by a single point.

[GoLions]

Lions go on to win 2 in a row, beating Port by 30+
Rocky goes 150+ in both DT and SC for the 2nd week in a row
Maxy GAWNNNNNNNNN goes 200+ in SC
Freo upset the Swans to win by <20 points
Crows make a statement after their poor showing against the Cats, beating the Bombers by 100+ early in the 4th, only for the Bombers to kick a few late ones to bring the final margin into the naughty nineties

[T Dog]

Overawed Boomer flops with under 60 SC and DT
Archie Smith snags 40+ hit out in his 1st game for the Lions.
Adam Marcon busts out with 80 + SC in his 1st game for the Tiges
Bombers sneak a win, taking down the overconfident Crows.

[Holz]

Overawed Boomer flops with under 60 SC and DT
Archie Smith snags 40+ hit out in his 1st game for the Lions.
Adam Marcon busts out with 80 + SC in his 1st game for the Tiges
Bombers sneak a win, taking down the overconfident Crows.

this has to be a 3 vote call.

[HappyDEZ]

Jackson Trengove (PA) goes 100+ in both formats.
Gawn gets the star in FF.
Goldy gets the star in FF.
Heath Shaw goes 150+ in SC.
Hannebery goes a season best 137+ in DT.

[LaHug]

Dunno if it's happened this year but all the favourites win this weekend
Average winning margin for the round is 30+ points
Richmond to have a goalless quarter ( :( )
Crows to be up by 50+ at quarter time
Sloane, Danger, and Rocky to combine for 400+ in AF

[LaHug]

Dunno if it's happened this year but all the favourites win this weekend
Average winning margin for the round is 30+ points
Richmond to have a goalless quarter ( :( )
Crows to be up by 50+ at quarter time
Sloane, Danger, and Rocky to combine for 400+ in AF

Hahaha flower :'(

Also, the one below could've been right too if I'd said Giants...

[LaHug]

Dunno if it's happened this year but all the favourites win this weekend
Average winning margin for the round is 30+ points
Richmond to have a goalless quarter ( :( )
Crows to be up by 50+ at quarter time
Sloane, Danger, and Rocky to combine for 400+ in AF

Hahaha flower :'(

Also, the one below could've been right too if I'd said Giants...

Can I get double points because there were two goalless quarters? Lowest score since 1958. I hate this team.

[LaHug]

Dunno if it's happened this year but all the favourites win this weekend Collingwood ruined this one.
Average winning margin for the round is 30+ points Average margin of 49.1. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm fairly sure this is the first time it's been 30+ all season.
Richmond to have a goalless quarter ( :( ) Depressingly correct :'(
Crows to be up by 50+ at quarter time Nope
Sloane, Danger, and Rocky to combine for 400+ in AF 339. I don't think I'll ever get one of these 400+ combos right. So hard to get.

[fanTCfool]

They're going to be fun to mark when I get around to them LaHug, heaps of things to factor in  :-\