Macca

@Clintosaurus @BDA Tips, gentlemen!

Ravens, Carolina, Bills

Eagles lose again! Chargers were good though and they are right in the hunt Eagles still 1.5 wins ahead of the Cowboys but with a much easier finish to the regular season Dallas would probably have to win out to have any sort of chance at the division title as the Eagles have the Commanders twice, home to the Raiders and @ the Bills in their last 4 games Cowboys finish with Vikes, Chargers, @Washington, @Giants. Win all 4 and Dallas will finish with a 10-1-6 record (possible wildcard spot?)

@Gorgoroth @Clintosaurus @Go the Biff @titan_uranus @ElDiablo14 @BDA @layzie @Dee Zephyr Leaderboard Tipping Comp 32 - Clintosaurus, Macca 30 - layzie 29 - Go the Biff 28 - BDA 25 - Gorgoroth, titan_uranus 21 - Dee Zephyr, ElDiablo14 13 - Dr. Gonzo Tough week! A maximum of 4 points on offer if you can go it alone (3 road winners) Good luck, gentlemen

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KC will need a miracle now to make the playoffs. They're cooked Pittsburgh or Baltimore but not both. It's win the division or go home Ditto for Carolina or Tampa in the NFC South The AFC South (Jags, Colts, Texans) & the NFC North (Bears, Packers, Lions) are too close to call with divisional games to decide matters The NFC West also has 3 teams vying for 2 playoff spots but maybe all 3 can make the playoffs (Currently it's the Rams 10 & 3, Seattle 10 & 3 and the Niners 9 & 4) It's going to be a mad scramble in the lead up to the playoffs Broncos, Pats & Eagles should win their divisions now Bleacher Report Power Rankings will be out tomorrow sometime

Broncos, Rams, Seattle

Socceroos WC Group not too difficult but not easy either (no powerhouse to contend with) So it's the USA, Paraguay and one of Turkey, Romania, Slovakia or Kosovo For our Scottish friends here on this thread, they've drawn Brazil, Haiti & Morocco

Match evenly poised but if the Aussies can bat on for a good amount of time, it will be advantage Oz Hard to predict what the wicket will do but if the cracks appear and it gets worse for batting, even a reasonable small target like 250 in the 4th innings might be a tricky assignment

Big game tomorrow to kick things off Almost a knock-out match for the loser as both Dallas & Detroit need to win (and keep winning)

Stumbled across another gem ... 'The Offer' (made and released in 2022) A 10 part mini-series Docu-Drama about the making of 'The Godfather'. Actually, it's more a story about the hindrances and roadblocks put forward Fast paced with plenty of nostalgia involved and the music that accompanies the show is great All the actors who played out the various roles are very good (Puzo, Coppola, Ruddy, Pacino et al) The Offer IMDB

@Gorgoroth @Clintosaurus @Go the Biff @titan_uranus @ElDiablo14 @BDA @layzie @Dee Zephyr Leaderboard Tipping Comp 29 - Clintosaurus, Macca 27 - layzie 26 - Go the Biff 25 - BDA 22 - Gorgoroth, titan_uranus 21 - Dee Zephyr 20 - ElDiablo14 13 - Dr. Gonzo Points to play for, to close the season out Week 14 - 3 points Week 15 - 3 points Week 16 - 3 points Week 17 - 6 points Week 18 - 6 points And a bonus point is on offer for anyone who wins the Week outright (3 + 1) or (6 + 1)

Oliver was a great player but his last 3 years have been ordinary (for one reason or another) So he has regressed However, his kicking to position has always been ordinary and he rarely kicks short With the long kick forward* becoming a thing of the past means that his handballing and ball-getting ability are his weapons His short range vision A grade but long range vision C or D Grade (?) And we did acquire Steele with the freed up salary cap space as a result of his departure So on an overall basis, it was Petracca & Oliver for 3 first round draft picks & Steele It's definitely a win if the 3 picks and Steele turn up trumps (remembering that Oliver & Petracca are also entering their 30's, soon enough) As a starting point from a trade point of view, we need one of the picks to be of A grade quality and Steele to play well for 3 or 4 years And we no longer have to deal with 2 disruptive influencers *Short passing and or handballing into the forward 50 could become a style that is used 75% - 90% of the time. It's certainly heading that way

Leaderboard Tipping Comp 29 - Clintosaurus, Macca 27 - layzie 26 - Go the Biff 25 - BDA 22 - Gorgoroth, titan_uranus 21 - Dee Zephyr 20 - ElDiablo14 13 - Dr. Gonzo Points to play for to close the season out Week 14 - 3 points Week 15 - 3 points Week 16 - 3 points Week 17 - 6 points Week 18 - 6 points And a bonus point is on offer for anyone who wins the Week outright (3 + 1) or (6 + 1)

Rams, Jags, Bills

Bears go to 9 & 3 after a win at Phikadelphia!! The NFC North is up for grabs with only the Vikes out of it

@hardtack 'Down Cemetary Road' has that 'The 39 Steps' feel to the show (in terms of the adventure up North to Scotland) 2 more episodes to go and it's a real cliffhanger Here's 'The 39 Steps' (Colorised and in HD) ... made 90 years ago. A Classic movie for those who haven't seen it

Ha! Cook praised the Cats and didn't comment on the Eagles Was rather circumspect with regards to Carlton. Made mention that winning consistently year in, year out was a part of a club's DNA (or not)

Would be interested to know what he thinks our DNA is? (in an interview with SEN in the recent past, Cook stated that all the clubs have a DNA that defines them) Aside from all that, it's a very smart move by the club, as Cook has been a highly successful CEO and has overseen 2 very successful football clubs

Yes, the NRL broadcast rights could end up elsewhere than Foxtel/Kayo Especially if the AFL rights can't be budged from it's total amount as it stands (Foxtel/Kayo) ... sounds like it's too much of a commitment to cover both sports Wouldn't surprise me if Stan end up with the NRL and DAZN & the AFL continue to be in conflict. It's not ideal for the broadcast partners to be warring with each other So far, we've heard DAZN air their grievances out in public. Will the AFL even respond given the large amount of money at stake? Might be best to say nothing

@La Dee-vina Comedia Ch7 are in the business of making money and it's all about the ratings and the advertising dollars It's up to the AFL to get the best deal for their sport. It was just a few years ago that Ch7 took CA to court over the quality of the sport (specifically the BIg Bash) So when you're forking out $Billions you want bang for your buck If the sport was hugely watchable for the neutrals, it's a different conversation So when considering that DAZN are an English firm, I can see them either opting out or brokering a different deal (if possible) Some contracts are not watertight so watch this space ... DAZN have already dumped the French & Belgium leagues

Foxtel/Kayo bought the rights to Saturday's, it wasn't necessarily ch7 dropping out As for Thursday night games, that's been a success As for DAZN, if they can opt out of AFL, they probably will What we might be left with is anyone's guess but another streaming service is on the cards (and the consequences of such a move) The biggie for me is if the NRL on Ch9 can continually beat the footy on Ch7 ... no one likes coming 2nd As previously stated numerous times, it's all about the neutral eyes, not the rusted on types

'Down Cemetary Road' looks the goods, HT ... the 2 lead actresses are favourites of mine too Also, 'Pluribus' is superb and well worth a look, especially so (or more so) if you like the genre (Dystopian Sci-fi, Dark Comedy, Psychological Drama) Vince Gilligan writes and directs a number of episodes (formerly X-Files, Breaking Bad & Better Call Saul)

Yeah, I've arranged a late start on Friday so will get all or most the first 2 games in live ... and Joe Burrow is back for the Bengals so the Cinci/Ravens match should be a good one as well It's the best line-up of games we've seen on Thanksgiving for quite a while Everything is on the line for 5 of the 6 teams engaged And then we get the 8 & 3 Bears @ the 8 & 3 Eagles at 7.00am Saturday morning A Feast of Football with another 11 games to come on Monday

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