2013 : Round 21 - Results

St Kilda's two final scoring shots weren't good for my mental state on Sunday afternoon, coming as they did with the Swans holding a 61-point lead, barely sufficient to cover the 57.5 points start we were contractually obliged to offer the Saints as our part of the line bet. Had either scoring shot been a goal rather than, as both turned out, behinds, Investors would have finished the round with a much more substantial loss (and my Sunday dinner would have tasted much worse).

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2013 : Round 21 - Wagers & Tips (Updated)

Right now must be a challenging time to be a bookmaker. Just how do you price a team whose coach, assistant coach, head doctor and football manager are the subject of charges by the AFL Commission, none of which will be resolved for a couple of weeks?

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2013 : MARS, Massey, Colley and ODM Ratings After Round 20

Geelong and Sydney traded places on the MARS Rating ladder this week, as did the Tigers and the Roos, and the Blues and the Crows, each swap representing a change of just a single ladder position. The round's only other movements were both more significant, each a two-position move, with West Coast climbing up into 8th, and Essendon sliding down into 11th.

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2013 : Round 20 - Results

Joy at the start of the round, joy at the end; no joy in between. That was the story of Round 20 wagering for Investors.

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2013 : Round 20 - Wagers & Tips

Only Sunday's Crows v Roos game has escaped the collective attention of the MAFL Funds this week, the Head-to-Head Fund venturing a single wager on the Saints, the round's only clear home team underdog, the Line Fund also lining up behind the Saints but as well behind four home team favourites, and the Margin Fund strafing the schedule with SuperMargin wagers in seven games.

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