Tips, Bets And Other Stuff Round 11 Version

AFL Home and Away
Pos.	Team	P	W	L	D	B	F	A	%	Pts
1	Fremantle	10	9	1	0	0	916	655	139.85	36
2	Sydney Swans	10	8	2	0	0	904	644	140.37	32
3	West Coast Eagles	10	7	3	0	0	1076	706	152.41	28
4	Collingwood	10	7	3	0	0	991	772	128.37	28
5	GWS Giants	10	7	3	0	0	946	837	113.02	28
6	Hawthorn	10	6	4	0	0	1094	705	155.18	24
7	Adelaide Crows	10	6	4	0	0	947	838	113.01	24
8	Richmond	10	6	4	0	0	859	770	111.56	24
9	Port Adelaide	10	5	5	0	0	830	826	100.48	20
10	Geelong Cats	10	5	5	0	0	881	897	98.22	20
11	Western Bulldogs	10	5	5	0	0	855	887	96.39	20
12	North Melbourne	10	5	5	0	0	878	959	91.55	20
13	Essendon	10	4	6	0	0	756	826	91.53	16
14	St Kilda	10	3	7	0	0	831	1061	78.32	12
15	Melbourne	10	3	7	0	0	701	971	72.19	12
16	Brisbane Lions	10	2	8	0	0	719	1073	67.01	8
17	Carlton	10	1	9	0	0	737	1122	65.69	4
18	Gold Coast Suns	10	1	9	0	0	697	1069	65.20	4

Round 11 starts the first round of byes with Adelaide, Brisbane, Carlton, Hawthorn, Richmond and the Bulldogs all having the weekend off.
Despite losing Friday night the Fockers still hold a point lead at the top of the ladder but positions for the top 4 are really heating up with the Swans on 32. Weagles, Pies and the Giants 28 and Hawks, Crows and Tigers 24 with a further 4 teams on 20 points.

The first round of byes begins this week and with a host of significant matches taking place with major ramifications for teams aiming for a finals spot. 

Collingwood are playing the Giants at the MCG in what is a rare appearance for GWS at this venue with both teams in a position to consolidate a top 4 spot should be a beauty, the Swans and the Roos play at Etihad Stadium,  North are on 20 points just 4 points outside of the top 8 and the Swans 2nd with 32 points pushing for top spot. 

After suffering their first loss of the year Fremantle travel to Metricon to take on injury ravaged Gold Coast and this could be ugly, with their manic defense I'm predicting the Suns could struggle to score over 40 in this match.

After 6 straight wins the Eagles will face Essendon at home and with the train wreck that is currently the Essendon football club this could be 100 plus point drubbing hope I'm wrong as I love the Bombers but after watching the garbage we have been churning out lately I can't see anything but a shellacking coming up, the Eagles average 107.6 points a game where as Essendon average 75.6 which sums up their offensive capabilities at the moment.

Friday night sees Port playing the Cats at the Adelaide Oval with the Power starting to find their feet after a slow start to the year. After having a quick look at Geelongs recent interstate record it doesn't bode very well for them with only 2 wins out of  7 games last year.

The last match of the round is St.Kilda against Melbourne at Etihad Stadium. Both teams sit on 3 wins and this promises to be a great game, only the Dees poor recent record at Etihad has me thinking the Saints will win this but only just.

MY TIPS AND BETS FOR ROUND 11
COLLINGWOOD v GWS GIANTS @ MCG 
TIP: Giants by 10 points
BET: Either team by Under 15.5 points
GOLD COAST v FREMANTLE @ Metricon Stadium
TIP: Fremantle by 80 points
BET: Fremantle by 60+
WC EAGLES v ESSENDON @ Domain Stadium
TIP: Eagles by 47 points
BET: Eagles by 25+
PORT ADELAIDE v GEELONG @ Adelaide Oval
TIP: Port by 38 points
BET: Port at the line -13.5
NORTH MELBOURNE v SYDNEY SWANS @ Etihad Stadium
TIP: Swans by 18 points
BET: Swans  1-39 points
ST.KILDA v MELBOURNE @ Etihad Stadium
TIP: Saints by 12 points
BET: Saints 1-39 points