Once again, seven of the nine early-week favourites were successful this weekend, which meant that all but Home Sweet Home (four) recorded that score.
That left MoSHPlay_Marg still two tips clear of Bookie Knows Best in 1st, and ENS_Linear still three tips futher back from BKB in 3rd.
The all-Tipster average score came in at 6.7 from 9, which took the season-long all-Tipster average performance to 145.1 from 206 (70%).
Read MoreMoSHPlay has amended but still preliminary views about the Sunday games.
MoSHPlay finishes at Gold Coast by 26 points.
MoSHPlay has preliminary views about the rest of the round.
MoSHPlay has finished at Carlton by 23 points.
MoSHPlay’s preliminary view of the Thursday night game is Carlton by 22 points.
The average absolute difference between the MoS twins’ Total forecasts this week is another small 1.7 points per game, and there are only two games where the difference exceeds 3 points. Overall, the twins have roughly the same average expected total, and that average is 4 points below the bookmakers’.
Read MoreOnly one game is expected to be close this week - Lions v Hawks, where the expected margin is 9 points - while the remainder are expected to be won by between 20 and 60 points.
To give the full details, one game is expected to be won by 9 points, six by between 20 and 30 points, one by 40 points, and one more by 60 points.
That of course augurs particularly poorly for contrarianism …
Read MoreMoSSBODS moved seven teams this week, while MoSHBODS moved nine, though both, interestingly, increased the Pies’ Combined Rating and decreased the Crows’, despite the Crows winning 59 to 56.
The reason, of course, is because the Pies generated 2 more Scoring Shots and entered the contest lower rated than the Crows.
On MoSSBODS that saw Collingwood move into 3rd and Adelaide into 6th, allowing the Lions and Hawks to climb a spot each into 4th and 5th respectively. Further down, Fremantle and Melbourne swapped 8th and 9th, and GWS and Sydney swapped 10th and 11th.
On MoSHBODS, Collingwood and Adelaide retained their pre-round rankings of 6th and 3rd respectively, and the Lions jumped two places into 5th. The only other multi-spot movers were Gold Coast, down two spots into 7th, and GWS, up two spots into 8th.
The only agreement between MoSSBODS and MoSHBODS towards the top then is Dogs in 1st and Cats in 2nd.
Read MoreSeven of the nine early-week favourites were again successful this weekend, which meant that all but MoSSBODS_Marg (six), Home Sweet Home and Consult the Ladder (five) were handsomely rewarded for their conservatism.
That left MoSHPlay_Marg still two tips clear of Bookie Knows Best in 1st, and ENS_Linear still three tips futher back from BKB in 3rd.
The all-Tipster average score came in at 6.4 from 9, which took the season-long all-Tipster average performance to 138.4 from 197 (70%).
Read MoreMoSHPlay has finished at Cats by 17 points
MoSHPlay has finished at Hawthorn by 11 points
MoSHPlay has preliminary views about the full round
The average absolute difference between the MoS twins’ Total forecasts this week is a small 1.5 points per game, and there is only one game where the difference exceeds 3 points. Overall, the twins have roughly the same average expected total, and that average is 3 to 4 points below the bookmakers’.
Read MoreSave for the last game of the round, which looks likely to make a strong case for a mercy rule in AFL, it’s a fairly good looking set of games on offer this week. Six are expected to be won by around 3 goals or less, and two more by around 4 goals, which you think might provide some forecasters with an opportunity to be bold contrarians.
Let’s see.
Read MoreMoSSBODS moved only two teams this week, swapping GWS into 11th at the expense of Carlton, while MoSHBODS moved eight teams, which included moving Geelong into 2nd and slipping Adelaide into third, thereby aligning the two Systems’ Top 3 as Dogs, Cats, and Crows.
The multi-spot movers on MoSHBODS were Collingwood and Brisbane Lions, both slipping two spots, and Hawthorn, climbing three spots.
Read MoreIn a season where favouritism has been particularly predictive, it’s not surprising that seven of the nine early-week favourites were successful this weekend, which, coupled with the continued low levels of contrarianism, saw correct tips scores of seven, excepting Home Sweet Home’s three.
That left MoSHPlay_Marg still two tips clear of Bookie Knows Best in 1st, and ENS_Linear still three tips futher back from BKB in 3rd.
The all-Tipster average score came in at 6.6 from 9, which took the season-long all-Tipster average performance to 131.9 from 188 (70%).
Read MoreJust a quick MoSHPlay update for the Lions v Swans game (since it turns out that Tom Doedee is not a debutant - he’s just been missing for a while).
No other changes, including for tonight’s game.
MoSHPlay is sticking with Pies by 3 points and now has preliminary opinions about the remainder of the round.
MoSHPlay is currently on Pies by 3 points.
The average absolute difference between the MoS twins’ Total forecasts this week is a relatively small 1.7 points per game, and there are only two games where the difference exceeds 3.5 points. Overall, the twins have the same average expected total, and that average is 3 points below the bookmakers’.
Read MoreIt’s a sad looking nine games this week, with only one expected to finish with a single-digit margin, five expected to finish with a margin in the 20s, and the remaining three expected to finish with roughly 8, 10, and 11-goal margins.
Forecasting will be mostly about the margins then.
Read MoreMoSSBODS left the Dogs at 1st this weekend, but relegated the Pies to 4th while allowing the Cats and the Crows to fill the gap. It also swapped Melbourne into 8th ahead of Fremantle, and Carlton into 11th ahead of GWS.
MoSHBODS restored the Dogs to 1st place at the expense of the Crows, and left the Cats in 3rd. Further down, it moved the Lions into 5th at the expense of Gold Coast and Hawthorn. moved the Dees and Dockers up a spot, dropped GWS down two spots, and flipped the Roos into 16th ahead of the Tigers.
That meant that MoSSBODS finished with a Top 5 of Dogs, Cats, Crows, Pies, and Lions, and MoSHBODS with Dogs, Crows, Cats, Pies, and Lions.
Read MoreEight of the nine early-week favourites were successful this weekend, which, now coupled with the customarily low levels of contrarianism, saw correct tips scores of eight, excepting Consult the Ladder’s seven.
That left MoSHPlay_Marg still two tips clear of Bookie Knows Best in 1st, and ENS_Linear still three tips futher back from BKB in 3rd.
The all-Tipster average score came in at 7.9 from 9, which took the season-long all-Tipster average performance to 125.4 from 179 (70%).
Read MoreMoSHPlay finishes at Cats by 58 points.
MoSHPlay sticks at Dogs by 25 points, and now has preliminary views about the rest of the round.
MoSHPlay’s preliminary view for tomorrow’s game is Dogs by 25 points.
The average absolute difference between the MoS twins’ Total forecasts this week is a moderate 2 points per game, but there are four games where the difference equals or exceeds 3 points. Nonetheless, all four forecasters once again have very similar average expected total scores with MoSHBODS lowest and Sportsbet highest.
Read MoreWe’ve nine home team favourites this week with their expected victory margins ranging from 8 to 50 points. Three home teams are expected to win by 8 to 13 points, two more by between 22 and 29 points, and the remaining four by between 39 and 50 points.
With Home Sweet Home out of the contrarian market, who will step up?
Read MoreMoSSBODS left the Dogs and Pies in 1st and 2nd this weekend, and pushed the Lions back to 5th, behind the Cats and the Crows. Further down, it moved the Dockers up a couple of spots into 8th and dropped Sydney into the vacancy, and it swapped the Saints into 13th ahead of the Power.
MoSHBODS moved the Crows into top spot, relegating the Dogs into 2nd, and moved the Cats ahead of the Pies into 3rd. It also swapped the Suns into 5th at the expense of the Lions and, further down, moved the Tigers into 16th ahead of the Roos.
That meant that MoSSBODS finished with a Top 5 of Dogs, Pies, Cats, Crows, and Lions, and MoSHBODS with Crows, Dogs, Cats, Pies, and Suns.
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