Yes, it’s me, back again. I didn’t create this fixturing …

In this round’s business-days only fare, which ends on Friday, the bookmakers have six of the seven games finishing with a double-digit margin and only the Tigers v Lions game expected to be closer than that.

When Ratings are compressed, it doesn’t take much to see teams move multiple places, and this week saw MoSSBODS and MoSHBODS move eight teams by 2 spots or more.

That included their previous Number 1s, Collingwood, who now find themselves in 4th.

Port Adelaide returned to the top on both Systems, now ahead of Richmond and Brisbane Lions.

MoSHPlay_Marg bagged 7 from 9 this week to take it two tips clear of Bookie Knows Best and MoSSBODS_Marg on the Head-to-Head Tipster Leaderboard.

The all-Tipster average for the round was 5.9 from 9, dragged down again by Home Sweet Home and Consult The Ladder.

MoSHPlay, on seeing the team announcements, has forecast a Dogs’ win by 5 points.

A little more divergence of opinion this week between the MoS twins and the bookmakers, with a number of games where the difference exceeds one goal.

It feels like only yesterday …

Collingwood, despite going down to West Coast, did enough in generating 15 Scoring Shots to the Eagles’ 21 to remain atop the rankings on both Systems, albeit by on 0.1 Scoring Shots on MoSSBODS, and 1.1 points on MoSHBODS.

The Pies are followed by the Lions and the Power on both Systems, in that order by MoSSBODS, and in the reverse order by MoSHBODS.

MoSHPlay_Marg bagged 6 from 9 this week, which was enough to see it grab top spot on the Head-to-Head Tipster’s Leaderboard by one tip ahead of MoSSBODS_Marg. That table is fairly compressed now, though, with just four tips separating 1st from 7th.

MoSHPlay has it as the Dogs by just under two goals for tomorrow night’s game against the Suns.

Even higher levels of agreement this week between the MoS twins and the bookmakers sees only two games where the differences in opinion about likely game totals exceed one goal.

Another set of nine games this week where the bookmakers expect the final winning margin to be three goals or smaller. In seven of those games they expect to be within two goals, which has resulted in an average expected margin of just 9.4 points per game.

After MoSSBODS switched 1st and 2nd this week, both MoS Systems now agree that the Top 3 teams are, in order, Collingwood, Port Adelaide, and Brisbane Lions.

Home Sweet Home, fresh off its first 9 from 9 in who-knows-how-long, recorded just 1 from 9 this week, plummeting it from 1st to 2nd-last on the all-Tipster ladder. Best were the 7 from 9’s of the MoS trio who, as a result, moved themselves into the top 3 spots on the Leaderboard, a couple of tips clear of their nearest rivals.

MoSHPlay has it as the Pies by 8 for tomorrow night’s game.

As was the case last weekend, there’s agreement in the broad but disagreement in the detail when you look at the MoS twins’ and the bookmakers’ score forecasts this week, with all four expecting an average score per game of around 123 points, but differences in specific games again as large as two goals.

In what seems likely to be another challenging round in which to tip winners, the TAB Bookmaker has posted single-digit lines for five of the games, and sub 3 goal lines for the other four. The average expected margin is therefore only 8.1 points per game.

Port Adelaide still clings to top spot on MoSSBODS, but now lies 2nd to Collingwood on MoSHBODS after a round in which neither of the Systems felt Port did enough against the Giants to maintain their previous Rating.

Collingwood did, however, rise by one spot on MoSSBODS, and is now in 2nd there, ahead of the Lions.

It’s been a long time since Home Sweet Home sat atop the Head-to-Head Tipster Leaderboard, but that it does this week after bagging a perfect 9 from 9 in the week where no team was actually playing at home for the first time in almost 60 years.

MoSHPlay has the Lions by 2 points for tomorrow night’s game.

There’s agreement in the broad but disagreement in the detail when you look at the MoS twins’ and the bookmakers’ score forecasts this week, with all four expecting an average score per game in the 123 to 125 points range, but differences in specific games as large as two goals.