Oze Punting Blog

Australia are looking to give Glenn Mcgrath one more World Cup win before he retires, and are going in as red hot favourites. I’ll be putting on a couple of exotic bets to make the game a little more interesting.

What a start to the round. Collingwood upset Essendon on Anzac day, congratulations if you had a punt on the Pies who proved to be too strong at very good odds. In other news, Hawthorn’s top goal scorer Mark Williams is out with a knee injury for up to 8 weeks, Akermanis and Cross are back for the bulldogs and Nick Davis is back from injury for the Swans. With Williams out, Cross and Aka back in - I can’t see the Hawks winning this one and the bulldogs at $1.57 is a decent return. My other tip for the week is once again Adelaide, paying $2.20 to win playing against Fremantle.

Essendon are the definitive favourites going into today’s Anzac Day clash paying just $1.39 to win, while Collingwood are giving nice odds of $3.05, however I think the Bombers will be too strong for the Pies so I’ll leave this one alone.

Looking at the odds this week, there’s not alot of value going around. Collingwood V Port should be a close game, I expect the Pies to come home so I may put a small punt on them.

The slow starting Sydney don’t have a good record in Adelaide, but I can’t discount them just yet. It should be a tight game, but I think the Crows will be too strong in the end, small bet at $1.80. Fremantle really should have no trouble beating a depleted Melbourne side, but I would want a bit more than $1.48.

Finally, the Hawks have a chance to win on Sunday. They beat the Cats by large margins both times the teams met last year, and they’re playing at Tassie which is a very large ground that Geelong have never played on. That being said, Geelong have a much stronger looking forward line this year, and arguably Hawthorn’s best defender Trent Croad is out. If the odds were better I would get on the Hawks.

The odds are reflecting pretty much what one would expect this week, but the first match Collingwood (coming back from Perth) Vs. Richmond (Troy Simmonds back) could be a good one to get on. Richmond at $2.10 for the win is certainly not guaranteed, but I think there’s some value to be had.

West Coast should be able to defeat Freo in the Western Derby, at odds of $1.78 it looks like a decent punt. The rest of the games don’t offer much value that I can see, meaning the underpriced favourites should come home, and be a pretty easy week of Footy Tipping. We all know that’s never a certainty, but to me this week looks much better than the first two.

Essendon Vs. Fremantle is a tough one, with Lloyd back for the bombers and adefeating Adelaide last week, they look in good shape. While the very promising Fremantle side getting done by Port Adelaide in the same round, we’ve definitely not seen the best of them. I think Fremantle playing at home would certainly have it in the bag, but in Melbourne, I’m not too sure. The odds reflect my thinking too, as they’re both paying about $1.90 for the win. The other notable mention this week is the Bulldogs playing host to Adelaide, coming off that upset loss last week, can they prove themselves to be the team we all think they are? Adelaide are paying $3.10 to win, and this one is certainly one to consider.

Here are the latest odds for the 2007 World Cup, taking place in the West Indies.

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