The Dogs and Pies continue to fill the Top 2 spots on both Systems, the Cats fill 4th on both, while the Lions and Crows hold down 3rd and 5th in either order depending on the System you prefer.
MoSSBODS reranked only four teams this week, switching the Lions and the Cats in 3rd and 4th, and the Giants and Power in 12th and 13th, while MoSHBODS moved eight teams, but also none by more than a single spot.
Read MoreOnly ive of the nine early-week favourites were successful this weekend, which, coupled with relatively low levels of contrarianism, saw correct tips scores all in the four to six range.
At the top end of that range were the MoS trio and Home Sweet Home, and at the lower end, the RSMP twins.
All of which meant that MoSHPlay_Marg finished the round now leading Bookie Knows Best by three tips, with ENS_Linear still three tips behind Bookie Knows Best in 3rd.
The all-Tipster score came in at 5.2 from 9, which took the season-long all-Tipster performance to 104.5 from 152 (69%).
Read MoreMoSHPlay finishes at the Swans by less than half a point.
MoSHPlay finishes at the Suns in an upset by 8 points.
MoSHPlay is sticking with Lions by 15 points and now has preliminary views about each of the remaining games in the round.
MoSHPlay’s preliminary view of the Thursday night game is Lions by 15 points.
The average absolute difference between the MoS twins’ Total forecasts this week is 1.7 points per game, and there is only one game where the difference exceeds 3 points, and two where it is between 2 and 3 points. All four forecasters have very similar average expected total scores.
Read MoreAnother full round of nine games this week although this nine promises to be a lot closer than last weeks’ nine. Six of them are expected to be won by less than 3 goals, two more by just over 4 goals, and the ninth by just over 6 goals.
I can’t imagine there’ll be nine out of nine for anyone this week.
Let’s see what they’re guessing.
Read MoreMoSSBODS left its Top 9 teams unchanged this week, while MoSHBODS did the same for its Top 5, which meant that the round finished with the two Systems still sharing a Top 3 of Western Bulldogs, Collingwood, and Geelong.
Altogether, MoSSBODS made only four changes and MoSHBODS only five, all single spot moves except for Sydney falling two spots to 11th and GWS rising three spots to 9th, both on MoSHBODS.
At the end of it all, the two Systems still had a common Top 3 of Dogs, Pies, and Cats..
Read MoreAll of the nine early-week favourites were successful this weekend, so, once again, contrarianism was the only reason not to tip the card.
Consult the Ladder was a one-game contrarian, and Home Sweet Home a five-game contrarian, meaning that the seven top Head-to-Head Predictors bagged 9 from 9 while Consult the Ladder bagged 8 and Home Sweet Home just 4.
All of which meant that MoSHPlay_Marg finished still leading Bookie Knows Best by two tips, with ENS_Linear still three tips behind Bookie Knows Best in 3rd.
The all-Tipster score came in at 8.3 from 9, which took the season-long all-Tipster performance to 99.3 from 143 (69%).
Read MoreMoSHPlay finishes at Cats by 64 points.
MoSHPlay finishes at Suns by 3 goals and has some minor adjustments to its preliminary views of tomorrow’s games.
MoSHPlay is staying with Dogs by 54 points, and now has preliminary views on the rest of the round.
MoSHPlay has - for now - the Thursday night thriller as Dogs by 9 goals
The average absolute difference between the MoS twins’ Total forecasts this week is 2.7 points per game, and there are five games where the difference exceeds 3 points, and one where it exceeds 7 points. Across all nine games, MoSSBODS’ average is only one point per game higher than MoSHBODS’ but still 2 points per game below the bookmakers’.
Read MoreThe now-usual seven games again this week, with expected victory margins ranging from 5 to 56 points, comprising three games with expected margins under 3 goals, three more in the roughly 4 to 6 goal range, and then that expected 9 to 10 goal blowout.
What do the models think?
Read MoreMoSSBODS left its Top 4 teams unchanged this week, while MoSHBODS swapped Adelaide in for Brisbane Lions at position number four.
Altogether, MoSSBODS made eight changes and MoSHBODS 10, all mostly by a single spot the exceptions being Adelaide up 2 and Carlton down 2 on MoSSBODS, and Sydney up 2 and Carlton down 2 on MoSHBODS.
At the end of it all, the two Systems share a Top 3 of Western Bulldogs, Collingwood, and Geelong.
Read MoreAll of the seven early-week favourites were successful this weekend, so contrarianism was the only reason not to tip the card.
One-game contrarians were MoSHPlay_Marg, ENS_Linear, MoSHBODS_Marg, and Consult the Ladder, and the only two-game contrarian was Home Sweet Home.
All of which meant that MoSHPlay_Marg finished leading Bookie Knows Best by only tips tips, and ENS_Linear is now three tips behind Bookie Knows Best in 3rd.
The all-Tipster score came in at 6.3 from 7, which took the season-long all-Tipster performance to 90.9 from 134 (68%).
Read MoreMoSHPlay finishes at Dogs by 26 points.
MoSHPlay is sticking with the Blues by 5 points for tonight’s game and also now has preliminary views about the remaining games in the round.
MoSHPlay’s preliminary thoughts about the Thursday night game are Blues by 5 points.
The average absolute difference between the MoS twins’ Total forecasts this week is 3.2 points per game, and there are three games where the difference exceeds 4 points. Across all seven games, MoSSBODS’ average is two points per game higher than MoSHBODS’ but still 4 points per game below the bookmakers’.
Read MoreThe now-usual seven games again this week, with expected victory margins ranging from 5 to 56 points, comprising three games with expected margins under 3 goals, three more in the roughly 4 to 6 goal range, and then that expected 9 to 10 goal blowout.
What do the models think?
Read MoreMoSSBODS left its Top 6 and Bottom 7 teams unchanged this week, while MoSHBODS swapped the Pies and the Cats at positions 2 and 3, lifted the Lions into 4, and moved eight other teams from lower down the ordering by a single spot.
At the end of it all, the two Systems share a Top 4 of Western Bulldogs, Collingwood, Geelong, and Brisbane Lions.
Read MoreOnly four of the seven early-week favourites were successful this weekend, and, with only mild contrarianism once more the climate, registered scores were mostly around that number, the exceptions being Consult the Ladder and MoSSBODS_Marg’s threes, and MoSHPlay_Marg’s five.
That five saw MoSHPlay_Marg reestablish a three tip lead over Bookie Knows Bestand a five tip lead over ENS_Linear.
MoSHPlay_Marg now sits on 94.5 from 127 (74%).
The all-Tipster score came in at 3.9 from 7, which took the season-long all-Tipster performance to 84.6 from 127 (67%).
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