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00:10 G'day punters, welcome to Head Over Heart, Billy Brownless.

00:13 Daisy, hello Daisy.

00:14 Hello Bill, how are you?

00:15 Good, we're here for?

00:17 Points bet, of course Bill.

00:18 What a great year it's been.

00:19 I know there's two rounds to go Daisy, but it's been a really good year.

00:22 Yeah, very rarely do you get to this point in the season and have no real idea

00:26 who's going to make up the last three spots on the eight.

00:28 It's going to make for an enthralling last two weeks of the season

00:31 with some big clashes, a couple of sides obviously playing to keep the

00:34 finals dream alive, and people like the Hawks who have got a real chance

00:37 to play party pooper, which they've done in the last two,

00:40 and makes for some real great footy.

00:42 And Carlton are probably the most informed side in the comp right now.

00:45 Absolutely, Carlton are the D's and then of course they roll them

00:48 on the weekend.

00:49 So the Blues, who were 15th not too long ago, find themselves inside

00:53 the top eight, and I think there's only a 1% chance that they can't make finals.

00:57 Wow, thank you Pythagoras.

00:59 Collingwood have been okay, they play Friday night, good game this one

01:02 at Marvell, interesting, and it's 1 v 2.

01:06 Yes, the Pies have a chance to lock up the minor premiership if they're good

01:09 enough to win this one, 1 v 2 on a Friday night.

01:11 Sit down and get excited, this should be an absolute belter.

01:14 Under the lid at Marvell we don't really know about.

01:17 The Lions don't mind this match-up though.

01:19 Collingwood, do they like it?

01:20 I'm not too sure, they don't get there too often, more games played at the MCG.

01:23 The Lions have won their last five against the Pies, but four of those

01:26 have been at the Gabba, so a different side when they have to travel.

01:29 They'll be happy it's at Marvell, not the MCG though.

01:31 But you'd think Collingwood would win this game without Darcy Moore,

01:34 that hurts, because that'll be two, three, four weeks.

01:36 Yes, it will be.

01:37 Probably the good news for the Pies, and we don't want to say it,

01:39 Jack Gunston goes down as well.

01:41 So Moore you'd think would go to Hipwood, or Joe Danaher up there,

01:44 or would have, now they just have to shuffle a little bit.

01:46 Okay, Collingwood in that one.

01:48 What about Carlton?

01:49 They are airborne, eight in a row, they're flying daisy,

01:52 take on the Gold Coast Suns, but it's up there,

01:55 and they don't mind playing up there, the Suns.

01:57 Yes, the Suns don't mind it up there, a different side when they do get back

02:00 to their home patch.

02:01 The Blues though, who saw this coming, Bill?

02:03 They were down and out, the memberships were getting torched

02:05 in microwaves, the fans were going berserk, they wanted the coach sacked,

02:08 they wanted the board sacked, and since then, eight in a row,

02:11 sees them fifth on the ladder, and they are finals bound,

02:15 as I said, only a 1%.

02:16 If they manage to gas this, they may burn the joint down.

02:19 I think the Blues are playing finals.

02:20 So eight weeks ago, they were four wins, eight losses, one draw.

02:23 Round 15, Bill, they were 15th on the ladder.

02:26 They now find themselves in fifth.

02:27 Well done to Carlton, to everyone in there, the admin staff,

02:31 the team, and Vossie.

02:33 So well done to everyone there, and go Carlton, of course.

02:36 We think they'll win that one there.

02:38 What about this one?

02:39 Saints take on Geelong.

02:40 This is a good game.

02:41 We love this one.

02:42 Saturday night footy at Marble Stadium.

02:44 This is interesting.

02:45 So you killed a sixth on the ladder, Geelong are 11th,

02:48 but you've got a good stat here.

02:50 Why are they so short?

02:51 Well, the last seven times the Cats have come up the highway

02:53 to play at Marble, a side who's higher than them on the ladder,

02:57 they've got the win.

02:58 So they don't mind it.

02:59 They like causing upsets.

03:00 The Saints, though, I haven't given them enough credit

03:02 throughout the season.

03:03 I thought the weekend again was going to test them

03:05 against the Tigers, and they were absolutely brilliant.

03:08 Ross Lyon, hard, tough, really well organised defence.

03:11 The Tigers had no answers, and I think they can stifle the Cats

03:14 in this one as well.

03:15 Yeah, well, Rowan Marshall's been very good in the ruck, of course.

03:18 Maxie King, he's back in town.

03:20 Any time you kick six, that's very handy.

03:22 Well, he had the shoulder.

03:23 I thought he was out for the year, and he's been really, really good.

03:25 The little guys as well, though.

03:26 Higgins and Butler down there, and Gresham as well.

03:28 They've been very good.

03:29 Dangerous.

03:30 So some good signs for the Saints.

03:32 And also, their defence holds up really well,

03:34 covered a little bit by the midfielder who rolled back.

03:36 But the Cats, if they can't get the ball quickly in there,

03:38 I think the Saints can have a field day.

03:40 Interesting.

03:41 I think the Cats - who are you tipping?

03:42 No, I'm going with Geelong.

03:43 I'll go out on a limb.

03:44 Here we go, Melbourne take on Hawthorne.

03:46 I tell you what, now the Ds are going OK.

03:48 They must win this one.

03:49 They want that top four position.

03:50 Must win.

03:51 But if there's a side in the competition right now you don't want to play,

03:54 it's the Hawks.

03:55 Yeah, well, talking about party poopers in the lead in their build,

03:58 the Hawks have done it last too.

03:59 Rolled the pies, no-one saw that coming.

04:01 And then go down to the Western Bulldogs down there in Utah

04:04 and get a win as well.

04:05 Fall in over the line there.

04:06 So they are salvaging something from the season.

04:09 Nice springboard for them come pre-season.

04:11 The Ds just have to win this.

04:12 The 1 and 2 will be massive come the finals time.

04:15 The home ground advantage and the Ds,

04:17 they wouldn't want to be in third taking on the Brisbane Lions

04:19 in the first week of finals.

04:21 I think they win this one and do it quite comfortably.

04:23 Yeah, I think they do.

04:24 I think it will be a tougher game than we think.

04:26 John Newcombe, outstanding.

04:27 Your boy from Poo Wong, hard and tough.

04:29 Poo Wong is hard.

04:30 Will Day as well.

04:31 Yeah, Will Day.

04:32 But the Ds to win that one, Daisy,

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04:40 Have a great weekend and happy punting.

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AFL Round 23 Preview with Billy Brownless & Dale Thomas | Powered by PointsBet | Wednesday, August 16

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