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Beach Boys…………….‘’ Let’s Do It Again ‘’ ………Late 20^th Century

Having spent the majority of the cricket season  in the company of Insurance Brokers, Bank Managers, Computer Technicians and Newsagents I am convinced that I now have the necessary skills to crook the books, hoodwink all comers, and actually win a tipping competition.

Therefore, after cramming the nightmare of AFL1999 away with the numerous other skeletons in the sludge I call a conscience, JLP is confident of many successes in the new century, starting with a win in tipcomp AFL2000.

The decision to commence AFL2000 was not taken lightly.    Most sane people would rather have open heart surgery without anaesthetic than risk exposure for a second time to the likes of Karltongue, Wazzadon, Blacktown Pete and the rest of the dickheads that we had in AFL1999.

It is therefore with considerable reluctance JLP begins AFL2000 with an invitation to last years tipsters to join in this tipcomp.

In the hope of driving most of you away I am making some changes this year.

…..---              Cost is $50.oo

…..---              Win…Loss…Draw Points will be as per H&A in AFL1999.

…..---              Tipping Deadlines will be as per H&A in AFL1999.

…..---                There will be no LastManStanding in AFL2000.

.….---              Tipsters will be required to submit CrystalBalls for the H&A competition before the start of the seventh round.

…..---              Competition will begin Round 1 (H&A) and end at Grand Final.

…..---              Tipsters will, every now and then, be required to respond to questions for bonus points.

…..---              Each tipster will be required to play a JOKER on each team once during the H&A series.    Each successful play of the Joker will give the tipster double win points…(4 points.)   Losing Joker selections will mean a score of minus four points for that game.

…..---              All entrance payments will go towards prizes for the first ten places at the end of the Grand Final.      Assuming 30 tipsters… …first place would get $600 and tenth would be money back.    (Actuals will be advised after round one).

…..---              As per last year, expect no assistance from me.    It will be your responsibility to know what matches are on and to get your tips in on time…..and to respond to any queries from the tally room.

If you want to play send me an E and send me money.

If you don’t want to play send me an E and make me happy.!!!

If you have friends with values a little to the left of Stalin, or a little to the right of Ghengis Khan, who know nothing of AFL, who feel totally at home in the company of lunatics…..and who can lay their hands on a quick $50, we may be able to include them in AFL2000.      ( And, to prove the absence of any prejudice JLP will not reject murderers, rapists or Catholics this year, though Anglicans will, in all probability, still be required to sit for an entrance examination. )

Wishing you firm appendages aplenty this coming New Century.

Jean Luc Prikhard

AFL2000……… Acceptances Declared !!!

JLP hereby advises starters for AFL2000.   The news is not good.      Of last years starters, all but one have backed up again this year...and it gets worse!! The injection of new blood in this years comp is humanoid negative, at best.

The acceptance speeches received here in the Tally Room were poor…

FastForward “Tipping comps are in my blood……I’m in !!”
TheChef   “ OK.   But can you just explain the bit about Wildcards again.??”
Duke    “ I am there JLP!!    I look forward to kicking your arse in all tipping competitions in the new millennium.”
Partner   “OK.  I’m in.   Can you pay for me till I get to Oz.”
RooBoy  “ Roos.    Roos.    Roos.    Roos.   Roos.    Roos.”
Saddam “ I’m playing JLP.    But you better give me five points start just so you can open your mail this year with peace of mind.”
KingGee       “ A big yes from the hot favourite.”
The Grate Norv  “Yes.   I once won a mug in Transvaal for grenade fishing.”
Onya   “Yep, except I’ve dropped the pussies this year and am going Bare”
Stallion   “Count me in.    It’s easy money.”
Night Owl  “I just read the rules.   What bullshit.  Gimme my money back.”
Ozipom   “ WHAT ???  Do I have to do this again ???”
BlueVicar   “ Is this the tipcomp with the Altar Boys”
Gangsta   “ Fifty bucks, you thieving bastard.   And I thought I was crooked !!”
Wazzadon “Definitely.  This year I expect to be referred to as The Great Man”
VodkaBoy  “ Geez mate, fifty bucks.    That’s serious drinking money !”
KarlTongue            “Yes to AFL2000 JLP….one more person to kick your arse..!”
Sharebare    “JLP, you fucking legend.    I’m brain dead so I’m in.”
MoonGoon  “Yea.  Ok.   But what do the normal people down there do ?”
GirlfromMelb  “I’ll play.   Do I still send photo’s instead of entry money….?
BlacktownPete   “Can I be treasurer ?”
Cocomum  “Yes, OK.   But it had better be more fun than last year.”
Hollywood Hunk “ Only because my agent says I have to.”
JimB   “I’ll play.   I’ll send the money when my punting improves.”
TheSaint  “Tipping comps lead to nothing but gambling and whoring.   I’m in.”
Pokemon   “What…$50…!!!!!!       Dad, that is such a rip.”
ThreeDogs “Yep.   It’ll help compound my drinking problem.”
Speedy    “Definitely yes!!       I enjoy wasting money and embarrassing myself……and this garbage is an excellent opportunity.
Multivac   “ Yes.    Be Warned.  I intend to overwrite last years errors.”
YellowPeril   “Untill the end of the Ming Dynasty Asian half forwards dominated the globe in AFL.   My destiny is to reclaim oriental honour from the infidels down under.  Pay me now.”
Brownose     “If it gets close will you take a bribe again this year ??”
Macman   “ Alright.    Is that another career decision I just made..???”
JLP   “ Thank the suckers for me !!”  

Acceptances were also received from the following....
CaptainQuirk  Three pages of drivvle.
HAL2000    The bastard sent me a virus.!!  

Boring Stuff That Probably Won’t Interest You !

Each of you need to tell me your preferred E address for Weekly reports.

The First Report will be as an attachment.    If, as I suspect, this will be too complicated for you to open you will need to advise JLP so we can organise the Simpletons version to sent to you.

Assuming that all wannabe tipsters mentioned above forward their $50 to JLP before Feb.29 there will be no more acceptances.    If, as JLP hopes, there are drop-outs and places do become available you will be advised March.1.

A number of tipsters have asked to back themselves.   ( JimB loves a punt.)
If enough of you make a noise about this JLP can accommodate a separate pool of funds for the totally desperate tipsters amongst us who want a noisy wager on the side.  

Be smart…….use your Wildcards slowly and wisely.

First game is Wednesday March.8.

Your first round of Tips will need to be in before midday, March.8.  

Computer War…………….AFL Style.

AFL2000 this year will have the clash of the microchip titans unfold before us.

In the blue corner the genuine Deep Blue of AFL computing prowess in the form of HAL-2000 who this year is using only tips as supplied directly from the Monash Computer.    In the red corner we have Multivac, the human computer, cloned from Mother Boards by descendants of Dolly the sheep.

May The Madness Begin…!!!!
The Invitation to you….The Rules & Fine Print....and this note is it.
All we really need now is some AFL.

Dumb arsed questions should be asked now.

If you send me your money make sure you send me your first round tips on time.      If you’re not playing tell me early so I can savour the moment for as long as possible.

JLP

AFL2000………The Rules and The Fine Print.

If any of you really think that you have even the remotest chance of beating JLP in AFL2000, read the following Rules.    Shortly thereafter you will resign yourself to another season of despair, disappointment and defeat at the hands of JLP in the worlds only remaining football code which has not been Murdered by murdoch.      For tipsters with a cumulative IQ as low as those reading this I would suggest maximum mental application from this point on.

1)         Tipping Deadlines and Points

In AFL2000 you must have your tips in by midday 12:00 PM (Sydney Time) on the afternoon of the first match of that round.    In most cases this will be on a Friday, but there are some weeks that the AFL, in consultation with JLP, will opt to play the first game on a Thursday, or other, evening.    Off course, JLP will not advise you of any changes to starting times or dates.      This is entirely your problem.     It will be up to you to ensure your tips are in on time.   If you do not submit your tips by the 12:00 midday deadline JLP&Co will have great pleasure in allocating you the away teams as your selections for that entire round.

AFL2000 begins with the first round of the H&A series, early March, and will end with the final whistle of the Grand Final.    Winners will be paid as per their place on our AFL2000 ladder after the Grand Final.

Points will be allocated as follows…

Win   -  2 points       Loss   -   0 points
Draw -   1 point      Picked draw -   21 points
Perfect Round – 5 bonus points.   (Perfect Rounds only score in H&A series)

Note please    WildCard point scoring rules apply when playing WildCards.
                          (for a real laugh, check out what you gotta do with wildcards.)

2)   GALLUPOLLS

By now you most of you should have realised that it is going to take Jim Phelps and the mission impossible team to beat JLP.

To further load the dice in JLP’s favour, this year I am cunningly introducing GALLUPOLLS to totally complicate the point scoring equation.     Some weeks during the year we, here in the Tally Room, may wish to reaffirm the overall low intellect of participants in AFL2000.    To this end we will, periodically, ask your opinion on a subject which may or may not necessarily be related to football.    Your opinion, however inane, will earn you two bonus points.    Those tipsters who do not respond to the GALLUPOLLS will not receive the bonus points on offer.     Deadlines for GALLUPOLLS will be the same as the deadline for tips the following week.

3)         Crystal Balls

This year each tipster will be required to submit their CrystalBall selections before the beginning of Round 6.     At that time each tipster will be generously given 100 points on the assumption that each Crystal Ball selection which they made was correct.    As the season progresses, and your own stupidity becomes increasingly obvious to all and sundry, we here in the Tally Room will take great pleasure in taking back any points for which your CrystalBall predictions were incorrect.     Your CrystalBalls will predict….

AFL  Flag Winner            5 pts
AFL  Grand Finalists            5 pts each
Top Five teams             (at end of H&A series)              5 pts each
Bottom Five teams       (at end of H&A series)            5 pts each
Team with best percentage  (“”        “”            “”    )  10 pts
Team with worst percntage  (“”            “”            “”    )   10 pts
Tipster Leading AFL2000  (at end H&A series)     5 pts
Last Tipster in AFL2000   (at end H&A series)     10 pts

4)     WildCards

If, by some celebral miracle, any of you are actually still keeping up to this point rest easy in that what follows will be beyond your comprehension.

Each tipster will be required to play ONE WildCard on EACH TEAM once, at any time during the H&A series.     Tipsters will play their Wildcards during the season in games where they are absolutely sure that the WildCarded team will win that week.   If the tipster plays the WildCard correctly, and that team wins the tipster will receive 5 points for making a correct WildCard selection.    If, however, the team loses, or draws, the unfortunate tipster will lose 5 points.

Simply put…..WildCard selections that win get you five points.   Any other result in that game is going to cost you five points.

5)    Money

This one is easy.   

$50 to play.

Already JLP has realised his error in getting involved in AFL2000.
(JLP is considering a lobotomy before the next AFL season to prevent a re-occurrence next year.)

However, till then, to simplify life here in the TallyRoom, if JLP doesn’t have your fifty smackers by end February you have missed the boat.

6)   Prizemoney

All entry monies go into the prize pool.    It appears we have 35 starters.

1^st   $625.oo
2^nd   $225.oo
3^rd    $125.oo
4^th   $100.oo
5^th   $  75.oo
6^th   $  70.oo
7^th   $  65.oo
8^th   $  60.oo
9^th   $  55.oo
10^th  $ 50.oo
last  $ 50.oo

Most correct WildCards   $250.oo
If we have less than 35 tipsters monies will be deducted from the Widcard prizemoney.

I’ll confirm that with final acceptances which will be advised sometime soon.

7)     Disputes

Hopefully most of you will feel ripped off at one or more times during the season.    When that happens you can moan to me all you like.    If I am feeling in a generous mood I may consult the executive committee which will comprise of three tipsters…… 

The man with the pentium cranium, Multivac….(Bighead, to his few friends.)
One of our bigger lost causes, TheSaint. 
The ultimate winner, JLP. 

That is about it.
If I’ve left out anything rest assured that I will consider only those things that would be beneficial to JLP.

Those amongst you who have been deprived of brains since birth may wish to ask questions on the Rules and Regulations.       JLP discourages queries.

Any tipsters asking questions will be publicly named, by me, from Rio.
JLP

Tipsters Start As Badly As They Finished In ’99.!

Much to JLP’s disappointment all tipsters managed to get their tips in on time for the first round.    This included three of us tipping from overseas….or six, if you count the three Queenslanders.    Only Stallion needed a reminder.

We had lots of tipsters running of at the mouth with their first round tips.

Don’t get caught between Michael Jackson and a bottle of white out is the advice from a bruised HollywoodHunk, who has been visiting Film Agents in Tinsel Town this past two weeks.     MoonGoon has promised to let someone else lead for a week or two at least once during the year.        RooBoys tips were accompanied by his usual chanting mantras.      JimB, in his E of many colours, jumped on the Essendon bandwagon quicker than he usually does.     (He has already forgotten that when the going gets tough, Essendon gets the hell out of there.)       The GrateNorv, as well as tipping badly tells us that Heaven has a footie field, though how in the hell He would know mystifies me.    BlueVicars tips were probably the worst.!!        His email subjected me to a sermon justifying each of his selections.

From The Tipsters Closets…..

Brownose this week turned old.      A very ordinary tipster, even in his prime, we expect his tipping to deteriorate even further this year.       Stallion is lazier than ever.    It is almost a certainty that he will be the first to miss a tipping deadline this year.     Recently retired Captain Quirk, with more hang ups than the Sydney Art Gallery, now spends all his free time scouring the Papers looking for stock.

Old habits die hard.     Blacktown Pete on a recent visit to Macman, pocketed a few of Macmans valuables whilst sipping tea with the host.    Cash Converter Stores in Sydney’s south can expect an influx of second hand Video’s and Dale Carnegie self help books in the near future.

News From The Off Season.

During the off season Chef took mans biggest plunge……..into the pool of matrimony.   Despite planning well for his honeymoon night, all went wrong.     Chef bought himself a pair of studded tiger skin underpants with which to impress his fair maiden.  However on the big night, in his haste to get in amongst the action, he inadvertently put his undies on inside out.
The resultant loss of blood, though not life threatening, deprived Chef of the ability to get an erection for the next three days.

The Ladder

It was heartening to see just how bad the tips were for the first round.       Not one of us had the vision to anticipate Friday nights dead Roo.     Three of the impatient tipsters, Stallion TheGrate Norv and Threedogs went down on a Wildcard in the first round.    Truly pathetic tips were submitted by Sharebare and Wazza.      One from eight….with total embarrassment for Sharebare only saved by a Wildcard on Essendon.    Wazza keeps the embarrassment.

In any event, it doesn’t really matter what any of you tip.   You won’t win.

Letting JLP be in charge of AFL2000, with money involved, is very much like putting Count Dracula in charge of the Bloodbank.     The result is inevitable.!!! Before bleeding you dry I would like to thank you all for your donations.

Here’s the Ladder
JLP

WildCards…..Kindergarten Level Education Required !!

I cannot believe the boneheads that are out there.      Sure, JLP can forgive Saddam, whose climb up the evolutionary ladder stalled shortly after he got up on two legs, or even friends NightOwl and Macman, whose combined IQ most certainly starts with a decimal point.

But most of the rest of you can at least eat and breathe at the same time.

So as no-one has any excuses, here is the last Wildcard lesson.    I’m gonna make it simple….concentrate Chef, Karl and the rest of you that need help !!!

You must use one Wildcard on each team once during the H&A rounds.

JLP will have great pleasure in deducting 5 points for each unused Wildcard.

How fucking hard is that…….???????        There endeth the lesson.

More Tales From The Closet.

Our binary brain Multivac recently designed a computer with which he could conduct an intelligent conversation.      Nowadays the computer, as do the rest of Multivacs friends, avoids Multivac whenever possible.

Cocomum has totally lost it.       She believes that Earth is the centre of the universe, VodkaBoy stays sober, and only sheep are allowed to shop at Woolies.    JLP has assured her that New Zealanders also frequent Woolies.

The First Gallup Poll…!!!!!

It will come as no surprise to tipsters to learn that TheGrateNorv, already a wart on the arse of AFL tipping, was deported from South Africa.      To the shame of Australian republicans, monarchists and aboriginals we have let him into Oz.            The GallupPoll question this week is…….

“What reasons would you give to Canberra Officialdom to have TheGrateNorv returned to the kraal from whence he came ??”

JLP will tabulate all responses and forward them, anonymously, to Canberra.

When you read the ladder, which will appear somewhere below when I get that far, you will note that a few tipsters are in desperate need of points.
 I’m talking about the likes of Wazzadon, whose tipping is as wide of the mark as are his two iron shots….Chef who appears to be eating his own food again and Sharebare who is finding it more difficult to cheat this year.     To assist these, and other, unfortunates we have our first easy two points of the season on offer.      Any old answer to the question above will earn tipsters two points.

The Ladder Has Some Movement.

Gangsta good at using the things that humans make best, weapons, came out with all guns blazing this weekend.       With two shrewdly placed Wildcards Gangsta has jumped to an early lead.    It won’t last  !!!! 

Enjoy it while you can Gangsta, the law of averages is hot on your trail.

YellowPeril also got lucky with his tip this week.    JLP is of the opinion that he must have rubbed a chinaman.    YellowPeril then did well to extricate himself from a sticky position thanks to two strategically placed Wildcards.

Manners are in short supply with most tipsters.       A message from an enraged Karltongue, in response to my queries regarding his blank E-mail of tips, ended with…….“It was just a test….you gigantic tool !!”    Thanks Karl !!

And also, while we are on the subject of gigantic tools, BlacktownPete, this week phoned to asked if he could put his tips in after the midday deadline.     JLP did not cave in this time.     Last time BlacktownPete tried that trick I only received his tips after the fourth game with a covering note threatening legal action if the tips were not accepted.

Wildcards are already taking their toll in AFL2000.      Three tipsters, the three leaders, have positive comments regarding Wildcards.     Another dozen or so tipsters, who have unsuccessfully tried their hand at Wildcards, are bitter and twisted in their criticism of the concept.      Their whingeing and complaining communications to the Tally Room are music to JLP’s ears.

As for those of you who have not yet used any Wildcards….JLP is pleased to advise that you are merely one round closer to an inevitable crisis.

Other than that there is not much to report.

Here in the Tally Room we have just had the usual moans and groans.

Partner has started with his annual whingeing about being disadvantaged by living in London and has asked for a twenty point bonus.    Fat Chance !!!

Hal2000 says there is a glitch in the Monash Computer and wants a reset.

Stallion is horny.     RooBoy’s tunnel vision is keeping him in the dark.

And that is about it for the week.

Submit your GallupPoll answers with your tips this week if you want the extra two points on offer.
JLP

Tipsters Queue Up To Get Rid Of TheGrateNorv.

Last week’s GallupPoll was tackled with heartening enthusiasm by all tipsters with many responding more than once to ensure deportation.      Primarily we want TheGrateNorv out of Oz simply because he is a South African.    Reason enough for JLP.        The distinctly shocker accent also got a few mentions.       As did the hygiene factor.     Social graces were not mentioned.

Running last, Sharebare wants him deported cause its one tipster less to beat.

CaptainQuirk thinks that South Africans living in South Africa are an endangered species and TheGrate  should return to boost their numbers.       Supporting that observation we had Cocomum correctly pointing out that there are already more South Africans in Oz than there are in South Africa.

BlueVicar stated the obvious…..who needs a reason.????

MoonGoon sent an editorial from The Voortrekker Times saying that South Africa doesn’t even want him back.       VodkaBoy prefers Asians.

In his defence TheGrateNorv, with more faked sincerity than an Oscar acceptance speech, claimed he loved Oz more than an American loves guns. 

Thank You All…!!   Two points each.   Once Canberra receives copies of your e-mails we can be confident that TheGrateNorv’s days in Oz are numbered.

Tipsters Slowly Understanding Wildcards.

Like acid through metal the use of Wildcards has finally sunk into the mire of grey matter that tipsters refer to as their brains.    Well Done.!!!    The asylum keepers didn’t think you’d manage it but JLP had every confidence in you all.

Had any unfortunate tipster had a Wildcard on this weekends drawn game He….She….It would have scored minus five.    Your Wildcard must win.

More Closet Talk.

On one of their rare visits to the city, Queenslanders JimB and Onya walked into a building.    You would have thought that one of ‘em would have seen it.

The world surely was not prepared for BlueVicar, who is concerned that the Church may be banned because it is too much competition for television.   BlueVicar is fighting back with his concept of drive through worship.      At 100 kilometres per hour the entire Church service can last no longer than six seconds, which is the average amount of time it takes a believer to fall asleep.

NightOwl, our trainee voyeur, prowls the streets most nights between midnight and dawn doing things for money.

HollywoodHunk has spent yet another Oscar night alone and unknown.
The pinnacle of his career to date has been a bit part in a pilot for an unbought thriller on New Zealand television.    Hunk, there’s always porn !!

The Ladder Has Its Ups And Downs !!

KingGee sent in his tips last week.     Brimming with confidence he prefixed his e-mail with the words “ these are the teams the darts hit first.”   It worked.

Speedy, voted person most likely to make people grind their teeth by three consecutive kindergarten teachers, has finally discovered he can improve his tipping simply by not putting in his tips.

That old shrewdie Duke was a bees dick away from a perfect round, and the five bonus points, this week.    Onya with a couple of well place wildcards also had a blinder.       Stallion found a bit of form and edged up the ladder.    Surprisingly, tipsters of a relatively low calibre, RooBoy, TheSaint and other Kangaroo supporters also did well.

Special mention to FastForward for her place on the ladder.     KingGee can confirm that she is almost always down lower making a grab for the woodie.

Gangsta, last weeks stand alone leader has been joined in his hideout by two other escapees from sanity, Karltongue and YellowPeril.

JimB’s tipping is a disaster.     Wazzadon is starting to settle near the bottom.

This week Sharebare is stand alone last. Don’t you just love those wildcards!!

See how badly you are going…..on the next page is the Ladder.
JLP

Tipsters Moan As Wildcards Take Their Toll.

Last Tuesday, confirming that he is a prick, a belligerent and mathematically handicapped BlacktownPete screamed down the phonelines “ You’re Cheating JLP..!!! “.      Naturally JLP ignored the outburst.    BlacktownPete, calling someone else a cheat.???      That’s like the ocean calling a river wet.

JLP emphatically denies doing a quick double check of the books to confirm that they had been doctored correctly.

While on the subject of low miserable cheats, Captain Quirk tried to use his Westcoast Wildcard for the second time this year.   No can do Quirk.

HollywoodHunk also pulled a shifty this week…no worries…it was his own.

More Closet Gossip

Less than one month into AFL2000 and already it’s too much for Partner.      Prior to an assault at the big bucks Partner has taken a week long sabbatical to Bermuda.      JLP is of the opinion that Partner, as did his ancestors before him, has just gone through the great depression, marriage, and is getting laid in the tropics to focus on his future.

Grate News For Tipsters.

JLP is delighted at the success of our first GallupPoll.      TheGrateNorv is temporarily exiting the country.       Admittedly his absence will only be for a few months, but we should all nevertheless be grateful for small mercies.

Here in the Tally Room we have received tips from TheGrateNorv for the next 8 weeks with a covering note advising he intends to return to Oz by sea.

He anticipates arriving in Oz via either Christmas Island or Ashmore Reef.

Almost Time To Rub Your CrystalBalls.

CrystalBall time is next Week.    Knowing the literacy handicap which hinders most of you I am presuming that by now you will have arranged for your Nanny, your Zoo Keeper or your Prison Guard to have read the Rules and Regulations out to you.    Having done that you will be aware that between the fifth and sixth rounds you are to provide JLP with your CrystalBall predictions.

To help the many idiots amongst us JLP will review CrystalBalls next week.

The Ladder And Its Movements.

Just so you can all see how mind boggingly bad some of your tips are JLP is kindly presenting this weeks ladder in a more comprehensive format.

There were some seriously bad exhibitions of tipping this week.   BlueVicar, finally gave into temptation and used his first Wildcard this week, Richmond.      Bad call Vicar…..you should have resisted temptation one more week.

JimB and Brownose both of whom have been giving into temptation since before they knew how to even spell the word each played three wildcards this week with poor results.

Pokemon, who measures Hair Gel by the shovel load……leaving him so slick that he is often mistaken for a wog, also took the Wildcard plunge in round four, with better results than most.        Two successful Wildcards this week have pushed Pokemon well into the top ten.

On the other side of the spectrum GirlFromMelbourne went belly up in her tipping this week.         Whilst, in other circumstances, belly up is one of GirlFromMelbournes preferred positions she acknowledges that she will need to adopt a more dominating posture to satisfy her needs in AFL2000.

Regrettably this was a good week for YellowPeril, that insect from the north, who got his Port Adelaide Wildcard home.

Ozipom, ominous to those close to her, got two from two Wildcards this week.

MoonGoon, who is using up his Wildcards faster than Chef can ruin a good meal, has little to show for his efforts.    With five from eight MoonGoon has accumulated a meagre ten points from half his Wildcards.   Not good enough!!

After four rounds there are only six tipsters who have yet to use a Wildcard.

Interestingly, the three best performers in the Wildcard comp are Karltongue, YellowPeril and Pokemon, all with three from three.    These tipsters are the ones who are presently disputing the lead.       The tipsters who have been totally useless in their application of Wildcards, Sharebare, CaptainQuirk and JimB are in conflict over the wooden spoon.

The Ladder follows below.     Hopefully most of you will be disappointed.
JLP