Gigs Ladder Comp Round 7 update – It’s all in the family

Here we go folks, the greatest footy tipping contest in the history of the free world, as voted by an independent panel of experts is now online via Australian Football and The Footy Almanac.

(Does one person – me – count as panel? I’m not sure but I have flown on a plane, and plane and panel are both made of the same letters, so that surely counts for something. And as for independent, well I wasn’t actually referring to my ability to make an impartial assessment of this great competition, just the fact that I am able to take care of myself financially.)

And with seven rounds gone, it’s Geelong that’s broken away from the pack in the real ladder, and one of their greatest fans that’s broken away from the pack in the ‘ladder ladder’. Who is this great Cats’ fan? It’s the son of another great Cats’ fan in fact. It’s Theo Harms, son of head Almanacker John. (Does that make Theo an Almanacker tacker? I say YES!)

Theo’s ladder heads the table with score of 46 points. (Remember folks, the lower your score the better your ladder is doing.) He’s an amazing six points clear of the next cab – or in this case cabs – off the rank, who are Geordie C (who was leader after rounds 5 and 6. Geordie probably enjoyed that, given that his name’s an anagram of “ego ride”), Daniel H (no, it’s not Mr. Harford), Kerry P, who was leader after round 4 and Tim I, who was also leader after round 4 and just happens to be an anagram of “I’m it”. Who knows, Tim may well be “it” before the year is out.

But there’s a long way to go, 15 rounds plus finals, so anything could happen. Maybe our cellar-dwellars, dual Saints’ fans Lou F and Yvette W, who are equal 178th on 150 points, could yet make a run at the ladder leadership. Or maybe not. In Yvette W’s case one gets the feeling from the number of letters in her name that are at the back end of the alphabet, that she might prefer to stay the back end of the ladder ladder.

Lou and Yvette are doing so badly they’re behind even Yrag Legov, the Siberian Husky breeder from Krasnoyarsk, who traditionally occupies the ladder’s bottom rung.

Best of the “so called experts” is Geoff Slattery, head of Slattery Media and rabid Hawthorn supporter. (Just don’t mention the last 10 Geelong games to him.) He’s on 56 points, in equal 14th place, (just ahead of last year’s winner Matthew W, who is poised to pounce in his efforts to go back-to-back).

Geoff is a long way ahead of some other so called experts, in particular Andy MaherScott Cummings and Robert Walls, all on 70 points and in equal 122nd spot, behind even Chance Fateman, who used a random number generator to put his ladder together.

Check out how your ladder is doing below. Spreadsheets will be emailed to entrants tonight!

Position ENTRANT SCORE
1 Theo Harms 46
=2 Geordie C 52
=2 Kerry P 52
=2 Daniel H 52
=2 Tim I 52
=6 The Holy Boot 54
=6 Damian B 54
=6 John B 54
=6 Michael Ba 54
=6 Luke R 54
=6 Lou H 54
=6 Haiku Bob 54
=6 Janno T 54
=14 Darren C 56
=14 Paul L 56
=14 Ted A 56
=14 Peter M 56
=14 Jesse H 56
=14 Leon C 56
=14 John Harms 56
=14 Paul Ro 56
=14 Gavin T 56
=14 Pocka 56
=14 The Gentle Giant 56
=14 Geoff Slattery (S) 56
=26 Mark Hunter 58
=26 Susie G 58
=26 Matthew W 58
=26 Anthony M 58
=26 Garry N 58
=26 FootyMaths Institute 58
=26 Tim A 58
=33 Scott H 60
=33 Pete Ca 60
=33 Katwoman 60
=33 Dave Mi 60
=33 Eamon L 60
=33 Laurie B 60
=33 Brad B 60
=33 Benjamin Button (S) 60
=33 Leslie H 60
=33 Lord MOC 60
=33 Matthew B 60
=33 Peter C 60
=33 Keith B 60
=33 Pants!!!! 60
=33 John Mo 60
=33 Swinburne Computer (S) 60
=33 Matthew Lloyd (S) 60
=33 Victoria E-B 60
=33 Al W 60
=52 Anwar N 62
=52 Paula from Twitter (S) 62
=52 Pre-Season Betting (S) 62
=52 Andrew F 62
=52 Mick C 62
=52 Entrant Average (S) 62
=52 Peter S 62
=52 James W 62
=52 Rohan Connolly (S) 62
=52 Sherryn B 62
=52 Patrick K 62
=52 Geoff C 62
=52 Shaun C (S) 62
=52 Danny Power 62
=52 Andrew Ga 62
=52 Cookie 62
=52 Avenging Eagle 62
=52 Paul Daffey 62
=70 Eggsy 64
=70 Anthony O 64
=70 John Ma 64
=70 Rob N 64
=70 David V 64
=70 Melissa L 64
=70 Josh Ba 64
=70 Mathew S 64
=70 Spencer Gigacz 64
=70 Paul C 64
=70 Dave B 64
=70 Jamie G 64
=70 Rowdy 64
=70 Frank L 64
=70 NFI 64
=70 Paul H 64
=70 Marty N 64
=70 David D 64
=70 Burkey’s Jive Turkeys 64
=70 Adam C 64
=90 Christopher D’A 66
=90 Angela N 66
=90 Andrew P 66
=90 Eddie C 66
=90 Peter Hanlon 66
=90 Kyle B 66
=90 Oliver C 66
=90 Michael Bo 66
=90 Garry Lyon (S) 66
=90 Sally B 66
=90 David W 66
=90 Anthony L 66
=90 Chance Fateman (S) 66
=90 Andy R 66
=90 Mark Sc 66
=90 Damien L 66
=106 Rusty Berther 68
=106 Secret Agent Hamilton Syme 68
=106 Helen F 68
=106 Gary K 68
=106 Greg W 68
=106 Mick W 68
=106 Ben Mo 68
=106 Ravenous Bird 68
=106 Tony Ro 68
=106 Dinahcat 68
=106 Jason L 68
=106 Rob L 68
=106 Ben Re 68
=106 2012 Ladder 68
=106 Howard K 68
=106 Kick It Long To Royce 68
=122 Joan C 70
=122 Lucas G 70
=122 Andy Maher (S) 70
=122 Alison C 70
=122 Rob O’N 70
=122 Robert Walls (S) 70
=122 Alovesupreme 70
=122 Thomas Sodor 70
=122 Richard A 70
=122 Peter K 70
=122 Jim N 70
=122 Snake 70
=122 Scott Cummings (S) 70
=135 Dave N 72
=135 Andrew L 72
=135 Jackie T 72
=135 Bron R 72
=135 Lord Bogan 72
=135 Darren “Smokie” Dawson 72
=135 Paul Br 72
=142 John Ki 74
=142 Rob Ch 74
=142 David L 74
=142 Ben Cap 74
=142 Ben P 74
=142 Sasha L 74
=142 Rehana 74
149 Glenn B 76
=150 Son of Ravenous Bird 78
=150 Oliver Gigacz 78
=150 Chris W 78
=150 Andrew Mc 78
=150 Rob To 78
=150 Bill F 78
=156 Remy Niscence (S) 80
=156 Krystal C 80
=158 Rick K 82
=158 Gojko S 82
=160 Joel L 84
=160 Yvette #2 84
=160 Helen E-B 84
=160 Andrew Gigacz 84
=164 Mad Dog 86
=164 Anne Fed 86
=166 Gigs’s Mum 88
=166 T Bone 88
168 Matt C 90
169 Tess “Complete Guess” Bambridge (S) 92
170 Elsie F 94
=171 NAB Cup 96
=171 Deb B 96
173 Stefan G 100
174 Ian S 102
175 Jackie “RipTorn” Bambridge (S) 112
176 Alpha Presnell (S) 120
177 Yrag Legov (S) 134
=178 Lou F 150
=178 Yvette W 150
  • (S) denotes entrants who have earned the title “so-called expert”. They might be journalists, ex-players (or both), four-legged creatures, or perhaps not even real. The good news is, no matter how well their ladder is doing, they are not eligible for prize-money.

About Andrew Gigacz

Well, here we are. The Bulldogs have won a flag. What do I do now?

Comments

  1. I’m very pleased that Boy Theo is having an early moment in the sun but, JTH, bring out the tissues for the tears later on. The rest of us are still warming up.

  2. Theo is taking it one week at a time.

    Essendon’s decline will assist him.

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