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    Hype Beasts and Crisis Merchants in Full Swing! Round 3 AFL Preview

    en-usApril 04, 2019
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    About this Episode

    After a rough Round 1, our tipsters are on the rebound after a profitable Round 2! Bring on Round 3...

    On this week's episode:
    Gordo gets Baz on the blower to ask whether; "Footy's gone soft?" (1:20) before breaking down which 2-0 teams are "real good"- Geelong (7:47), Brisbane (11:08), Port Adelaide (13:24), Western Bulldogs (14:30), St Kilda (17:20) and which 0-2 teams are "real bad" - Sydney (20:01), Carlton (21:55), Melbourne (24:10) - Note: Essendon and North Melbourne, you're still in the 'Cone of Silence'... (27:44)

    The Boys also (of course) preview all the Round 3 action, Baz recaps his Round 2 hot take and the lads leave with with some value picks for you to play around with this weekend.

    If you want to skip ahead to the listen to the preview of a specific game the time stamps are below:

    Upset Alerts:
    Collingwood vs. West Coast - 28:39
    Brisbane vs. Port Adelaide - 33:39

    Sure Things:
    Melbourne vs. Essendon - 38:19
    Carlton vs. Sydney - 42:10
    Western Bulldogs vs. Gold Coast - 47:18
    Hawthorn vs. North Melbourne - 51:33
    Fremantle vs. St Kilda - 56:23

    50/50 Picks:
    Adelaide vs. Geelong - 59:22
    GWS vs. Richmond - 1:02:39

    Feature Picks - 1:08:39

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