Stephen Clarke's 2009 Footy Tips

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Annual Wrap-Up

The computer got 124 winners (counting draws as a win) over the home and away season  (70.5%) and with 5 correct out of 9 finals finished the season at just on 70% correct, and average margin of error under 28 points.
 
This was slightly better than its long term average and it performed well against the expert tipsters. In the Adelaide ABC web site where the predicted winners are published we easily beat all the other tipsters over the home and away season by several winners.    

Previously:

Grand Final

(Last week's tips gave me 1.0 winners for the week and 127.0 winners for the season.

The Grand Final tip is:

• Geelong

Finals Week 2

(Last week's tips gave me 2.0 winners for the week and 126.0 winners for the season.
Now for the Finals:

• W. Bulldogs
• Adelaide     

Finals Week 1

(Last week's tips gave me 3.0 winners for the week and 124.0 winners for the season.
Now for the Finals:

• Adelaide  
• W. Bulldogs
• Bris Lions
• Collingwood

Round 22

(Last week's tips gives me 5.0 winners for the week and 121.0 winners for the season.)

• West Coast 
• Geelong    
• Hawthorn    
• Carlton    
• Sydney     
• Port Adel  
• St. Kilda  
• Collingwood

Round 21

(Last week's tips gives me 6.0 winners for the week and 116.0 winners for the season.)

• Geelong   
• Carlton   
• Adelaide   
• Bris Lions
• Hawthorn  
• St. Kilda 
• Collingwood
• Essendon  

Round 20

(Last week's tips gives me 4.0 winners for the week and 110.0 winners for the season.)

• Adelaide  
• Collingwood
• West Coast
• Bris Lions
• Geelong   
• Melbourne 
• Carlton   
• St. Kilda 

Round 19

(Last week's tips gives me 7.0 winners for the week and 106.0 winners for the season.)

• Geelong   
• W. Bulldogs
• St. Kilda 
• Essendon  
• Adelaide  
• North Melb
• Richmond  
• Fremantle    

Round 18

(Last week's tips gives me 6.0 winners for the week and 99.0 winners for the season.)

• Carlton    
• W. Bulldogs
• Geelong     
• St. Kilda  
• Collingwood
• Richmond   
• Port Adel  
• Essendon   

Round 17

(Last week's tips gives me 7.0 winners for the week and 93.0 winners for the season.)

• Collingwood
• Geelong   
• West Coast
• Bris Lions
• St. Kilda 
• Sydney    
• Essendon  
• Adelaide   

Round 16

(Last week's tips gives me 5.0 winners for the week and 86.0 winners for the season.)

• W. Bulldogs
• Carlton    
• Geelong    
• Collingwood
• Bris Lions 
• Port Adel  
• Richmond   
• St. Kilda  

Round 15

(Last week's tips gives me 5.0 winners for the week and 81.0 winners for the season.)

• Collingwood
• Sydney    
• Carlton   
• Geelong   
• Adelaide  
• Hawthorn  
• Port Adel 
• St. Kilda 

Round 14

(Last week's tips gives me 6.0 winners for the week and 76.0 winners for the season.)

• Collingwood
• West Coast
• Bris Lions
• Adelaide  
• W. Bulldogs
• Sydney    
• Geelong 
• Carlton  

Round 13

(Last week's tips gives me 7.0 winners for the week and 70.0 winners for the season.)

• Carlton   
• Collingwood
• Adelaide  
• Bris Lions
• Hawthorn  
• Geelong   
• W. Bulldogs
• St. Kilda 

Round 12

(Last week's tips gives me 6.0 winners for the week and 63.0 winners for the season.)

• St. Kilda 
• W. Bulldogs
• Richmond   
• Hawthorn  
• Adelaide  
• Essendon  
• Collingwood
• Geelong   

Round 11

(Last week's tips gives me 7.0 winners for the week and 57.0 winners for the season.)

• W. Bulldogs
• St. Kilda  
• Bris Lions 
• Port Adel  
• Essendon   
• Hawthorn   
• Geelong    
• Collingwood

Round 10

(Last week's tips gives me 7.0 winners for the week and 50.0 winners for the season.)

• Carlton 
• Bulldogs
• Bris Lions
• St. Kilda 
• Fremantle 
• Adelaide  
• Geelong   
• Collingwood

Round 9

(Last week's tips gives me 8.0 winners for the week and 43.0 winners for the season.)

• Geelong  
• North Melb
• Carlton    
• Collingwood
• Essendon  
• Sydney    
• St. Kilda 
• Hawthorn  

Round 8

(Last week's tips gives me 3.0 winners for the week and 35.0 winners for the season.)

• Hawthorn 
• W. Bulldogs
• Geelong    
• Bris Lions
• Sydney    
• Port Adel 
• Carlton   
• St. Kilda   

Round 7

(Last week's tips gives me 5.0 winners for the week and 32.0 winners for the season.)

• Hawthorn 
• Geelong
• Richmond
• Port Adel
• Carlton
• Adelaide
• West Coast
• St. Kilda

Round 6

(Last week's tips gives me 5.0 winners for the week and 27.0 winners for the season.)

• Collingwood
• Carlton
• West Coast
• Bris Lions
• Adelaide  
• Sydney    
• Geelong   
• St. Kilda 

Round 5

(Last week's tips gives me 5.0 winners for the week and 22.0 winners for the season.)

• St. Kilda 
• Collingwood
• Hawthorn  
• North Melb
• Sydney    
• Geelong   
• Carlton   
• Adelaide  

Round 4

(Last week's tips gives me 6.0 winners for the week and 17.0 winners for the season.)

• Collingwood
• Sydney
• Hawthorn
• St. Kilda
• Geelong
• North Melb
• Richmond
• W. Bulldogs

Round 3

(Last week's tips gives me 5.0 winners for the week and 11.0 winners for the season.)

• Geelong 
• St. Kilda 
• Bris Lions
• Carlton   
• Port Adel 
• Hawthorn  
• Fremantle 
• Bulldogs

Round 2

(Last week's tips gives me 6.0 winners for the week and 6.0 winners for the season.)

• Adelaide  
• Geelong   
• Collingwood
• Carlton   
• Hawthorn  
• Essendon  
• W. Bulldogs
• Port Adel 

Round 1

• Carlton  
• Geelong   
• Collingwood
• Bris Lions
• St. Kilda 
• North Melb
• Port Adel 
• Fremantle 

Previous Years' Tips

• 2008 Footy Tips
• 2007 Footy Tips
• 2007 NRL Tips

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