A footy punter has positioned $1 million on Collingwood to win its spherical 20 blockbuster in opposition to Carlton.
It is the biggest wager ever taken by TAB on an AFL recreation.
At odds of $1.40, the punter stands to make a $400,000 revenue if the Pies win the Friday evening conflict on July 28.
The wager was revealed on Wednesday’s episode of Pure Footy, the AFL digital evaluation present accessible unique each week at heraldsun.com.au.
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Champion Data analyst Daniel Hoyne threw a curve ball into Brownlow predictions by suggesting Nick Daicos might be managed if the Pies are heading in the direction of one other victory in opposition to Fremantle on Saturday.
“Will there be a game where Craig McRae subs him out early as management?” Hoyne mentioned.
“We’ve seen Collingwood do it before. I know Scott Pendlebury is a bit older, but if I’m Collingwood right now … you’ve got to manage your superstars, I think it could get to a game, and it could be Saturday, just to put him on ice for 40 minutes or 45 minutes.”
Daicos has been an enormous a part of Collingwood’s success all season, and Hoyne revealed he has made the Magpies’ much more potent previously three rounds taking part in as a full-time midfielder.
In that point a number of of Collingwood’s key stats have spiked, notably clearance numbers and effectivity inside 50.
“His ability to impact the game at stoppage just purely through his cleanliness with ball in hand is phenomenal,” Hoyne mentioned.
“He’s won 26 first possessions in the last three weeks, the next highest Collingwood player is Tom Mitchell with 14.”
North Melbourne champion David King mentioned the largest bounce is the Pies’ skill to show these clearances right into a rating.
“To go from +11 to +20 at this stage of the year … to find nine points is massive.”
Hoyne mentioned the share of Daicos’s disposals received within the defensive 50 had dropped from 27 per cent to 10 per cent.
“Where he’s getting a lot of his ball is in the defensive midfield pure counterpunch area.”
Also on this week’s present, Shai Bolton’s affect at Richmond, why Mitch Owens is the brand new Nat Fyfe and each crew’s report in opposition to the very best groups this season.
Originally revealed as Pure Footy: Stats gurus David King and Daniel Hoyne on the large developments forward of spherical 18
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