NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 18 - Ditch the duds thread

I mean, if this was a normal year then I'd be all over Katoa, but job security? Are you joking? Every Warrior will be a red dot by round three (if there is a round three).

Is no one worried that you’ll bring in katao and then the warriors quit and go home?

Shanbon wrote:Is no one worried that you’ll bring in katao and then the warriors quit and go home?

They've confirmed they're going to stick it out for around 6 weeks, I'm not too worried. #yolo

my tv broke wrote:

They've confirmed they're going to stick it out for around 6 weeks, I'm not too worried. #yolo

Oh well if thats the case. #katoaon

Bring in Katoa.
If things change, they change. Fanhub will do something. May not be ideal but they would have to.

I am treating everything as normal for now.

filthridden wrote:I am treating everything as normal for now.

I think this is the best option.

rhinoceroo wrote:

I'm locked down for 14 days because 13-y-o son 99% has it (sore throat, really dry cough, slight fever - he'll be ok but he's bound to pass it on to us), was hoping for a few days of NRL to distract me before Australia catches up with the rest of the world, but seems not.

Oh, and close the fucking schools.

My family had the same symptoms, but tested negative. We've been in self-isolating since the start of last week. My workplace has told everyone to work from home as of today (bar a few staff who have office bound tasks). Hopefully it's not covid19.

Well Levi/Musgrove to Flegler/Katoa and 170k it is

Chewie wrote:

My family had the same symptoms, but tested negative. We've been in self-isolating since the start of last week. My workplace has told everyone to work from home as of today (bar a few staff who have office bound tasks). Hopefully it's not covid19.

They're not testing in the UK now unless you're so bad you call for hospitalization. So we just have to assume it's covid and lock down whether it is or not.

Seems really dumb both for data/tracking reasons and because it's really beneficial to know who's definitely had it because they can then go back out into the world and keep things ticking over.

I was pretty happy with my rd 1 team with Ese'ese the only one of real concern in the 17. I was going to get Flegler or Horsburgh, but with Lomax shifting to the wing I've opted to bring Isaako in.
My backs now look like this

Aubbs, Shiba
Papy, Drinkwater, Isaako

I'm giving Wiliame another week or so in the EMG. I've dropped Musgrove for EKatoa to generate cash a bit faster.

rhinoceroo wrote:

They're not testing in the UK now unless you're so bad you call for hospitalization. So we just have to assume it's covid and lock down whether it is or not.

Seems really dumb both for data/tracking reasons and because it's really beneficial to know who's definitely had it because they can then go back out into the world and keep things ticking over.

isn't it lack of kits?

the govt advice being pushed out here is you won't be tested unless you've had contact with a known covid positive or recently travelled. how would you even know?

Morrison just announced that schools are to remain open.

my tv broke wrote:

isn't it lack of kits?

the govt advice being pushed out here is you won't be tested unless you've had contact with a known covid positive or recently travelled. how would you even know?

Yes, it is lack of kits, and given that it's understandable. But there shouldn't be a lack of kits. Soith Korea dedicated themselves to manufacturing kits, ran hundreds of thousands of tests, and for some reason have the quickest slowdown of any major nation.

rhinoceroo wrote:

They're not testing in the UK now unless you're so bad you call for hospitalization. So we just have to assume it's covid and lock down whether it is or not.

Seems really dumb both for data/tracking reasons and because it's really beneficial to know who's definitely had it because they can then go back out into the world and keep things ticking over.

Here in OZ they are not testing everyone, but the workplace had an international summit about a month ago with a few delegates from high risk countries (Italy and South Korea) so they wanted to make sure it wasn't CV19. Also mrs Bacca falls into the vulnerable people category.
I'm not sure if the UK is taking the right approach, hopefully some of the medicines they are trialing here now in about 50 hospitals are effective.

Chewie wrote:I was pretty happy with my rd 1 team with Ese'ese the only one of real concern in the 17. I was going to get Flegler or Horsburgh, but with Lomax shifting to the wing I've opted to bring Isaako in.
My backs now look like this

Aubbs, Shiba
Papy, Drinkwater, Isaako

I'm giving Wiliame another week or so in the EMG. I've dropped Musgrove for EKatoa to generate cash a bit faster.

This morning I'm leaning towards;

Stimson - Katoa
Lomax - Aubbs/Isaako

I went Hess/Burns to Horse/Isaako ..... idk how i feel about it.

White Lightning wrote:See mother nature always sorts the planet out. She waits & gives humanity every chance to clean up it's act & when enough is enough she intervenes & does the job herself.

Sorry fat finger downvote!

Is Williams to Hors a useless waste of a trade?

Thumbs UP: Yes
Thumbs DOWN: No

Chewie wrote:

Here in OZ they are not testing everyone, but the workplace had an international summit about a month ago with a few delegates from high risk countries (Italy and South Korea) so they wanted to make sure it wasn't CV19. Also mrs Bacca falls into the vulnerable people category.
I'm not sure if the UK is taking the right approach, hopefully some of the medicines they are trialing here now in about 50 hospitals are effective.

There's a vaccine with potential being developed in Germany. Another one in China. These things take time, but I'm confident that the sum of human scientific brainpower will find an answer to this - first a treatment then a vaccine - before very long, but there'll be a lot of damage along the way.

The Aus position on testing is what the UK one was about a week ago. There's a ripple effect where Italy is about a week ahead of Spain which is a week ahead of the UK which is a week ahead of US which is a week ahead of Aus. That applies to the fatality numbers as well as the mentality as well as the measures like closing down sports fixtures etc. To bring it on topic, that's why I think, a month after Serie A, two weeks adter the EPL, the NRL will shutter next week.

rhinoceroo wrote:

I'm locked down for 14 days because 13-y-o son 99% has it (sore throat, really dry cough, slight fever - he'll be ok but he's bound to pass it on to us), was hoping for a few days of NRL to distract me before Australia catches up with the rest of the world, but seems not.

Oh, and close the fucking schools.

Hope he recovers soon mate! Stay safe.

Schools over here look like closing Friday, 2 weeks until 2 week Easter break so government trying to swing it out long enough to get a months worth of isolation with less disruption by the looks

I was told today I could potentially work from home, hopefully they let me sort some stuff tomorrow give me some Workload and send me on my way with my desktop in hand