NRLFF 2006 Fantasy thread - Round 25+26 - Championship time

Have submitted a team. Was going to bring in Chris heighington after seeing his scores in the previous two weeks but it looks like he's mispelt in the spreadsheet, got no scores against him and is a paltry $495k.

Traded out Webster, Hazem and Louis but I aint telling who I brought in. But one's a centre and ones a full back and the other is in the second row.

Major thanks @easytiger,
You and a cow have given interest when it was needed.

My team for the last 2 rounds hopefully nails the POD comp.

Nathan Hindmarsh
Craig Fitzgibbon
Steve Menzies
Lance Thompson
Justin Hodges
John Sutton
Luke Priddis
Luke Bailey
Ryan Cross
Nathan Fien
Jason Ryles
Michael Gordon
Anthony Watmough
Darren Albert
Jacob Lillyman
Luke Davico
Sam Isemonger
Luke Covell
Matthew Head
Jarryd Hayne
John Skandalis

Clack Bocks wrote:
Traded out Webster, Hazem and Louis but I aint telling who I brought in.

Whereas I am telling everyone who I brought in, as I seem pretty locked into mid table mediocrity of 12th

OUTS: Nathan Merritt, Michael Gordon, Kirk Reynoldson
INS: Craig Fitzgibbon, Corey Parker, Tom Haberecht

Literally bringing in the two best players I don't have who are playing both weeks (sorry JT and Gal), and a cashout.

TEAM FOR R25 & R26
Greg Inglis
Justin Hodges
Jarryd Hayne
Mark Gasnier
Steven Bell
Trent Barrett
Brent McConnell
Craig Fitzgibbon
Nathan Hindmarsh
Lance Thompson
Corey Parker
Shane Webcke
Cameron Smith
Alan Tongue
Sonny Bill Williams
Dallas Johnson
Awen Guttenbeil
Iosia Soliola
Brett Morris
Chris Lawrence
Tom Haberecht

Soliola loops for McConnell. 3k left in the bank

Tempted to play Morris, because Quicksand is trading him in and starting him over some other decent options, and he's been picking everything right. But I'll stick to my guns.

my reasons for bringing in Morris;

1. Scored 77 last week,
2. Good price at $391K (extra 100K itb)
3. Burt not selected for R26
4. Collis has a bye
5 B.Carney has a bye

quicksand wrote:
my reasons for bringing in Morris;

1. Scored 77 last week,
2. Good price at $391K (extra 100K itb)
3. Burt not selected for R26
4. Collis has a bye
5 B.Carney has a bye

Methinks thou doth protest too much

My 3 trades are looking like:
Out - Andrew Johns, Hazem El Masri, Luke O'Dwyer
In - Matt Orford, Craig Fitzgibbon, Joven Clark

quicksand wrote:
my reasons for bringing in Morris;

1. Scored 77 last week,
2. Good price at $391K (extra 100K itb)
3. Burt not selected for R26
4. Collis has a bye
5 B.Carney has a bye

I agree re, Morris being a good pickup. Burt is playing round 26 though just off the bench so could have poor minutes.

As someone that has owned Brett Morris since his debut(and played him for the first 6 weeks) I wouldn't feel confident selecting a bloke that score 2 points in 80 minutes round 22 just because he happened to score 2 tries round 24

multiple.scoregasms wrote:As someone that has owned Brett Morris since his debut(and played him for the first 6 weeks) I wouldn't feel confident selecting a bloke that score 2 points in 80 minutes round 22 just because he happened to score 2 tries round 24

I kind of agree as a Morris owner; however given he has previously been a fantasy gun you have to consider his previous scores differently to a debutant in 2020 who we don't know their future.

robelgordo wrote:

Whereas I am telling everyone who I brought in, as I seem pretty locked into mid table mediocrity of 12th
Tempted to play Morris, because Quicksand is trading him in and starting him over some other decent options, and he's been picking everything right. But I'll stick to my guns.

I think I’ve picked a good trade in that seems to be under the radar. But it might just end up Williamson who I thought Was a shrewd buy only to have 2 others bring in and get sub 30 scores.
Actually Louis Anderson did the same...

Empyreal wrote:

I agree re, Morris being a good pickup. Burt is playing round 26 though just off the bench so could have poor minutes.

You are correct. I didn't look for him on the bench cause who puts a wing on the bench ?
He must be there covering injury and as such he has to go !!

What an odd looking bench for the eels Widders (fine), PJ Marsh (ok as half/hooker), Delaney (usually a centre), Burt (wing/fullback)

Soooooo, H2H finals time........

R23 in The CUP went on form, EasyTiger, Welshy and Moanaman all beat their opponents, the upset of the round was Camo123 tipping over HerefortheBE.

R24 saw Ryan Hoffman screw Moanaman for the second time in this competition as Clack Bocks and White lightening take the wins.

The Semifinals are EasyTiger vs White Lightening and Welshy vs Clack Bocks.

Good Luck everyone!

The Cup:

R23 in The Plate also went on form with this Favorites all winning.

R24, Filth and TeethEater prevail leaving Wolfking vs TeethEater and Filthridden vs Quicksand in the semis

The Plate:

In the Bowl, I felt it was a little unfair to have two Ghosts getting the chance of a Bye and going straight through to the Final by not actually contributing. So I've made an executive decision and I've "Billy Slatered" their asses and suspended them from the competition. The four remaining players, Multiple Scoregasms, Green Machine, Empty Reel and Code Delta, all had Byes and The Bowl resets from R25.

Good Luck Lads!

The Bowl:

My trades this week....

Andrew Johns, Paul Gallen, Brian Carney out (Carney is the last player from my R1 Team...)
Jerome Ropati, Craig Fitzgibbon, Dallas Johnson In

R25
Justin Hodges
Greg Inglis
Jarryd Hayne
Michael Gordon
Mark Gasnier
Lance Hohaia
Jerome Ropati
Dane Tilse
Simon Mannering
Nathan Hindmarsh
Sonny Bill Williams
Corey Parker
Cameron Smith
Nathan Merritt
Alan Tongue
Craig Fitzgibbon
Dallas Johnson
Chris Lawrence
Anthony Laffranchi
Sam Perrett
John Morris

R26
Justin Hodges
Greg Inglis
Jarryd Hayne
Michael Gordon
Mark Gasnier
Lance Hohaia
Jerome Ropati
Dane Tilse
Simon Mannering
Nathan Hindmarsh
Sonny Bill Williams
Corey Parker
Cameron Smith
Anthony Laffranchi
Alan Tongue
Craig Fitzgibbon
Dallas Johnson
Chris Lawrence
Nathan Merritt
Sam Perrett
John Morris

Moanaman wrote:Soooooo, H2H finals time........

R23 in The CUP went on form, EasyTiger, Welshy and Moanaman all beat their opponents, the upset of the round was Camo123 tipping over HerefortheBE.

R24 saw Ryan Hoffman screw Moanaman for the second time in this competition as Clack Bocks and White lightening take the wins.

Great I play the team that scored the highest ever round score. Not at all worried

Moanaman wrote:Soooooo, H2H finals time........

R23 in The CUP went on form, EasyTiger, Welshy and Moanaman all beat their opponents, the upset of the round was Camo123 tipping over HerefortheBE.

R24 saw Ryan Hoffman screw Moanaman for the second time in this competition as Clack Bocks and White lightening take the wins.

The Semifinals are EasyTiger vs White Lightening and Welshy vs Clack Bocks.

Good Luck everyone!

The Cup:

R23 in The Plate also went on form with this Favorites all winning.

R24, Filth and TeethEater prevail leaving Wolfking vs TeethEater and Filthridden vs Quicksand in the semis

The Plate:

In the Bowl, I felt it was a little unfair to have two Ghosts getting the chance of a Bye and going straight through to the Final by not actually contributing. So I've made an executive decision and I've "Billy Slatered" their asses and suspended them from the competition. The four remaining players, Multiple Scoregasms, Green Machine, Empty Reel and Code Delta, all had Byes and The Bowl resets from R25.

Good Luck Lads!

The Bowl:

Thanks mate, that's awesome. Wow, how'd I manage to win both those match-ups?? Madness. Although, I think I am about to get thoroughly wolfed.

Good luck, Wolfking. Please trade poorly this round. You know I will.

The 2006 POD Champion of Champions: Round 23


MoanaMan may have only had two PODs, but he picked the right one's for R23:

R23 - THE TOP 8 AND THE BOTTOM 4:

Code Delta continues to play a heavy POD hand

R23 SCOREBOARD:

Only three round remaining and it's looking like the Overall winner is already certain.
But who will be second?

R23 OVERALL STANDINGS:

Clack Bocks wrote:

Great I play the team that scored the highest ever round score. Not at all worried

I think we both need a miracle to beat those 2 outstanding teams mate who are both clearly superior.

The 2006 POD Survivor Head to Head series: The Final 8

The final 8 get their own Top 8 - Bottom 4 series (to keep a good balance between volume and quality of POD's):

POD SURVIVOR - THE TOP 8 AND THE BOTTOM 4:

A big first up score for the favourite.

POD SURVIVOR - R23 SCORE CARD:

Three blow-outs, and one close match:

WHO WILL WIN?:

POD Survivor Final ranks:
7. Mattnz
8. Welshy
9. GreenMachine
10. MoanaMan

White Lightning wrote:

I think we both need a miracle to beat those 2 outstanding teams mate who are both clearly superior.

I wouldn't go that far.
After the last pair of rounds I feel like I'm about to have my ass handed to me, it's just a question of Who will do it

Lance hohaia? That’s bold as