NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 72 - Bursting the COVID bubble

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Since round 6:

6 - Papy (31), Drinky (61), Turbo (52)
7 - Papy (87), Drinky (19), Farnworth (45)
8 - Papy (31), Drinky (29), Farnworth (36)
9 - Papy (69), Drinky (17), Farnworth (24)
10 - Papy (32), RTS (42), Crichton (56)
11 - Papy (73), RTS (31), Crichton (43)
12 - Papy (62), RTS (52), Ponga (55)

Farnworth put up some reasonable scores during that time, it was only really Drinkwater that provided poor value for money

That's not too shabby.
Drinkwater really went downhill after round 6

Butcher's 58 and my 291k bank hopefully seals the Butcher --> Bateman deal next week.

L-Jimmy wrote:

Damn. 3 years. That’s a long time for long-suffering fans to keep suffering.

I think its fair. Can't turn them around in 1 year. Pretty sure Brown did the deal to bring Ponga in right? Then built around him. Needs time to spot talent and attract them. He got shafted at knights, attracted the right players, but didnt get the opportunity to show what he could do with them when the team was finally assembled. The turnaround at the knights shows that he can be astute and turn around an ailing club, given time.

Chewie wrote:

That's not too shabby.
Drinkwater really went downhill after round 6

He looked good the whole time as well, but kept missing bulk tackles and having tries dropped

Does anyone know the $ per point above BE these days? Are people still using 1350?

mattnz wrote:
I think its fair. Can't turn them around in 1 year. Pretty sure Brown did the deal to bring Ponga in right? Then built around him. Needs time to spot talent and attract them. He got shafted at knights, attracted the right players, but didnt get the opportunity to show what he could do with them when the team was finally assembled. The turnaround at the knights shows that he can be astute and turn around an ailing club, given time.

Warriors have one of if not the best back three in the competition. Their back row (Harris/Katoa/Tevaga/) is also top rank, and once Ah Mau is back and maybe Rudolf signed their front row is pretty good too. Their 6/7/9 could do with a bit of work, but the squad doesn't need a total rebuild or turnaround, they just need a decent training ground and gameday coach after years of Kearney. Not sure Nathan Brown is it.

Not so happy about the Brown signing for us, but if Gus gets involved I will feel a little better about it, at least on the development side of our club.

Weiland wrote:Not so happy about the Brown signing for us, but if Gus gets involved I will feel a little better about it, at least on the development side of our club.

he's going to be a busy man, what with shadow running the NRL, leading a review of the refs/bunker, and working for ch 9

it will be good for them to have him involved though, don't think he has to do much other than advise on some decisions

my tv broke wrote:The Warriors like being shit don't they.

When all the good options refuse to sign with you, what do you do?

my tv broke wrote:

he's going to be a busy man, what with shadow running the NRL, leading a review of the refs/bunker, and working for ch 9

it will be good for them to have him involved though, don't think he has to do much other than advise on some decisions

Yeah, I don't expect him to be heavily involved but any input he has will be valuable. One of our biggest issues is developing and keeping good young players in NZ so I think any input he has on that will be welcome.

Milchcow wrote:

When all the good options refuse to sign with you, what do you do?

The walker boys wanted an opportunity and openly said it wasn’t about money etc. and they’d do it for a year and walk away if it didn’t work out. clubs are just scared to go against the norm and stick to the same overrated boring coaches that failed previously

I wonder why no NRL club is going after Shaun Wane (Wigan Warriors 2011-2018) who won 3 Super League Grand Finals in that time, has played over 150 games in the Super League, represented Great Britain, is the current England coach (once representative footy returns) and has put his said multiple times in the past about his desire to coach in the NRL. Apparently his coaching style is systematic but also encourages a bit of off the cusp play. Apparently players love to play for him. Cowboys would really thrive in that sort of system I reckon.

Erin Moleman wrote:

The walker boys wanted an opportunity and openly said it wasn’t about money etc. and they’d do it for a year and walk away if it didn’t work out. clubs are just scared to go against the norm and stick to the same overrated boring coaches that failed previously

I just don't think as a club we are in the position to experiment on coaches. Anyway, didn't opposition teams in the Queensland Cup figure out the Walkers brothers after the first season? Wouldn't be hard for NRL coaches to work them out quicker than that.

StormTrooper96 wrote:I wonder why no NRL club is going after Shaun Wane (Wigan Warriors 2011-2018) who won 3 Super League Grand Finals in that time, has played over 150 games in the Super League, represented Great Britain, is the current England coach (once representative footy returns) and has put his said multiple times in the past about his desire to coach in the NRL. Apparently his coaching style is systematic but also encourages a bit of off the cusp play. Apparently players love to play for him. Cowboys would really thrive in that sort of system I reckon.

Pretty sure he has signed on the be assistant with Cowboys and is being considered for head coach

StormTrooper96 wrote:I wonder why no NRL club is going after Shaun Wane (Wigan Warriors 2011-2018) who won 3 Super League Grand Finals in that time, has played over 150 games in the Super League, represented Great Britain, is the current England coach (once representative footy returns) and has put his said multiple times in the past about his desire to coach in the NRL. Apparently his coaching style is systematic but also encourages a bit of off the cusp play. Apparently players love to play for him. Cowboys would really thrive in that sort of system I reckon.

Wane is an old-school blood and guts psychopath. He's at the other end of the spectrum to the Walker brothers but agree that either of them would be more interesting than the same old merry-go-round.

Weiland wrote:

I just don't think as a club we are in the position to experiment on coaches. Anyway, didn't opposition teams in the Queensland Cup figure out the Walkers brothers after the first season? Wouldn't be hard for NRL coaches to work them out quicker than that.

there is probably a reason why they havent done anything other than coach the ipswich jets for one premiership and a handful of mediocre years.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Pretty sure he has signed on the be assistant with Cowboys and is being considered for head coach

If this is true would be great for them.

EDIT: Have seen he has sent his Resume into the Cows.

Weiland wrote:Not so happy about the Brown signing for us, but if Gus gets involved I will feel a little better about it, at least on the development side of our club.

I would be thrilled to have Brown. He really kickstarted the Knights rebuilding process. I could care less about Gus, whatever gets him off my tv.

RandomSil wrote:

I would be thrilled to have Brown. He really kickstarted the Knights rebuilding process. I could care less about Gus, whatever gets him off my tv.

I just find Brown tough to get a good read on. He coached the Knights to 2 wooden spoons and got fired mid-season but he came into a really bad situation thanks to Bennett. It is tough to gauge how good he is. I guess we will see. I am going to try and be positive about it.

mattnz wrote:
I think its fair. Can't turn them around in 1 year. Pretty sure Brown did the deal to bring Ponga in right? Then built around him. Needs time to spot talent and attract them. He got shafted at knights, attracted the right players, but didnt get the opportunity to show what he could do with them when the team was finally assembled. The turnaround at the knights shows that he can be astute and turn around an ailing club, given time.

Exactly what I was thinking. Decent signing imo, Warriors need a rebuild coach.