NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 5 - There was no party.

I unsubbed Kayo the week of the GF (once I realised it wasn’t simulcast between 9/Fox) and will resub about 1hr before Thursday night footy. I don’t care enough about cricket anymore to keep it over summer, and I have Fetch/Optus so that has enough basketball, NFL and soccer for when I want to watch something else

The Pascoe Fiasco wrote:
Teddy was never after the money. The asylum would happily have paid him whatever he wanted. Can’t blame him for leaving, he’s done pretty well whike we are still shit!

Teddy gets a past because he handled himself decently when leaving. Didn't try and break a contract, didn't bad mouth the club.
Whilst it would have been awesome for him to stay, can't blame a guy for leaving for more money and a premiership

my tv broke wrote:

I've been that guy ruining it for everyone for the last couple of years aha

you sonuva...

Milchcow wrote:

Teddy gets a past because he handled himself decently when leaving. Didn't try and break a contract, didn't bad mouth the club.
Whilst it would  have been awesome for him to stay, can't blame a guy for leaving for more money and a premiership

Two.. two premierships.

ytsb wrote:All this talk of a gun hooker has me slightly confused. How can your team properly balance given you probably need two mids on the bench, two WFBs, an edge, a centre, and a half, leaving one bench spot for a spare hooker. A

Crichton, Averillo, Niu cover 5 of those 7 positions for just 3 players, and would be pretty common on this site. Plenty of room for hooker stacking

my tv broke wrote:Reminds me i need to do the ol 'threaten to cancel' thing with foxtel again as theyve jacked me back up to 60 bux a month.

I finally gave them the flick last month. After being with them 20 years, they didn't try that hard to keep me.

I have signed up to Kayo, but its a bit unimpressive so far.
Have gone out to get google TV at lunch today just so I can watch the thing on my TV without jumping through hoops. They don't make it easy to watch their product on a television. Foxtel is expensive shit but at least it works and is convenient.

Honeysett wrote:

The only issue I have found with Kayo/Optus Sport/Foxtel Go etc. They're not live, they're really close to live but they're not. Mates who have Foxtel and that are in group chats will see a try/goal before I know what's going on and it can ruin it for you. Just a nuance to consider before you make the decision.

I get around that problem by not having friends*
Check mate, honeysett

*Its true that I don't have friends that frequently live chat about sports. So in that sense its a complete non-issue for me

AL wrote:

Yeah I’ve been paying around $40-45 / month for as long as I can remember - and have never had issues getting a new discount at the end of each previous discount expiring. I wonder if they were just struggling profit wise at the time with people cancelling due to COVID hardship and the fact there was bugger all to watch.

I have been to lazy to do the dance, so generally play full price for my foxtel. But having heard stories from others about how hard it can be to cancel, I am surprised how quickly it happened when I did it. Lady at the other end didn't offer me any discount at all.
Maybe I had a tone of voice that indicated there was no point, but they just let me go without fuss.

Milchcow wrote:

I get around that problem by not having friends*
Check mate, honeysett

*Its true that I don't have friends that frequently live chat about sports. So in that sense its a complete non-issue for me

Touche, cow, touche.

Some team lists..

Knights: 1. Tex Hoy, 2. Starford To'a, 3. Enari Tuala, 4. Bradman Best, 5. Gehamat Shibasaki, 6. Phoenix Crossland, 7. Mitchell Pearce, 8. Daniel Saifiti, 9. Jayden Brailey, 10. David Klemmer, 11. Tyson Frizell, 12. Mitch Barnett, 13. Connor Watson. Interchange: 14. Chris Randall, 15. Jacob Saifiti, 16. Sauaso Sue, 17. Josh King. Extended Bench: 18. Simi Sasagi, 19. Brodie Jones, 20. Mat Croker, 21. Brayden Musgrove, 22. Pasami Saulo, 23. Dominic Young.


Rabbitohs: 1. Latrell Mitchell, 2. Jaxson Paulo, 3. Dane Gagai, 4. Campbell Graham, 5. Alex Johnston, 6. Cody Walker, 7. Adam Reynolds (c), 8. Thomas Burgess, 9. Damien Cook, 10. Junior Tatola, 11. Keaon Koloamatangi, 12. Jacob Host, 13. Cameron Murray. Interchange: 14. Blake Taaffe, 15. Josh Mansour, 16. Tautau Moga, 17. Steven Marsters, 18. Troy Dargan, 19. Hame Sele, 20. Benji Marshall, 21. Mark Nicholls, 22. Dean Hawkins, 23. Patrick Mago, 24. Jai Arrow, 25. Joshua Cook


Raiders and Dragons have named squads in alphabetical order, both look pretty much all available players.

The koala will lure in a few.

Like me.

Allurring koala.





I can't google that on my work computer, but will when I'm off this call.

my tv broke wrote:Some team lists..

Knights: 1. Tex Hoy, 2. Starford To'a, 3. Enari Tuala, 4. Bradman Best, 5. Gehamat Shibasaki, 6. Phoenix Crossland, 7. Mitchell Pearce, 8. Daniel Saifiti, 9. Jayden Brailey, 10. David Klemmer, 11. Tyson Frizell, 12. Mitch Barnett, 13. Connor Watson. Interchange: 14. Chris Randall, 15. Jacob Saifiti, 16. Sauaso Sue, 17. Josh King. Extended Bench: 18. Simi Sasagi, 19. Brodie Jones, 20. Mat Croker, 21. Brayden Musgrove, 22. Pasami Saulo, 23. Dominic Young.


Rabbitohs: 1. Latrell Mitchell, 2. Jaxson Paulo, 3. Dane Gagai, 4. Campbell Graham, 5. Alex Johnston, 6. Cody Walker, 7. Adam Reynolds (c), 8. Thomas Burgess, 9. Damien Cook, 10. Junior Tatola, 11. Keaon Koloamatangi, 12. Jacob Host, 13. Cameron Murray. Interchange: 14. Blake Taaffe, 15. Josh Mansour, 16. Tautau Moga, 17. Steven Marsters, 18. Troy Dargan, 19. Hame Sele, 20. Benji Marshall, 21. Mark Nicholls, 22. Dean Hawkins, 23. Patrick Mago, 24. Jai Arrow, 25. Joshua Cook


Raiders and Dragons have named squads in alphabetical order, both look pretty much all available players.

Good to see some close to full strength teams there... Where is Kurt Mann? Did I miss an injury?

StormTrooper96 wrote:

Good to see some close to full strength teams there... Where is Kurt Mann? Did I miss an injury?

Barry Toohey has just tweeted he is away with family commitment.

The Pascoe Fiasco wrote:
Teddy was never after the money. The asylum would happily have paid him whatever he wanted. Can’t blame him for leaving, he’s done pretty well whike we are still shit!

Only took a contract with Raiders because tigers hadn't approached him. As soon as one of the senior players (i think it was Frah) found out he signed with Raiders, he called management who quickly offered something.

never wanted to leave Tigers, but thought they didn't want him because he hadn't been approached for contract chats.

What's this Fifita shit all about can someone explain? Why is the salary cap thing linked to the Xmas incident... I don't get it?

Ramitinmyhaaas wrote:What's this Fifita shit all about can someone explain? Why is the salary cap thing linked to the Xmas incident... I don't get it?

they are investigating the possibility of a payment being made by the club to the family who's house he 'trepassed' (which the NRL was not aware of and would constitute a breach of cap rules/etc)

Imagine being $550000 under the cap and getting pinged for paying some hush money?

my tv broke wrote:Some team lists..

Knights: 1. Tex Hoy, 2. Starford To'a, 3. Enari Tuala, 4. Bradman Best, 5. Gehamat Shibasaki, 6. Phoenix Crossland, 7. Mitchell Pearce, 8. Daniel Saifiti, 9. Jayden Brailey, 10. David Klemmer, 11. Tyson Frizell, 12. Mitch Barnett, 13. Connor Watson. Interchange: 14. Chris Randall, 15. Jacob Saifiti, 16. Sauaso Sue, 17. Josh King. Extended Bench: 18. Simi Sasagi, 19. Brodie Jones, 20. Mat Croker, 21. Brayden Musgrove, 22. Pasami Saulo, 23. Dominic Young.


Rabbitohs: 1. Latrell Mitchell, 2. Jaxson Paulo, 3. Dane Gagai, 4. Campbell Graham, 5. Alex Johnston, 6. Cody Walker, 7. Adam Reynolds (c), 8. Thomas Burgess, 9. Damien Cook, 10. Junior Tatola, 11. Keaon Koloamatangi, 12. Jacob Host, 13. Cameron Murray. Interchange: 14. Blake Taaffe, 15. Josh Mansour, 16. Tautau Moga, 17. Steven Marsters, 18. Troy Dargan, 19. Hame Sele, 20. Benji Marshall, 21. Mark Nicholls, 22. Dean Hawkins, 23. Patrick Mago, 24. Jai Arrow, 25. Joshua Cook


Raiders and Dragons have named squads in alphabetical order, both look pretty much all available players.

The South Sydney Rabbitohs have a decent backline....

Few more:


Broncos: 1. Jamayne Isaako, 2. Xavier Coates, 3. Jesse Arthars, 4. Tesi Niu, 5. David Mead, 6. Brodie Croft, 7. Tom Dearden, 8. Patrick Carrigan, 9. Jake Turpin, 10. Matt Lodge, 11. Alex Glenn, 12. Jordan Riki, 13. Tevita Pangai Jnr. Interchange: 14. John Asiata, 15. Thomas Flegler, 16. Corey Oates, 17. Ben Te'o, 18. Cory Paix, 19. Tyson Gamble, 20. Richard Kennar

Cowboys: 1. Scott Drinkwater, 2. Kyle Feldt, 3. Justin O’Neill, 4. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, 5. Valentine Holmes, 6. Michael Morgan (c), 7. Jake Clifford, 8. Francis Molo, 9. Reece Robson, 10. Jordan McLean, 11. Mitch Dunn, 12. Coen Hess, 13. Jason Taumalolo (c). Interchange: 14. Jake Granville, 15. Lachlan Burr, 16. Peter Hola, 17. Corey Jensen, 18. Shane Wright,
19. Ben Hampton, 20. Murray Taulagi, 21. Reuben Cotter, 22. Esan Marsters

Storm: 1. Ryan Papenhuyzen, 2. Dean Ieremia, 3. Reimis Smith, 4. Justin Olam, 5. Josh Addo-Carr, 6. Cameron Munster, 7. Jahrome Hughes, 8. Jesse Bromwich (c), 9. Harry Grant, 10. Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 11. Felise Kaufusi, 12. Kenny Bromwich, 13. Dale Finucane (c). Interchange: 14. Brandon Smith, 15. Christian Welch, 16. Tui Kamikamica, 17. Tom Eisenhuth

I expext that to be the Broncos round 1 side but Milford and Farnworth in (milford is some doubt but farnworth should be good to go)