NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 5 - RIP Shane Warne

mattnz wrote:

Its $66k for an extra 10-15 points per week. Hard to turn that down.
Arrow 45 (min) to 50 (best ever scoring)
Lolo 55 (min not playing injured) to 65 (back to his best)

I don’t see Lolo avg 65. I think he gets around 58-59mins.

What is the go with Moale? Was in a lot of teams but is now in a lot less..

Bit of poor timing on my part booking a trip for TLT and first week of the season

Who needs to watch the games anyway

Mr Snrub wrote:

Cut from the same cloth as "I'm not racist but..."

Sorry should have used a better word. would the womens game have been better? I just dont enjoy it, theres no atmosphere, the skill is exponentally less and its just an overall mess to watch.

Lchy wrote:

News > browse topics > NRL news

Actually very easy to find. Arguably easier than typing out a definitely not at all sexist comment about how you hate the womens shit (which only goes for like 6 weeks)

It was half helpful lmao. clicked a video of jamie soward labelled nrl news. anyway, long story short, turns out he the womens dragons coach...

FalconSloth wrote:What is the go with Moale? Was in a lot of teams but is now in a lot less..

Wont be in our best 17 initially mate. Will feature at some point though. Will start getting good mins in reserve grade has not played much against men yet. But yeah he as a bright future.

Likely Souths bench:

Host
Tom
Sele
Havili/Chee Kam.

FalconSloth wrote:What is the go with Moale? Was in a lot of teams but is now in a lot less..

Should pick up a few games around origin with Murray and Arrow out and possibly towards the end of the season. Won't get a crack this year but will probably be a buy in 2023 with Nicholls leaving

FalconSloth wrote:What is the go with Moale? Was in a lot of teams but is now in a lot less..

The only time he made a lot of teams was in January, when people were making teams off gut feelings, hopes and the autofill button. Now we have some trial data behind us there is no sign that he will be an option to start the season.

I am now liking Mahoney as my hooker

Want a reliable option instead of just Randall.

Grant is good at $80k cheaper, but misses round 1.
Cook and Grant both play origin.

I don't think Cheese is a great option - scored a lot of tries last year to boost his average and think he'll find it hard to go much past that. Plus doesn't score quite enough to be a keeper.

Mahoney has no origin (although misses first bye despite mtb's site saying he plays it) can average 60+. Eels have a good start to the season meaning there's every chance he can rack up some good attacking stats.

I just don't want to have to rely on Randall. If he goes down, or doesn't perform like we'd hope want to have an option without tearing my team apart.

Milchcow wrote:
I am now liking Mahoney as my hooker

Want a reliable option instead of just Randall.

Grant is good at $80k cheaper, but misses round 1.
Cook and Grant both play origin.

I don't think Cheese is a great option - scored a lot of tries last year to boost his average and think he'll find it hard to go much past that. Plus doesn't score quite enough to be a keeper.

Mahoney has no origin (although misses first bye despite mtb's site saying he plays it) can average 60+. Eels have a good start to the season meaning there's every chance he can rack up some good attacking stats.

I just don't want to have to rely on Randall. If he goes down, or doesn't perform like we'd hope want to have an option without tearing my team apart.

I do like the Mahoney pick, but he isn't 100% safe from Origin, if Grant gets injured you'd think he's straight in.

Also beware of Rein on the bench, if that happens then Mahoney is a worse pick than Grant

King Assassin wrote:

Sorry should have used a better word. would the womens game have been better? I just dont enjoy it, theres no atmosphere, the skill is exponentally less and its just an overall mess to watch.

The word is not the problem... It is the inherent bias you are displaying... dark ages stuff mate

https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-fascinating-experiment-in-how-sexism-and-racism-affects-the-way-we-watch-sport-20211109-p597g1.html

Bethany_B wrote:

I do like the Mahoney pick, but he isn't 100% safe from Origin, if Grant gets injured you'd think he's straight in.

If Grant gets injured, then he's hardly a safer pick than Mahoney

With Demetriou being the coach at the Rabbits we may see a 80min Arrow on the edge...

Milchcow wrote:
I am now liking Mahoney as my hooker

Want a reliable option instead of just Randall.

Grant is good at $80k cheaper, but misses round 1.
Cook and Grant both play origin.

I don't think Cheese is a great option - scored a lot of tries last year to boost his average and think he'll find it hard to go much past that. Plus doesn't score quite enough to be a keeper.

Mahoney has no origin (although misses first bye despite mtb's site saying he plays it) can average 60+. Eels have a good start to the season meaning there's every chance he can rack up some good attacking stats.

I just don't want to have to rely on Randall. If he goes down, or doesn't perform like we'd hope want to have an option without tearing my team apart.

I still think Cheese will be very reliable and he won’t play origin. I still think he can avg 54-55. Could be one I keep in my team all year or one who I upgrade in the run home.

Milchcow wrote:
I am now liking Mahoney as my hooker

Want a reliable option instead of just Randall.

Grant is good at $80k cheaper, but misses round 1.
Cook and Grant both play origin.

I don't think Cheese is a great option - scored a lot of tries last year to boost his average and think he'll find it hard to go much past that. Plus doesn't score quite enough to be a keeper.

Mahoney has no origin (although misses first bye despite mtb's site saying he plays it) can average 60+. Eels have a good start to the season meaning there's every chance he can rack up some good attacking stats.

I just don't want to have to rely on Randall. If he goes down, or doesn't perform like we'd hope want to have an option without tearing my team apart.

Feel like there’s a decent chance rein or Arthur could be on the bench which would add some risk

Feel like all gun hookers might have interesting roles this year. Think I'll start with none and evaluate who looks the best after 3-4 rounds. Leaning Grant > Mahoney > Cook.

I just watched the Dragons NRLW game, my 5yo was excited because it’s the first time he can remember watching the Dragons win. Which was both heartwarming and depressing

Tried to stack my starting team with players I would like in it. Ended up with:

Randall
Uto Arrow King
Fifita Fermor
Cleary Sexton
Burton Tago
Papenhuyzen Hynes Crichton

Nanai Amone Ilias Schneider

240k x 4

Meant my bench is pretty light but if the right people show up on Tuesday I could end up with 11 potential keepers in my starting team

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

The word is not the problem... It is the inherent bias you are displaying... dark ages stuff mate

https://www.smh.com.au/national/a-fascinating-experiment-in-how-sexism-and-racism-affects-the-way-we-watch-sport-20211109-p597g1.html

Really interesting link.

The race stuff is really obvious once it’s highlighted, the stuff with the Aussie rules indigenous players described as “magic” is nauseating and that last para just smashes it. RL is less bad IMO but you have the stereotype of the Warriors playing unstructured ad-lib footy that still occasionally comes out.

Apologies if some view this as “politics”

robelgordo wrote:

Really interesting link.

The race stuff is really obvious once it’s highlighted, the stuff with the Aussie rules indigenous players described as “magic” is nauseating and that last para just smashes it. RL is less bad IMO but you have the stereotype of the Warriors playing unstructured ad-lib footy that still occasionally comes out.

Apologies if some view this as “politics”

I find it super interesting. And ultimately disappointing. Its also hard to find yourself not defaulting to the stereotypes described.

Agree that AFL is much worse for it. NRL is slowly improving.

These sorts of biases exist in all walks of life tbh.