NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 4 - It's go time !

L-Jimmy wrote:Eh, his lifestyle expenses will have crept up a bunch.

Nothing motivates running a hard line like a looming 40% paycut (particularly when threatened with a move to Canberra)

Milchcow wrote:

Is this why you are based in Canberra? You couldn't maintain a good enough try scoring rate?

Bring back the biff

The NRL season hasn’t even kicked off yet, and the biff is well and truly back. But this time, it was the journalists, not the players, making fools of themselves.

Like so many good beefs, it began on Twitter. For months, Roar.com league reporter Mike Meehall Wood had been rather candid in his opinions on similarly outspoken NRL360 host Paul Kent.

Some samples include tweets lambasting Kent’s “gutter, clientelist journalism,” and, in what we hear was the final straw, another accusing him of “dog whistle bullshit” when talking about Pasifika players such as Jarome Luai.

It was all a bit of harmless Twitter sledging, until someone made the mistake of putting the two in the same room at the Kayo season launch at King St Wharf on Wednesday.

Cue a very conspicuous screaming match, which some witnesses told CBD culminated in Kent, one of the angriest men in sports media, shirtfronting Wood and dragging him outside.

Wood did not return CBD’s calls, while Kent was in no mood to chat on Wednesday afternoon.

“I don’t wanna talk about it ... just look at what he says.

Milchcow wrote:
For the Tigers I would make Charlie Staines yellow or Junior Tupou
I'm pretty sure they'll have a utility on the bench too (probably Simpkin)

From what I can tell Jack Bostock is a real chance at starting for the Dolphins

But its as good as anyone can predict at this point. The places where you're wrong probably aren't the places where people think you'll be wrong

Milchcow wrote:
Also you're missing Adam Elliot completely from the Knights

He'll probably start lock if fit, but has been battling injury

Dttragic2016 wrote:

Thanks! Updated Elliott and made Tupou & Bostock yellow.
Should have clarified I'm just trying to get everything in the one place rather than try to nail actual team selections.
Will add sheets for player minutes, left/right side, who the goal kickers are etc and share a locked version of the google sheet soon

robelgordo wrote:

I honestly don’t see how a 7 or 7000 in a trial would matter with Fifita. Already know what he is and what’s going to happen. 55ppg (+/- 5) that will still manage to infuriate owners.

Aardvark Ratnick wrote:

I think thats why they grabbed Foran hoping he is the key to unlock him, but we can wait and see.

Ramitinmyhaaas wrote:Farkkk dolphins signed Herbie for 3 years starting in 2024. Hurts

Dttragic2016 wrote:Thoughts on these predicted Round 1 team lists? Used the info on here + the popular news sites and podcasts to come up with this. I'm sure i've missed a couple of obvious ones - lmk and I'll update them

No Worries wrote:

IMO Angus Chrichton sounds like a dark red bordering on maroon to me

my tv broke wrote:From Mark Gottlieb

"Isaiya Katoa spent entire opposed session at five-eighth on right side of the field with the main squad. Anthony Milford ran with the reserves before leaving midway through session for ‘conditioning’."

easytiger wrote:

I'm pretty sure Holbrook had said Fifita well be playing outside Boyd, which would suggest unlocking Fifi is not the reason why they signed Foran.
I would suggest they signed Foran due to a lack of experience in their spine. They might even hope that Fifita finds a way to unlock himself