NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 45 - Fanatical Times

robelgordo wrote:

Who would kick goals then????

Don’t think they really need to worry about that…

MF wrote:

Don’t think they really need to worry about that…

We’ve lost the last 3 by 2pts, if we had Isaako we win all 3!

ONE NZ(Vodafone) CEO in news for tweeting refs and bunker cheats. NRL not happy with his comments. Screw them. Been absolute piss take last 2 matches. Sitili last week no arms flying tackle called turnover then goes and scores. DWZ gets hand in face vs Penrith. Not even a pen then has to go off for HIA

rhinoceroo wrote:

Had a look on the Dragons forum and they all want Bird to get dropped. *That* would spice things up, but they're not coaching the team, or even in frame to replace Hook if he's fired.

The main person that Dragons fans want dropped is Griffin.

Other than that, they are a team on a losing streak, fans just want to change anything. Wouldn't be surprised to see a bunch of them calling for Bird to fullback given their current situation

Milchcow wrote:

The main person that Dragons fans want dropped is Griffin.

Other than that, they are a team on a losing streak, fans just want to change anything. Wouldn't be surprised to see a bunch of them calling for Bird to fullback given their current situation

I don’t go to Dragons forums but I’ll just whinge here, then will leave it

I think I could live with Hook is he was endearingly rubbish like McGregor, but he’s actually competent but just wrong all the time.

Dragons only look dynamic with Liddle at dummy half - reduce his minutes each week and drop him

Lomax has a flick pass he overuses and Suli is a weak defender. Instead of coaching both to make better decisions over the offseason, switch their sides so both edges are worse.

Recruitment has been retro like he hasn’t updated his scouting notes since 2016

Let’s switch Jack Birds position each week. Move Hunt to hooker after 20. Play an old forward for 80 each week. Play another old forward on the edge

There’s a method to all of this, but it’s just objectively wrong

The Lomax one really irks me. I was trolling Rabbits a bit, but Lomax was a schoolboy centre partner to Graham and I’m pretty sure he made emerging NSW training squads before him. Hes clearly a real footy player - can do things, whereas a lot of young guys are athletes first who develop the skills Lomax already had. But now he’s fucked. Can you imagine if Matt Gidley was told his flick pass was dangerous and swapped sides of the field?

rhinoceroo wrote:

Had a look on the Dragons forum and they all want Bird to get dropped. *That* would spice things up, but they're not coaching the team, or even in frame to replace Hook if he's fired.

Lol, who would they get to replace Bird then?

wolfking wrote:

Lol, who would they get to replace Bird then?

Fuimaono probably back from injury soon. Or maybe Korbin Sims

robelgordo wrote:

I don’t go to Dragons forums but I’ll just whinge here, then will leave it

I think I could live with Hook is he was endearingly rubbish like McGregor, but he’s actually competent but just wrong all the time.

Dragons only look dynamic with Liddle at dummy half - reduce his minutes each week and drop him

Lomax has a flick pass he overuses and Suli is a weak defender. Instead of coaching both to make better decisions over the offseason, switch their sides so both edges are worse.

Recruitment has been retro like he hasn’t updated his scouting notes since 2016

Let’s switch Jack Birds position each week. Move Hunt to hooker after 20. Play an old forward for 80 each week. Play another old forward on the edge

There’s a method to all of this, but it’s just objectively wrong

The Lomax one really irks me. I was trolling Rabbits a bit, but Lomax was a schoolboy centre partner to Graham and I’m pretty sure he made emerging NSW training squads before him. Hes clearly a real footy player - can do things, whereas a lot of young guys are athletes first who develop the skills Lomax already had. But now he’s fucked. Can you imagine if Matt Gidley was told his flick pass was dangerous and swapped sides of the field?

Does Lomax even get dropped if his goalkicking percentage was where it normally is this year? I'd argue he doesn't.

robelgordo wrote:

I don’t go to Dragons forums but I’ll just whinge here, then will leave it

I think I could live with Hook is he was endearingly rubbish like McGregor, but he’s actually competent but just wrong all the time.

Dragons only look dynamic with Liddle at dummy half - reduce his minutes each week and drop him

Lomax has a flick pass he overuses and Suli is a weak defender. Instead of coaching both to make better decisions over the offseason, switch their sides so both edges are worse.

Recruitment has been retro like he hasn’t updated his scouting notes since 2016

Let’s switch Jack Birds position each week. Move Hunt to hooker after 20. Play an old forward for 80 each week. Play another old forward on the edge

There’s a method to all of this, but it’s just objectively wrong

The Lomax one really irks me. I was trolling Rabbits a bit, but Lomax was a schoolboy centre partner to Graham and I’m pretty sure he made emerging NSW training squads before him. Hes clearly a real footy player - can do things, whereas a lot of young guys are athletes first who develop the skills Lomax already had. But now he’s fucked. Can you imagine if Matt Gidley was told his flick pass was dangerous and swapped sides of the field?

I was listening to the radio with James Graham and he was saying that Zac was given a few days off to rest that’s why he didn’t play cup forty either.

Apparently he’s pissed off because he wasn’t told that and was just told he wasn’t named. One of the coaching staff had to tell him the reason afterwards Griffin never said to him that he was just being rested

Loomer wrote:ONE NZ(Vodafone) CEO in news for tweeting refs and bunker cheats. NRL not happy with his comments. Screw them. Been absolute piss take last 2 matches. Sitili last week no arms flying tackle called turnover then goes and scores. DWZ gets hand in face vs Penrith. Not even a pen then has to go off for HIA

There's definitely a lot of angst amongst Warriors fans right now, in light of the past 2-3 games. I'm not sure whether any of the contentious calls would have changed the results (injuries, lack of direction on attack). For my mind, the following could genuinely be questioned from the game on Saturday but again...:

- High shot on Tohu (how this was reviewed by the bunker and no penalty awarded I still don't know);
- Sifakula shirt grab on Cleary. I' don't agree with the interpretation that it was a 'striking Action', though can accept that a binning was probably warranted as he retaliated and came close to making contact with Cleary's chin. This one stings a bit more in light of Lattrell's blatant striking 24 hours later going unpunished;
- Pretty sure DWZ came off for the shoulder to the head in his tackle after he got the finger in the eye. I remember seeing a replay and his jaw looked pretty swollen. The finger to the eye should have been looked at;
- Ford hip drop binning. Not really going to go into this other than to say it was soft and plenty of these types of tackles occur every game without getting penalised. No hip rotation or open studs so apparently the NRL are just cranking down on anything that has the tackler landing on the lower legs, regardless of technique or intent.

Nothing really new here. It's shit and the Warriors never get the rub of the green. Wish it wasn't so blatant some times but suggest we move on and get on with our lives.
Complaining about it wont change anything.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Seen a few nice rank rise stories over the last few days. So here are my ranks this year.

Round 1: 35208
Round 2: 38742
Round 3: 37439
Round 4: 18331
Round 5: 17453
Round 6: 15240
Round 7: 17012
Round 8: 9923
Round 9: 3064
Round 10: 2078

Quite the jump over the last few weeks which has been pleasant, hoping to build on it heading into the byes in a few weeks

Nice mate. About time you got yourself back up there.

my tv broke wrote:Dragons welcome a culture of fuckheadery and then wonder why their team is shit and can't recruit any good players.

Not punting JDB immediately is one of the more bizarre decisions a club has made. Good clubs don't keep problems around.

Fast-tracking back a guy who is pretty credibly accused of a batshit broad-daylight hammer attack can also be categorised as "bizarre". Not that it should make a difference but he isn't even any good.

wolfking wrote:

Nice mate.  About time you got yourself back up there.

Cheers mate.

Now the challenge is to stay there, would be nice to make an attempt at joining the big guns at the very pointy end but that will be pretty tough.

Soldier on

my tv broke wrote:Dragons welcome a culture of fuckheadery and then wonder why their team is shit and can't recruit any good players.

Not punting JDB immediately is one of the more bizarre decisions a club has made. Good clubs don't keep problems around.

Same with Hasler and that manly kid who got done for stabbing someone.

Have to agree with this. Why would a decent bloke sign with them knowing what sort of tools they are happy to keep around the club, their culture has to be a shambles

I've had a similar climb this year too with the rankings which shows anything is possible and always have hope for the next week.

Round 1: 31840
Round 2: 26722
Round 3: 9910
Round 4: 7863
Round 5: 5933
Round 6: 6086
Round 7: 5648
Round 8: 2300
Round 9: 2126
Round 10: 1122

my tv broke wrote:Dragons welcome a culture of fuckheadery and then wonder why their team is shit and can't recruit any good players.

Not punting JDB immediately is one of the more bizarre decisions a club has made. Good clubs don't keep problems around.

Same with Hasler and that manly kid who got done for stabbing someone.

I could never get my head around them not sacking JDB yet sacking Vaughn immediately for the BBQ thing.

rhinoceroo wrote:

Fast-tracking back a guy who is pretty credibly accused of a batshit broad-daylight hammer attack can also be categorised as "bizarre". Not that it should make a difference but he isn't even any good.

lol, who is this?

wolfking wrote:

lol, who is this?

quick google told me his initials are JA