NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 68 - Antipodean Horror Story - "Fantasy 2024"

Talk Ilias is having a medical with the Dragons courtesy of Fletch on SEN radio.

Rabbits21 wrote:Talk Ilias is having a medical with the Dragons courtesy of Fletch on SEN radio.

Always thought he was a top, top player

robelgordo wrote:

Always thought he was a top, top player

I’m sensing might be a little sarcasm in that?

You were after Wishart, Douiehi or Atkinson but might have to settle for Ilias.

Look age is on his side his defence is pretty good, he’s a solid build short kicking game has shown signs he has one, he has a good attitude. Issues are he looks to slow with the ball etc lacks creativity, long kicking game not too good and has plenty of errors in him. I’m not fully convinced he’s a 7 but there is a player there. Souths don’t have the time to keep waiting on him and I believe Wayne didn’t want him but he’s not a fully lost cause put it that way. But he needs lots of work if he’s gonna be a long term 7. I do think JD wasn’t a good coach for him too.

Magic Round draw confirmed 

https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/11/20/nrl-magic-round-2025-schedule-revealed/

Manly miss out, after normally having a home game vs the Broncos

I actually have no strong feelings about Ilias. He’s a decent half who wasn’t as good as Adam Reynolds and now won’t be as good as Ben Hunt. A decent option given the current state of our halves

Camo123 wrote:Magic Round draw confirmed 

https://www.nrl.com/news/2024/11/20/nrl-magic-round-2025-schedule-revealed/

The accomodation I booked on Monday morning is now $850 more expensive I’m glad I booked on Monday.

robelgordo wrote:Manly miss out, after normally having a home game vs the Broncos

Throwing out some post Season bait, but how damned good will it be not to have to deal with Manly fans.

standard-issue wrote:

Throwing out some post Season bait, but how damned good will it be not to have to deal with Manly fans.

Given they won't travel across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, kinda amazed any of them go the length of the Pacific Hwy

robelgordo wrote:

standard-issue wrote:

Throwing out some post Season bait, but how damned good will it be not to have to deal with Manly fans.

Given they won't travel across the Sydney Harbour Bridge  Spit Bridge, kinda amazed any of them go the length of the Pacific Hwy

Fixed that for you

They never even went to North Sydney Oval

Milchcow wrote:Ps

Hello again everyone. I was off in Europe on holiday for a, while.

I'm so popular over there that they even dressed the buildings up in my honour

Meant to ask at the time, but where did you visit ? Give us a run down

Im off to the US tomorrow with final destination being Colombia (bogota/pereria/medellin). Spending a bit of time in New Orleans and Mexico (yucatan and cdmx) as well.

my tv broke wrote:

Meant to ask at the time, but where did you visit ? Give us a run down

Im off to the US tomorrow with final destination being Colombia (bogota/pereria/medellin). Spending a bit of time in New Orleans and Mexico (yucatan and cdmx) as well.

Trip went

Rome - Lucca - Venice - Ljubjana - Zagreb - Split - Dubrovnik - Paris - London - Cirencester - Liverpool with a bunch of day trips in here and there. About 6 weeks all up.

Took the whole family, and we all had a great time. The kids handled it pretty well too, being on the move a lot. Youngest found some of the big walking days a bit tough going, kept enough in there to keep them interested

Croatia was the highlight, never been before and the country is just amazing. Family took turns passing a stomach bug* around our time in Split which meant we had to take it pretty easy for a few days, but was still good.
Cinque Terra in Italy also stunning and well worth a visit.

This was probably my favourite photo from the trip. Old bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina




*We were in plitvice lakes (beautiful spot, highly recommend) and after a bit of a walk was on a ferry across the lake. Chatting tpo a guy from Epping (maybe 10 minute drive from my house back in Sydney) was I was randomly sitting next to. Hadn't eaten all day and was feeling a bit woozy, the guy found out I was a Liverpool fan and we were just talking about Salah and Fantasy EPL, and next thing I know the whole boat was staring at me because I just blacked out for a bit. Missed the 2nd half of the lakes in an ambulance getting my fluids up via IV drip.
Kids got sick too but nothing as dramatic as that

Milchcow wrote:

my tv broke wrote:

Meant to ask at the time, but where did you visit ? Give us a run down

Im off to the US tomorrow with final destination being Colombia (bogota/pereria/medellin). Spending a bit of time in New Orleans and Mexico (yucatan and cdmx) as well.

Trip went

Rome - Lucca - Venice - Ljubjana - Zagreb - Split - Dubrovnik - Paris - London - Cirencester - Liverpool  with a bunch of day trips in here and there. About 6 weeks all up.

Took the whole family, and we all had a great time. The kids handled it pretty well too, being on the move a lot. Youngest found some of the big walking days a bit tough going, kept enough in there to keep them interested

Croatia was the highlight, never been before and the country is just amazing. Family took turns passing a stomach bug* around our time in Split which meant we had to take it pretty easy for a few days, but was still good.
Cinque Terra in Italy also stunning and well worth a visit.

This was probably my favourite photo from the trip. Old bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina




*We were in plitvice lakes (beautiful spot, highly recommend) and after a bit of a walk was on a ferry across the lake. Chatting tpo a guy from Epping (maybe 10 minute drive from my house back in Sydney) was I was randomly sitting next to. Hadn't eaten all day and was feeling a bit woozy, the guy found out I was a Liverpool fan and we were just talking about Salah and Fantasy EPL, and next thing I know the whole boat was staring at me because I just blacked out for a bit. Missed the 2nd half of the lakes in an ambulance getting my fluids up via IV drip.
Kids got sick too but nothing as dramatic as that

I've seen that bridge mentioned many times as a must see, looks awesome!

Just on the stomach issues-in these instances is being a Ruminant beneficial or detrimental?

my tv broke wrote:

Milchcow wrote:Ps

Hello again everyone. I was off in Europe on holiday for a, while.

I'm so popular over there that they even dressed the buildings up in my honour

Meant to ask at the time, but where did you visit ? Give us a run down

Im off to the US tomorrow with final destination being Colombia (bogota/pereria/medellin). Spending a bit of time in New Orleans and Mexico (yucatan and cdmx) as well.

Enjoy the trip mate. A little worried about you already stating Colombia will be your final destination though...

my tv broke wrote:


Meant to ask at the time, but where did you visit ? Give us a run down

Im off to the US tomorrow with final destination being Colombia (bogota/pereria/medellin). Spending a bit of time in New Orleans and Mexico (yucatan and cdmx) as well.

If you can squeeze it while you are on in Yucatan jump on a ferry from Chetumal to Caye Caulker for a few days. Little island paradise

Channel nine reporting Newcastle for 2025 magic round (NRLW). Free accomodation for me, see you there.

No Worries wrote:Channel nine reporting Newcastle for 2025 magic round (NRLW). Free accomodation for me, see you there.

Newcastle is one of the few current NRL grounds I've never been to - really should make the trip up there one day (Townsville being the other big omission)

standard-issue wrote:
I've seen that bridge mentioned many times as a must see, looks awesome!

Just on the stomach issues-in these instances is being a Ruminant beneficial or detrimental?  

Well I never actually threw up. I just fainted instead. Guess the extra stomach capacity came in handy.

But the kids both chucked their guts up at some point.

You decide which is better.

If you do go to Mostar - there's a mosque just down the road with a minaret you can climb. The stairs up are really narrow, and at the top the platform is not very big. But the view it gives you of the town/bridge is fantastic - that's where I took that photo from.

Quick glance, Tigers seem to have a pretty kind Draw