2016 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 35

Honeysett wrote:Broncos lose to Tigers.
Tigers lose to Knights.
Therefore Knights beat Broncos!

Yeah!!!

The novel Knight's supporter and his logic. I'll let you have that one mate.

One point losses always hit me hard. Ben Hunt, you are a great player, you lead us to a grand final, and that last try was a classy touch. I love you, butterfingers and all. You are NOT clutch. Stop trying to be clutch.

I have to say, I still expected the win there, but the lack of experience in the forwards showed. Tigers bullied us up the middle and we struggled for metres out of our own end. I also maintain that the Tigers are a better side without Farah. I enjoyed that game even if it wasn't pretty or the result I wanted. Good win there for the Tigers.

SoylentGreen wrote:

Doesn't matter how much they're worth, if they don't have game experience as a team they're going to struggle. Case in point: NSW

Oh please, a team with Milford, Hunt, Glenn, Roberts, McCullough, Blair and Reed are hardly battling. 3/4 of the spine are the first choice options. The value of the team definitely does matter, it indicates the difference in quality. Send 3 or 4 good players back to ressies for a week and I guarantee they thump the opposition even if they've never heard of the blokes they are playing with.

Ben Hunt's Butterfingers wrote:

The novel Knight's supporter and his logic. I'll let you have that one mate.

One point losses always hit me hard. Ben Hunt, you are a great player, you lead us to a grand final, and that last try was a classy touch. I love you, butterfingers and all. You are NOT clutch. Stop trying to be clutch.

I have to say, I still expected the win there, but the lack of experience in the forwards showed. Tigers bullied us up the middle and we struggled for metres out of our own end. I also maintain that the Tigers are a better side without Farah. I enjoyed that game even if it wasn't pretty or the result I wanted. Good win there for the Tigers.

This is a very good point actually.

Milchcow wrote:

I would loop. Nice insurance against injury.

Graham is unlikely to bust out a 90, so I don't think you risk losing that much.

I guess odds are good Graham will get 60+ too though if you feel like sticking with him

Yep the injury insurance is the main thing. Would be spitting if Graham got knocked out after 5 minutes, a lot more than I would if I loopholed and he scored a 75.

It's a good thing the Tigers had Tedesco, Woods and Farah around to help them overcome the Broncos missing a couple guys

Milchcow wrote:
It's a good thing the Tigers had Tedesco, Woods and Farah around to help them overcome the Broncos missing a couple guys

Ballin > Farah. They were a stronger team tonight without him.

Archer wrote:
Oh please, a team with Milford, Hunt, Glenn, Roberts, McCullough, Blair and Reed are hardly battling. 3/4 of the spine are the first choice options. The value of the team definitely does matter, it indicates the difference in quality. Send 3 or 4 good players back to ressies for a week and I guarantee they thump the opposition even if they've never heard of the blokes they are playing with.

Keep your hat on. My comment was a dig at NSW picking a different team every year and getting belted - nothing more nothing less.

Ben Hunt's Butterfingers wrote:

Ballin > Farah. They were a stronger team tonight without him.

I guess the severely depleted Broncos were lucky to get a close as they did against a strengthened Tigers outfit.

Let us have a moments silence for their plight

Milchcow wrote:

I guess the severely depleted Broncos were lucky to get a close as they did against a strengthened Tigers outfit.

Let us have a moments silence for their plight

Exactly!

I think momentum changed when the tigers scored after the poor refs decision that Hunt knocked it on. Oh well can't win them all. At least the origin period gives some of the lower teams a fighting chance

So bringing in Milf last week fucked him good and propper. The VC on him did not work, looks like Semi is my man!

Luckily brought in ET too, he looks good out there, but still needs to settle down and not fly into tackles and then fly straight off, needs to cut that out of his game.

in an alternate universe, Ben Hunt kicked that field goal and gave me +5 and extra time in a game I had 4 players in
sigh

Archer wrote:
Oh please, a team with Milford, Hunt, Glenn, Roberts, McCullough, Blair and Reed are hardly battling. 3/4 of the spine are the first choice options. The value of the team definitely does matter, it indicates the difference in quality. Send 3 or 4 good players back to ressies for a week and I guarantee they thump the opposition even if they've never heard of the blokes they are playing with.

Dont tell Bren that!

On paper Broncos had the better team, on form they should of won. It's not like Broncos/Bennet was caught out by all the forwards going into Origin camp.

SoylentGreen wrote:

Keep your hat on. My comment was a dig at NSW picking a different team every year and getting belted - nothing more nothing less.

Fair enough, my apologies then, I don't want to come off as defending that rabble.

Got taylor and adokarr this week so pretty happy. Jac looks so good as well hopefully he gets more games

Finch wrote:

Dont tell Bren that!

Funny how times change. I recall many of you ripping in to the likes of Glenn, Reed, Blair etc saying how over rated they are.

Fact is the Broncos were missing what 800? games of NRL experience. Simple.

Finch wrote:

Dont tell Bren that!

On paper Broncos had the better team, on form they should of won. It's not like Broncos/Bennet was caught out by all the forwards going into Origin camp.  

Nice edit. Fact is the Broncos were missing twice as many of their top 17 players as the Tigers regardless of who was left in the squad. 3 x 2 = 6 does it not? Or is maths not your strong point?

Perhaps Parker won't be getting rested as much as we assume.

Bren wrote:
Funny how times change. I recall many of you ripping in to the likes of Glenn, Reed, Blair etc saying how over rated they are.

Fact is the Broncos were missing what 800? games of NRL experience. Simple.

Yeah NVM, just on Wikipedia and looks like the Broncos always lose around this time of the year.

Mighty Fishes wrote:I think momentum changed when the tigers scored after the poor refs decision that Hunt knocked it on. Oh well can't win them all. At least the origin period gives some of the lower teams a fighting chance

Does that mean the Knights might win this week?