NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 11

Hey guys,

chucked up my latest iteration in Rate My Team ( https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t831-rate-my-team-stormtrooper#261215 )

If anyone wants to check it out would be awesome. Got a few teams there if you want to take a look at all. I will happily give yours a look over as well if you chuck a link in your comments. Cheers lads. Love you guys!

StormTrooper96 wrote:

Cook + Macca + 29K
Macca + Taupau + 146K
Macca + Anyone else??

I've been scared off Napa now haha. I need a comprehensive run down of those guys sitting around 600k.

Discussion Starter - Do you think captaincy and vice-captaincy (IRL) mean anything to a player and does it impact their performance?

White Lightning wrote:@ nrl physio - nrl to crack down on time wasting tactics. Trainers could be sent off as part of a new nrl crackdown into time wasting.

It's about time. It always amuses me when I see Langer on the field pretending to carry the water when in fact he's coaching on the field

Does the NRL have any rules against communications devices (eg the NFL quarterback's helmet radio)? Players all wear heartrate monitors - surely it wouldn't be hard to rig one up to be able to let the coach in the grandstand give a halfback a buzz on their left or right side to signal which way they should be heading in attack? Obviously that's the simplest take - wouldn't be hard to have a few preset patterns that could signal specific plays - have all the team wearing them and you get a play call with no audibles.

SoylentGreen wrote:Obviously that's the simplest take - wouldn't be hard to have a few preset patterns that could signal specific plays - have all the team wearing them and you get a play call with no audibles.

Better idea - have a couple of smart guys on the team, and get these guys to call these shots. The team would rehearse a heap of plays during the week, and each play would have a 'secret signal'. The smart guys, the shot callers, would use these secret signals to tell the rest of the team what play they're about to do. I reckon we call em, "play makers".

my tv broke wrote:

Better idea - have a couple of smart guys on the team, and get these guys to call these shots. The team would rehearse a heap of plays during the week, and each play would have a 'secret signal'. The smart guys, the shot callers, would use these secret signals to tell the rest of the team what play they're about to do. I reckon we call em, "play makers".

GENIUS! Can I upvote this like 5 times?

StormTrooper96 wrote:Discussion Starter - Do you think captaincy and vice-captaincy (IRL) mean anything to a player and does it impact their performance?

It absolutely does, whether it be a positive or negative is up to the player. There’s not only the scrutiny on the field but there’s also extra media commitments and meetings. Some people thrive under that sort of role, others not so much.

my tv broke wrote:

Better idea - have a couple of smart guys on the team, and get these guys to call these shots. The team would rehearse a heap of plays during the week, and each play would have a 'secret signal'. The smart guys, the shot callers, would use these secret signals to tell the rest of the team what play they're about to do. I reckon we call em, "play makers".

KalkadoonWarrior wrote:

It absolutely does, whether it be a positive or negative is up to the player. There’s not only the scrutiny on the field but there’s also extra media commitments and meetings. Some people thrive under that sort of role, others not so much.

What about other team mates? I'll name a few
Pearce second year at Knights - Captain
Mbye been at Tigers 18 months - Captain
McLean playd 8 games for cows - Vice-Captain

Do you think other players on the team feel hard done by? i.e the likes of Brooks who has spent his whole career as a tiger daly M HB of the year, gets out done by someone who was kicked out of his club and landed at the Tigers?

StormTrooper96 wrote:

What about other team mates? I'll name a few
Pearce second year at Knights - Captain
Mbye been at Tigers 18 months - Captain
McLean playd 8 games for cows - Vice-Captain

Do you think other players on the team feel hard done by? i.e the likes of Brooks who has spent his whole career as a tiger daly M HB of the year, gets out done by someone who was kicked out of his club and landed at the Tigers?

I’m sure there would be some mate at the end of the day it’s a workforce so there would be the same range of people/ emotions as any other place.

You’d have the ones who just want to do their jobs and go home
Ones that consistently whinge no matter what
Ambitious ladder climbers
Salty people who feel cheated by the system
The list goes on

my tv broke wrote:

Better idea - have a couple of smart guys on the team, and get these guys to call these shots. The team would rehearse a heap of plays during the week, and each play would have a 'secret signal'. The smart guys, the shot callers, would use these secret signals to tell the rest of the team what play they're about to do. I reckon we call em, "play makers".

You're talking about NRL players here.

SoylentGreen wrote:

my tv broke wrote:

Better idea - have a couple of smart guys on the team, and get these guys to call these shots. The team would rehearse a heap of plays during the week, and each play would have a 'secret signal'. The smart guys, the shot callers, would use these secret signals to tell the rest of the team what play they're about to do. I reckon we call em, "play makers".

You're talking about NRL players here.

Haha, beat me to it.

KalkadoonWarrior wrote:

I’m sure there would be some mate at the end of the day it’s a workforce so there would be the same range of people/ emotions as any other place.

You’d have the ones who just want to do their jobs and go home
Ones that consistently whinge no matter what
Ambitious ladder climbers
Salty people who feel cheated by the system
The list goes on

Yeah mate I see your point there. I certainly would feel pretty shit if i put my heart into a club for years and someone who has been there for a year or so gets the top job. I guess thats a credit to their hard work and ethics but still it'd shit ya.

my tv broke wrote:

SoylentGreen wrote:Obviously that's the simplest take - wouldn't be hard to have a few preset patterns that could signal specific plays - have all the team wearing them and you get a play call with no audibles.

Better idea - have a couple of smart guys on the team, and get these guys to call these shots. The team would rehearse a heap of plays during the week, and each play would have a 'secret signal'. The smart guys, the shot callers, would use these secret signals to tell the rest of the team what play they're about to do. I reckon we call em, "play makers".

Hopefully no-one from the NSW Coaching staff are on here.

KalkadoonWarrior wrote:

StormTrooper96 wrote:

What about other team mates? I'll name a few
Pearce second year at Knights - Captain
Mbye been at Tigers 18 months - Captain
McLean playd 8 games for cows - Vice-Captain

Do you think other players on the team feel hard done by? i.e the likes of Brooks who has spent his whole career as a tiger daly M HB of the year, gets out done by someone who was kicked out of his club and landed at the Tigers?

I’m sure there would be some mate at the end of the day it’s a workforce so there would be the same range of people/ emotions as any other place.

You’d have the ones who just want to do their jobs and go home
Ones that consistently whinge no matter what
Ambitious ladder climbers
Salty people who feel cheated by the system
The list goes on

That one prick who doesn’t wear deodorant.

SI wrote:
That one prick who doesn’t wear deodorant.

How could I forget that guy!!!!

Trajan wrote:I managed to come out on the dot with this team but ideally I can eff off Kahu or Napa after TLT

and have a bit of cash in the kitty:

McCullough
Tapau, Fifita,
Murray, Arrow, Whitehead,
Morgan, Munster,
Nikora, Holland,
B.Morris, Edwards, CNK.

Mahoney, Kahu, Napa, D.Brown
Lomax, Keighran, Garrick, Xerri.

Not the best but I think solid with Fifita captain first round. Any thoughts on this lot would be appreciated.

This is pretty decent mate and very similar to my team if I run with Macca.  Not sold on Kahu myself, maybe using your coin to potentially upgrade to a Garner perhaps?  May make your bench look stronger.  That is actually scary similar to one of my recent incantations.

Morgan vs Capewell

Priced similarly so could be an interesting little debate.

The days of the captain being the most experienced player are over, they have to have other qualities.  Corey Paker wasnt suited to the role.

my tv broke wrote:

Better idea - have a couple of smart guys on the team, and get these guys to call these shots. The team would rehearse a heap of plays during the week, and each play would have a 'secret signal'. The smart guys, the shot callers, would use these secret signals to tell the rest of the team what play they're about to do. I reckon we call em, "play makers".

Sounds complicated, let's just cheat the cap and dope them up.