by Iron Mike Tue Mar 12, 2019 12:24 pm
Rabbit wrote:I’ll bet you whatever you want that James gets more total points than Arrow this year. Again. To say that James will average no more than mid 40’s is simply
Sorry if that offends you. Every year they say James is playing on the edge and he invariably ends up playing middle AND edge. People don’t watch games, that’s the problem. They listen to shit on the media. He averaged 52.5 last year and, guess what? He started in the 2nd row. He’ll outscore the low minute Arrow for sure.
Mahoney is too expensive and will put out what he’s priced at imo. People are getting him for a backup hooker, but he reminds me of my Pritchard pick last year, which was admittedly shitful. He’ll have big boppers running at him all day and he misses tackles like a champ. There is far better value elsewhere and without him I get a front three of Cook, Tapau and Fifita, plus an extremely strong second row, whoever I want in the halves with Brown, the same centres and FBs as everyone else. No biggie. I’m pretty sure they’ll make up for no Mahoney. If I’m wrong I’ll bring Mahoney in later on. Good luck for the year. I’ll remind you of James V Arrow later on in the year
First call was a mid 40s average. I would prefer +-47 average for James this year. So 46.9 I win, 47.1 you win. I don't gamble on dealing with total points, for all I know one of them could get an injury second game and be out for season. Less likely that injury has an effect on the outcome if we use average. I pretty much watch 5-8 games a weekend, Titans have slightly more depth in middle with Boyd recruited, and Fotuaika and Arrow a year more experienced. Personally, if I was the Titans coach I would be starting James at prop and not on an edge.
Tip: Get Mahoney in your team, he is no Pritchard. He was an injury waiting to happen, so its sad to see that outcome did prevail. I wish him well.