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Season 5- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Round 6)
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It's another fun Fantasy Corner for everyone to enjoy. Some serious issues will need to be addressed by many of us with yet another team going down and their players no longer available for our squads. We do hope that Start or Sit can bring you some help for the weekend, but honestly we are struggling to a point ourselves. Anyway, grab a notepad and enjoy a chuckle on us.
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Transcript
Introduction and Humor
00:00:02
Speaker
It is the fantasy rugby angst. My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but then you kept going. I'm Ben Glauser. I don't like any way anybody handled that. Collusion. Collusion. Hey, everybody.
State of Real Rugby
00:00:28
Speaker
Welcome back. It is the fantasy rugby angst. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser.
00:00:32
Speaker
We are into fantasy corner time. It's time to talk about pretend rugby because the real rugby is kind of fucking depressing right now. So we're going to talk about the pretend stuff instead. Cause yeah, lots of reasons. I don't want to. I need another one. There you go.
00:00:54
Speaker
It's that kind of day. It is that kind of day.
Player Movements Discussion
00:00:57
Speaker
So question for fantasy wise are like, you know, we've already seen with I know we'll get into more stuff later, but we've already seen players from Worcester signing and that it's, you know, you can kind of start, you know, maybe planning for some additional ones in the future. Are we going to see same thing with wasps or like, are they going to
00:01:25
Speaker
Like so, you know, we talked about Charlie Atkinson. Is he someone who is, you know, on the pod pod? Is he going to, like how does that work? They're not free agents yet. I imagine that'll come soonish though.
00:01:47
Speaker
You know, some players may want to stick around for the championship if they feel like they can, um, if the wasps sort their shit out, which won't be, which won't be that quick. Um, so should that happen? So it's like, don't, yeah, like cut them, like, go ahead and you can get rid of them for now. And then, uh, yeah, be prepared ready for, for some of them to come, come into other teams, assuming that, you know,
00:02:15
Speaker
There's no salary cap issues or anything like that. Right. Um, that would be the only thing to keep in mind, but, uh, yeah, I mean, there's, there's some high quality players in here that will definitely want to find new clubs and some may lead the league outright, which I won't be shocked at, uh, sad, but won't be shocked at. Um, but a lot, like a lot of the English qualified kid guys don't want to leave obviously. So there'll be somewhere else, you know, so that that's how that'll be.
00:02:45
Speaker
So yeah, keep your eyes peeled. Um, if you have someone you, if you have the space to hang on to someone that you highly value, do it. But other than that, you know, just keep your eyes peeled for when they sign with someone. Yeah. I held onto Ollie Lawrence, thankfully. Yeah. And, um, worked out all right. So there's that.
00:03:04
Speaker
That's MRT. Omar Simpson smart. Um, anyway, let's get into. Champions league division one, division two. Um, also thank you to everyone that's participating in all of our leagues because we are top five and 18 leagues in all three of those leagues. That's not bad. You won D two and keepers band fricking tastic. You all beautiful people. You all. Yes. Thank you all of you.
00:03:34
Speaker
In the meantime, um, let's get into what happened this past weekend.
Fantasy Rugby League Performance
00:03:38
Speaker
So this past weekend, um, in a pillow fight, uh, Ben beat Carrick, Carrick did not put up a score at all. Like Bailey put up a score of 49. Yikes. That's the second we did that, isn't it? I don't know. What are you doing, man?
00:03:53
Speaker
What are you doing? What's going on over there, man? What the hell's going on out there? He, uh, yeah, he put up 86 and we, that's a little better at least. That's better. Um, yeah. 49 was not, I mean, I'm not sure what exactly is going on with his, with his team. But I mean, he was forced to play Lloyd Evans at fly off, which is an awful thing. Right. And only two outside backs. So less than awesome. Right. Less than awesome. And one of them, which you thought would have performed did not.
00:04:24
Speaker
So, oops, exactly. And the Dolo didn't. And then he also had Jimmy got birth out the blue, blue, blue, sad. Anyway. Yeah. Um, Cobus beat Duncan, um, and fairly close one, seven points. So it was, it was down to a few decisions on that one, no doubt. And then Duncan played a backup outside back and still almost won. Damn. Damn. Um,
00:04:55
Speaker
Justin beat George. George is just to join me down near the bottom. That was a little bit more decided. And then...
00:05:05
Speaker
I no longer have a donut. I like donuts, but I don't know how that's this kind. Yeah, this is not the kind you want. This is not the kind I want. I like the one you had filled with jelly. Yeah. And you had the highest score in the league, so there was no way you were going to lose. I mean, I hope so. I've had I put up some decent numbers and still found a way to lose. So are the highest you have the most points for in the league and yet you only have one win. Yeah. Justice. Although, yeah.
00:05:33
Speaker
George has the highest points against, I didn't know that, that poor fucker. I think Mark was previously unbeaten too, wasn't he?
00:05:42
Speaker
I think so. Cause Mark, now he's four and one. You're all welcome. Now let's see if I can scrape myself out of the bottom and give myself a shot at getting into the fricking playoff here. Yeah. We do have the top four teams are all in my bracket, which is odd. I mean, like, uh, was, uh, Carrick is three and two. So he's had some two shit weeks in a row. Um, but other than that, he's been, he's been scoring. Okay. Up till there. Well, I've got Carrick. Come on.
00:06:11
Speaker
Yeah, but he's still at the top of the conference one, whereas everyone in conference two is three and two or four in one. Yeah. That's absurd. Just watch the slides. I'm trying. Yeah. Mr. Try.
00:06:33
Speaker
That's a couple of times. Holy shit. I've been focusing on this. I mean, rightfully so. Yeah, that's good. Yeah. So Ben, I get to play with the play with each other this week. He he phrasing. So, you know, there'll be a civil war. There'll be a there'll be a little bit of a banter going on back and forth here, mostly just all about self hating. But, you know, a little bit of a little bit of that division to thank you again, Sophia, for keeping us up to date. Sophia won again.
00:07:03
Speaker
She was, she beat, who's Homebrew? Homebrew is Luke. So she beat Luke and then, and rather decidedly by about 50 or so, or a little less than 50. Yikes. Terry, what's going on, dude? We need to have a conversation. John beat Terry by a lot. Terry only put up, put up less than Carrick. It's a bad day. It's a bad day. It's a bad day.
00:07:32
Speaker
Bounce back, Terry. We know you will. Alex just barely, he's getting better. He put 135 up this week, but he picked the wrong, yeah, Stewart put up 147, so no good. And then Franco beat Larry. And that was also a pretty big one.
00:07:52
Speaker
Uh, quite honestly, there are only two people that John would have beat. He played one of them. And that's, that's, that's fancy. That's how it goes. You just get the luck of the draw sometimes. And so, and so it goes, but there is still there.
00:08:08
Speaker
That conference one is tough. It's three, four and one teams now. It's frickin, uh, Stewart and Franco and Sophia. And then John gets to pull up the rear of that one. And right now, the only one making him from conference two is Terry. Cause he's winning that conference.
Champions League Review
00:08:23
Speaker
Everybody else is stuck chasing. So chase harder boys and girls. Actually, nope. Nevermind. Cause Sophia is already in there. Chase. Nevermind. You keep doing, you keep doing you
00:08:36
Speaker
Um, yes. So that is, that is the roundup for champions league. I won't be long till we're talking about, um, champions cup of hardy. Right. That'll be interesting. That'll be that's coming up. Not far away, kids. Not too far away. Okay. Um, starter set everybody's favorite game.
00:09:03
Speaker
Right. Thank you.
Player Advice for Upcoming Matches
00:09:04
Speaker
Time travel because, oh, I do have Friday night sale versus London Irish. Yes. Yeah, that's Friday night. OK, so. Oh, this game will be interesting. I can tell you right now, sit Curtis Rona and you might want to just go ahead and cut him unless you're feeling sentimental. Yeah. Yeah. And he's apparently left. He has. Yeah. Buggered off. Which Australia or Japan? We don't know which one.
00:09:31
Speaker
And yeah, baby's going back to leave who knows the fuck knows there's there's just all sorts of rumors flying around but yeah, not a good situation and then that also makes us want me wonder because it's this, you know, we've heard that other clubs other than, you know, it's not just wasps and listers so whatever. The question in my mind then is how does that affect the London Irish players with this stuff being out there. So,
00:09:58
Speaker
Either way, onto the start and sit of this match. For sale, the hosts, their front row is a quality option. Both front rows are actually a quality option, but I'll get to Irish later. Both do pre-zzzz in the forwards.
00:10:17
Speaker
Absolutely. Start him quirky. Yes. Yeah. And you know, and some of those backs, but especially Roebuck is is one that I'd I'd start and not really worry twice, especially guess what? He's he's isn't isn't he a midfielder? He's a midfielder playing on the wing, like consistently playing on the wing right now. Yeah. So, yes, that's that's one you want to have out there. And as you would already know, he's probably not available in your league because of that unless you have him. Good for you.
00:10:48
Speaker
I'm still not ready to say start him because he's still inconsistent points wise.
00:10:56
Speaker
For the Irish, the front row, yes please. You might want to stay away from the forwards because sales still have that punishing defense and don't really give the forwards much room to operate. Ben White is, yes, I've been waiting a while to start him because I don't know that I've done the start sit for Irish in a bit.
00:11:17
Speaker
start, you know, Ben Bernhard and Jan Sven Resenberg is is one that's that's, you know, a definite start, even against a two, he'll he'll he'll find space as he does. And then the back three will be just fine. Yeah, I would.
00:11:31
Speaker
Venture to say stay away from their 10 this week because sale still had that point again still that punishing defense I don't know how many options are there will be for for the 10 to make some noise Right, right, right. No, it's just not a good matchup against that. All right Let's go to the Gardens or Northampton and Newcastle
00:11:59
Speaker
So for the Saints, James Grayson, maybe we see Finn Smith, I don't know, whoever it is, a 10, should be fine. So give them an option. With things kind of going the way they are right now, Obie's off the bench for the Saints, might be a thing. Because I think Skosan came off the bench and put 11 up, which was not bad. So if you had that,
00:12:23
Speaker
Yeah, if you were stuck in that situation, that wasn't a bad answer. So yeah, there are certain teams that you can probably gamble with an OB off the bench and I think the Saints are one of them. So keep that in mind. Where you need to really just like find
00:12:43
Speaker
the good ones and not bother rostering any of the crappy ones. Sam Graham is not the loose forward you're looking for. Um, there's a lot of quality options that lose forward and he's yet to turn in anything decent worth a damn. So I would go ahead and avoid that. Um, for the two Newcastle front rows, damn near an auto start at this point. Like they did great last week, even without Blomire being in the back row, he was back in his old position. Thumbs up.
00:13:08
Speaker
Um, I am also skeptical of another, um, South African fly after you and screaming is, um, little scary. You might be forced to play them, but, um, yeah, it's how, uh, yeah. Yeah. If you're forced to play them, I apologize. Maybe this game only because this tends to be an open game, but that's the only reason I would give it. Yeah, exactly.
00:13:31
Speaker
Um, yeah, I don't know if I want to touch any of the nines from Newcastle right now. Um, I need to see it. And I know people are going to be very desperate for half backs. Yikes. That's the one. What was their backup? Um,
00:13:45
Speaker
Which one? Well, they had Stewart. They had normally Calametti. They had Bart and Calametti, I think, or Barton. It was Barton. He started the year and he started. Okay. And I don't know why they, they've gone away from him. I don't know why. What were you actually, we got to make sure you don't lose games. Yeah. How's that working for you? Well, about that. Oh, this is the amigo red card. Yep. Ouch. Oh, okay. I'm not there yet. I paused. So, okay. Um, yeah, I got to the slight home tribe, but just a little late.
00:14:15
Speaker
Yeah, well, you'll see the red card coming up. You're up, Chief. Ah, I'm up. And I'm up with, oh, to King's Home, Gloucester Bristol, which three, four years ago, this would have been
00:14:33
Speaker
Like, I mean, it still might be one you want to, you know, you must watch rugby. Still should be good. Maybe just, you know, a little bit of the sheen worn off from one of the teams. Again, as I mentioned on the, on just our rugby pod, Bristol, I don't know what the fuck is going on with them.
00:14:55
Speaker
So they're in gotta see it territory so that you'll see my starting set will reflect that. The thing is, though, their defense has been just poop. So Gloucester, there's a lot to like here. You know, the front row, Freddie Clark is a go at lock. Alemano, I mean, he's what he played. He scored two last week. This week he's got a tasty matchup as well. Ludlow, yes, please. Maybe Jake, please, please, Jake.
00:15:24
Speaker
Oh God, please. Come on, Skewington. Do it. Chapman should start this match because for all the reasons we talked about on the other pod and because he's just flat out better. And Atkinson don't expect too much, but I'd start him anyway. If he's the one I wouldn't shy away from, he's probably available on your waiver wire. Starting midfielder, yeah.
00:15:46
Speaker
Yeah. He's one of those, he kind of does, he scores inconsistently. This will be a match, I think, where he comes pretty good. Harris, we appreciate the, we're members of the society. And then LRZ, and let's see who else is in the back three. Right. Maybe since. But they're all probably going to be starter worthy. For the Bristol side, their front row still, you got to give them a shout. Magnus Bradbury,
00:16:17
Speaker
still worth a start, because he's been getting over the line. But those are really the only forwards I like now. I mean, I've cut Vui on my one team, so it's time to start moving on from them until they pick it up. Uran's going to get a long look now with Randall out, so pick him up and start him, because he's still that live wire and can still run that excellent support line and put one over or get some try assists. So there's always the chance that they'll score.
00:16:46
Speaker
Whoever's at 10, likely to play. And then maybe Radrada this week, please, please. I know he's supposed to be healthy right around now. So I'd love to see him there, especially because I have him on one of my teams and he's been sitting on the bench for too long. But then lots of pens on that. If Radrada is out there, then that means a lot for the other players around him. And then, you know, Chuck P in the back three is always a go. Maybe lane two if he's there.
00:17:13
Speaker
but Gloucester are slightly better defensively. Well, you know, except that second half against Saris, but, or in the first half against Saris, too. But, oh, I did just get to that Umaga hit. Cool. Yeah, exactly. All right. Yeah. I'm done with Bristol. Yep. Do your other one, because that's also Saturday. I have the Sunday game. Oh, okay. My other one is...
00:17:42
Speaker
Back to Stonex, the scene of the crime for me and Jared. Saris versus Beth. Saris, I have two words in my notes here. Start everyone. Don't shy away.
Match Preview: Bath vs. Saracens
00:17:55
Speaker
Beth, you know, we talked about their sporting tries, but, you know, they're also giving up a lot. They're, you know, the...
00:18:06
Speaker
What was it though? The worst in terms of points against in the league so that you can expect tries from pretty much anybody on Saracens at any given moment. So you start on bath on the other side. Need to see the lineups, but I would almost stay away this week because. Saris are still excellent defensively that that half against Gloucester. Notwithstanding, they're just not going to give up too much, right? And bath are struck there. You know they're scoring points,
00:18:35
Speaker
I don't think the Sarah's are going to soften up the way other teams. Yeah. No, it'll be interesting to see what happens. And for me, Coke is probably the only one that I'm going to definitely start. Everybody after everybody after that, I need to see what the hell the, the line up looks like. Did Amaga knock himself out too? Yep. It looks like he's double whammy, triple whammy, really. Cause knocked himself out, got himself sent off and it was probably dry. Right. Oh. Yeah. Pretty ugly. Pretty ugly. Yeah.
00:19:05
Speaker
Didn't even go for the ball, just looking back. No, just looked at and ran into freaking Skosan. I mean, sorry. Yeah. I mean, there's not a lot to be done there for him, but at that point, like know where the hell you are and either go for the ball or wait for him to come down and hit him. Right. He needs three weeks off even without the red card. So that's probably- Yeah, with that freaking noggin injury. Yeah. Not that he has to worry about that for a while.
00:19:26
Speaker
Nope. No. Yeah. He'll find a spot probably too. Anywho, Sunday game should be fun. Quinn's and Lester.
00:19:36
Speaker
It'll be okay. It'll be, it'll be right. Uh, Lennox and Yamu, somebody I hadn't ranked yet, um, in my rankings, cause I just wasn't sure. Yeah. He changed my mind in that one frigging run against the saints that was right in front of my very eyes. That helps. So he's, he's a, he's a, he's a definitely a go assuming he's in. I know Andre is back in training, but, um, yeah, Jimmy, he's starting. He's a go. Right.
00:20:00
Speaker
Andre, like, yeah, he might, they might slow, so they might work them in slowly. Yeah. DC should be good for this week. Despite the previous score. I don't have any, don't, don't hold back. Like he should be fine. That was, I think that was a fluke. Honestly, we, we, we know he's been good in the past. So just keep going, keep plugging away, riding him, take the, take the good with the bad.
00:20:20
Speaker
Um, we're all desperate in certain situations with, with, you know, only 11 teams now. Um, and one of them on by. So 10 teams to available. Um, Archie white is not your guy though. This is not what you're looking for either. No, not this week. Uh, and yeah, overall he's just not like, he's had a couple of stars and still hasn't done much of them. So right. And Lester are kind of front up in that pack. Yeah, they will. Ooh.
00:20:49
Speaker
And then 12. Huh? Keltor is at 12. Oh, interesting. Sorry, little sidetracked. It didn't mean to totally break your shit there. No, that's all right. My dog is being an asshole anyway. OK, cool. All right. So there's that for lesser. The back three, I'm actually OK with rolling out for the most part right now, because they've all at least shown that they have it. And this could be an open game.
00:21:17
Speaker
So that'll help. So the likes of Potter, Nadello, Freddie, especially Freddie, Freddie airlines, he's a go. Jasper is the loose droid you're looking for. He's back, he muscles his way over and that was like,
00:21:31
Speaker
That's all he really did, but still he did enough to get you about 11-12 points, so that qualifies as an okay play for right now, so give him a go. For whatever reason, Harry Wells' list is loose forward, and I don't know why, and I don't know. No, it really fucks his value. I would not want him at all. Yeah, he would be a quality option, or at least a decent option at lock, but he's not.
00:21:53
Speaker
And they flipped him and Martin, Martin's a lock and he's, you know, he's been valuable for their most weeks as a lock, putting up, you know, eight, nine points, which was valuable at that position. Not so much a plank. Yeah. When you're six or seven. No, no, no, six or seven, one year.
00:22:11
Speaker
And then, you know, six or seven as a loose forward, it's not awesome. So not awesome. You need you need tens and twelves and higher. Right. This is like the opposite of that, like cheat code with like what Roebuck at midfield.
Weekend Match Predictions
00:22:24
Speaker
It's very opposite. Thinking the good with the bad here is what we're dealing with. Yeah. All right. OTWs, OT dubs. So the weeks I do not have a name for my of the week.
00:22:40
Speaker
I started the week anyway, but I have a position. And so whoever is playing this position will be my start of the week. It's for a team that they're at home. They're playing a shit defense and they just they're scores, too. So my start of the week is whoever has the 13 jersey for the Saints. Well, OK. Gotcha. Well, mine's from that match, too.
00:23:10
Speaker
So this guy's hit form right off the bat this season and he's playing as, you know, he's certainly playing his way into a conversation. Again, we'll see if he gets a shot or if people want him to get a shot at an England jersey. But in this game, it'll be a good opportunity for him no matter where he's playing. He could be playing in one spot or another. It doesn't matter.
00:23:31
Speaker
I think he's going to be great. And I also think he's probably going to have the tea as well. So my start of the week for round six, the prime is England and saints. Um, utility back, George for bank. Hmm. Yeah, he's been excellent lately. I thought you were going to go slight home, but I like him too. Yeah. I got one too. You're not going to like my sit of the week because you mentioned him earlier. Um,
00:23:56
Speaker
because you still have him. And so I'm also, I wasn't aware of that when I created this. So I'm hoping this isn't really bad juju for my fantasy team. My set of the week this week is Ollie Lawrence.
00:24:10
Speaker
Oh, yeah. Well, mine's also from that team, too. So, yeah, I love this kid and I think he's going to be great given once he has time. But the opposition he's playing this week is just not going to be awesome for him. And assuming he's going to get the 10 shirt because Pierce Francis is out, I'm really still terrified of having to play him. And my say of the week is Beth, Beth's young number 10, Orlando Bailey. Yeah, that's a good shout there. Yep.
00:24:39
Speaker
Sorry, kiddo. And watch. Now they blow. Now he blows up and fucking scores 40 to get series. I don't think you have to worry too much. Famous last word. Unless, unless Manu is playing 10. God, I hope we wouldn't go that air again. Jesus. You never know. In which case, shame on McCall. Right. All right. Pick of them.
00:25:06
Speaker
They must be picked. Yeah. And it's going to be common theme with my, my, my picks of the week.
00:25:13
Speaker
Mm-hmm. Sure. Well, if I match them, then you don't get to catch me because I took the last week. God damn it. I picked the saints and you pick the loss. That was the difference. God damn it. Was still killing me. You should be suspended or something. No way. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. All right. Uh, sale and London Irish hosts. I'm taking sale.
00:25:44
Speaker
Gloucester and Bristol. I am taking Cherry and White. The hosts, yes. I'll go with that theme, aren't we? All right. Yeah, no, they have to Newcastle. I'm taking the hosts. Yeah. Saris Bath. The hosts. Yep. And Quinn's Lester. Yep. The hosts. Quinn's. Yeah. I mean, really, honestly, like for me, the only one in that, in that whole thing,
00:26:03
Speaker
Well, sale London Irish, like, I don't know what London Irish are going to bring off the buy. Right. Sale are looking good, though. So, you know. Right. They're looking like. Bristol is one that there's a chance. Right. As well. But. Yeah. Yeah. Like you said, probably down to need to see a territory. Yeah. As it were. So there's that. All right. Cool. Short, sweet to the point. Eficient.
00:26:31
Speaker
Cool. All right. So, um, we'll have our start and sit out. We'll have start and sit on Friday. On Friday. All that good stuff.
Closing and Listener Engagement
00:26:41
Speaker
I'll do rankings for tomorrow and Friday as well. And we should have the sheet out sometime between now and the next pod at the very least. So I hope so. Yeah. Yeah. Got enough time now.
00:26:54
Speaker
No kinds of time. Um, fancy podcast, rugby podcast at gmail.com. Um, ask T fry on Friday with the hashtag and, uh, shit. Yeah, I think that's it. But, um, we appreciate you all for hanging out with us and listening to us babble and playing the fancy rugby game, because again, we are still in a belief that this is a good way to grow the game and to make it, you know, more interesting for certainly for the young folk, but you know, we're a couple of older guys, but whatever.
00:27:24
Speaker
still push it. But yeah, we appreciate you all for hanging out listening to us and supporting us and we will be back next week and enjoy more and more rugby and illegal. Later.