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jarrod_dyke: Hey everybody. Welcome back. It is the fancy rugby. Thanks. My name is Jared Dyke.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'm Ben Glauser.
jarrod_dyke: Sadly, no Julia with us this time, but that's okay. We can only, we can only keep the good stuff first for a very brief times.
Grumpy Old Prop: but Got to appreciate the good times while you got them.
jarrod_dyke: Yep, exactly. All right. Um, so obviously fancy corner time, we're talking to all the things, fancy, um, We have two to do so, let's check and let's go So update on the PWR is if you did not listen to the last part while we were talking with Julia We're waiting on numbers is really what it comes down to were that's I'm hoping to cut out the middleman which will make things a billion times easier, but no promises on either um I will try to put up preliminary numbers without
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: the, um, without the extended stats being in there. And that'll at least give you an idea of where you're at. And then hopefully if you're down there, you have a couple of extra ones that come in your way. And if you're up there, hopefully it only helps you.
jarrod_dyke: So we'll, but any, in any case, um, there'll be an update coming soon. In the meantime, um, you have your picks ready?
Grumpy Old Prop: I do.
jarrod_dyke: All right. So for forward this week, um, I'm assuming that she'll be back in life. I'm going to go with Rachel Johnson from Exeter.
Grumpy Old Prop: Fair enough.
jarrod_dyke: We're a super American Eagle lady.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: and i am You'll notice a theme with my picks this week. um My forward this week is Ronita Marston Mulhern of the Bristol Bears.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah. Just, uh, we were just talking her up. Um, so my back is a bear.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay Hey, my back is a bear and it's
jarrod_dyke: That's Renika Bonner.
jarrod_dyke: Hey, all right. Which means, fuck, we might have just mushed her a little bit. Oops. We know how that usually works out.
Grumpy Old Prop: we'll see And I am going from the Bristol Bears amber reed
jarrod_dyke: Yeah, um and then I'm gonna go live McGovern for my kicker, for Magsivir.
jarrod_dyke: Read, yep. Makes sense to me. Makes sense to me. Okay, um let's check in on Champion's League. All right, I want to i want to talk about Division I only because this is like this is exactly what we're talking about here.
jarrod_dyke: in every other league I'm in, I went up, I got the wooden spoon in division one.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm. Wow.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah. That tells you everything. I didn't drop, but, um, I had a decent lead on Alex and he gained on me a little bit.
Grumpy Old Prop: Hmm.
jarrod_dyke: So, um, so I'm in seventh. So it looks like this Mark, uh, Stu, Cobus, Justin, Duncan, George, myself, Alex.
jarrod_dyke: That's where we're at with division one right now, but that is just, That should tell you everything it is in terms of like, there are no hiding spots in this place. Good luck if you find one.
Grumpy Old Prop: um As for myself, ah then division two. Aubrey's in in the lead now. um She's about 20 points to the good over Barty.
jarrod_dyke: Okay.
Grumpy Old Prop: Paul's in third. um with Then there's kind of a significant jump there. um And then Drew leapfrogged myself as Drew got the yellow cap this week.
jarrod_dyke: said
Grumpy Old Prop: um So I'm down in fifth.
jarrod_dyke: wow
Grumpy Old Prop: Um, Luke is, um, a fair distance behind, um, and Franco, he got spooned and is in seventh.
jarrod_dyke: Geez, he is just getting his butt handed to him, isn't he?
Grumpy Old Prop: Hmm.
jarrod_dyke: Poor fella. Poor fella.
Grumpy Old Prop: But I mean, he's, I mean, he is 200 out of the lead, which is or on almost 200, 190 close enough.
jarrod_dyke: Oof.
Grumpy Old Prop: That's, that's doable. It's just, you got.
jarrod_dyke: Time to move now.
Grumpy Old Prop: Needs work. Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: Time to move now. Now, now, now, now, absolutely now.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: All right. um Do some start set stuff.
jarrod_dyke: All right. So I believe I believe, you yes, I'm leading us off. So we have Bristol, Northampton.
Grumpy Old Prop: You're leading us off.
jarrod_dyke: Um, so as we mentioned in, when we're doing pick them in the last pod, don't, don't expect seeing, see any England players in this one. If they're, um, of another nationality that are playing in the November nationals, then you probably see them otherwise.
jarrod_dyke: Yep. They're all on campus down Spain, I think. Um, and you for the best, um, Augry or Thacker, we saw Thacker come back last week, but Augry is obviously a very hot hand at the moment. So it's probably going to be him. Um, Batley fits. Yes. AJ. Yes. Cause even when he's not kicking well, he's actually doing things in the field. Well, so, um, there's that, um, I'm back on the Ben, our Ben, our train. He's actually turned in a couple of performances, obviously, uh, that he was out last week, but, um, put that in there. It's all right. Despite the car last week, still had a decent day. Um,
jarrod_dyke: As far as sits for the highly selected that won't be on any on England duty Well, he can live with two or my sits for Bristol Much respect to the both of them, but not to fantasy people um For certain are tempted. They're gonna have a clock eyes missing to Yogan still still one of the better props. I think Langdon's had some Okay to good game. So this might be his chance if he gets a just the nod um that I assume he's going to go back in the starting lineup and Robbie Smith will go back to the bench. Um, Shinya Munga. Yep. Pearson Pollock. The two of them are going to make a, an annoying pair. I have a feeling for a long time. So, um, get used to that. But yes, start on both, uh, with a lot of guys in the back three missing for Northampton, I would look George, George Hendy.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: Um, and then sits, uh, as much as I, you know, pumped up Tom James, I'm still saying, said him, um, dings, even if he's healthy and then hot and he a little bit more out of hot.
Grumpy Old Prop: Now.
jarrod_dyke: She's had one really good game and then meh, meh, maybe, maybe because of other absentees he plays better. We'll find out.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right, we'll see.
Grumpy Old Prop: Off to the shed, Gloucester hosting Newcastle um for Gloucester, stay away from the front row.
jarrod_dyke: Mm -hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: They don't have any front row players in either the top 10. and in either hook at at hook or at prop, which is kind of a sharp departure from what they have been.
Grumpy Old Prop: um But again, they play a different game now, they're not really looking for that mall over try the way they used to, which really helped the hookers.
jarrod_dyke: Right.
Grumpy Old Prop: The locks are a full go the back row, I'm still out on again, they don't have anybody in the top 10.
jarrod_dyke: Mm -mm.
Grumpy Old Prop: They're not really Scoring great um where the fuck is Zach Mercer once more putting out the ah The bat that I'm not the bat symbol the the Zach symbol The Z in the sky like come on man show up The halfback still are a full go and maximum well, and yes, I'm assuming they'll still have him um and then the full back three Yeah, give him a give him a run in this game ah For Newcastle, I would just stay away
jarrod_dyke: Yeah. Where you been, bro?
jarrod_dyke: I believe so. Yep.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: It's just the...
jarrod_dyke: Cause I looked at the numbers from the last, from that game, even though they wanted, none of them were really impressive by any means whatsoever.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
jarrod_dyke: Uh, let me just dig them up for a quick minute here. Um, let's see for a new castle. Blomire scored twice. So that's why he did well. Um, there were some good scores, but like ones, I'm just like not breaking on like Gordon scored.
jarrod_dyke: Well, chicks scored. Well, Grayson was kicking. So that's why his numbers are up there.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: Um, yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: And Grayson's a very cheap center.
jarrod_dyke: Like,
Grumpy Old Prop: Like, if it depending on how you're doing, um he might be one to slot in.
jarrod_dyke: yeah
Grumpy Old Prop: He's like two million. um But yeah, I mean, you put up 14, you know, with the with the tea, so not terrible.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah Yeah, yeah Ruby Oles count numbers come from his to 14 his winnings Harbors on own scrums. I'm not sure that'll happen again
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: One one on the opponent's put in so those are um Two four six like Minus those you down to eight and a half on him.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: So Sadly, um but if you did the same for Vanderbilt, then you'd be down to ten.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: So that's not that bad But yeah still not sure it's worth investing like Ben said so agreed Bath and sale
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
jarrod_dyke: um Excuse me, for the bathmen. O 'Bano and Detroit, yes. I don't know if Barbary's hurt. I think I'd actually stay away from him though, because he's not been great.
Grumpy Old Prop: Both. Yeah. Not really.
jarrod_dyke: ah I'm loving me some Ted Hill. um Guy Pepper, despite his buffoonery and getting that card.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm -hmm.
jarrod_dyke: um Yes, I'll still take him.
jarrod_dyke: Bayless to an extent, but he's not highly picked right now, but still.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: Not how to bet, not done well when he's in, let's put it that way.
Grumpy Old Prop: Agreed.
jarrod_dyke: Um, Finn. Yep. Um, will bottom. Yes. To land bill.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah
jarrod_dyke: Yes. And coconut. And he called him to England, right? So I would definitely play him. And then as I said before, Barbary is a sit and then done who's fairly so highly selected, at least was less.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: I looked, um, sit him too.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: Um, um
Grumpy Old Prop: Same thing as Gloucester, like Dunn's value has just gone.
jarrod_dyke: Mm -hmm. Yeah, just different things and that's that's not where he wins Yeah, it's just not we're done does his work that's all you know, it's different than like Auger Langdon You know just different hookers.
Grumpy Old Prop: Nobody, nobody appreciates them all try anymore.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right. Right.
jarrod_dyke: That's all different players.
Grumpy Old Prop: Or Theo.
jarrod_dyke: Yep. Also, I'm For sale, I'll still start i'm a poker for sure. Yep
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: and Bobby dupes with the with the kick with the TES Flats dropped late last week. So I don't know what happened with that If he's healthy, yes, I'll still give him a go and then assuming there's gonna be a little bit more To eat for a Joe Carpenter. I'd give him a go even though he actually did okay last week, you know, he Yeah was on not a very good team um Sit war and sit nightclub as highly selective players from sales. Just nope want nothing to do with him right now. I
Grumpy Old Prop: um okay off to um sarahson's hosting less um lester um for the visitors the locks maybe in the forwards um wells i'm guessing because it was a chasm and george martin will be away i guess in there um but you know that doesn't bode well um for those forwards because yeah there's just
jarrod_dyke: Mmhmm.
jarrod_dyke: Yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: There's not, ah there's not much on on Lester that's going to challenge the the Saracens forwards the way like Fitz Harding did. ah hum Along with, you know, O 'Gray and, and several others. It's, and Sarri's feast on forwards and fantasy wise. I don't know. um So I, I'm just not sure. um On ah this week anyway. um JVP, is he away then?
jarrod_dyke: He's away.
Grumpy Old Prop: All right, well, then you're really not going to start any of the Lester Scrumhaves Pollard could Pollard could still get a lot of kicking points because that might be the only way they score.
Grumpy Old Prop: So it could be, you know, three or four penalty kicks.
jarrod_dyke: One of those days,
Grumpy Old Prop: For Saris, I guess whoever's at hooker, but I don't know who that that will be third stringers. So you're might not want to invest in that for one week or you know even a few weeks, even though it was a little bit of a gap.
Grumpy Old Prop: I just, I don't know that I would do it.
Grumpy Old Prop: Reese Carey has been somehow quite good.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: um And Richie too, they're both of them are are in the top scores for props.
jarrod_dyke: Yep.
Grumpy Old Prop: So consider them. Tiz are just putting up numbers.
jarrod_dyke: yes
Grumpy Old Prop: lately Like I think he's had over 20, the last two matches and he's had over 10 every match.
jarrod_dyke: Yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: um Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: i had him in I had him in the fantasy.
Grumpy Old Prop: Tom and Tom Willis is is gone too, or is he still around?
jarrod_dyke: Nope, he's gone.
Grumpy Old Prop: Fuck that.
jarrod_dyke: So you could see someone like Gonzo.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. ah Unless he's still hurt.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah, I don't think he picked up anything super serious the other week.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay.
jarrod_dyke: I really don't think so, but maybe maybe I'm wrong.
Grumpy Old Prop: um
jarrod_dyke: Maybe I'm wrong.
Grumpy Old Prop: I guess so. Lozowski's gone then. ah So that kind of fucks hit with that t thing.
jarrod_dyke: Yep.
Grumpy Old Prop: But um oh, Ivan, then tell us third and and points per game.
jarrod_dyke: Yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right at nine.
jarrod_dyke: He's had a couple of good ones.
Grumpy Old Prop: So right. He's expensive, but worth it because he'll be around. um I wrote Elliot, comma, daily, comma, shagan, not eliliot daley ah Elliot, Elliot and daily and shagan.
Grumpy Old Prop: um But there is a way to.
jarrod_dyke: Daily's away too.
Grumpy Old Prop: then it's going to be Parton probably, who I think could have himself a game.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: um So don't don't shy away from Parton.
jarrod_dyke: No, please don't. That'd be all right. It's going to be all right. Yeah, Roddy and Tobias Elliott, those should be solid.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: ah All right. ah Dick Keds and Quins. For the idiots from Devon. Tweema, Hodge, Brown, Bampo are probably the ones that you would consider the most.
jarrod_dyke: um And then guys that are still highly selected, but probably don't need your time or frost capture, take as much as it pains me to say in Hawkins. Um, yeah, just not doing it.
jarrod_dyke: Frost needs to stay away from cards.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: That's his first problem. Get them up a tree out of you first. They're frosty. Um, for the twins, um, well Evans and even getting him to a point, but especially without a whole lot of other people back there to, eat you know, find something to eat, he'll, he'll do it.
jarrod_dyke: Um, Porter, cause I don't think he's gone yet. Murley, yes. I shouldn't need to say it. um Sit, launch. I would not play Jared Evans and don't get cute there.
Grumpy Old Prop: a yeah
jarrod_dyke: Beard, if he's on the wing, if he's in the middle, I might still consider him. And then I don't see half penny doing much this game if he gets thrown into the fullback position. So good luck with that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Well, they should hit still have Tyrone green right now that he's back Yeah Anywho then we're on to start of the week um We've mentioned him way too much
jarrod_dyke: Oh yes, that's true. Actually, but he may get stuck on the wing only because of what, what they may or may not have. So we'll see.
Grumpy Old Prop: Um, for his, his recency, but at the same time, he's been quite, quite good. And I guess this past week was his coming out party. I don't think that stops this coming week because again, he's been solid all year. Um, it's just that he, he finally kind of blew up with three tries. I don't think he's going to do with that again.
Grumpy Old Prop: Um, but I would still, um, and I, I, I'm backing this up with, you know, putting my, my fantasy money where my mouth is because he's been my starter for a few weeks now, but max, the well, and it's my start of the week, um, against new castle.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yes, please.
jarrod_dyke: Should be given. one Um, so I went with, um, this game is going to be built for this guy, just the way things are shaken out with players being away and teams going against.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: Will Evans is going to just have himself a snack at the very least down in Devon.
Grumpy Old Prop: Um, yes, he is.
jarrod_dyke: And this is exactly what he he's built for. So I think it's going to be a good day for good old web.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm. Sits of the week.
jarrod_dyke: Mm.
Grumpy Old Prop: Um, your, my set of the week was a ah ah start call for you. Um, so I'm going to ahead go ahead and sort of disagree with you there. Um, I, my, my sit of the week is Rob Dupree, uh, Bobby dupes.
jarrod_dyke: yeah
jarrod_dyke: Probably dupes. Okay.
Grumpy Old Prop: I, I don't think the ah opportunities are going to be there for them this week.
jarrod_dyke: I mean, hey, they may just kick a seam. A name was three every time.
Grumpy Old Prop: They might, but I don't know how many opportunities are going to get to do that. So that's, that's where I am.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah, beats me. Beats me. I mean, you know, for those that are interested, he would have had five without the tee last week.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
jarrod_dyke: So not really great numbers, but that's why we say give him the tee.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: That's the only way you're going to be productive with him, especially while he's sitting at 10. Um, so my sit, um, I think a lot of people are going to try and grab this guy because he's going to be a ready -made replacement for the guy that's away for him.
jarrod_dyke: But but I've never tried. I have not really ever trusted this guy in fantasy. I definitely don't trust him now. Now that they he's gotten older and, um, crappier.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay.
jarrod_dyke: Um, my solo week's going to be bed now.
Grumpy Old Prop: Ah, yeah.
jarrod_dyke: And I normally try and avoid Players going against Terrisons, because I just don't want to put that hex out there, but Vansale's a dick too, so those two things just kind of adding up.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm -hmm. Yeah, he is.
jarrod_dyke: i'm like Even if Vansale wasn't wearing black, I'd still just look at that and be like, he's annoying as shit, and I don't want any scrum half that's going against him, especially one that's a little slower now.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right. and And yeah, Ben Young hasn't really scored that well fantasy wise in quite a while. I mean, it used to be it was like he was one of the, you know, one of the premier fantasy, um, scrummy in certain ways, but, but um, you know, then he, he was like, okay, maybe he'll go for a scoot. I'll i'll give him a throw about there. Now it's like, don't even do that.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah, especially in like draft style stuff.
Grumpy Old Prop: Oh, yeah, no, no, don't waste a roster spot.
jarrod_dyke: Yeah, but not now. Yeah, don't waste the money, don't waste the spot.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
jarrod_dyke: You only get two of them. There's two good ones out there.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm hmm.
jarrod_dyke: He's not neither one of them. All right. Cool. That's that okay not Not to pick them.
Grumpy Old Prop: That is that it's still weird to I mean, I still like having the the starts that I'm sorry, the pick them in the other one. um It does.
jarrod_dyke: No, I agree.
Grumpy Old Prop: It does just feel like this is an abrupt ending.
jarrod_dyke: but Both can exist, but we'll get used to it.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay.
jarrod_dyke: Anywho.
Grumpy Old Prop: Well.
jarrod_dyke: um Look out for a boom bust tomorrow. You know, nap, nap time bearing my Lachlan's been a pain in the butt lately. Now time bearing, I will get that out there.
jarrod_dyke: And other than that, we appreciate you guys for listening. We'll see you guys on Friday for all the start sits and PWR starts and all that good stuff. And we'll catch you guys later on this week and enjoy the rugby.
jarrod_dyke: Have a good one, everyone.
Grumpy Old Prop: Later.
jarrod_dyke: Cheers.
