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Tackles and Tinnies Presents - The Fantasy Files – Ep 6 - R14 | WARRIORS WAKE-UP: Luke Metcalf Mania, Origin Holds & Ryan’s Trade Nightmare! 🧠⚔️
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This Week on Fantasy Files:
- ⚡ WARRIORS SPOTLIGHT: The Kiwi club is flying and Luke Metcalf is the talk of the SuperCoach streets—BUY or BEWARE? The boys break it down.
- 🛑 ORIGIN HEADACHES: Who are the hold-and-hope stars through the Round 14 carnage? Chris plays the voice of reason.
- 🔄 TRADE TRAGEDY: Ryan confesses to a wild Round 13 that could derail his season—will he bounce back or burn it down?
- 🧘 Zen Mode Activated: Adam, ranked 17th in the entire country, makes ZERO trades this round. Is this madness or a masterclass?
It’s chaos. It’s content. It’s Fantasy Files Episode 6. Tap in before your trades lock out! 🔒
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Transcript
Introduction and Tasmania's Internet Woes
00:00:01
Tackles and Tinnies
tackles and tinnies. I've been waiting for 15 minutes to crack that tin. Cheers to that. Yeah, waiting for Adam's potato internet from Tasmania.
00:00:09
Adam
but
00:00:10
Tackles and Tinnies
So he's now a part of the Spud squad, the SS squad.
00:00:14
Adam
but hey chris's internet was fine so we can't blame tasmania just my house apparently
00:00:18
Tackles and Tinnies
That's true, that's true.
Adam's Internet Issues and Cold Weather Anecdote
00:00:20
Tackles and Tinnies
Chris, as a pleasure, it's becoming a weekly thing and I'm loving this because you're somewhat talking me out of my silly ideas and trades, but after last week when we talk about that shortly, you could have done a better job. But Adam, fantastic to have you here, mate.
00:00:34
Tackles and Tinnies
How have you been?
00:00:35
Adam
Yeah, been good. Been good. We're just talking about touch footy. Last night I pulled up a bit sore. It was very wet and it was very cold, but it was fun.
00:00:44
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
Weather Comparisons and Moving Houses
00:00:44
Adam
So yeah, started to excited to talk some footy.
00:00:47
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, six degrees are not ideal for touch football comparatively to our like 20 degrees perfect conditions on the Gold Coast. so you know, you bought your house up here, mate. Just waiting for you to move up now.
00:00:58
Tackles and Tinnies
Chris, you're not bought I'm fine, surely. funny.
00:01:02
Chris
No, no, I was telling Adam yesterday, was like, like when it was six ago, I was like, I can't believe I paid to do this. can't believe I paid for it.
Celebrating the Blues' Victory
00:01:14
Tackles and Tinnies
second
00:01:14
Chris
Uh, no, it was a good week for me, you know, uh, you know, for one really good reason, you know, any week that the Blues win is a good week.
00:01:15
Adam
Thanks, Ed.
00:01:22
Tackles and Tinnies
The trash talk's already happening. Righto, Chris, this is how we're playing it today.
00:01:25
Adam
and thanks
00:01:27
Tackles and Tinnies
we will see. going to clip you up and see my AI edit or something.
Game Strategies and Player Line-Ups
00:01:31
Tackles and Tinnies
Get ready.
00:01:31
Chris
Oh, mate, I asked you last week, hey, what what changes do you reckon you guys will make for the second game? So, look, I'll ask you i'll ask you again. do you guys about doing knisra next guy
00:01:45
Tackles and Tinnies
Well, I think it always should have been Corey Hawes we're in. If Trent Lioro isn't starting, he shouldn't be in the team. I thought Mo Fodawaker
Queensland Squad Analysis
00:01:54
Tackles and Tinnies
obviously did nothing in attack, but I thought he was quite good defensively.
00:01:54
Adam
Thank you.
00:01:58
Tackles and Tinnies
ah wouldn't mind seeing Jai Arrow in there just because he's a bit of an arsehole. He can match that Leon Martin arsehole-ish combatant behavior. So, yeah, big red Jai Arrow in. Cherry Evans holds his position.
00:02:11
Tackles and Tinnies
Wouldn't change the back line. And, yeah, Deirdre, I guess, holds his spot. What do boys think? Chris, you reckon Deirdre holds his spot or what?
00:02:23
Chris
Oh, look, DC killed it, like, you know, on the weekend the weekend for Manly. I think i think i think you've got to keep DC, but I know Baylor reports that, you know, he's going to get dropped and Deedon's going start at seven.
00:02:34
Chris
No, I think he um think you pick and stick, honestly. You just had one bad game. You know, I thought, you know, like I said last week, that Coates is, you know, I'm really scared about Coates and, you know, straight away, you know, they... you know they That penalty try, you know, i'll not penalty try, but, you Brian Toy got sin binned, you know.
00:02:52
Chris
I'm glad that they fixed it up and got, yeah, and they put Lomax limax in against Coates in the second half, yeah.
00:02:52
Tackles and Tinnies
I think Ben Penner would try.
00:02:59
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam, as a fellow Queenslander, what are
Queensland's Game One Reflection
00:03:01
Tackles and Tinnies
your thoughts on the current squad versus potential changes for game two?
00:03:06
Adam
Yeah, it wasn't good. It wasn't good. I mean, the scoreline flattered us a bit with Cleary's goal kicking. But you lose game one at Suncorp, it's hard to see us winning two our way from Suncorp in a row.
00:03:23
Adam
But yeah, I think I agree. Like, Liero, if he's not starting, he doesn't offer any impact off the bench. Like, I don't get that. It'll be interesting to see how Walsh goes this week. I think if he's healthy, they'll pick him.
00:03:35
Adam
Pong is obviously really good, but I think Walsh's speed is something we need.
00:03:35
Tackles and Tinnies
Thank you.
00:03:40
Adam
I feel like New South Wales has game-breaking players like Luttrell, and I don't feel like... I think Walsh's speed is the sort of game-breaking asset we need. We looked a bit pedestrian in attack.
00:03:52
Adam
So, yeah, that's what I'd be looking at. Probably just Walsh in, Hawes in for Liero. you know, maybe Deirdre
Critique of Grant's Performance
00:03:58
Adam
in at seven if they want to do that, but I wouldn't be making like wholesale changes.
00:04:02
Tackles and Tinnies
Would you then put Ponga to the bench like they've done in the past when played, I think, an origin game at CBUS or not liking that at all, Adam?
00:04:12
Adam
It depends what you're going to Grant. Obviously he's going to be there. i I thought he was very bad in game one. He just did try to do way too much.
00:04:23
Adam
And it was an interesting contrast with Robson who just made his tackles and gave good service to Cleary and Moses. And Grant was like going himself on last, trying to put in chip kicks and like, you know, going short side where nothing was on a lot.
00:04:38
Adam
So if Grant's going to play 80, he probably needs to just... pass the ball and tackle. And then you could bring Ponga runners like a lock. If you want Grant to try and attack, then he probably can't play 80. And then you need him like someone to spell him. I don't Ponga is going to play nine. So yeah, it depends on the game plan, I guess.
00:04:59
Tackles and Tinnies
Pretty good. Cotter's played hooker when he came through the starting years. I think he could be a potential shout there. I wouldn't even mind putting Cotter at hooker for the, to the first 15 minutes.
00:05:10
Tackles and Tinnies
Just another big body in the middle or bigger body, obviously. And to get Grant come on after a bit of the, the stings taken out What do you reckon about that, Chris?
Ponga vs. Walsh Duel
00:05:18
Chris
Nah, i I reckon Harry Grant is awesome. You know, think you definitely start him. He's your best hooker by far. I actually, actually speaking what you said earlier, you know, I actually liked Deenan when he came on, you know, I do like him at 14. I don't think there's a space for Ponga, especially if Walsh plays well. He goes, he slots straight into, to, to number one.
00:05:38
Tackles and Tinnies
So potentially do or die this weekend for Ponger and Walsh. It could be the make or break it fullback for Queensland.
00:05:45
Adam
Oh, definitely. Big duel for those guys. I mean, they've both got good matchups too. you know Pong is up against Manly and Walsh has the Titans. So they could i mean they've got the chance. If they want the jersey, they should really go out there and you know knock the door down, so to speak.
00:06:03
Tackles and Tinnies
And Billy certainly has an affinity for Recy Walsh, that's for sure. Yeah, I just want to see Ponga off a good
South Wales Team Selection
00:06:10
Tackles and Tinnies
forward pack. Like, again, he's been proven in the past how good he can be with our Queensland forwards dominating in years past. So very, very tough selections. But, hey, Chris, you're laughing as a New South Welshman.
00:06:22
Tackles and Tinnies
Very stable. I think the big question is for you, Mitchie Barnett has been ACL'd. Who do you put in?
00:06:30
Chris
Oh, I think you have to put Keon in. like I don't want them to put Keon in just simply for super coach reasons. But yeah, I mean, I know first off the rank is meant to be Stefano, but honestly, compared to like, I honestly do not rate Stefano at all.
00:06:45
Chris
I reckon it's Keon. He could play, he he plays 80 every week, no issues. You know, that'll also, you could also get Terrell May in, but at this rate, I don't think, I don't think that the Blues looking at picking him this year.
00:06:57
Tackles and Tinnies
Could you play small ball and maybe put Liam Martin or Isaiah in the front row? And
00:07:04
Chris
Oh, yeah, you could, but wait but we want to win.
00:07:07
Tackles and Tinnies
then you have like a Ola Kawatu come off the bench potentially.
00:07:11
Chris
i wouldn't i wouldn't I wouldn't change it too much, honestly. Like, the team won. We're the incumbents. Like, you know, we're winning. Like, just wherever you need to plug a hole in, you plug a hole in. I wouldn't make be making wholesale changes at all.
00:07:22
Adam
I mean, just bring in Jake Tobuovic, run the offense through him.
00:07:22
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:07:26
Adam
I reckon that's what I'd be doing as a Queensland fan.
00:07:29
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah
00:07:29
Adam
Jake, he's back. He's ready to go. Ryan needs Tvanga in the bye round, so it's a win-win, really.
00:07:37
Tackles and Tinnies
either or i'm jake jiboy which don't know he's a spiritual leader
00:07:39
Adam
what it Chris, what do you reckon? Jake could play hooker for the first 20 minutes, don't you think?
00:07:45
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah
00:07:46
Adam
and Some crisp service from Gerbo.
00:07:47
Chris
disgusting absolutely absolutely yuck
00:07:51
Adam
Crisp service.
00:07:53
Tackles and Tinnies
but
00:07:56
Tackles and Tinnies
Talking about bloody Jake Javorjevic, he's put a damper on my super coach team this week with big Jazzy Tavunga getting swapped out to the bench. But let's pray for a late switch.
00:08:04
Adam
I
00:08:06
Tackles and Tinnies
But,
00:08:06
Chris
You're lucked out.
00:08:07
Adam
but i thought you were going to pray for a HIA.
00:08:08
Chris
You have to luck out with two gerbo man.
00:08:11
Adam
I thought he was about to pray for another HIA. was like, man, Jake can't cop it on a Cat 1.
00:08:16
Chris
that
00:08:19
Adam
Yeah.
00:08:21
Tackles and Tinnies
Surely, late change. He's been so good. he He's a better version of Kobe Hebrington, for sure. Tackle, bot, and just does the pass.
00:08:31
Adam
Tivanga owners can't keep getting away with it. Jake's going to get through this game healthy. He's going to play 80 minutes. you're gonna You're going to enjoy your 25 points off the bench this week.
00:08:43
Tackles and Tinnies
Well, we'll break even still good, don't mind.
00:08:44
Chris
Mm-hmm.
00:08:44
Tackles and Tinnies
I'm still making cash.
00:08:46
Adam
Thanks.
00:08:47
Tackles and Tinnies
But boys, I'm actually quite upset. This is the first time in Supercoach this year my team value has gone down. It's been a disaster. I've gone from 16.4 million down to 16.28. I'm in shambles.
00:09:01
Tackles and Tinnies
I'm in shambles. Last week, I had set and forget trades. I was like, Keon's in 100%. hundred percent Appy Chorus out 100%. Both coming in, loving these trades.
00:09:10
Adam
Thank you.
00:09:11
Tackles and Tinnies
Obviously, Appy's not going to be there around 15, but... Keon, yeah, he's going to get that duel. We always, everyone thought Keon was going to be must-have. And then literally, literally last minute, I'm at the Titans game. I've had literally year one tin.
00:09:24
Tackles and Tinnies
And then i was like, bingo, let's go Cameron Munster. He's got a negative break even. He's going to be a pod in the city, pissing down on the Gold Coast. I'm like, yeah, doesn't matter. It's the bloody Gold Coast times. I've got bloody Tommy Weaver playing. We're going to absolutely get rolled.
00:09:38
Tackles and Tinnies
Next minute, Titans are winning the game, or at the first half almost. And Cameron Munster, Jerome Hughes, Pappenhausen did absolutely nothing for me. So absolute shambles, boys.
00:09:50
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam, how'd you go this week, mate? Obviously better than me
00:09:54
Adam
Yeah, I had a green arrow, which is nice. I went up 15 spots. So sitting at 17th overall, which is awesome. pretty keen Pretty keen to keep keep climbing, hopefully. Yeah.
00:10:08
Adam
But yeah, no, I had a good week. Team value, I don't know if I went up or down. It's at about 16.5, so I think that's solid. And yeah, got in Keon and got in Lehigh, so pretty happy with my trades.
00:10:19
Adam
Couldn't have really done much better, I don't think, on that front.
00:10:21
Tackles and Tinnies
hundred percent
00:10:23
Adam
I did trade Turbo straight back out. He was a quick quick in and out for me. but I only had 17 players last week, so I kind of had to make a move with Tom, and I just figured I'd take Lehigh and figure it out later, and so far so good.
00:10:38
Adam
So, yeah, pretty stoked with that
00:10:42
Tackles and Tinnies
overall is absolutely unreal. And I'm even more impressed about the team value. I'm all about the money. Money bag to a Piloto's back too, by the way.
00:10:49
Adam
that. Surely I haven't overtaken you on team value. There's no way.
00:10:53
Tackles and Tinnies
it is It's happened. It's absolute doomsday here on the Gold Coast.
00:10:57
Adam
Jake is the last mountain to climb. If I can get Jake into the value, I can i can rest easy.
00:10:58
Tackles and Tinnies
so
00:11:02
Tackles and Tinnies
Chris, how's your team looking, mate?
00:11:04
Chris
Not too bad. I'll just briefly speak on you. i'll do I felt so bad for you, Ryan. You know, like Jake, last week we were trying to tell Jake, mate, what are you doing? Don't fade Keon.
00:11:15
Chris
and And he ends up buying Keon and he ends up saying, guys, Keon, he scored a try in the chat. And and to find out you haven't bought him. That was just painful. That was painful.
00:11:26
Chris
that was fight for
00:11:26
Tackles and Tinnies
And he brought Appy Chorus out and he did well.
00:11:32
Chris
no No, I scored 1238 this week.
00:11:32
Tackles and Tinnies
Need to take my own advice.
00:11:41
Tackles and Tinnies
Hmm.
00:11:42
Chris
ah
00:11:44
Chris
to 1617. So I'm just barely, barely on the outer tips of, in the tips of the top 1% about to drop out. Yeah, my my team value is 16.2%. as well. It's stagnated the last few weeks and it really hasn't moved and probably reflects that mid season slump. I've found myself in, uh, my trades were, uh, Payne Haas to Keon.
00:12:05
Chris
And then also Tom Jenkins to Lomax, like, I was happy with both trades. Like simply just look, honestly, moving Jenkins on, there was just awesome this week for my mental health.
00:12:15
Chris
Like I just no longer feel anguish anymore when Casey McGlue hand dummies and just goes himself during a two on one situation. Like
00:12:23
Tackles and Tinnies
Don't you think it's ironic that Lomax fell for the dummy? Yeah.
00:12:29
Chris
I also want to add that, uh, that when Jenkins scored this week off that kick to a McLean, I didn't note that McLean still refused to pass the ball to him.
00:12:37
Adam
and
00:12:39
Tackles and Tinnies
very ah
00:12:41
Chris
ah ah I, yeah, I captained Cleary as well for 87.
00:12:42
Adam
I wish he kept. Okay.
00:12:47
Chris
I wanted him to go higher, but obviously Eels were fantastic. But yeah, with that in mind, like my my question this week is will I hold or sell Connor Tracy? He's B. He's 147.
00:13:00
Tackles and Tinnies
If Jake was here, he would instantly say, why is he still on your team? so
00:13:05
Adam
but
00:13:07
Tackles and Tinnies
In honour of you, Jake, I will speak for you. But boys, my team this week, yeah, not too bad. Similar sort of score to you, Chris. I scored a total of 1,208, not too bad.
00:13:19
Tackles and Tinnies
My season ranking went down by 1,000, so I'm just in the top 5,000, 4,994.
00:13:23
Chris
Thank you.
00:13:24
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:13:27
Tackles and Tinnies
I'm happy with my team. Like I've been, I've got advised to have enough, which I've been anti enough all year. So I got that Ethan Roberts guy in from the Roosters.
00:13:34
Adam
Thank you.
00:13:37
Tackles and Tinnies
And then I got in, I got rid of Adam Dewey. And the only reason this was happening in the perfect butterfly effect happened, AJ Brimson concussion. i was like, I'm not playing Adam Dewey. I refuse to do it.
00:13:48
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam Dewey out, Cam Munster in. And then obviously shit went to, shit hit the fan. But yeah, what can you do in that super code? But boys, I reckon we just tuck straight Players of interest and buyers this week. Adam, who are you thinking, mate?
00:14:05
Adam
i Are you sitting down? think I'm going to hold trades. I'm not doing anything.
00:14:14
Adam
I've used a lot of trade. I mean, look, I'm coming 17th overall.
00:14:15
Chris
Oh.
00:14:17
Adam
So like, I think that the burning of trades has been justified. but, But I think I'm just going to to take my medicine this week. I have 18 players. The two worst ones are Starling and Hosking, who aren't great. One of them will probably drop out.
00:14:33
Adam
But I don't really need to make a move this week. So I think I'm just going to take my medicine, cop a bad score or two, and reassess next week. I think there's a number of good buys, though.
00:14:45
Adam
mean, who are you guys looking at, potentially?
00:14:48
Tackles and Tinnies
Where are you Chris?
00:14:50
Chris
Well, Ryan, we haven't talked about Cheapy Watch for a while on this sum podcast. And boy, do I have a bunch of cheapies for you.
00:15:00
Chris
If only Jake was here this week, he would be frothing. Yeah.
00:15:04
Tackles and Tinnies
It'd be boosy for sure.
00:15:04
Adam
There.
00:15:06
Chris
um um The first one, the number one most traded player in this week. Nathan Lawson of the St. George Dragons. $198K. He's got a negative one break even. Absolute bottom dollar.
00:15:22
Chris
He's C2 dub c two du only, but I think he's probably a fantastic option to if you want to downgrade and have somebody as an extra cover for round 15, round 18. He also plays round 19 as well.
00:15:37
Chris
like I said, yeah, he frees up cash if you don't want enough. And obviously he starts this week on the right wing because Tyrone Sloan has been dropped.
00:15:51
Chris
Number two, obviously, would be the second most traded player, ah ah Jaden Campbell. man, he killed it last week, you know, like against Melbourne.
00:15:57
Tackles and Tinnies
Mm-hmm.
00:16:00
Chris
And he played fullback. He's named again this week at fullback. He's averaging 75 at the moment. He plays around 15 and 16 and 19, but he's got such a great draw and he plays the Broncos who are, you know, just in dire straits this week as well.
00:16:09
Adam
Thank you.
00:16:13
Chris
I think that, think he and Munster the top two options at five, eight. And I'd say if you, I would go get him honestly, if you could this week. I don't have him this week and I probably won't get him this week only because I don't need him as a number.
00:16:27
Chris
if i If I get him in I'm going to have to drop one of the players I want to play as a reserve. Yeah. They're the top two looks this week.
00:16:35
Tackles and Tinnies
Huge, huge, huge. Well, I think the first question is, what is the longevity of Mr. Nathan Lawson on the wing? Do we know?
00:16:48
Adam
Well, he's so as Chris said, Sloan's been dropped for now. The thing is, if Val holds his origin jersey, which, I mean, you never know, but there's a good chance that Lawson will just slot over to centre in those weeks anyway.
00:17:03
Adam
Apparently he was ah ah san played a bit of centre coming through as well. So you think he's got this week, he should be in the team 15 and 18 when Val in origin, theoretically. Yeah. when valel is in origin theoretically And then he might just keep the job over Sloan.
00:17:19
Adam
So it's a little bit risky buying this week. You probably, if you're buying him, you're probably counting him as a potential nuff just in case. But I think there's a very good chance he's playing 15, he's playing 18, and then he could just play well, keep the job, and you know he's ah ah fine to sit there at seventh centre wing.
00:17:38
Adam
So normally I would say, you know, not to go early on him. And like, I'm not going to because I don't have to but if it's important to fund another trade, it's not the worst idea.
00:17:49
Chris
Funnily enough, Val Holmes is actually my sneaky pod by suggestion this week, actually. Like, i mean, there's talk that he could misorigin.
00:18:00
Chris
You know, especially if Telangi and Cobo, you know, take his spot on the wing. And that's huge because obviously he plays round 15, but he plays Dolphins this week, then Sharks and then Parra. Like he misses round 16 and his floor is so good still.
00:18:14
Chris
Like his lowest score this year has been 40 and then 58.
00:18:14
Tackles and Tinnies
Oh, for sure.
00:18:19
Chris
And he's only scored three tries. So I think he's, and he hasn't scored any in the last three weeks. So he's due technically if you think he's not going to make origin.
00:18:26
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah
00:18:27
Chris
I can't imagine people hopping on him.
00:18:27
Tackles and Tinnies
That's a huge goal.
00:18:29
Chris
Yeah.
00:18:30
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, very huge.
00:18:30
Adam
Yeah, I mean, the issue, Chris, is just that he He misses round 16, which is going to be a really hard round.
00:18:36
Chris
Yeah.
00:18:36
Adam
And also, like I know the Sharks were terrible against the Roosters in the last major buy round, but they don't have any Origin players, really. So, like, Dragons up against the full-strength Sharks, like I'm not sure i to even really want Val that desperately for that matchup.
00:18:52
Adam
So it's like, you buy if you buy this week, you're running the Origin risk, and even if he doesn't make Origin, you're getting Sharks and then buy. i think it's more like, if he misses Origin... he becomes a really good round 17 buy because I think they might have had all their buys by that point too.
00:19:09
Adam
Cause they had an early season one, they missed around 12 and then they've got the 16. So yeah, like round 17, he'd play every week after that.
00:19:18
Chris
Yeah.
00:19:18
Adam
So I'd probably just wait and see. Yeah.
00:19:20
Chris
yeah
00:19:21
Tackles and Tinnies
What about Heath Mason, boys? He's been pretty highly bought in this week too. He's 4.6% bought. About 2,900 people are bringing him in on my screen.
00:19:32
Tackles and Tinnies
are thoughts on Heath Mason? Fullback only.
00:19:33
Adam
Thank you.
00:19:34
Tackles and Tinnies
Could potentially get dual depending on if he keeps his spot. More than likely would be a utility when Latu Finu comes. What are your thoughts as a Tigers fan, Chris?
00:19:44
Tackles and Tinnies
Hmm.
00:19:46
Chris
Oh, he's got just trap written all over him. Last year, Finer, he's been named at 14 this week. I wouldn't touch him, especially fullback. Like, you've only got three slots there. If you're interested, however, in a Tigers chiefie, Tony Sakaar.
00:20:01
Chris
He's at 241K, and he's got to break him at 22, and he scored 36 last week. He's interesting because he got named this week at edge because of the Alex Twill HIA.
00:20:11
Chris
And I think there was apparently there was rumours that like Alex Safar was going to move into the middle anyways. And Sakar was going to probably like to play. So that he's only, he's only two ah RF.
00:20:23
Chris
So he's not a jewel and he doesn't provide coverage for, for, for round 15, but that's, that's possible eight, 80 minutes in a great downgrade option.
00:20:31
Tackles and Tinnies
I definitely got a couple of mid-range options.
00:20:31
Chris
Yeah. Instead.
00:20:35
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam's been ban on my back for the past couple of weeks trying get rid of some of the cash in my middies upgrade.
00:20:40
Adam
Mid-City. Mid-City.
00:20:42
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, mid-city for sure.
00:20:44
Tackles and Tinnies
I'm already scared I've got one enough.
00:20:46
Chris
Mm.
00:20:46
Tackles and Tinnies
I don't need two more on my team.
00:20:48
Adam
but
00:20:48
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah. But, boys, what about Lehi Hopawadi? So could have pulled the trigger two weeks ago. Adam, you pulled the trigger last week. He's got a negative 16 break even currently at six hundred and seventy six k Is mate.
00:21:05
Tackles and Tinnies
animal so you mate
00:21:07
Adam
I think he's definitely a buy if you can get him without breaking your team. you know like I wouldn't be using two trades to get him if that's what it took. This week at fullback is great for him.
00:21:19
Adam
i mean, we saw last week, like he got 107. It's not like he had three try assists and a try. He had some attack, but it was like 50 plus in base, essentially. So he should score well this week at fullback.
00:21:33
Adam
Round 15, Turbo's probably back, but then he's on the wing against the Titans side that we're missing Tino and Fodawaker and Fermor. So that that two weeks, he's going to make some money. He could pump out two big scores.
00:21:46
Adam
Again, round 16 becomes an issue. It's going to be a tough week like with Manly on the bye. But then after that, they've got the Tigers at Four Pines Park and they've got Souths at Four Pines Park.
00:21:58
Adam
So it's lined up pretty well. for ah ah He's got four good matchups basically and one bye. If you can cover round 16 and if you can get him without tearing his side apart, I really like it.
00:22:10
Adam
Also, you know, not breaking in news here, Tom Dubois, which loves an injury, he could come back and get injured again and then Lee Hyde not fullback for, you know, the rest of the season or for another four weeks. And I mean, if that happens, like you're going to have to get him, even if he's 800K by that point, like if he's going to be playing, you know, eight weeks of fullback, you're pretty much forced to pay up for him.
00:22:34
Adam
So, I think the downside of buying him is that you might end up having to sell in three or four weeks, and so it's a trade in and trade out. But, I mean, the downside of missing him is pretty disastrous.
00:22:46
Adam
I'd be pretty keen to get him in if I could.
00:22:49
Tackles and Tinnies
All right. I spoke in the green room Chris while you were sorting out your mashed potato in Tasmania.
00:22:55
Adam
like
00:22:56
Tackles and Tinnies
Now, Pappenhausen. I don't want to go into sales too early, but I think this is a valuable experiment here. So he's got 182 break even this week. Inevitably, probably going to lose cash.
00:23:08
Tackles and Tinnies
And then he has the buy next week. Would you advise, not me, maybe, would you advise someone to sell Pappenhausen for Lehigh Hoppawadi?
00:23:21
Adam
If you do, make plans for the Storm game because you're not going to want to watch that. i Look, Pappy, there's got to be someone else you can sell. Honestly, i would rather sell Fletcher Sharp.
00:23:32
Adam
Like, I know that sounds crazy because he's playing round 15, but... but He's probably overpriced now. had that huge ton at Magic Round. He had the huge ton in the buy round at fullback.
00:23:44
Adam
But, you know, he's getting to a price where you could probably cash him out. Pappy this week, like he's the easiest VC of your life. You know, if you trade him out and he goes 125 and everyone's got the VC on him.
00:23:56
Adam
Like, you're going to be starting the week 250 points behind par. So you'd really, you'd have to believe that Lehigh is going 100 plus again. If you believe that, then, I mean, it's not the worst move, but I would try and find another way.
00:24:11
Chris
Would you buy Lehigh over KL Iroh? Would you buy him over Herbie Farnworth or even Kiraz this week?
00:24:22
Adam
Kiraz, yes. I think he's too risky. He's got 120B. He's coming off an extended calf injury.
00:24:28
Chris
Hmm.
00:24:29
Adam
I'm not really that interested in Kiraz the first week back. The other guys are interesting. Iroh, he's the season keeper. So you have to weigh up, is Lehigh going to score enough more than Iroh the next two weeks to be worth the extra trade?
00:24:44
Chris
Yeah. yep
00:24:46
Adam
And same with Herbie, you know, so it's tricky. It also kind of depends a little bit on how many players have from each team and how much cover you have.
00:24:54
Adam
Like, let's say Manly go on a run the next four weeks with these easy games. Like, if you have Ola and you have Garrick... You know, maybe you have Turbo. You probably don't need him. If you don't have Garrick and you don't have Ola and you don't have Turbo, like, you probably need something.
00:25:09
Adam
So that's where, like, you might lean Lehigh over those guys. Personally, I'd be prioritizing Lehigh over Herbie and probably over Iroh. But it's pretty team-dependent, I think.
00:25:24
Chris
Yeah, that makes sense. I i i think I've just missed the boat on him. I want to get him in, but like I've got Ola, Turbo, and Garrick. like i can't I can't afford another one, another manly player, because that round 16 will just kill me. I won't i wont get food i won't even get players in.
00:25:41
Chris
you know on at the you know on the park for that wake yeah if i get him in
00:25:47
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, I'm very similar to you, Chris. I don't have, I'm just playing around right now and just trying to figure if I can get enough cash to do it. But as I went super boost early on the season, I've sort of shot myself in the foot there.
00:25:57
Chris
Bye.
00:26:00
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, unless I go Fletcher Sharp or absolutely take a risk on Pappenhausen trade, yeah, he won't be able to come into my team. So it'll be a,
00:26:11
Tackles and Tinnies
A late last minute switch potentially, but yeah, definitely a nervous watch that night.
00:26:16
Chris
Yeah, the turbo deter buy is just, just hasn't worked out. Like just him him getting rested this week, just absolutely kicking the dick. Like the worst part as well is that like, I don't mind that he gets, I don't mind that he gets rested, you know, or he gets injured. Like that's the opportunity cost that you have with turbo, you know, because we ceiling, but The thing is that what frustrates me is that Teddy looms as a possible buy next week in round 15. And I was really hoping to get a look at Turbo one more time just to really see if I should, you know, whether I should pull my part, you know, at my team apart for Teddy next week.
00:26:48
Chris
But so frustrating. Yeah. Yeah. Super coach.
00:26:52
Tackles and Tinnies
See you, big coach.
00:26:53
Adam
I mean, who do you, like round 15, right? you Teddy's pretty much a must. And I think Drinkie will be important too. I know you've already got him, Chris. But met i as crazy as it sounds, maybe the Papenhausen-Trek sell isn't the worst if you genuinely think Lehigh is going to 100 plus.
00:27:13
Chris
Yeah. yep
00:27:13
Adam
Just because Papi's taking up one of those fullback spots. And for you guys that own Turbo, you know, you want Teddy and Drinkie as well. like it might be a way to to make some ground is to say, you know, I'll try and match Pappy with Lehigh this week. If they both go, you know, if Lehigh goes 100 and Pappy goes 130, it's not the end of the world.
00:27:32
Adam
But then going into the following week, you can have Teddy and Turbo and Drinkie when most people have Pappy in one of those spots.
00:27:39
Chris
Yeah, no, I – yeah, I know what you're saying. I think been selling Pappy is just absolutely just crazy talk, honestly.
00:27:44
Adam
Oh, I wouldn't want to do it.
00:27:45
Chris
like Like, I mean, like, he he plays like – like, he plays like the the Cowboys, like, twice.
00:27:46
Adam
Yeah.
00:27:51
Chris
And literally, like, they gave up, like, 28 points at Tigers literally last week. And then, like, that one hard game they have is in round – is round 17. that's sha And that's against the Sharks, but that's Sunday 2 p.m.
00:28:03
Chris
at Amy Park. Like, their hard game is actually probably maybe there their best game, almost.
00:28:10
Tackles and Tinnies
this papin has and i Just it just hurts my soul because obviously you want to get him back in, but potentially losing 70k at a minimum this week and then not playing next week and then getting the cash on Lehigh, just like mathematically it does make sense and then I can potentially in two weeks time bring him back in.
00:28:17
Chris
Mm-hmm.
00:28:28
Adam
Why do you, uh, why do you say, why do you say Pepe's losing money, man? It says here is break-evens 182. I'm pretty sure he's got that this year. Has any Chris?
00:28:38
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:28:38
Chris
you
00:28:39
Adam
Pretty tall. Oh, 182. There you go. Yeah. yeah yeah right Don't worry, Ron. If you sell him, you can just buy him back for the same price next week.
00:28:39
Tackles and Tinnies
One out of 12, not bad.
00:28:47
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:28:47
Chris
Yeah.
00:28:51
Tackles and Tinnies
8% chance. I'll take those odds for Pappy.
00:28:53
Adam
and space
00:28:55
Tackles and Tinnies
Well, let's hypothetically, let's go Lehigh in for paps, doing this on the fly. That would then get me 226K in the bank. So let's say about 100K difference the next week. That's spicy. I don't mind it.
00:29:12
Tackles and Tinnies
ah ah I don't mind It gives me now. Yeah.
00:29:14
Adam
Look, it it it's...
00:29:14
Chris
just but It just depends on who you want to get next week, really.
00:29:17
Chris
If you've got somebody in plan, it could be worth it.
00:29:17
Tackles and Tinnies
air
00:29:20
Chris
Yeah.
00:29:20
Tackles and Tinnies
Because i want to get either rid of Hosking or Katoga next week.
00:29:20
Adam
Look, it's very much...
00:29:24
Tackles and Tinnies
And that would certainly help financially to do that.
00:29:29
Adam
Yeah, look, let me be clear. It's very much a Hail Mary. Like your're banking you're banking on Pappy scoring like 80 to 90, which is possible. And that's fine. And then you need Lehigh to score a hundred. You need Turbo to come back and score a hundred the next week.
00:29:45
Adam
And then you could, if you really wanted to, you could flip someone like flip Turbo back to Pappy round 17. But it's like, if it goes wrong, like you're done. sorry but just just want to get that out there because, you know, I know I have a reputation on this podcast of giving bad advice.
00:30:02
Adam
Need to come on here and defend myself a little bit. Yeah. Look, it's it's a if you want to, like, take a real Hail Mary swing, like, anything can happen. You know, Pappy could get injured. He could, you know, whatever.
00:30:13
Adam
It could work out, but it's, like, it's a low percentage play.
00:30:18
Tackles and Tinnies
But it is a percentage, and we do like having Risky on Tackle and Tinny.
00:30:21
Adam
Yeah.
00:30:22
Tackles and Tinnies
So I'm not winning the card, whatever the major prize is for Supercoach, so you may as well have a punt. What is the...
00:30:30
Chris
Scumbag Adam. All I heard was he wants be injured. That's all I heard.
00:30:35
Adam
exactly
00:30:36
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, clip it up.
00:30:37
Adam
No, honest ah just want to be
00:30:37
Tackles and Tinnies
Clip it up. Chuck it on socials.
00:30:40
Adam
I just want to be in the chat when we've all got Pappy VC going 100A and Ryan sold him.
00:30:47
Adam
This is going to be typing Pappy every five minutes.
00:30:49
Chris
good
00:30:52
Adam
Ryan's going to delete the app.
00:30:53
Tackles and Tinnies
I'll literally burn all my TRL jerseys that say Pappy on the back.
00:30:56
Adam
thats
00:30:56
Tackles and Tinnies
I'll literally just cry.
00:30:57
Adam
This is going to block me on Facebook. Yeah. Ugh.
00:31:01
Tackles and Tinnies
well Chris, well is there any other players that you think could be a little smokies in for this week or must-haves?
00:31:10
Chris
Oh, look, I'd probably say, obviously, if you don't have Keon, get him in, Ryan, this week. But the other one that's interesting is that we've talked a little bit about is Zach Laibert.
00:31:23
Tackles and Tinnies
and
00:31:23
Chris
free 89 K.
00:31:26
Chris
he's got a break him in 27, but he plays every game pretty much this, this origin period. So he, he could be a really valuable buy number and he could be really, really easy or really, really good option just to downgrade.
00:31:38
Chris
the other, the thing you have to ask is, would you consider Lawson instead or even Jack Whiten? He's another one. he's free 99 K and he's back this week, minus nine break even.
00:31:51
Chris
And he could, honestly, he scored 123 against Melbourne the last time he played until he got his calf injury. I know Adam was interested in Jack Whiten, actually, before he got that calf injury.
00:31:59
Tackles and Tinnies
And Cody Walker's back this week with Latrell. ah AJ's back.
00:32:03
Tackles and Tinnies
He got that dynamic left edge.
00:32:03
Chris
Yep.
00:32:04
Chris
Yep.
00:32:06
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, that's actually not a bad shot at all.
00:32:06
Chris
Yep.
00:32:09
Tackles and Tinnies
What thoughts on that, Adam?
00:32:13
Adam
Please don't buy Jack White.
00:32:15
Tackles and Tinnies
and you
00:32:16
Adam
Don't feel like i don do do it.
00:32:19
Chris
but
00:32:19
Adam
This is like, oh man, this is like buying Luke Brooks. This is like buying Ronaldo Militalo. No one would do that here, surely. just Just don't do it to yourself, man.
00:32:32
Adam
it he's going to get suspended.
00:32:32
Chris
What about AJ?
00:32:33
Chris
Would you buy him?
00:32:34
Adam
Nah, don't buy AJ. The Souths aren't good enough. Like I know he had a good game on the weekend, but like it was a high scoring affair. Latrell was there like carving up, you know, i just, it's, here's what I'll say. It's we're at a point in the season now where any player you buy, you might be keeping all year.
00:32:53
Adam
And, I don't want to keep AJ all year. I don't want to keep Jack Whiten all year. Like Lawson, at least his base price. So he frees up so much money that it doesn't matter if he just like rots there at seventh center wing. If he's like 350K, it's irrelevant.
00:33:07
Adam
But like, you don't want to be stuck with some duds because it happens. Like, yeah I mean, I don't know about you guys. I got 17 trades left. Anyone I buy, like there's a, if carnage hits, I'll be stuck with them all year.
00:33:19
Adam
So I'm staying away from any of these, like, really mid-range type guys. Labour, I don't mind, because Purdue is scoring really well in that spot. And as Chris said, he covers every round. Like, he doesn't have a bye soon.
00:33:36
Adam
he's He's interesting. But it's still at that mid-range price. Like, he's priced at, like, 40-odd average, 41, 42. Like, if he averages 50, there's not lot of value there. So...
00:33:46
Chris
ahead.
00:33:48
Tackles and Tinnies
All right, gentlemen, I have a hooker problem. My boy, Jazzy Tavunga, we ripped on him earlier on with the Jake Chaboyevich hooker shout, but I have a dilemma because I've got Sandon Smith at the bye this week and then big Jazzy Tavunga is coming off the bench.
00:34:07
Tackles and Tinnies
He's got an 18 break even, so... He's going to make me some money. But we've got some boys in the hooker position who are putting their hand up, a.k.a. Happy Coruscant last week.
00:34:18
Tackles and Tinnies
And we also have a guy by the name of Damien Cook. Now, I'm tempted for Cookie. Am I crazy, Chris, or...?
00:34:29
Chris
please don't touch cookie. Like,
00:34:34
Chris
and as Adam said, yeah, and you could get stuck with them.
00:34:34
Tackles and Tinnies
Let me vibe.
00:34:40
Chris
Look, I honestly think that you shouldn't be making minimal trades in hookah. Like I honestly think like you should nuff jazz to bunger out. Maybe not this week, but definitely next week is what I think.
00:34:53
Tackles and Tinnies
Crazy talk.
00:34:53
Chris
Like, like, Yeah. Like, no, seriously, even this week, because this week is a free VC loop for you because you've got Sandin Smith. If you nuff out Tavanga, Jazz Tavanga, now you've got extra money.
00:35:05
Chris
Like, what's he at now? now Is he at 500?
00:35:08
Tackles and Tinnies
Yep.
00:35:09
Chris
If you like, if you sell them out to like Kalani Goings, that's 300K. Like now you don't need to sell Pappy and now you can buy whoever you want to Lehigh, you know?
00:35:19
Tackles and Tinnies
Hmm.
00:35:20
Chris
Yeah. Like, and then if Pappy goes big, now you don't have to like, you know, think about, you know, who do I not reserve, you know, because, you know, that's Sandon Smith who you're playing it as your captain.
00:35:33
Tackles and Tinnies
So you boys are telling me that Damien Cook's role has not changed and his minutes in the past two weeks of 79 and 76 is cap. Is that what you're telling me, Adam?
00:35:43
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:35:45
Adam
Yeah, I mean, Chris mentioned it in our chat earlier today, but the first game Cook played big minutes, Egan did his ACL like five minutes in. So Cook and Little shared the puck for a decent chunk of time. And then last week, Jaden Seward did his ankle scoring a try. And so same thing, Cook and Little were on the field at the same time.
00:36:04
Adam
it's possible that that's a coincidence and the new game plan is that Cook plays close to 80, but I wouldn't be banking on it. I think, it's similar advice to what we gave you with Api Coruscant last week where I wouldn't disregard the first 10 weeks and just look at the last two weeks.
00:36:19
Adam
Like Cook was like a 45 average guy for 10 weeks.
00:36:22
Chris
Thank you.
00:36:23
Adam
And unless Little gets in, I mean, if Little gets injured, like everyone's bringing him Cook, you know, he'd be awesome. But I just think you're potentially using a trade that's not going to move the needle. You're going to be stuck with Cook all year.
00:36:38
Adam
And basically, unless Little gets injured, it's not going to work out. So I wouldn't do it. I agree with Chris. I think you just nuff out. Like, you don't have to nuff out Jazz this week.
00:36:48
Adam
I'd be nuffing him out eventually. Honestly, i would be starting Sandon over Tvanga and using a free loop.
00:37:00
Adam
Because...
00:37:00
Tackles and Tinnies
Unfortunately, I already have a free loop at pullback.
00:37:01
Adam
Tvang is going to drop out.
00:37:03
Tackles and Tinnies
So the the double free loop is not ideal.
00:37:11
Adam
oh Oh, man, what's happened? What have we been doing, Chris? we We haven't been giving good enough advice. How have you ended up like this?
00:37:19
Tackles and Tinnies
right It was literally, could have got fucking drink water or could have got Ponga. I was like, Ponga's the man. He's due next minute. so
00:37:29
Adam
don't know. Yeah.
00:37:32
Tackles and Tinnies
It's been a disaster.
00:37:33
Chris
But also speaking of um Appy as well, like, you know, like he, he wasn't like, I don't even think this year he's a buy even with the goal kicking, if I'm being perfectly honest. So yeah, without the cocky, he's, he's definitely not like, you can't, yeah, i know he scored, I know he scored 69 this week and I know he scored like a hundred plus the week before, but like, I, I, I think, I think that that's not going to happen.
00:37:56
Chris
That's far from between that happening again.
00:37:57
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah Are you saying as a loyal Tigers fan, Apicorosel is overrated?
00:37:58
Chris
Yeah.
00:38:01
Tackles and Tinnies
is that what you're saying?
00:38:04
Chris
No, I'm just saying he's not good at soup he's not good for Supercoach if you want to score well. That's all. i think he's I think he's the best hooker in the comp.
00:38:10
Tackles and Tinnies
and
00:38:15
Chris
Just not good for Supercoach.
00:38:17
Tackles and Tinnies
Fair. yeah Okay, i understand. i'm just I'm just sad. So you reckon when the manly buyer comes, Jaz Tivangan nuffed out two weeks' time?
00:38:29
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:38:30
Adam
like it it's I think sometimes people get really caught up on team value, but what really matters is the how much money you have in your A-team.
00:38:42
Adam
There's no point having six guys on your bench worth 450 to 500K because that money is not sc scoring your points. you know you can You need some depth and you need some guys making money on the bench. And like Jazz has been awesome. like He was such a good buy.
00:38:54
Adam
But the sooner you can get three nuffs in and all that cash is into your 18 and getting Lomax, getting Karaz, getting Jaden Campbell, like those are the guys you need.
00:39:05
Adam
So that's why I usually start with one enough because I just want a spot that I'm like, I don't have to trade all year at this spot. I want more money in my 18 to start the year. Sometimes that doesn't work out and I miss a really good cheapie.
00:39:18
Adam
And I'm trying to think, I'm sure there's been some this year that I've missed, but
00:39:21
Chris
Thank you.
00:39:21
Adam
I think a guy like Jazz, like he's got the negative break even. You'd probably just play him this week, hope he Jags a 30 or a 40. And then, yeah, I'd be nothing about ASAP. Get Kalani going in there.
00:39:33
Adam
Play Sanden. Sanden's a play every week. I reckon he's going to keep the goals, honestly. Like he's kicking at like 90%.
00:39:39
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah
00:39:40
Adam
So when Sam Walker comes back, like he's back off an ACL. Does he really need the extra load of goal kicking? Like i wouldn't. be putting that burden on him. And he's not even a great goal kicker anyway.
00:39:52
Adam
So for you, I think you just run Sandon at nine, put going there, and then maybe later you trade a 2RF to like Watson or Grant if you want to. But if Sandon's doing a job, like I'd just sit with that.
00:40:06
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, fair.
00:40:07
Chris
Yeah, I would agree if Adam as well. Yeah. Like um this week, like my last reserve have to pick is one out of Horsburgh, Hosking, Nikra, and like Hamish Stewart. Like I wish like I'd nuffed one of them out way earlier. And then I could have upgraded one of these guys to something like a Elika Toa, like a Jaden Campbell or some of that. And I'd be playing with a way better 17. Like it's just so frustrating.
00:40:29
Chris
And now I have to play like mid-range roulette kind of.
00:40:29
Tackles and Tinnies
Yep.
00:40:30
Adam
Yeah.
00:40:32
Chris
Yeah.
00:40:33
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, no, fair call. That makes sense. Definitely a strategy moving on forward, but annoying. and But there was one other guy that are popped off on the weekend, and he was probably my biggest regret of the whole entire year.
00:40:47
Tackles and Tinnies
He's a Cowboys player, and his name is Jackson Perdue. So at the start of the year, did absolute jackal. I got absolutely screwed over by the Cowboys. I was like, nah, that cheap Tom Duffy, was it?
00:41:01
Tackles and Tinnies
The halfback?
00:41:02
Adam
yeah yeah
00:41:03
Chris
Yes.
00:41:03
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, Duffy screwed me over, gone. Had Perdue, Toya, had Tamale, had all the cheapy center wings. i was like, who do I keep? Who do I keep? Kept Tamale, kept Shigasaki, got rid of Toya, got rid of Perdue, and both those blokes absolutely popped off.
00:41:20
Tackles and Tinnies
But Perdue has now gone into a 5-8 role, meaning he's going to get more ball. He's actually isn' in his natural position. He does play round 15. I personally can't do this, but for the listeners out there, what do we think of Jackson Perdue as a potential buy at either 5'8 or center wing?
00:41:32
Adam
Thank you.
00:41:39
Tackles and Tinnies
Chris, start with you, mate.
00:41:42
Chris
Well, like, I don't like him at 5'8", admittedly. I like him a lot more in the on the left wing. ah Sorry, on in left center. You know, even though he did admittedly score last week 101, but you've got to remember that the week before at 5'8", he also scored 27. Yeah. i Look, i don't dis like as in I don't dislike him as a buy. Like, like if you don't like Zach Laban and you have the money, like,
00:42:09
Chris
Jackson Purdue gives you an extra number every week, you know, from like for this entire origin. i don't think to have a buy again for the rest of the, for the rest of the year until 27, I think she's even 27.
00:42:20
Chris
I don't know. Anyways, it doesn't matter. but yeah, no, I don't, I don't think that it's necessarily bad by, but I, I don't think you'd do it. Yeah. At 600, what is it right?
00:42:31
Chris
what is' rank Yeah. I actually thought you were going to talk about, Luke Metcalf when you said a guy that you sold early this year and rage traded out.
00:42:37
Tackles and Tinnies
Another guy.
00:42:38
Chris
That's what I actually thought. Hmm.
00:42:40
Tackles and Tinnies
Another guy. Too many Ray trades.
00:42:42
Adam
yeah
00:42:42
Tackles and Tinnies
Nico Hines for fucking, what's his name, Jerome Hughes. That's also been an L. Plenty of Ls here on Tackles and T. So, Adam, what are your thoughts, mate?
00:42:53
Adam
On Purdue?
00:42:54
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:42:55
Adam
Yeah. I was just having a look at, so Chris rightfully said he scored 27 his first week at five eight I was just having a look. So that week at 5'8", no attack scores 27, right?
00:43:07
Adam
Last week he scored 101. If you take out all of his attack, he scored 34. So you're essentially paying 600K for a guy with like 30 base, which means, you know, he's going to need 40 attack a week, like two tri-assists or a try and a tri-assist every week just to like hit that value.
00:43:27
Adam
The good thing is his break-even is actually not low because of that 27. It's like 60. It's actually 70. So he's playing the Storm in Melbourne with a 70 break-even.
00:43:38
Adam
There's really no urgency there. I'd get a look at him. Look, if he comes out and he looks awesome again, he scores another 100, he's got a negative break-even. Yeah. probably a lot of people will be jumping on. He's similar to Fletcher Sharp in a way where he just kind of good support player.
00:43:54
Adam
He runs, he's he's fast, he supports line breaks. He, you know, will sort of jag attack through the middle with his speed. just doesn't quite have the tackle busts and offloads that Sharp seems to get.
00:44:03
Chris
Thank
00:44:06
Adam
So I wouldn't be buying him this week, definitely. He's one to watch. I do just worry he's really attack reliant and you're not going to play the Tigers at home with two sin bins every week.
00:44:15
Chris
you.
00:44:18
Adam
So I'm not that keen on him. I think if you have him, you probably hold for now. But yeah, i I think that score could end up being a bit of an outlier, potentially.
00:44:29
Chris
Yeah, a similar comparison, actually. a very similar play, actually, to Jackson Perdue, actually, funnily enough, is Cam Munster, I find.
00:44:36
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:44:36
Chris
But the reason why I like Cam and I don't like drinky ah sorry ah ah don't like Jackson is because Cam often puts that ball up to Xavier Coates, and he gets that tri-assist easy, and that's where he gets a lot of that attack.
00:44:50
Chris
But whereas Jackson Perdue, on the Cowboys, it's always Drinkie who puts that bomb up. on that fifth. So if anybody gets any of those fifth tackle, sorry, fifth play kick assists, it's going to be drinking. It's not Jackson Purdue.
00:45:02
Chris
Yeah. He's better being the recipient than the, than the
00:45:04
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah
00:45:06
Chris
ah
00:45:07
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, nice, fair, cool. Just one to look at too, but obviously a lot of people would, if he's in your team, you probably haven't from the very start of the year. But I tricked you because there's actually one more guy i want to talk about particularly.
00:45:20
Tackles and Tinnies
It is the money man, Christian Tupolotu. He's back. He's back on the wing, the money man. What are your thoughts? Is it too risky coming back from his hamstring injury? Adam, what are we thinking? Yeah.
00:45:34
Adam
Yeah, you know me, man. I hate a hamstring. hey
00:45:37
Tackles and Tinnies
that
00:45:38
Adam
So get a look at him. Like, it's similar issue with Lawson. like the Firstly, I would just pick Lawson. He's like five hundred k cheaper or 400K cheaper.
00:45:49
Adam
or four hundred k cheaper But... it's like even if you get him now, he plays the Sharks in the major buy-around, and then he's got a buy after to that. So I don't think you're getting like but i you're getting good value in the next three weeks anyway, and you're also taking on that hamstring injury risk.
00:46:05
Adam
I don't see much point right now. He's one to watch. like When he's played, he's been awesome, and so is Gutho. And I know Jake will be praying for a few Gutho to Tui try assists this week.
00:46:16
Tackles and Tinnies
next
00:46:17
Adam
But nah, I wouldn't be doing it right now.
00:46:19
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah. And another man coming back on the wing and convenient timing because Chris chris is probably scared here, but Jarrell Skelton from the Tigers. He has also been pretty good at the start of the year before his hamstring injury.
00:46:32
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam, what are your thoughts on Jarrell Skelton?
00:46:36
Adam
Honestly, I forgot he existed.
00:46:38
Tackles and Tinnies
He
00:46:39
Adam
i couldn believe That's so funny. like He was actually really highly owned at the start of the year, wasn't he?
00:46:43
Tackles and Tinnies
was.
00:46:43
Adam
I like haven't thought about him in forever. Yeah, he's pretty cheap too. I'm just going have look. I'm pretty sure from memory their draw is pretty bad. let me have a look.
00:46:53
Adam
So Penrith this week, i mean, Penrith haven't been great, but then it's a bye, then the Raiders, then Manly, then the Roosters, then the Warriors in New Zealand. Like, I don't really want many Tigers assets looking at that schedule.
00:47:11
Adam
Yeah, the draw is pretty awful. So I wouldn't be bringing in any Tigers if I didn't absolutely have to.
00:47:13
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:47:16
Adam
Like, Terrell is the exception, of course. If you don't own Terrell, you know, what are you doing?
00:47:18
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:47:20
Adam
But that's why I'm not that interested in Mason as well.
00:47:20
Tackles and Tinnies
Wild.
00:47:24
Adam
Like, funnily enough, I was having a look at, like, most traded-in players, right? And if you filter by all coaches, Mason is like the second most popular player.
00:47:32
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah wild
00:47:33
Adam
And if you filter by top 1% and top 5%, like he's not even on the list. So that's a good exercise for people. If you have SC Gold, you know, have a quick squiz, see what the top 1% is doing.
00:47:45
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah
00:47:45
Adam
You know, the most popular is Walson this week. So, I mean, we talked about him at length. That makes sense.
00:47:50
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah Chris, as you evacuated the room, probably you heard a whisper of West Tigers chat coming inbound. But Gerald Skelton, 101BE, named on the wing this week.
00:48:02
Tackles and Tinnies
Absolute vibes at the start of the year when he was playing. what are your thoughts on him?
00:48:07
Tackles and Tinnies
You are muted, my friend.
00:48:10
Chris
Oh, look, I like Jarrell Skelter, man. Like, just tackle busting. Like, you he's just like, he's just pretty similar to like, you know, Tamale.
00:48:21
Chris
But I think that like this week, you know, we talked about earlier about, hey, we were amingaring about Lehigh Hopawaddy. I think you like, you know, you're more likely to get hit Lehigh, Herbie, Kale, Eero this week than you are to hit Jarrell Skelter. There's just too many good CTWs, admittedly, you know, yeah.
00:48:37
Tackles and Tinnies
All right, boys, I'm pretty sure that's most the buyers or players of interest. What about players to hold or players to hold in your particular teams? ah we'll start with you, mate.
00:48:49
Adam
you.
00:48:50
Chris
Connor Tracy. Like, I said I was selling him last week, but...
00:48:53
Tackles and Tinnies
Wrong category, bruh. He's a sell.
00:49:01
Chris
I'm just trying not to look at that break even, man. like like Like, I just... Like, he plays power this week and then Souths and then Penrith Oh, Broncos in round 18 against like a depleted Broncos without like, you know, Haas and Carrigan and hopefully Walsh, you know.
00:49:19
Chris
You know, I feel so much safer now that like Kiraz is back. Like there'll be a lot more better go forward from the back. And then obviously Tracy's there to pick up, you know, Kiraz's offload. And then end they're also probably going to more likely to go right, which is like Tracy's pet sweet play.
00:49:33
Chris
Like the other person that I would also talk about holding would be Drinkwater. Just don't look at that BE 181. Like he's foul for buy coverage. And also on my team at...
00:49:45
Chris
Like we talk about him every week as a hold, Ryan, but Jerome Hughes.
00:49:53
Chris
Let's hold him. Let's hold him again.
00:49:55
Tackles and Tinnies
I'm not trading. I refuse.
00:49:57
Chris
Surely.
00:49:57
Tackles and Tinnies
I'm not going back to Nico. i'm gone I'm going to bloody Jerome Lewy before I go to Nico Hines.
00:50:00
Chris
but yeah
00:50:03
Adam
but well
00:50:07
Chris
I must have admit, i i am secretly thinking i might have to buy Nico next week.
00:50:07
Adam
yeah guys like
00:50:16
Tackles and Tinnies
Stay strong, Chris.
00:50:16
Chris
i really don't want to
00:50:18
Tackles and Tinnies
Stay strong.
00:50:22
Adam
i'm i can make I can make plans for Tuesday next week. i Sorry, Tuesday in two weeks, because you guys aren't going to invite me on the pod after Nico's 150 in the buy round. I'm not going to get an invite. You're not going to want me on here bragging about my Niko 150.
00:50:37
Adam
First the Dragons, without their Origin players.
00:50:40
Chris
Has he scored 150 this year, adam
00:50:45
Adam
No comment. but
00:50:47
Adam
that doesn' That doesn't suit my narrative, Chris.
00:50:47
Tackles and Tinnies
Take that.
00:50:51
Tackles and Tinnies
You bloody Nico Hines loyalist. Adam, what are your thoughts on some of the Connor Tracy chat?
00:50:55
Adam
He's been good for me, man.
00:50:58
Tackles and Tinnies
Would you hold him or would you look to more of a sell?
00:51:04
Adam
It's really hard. I think if you can get him to like a proper gun, I'd probably just do it. like It sucks to have bought him for a couple of 20s, but if he if you've got the money to turn him into Lehigh or Eero or Kiraz or Lomax, whoever, I'd just jump ship now.
00:51:23
Adam
If you can't do that, then probably just hold him. He's decent depth. Like, he might jag a 90 when you need it. He's not complete trash. Like, he's not going to average 20.
00:51:34
Adam
Parra is actually kind of good now, which is weird. Like, they've been solid for a few weeks. I mean, they they really hurt us with Turbo on the buy round.
00:51:38
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:51:42
Adam
They did a good job against Penrith. So I've actually started to look at them more as a medium matchup, not an easy one. Uh, but you know, the, the, I mean, their buy rounds is like South's without origin players and Broncos without origin players or something like that. So yeah, I don't know. I mean, yeah, Chris, if you can get him to someone good, I'd do that. But if not, maybe just go down with the ship.
00:52:06
Chris
Yeah, fine. Food for thought.
00:52:09
Adam
Yeah. I mean, drinky is an interesting a Titanic sub.
00:52:09
Tackles and Tinnies
Definitely Titanic.
00:52:10
Tackles and Tinnies
Get off that shit, mate.
00:52:16
Adam
It's going to explode. So Drinkie's an interesting one, like kind of similar to Pappy, except I don't think he's going to score well this week. So like if any Drinkie owners were like, you know, maybe I go to Lehigh for one week and then I trade like Toyo or something back to Drinkie, like I don't mind that.
00:52:33
Adam
I mean, 180B in Melbourne against the Storm, like if Drinkie scores 35, which isn't out of the realm of possibility, he's losing like Yeah. And you'd get a better score out of Lehigh.
00:52:45
Tackles and Tinnies
Thank you.
00:52:47
Adam
You'd get a price rise out Lehigh. Like, you could get 50 points and 200K from that trade. So that's might way more interesting than the Pappy sell to me. have Have you considered that, Chris, are you just going hold drinky for a big thing?
00:53:01
Chris
Look, like um I honestly haven't even... I did think about it just for a moment, only only because he's like the number 10 most sold in the top 10% this week. like
00:53:10
Adam
Hmm.
00:53:10
Chris
But but just ah I don't have enough players otherwise for 15, 16, 18. And so I was like, I don't think I can afford... it's same That's the same way reason why I'm holding Connor Tracy, because he plays 15, 18, 19.
00:53:22
Chris
It's such great... it's such great
00:53:24
Adam
Yeah.
00:53:25
Chris
It's such a great buy coverage, but you're right in the sense that, you know, I think a lot of has to do with just the fact that I'm stuck with Turbo at the moment in my at fullback.
00:53:33
Adam
yeah
00:53:34
Chris
like And I've gone this far, and I feel like there's lot of players where I've gone this far, and I've got to just keep them in a sense. And if I trade out – the problem issue is that if I trade out Drinky this week – I need to think about who I trade in for, who I buy or I trade out next week to buy in Teddy possibly if I do need to.
00:53:56
Chris
But I guess you're right in the sense that, you know, it's so much better to trade drinking out this week in case he drops 130 K that's worth an extra trade. You know, if you, yeah, yeah.
00:54:05
Adam
Yeah, it's more that you'd want to buy him back. That's the issue. Like if you've got to get Teddy as well, I see why that's hard.
00:54:14
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam, have you got any holds on your list or in your team?
00:54:20
Adam
Yeah, the main one for me is Hosking. I know he's been popular. He hasn't done much the last two weeks, but he's had two hard matchups. So I'm going to give him another week. Look, I wouldn't...
00:54:34
Adam
I wouldn't knock anyone moving him on. Like if you can trade him to like Ellie Katoa or like someone that's a genuine gun, like, or even like a center wing via Lucas or something, I don't mind it. i just need to save some trades. So for me, I'm going to hold this week, see what he does. He's been a pretty good attacking player in the past and like they're playing South this week. So, you know, if he crashes over for a try, suddenly he's scoring 80 plus and it looks pretty good.
00:54:58
Adam
So I'm going to hold him, but that's just because I'm trying to save trades. The rest of my team is looking pretty solid. So, yeah, I don't really have many other decisions to make, fortunately, for
00:55:11
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, that's a I think he is a hole too, mate. I totally agree. and he's Obviously, job security is pretty good now with Matty Nicholson not there. And again, the Raiders are coming second or almost third. But yeah, coming second currently. So it's a bit of a no-brainer. Obviously, he got that lack of buy coverage for round 15, which is not ideal. So it could be a conversation for next week.
00:55:31
Adam
Yeah.
00:55:32
Tackles and Tinnies
But yeah, I think, yeah, he has too much upside. ah i've had them well I've traded him twice this year technically because I had him at the very start. But, yeah, that negative 83 – sorry, that break-even of 83, probably not going to hit that, but I don't expect him to lose too much cash at all. So, yeah, we'll see about that one.
00:55:52
Tackles and Tinnies
Regarding my team, yeah, probably the biggest one that I have would be potentially the Pappenhausen. hold, I guess you could say. He's definitely teetering to a sell just for that two-week play. But as you guys spoke about in length about the ah North Queensland Cowboys, definitely potential to go 180 again.
00:56:12
Tackles and Tinnies
So that's scaring me. But yeah, in regards to holds, I've really got too much to speak about.
00:56:16
Chris
Mm-hmm.
00:56:16
Tackles and Tinnies
I've hold Payne House the entire time. I don't have that luxury of trading him out with the amount of trades I've been using. for me, I guess my number one hold, if you've held them this far, I guess it would be Payne House.
00:56:26
Adam
Thank you.
00:56:30
Tackles and Tinnies
Boys, I think we just go straight into sells. Who are we selling? Adam, we'll start with you, mate.
00:56:37
Adam
Not this week because I'm trying to be sensible, but Toya.
00:56:40
Tackles and Tinnies
but
00:56:41
Adam
I think he's a very obvious obvious sell.
00:56:42
Chris
Mm-hmm.
00:56:43
Adam
He's done his job. He's made money. ah don't know what the break-even is. I'm assuming it's like 70-odd.
00:56:47
Tackles and Tinnies
Thank you.
00:56:47
Adam
It'd be high on the high-ish end. 86. So, yeah, Toya's definitely a sell. The only reason I'm waiting is that I want to make sure whoever I buy actually plays the round I need.
00:56:58
Adam
Like, i don't want to buy someone this week and risk them get injured and then they're not available next week when i actually need them. So, but he's clearly a sell. I mean, he's peaked. He's not a keeper. Like you can move him on pretty comfortably.
00:57:10
Adam
horse is an interesting one. You'd think he'd have to be in the origin frame. scoring has dropped off a little bit. Uh, he was named at lock this week, but I think that's just because it's a milestone game for Josh Papali'i.
00:57:22
Adam
And I think they want him starting for that. I don't think it's a permanent move. So yeah, they're probably two that I think it's pretty safe to sell.
00:57:32
Adam
And especially for horse, He doesn't play round 19 and round 19 shaping up to be a really hard round because the teams on the buy are Manly, Souths and Canberra.
00:57:45
Adam
And a lot of us have KK um and then heaps of Manly players are popular, you know, Garrick, Oluquatu, Lehigh, Turbo. And then the Raiders have Tarpane, Horse, Hosking, Starling, Tamale.
00:57:59
Adam
There's going to be teams that have one or two Nuffs and seven players on the buy that week. And it's going really tricky. So I think if you have a lot of players from Raiders, Manly, and Souths combined, you should be sort of thinking ahead to which one do I sell early?
00:58:16
Adam
And some of those guys are keepers. Like, Tamale's been awesome. He's racking up tackle busts. I regret selling him. Their draw's insane too. So, like, anyone that has him, I'd just keep him for now. know, Horse and Hosking can probably go at some point.
00:58:30
Adam
Ola's probably a keeper. Garrick's probably a keeper. Lehigh is probably a keeper for the short term. So for that reason, I think horse is a pretty easy one to circle as like move them to a gun, mitigate some risk of origin and also like get an extra 19 number.
00:58:46
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, good shout. Chris, thoughts?
00:58:51
Chris
Adam, do you... Given that... Oh, actually, Ryan, do you have horse still?
00:58:56
Tackles and Tinnies
No, sold him last week, mate. That was my Nuff trade for Ethan Roberts.
00:58:58
Chris
Okay.
00:59:01
Chris
Okay, yeah. Well, given that he's starting a lot, would you play him this week, Adam? like Or is it just literally truly ceremonial that he starts at 13th?
00:59:11
Adam
Yeah, like, Ricky Stewart seems to be pretty aware of these milestones. Like, i don't know if you guys remember a few years ago, Jared Croker was up for his 300th game, and they actually rested him the game before so he could play 300 at home.
00:59:24
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
00:59:26
Adam
And then they got absolutely killed in that game, which was a bit embarrassing for them. But, yeah, I don't know if it's necessarily going to change his minutes output or his role very much. Like, whether it's...
00:59:38
Adam
Smithies or whoever coming on, like i assume he's going to play similar minutes. I mean, his minutes vary a little bit. I wouldn't play him just for that reason because you might be disappointed.
00:59:49
Chris
Yeah. Well, yeah, no, Adam's talked about the main the main guys in terms of selling. The other one, you know, would be Isaiah Ongi. So anyway, he's holding him. he's I think he's pretty much peaked at 562. Like the last three rounds, he's averaged 60.
01:00:06
Chris
I reckon he's selling one to a gun now, to a gun fullback where possible. The interesting one actually this week that I also thought about was – Cam Munster at 746. He's got to break of 104.
01:00:19
Chris
Like, his 138 drops out.
01:00:19
Tackles and Tinnies
Not going to be able to do it. but
01:00:23
Chris
But the 101 stays against the Sharks stays. Like, you could, if you wanted to make one trade for Jaden Campbell and you wanted to make some money, you could trade him to Jaden Campbell in the one go.
01:00:37
Chris
Forts?
01:00:39
Tackles and Tinnies
No, can't do it. Traded him last week. Next question.
01:00:43
Chris
Yeah.
01:00:44
Adam
Oh, I, I mean, I, I said this to you when you were buying monster, I was like, this is before last week. You're like, I think I might buy monster. And I was like, man, I might sell a monster in two weeks.
01:00:54
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, no, it wasn't.
01:00:55
Adam
And I still might, I tried to warn you. yeah, one, like a way to make money is to sell high on these guys.
01:00:59
Tackles and Tinnies
We did.
01:01:04
Adam
And we've seen a few players this year hit a peak and then lose it very quickly. I mean, obviously drink, he's been a bit of a yo-yo in terms of this price this year. And there's a few guys, I mean, just look at my team. There's a few guys like Sharp could easily be a sell high when that big score rolls out.
01:01:20
Adam
Munster, as you said, the hundred is going to roll out. Maybe he gets another big hundred this week and then it changes the equation. he's going to be like, you know, 750 K that's pretty, that's a big price for him. Clear. He's going to be over 800 K. i mean, half, we already did this, Chris, cashed out before last week.
01:01:38
Chris
Yeah.
01:01:39
Adam
because we just figured he couldn't maintain a 90 average price with the extra load of Origin.
01:01:45
Chris
Mm.
01:01:46
Adam
It's scary trading a big gun like that, but sometimes you get similar enough points from someone else anyway, you get extra games over the buys, and then that extra cash you free up make a big difference.
01:02:00
Adam
So I think a lot of people will be doing Munster to JC next week. Probably wouldn't, no point going early, I would say, but... like I'll probably look at maybe Munster to someone cheaper to free up a bit of cash. like Might even get back on Metcalf train with Jakey or maybe have a look at Burton.
01:02:20
Adam
There's a few options. I might just hold him, but definitely like some of these Origin guns, you you need sell one at least, if not two, Haas, Cleary and Munster.
01:02:23
Chris
Yeah, I...
01:02:30
Adam
Yeah, if you hold them all, you're going to be in a bit of trouble, I think.
01:02:34
Chris
Yeah, I think Metcalf is a tricky buy because if you basically, if you try to sell him this week, he's on the buy in round 15. And then next week when you want to sell clearer, he's also on the buy still.
01:02:47
Chris
So so it it's really hard to buy him, really.
01:02:48
Adam
one
01:02:49
Chris
Yeah. But the other one that's interesting was Ruben Garrick. He's like it hit 800 like a while ago. Now he's at 580. It's insane. You could have made so much cash from him if you bought sold him at high and bought him now.
01:03:01
Chris
Yeah.
01:03:03
Adam
Oh, like funnily enough, preseason, I actually had a look at the draw in advance because I know Ryan was going like Ryan was talking about not starting with Garrick and I basically forced force him to start with Garrick. i was like, you have to start with Garrick.
01:03:13
Chris
Oh yeah, I remember. Yeah.
01:03:15
Adam
And, you know, I remember in preseason, I had to look at their draw and I was like, round five, you know, he had this stretch of Storm, Sharks, Dragons, Penrith, Byer, Sharks.
01:03:27
Adam
And I was like, that's just the easiest sell your life after his first four. But then by the time we actually got there, like he had a low break even versus Melbourne. Penrith weren't looking like Penrith. The Dragons looked like a really easy matchup.
01:03:39
Adam
And so once season actually started, I was like, oh it doesn't matter.
01:03:39
Chris
Thank you.
01:03:42
Adam
These 800K, I'll just hold. And in the end, that preseason thought of selling would have been good. I mean, he's lost, I'm just having a look, he's lost 220K from his peak and he scored a few 50s in a row.
01:03:52
Adam
So yeah, that would have been a great one for sure. Missed the boat there a little bit.
01:03:59
Tackles and Tinnies
He's certainly due for a bloody try, though. He hasn't scored in forever. Like one try and he's back up to 80 points. So, it's been extremely, extremely frustrating as an owner.
01:04:11
Tackles and Tinnies
And obviously the turbo stats with Ola Kawatu. But I swear every time turbo plays, Garrick does play better.
01:04:18
Tackles and Tinnies
So, yeah, we'll see. Any other points, Chris, you want to bring up?
01:04:26
Chris
Nah, not particularly. Nah.
01:04:29
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam, throw it to you
01:04:32
Adam
Just in general or like for cells?
01:04:34
Tackles and Tinnies
Yes, in general, before we get into our captaincies.
01:04:38
Adam
i No, not really. no not really. The only thing I would say is, again, like we spoke about this actually before
Buying Schedule and Player Absences
01:04:44
Adam
round 12. Just make sure players you're buying fit in with your buy schedule.
01:04:49
Adam
Like these mini buys are tricky. Round 16, I don't know we've spoken about this, but a lot of players probably won't back up round 16 with the game, origin game being in Perth. So, you know, round 15, round 16, make sure you've got enough numbers, basically. You don't want to be caught short. And a lot of these guys that are good buys this week, like Lawson, they don't play round 16 or even Kouraz.
01:05:13
Adam
So, yeah, you've got to be really careful. Lehigh as well. you got to be really careful with that sort of stuff. Like, make sure you're planning ahead because if you get caught out, like, it can hurt a lot.
01:05:22
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
01:05:23
Adam
But, yeah, otherwise, no I think, yeah, let's go to captaincy.
01:05:26
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah
Vice-Captain Options and Weather Impact
01:05:27
Tackles and Tinnies
Okay. So I'm having a look at the draw right now. I think the easiest VC of your life would either be Pappy or Drinkwater.
01:05:33
Chris
don't
01:05:34
Tackles and Tinnies
Can we agree on that? On that Friday game?
01:05:38
Chris
know if you have him, Ryan.
01:05:42
Tackles and Tinnies
but If I have it correct, still tempted.
01:05:42
Adam
I can't agree on that. I can't agree on that. Who's vice-captain drinking against the Storm in Melbourne?
01:05:51
Adam
That's the the hardest VCE alive.
01:05:51
Tackles and Tinnies
probably chris about Yeah.
01:05:54
Chris
That is the jinx I need for Drinky to go to make his break even.
01:05:54
Adam
Hey, look, at least if you VC him and he scores 14, he'll drop out and he won't double. Too
01:06:04
Chris
but It's too early. That still hurts.
01:06:08
Adam
too soon.
01:06:11
Adam
Yeah, I mean, it's got to be Pappy, right? Like, VC Pappy is the easiest of your life, for sure.
01:06:17
Tackles and Tinnies
Do we have any love?
01:06:17
Chris
That being said, it will likely rain on Friday night as well. So, and we know wet Melbourne's not the same as Sunday Arvo, 2pm Melbourne.
01:06:24
Tackles and Tinnies
True.
01:06:25
Chris
Yeah.
01:06:26
Tackles and Tinnies
Do we have any love for Jakey's Gutho vice-captaincy? Because they are the money man's back, the good omen, the good charm.
01:06:36
Tackles and Tinnies
Absolute pod VC.
01:06:36
Chris
Who the, who are the, who the dragons playing this week?
01:06:39
Tackles and Tinnies
Dragons are playing the Finns at Suncourt, 8pm Friday.
01:06:39
Adam
Dolphins.
01:06:41
Chris
Yeah.
01:06:45
Chris
Yeah. Yeah. Why not?
01:06:48
Adam
Does that convincing?
01:06:51
Adam
Who are you trying to convince?
01:06:51
Chris
yeah
01:06:53
Tackles and Tinnies
but Jake, when you listen to this tomorrow, bro, make sure you don't do that.
01:06:53
Adam
Are you playing Jake this week? Is that what it is?
01:06:56
Chris
yes
01:06:58
Adam
Who's playing Jake? Chris, are you playing Jake? but Who's playing Jake this week?
01:07:00
Chris
but so
01:07:02
Adam
Oh, yeah, straight C, Gusto. Don't even bother with the VC, Jake.
01:07:05
Chris
I think, I think it's a good captaincy option this week, Jake. but
01:07:10
Adam
but
01:07:13
Adam
but I mean, yeah, Galtho's fine. Anyone's fine for the VC.
01:07:17
Chris
Oh.
01:07:18
Adam
Yeah, anyone's fine for the VC, really. Most of the time you're not going to loop anyway. But if you've got Pappy, just put it on him. There's no point overthinking it.
01:07:27
Tackles and Tinnies
Is there any other captaincy options? Have we any love for Keon at captain?
01:07:35
Tackles and Tinnies
Stack in the pack in the middle against the Raiders. You'll probably see another big minute roll.
01:07:40
Chris
Oh, 100%. He's got a free game average of 95. So that's since he's moved to to prop.
01:07:43
Adam
Thank you.
01:07:46
Chris
Terrell May also, you know, five game average of 94. Absolutely killing it. If Pappy goes poorly and you don't, you know, and you don't try and you just want to safe, just go Dem. Honestly, I'm going to captain. I'm going to get c captain clear against the Tigers on Sunday. Although it's also a dry game. Like he's due to go big.
01:08:04
Chris
I just hate his role. Obviously a little bit. He keeps getting TC's. He keeps going up by eights. He gets to try contribution. Then he gets a goal. Like I'd like him to go by twenty up by 24, you know, instead of by eight.
01:08:13
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
01:08:14
Chris
Yeah.
01:08:16
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam, what do you think, mate?
01:08:16
Adam
What do you thinking, Ryan?
01:08:20
Adam
Oh, yeah, look, I'm the same as Chris. I think with captaincy, like, obviously the simplest thing is just Captain Who thinks he's going to score the most points. there is an element of, like, game theory to it in terms of risk management and also picking spots to try and get an advantage.
01:08:38
Adam
And I just don't think this is the week to do that. I just think VC Pappy and then I'm either going to see Terrell or see Cleary. See how i feel in the day.
01:08:48
Adam
But... I just don't see enough upside in anyone else to risk taking on those guys.
Captaincy Strategy
01:08:53
Adam
If Papi goes 150 and you've got nothing on him, like everyone's going to have the VC on him. You just go with the pack there. And then for captaincy, Terrell's going to get you 80 to 100 in base.
01:09:03
Adam
And Cleary's going to get you either 60 if he gets two TCs or 130 if he gets two tri assists, three tri assists. Like Chris said, he's been a bit of a TC merchant lately.
01:09:14
Adam
But... even saying that, I mean if he got 87 with TCs and goals and other stuff, you know, 40, 20 forced dropouts. He still finds a way to points.
01:09:26
Adam
So probably just going to straight back this week. I don't think it's a week to try and get a big advantage from the captaincy. And then there'll be chances in the future to really take a big swing. I think.
01:09:38
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, I reckon that's a good answer.
01:09:39
Chris
Adam, you're not confident in your boy. yeah. Adam, you're not confident in your boy Nico.
Nico, LimeWire Nostalgia, and Player Performance
01:09:45
Adam
No, not this week.
01:09:46
Chris
yeah
01:09:47
Adam
I'll tell you what, round 15 versus the Dragons, he might have something on him. We'll see how we go. But nah, not against the Warriors. The Warriors are pretty solid. And they came off a game last week where they conceded a lot of points. I'm sure they wouldn't be that thrilled with you know conceding some points to Souths.
01:10:03
Adam
So, yeah. If he's the sort of guy that, like, if he goes big, I'll just take the points. I'm not going to... He's kind of similar to Cleary. He's got the same, like, TC heavy role, except he's not as good as Cleary.
01:10:15
Adam
So, yeah.
01:10:16
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah. Timu Cleary for sure.
01:10:20
Adam
if what does that What does that make Hughes, then?
01:10:26
Tackles and Tinnies
He's not even AliExpress worthy, mate.
01:10:27
Adam
What's worse than Teemu?
01:10:28
Adam
Teemu?
01:10:28
Tackles and Tinnies
He's like DLC, like gate.
01:10:31
Tackles and Tinnies
What are called? The yellow brick road on that tick. don't know.
01:10:34
Adam
He's, uh, she uses, uh, she uses LimeWire Cleary.
01:10:40
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah. Yeah.
01:10:41
Adam
He's, he's gonna give you a virus.
01:10:46
Adam
All your students probably don't know what LimeWire is. Hey,
01:10:49
Chris
hey
01:10:49
Tackles and Tinnies
Oh,
01:10:50
Chris
Oh, you're not wrong. Like literally his game last week just gave me AIDS, honestly. Yeah.
01:10:56
Tackles and Tinnies
it's the stress.
01:10:57
Adam
Look up what LimeWire was.
01:10:59
Adam
LimeWire was a good time.
01:10:59
Tackles and Tinnies
It was a simple time.
01:11:02
Tackles and Tinnies
High risk, high reward.
01:11:03
Adam
Yeah. with
01:11:06
Tackles and Tinnies
That's for sure.
01:11:10
Tackles and Tinnies
Boy, is there any last comments before we wrap at the show? Chris?
Trade Strategies and Player Evaluation
01:11:15
Chris
No, have a, have a great week with super coach. Have you seen green arrows?
01:11:20
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam.
01:11:21
Adam
Yeah, now I'm just just here to flex my rank. It's probably going to be the peak. So oh if I ever get into single digits, I'll be back on for sure. but
01:11:30
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
01:11:32
Adam
i've got ah ah ive I've taken my screenshot. I'm happy.
01:11:35
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
01:11:35
Adam
Yeah, we'll see how we go. But hopefully we all have a good week. And, yeah, see how we go.
01:11:39
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah.
01:11:42
Tackles and Tinnies
So just finish it off. Adam, no trades. Chris, who are you trades?
01:11:47
Chris
Oh yeah. I was going to sell Corey Hordebro and probably Peyton Mamazellus. Like I was going to buy Herbie.
01:11:57
Chris
I talked about two weeks ago that I was going to wait to round 14 to get Herbie. search goodbye coverage. And, you know, I keep saying he can't keep doing this. He can't keep scoring junk tries and he just keeps doing it. So maybe, and nobody, and he just keeps doing it. So i was like, maybe I'll buy him and then he'll stop doing it.
01:12:14
Chris
But, But, um and then I'll probably buy Kalani Govings, but like, but Adam did make a good point in terms of, you know, maybe considering selling drinky. Like, oh, I like drinky. I love watching Cowboys when I've got drinky as my captain.
01:12:29
Chris
But yeah, I might consider selling him actually. And also might consider selling Colin Tracy.
01:12:32
Tackles and Tinnies
Do it against Melbourne, you cat.
01:12:34
Chris
Yeah. Against Connor Tracy as well. Sorry. Selling Connor Tracy. Maybe, maybe I have to just consider him as a, as a sell. I don't know, but yeah. Yeah.
01:12:45
Tackles and Tinnies
Yeah, that's a tough one.
01:12:45
Adam
What are you doing, Ryan? Are you are you locked in?
01:12:48
Tackles and Tinnies
So currently I've got Nanai out. He's got 108 break even, and doesn't play next week, obviously, with the... Origin, so I've got Keon in. Should have done that last week and I would have pocketed an extra 100 grand. Such is life.
01:13:01
Tackles and Tinnies
And then currently having got a second trade. I've been talked out about Damien Cook for some weird reason. I've heard he's an Olympic beach sprinter. So, yeah, no aura points there.
01:13:14
Tackles and Tinnies
And then obviously Chris hates the Tigers, so no happy chorus either. So, i don't know. Teams in shambles. Probably going to sell Pappenhausen just for smoke and mirrors at the end there. But...
01:13:24
Tackles and Tinnies
against the Broncos
01:13:25
Adam
I can ah ah can't wait for next week. Are the Titans playing at home or are they playing in Brisbane?
01:13:29
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah against the broncos
01:13:34
Adam
Yeah, it's Suncorp, right?
01:13:36
Tackles and Tinnies
yeah
01:13:36
Chris
Yes.
01:13:37
Adam
Yeah, that's good. I was going to say, if was at CBus, we would have opened the pod next week with Ryan being like, yeah, so I was going to bring in Keon Kalomitangi, but I cracked titty and now I own Ezra, ma'am.
01:13:52
Tackles and Tinnies
The old tin never lies, that's for sure. sure.
Gratitude, Rankings, and Listener Engagement
01:13:55
Tackles and Tinnies
um But, boys, I think we'll wrap it up there. It's been a hell of an episode, so in-depth. I'm just so happy and honoured to have you both on.
01:14:03
Tackles and Tinnies
Adam absolutely killing at 17. Chris is doing well, and I'm just here to do stupid trades just for the laughs. Who knows? Money Man Tour Pilotti might be in by the end of the week.
01:14:12
Adam
Thank you.
01:14:13
Tackles and Tinnies
So guys, appreciate you. But Tackles and Tinney's listeners, you know the drill. I want you guys to like, subscribe, give us a five-star rating on either Spotify or podcast, depending where listen to. Obviously, sharing, again, helps the algorithm as well. So again, YouTube, TikTok, all your short-form videos, we're all there, guys.
01:14:31
Tackles and Tinnies
So again, thank you, Chris. Thank you, Adam. As we say here, get those green arrows. And till next week. Cheers, boys.
01:14:41
Adam
See you guys.