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Season 4- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Week 7 Preview)
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It's time for the fantasy rugby chat for the week. In this Fantasy Corner episode, we discuss what a good week looks like and what the changes might look like for the teams this weekend. We cover what happened this past weekend in CYL and of course get down to that Start or Sit thing. Also, what kind of wager will we make with our favorite Quins fan for the big match this Sunday. Have a listen and ready that pencil & paper.
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Transcript
Introduction and Welcome
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey, everybody, welcome back. This is the fancy radio game. My name is Brad Dyke. I'm Ben Glaser. Welcome and fancy time. Let's have a chat about it and I'll look at it as well. Yeah, I'm I'm actually not partaking in my second beer. That's a first. No, I'm going to leave it to one beer. Yeah, same. Those things happen. Yeah, let's do a quick rewind here because that's
TRM League Movements
00:00:29
Speaker
what we like to do. We like to look back at the weeks that was TRM first, of course. What else would we lead up with?
00:00:37
Speaker
A little bit of movement here and there and our champion is division one here. All I keep doing is moving up a little bit each time. I'm up to six, although I get quite a gap to jump here. Yeah, it's actually not too bad, but it'll still be a fairly significant jump if I can do it between me and George, but that's okay. But yeah, Mark chopped all the way down to the bottom and Anton and I both benefited by moving up a place.
00:01:07
Speaker
And then Carrick jumped up a little bit too. He had, I think he had the best week. Yeah. He had the best week of anybody in the league. So that'll do pig. Yeah, he'll do. He's only a, it's only a point between the and Justin now.
00:01:21
Speaker
Right. Ooh. And yes, there's much more distance between them and me than them and each other. Well, yeah, obviously. Yeah. So lead it off. Top has not changed. Ben's one. Duncan's two. Third is Carrick. Fourth is Justin. Fifth is George. Myself in sixth. Anton in seventh. And Mark holding up the bottom.
Division Two Standings
00:01:41
Speaker
Let's go over to division two because there is a second division and we talked about that multiple times. A little bit of movement.
00:01:53
Speaker
And yeah, just a little bit of the movement at the top, a little bit at the bottom. Kovis comes, jumps up into second and Gary has jumped up from second bottom to third bottom. So that's all right. It's just like me. So now we have, so yeah, there's a switch at second. Franco's still leading.
00:02:14
Speaker
uh, Cobas at two, John, uh, Terry at four. Hey, look at that, Terry. You're doing just fine, but, uh, Leanna at five, Yuri at six, Bob at seven and Larry better week from Larry though. I will say that you get four 61 this week. So much, much better. All right. Much, much better there, my
Upcoming Season Significance
00:02:33
Speaker
friend.
00:02:33
Speaker
Right. We are just in the, you know, we're not even at the first turn in the season. I'd consider like the internationals kind of the turns in a way, like this is it. Like you have a, you know, the next couple of weeks and then after that are going to be key to jockeying for different positions. So, you know, if you had a first, you had a rough first quarter of the season, that's, that's fine. You still have a ways to go. Yeah. Franco and Cobus had both hit over 500 this week.
00:03:01
Speaker
Um, really good weeks. Nice. Uh, one of them had the balls to captain Notoj. That was smart. That was, I did not. I kept it. I kept in Dom brand. So I'm not complaining. Yeah. And somebody gave C and K to Smith.
00:03:15
Speaker
I almost did that work out really well.
Matchup Analysis
00:03:19
Speaker
Yeah. That's still a fucking excellent week. So, yep. So not too, not too shabby boys. Yeah. And the FRW's some, some high scoring matches, um, Carrick beat Anton. That's a, that was a high score in one of the four 73. Uh, Duncan just absolutely crushed Justin. Duncan hit a hundred. Oh, wow. Yup. Good day. Good debate. Good day at the office there, Duncan, all blacks.
00:03:44
Speaker
What did he do? No, he didn't have Skosan. No, he didn't. Oh, he had Max. Yeah. That'll do it. That'll do it. Oh, big one. Big one. And then Mark B. George in a matchup that probably didn't have deserved every well. It was pretty good. 91 to 39.
00:04:07
Speaker
And then, and then yet you got me, even though I had Skosan for Atra. That was pretty much everything. It all fell apart after that. Actually, I had Jack DeTore and Stewart with five each. Actually, it wasn't too bad. But yeah, you had Montoya and you captured him, which was good. Farrell and his kicking, that kind of helped. And you had Hagi, and Hagi scored what once twice? So that'll do. At least once. So right. We'll take.
00:04:33
Speaker
Yeah, that'll do the trick there. This week, we are looking at Anton and Duncan, Carrick and George, you get Justin, and I get Mark. Let's see if I can finally get the fuck off the goddamn scenario here. Can you beat him, please, so I can move up more? Where are you at? I think I'm in second. You're in three. I'm still in third? Damn it. Yeah, I think you're in three. But you're close. I thought I'd leapfrog George.
00:04:59
Speaker
You're close, though. It's you. He won. Okay, now. Yeah, George won. Yeah. Okay. It's George Duncan than you. Oh, okay. All right.
Gloucester vs. Devon Match
00:05:11
Speaker
Yeah. So you're right there, buddy. You're right there, but you just need to get one of those guys. Yeah, I couldn't remember who was ahead of me. So yeah, there's your answers right there. There you go. There's your answers. All right. Just find my notes because we're going to do starts it.
00:05:26
Speaker
So much fun. All right, lead off. Look at that. You do. Gloucester and that other rugby club from Devon, Friday night. So for Gloucester, Valor Povaruskin, opposition are weak against props, last on a per-match basis, and he is the strongest of Gloucester's props. He's also scored well in his last two. So if he's in and you got him, play him.
00:05:50
Speaker
Going back to last year too, he's been a very good fantasy prop. And he's just not for the reason he's not on any international rosters or radar. So keep on rolling him out there. Yeah. Singleton or Sisino are fine to play this week at hook. Opposition are soft against hooks as well. Third from bottom. And both with singles being
Irish vs. Bristol Game Insights
00:06:13
Speaker
the preferred play scored well. Singles have scored well in the four of his last five, actually.
00:06:18
Speaker
Um, the one for, for position, um, the club from Devin don't surrender. Many points too is number eight, Ben Morgan owners and Jack comment to a lesser extent, be cautious, probably mentioned this week, even though he was pretty good. The previous view. So I would pass on that. How do you think that works though? Um, knowing how many players the, um,
00:06:39
Speaker
Uh, the, the team from Devin is, um, let me check something real quick. And I'm actually glad I have this page open. Cause if they don't have, you know, if they don't have Johnny Hill, they don't have Sam Skinner, they don't have, um, like, I don't know. I don't know that I would trust that same defense defensive prowess. Right. Um, it's, it's been okay from them, but as far as their rank goes, um, that's the one thing that I have concern for them. Uh,
00:07:09
Speaker
So, yeah, I mean, if you're playing, if you want to play and play them, but just like be cautious with it. That's all it is. You know, yes, the two of you had just scored a boatload on them and that's with their guys. But the previous like the first couple of weeks were 20 and 25. So it's not bad. But at the same time, like you're hoping to get 30 plus 35 plus out of your eight. Yeah. And aren't you? So right. That being the other thought. Yeah. I mean, true. I don't know that you.
00:07:37
Speaker
Right. I nobody saw. I'm not sure. Yeah. I'm not sure if I trust their back three fan or the back row of fantasy West. Right. So it's a little dicey there. So yeah, just be cautious.
00:07:53
Speaker
the opponents this week from Devin. Will Woody, I actually don't hate him. He's 201 cost-wise, scored well on three of his last four and Gloucester are not strong against Locks, their 10th. So for an outside play, especially with no Hill likely this week.
00:08:10
Speaker
That's a strong contrarian play right there. So I consider it. You're pretty sure he's going to tell start, like you said. So I agree. Yeah. He's been playing. He's been playing even since they've gotten most of their guys back. So I think I'd give him a thumbs up. Another spot to look. Sam Hidalgo Klein. Gloucester are weak against the nines. They're dead last. He scored 20 plus off the bench.
00:08:34
Speaker
So if he's starting, he's 100% worth the play. If you have the maneuverability to grab him for the week, then you're going to be in good shape because I don't see him scoring less than 20 with a start against Gloucester, especially since he's done it twice from the bench.
Northampton vs. Leicester Game
00:08:52
Speaker
So I'll give him a thumbs up. Um, Tom O'Flaherty yet to get going and Gloucester strong point is the wings. So only two starting with 20 plus so far Potter and all you have some columns have scored 20 plus. Uh, if you have them and have zero choice, okay. You live with it, but seek other options and bench them if you can. Yeah. And plus now that with it, without, um, Slade, Cordero and hog,
00:09:17
Speaker
We'll see what that looks like. Yeah. Yeah. What's that? What else? Who's going to be there to help them? I mean, I think Cordero and Hogg might still be around this weekend because it's mostly the English players that we're looking at. We'll see. We'll see. Yeah. They still might be like, don't fucking play that guy. Yeah. Yeah. You still could get a phone call from the coaches. Please don't play him. Yeah. Onto my game, the Irish versus Bristol.
00:09:45
Speaker
So bristle of strong versus hookers, locks, flankers, and scrum halves, and they're weak basically everywhere else.
Sale vs. Worcester Match
00:09:53
Speaker
The Irish are strong versus locks, eight man fly half centers and wings. And they're really only weak against props, scrum heads and full backs. So for the Irish, you start Ollie Hoskins. Um, if you haven't been paying attention, uh, he, he scores very well, especially if he starts. And even if he's off the bench, he's as you were mentioning with Sam Hidalgo Klein, Hoskins will get you 20 plus off the bench. I mean, you talk about how much, how many tackles he makes plus his meters. That's just points. That's that's that's prop points right there. Um,
00:10:22
Speaker
Gus Creevy, big go. Rob Simmons, yes. Phipps Orr White, whoever's starting there. And then that whole back four or five-ish. Rona, Ollie Hustle Collins, Ben Loader, Tom Parton, yes. Sit the Irish back row. For Bristol, start Afoa, Thacker, Holmes, Urine, and Pietow. Those are the only guys who everyone else is going to be a got to see it.
00:10:53
Speaker
And those are the only guys really worth having on your team right now. Bet you're going to bench Vooey, Lewittu, or O'Connor if you haven't cut them already.
Bath vs. Wasps Game
00:11:00
Speaker
And I would recommend that you cut them if you haven't.
00:11:02
Speaker
Yeah, I've cut. I have no Bristol players on my team right now. I think I'm the same. Yeah. I got, I got, I need to see it from the book, from the bears in order for me to regain confidence. And I had to cash PSO and that was the other thing. Like he would have been the one to hold, but I had to cash him in so much money and I needed to fill so many gaps. Right. I mean that, I think he obviously didn't pay for by himself, but he paid for a Toji for me. Oh yeah. Pretty close at that. Okay.
00:11:29
Speaker
Big one, Northampton and Lester. This is going to be a match. You need to find the guys that score strongly regardless of opposition or the guys that are going to be able to exploit the few weaknesses on either team. Teams are one and two in scoring fantasy defense. So this is going to be, this is going to be a tough one to find the good ones out of.
00:11:48
Speaker
Northampton, Tom Wood, the place the Tigers can be had, and it's likely we don't see Lewis Ludlum or Courtney Laws. This is the Flanks, so he is probably the best pick of the bunch remaining. He scored two out of three starts. He scored pretty well, so give him a go. And that's at six, by the way, so pretty good.
00:12:12
Speaker
Sam Atabasi, if he's in and if you are stuck with him as your only option at hook and you're trying not to surrender 20 points for a transfer, there is some light. Tigers have given up 20 plus to starting hooks and four of their five, including 45 from Creevy a few weeks ago. So that's probably the one shining light right there. There's a lot of Frazier Dingwall owners around here and that includes me. Get away from me this week.
00:12:39
Speaker
Dan Kelly, Matt Scott, Matias Moroni combination in the middle there is strong. They're first against centers. So run away from that one right there. And I listen, I'm glad that things did so well last week, but man, I'm gonna do everything I can to get the hell away from that.
00:12:56
Speaker
For Lester, Jack Van Portley, Northampton have been slightly softer against Nines than anywhere else, and we know Van Portley will go for a scoot. He scored pretty well considering he's only played 50 plus minutes in each start that he's been given. Yeah, and Northampton have given up points to Monda Robson and Will Chudley.
00:13:15
Speaker
So there's that there's that little spot there. Marco Vinstadden, Northampton are generally strong against Flanks, but three of their five matches, they've given up 20 plus to sevens. I assume Vinstadden is going to continue to.
00:13:30
Speaker
play that role so you can just assume to play him. Okay. Uh, likely we don't see Gens this week. So maybe you'll be thinking, Oh, the points will fall to either Cole or Joe Hayes. I realized they're not the same side of the scrum, but just the same. That's bad news. Uh, no, anyway, they had that, that cute little thought right there, number one verse props. So find a new idea.
00:13:51
Speaker
Well, plus they don't score. Ganj doesn't get the points because of the place he plays. Ganj gets the points because he does the shit that gets you points. Because of who he is, yeah. Absolutely.
Harlequins vs. Saracens Preview
00:14:03
Speaker
Oh, are you done? Oh, yeah. Okay, cool. I was like, I couldn't tell if I was just interjecting or if you had more. Okay, cool. Onto Wooster versus Sail, which is going to be just a fantastic fucking match. So here's a fun fact. You know, Wooster are who they are. The Wooster fantasy defense is fifth versus props and they're 10th or worse everywhere else.
00:14:32
Speaker
Oh, so there's that. But on the other side, sale, you might not look at it. It might, it might not be evident right from the, um, the sheet. If you, if you're looking at how many, uh, their, their points per game that they give up, they have just played the number two and number four attacking teams in the last two weeks, Harlequins and Lester. Neither team had a 30 point score. Okay.
00:14:58
Speaker
So even if you are considering playing a Worcester player, just cause you're like, you know what? Maybe they'll, maybe they'll get to go off Harlequins, Leicester, neither of their teams had a player that went off against them. And they've had some players to do that. So Worcester, my notes for Worcester are stay away from Worcester. No, bad. Don't no one stay the fuck away.
00:15:24
Speaker
No, on the sale side, start whoever's at hook. Anyone named Dupriak, Robert's not playing, so you're all right there. Corky or Cliff, and then no one outside the 10. So if AJ, legendary, AJ shows up, he's a big time go. But nobody outside of him. I don't think there's anybody that's going to be eligible outside. Like, what, then even two, he'll be gone, so. No, really? Yeah. Yeah, I think he's in the squad, so, yeah. Okay.
00:15:53
Speaker
Yeah. And corks in the squad, but we'll see if he gets released. Yeah. I bet he's one that they would get released to play. Yeah. We'll find out, uh, bath and wasps. Ooh, a whole lot of good, a whole lot of bad against, uh, not so, so great. So we'll see how this goes, um, for bath. They are at home. So that's the upside for them.
00:16:11
Speaker
Jacques Toutois wasps struggled against two's, they're dead last. And Stuart Hooper seems to prefer Toutois overdone as far as the starting hooker goes. So he could be one of those outside the box contrarian plays that gets you ahead of others. Just a thought, I'm not in love with him either. But you know what, it's just one of those things that you need to maybe look for outside the box sometimes.
00:16:34
Speaker
The man we call Scurry, Rory McConaughey, Wassersoft against Wings, the 12th. And this could be the match. He finally breaks loose. No mirror, no to the landfill likely this week. So he's going to be the guy. So hope to God he is for a lot of us. Ollie Fox or Ben Spencer, Wasser very strong against the Nines, their first. And I would not anticipate this being a fun week for either of them. So seek options elsewhere if you are desperate for a nine.
00:17:00
Speaker
for the wass. Stuka Cartel, yes, we know about biopedics. It's not news. No, that's a go. But that they're very soft against locks though. So if either one of them are in and you're inclined, I would give them a thumbs up as well. So yeah, like they're going to do, they're going to do well, I think. Here's a name that I had to pull out of my hat because that's just how it is at was. Gabrielle Agrae.
00:17:29
Speaker
Assuming he did the smart thing to get his ban reduced by a week, he should be available and just in time because I don't think Frost is going to be healthy. And Cruz is likely to miss this week as well after leaving last week. Bath are also bad against hookers as well. So there's that. They're 12. So could be operating to the rescue if you're in one of those in case of emergency break glass for your hooker situation.
00:17:54
Speaker
Despite Bath not being great against flyhacks, I still can't recommend Jacob Umaga if Goprath is in because, and considering they have almost zero centers, he's definitely going to be playing. And that means he has the T and that's where Jacob Umaga's value just sinks, unfortunately. So, yeah, just takes a hard nosedive. So, I can't recommend him despite what the ranking is. Right.
00:18:18
Speaker
Last but not least of the matches, the Harlequins hosting Saris. This is the two top attacking teams and two of the top fantasy defenses, the three and four, I believe. But at the same time,
00:18:36
Speaker
I'm going to go in a departure from what you were saying with Lester and Northampton, because I think this match will be two teams slugging it out, because that's the way... Sarries will have to, right? Because the Quinns will play that way. They'll just go. And the defense doesn't quite matter because there's going to be a lot of tackles to be made. So both teams will be... They'll be both making a lot of tackles. The points will come from the defensive side as well as the attacking side.
00:19:06
Speaker
Um, so onto the match itself for the Queens, stay away from the front row. Um, there's not much going on there. Really is not going to be in. So, right. And he's, you know, the fans, the points aren't there really for Marlar. Um, at least they weren't last week. Anyway. Um, do you know, lamb maybe in the, in the locks? Um, I'm not sure how much the saris will, um,
00:19:31
Speaker
make, you know, render him less effective in an attack. I think Kenningham is going to have a big week because he's going to be filling that Dombrandt role, I feel, in an attack and defense. We'll see if he can, but if, you know, he's going to be there, every man everywhere. So I think you should have a big week, points-wise. DC, obviously, Tommaso, yes. Esther Hazen, I think, is a must-have at this point.
00:19:55
Speaker
Not sure about Murley or Lina because you have them on your bench if you have them. Saracens do do well against wings. Green should have a big day because as you've seen, Saris like to kick so that that's just points for fullbacks. On the Saris end, Wollstonecroft is a big go. He's one of those who will
00:20:13
Speaker
get you, he's in a case of emergency break glass for the next three or four weeks. Love, you know, you'll do well with him. Sharda Zikwe, Earl, Christie, if he's playing, I think, you know, he'll make tackles and run as we saw this past weekend. I think they'll need that rather than Ray's guile because Ray is not athletic enough for this match, I don't think. And Christie is. Billy V is a big go if you're having money on him.
00:20:40
Speaker
Laws, if you're using his boot. David's good and the wings, whoever the wings are, because without mail-ins around, you know. Yeah, who knows with that one, unfortunately. They don't have much in the way of attack outside of mail-ins at the wing position. A lot of defenders, you know, solid wings, just not fantasy wise. No, probably not. Probably not.
Notable Players of the Week
00:21:02
Speaker
All right. Of the weeks.
00:21:05
Speaker
Right. So obviously my of the week. So I'm interested to see who your of the week is. Yeah. We'll see if we did the same thing here. We're batting a thousand so far. We're not a thousand but we've got at least three or four. That's the same so far. This guy plays like a back row but is in the second row because of many reasons right now for his club.
00:21:26
Speaker
He'll be fresh with, with having a rest and his club need a performance out of him like this. He settled well into life in England and his opposition present a tasty matchup, even if it's away from home. My star of the week for round seven of the premise was big Tongan born Kiwi import via Fafita. Yes. Excellent. Excellent choice. Um, not mine. No, so good. We didn't do it.
00:21:48
Speaker
My start of the week is you mentioned him because the team he's playing gives up a ridiculous amount of points to his position, and he scores points at his position. So Exeter are giving up 53 points per game to the prop position, and Valropavaruskin is a point scoring prop.
00:22:08
Speaker
And he's getting like a fairly high amount above the average. So yeah, it's not just that he's scoring well. He's scoring well against teams that don't generally score well. So going up against a team that doesn't defend the proposition. Yeah. Yeah. Go with Val. Yeah. Good. That's a good pick. All right. Well, this is very, this is why it's fun to have this because sometimes you and I have different opinions because my say of the week,
00:22:34
Speaker
I really like this kid. He has a bright future in his club. Should be extremely excited about what he can do. This is going to be a tough week for him, though, with the opposition being very tough on his position and this likely to be quite the tussle, but in general, I say the week for around seven of the premise, Quinn's in England, young number seven, Jack Kenningham. Interesting. OK. I think he's going to be making a shitload of tackles, so yeah, but that doesn't that hasn't that's what he's supposed to be doing the last couple of weeks. He hasn't done it.
00:23:00
Speaker
Well, yeah, it's because he's had freaking Dom brand around. So he's going to be like, he and him have been kind of flipping off back and forth between, you know, making tackles and being there to poach and stuff. So, yeah, we'll see. My set of the week from the same match.
00:23:17
Speaker
Because it's time to drop him is Allah Davies. Oh yeah, he's not scoring well and he's not scoring well relative to the opposition average so it's not like he's being held in check by solid defenses he's just not really contributing much to the series attack.
00:23:35
Speaker
Um, he hasn't been running trail lines. Like they've had line breaks and they've even, I mean, maybe they've just been finishing them without him. But you know, when, when Jamie George is running down the field as the option for Vincent and Davis is nowhere to be found. That's the problem.
00:23:52
Speaker
Yeah, it's probably the red light right there. Yeah. Yeah. No argument out of me with that one. That's for sure. Yeah. And I'm sad. He's not as productive as we might have hoped, but still I'll be. As long as he's playing that, I don't give a shit. Right. Yeah, he's fine. He's fine. Just not fantasy wise.
League Bets and Strategies
00:24:08
Speaker
Time to drop him.
00:24:09
Speaker
Nope. Not worth it. Not worth it at all. Yeah. Yeah. This will be it. This weekend will be interesting. Yeah. We got to come up with something for you and I against George here. I still like the so I'm favorable to the whoever loses has to the other the other the winners get to pick a drop for them in in TRM. So there's odds to that, too, because George would be able to tell each of us that we had to drop someone. Right.
00:24:39
Speaker
And we would tell, he would only get to have, we would only give him one. Right. That's the way I would see it. Yeah. I think that's fair. I think that's a good one. I think that's a good one, but at the same time, you know, that's almost like two to one odds for saris. So I'll say, yeah. Yeah. That's that'll be good. That'll be a good one. I think it'll be fun. I mean, that's good. These, these, I mean, just going down that, that lineup, like it's funny because the players that'll be in and out for each side, like,
00:25:08
Speaker
Usual, usual loose head for series will be and not for Quinn's though. Usual hooker will be in for Quinn's not for series. Um, I think Cox cut one more week to play. So he'll be, and we'll see if Lowe's back. Um, uh, second rows don't really change a ton for either team. You lose it tomorrow, which is obviously a big loss, but like just plug and play with either Hunter Hill or, or, or Swinson. It'll be a sequel. I know that I don't doubt that, but then.
00:25:35
Speaker
And then the back road doesn't change for the Saracens at all. And you only lose Dombrandt on the other side. Nines don't change. The 10s both change. So that's a big one right there.
00:25:51
Speaker
Your 12s are probably the same, although you're going to see laws probably bump in. They'll change once. He might still be there for one more week. Oh, that's right. He might be there. Yeah. So we'll see. I mean, he is in the Wales squad, but he might be there for one more week. And then it's questionable whether like, who knows if Marchant will be around.
00:26:12
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. Maybe any releases or not. We'll see. And then it's green and lineup for definitively for the twins. And then the back three for series, no max, but, you know, plug and play for like, so defensive. So Lewington and Roddy or whoever, you know, so they'll, they'll defend. So, so yeah, each team's losing a little bit and each team gets to hang on to a little bit. So it'll be very interesting to see how that goes. I mean,
00:26:38
Speaker
the overall nod in terms of some of it is probably going to go to Quinn's, but we'll see, especially since they're at home. Well, there's also, and there's going to be players who would want to be in that, you know, who wouldn't want to be not eligible for that match, like the Vuna Polas, like the Linas who are going to.
00:26:53
Speaker
Yep. Want to show Eddie, yo, fucko. Hey dipstick. Remember this. Take a look at this. Right? Cause it's like, yeah, I'd line a, I was kind of disappointed that line. I didn't, didn't express himself much. Yeah. Afterwards, Billy, Billy V has been, uh, um, he was improved this past week, but again, consider the opposition.
00:27:17
Speaker
Yeah, consider the opposition and consider, you know, the alternatives that you have right now. So yeah, it's time for it's time for so much of an argument. Yeah, it's time for Simmons and Dom to get their shot. This is how it is. Okay.
Upcoming Match Predictions
00:27:32
Speaker
Uh, to the pick of them's, um, Gloucester and Exeter Friday night at King's home. I got Gloucester. Yeah, I do too. Like I, yeah.
00:27:45
Speaker
I won't be shocked if Exeter muscle this one out, but after the way they played last week, that's a chicken in the armor right there. If Hastings plays, and I would assume he would. Oh yeah, that's true. He only had a knock last week. So yeah, I didn't think of that. Yeah, they're way better with him at 10. Right. If he plays, it's over. But Exeter just won't have like, when Exeter don't have Sam Simmons, you know, what do they have? It's pretty ugly.
00:28:13
Speaker
And when they don't have Slady, what do they have in the backs? In the backs, yeah. It's kind of ugly. We'll see. So, I mean, they have other backs, but it's just not the same without those two guys who just translate everything. Correct. Correct. And that's going to be... Yeah, I don't... I don't see that going well for them. And Gloucester are playing solid. So Exeter aren't even playing their Exeter's game well. So I can't really pick them to beat anybody when Gloucester are playing well enough to beat teams.
00:28:43
Speaker
Right? Yeah. Like you said, Hastings at 10 should be enough. All right. London Irish and Bristol. Exiles. Yeah, sad to say, but Bristol now need to show it. I can't prick Bristol until they win one. Yeah, I really can't. Northampton and Leicester, big one. I got the away team, the visitors. Same. Yeah, I had them in my head already. Western Sale.
00:29:14
Speaker
Sail. Bath and wasps. Hmm. I got again, I got the visitors storming the gates. Okay. I'm going to go with bath just because I think the wasps are just a wee bit banged up. Not to say that this is going to be pretty, but there you go. You get a chance to try and close the gap on me a little bit. Yep. Quince and saris.
00:29:43
Speaker
Yeah. Harrison. Yeah. I mean, come on. Take the guys in black. Yeah. No, I'm not nearly as confident there. I just wanted to kind of sound like I was.
Praise for Match Commentaries
00:29:54
Speaker
No, I'm not. I'm not that confident either. But, you know, this is one of those matches that, all right, it's time to back them. Like, right. Yeah. It's time to back. No, I.
00:30:04
Speaker
I like what, obviously I love what the Quinn's are doing. I just, and they can, yeah, they can beat anybody, but so can Saracens and Saracens have been doing it for longer and they've been, they've been just, you know, punishing teams. They've been beating the shit out of teams. Quinn's have not been perfect and that's, you know, they can be had. And we saw that from the first 20 some minutes of the Bristol match when, when Smith wasn't in, um,
00:30:32
Speaker
Bristol, we're doing some good shit against them, not with the best lineup either.
00:30:42
Speaker
I like this matchup for Saracens, especially with Marcus Smith not being in the match. I'm very pleased about this. I'm not mad about that at all. Alex Dombritt not being at this match. I am very pleased about that. And these are two guys that I love to watch, just not when they play Saracens. You hear Danny Keir on the commentary last Sunday. He was so good. Oh, great call.
00:31:13
Speaker
Oh, great call then. Yeah, I love it. I love the former players getting involved with that stuff. Flats was great too. Flats is awesome. I really liked that guy.
00:31:25
Speaker
He really, really do. He talked about DC talking about his size nines. Yep, something like that. I was like, yes, okay. We need more guys like David Flavin for sure. We do. DC's just like that. Like guys who aren't, you know, Oz. Yeah, preferably not that.
00:31:49
Speaker
Just enjoy it for what it is. It's enjoyable. Yeah. Enjoy the ruggers and shut up. They made it so much more. You know me, I have started to just tune out the comms to the point where sometimes you'll say you'll react to something. I'm like, I have no idea what you're talking about because I wasn't listening.
00:32:05
Speaker
Like I'll watch for good reason. Usually. Yeah. I'm listening to my internal monologue, not know what they're saying because they're fucking useless. But when, yeah, when flats is announcing when DC is there, yeah, you got you got to fucking keep your ears tuned to that. And yeah, that's great. Yeah. And Topsy Topsy is another one. I just absolutely enjoy the hell out of having it. Listen to him. He's so great. I think he's been fantastic. He has improved. He he's he's improved so much.
00:32:29
Speaker
He's because he's gone away from that that Oz type stuff. Yeah, I think one of those things because that's but that's honestly, I think that's all he knew. Maybe, yeah.
Conclusion and Next Episode Preview
00:32:40
Speaker
And so he was kind of on that edge of of not, you know, now that there's like a newer breed of former players and current players who can actually, you know, talk the game and make it entertaining rather than something to bemoan. So yes, please. Yes, please. All right. So that'll do for.
00:32:57
Speaker
the fantasy, the fantasy episode. Those that are on Patreon, you'll get our show notes shortly here. Actually, they'll probably be up by the time you listen to this. So there you go. Jokes on me. Jokes on me. Yeah, so busy weekend for all it sounds like but we'll catch you guys next week and hopefully good reports to come back after that. So everybody enjoy yourself. Enjoy the record. Enjoy your weekend. Thanks. Thanks a lot for hanging out with us. Have a good one, everybody. Later.