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NRL SuperCoach — Round 1 Teams, Vegas Chaos & Final Team Reveals (Ryan x Chris)
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Round 1 team lists are out, Vegas is calling, and the SuperCoach panic is officially in season.
In this episode, Ryan and Chris go through the Round 1 teams and break down all the relevant SuperCoach angles: who’s named where, which roles matter, who’s a trap, who’s value, and what you actually do with the new info instead of tilting into 47 trades before kickoff.
We also talk Vegas Round specifically — what it means for minutes, scoring, selection surprises, and the blokes you either start with… or end up chasing by Round 3.
And yep — we both reveal our final SuperCoach teams. No more “early drafts” and “maybe this changes”… these are the squads we’re riding into Round 1 with.
Plus, Ryan cannot help himself… he’s still sledging Nicho Hynes (respectfully, of course 😈).
We get into:
- Round 1 team list reactions (positional changes, bench roles, surprise omissions)
- Cheapies who are actually playable vs bait
- Captaincy thoughts for Round 1 + Vegas variables
- CTW strategy and why centres/roles matter more than ever
- Final team reveals: structure, cash-gen plans, and upgrade paths
- The Nicho chat: Is he a must, a fade, or a “wait and see” since Jayden Campbell is injured?
Cap or Fact: The biggest Round 1 SuperCoach mistake is thinking you need to win the season in Week 1. 👇
Drop your final team confidence level and your biggest Round 1 lock in the comments.
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Transcript
00:00:00
Speaker
Fresh crack out of nowhere. Okay. back, Jackers and Tinneys listeners. is We got Chris. You know what that means. We're back on the Supercoach. Chris, how's all your Supercoach planning slash Vegas round fiasco is going?
00:00:15
Speaker
Ryan Reynolds. I'm good. I'm excited to be yeah back for Supercoach. After finishing in the top 1K last year, I decided I'm going to take some time away from this game. And I i tried real hard, really. Like, you know, not opening the app until, you know, January 26th, Australia Day. But just both you and Jake, your enthusiasm just sucked me right back in, you know. Yeah. ah No, i'm i'm I'm okay at the moment. I think i'm I have... I played very few players, um...
00:00:44
Speaker
And I am on, at the moment, 168 from about three players. I played nice Jackson Perdue, Dan Atkinson, and and obviously Trey Mooney with his try. So I'm a little bit low in the moment. Like, you know, there's some big scores happening around you know, 500, 600, and I'm getting a bit of FOMO and I'm a little bit, you know, I'm i'm kind of almost just double guessing some of my, you know, my selections I've made, you know, I'm hoping it all, you know, when Sunday rolls around this Sunday, you know, my score looks a little bit more, you know, worthy and adequate.
00:01:19
Speaker
Well, Chris, you've undersold me because I'm actually on 716 points. ah I do have a fair few players. I've got Reid Marnie, Couchman, Mooney.
00:01:31
Speaker
We also i have Atkinson, Trash, Purdue, Gritta, Setutu. Tom Chester didn't play, but he was, um, in there. And then my boy last minute switch out, we were talking for many, many minutes in the group chat regarding drink water verse the man of the moment, Kalen Ponga.
00:01:55
Speaker
I managed to ah stay true to my gut and I went with Ponga and I was, then I was tossing up between my boy critter and I was like, I'd I can't do it. I can't go critter. If Ponga's there, I'm going to take a risk.
00:02:08
Speaker
VC on Ponga, and it paid off. Straight up, I was like, heck yeah. Team, super coach points, I'll take it. I'll take it. Put the Makassini in, looping him, definitely taking that with 116 points. It's put me up to a good stead for sure.
00:02:27
Speaker
Nah, fortune favors the brave, you know, it's well-deserved, you know, like, especially for somebody who, you know, last season couldn't finish off the season, looked uninvolved and he's come out. I think if that's one thing that, you know, you know, round zero has taught us is, uh,
00:02:41
Speaker
You know, most NRL teams are literally one superstar away from winning the wooden spoon. You know, the Knights couldn't score it all, you know, in the trials against the Bulldogs. And they just look like world beaters in there and their fans are, you know, just about to book flights to ah to Sydney in September for the grand final.
00:02:57
Speaker
Mate, Newcastle looked like a different team when Fletcher Sharp was out there. I thought po um Pong was going to go for about 200 points at one stage. He was just racking up as a halfback. As I said, it we said it in the group time, like Pong was going to the halfback in the red zone. And then Fletcher Sharp and Dielbrand are just going to be feeding off him. And my God, Fletcher Sharp looked good. And if he didn't go down, bro, I reckon he'd have been close to 150 points the way he was progressing. What is 60 points in Fletcher?
00:03:23
Speaker
Felt like 30 minutes or something. So it reminded me, uh, last year when you're death riding Herbie Farmworth and Herbie Farmworth got sniper after and he was like 80 points in 30 minutes as well. Yeah. As he said, fortune favors the brave and Ponga, I tell you what, he's probably going to be a ah guy that a lot of guys are going to probably be bringing in next week, particularly drink water owners. You're a drink water owner, correct?
00:03:47
Speaker
No, not at all. I don't have drinky at all. Do you know what? Drifting away. i'm I'm actually surprised by how many people like in our, in our private league, had you know, pickponger, you know, it wasn't just you. It was Adam. It was Mark, Paul, Lockie. I think there's a whole bunch of you guys all had pong. I couldn't believe it. Like it's just a completely, you guys all have VC'd him and I just, man. Yeah. Kudos guys.
00:04:12
Speaker
To be fair, Paulie, know you're going to listening to one, mate. He messaged me, I'm like, get pongering, bro. Get pongering. So, Paulie, you're welcome, my friend. But, bro, I reckon Vegas round and also draft. Draft. You're going to talk draft because all after the draft, post-draft, was like, Karaz.
00:04:28
Speaker
He went too high. Second round pick. I should have gone on another center. There's so much center depth. Karaz, I apologize, my friend. 99 super coach points outside my boy, Critter.
00:04:42
Speaker
I'm happy he's back. He's the GOAT. I was never wrong. Trust my gut. although Like, like, Kiraz, I think just... You know, it makes so much sense when you think about it, you know, especially if the new stats changes, you know, as long as, you know, that, that offload, you know, goes, goes, you know to somebody's hands and you know how much he loves, you know, you know, turning his back and then just off popping it up and offloading it. You know it's an automatic four points.
00:05:04
Speaker
You know, he's just going to rack up so many, so many power stats. It's yeah, it's OP. Are you thinking maybe Kras has to come in post-bite? ah Yes, I guess it really does.
00:05:18
Speaker
At the moment, there are a lot of people already racking up in terms of people I need to trade in. That's Ryan Couchman. I was like, I've only got three trades with a boost. We've only played two games. That's all a little bit mildly concerning. Trust the gut, mate. Trust the gut.
00:05:36
Speaker
And I think that's a good little segue, Chris, to sort of look at team lists at the moment. And there's a lot of surprises, I guess we could say, in regards to potential picks for that.
00:05:49
Speaker
And I'm going to share my screen. Look at that multimodal school teacher mode activated. Um, But yeah, as we can see on screen, guys, we've got the Storm Eels game this coming Thursday, tomorrow night. We are filming Wednesday the 4th at 6.14. So assuming nothing changes till then.
00:06:06
Speaker
One of the major things we guess we could talk about is for the Melbourne Storm is definitely the Moses Leo at center with Nick Meany shifting to the wing. are thoughts there, mate? Yeah, um i'm I'm pretty big on Moses Leo. He is in my team at the moment. I'm running five cheapy centers this year to start the season. And, you know, the moment I saw he was in, you know, in the center position, I was like, yeah, it's a bit of a high risk situation. You know, if he doesn't play well, there's a chance that Nick Meany gets moved to back into the center. You know, Marion Seve could come in. There's a whole bunch of issues, but but look, he's in there for the moment. i'm unless I'm jumping on him and I like him a lot. Do you prefer him at center or wing?
00:06:49
Speaker
um I'm going to say I like him more im go have like him more at center, only because of the new stack changes. You know, he'll have a couple of more tackles and he's going to benefit from, you know, passing the ball through the hand in that that try assist. So yeah I think it's better that way.
00:07:04
Speaker
Yep. And obviously another one for Melbourne Storm, we got the Joe Chan-Lasati debate. Lasati was always going to be the front runner at the start of the offseason. Joe Chan had a very good game for the Maldives and obviously developed and stayed true to Craig Bellamy's hardworking mantra. And he seemed to lock down that right edge alongside Jerome Hughes. That is absolutely monumental progress.
00:07:30
Speaker
Upside there for Joe Chan around 309,000. He's been in and out of my team and you're probably going to convince me to get him back in. but what are thoughts on the Joe Chan versus Lasati debate? Because obviously Sean Bloor potentially round two, potentially longer as well. um Obviously Trent Liero is currently suspended until round three with Alec McDonald there at the lock position. What are your thoughts on the sort of edge position for Melbourne?
00:07:57
Speaker
Yeah, well, look, it seems like Joe Chan has locked that um that right edge in, you know, and you really and that's ah that's a position that we everybody wanted Lissati for, you know, because it's playing off ah Jerome Hughes' hip. ah i think i I think it's much of em ah muchness, really, with both of them. I don't think you're going to do badly with them, but I also don't think you're going to great with them. For people who've been playing supercoach for a while now, Joe Chan has burned all of us in the last two years. he you know he's A few times he's played 80 minutes and he's really averaged 30, 40, 50. So he's been a bit of a dud, unfortunately. Not supercoach relevant anyways.
00:08:34
Speaker
Saadi's a bit of an interesting one. ah he He played quite well ah in in in the trial games and he racked up quite a lot base. I think most recently he had like something at 47 tackles and and I think he can he could do that at left edge. It's just there's so much rotation risk, you know, with Sean Ball about to come back and then it's all good if he goes and plays at 13 and he comes off the bench, but we don't really know. He could be a Ryan Couchman-like player. But you don't know either. Like he he was in everybody's teams, you know, in preseason, you know, about 45%. And now he's just dropped down to about 30%. And I think I will probably have to agree with, you know, the majority's take on that. You know, I think i i'm I'm personally at the moment staying away. There are a lot more good cheapies in 2RF that you can you can buy instead.
00:09:17
Speaker
Sorry, to make sure I heard that right, you're not doing Jochen or Lasati? No, not at all. I'm just keeping away with them. i'm I'm just going to hedge by simply saying, look, I've got a cheapy, you know, in the Melbourne storm back line with Moses Leo, you know, that will have to just be enough of me. Yeah.
00:09:33
Speaker
Do you see potentially Lissati filling in for that Blore position and then where Blore comes back, Lissati then goes back to the right edge or you think Lissati would then come off the bench? For me, it doesn't really make any sense, you know, because if he had won the right edge position, then he would be playing there. And then you just move Joe Chan to the left. And then when Sean Bloor came back and just Joe Chan moves, why why does he have to start at the left and then move to the right? It doesn't really make too much It could be, you know, it could be something like ah you know like a Val Holmes situation where he's just moved to the right, you know, this week just to defend Stephen Cranston and he'll go back to the left next week. But I don't see that happening. Well, actually, i don't know that it's going to happen. So therefore, I have to assume that it's Joe Chan that's won the position. Yeah, particularly that type of caliber player as well, like Brian Toto, Swift between left and right, Stephen Crichton, left to right, he's just mentioned, Valentine Holmes, similar. Obviously guys can chop and change, but I feel like guys who are sort of trying to establish their career um and gain confidence, you probably don't want to be doing that.
00:10:30
Speaker
Obviously, Lassati, I think, maybe has a little bit more ball running upside. And we've seen in the final series, he managed to get a couple of meat pies. um And saving 40 grand goes a long way because it's the difference between getting a key on Kulamatangi and a Patrick Carrigan.
00:10:47
Speaker
So that's a variable there or in a key on to ah a Tarpanet. So definitely a variable there. And we'll talk about that we get to team reveals. Another guy I want to talk about is the Jermaine Hopgood starting at front row.
00:11:00
Speaker
Looked like he was getting the offload underway. i also saw a quote um not too long ago that the coach is looking for them to be a bit more expansive in attack, which means hopefully the arm gets free for guys like Hopgood. Dual position, Thoughts on Hopgood?
00:11:17
Speaker
Oh, look, ah that Jason Rowles comment is music to my ears. I've only just heard it from you. But um I'm very high on Jermaine Hopgood, you know. yeah Agreed.
00:11:28
Speaker
I started him last season, actually, and I was hoping, you know, because obviously he was awesome in 2024, no, 2023 when he broke out. And it was really just that big base and power and the offloads. And last year, he didn't really do that, but that was because of the back injury. And then he then he got drifted to like, you know, to the hooker position before he found his found his way. And I think he averaged about 60 to 70 in the final couple of rounds when he did move to to to to prop. So to see him starting there is really, really pleasing. they have a paramount to have a
00:11:58
Speaker
kind of a a a bench that is ah that's short on honour on props and second two RFs. you know They've got Dylan Walker who's going to sub in for Jack DeBellin. They've also got Talon DeSilva, who's going have to make play minutes for Riley Smith. So they're little short in the big minutes. So I think Jermaine Hopgood, there's a very good chance he plays 60 to 70 minutes. oh Maybe I'm maybe i' being exaggerating by saying 70, but he definitely plays 60 65. average, you know, minute, he's averaging every week for Sorry, That's
00:12:32
Speaker
that's two hundred thousand dollars worth of value do you know here reminds me from last year Who? Tino. Tino, very similar elk, around that 550,000 coming off a down season due to injury.
00:12:44
Speaker
Hopgood, very similar realm. he's got the dual position as well. He's been in out of my team, but I'm literally on the bench now looking at them, They've got one and out front rower who's very young, but you've also got the older fellow in Junior Polo. Jack de Ballon, don't me wrong, could definitely play some middle as well. Maybe some Kelma Tualangi could maybe play some middle, but would not be surprised if Hopgood plays 60 to 65 minutes. So as you mentioned, one to maybe even up to 1.3, 1.4 at that ceiling. I think we're going to be playing around some in some team list today, mate, because Hopgood might be making an appearance again.
00:13:22
Speaker
Well, for me, it was a lot about what you were either picking Toby Couchman or Jermaine Hopgood, you know, as, you know, as maybe, you know, your your third front row forward um or your third 2RF. And, you know, I know you went with Toby Couchman and he scored 72 on the weekend. That was really, really good. So, you know, hopefully, you know, if you haven't picked Toby Couchman then you pick Jermaine Hopgood.
00:13:44
Speaker
Yeah, stack the pack mentality for sure. Yes. Next game, we've got Warriors Roosters on the Friday night at 6pm at Go Media. ah Probably not super, super coach relevant at the moment. Could be later on is that we've got Tain Tuapiki as the 18th man and Charles Lecloxed starting at fullback.
00:14:05
Speaker
I thought Clockstead could have potentially gone to the centers or five eight but Ali Liatau, was pretty high on him. He was in one of my um team builds at one stage. He got a double in the the trials.
00:14:17
Speaker
Wouldn't be surprised if he gets a decent price rise, but with so many cheapies at that center wing position, unfortunately, he's not going to make my cut. And another guy, Tuovasashek, I thought could have played center as well. I picked him up in draft in that flex position.
00:14:32
Speaker
Tuvasa Shek, very much the same realm as Karaz without the offload. What are your thoughts on some of those Warriors outside backs? Yeah, um I ah don't have any significant interest at the moment.
00:14:46
Speaker
ah You really want ah RTS playing in the centres so he can rack up all the base. ah Alen Lutau is an interesting one. I i think... You can jump on him if you if you like him. He's not for me because i like to play super coach with players who have strong base and power and he's going to score you big, you know, in certain weeks when he when he goes through for a brace, you know, or even a hat trick or try oh tries and then he'll score 100 and he'll make money, like you said. I have no doubt he will at some point do that for you. It's just the question is, can you can you wait and hold on for long enough for that to occur, really? Yeah, 100%.
00:15:22
Speaker
Yeah. I think that's the biggest one obviously is their forward pack with Jacob Blaybam. Out of nowhere really like, we always thought like a helisimer was going to accompany Kirk Capewell at the second row position, but Jacob Blaybam has done well and he's managed to secure that position just under 300,000 starting second row. Probably doesn't play the 80 minutes, but anywhere between what probably they say 60 to 65 minutes.
00:15:48
Speaker
Is Blaybam in your team currently, Chris? um Yeah, 100%. He's in my team. ah Mostly because Adam's high on him. I don't really know much about Jakey Layman, but my understanding he's a monster PPM, 1.3.
00:16:00
Speaker
one point three So if he plays 40 minutes or so, he's going to score 50-60. think he's 10K less than ah Joe Chan, and I would much rather have somebody who sounds fun than have Joe Chan and just hurt me and just make me sad if he underperforms, really.
00:16:15
Speaker
Yeah. Fair. Fair. What about you? um Yeah. Laban's in my team. Again, doing all these 2025 slash 2026 preview reviews on the channel. Go check that out in all your listening platforms, guys.
00:16:29
Speaker
But when I did the Warriors preview review, Jacob Leibman, I think, had the tied longest contract extension. And that was probably a clear indicator that obviously the Warriors were super high on him. So that that wasn't the giveaway for him potentially starting this year. i don't know what was.
00:16:46
Speaker
um Obviously, you've got Lekka Halasimo, who is bit more proven in that ah realm and elk. But... It's interesting how they're going to use that. I definitely don't think maybe Capewell long-term this season maybe doesn't start there. Maybe it gets switched around with Lekker if Lekker has a ripper start to the year. But good to see Labem, again, another cheapie, popping up really out of nowhere for supercoaches.
00:17:10
Speaker
Well, I guess in regards to the Roosters, they're one to seven besides, obviously, Daley Cherry Evans coming into the team, which isn't too super coach relevant. Would you have any love for Daley or not or it not really? It's hard to know. um ah ah in the final In the final trial game, he he really played second fiddle to Sammy Walk and he scored 16 and he really looked like the second coming of Luke Brooks, his old brother.
00:17:35
Speaker
half partner. And if he's going to be the second coming of Luke Brooks, I don't want him anywhere near my first, second, third, fourth, or fifth Supercoach teams. Really. But um I think he's a watch in progress at the moment. And if he goes big, you can jump on him. you know they have They have the buy-in round five, so they're not going to hit they're not going to get away in price too badly. Um, the person who I'm much more interested is also his, his current half partner, Sam Walker. Like, um, he looked awesome in the trials and, you know, I think a lot of, he's, he's skyrocketing in, uh, in terms of, uh, ownership. Like, what is he, are you interested in Sam Walker?
00:18:16
Speaker
And do you think should take a punt on Sam Walker, right? I, I'm happy i went double GP halfback. Giving that away, obviously for my final team reveal. But I am nervous. it's But it's also given me that chance as well. Like, I haven't locked in that primo.
00:18:34
Speaker
Like, least I'm going to make cash. And then I can definitely go to either Cleary, Hines. Jaden Campbell's got a hamstring injury, which we'll get to soon. And now Sam Walker's sort of popped up into that same sort of tier.
00:18:48
Speaker
And then Dewey's probably a tier below them at five hundred and fifty k which again, we can talk about soon. I do have love for him, but it definitely gives me a bit more of a sample size now, potentially at to around six even post-buy see if Sam Walker's really the real deal. Again, Daily Cherry Evans, as you mentioned,
00:19:06
Speaker
There's a passenger princess now and James Ladesco definitely loves the ball. there's again, a lot of cooks in the kitchen. Still got Reecey Robson to come back is another piece of the puzzle to fit in. um you' still got ah guys like Connor Watson in your team.
00:19:22
Speaker
so it'd be interesting to see. There's a lot of mouse to feed. I think again, as you just mentioned before, a bit more of a sample size would go along go go a long way. Tedesco, I think he's going to lose money, which is great for super coaches out there. I think Ponga can make up the difference between the two. But hey, if Ponga keeps popping off like he's been doing, and Fletcher Sharp coming back probably by round four,
00:19:45
Speaker
I'd probably almost rather Pong. Like he's got the goal kicking. Yeah. Um, to go back to Sam Walker, I had a long think about him, you know, and he averaged 70 last year, but the thing is, is he came back in the second half of the year, you know, when tries are more likely to occur, you know, people, you know, uh, teams go on, you know, go on holidays. and you rack up big scores and and he's he's ah his opening draw is hard. It's like New Zealand away in New Zealand. Souths, Penrith, Manly, o they could they could be a big one, but but then they've got the bye and that just stunts stunts any kind of money-making you have. And then it's the Sharks and it's not until really about round seven or eight when they get Newcastle St. George. So, you know, I think you're right. I think you have to hold away. Teddy's hard to know. Like, Teddy, the reason why, Teddy, I think a lot about Teddy often because
00:20:34
Speaker
Last year, the last three years, he you know he's consistently been the best super coach player. And and like we always go, oh, this year he's going to get old. He's going to get old. But every he does. And if you think about last year's winner, Finn, who won, he got Teddy in round three.
00:20:52
Speaker
ah Third place winner, Adam, he also got Teddy in round three when all of us were going, oh, Teddy scored 40 against the Broncos when they got abs shellacked. Um, and it's because of them that, that they got, you know, they rose up to the, you know, to the top. So I think it's ah it's hard to, you want to not get Teddy, but sometimes I think you have to think about maybe getting it because he is the best and to otherwise, you know.
00:21:15
Speaker
And he's so healthy. Like he had a shocking start to his career with two ACL injuries, but really since then he's been extremely durable, touch wood. But yeah, I think he's inevitably going to lose cash because I think he's going to take a little bit of a not take a step back in regards to playing ability, but i think he's going to try to accommodate Cherry Evans and the injury to, yeah, Rhys Robson. So, yeah, and I think it's definitely a wait and see. Post-buy definitely could go in, but 860K is a lot of bickies, and there's a lot of primos out there who are probably... Rank slightly higher because again, you can only have so many. There's one other guy I want to quickly talk about in this, uh, roosters lineup is banana. Lol, loloo. appreciate it. pronounce it
00:22:01
Speaker
Chippy job security is not very good. So I have been seeing him slowly climbing up the ah percentage owned. If I'm a super coach, I would hundred percent be avoiding him with all costs.
00:22:14
Speaker
You've got Connor Watson's in the winger. definitely play a bit of hooker. Looks like he's definitely more middle rotation for 2026. However, if you're going to go cheap, I'll just go Brandon Smith and I'll just hold Brandon Smith because he should be back um probably by round four to round five. So...
00:22:32
Speaker
Yeah, Benaya Loyolu. appreciate you pronounce it. Yeah, no good. Is there any other one you want to talk about, Chris, before we move down? Yeah, Andy. Andy, one of our co-hosts, he he noticed that Blake Steep just sit quietly sitting at lock at 13.
00:22:47
Speaker
um Are you interested? I personally am not at all. No. i don't want ah I don't want any part of, ah look, he could be 2026 Naf White, ah but I don't want anywhere near Trent Robinson's, you know, a forward pack rotation. No. You know Not a chance. And again, Nafahu White could play lock. You still got Victor Radley to come back. Mm-hmm.
00:23:08
Speaker
You could even put Nat Butcher there. Spencer could start. Yeah, there's too many variables. Even Connor Watson could be starting there. so And definitely one other guy missed that somehow, but Angus Crichton. He was originally in my team, my first team reveal. And in more recent times, I've been sort of talking myself in and out at six hundred and ten k I prefer the middles due to the fact they're getting that third-minute tackle, but he is an 80-minute player. He does have Daley Cherry Evans running off his hit.
00:23:38
Speaker
They're a fantastic football team on paper. 610K, he didn't have a down year because he obviously played for New South Wales and he looked very good for Australia um in the Ashes series.
00:23:50
Speaker
But I feel like there's more to Gus and going to Union next year, he's going to want to go out with a bang. Is there any luck for Gus Criden at six hundred and ten k Yeah, Gus is very, very cheap at a rate you know and you know at his price. ah He's in my team. i I watched him and the way he Sam Walk and him connected, just isolating him really, really well against the center or or the halfback, opposing half that he was playing and obviously he scored a try and I was like, yep, I've seen enough. um um He's the only he's only rooster in in my super coach team and I know I have to get some of the somebody from the roosters. They've just got so much foul power. going to score big at some point. And so, yeah, if they just keep passing to Sam Walker, then Crichton's going to, yeah, he's going to benefit, I think, for sure. Did you also see, Chris, there was a quote, I think it might have been from...
00:24:41
Speaker
Daly, Cherry Evans, but he pretty much just said, ah Trent Robinson's given us freedom to go both sides of the field. So they could all be gone to the left. They all go them to the right or they could either be swapping and changing throughout. So I think that's also interesting to note as a watch and see, particularly for the the spine, not necessarily for um Angus Crichton. I don't think he gets affected too much because again, DCE, Walker and Teddy are very good ballplayers. So If anything, Crichton probably does better.
00:25:10
Speaker
So maybe I've just talked myself into getting Stephen Crichton. I love my Stephen Crichton. Next game, ah arguably probably the game of the round. It's a preliminary final rematch, Broncos vs Panthers, Friday 8pm at Suncorp.
00:25:29
Speaker
I think we've got to go straight to the um kings of rocks and diamonds, but more so diamonds in more recent memory. It's out my boy, Recy Walsh. What are your thoughts? Yeah. ah He's in my, I'm just going to talk about, umm I'm just i revealing my whole team, aren't I? Yeah, he's in my team. It's yours.
00:25:49
Speaker
but
00:25:52
Speaker
Like, a look, can he repeat ah last year's Purple Patch? I wasn't sure, but, you know, again, I saw him, you know, in that World Club Challenge, and he did, you know, he really didn't do too much, and, you know, he's racked up like 100 Super Coach points, and so, you know... At any point um when ah Adam Reynolds goes down, he's going to pick up the goal kicking as well. That could be at any point. So, you know, I also, the Broncos draws slightly hard you know, the first three games. And I think a lot of people are off him a bit, you know. ah
00:26:24
Speaker
But the moment it goes into round four, it becomes Finns, Gold Coast and the Cowboys. So everybody's going to have get him in, in round four anyways. I thought, you know, why bother? I'm just going to save a trade.
00:26:38
Speaker
yeah And if he goes big against Panthers, ah you know, as you you can see, he can go big against anybody. you know, that's, you know, it's the finals, you know, the top eight teams. He can do anything he wants. So he's in my team for sure. And I and i think about players who I would like not to get burnt with this year. You know, Herbie's the first one and Rhys is second. So therefore they're both in my team this year. and i And I'd honestly, I would actually say, you know, for people who, you know, who want to keep their hair on their head, you know, and they want to keep the game, you know, as least stressful as possible. That is that is the that is the way I'd play the game. Just which players would make you most upset if you didn't own them and just own them.
00:27:15
Speaker
I like that mantra. That sounds pretty good. And i agree because my hairline's ever so slightly receding and I don't need any more stress with Reece Walsh not being in my team. So Reece Walsh, the GOAT, he's in.
00:27:29
Speaker
He's just got the most attacking upside in the entire comp. And again, as you mentioned with that World Club challenge, did pretty much absolutely nothing on the eye test. But then when I went through the highlights, he was everywhere.
00:27:42
Speaker
And he had Ben Hunt and he had Adam Reynolds in that team. So that's definitely worthy to note. think he, yeah, he's by far the most upside. If he loses 100K, two weeks later he could be up 200,000. So save the trade. If he's injured, he's injured. But at this stage, yeah, lock and load for sure.
00:28:02
Speaker
Another guy i want to talk about is Shibasaki. I had him for a very long time my team. I ended up opting with Stephen Crieden due the fact that Crieden was going to have the goal kicking. That sort of put me over the line between those two.
00:28:17
Speaker
Shibasaki in that left-hand edge with Walsh, he's sweeping Ezra Mann, giving the short ball Karapani on the outside is a fantastic ball runner finisher. Yeah, it was very hard to leave him out. Juicy at 630k. Again, you got the new center.
00:28:31
Speaker
um Update with the try assist as well. I thought that was pretty good. Any love for Shiba? Yeah, I think he's a great hedge, especially if you're not going start with any Broncos players other than Payne Haas. It is a difficult draw, once again. It is Penrith, Parra and Melbourne. they you know and They all could be low-scoring affairs. So you have to be prepared for you know maybe some downer scores. But, I mean, again, he runs into the same... uh, fixtures as Bruce Walsh. It becomes Finns, Gold Coast and and Cowboys. So look it's, if you start with him again, you just pray that he does really well in the first three. It's just the bonus. And then you get, and then he looks real juicy. You know, if you could hold just those first three rounds, really. Yeah. And I don't begrudge anybody. He, I think he suffers from the same kind of, ah
00:29:21
Speaker
um syndrome probably the wrong word, but it's the ah people that you bought really like, you know, on the cheap for last year, you know, him, Tamale, and all of a sudden these guys are now 500, 600. And you're going, I don't want to pay for these guys. They should be 200. They're overpriced and stuff of that. But I wouldn't be surprised if, you know, if Shiba came out at, it you know, an absolute, you know, especially with the base, you know, if he, you know, he's a better player than last year, he's an origin center, you know, like why are we, why we you know, why are we not starting with this guy in many ways? Yeah.
00:29:47
Speaker
He's a gun. And again, the offensive juggernaut that the Broncos is renowned for running down points. Shibasaki almost got a hat trick in that world club challenge, keeping that form. The goatees back just to confirm that for you, Chris, just in case you didn't think the superpower was still not there yet.
00:30:03
Speaker
Yeah, the goatee is still there for the goat Shibasaki. So two boys in the forward pack we definitely need to talk about. One is Payne Haas. I'm surprised he's not 101% owned. I thought some Payne Haas. Just get him.
00:30:18
Speaker
Just get him. He's probably, that he he's closest must have. That's all I have to say. He is a must-have. I don't care. put him as a million dollars. I think he's a must-have. He's a captaincy option this week as well. Like, he's just going to be racking up base.
00:30:32
Speaker
Corey Jensen went down the first 90 seconds. He played 80 minutes. So, 80 minutes at two degrees on his Contiki tour in Europe. Enough said. That's just absolute dog.
00:30:44
Speaker
Save the trade. He's hold all year. i wouldn't even bother trading him out during origin time. Yeah. Save the trade. to So ah if you had to either captain or VC, Payne Haas or Rhys Walsh, because you only can choose one of them, um who would you pick for this round? For Panthers, Payne Haas, that's the only reason. Only Payne Haas for every round, but Panthers. So Panthers and Dogs, every other game, i' would say Rhys Walsh.
00:31:14
Speaker
Yeah, they're just too good defensively. I'm not saying that Rhys Walsh can't get 150, I just think it's safer, particularly now with the third-man in tackling. I think Payne Haas plays big minutes in these types of games because they're the teams that will be roughly around the same position and the Broncos need to win those games. Those teams that where the full packs aren't as good, Payne Haas probably gets more time to rest.
00:31:35
Speaker
Yeah. Who's the other guy you want to talk about? Yeah. Oh, Paddy Carrigan, mate. Dual position, 630K. He's been in and out of my team. He's been the hop good 2.0 for $120,000 more.
00:31:48
Speaker
Patrick Carrigan doesn't have that attacking upside in regards to scoring tries, but certainly can do it offload. Certainly can get a try contribution. Always there for big minutes. Minimum 65 minutes. Can definitely play 80 minutes. Winning team.
00:32:03
Speaker
He's just got that dog in him. ah Paddy Carrigan, is there love? Yeah. With the stats changes, anybody who's a work in a hard-working front row, second row hooker and is undervalued, i i will not begrudge for getting them in.
00:32:21
Speaker
Paddy's at 636k and I think he's going average 76. 73, something like that. So that means he's 100,000 undervalued at the moment. Yeah, pick him in. It'll be boring.
00:32:33
Speaker
Boring as, you know, it's going to be like Isaiah. yo You're just literally picking someone just for meat and potatoes, as they call it. But, you know, it gets you points. And beginning of the season, you know, so I can see worse worst strategy and stacking the pack with guys that you just know will score you 70 every week. Yeah.
00:32:50
Speaker
Particularly start the year, the volatility. We don't know how the center position with the triassist is going to, sort of even out getting that sample size for at least the first couple of rounds so we can sort of see what it looks like. Definitely good idea. Paddy Carrigan, mate, when you go look at my team, I've got four guys in mind and he's definitely one of them. So it'll be interesting to hear your final verdict when we get to the team preview.
00:33:12
Speaker
um I think the Broncos is pretty much done. Panthers, couple of guys here of interest. Again, we talk about the center position, getting that new potential bump. And guys like Isaac Targo definitely get those extended tri assists. Casey McClue hands, doesn't really, but he's an absolute gun running the ball. ah hu And obviously Brian Toto, pretty underpriced, all things considering. He's moved next to Casey McClain on the left-hand side.
00:33:40
Speaker
Obviously, Nathan Cleary dodged that ah band. You just go hard on Cleary early. Very tough draw for the Penrith Panthers to start the year. I'm hoping he drops some price. And then Isaiah Yeo, obviously, with the new rule change, very similar to Patrick Carrigan, plays 70 to 80 minutes every single week. Absolute tackle bot. Captain for the Panthers. He's always going to make points.
00:34:03
Speaker
Four to five guys there. Chris, what are your thoughts on them? Yeah, um I'm just going to give very, very brief thoughts on it. ah Yeah, Isaac Tungo, again, I think one of the most undervalued players with the with the new stats changes. I think he was owed something like four five tri-assists, you know.
00:34:24
Speaker
Uh, at some point I remember like two years ago, he was like 730 K, you know, now he's like 400 or 500. 501 or something. Surely he, you know, and he's one of the, he was, you know, two years ago, was one of the most promising centers, you know, young centers. So, you know, at some point he has to come good, you know.
00:34:41
Speaker
uh, again, I wouldn't, I wouldn't begrudge anybody from doing that. Yeah. Casey McLean. I don't mind if he's Casey McLean or Casey McGluehans now of the new stats changes. You can do both just, yeah, just as long as he has the board involved. Uh, yeah, I, I don't think I would go either of them. I'd only go Isaac Tungo if you're trying to find somebody for 500 K, you know you're trying to squeeze somebody in, uh, Casey McLean. I think he's just a bit too expensive at the moment. There are Better, for example, you know, Shibasaki is a way better draw. And, you know, ah Latrell Mitchell, you know, Stephen Crichton, all these players with better draws and, you know, with other benefits as well. ah Casey McLean, you can pick him up when he's dropped in price a little bit, you know, in round seven or so, or later on. He's probably not going to play Origin either. um
00:35:24
Speaker
ah Same thing as Brian Totto. You know, he's, he was, he's, ah yeah, not many people have him actually, but he's also like, is he about 500k as well? Yeah. You can pick him up if you want. Oh, sorry, 600. He really six hundred is 600, he's not 500.
00:35:37
Speaker
Yeah, ah if you're looking for somebody who's 600, but you could also go for Selvin Cobbo for someone who's 540 instead, and his upside you know being on that left side for the Finns. But again, don't begrudge anybody. ah Nathan Cleary, I'm not starting with him, only because i agree. I think the draw is too hard.
00:35:56
Speaker
But um I had a look at some of his stats. So for example, you know he's starting off you know Broncos, Sharks, Roosters. Let me just try to get this out. Check this out.
00:36:07
Speaker
Sample, against the Broncos, The Broncos are his bunny team. You know, he scored 129, 121, 53, 125, 151, 125, and that dates back to Wow. It's not a hard team He likes playing Sharkies, you know, and then back in twenty nineteen as well so that's also not a hard team to play at all who they and end up playing who's their first team is it manly I couldn't tell you top my head, to be honest.
00:36:38
Speaker
i just I just said it just then. I forgot. Let me see. It was Roosters. Oh, yeah. He's also very good against the Roosters. Check out these numbers. 80, 116, 82, 84, 82, 140. he could be averaging like after the first three rounds. And we're going, this is ridiculous.
00:36:59
Speaker
And it's the first time in several off seasons that the Panthers have actually got stability. Like, I don't think they really lost anyone at all. And Cleary's finally had an off season. He was actually finally healthy.
00:37:10
Speaker
Yep. Oh, I'm scared now. Like, I can't really kill my team for it, but... and That's the thing. I think he's, um, you, there are so many must haves you have to have, you know, Herbie, uh, Payne Haas, you know, if you've got Reese, you really can't, unfortunately just kind of Ford Cleary. So, you know, I'm going to fade him, you know, uh, it worked well for people who faded last year or the last two years, despite everything. So,
00:37:33
Speaker
See what happens. And, you know, as long as you have somebody, you know, expensive in your flex, you can always move up to him or trade to him, you know, and yeah, we kind of go from there. Who else do we have to talk about? Oh, yes. Isaiah Yeo. Yeah, he's in my team. Yeah, he's literally just Paddy Carrigan. You know, ah take your pick. Pick one of them or pick both of them. This is undervalued. You're just going to make free. It's just free cash. It's like... It's a free, it's just increase that free salary cap for you. yeah The one that I thought was super interesting, actually. um If you have ah Isaiah Papali, he was possibly a really good pick because he's dual forwards and, you know, he's only 500 or something like that, 550, you know, and they were hoping that, you know, he'd take Scott Sorison's left edge position. Unfortunately, he's on the bench. So if you have Papali, you probably don't, probably get him out of your team and wait for him to actually start before you bring him back in.
00:38:18
Speaker
or did you know Kalani going got that jersey 17 bit of an AE nightmare potentially for the guys who've gone off Brandon Smith to look for that downgrade position I'm pretty sure Adam had him in that one stage for that enough but he changed to uh Reed Marnie I believe top of my head so yeah if you got Kalani going I'd be definitely getting him out for an AE don't want that um Milky Jenkins on the extended bench too which is interesting Next game, we got Sharky's Titan. Saturday, 5.30 at Ocean Protect Stadium. Where the heck is at of that? Is that Sharky? They got a sponsor. Where the heck is that?
00:38:54
Speaker
Peaceful memory too. That's crazy. i should taste So much shark. We're still called Sea World Stadium.
00:39:05
Speaker
but That's funny, ass. Okay. Well, it doesn't matter because my mighty Gold Coast Titans, they're making a comeback. They're coming on. Hats on. Titans are up, baby. Let's go.
00:39:17
Speaker
ah um Gold Coast Titans. Keanu Keeney, definitely a must-have in my eyes. You got Femani, another guy, probably must-have in my eyes. AJ Brimson, Smokey, he's been in and out of my team at 640K, a desolate 5A position.
00:39:35
Speaker
Huge news with Jaden Campbell with that minor hamstring strain he's going to be at for the next couple of weeks. Ino got that dual position today, which was fantastic at 680K. He's going to be on for big minutes.
00:39:49
Speaker
Another guy out of nowhere, Mara Howe, beat Patson for that second row starting position. Cooper Byers been named on the bench. Luke Somerton, he's got that dual position as well. He's been named on the bench.
00:40:04
Speaker
Plenty of juicy Titans players. Thoughts, Chris? Yeah. Yeah. I agree with all your sentiments. Keanu Kinney, you know, he's so undervalued. Should be averaging 70 this year. That's 300K worth of value.
00:40:20
Speaker
Buy him in your team. It's a bit disappointing. Jaden Campbell's out for the next few weeks. they're going to lose a bit of go forward, really. But I expect them, you know, I expect the backline to score a lot, you know, and therefore as a result, Faye Amani, 235k rookie, he scored 50 in the third trial game against the Storm. So, you know, I'm playing him this week. You know, i'll see what he see what happens, you know. Hopefully, like the other the other couple of cheapies that have been played this week, Tom Chester and Setu Tu, he jags a try or something like he scores similarly.
00:40:54
Speaker
Um... Yeah, Tino, yeah. ah I think... I was telling Adam that I think that Tino is probably correctly priced. He didn't seem to change much from the stats, from the stat changes at all. He doesn't seem to be... to have increased or decreased at all.
00:41:13
Speaker
I thought last year he... hey He maxed out his minutes where possible. I only played about 50 to 60 minutes per game, but the way it was the way that he got played. For example, he'd go on for 15, 20 minutes, and then Desi Hazel would take him off for five minutes for a spell, then he'd just go back on and just go balls to the walls, and then go off for five again, and then go again. then And then he jagged a whole bunch of random tries, whole random try assist and stuff like that. And that's right that's why he scored so well. He'll get a bump from being second year back from his ACL injury.
00:41:42
Speaker
So, but I think it's the, if you're looking for somebody and you go, oh, I really want to have that, you know, a dual player and you think it's worth it for 6.81, go for it. um There are similar players, you know, as we talked about, you know, Toby Cowichman, and also we talked earlier for a little bit price cheaper. You can even get Jermaine Hopgood. I think they're all gonna score fairly similarly, really.
00:42:04
Speaker
Arama Howe, yeah, he's in my team too. ah I don't know if he's got job security, to be honest. you know I thought the position was supposed to be yeah Josh Patson's, but pretty much this. i Look, ah at the moment in 2RF, I don't really mind if I jump on somebody random and then they don't and they end up being nuffed or they don't play ah because um um i gotta to buy I've got to buy Ryan Couchman in anyway. So whoever it is that doesn't work out, I'm going to switch them to Ryan Couchman. So if you're thinking the same thing you go, hey, should I get this guy in? And you know you're going, I haven't missed out on Ryan Couchman too. Yeah.
00:42:35
Speaker
Jump on that person if you think so. Bo Fermor, he's only 2% owned, but I think he's a sneaky pod. I saw some stats somewhere. Sorry, I forgot where it was, but he averages like 84 when like Brimson's by side. So he could go massive and, you know, it he suffered he, like Sam Verrill, suffers from just a Gold Coast, ah ah ah I guess, unfavoritism, really. Nobody wants him because he's on the Titans and they think he's boring. And also because Tino's there, you can choose him. and He's a lot more sexier.
00:43:03
Speaker
ah Yes. ah Yeah, that's pretty much... ah you thought um Oh, Cooper, bye. And Brimo too, What do you thoughts on Brimo? i Now that JC is out, is he more enticing?
00:43:15
Speaker
off I don't spend much time thinking about Brimo. going be honest. wait Check his last game of the year, bro. I still think he's a centre. I still think he's a centre.
00:43:26
Speaker
But i look, at 600, I think he's slightly overpriced ah to start. But yeah, given that JC's out, he might... No, I just don't think he has great base. and And I think JC is what makes Brimo dangerous without him. I don't know if he scores as well.
00:43:44
Speaker
that's That's my personal take. I could be completely wrong. You will be, mate. All the mighty Titans, baby. Let's go. But yeah, Cooper Bye off the bench. 25 to 40 minutes.
00:43:55
Speaker
Slow burn, I suspect. Yeah. He's not a rush in. And again, his name is, well his name is my name with buy me dinner first, pun intended.
00:44:07
Speaker
But yeah, I don't think he's a must have at the start of the year with so many other guys. If we didn't get like Howe, for example, we didn't get Labem out of nowhere. And then obviously at the battle between the Melbourne boys, a couple of others I can probably write off the top my head.
00:44:22
Speaker
Obviously the front rows as well with Paseca and Flegla when we get to those guys, that's going interesting talk as well. Yeah. Sharky's. Kaleiro, premium center option at 700K. Gun, absolute gun.
00:44:37
Speaker
My nemesis from 2025, Nico Hines, and the actual MVP of this team, Braden Trindle, going off the um indigenous all-star game. Tell me I'm wrong. I test as otherwise.
00:44:50
Speaker
um Big boy, big bop AFB at the middle. Blake Braley has been in and out of my team as well over Harry Grant. Still tossing up. Honestly, still tossing up.
00:45:04
Speaker
Jesse Colquhoun, probably not as sexy now because we've got so many other options with job security not looking fantastic. They're probably the main guys for the Sharkies. Any thoughts?
00:45:15
Speaker
Yeah. um Who should we start with? Kao Iroh. Yeah. He's undervalued just based on the stats changes. If you want to start, if you have the money for him, get him. Really. ah They have, you know, they're playing the Titans. I mean, they look kind of good in defense ah the last two trial games, but...
00:45:34
Speaker
I vividly remember ah Titans looking really, really good last year. They beat the Finns and then they came out against the the Bulldogs in round one last year and just got absolutely hammered, something like 40 to 12 or something like that. you know And it was just super disappointing if you're Gold Coast fan because they looked so good that for each that that trial game.
00:45:55
Speaker
um If you're going to jump on Kyle Iroh, jump on from start away from game one. He also has great base. So he does have a slightly harder to draw after the Titans, but it's still worth it. ah If you want someone cheaper, again, we talked earlier about, hey, jumping on somebody like an Isaac Tungo. Jesse Raymond's also exactly the same price for 500k. He literally bases 50. So he's priced at just his base. He scored three tries last year. Surely can't happen again.
00:46:21
Speaker
ah if he If he jags more tries, he's going to go up to 650K. Braden, Trindle, is he in your team then if he's the MVP? I'll wait for that one. Yeah. Yeah, i look, I think Trindle is just too attack reliant. He just lacks that base. And, you know, he did he did awesome in game three against Canberra. And he scored something like 60 overall.
00:46:45
Speaker
Nico Hines. Nico's an interesting one, you know. ah you know and I think, you know, there's a lot of mixed feelings, you know. lot of critics are like like you, Ryan, they don't like how Trindle takes over. You know, there's, you know, all those comments from Craig Fitzgibbon where, you know, sometimes Nico will take the reins, sometimes it'll be Trindle. I think with Nico, i think it's a case of you see what you want to see, really. Yeah.
00:47:06
Speaker
Like, as somebody who was very biased towards Nico, I must admit, you know, I say he scored, you know, 69 in Indigenous All-Stars and 63 in the trial games. And he did absolutely, you know, and we're complaining did absolutely nothing in half, you know, in half a game of football. You know, but I see him running a whole lot more. I really liked, for example, in that final game against the Raiders, where he...
00:47:26
Speaker
you know Just before the half, he runs he takes a run and then he just has a line break assist to Jesse Ramian. He he wasn't doing that as much last year. And then obviously after the after the half, he's he's on the fifth, he steps off his right and he just floats a face ball to Piru and then just scores on the sticks and it's just easy 20 points you know in terms of a try assist and line break. um I think of him a little bit like, ah the reason why I'm not as concerned, Ryan, is because I think he it reminds me a little bit like Parramatta.
00:47:54
Speaker
a few years ago when Mitchell Moses would do a lot of the organizing, similar to the way that Trindle was taking over a lot of the tacking and things of that. But then Dylan Brown just gets to run and just do whatever the hell he wants yeah in many ways. And sometimes it's better to be that second receiver or just that person who just wants to do spontaneous things randomly. And that's a bit more conducive to super coach. And that's why I'm going to be putting, I've got Nico in my, in my, um in my flex position.
00:48:18
Speaker
Yeah. going to be captaining him. Yeah. Yeah. yeah That is just... Do you know what my scariest thing is, actually? my The only reason why i I've thought about maybe not having him my team is just if he just doesn't go big.
00:48:33
Speaker
Oh, I just don't know if I can go on the pod next week. I will not let you live it down, bro. I will absolutely be hammering you. but
00:48:42
Speaker
Did you watch the Indigenous game? Go watch the highlights and I guarantee you're going to trade them out. so It doesn't matter. He scored 69 doing nothing. Fucking crazy, eh?
00:48:52
Speaker
Good base. He's good. But if you're not here next week, that little blank spot, Chris's head. Who knows why? Chris's head. AFL. um Oh, yes.
00:49:04
Speaker
AFB, so AFB, his points last season were down purely for being less less minutes on the park. So his PPM stayed the same, 1.2 from 2023 to 2025. But last year, he played 54 minutes compared to 60 minutes the previous two years at news at the Warriors. And as such, that's why he averaged 65 last year compared to 72 minutes. pretty much. So it's a case of, if you think he's going to go back to playing 65, 60 minutes, then he's undervalued and you're worth a start. But I'm my opinion, why risk it? You know, just pick up Parity Carrigan.
00:49:38
Speaker
Yeah. Pick up as I, uh, pick up Keon Kilometongue or something like that instead. Agreed. And so did you mention Blake Braley? Yes, we should talk about Blake Raley. He is 12% owned.
00:49:51
Speaker
i think a lot of people originally jumped on Harry Grant just because you could get a premium hooker for about 50k cheaper. he He wasn't in my team at all because I thought to myself that, look, he he was kind of like averaging about 50 to 60 in the first half the season. It was only in the second half where, actually it was kind of during that origin period where he kind of like started running, had a whole bunch of line breaks, had a bunch of tri-assists, and then he just averaged like 100. And then in the second half, he averaged like 90 or whatever it was. And, you know, I don't know if it's a case of,
00:50:23
Speaker
He, when defenses are tight and as everybody switched on, you know, he doesn't get good stats, but you know, in the second half and nobody cares anymore, then that's where he's getting his stats. I don't know.
00:50:33
Speaker
um he's in my team in the end, in the end, he's coming to my team only because Brandon Smith is, uh, just, I just got no word on Brandon Smith and I just don't want to put him out. I don't want to start him just in case he doesn't play for four or five weeks. So yeah, I've got him in the end.
00:50:48
Speaker
Um, I'm just going to pray. Kind of regret now I'm going looking at my team. I could have easily gone double gun hooker and I kind of wish I did. Cause like, there's so many guys, like I could easily drop 200 K and that's the difference in price.
00:51:04
Speaker
Like could very easily do it. I believe it not. I like what you did. Like I've been playing around with my team, Ryan, actually just, um, This is probably completely irrelevant to any of the, any of the listeners at the moment, but like I play and I, and I'm, and I just, I'm finding that I just cannot fit in an extra forward gun that I want to. It's because, but you and Adam and, and Jake, you guys all can, because you guys all jumped on Reed Marnie for 400. And, and, you know, I, and I, I won't lie. I've got kind of minimum, I've kind of got some doubts about Harry Grant a little bit. You know, his base has been down a little bit, uh,
00:51:41
Speaker
Like lot in the final trial game, only he only scored like 34, really. He only like made like 30 tackles or so, really. He didn't do that much. And, you know, he's, I like how in a second, you know, he's, you know, he's doing a lot of face balls, but you know, how many of these will, you know, become try assists and how not. He's going to have to rely on a lot of tack. And if he doesn't get it you know what? I think you're better off getting, again, a Paddy Carrigan, a Keon, you know, Pop Good, who are just going to average you 60, 70, 75 every week, just in base. And you don't even have to worry about it and think about it.
00:52:10
Speaker
Yeah. That's totally fair, man. um Yeah. It's going interesting when we get to that, my team reveal, cause I might be getting talked out of it. And I think just Colquhoun as a whole, there's just too many other guys. I just would be evolving.
00:52:25
Speaker
Definitely be evolving for sure. Yeah. I'd only get him if um'm you're Sharky's fan or um or if you just really want that dual status. I'm surprised like old Ryan, 2024 Ryan, even 2025 Ryan, max trading for the first 15 rounds.
00:52:37
Speaker
max traadi for the first fifteen rounds I've evolved. I'm hoping not to make a trade after round ones. We will see. We will see. It could be a rage trading.
00:52:48
Speaker
if If addictions were that easy to acquit, you know, yeah smokers wouldn't exist. Yes, true. Yeah, don't give me too much credit just yet. ah hu This one's an interesting one. Manly versus Raiders. Saturday, 7.35 Four Pines Park.
00:53:03
Speaker
Oh, turbo, turbo, turbo. He's a juicy one. I'm super high on cooler. He's on my draft team. Garrick has a bit less appeal, but could be a double-ended sword due to the fact that that he's gone to center now. Now with that new update in the scoring.
00:53:20
Speaker
Fogarty and not loving it. Taniel Paseca, welcome back to NRL after his Achilles rupture. Jake Simkin was in a lot of teams at the very start of team picker. He sort of dropped off a bit.
00:53:31
Speaker
Oluquatu, very popular um from last year. A few question marks regarding to shoulder stability. I would like to wait and see there. You got Joey Walsh on the bench. I'm hearing murmurs that Lukey Brooks could be going shifting to hooker, which is crazy. And Walsh goes to into the halves, which could be another cheapie coming in.
00:53:52
Speaker
what are you thoughts on Manly? Yeah, they didn't they didn't they didn't look very inspiring ah in the third trial game at all, did they? Against ah South, you know, Cody Walker, you know, at 36, absolutely tore them up, you know.
00:54:07
Speaker
at You know, they didn't have Tom, they didn't have Alakawatu, you know, and they'll be back. And, you know, you saw what KP did when he came back from Newcastle. They start three games just at home at four points, four pines.
00:54:21
Speaker
Tom, ah you know, he's yet another year removed from his 2021 season. um He's not for me. I want to see what happens really. You know, I'm happy to waste two trades to buy him in and trade him out.
00:54:34
Speaker
Yeah. Akula's a great one as well. um i ah Adam was really high on him. I've called on on caught on him a little bit only because obviously not the way that, you know, Manly looked, you know, I'm not really sure. Garrick, he's not viable if he doesn't have the goal kicking. Lehigh, look, I think Lehigh should be a lot better this year. Like he he didn't, last year he played okay, you know, but, you know, I know he can play a lot better. And, you know, when you're that left wing, you know, you know, Tommy's going to find you. And I think, If you're looking for a hedge, Hopawati probably is a good one. you know He's only 500-ish K at the moment. Fogarty, you can't touch him at all. he's go
00:55:12
Speaker
Just from the stats changes. Paseca, I think he's going to be a bit of a slow burn. i don't know. he There's a lot of talk that you know because of benches. You know, they need middle forwards. they need him to play. He could play 50, 60 minutes. You know, he's only ever averaged in his best season about 50 or so, you know, but you know, again, stats changes. He's going to be undervalued.
00:55:32
Speaker
Again, I can't begrudge you for getting him. He'll be in my team only because I just need somebody cheap. Uh, Jake Simpkin, don't touch him based on what you said with Joey Walsh and Brooks. Uh, Ola, uh,
00:55:43
Speaker
He's undervalued once again because of the stats, but you don't know what he's going to do, ah how he's going to perform with Fogarty. I think that Fogarty's going to pass him a lot more, you know, as opposed to DC, you know, because DC can just kick the ball, you know. That's how Garrick got a lot of, you know, free tries and stuff of that.
00:55:59
Speaker
Uh, yeah. Uh, so there's a few of them, you know, you can jump on them if you want uh, again, but for me, I'm, I'm probably just going to leave it. And if they do really well, then I'll jump in after the buy. Cause they have the du buy in round three, I think. Yeah. the rush Not ideal.
00:56:15
Speaker
Yeah. I think the Ola Kawatu one is probably the most enticing, especially like pod wise, like could be a huge point of difference. And I think Chris has just dropped out and I'll keep winging it as we're going through.
00:56:27
Speaker
Oh, we're back. Okay. We just had a bit of technical difficulties. Standard always happens to us. But yeah, we're just talking about through the Manly team. I think Ola Kuatu is a one of those guys who could be a super, really good pod.
00:56:41
Speaker
um I think Fogarty is actually going to give him better ball. So pretty high on that. But let's look talk about the ah the Raiders. couple of guys worthy to note. We got KO Weeks.
00:56:53
Speaker
A lot of fullback depth, so i probably wouldn't touch him, but as proven before, he can go gangbusters. Tamale was a cheapie from last year, as you mentioned before, Chris.
00:57:05
Speaker
We feel like he's overpriced now because he got himself a good deal, but he's a gun. He's an absolute gun. Sammy Sasungi, interesting because Timoko is apparently coming back from a bit of an injury, so he's going to resies for this week.
00:57:19
Speaker
ah Ethan Strange, Dallian 580 of the year, 610k, worthy to note. He's been in and out of my team as well, but opted for someone else. Ethan Sanders, cheapy, goal kicker, monumental upside. I saw the highlights about five minutes on YouTube. I'm like, yep, lock them in. Double cheapy halfback.
00:57:42
Speaker
Joey Tarpanay, $701K. He's been in and out of my team, Chris. And again, when we get to my team reveal, going have to convince me maybe not to keep him out. Could be Smokey Chat there. Hudson Young, $720K-ish.
00:57:57
Speaker
Yeah, he's a gun. Overpriced potentially. Want to hear your shout on that. Noah Martin, out of nowhere with... um A couple of boys being in Matty Nicholson, got his shoulder sublaxation. He's been not there. Zach Hosking's coming off the bench. So that makes me feel like he's just going to be a middle rotation player with a little bit of edge.
00:58:20
Speaker
That's big. Corey Horsbar, dual position. We know what he's about. Owen Paddy not making the team with Jaden Braley. I did see Ricky Stewart quoting that. What's the point of playing Owen Paddy 15 to 30 minutes a game when he can get a full game in resis? It's not going to be good for his development. i Love that from the head coach. He's just transparent.
00:58:39
Speaker
That's really, really good. lot of guys. Dane Laurie's on there as well. He's a super pod when he um gets the availability to start, but definitely not be starting with him. Raiders, plenty of guys, plenty of options, different looking team with no Fogarty there.
00:58:56
Speaker
Thoughts? Yeah. Um, I'm just gonna go straight into the guys who are SC relevant. Uh, KO probably at the moment, don't touch him. He's very rocks and diamonds. If he comes out and he shows he's a whole lot more consistent. Yeah.
00:59:08
Speaker
Then jump on him. Tamala. Yep. Happy for you. Want to jump on him? Seb Chris again, CTW in the centers. You're going to get increase in points. Go for it. Ethan Strange is an interesting one. Um, I think the biggest issue at the moment with Canberra, I, I, I don't have any Canberra players in my team is I think that their draw is very, very hard for the first, for the first six to seven weeks, especially with a brand new, uh, halfback, you know, a rookie halfback really, uh, that with Ethan Strange, uh,
00:59:39
Speaker
He has all the positives of last year. Plus, Ethan Sanders, I know he has the goal kicking, but if he doesn't kick very well, you know, Stranger would just randomly just pick up the goal kicking halfway through game one, really.
00:59:50
Speaker
And all of a sudden, you know, he's he's a must buy, you know, along with Fletcher Sharp by everybody. yeah so yeah, but it's a case of he's a little bit like ah Nathan Cleary. If you go, look, I just want to have someone in five a If I don't want to deal with it, you know, I missed out on Fletcher Sharp.
01:00:05
Speaker
Just put him in there. He's going to go up. He's going to go down in price. But guess what? You've got a gun in there every for a week, but you've just got to find funds. so You've got to downgrade other people in other positions. Ethan Sanders. Oh, i I'm laughing only because I think I've watched the exact same video, highlights video, you know. And the funniest thing, right, is that like, it's like the same with KP. Like, you literally just watch the highlights video and you're like, yep I've seen him up. He's in. I've remembered how good he is. Like, I'm pretty sure you can watch any player and you can make the same case for that.
01:00:37
Speaker
hu um In terms of Ethan Sanders, he looks like a fantastic buy now that um Dan Atkinson has played, because Dan doesn't look at doesn't look as fantastic. If you think if you had been umming and ahhing about buying one of the two and you jumped on Ethan Sanders, you are you're sitting absolutely smug, you know, like you've you know you've drunk into cream.
01:00:59
Speaker
you know, he, surely he'll score more than 32. ah If you're thinking about, should I still go double halfback? Maybe, for sure. i mean, you've already got Dan Atkinson. Sure, again, it's same thing. Ethan Sanders can't do worse, so you may as well get him in.
01:01:13
Speaker
But and at the same time. Atkinson nothing and still got 32 points. So. Yeah. Yeah. That's worthy to know. And I feel like this Raiders team has more strike power throughout the team.
01:01:24
Speaker
Plus their forward pack should only really get better. I mean, like Noah Martin's obviously rated pretty highly by Ricky Stewart, but guys like Matty Nicholson still to come back. So that's only going to be do good for a guy like Sanders. And I believe he's going to be with Hudson Young.
01:01:41
Speaker
So you've got one of the best second rollers on your hip. That's yeah. Pretty tantalizing. Yeah. Uh, Joey Tarpeny, he had his best, uh, super coach season ever. He averaged like 71 and, you know, and despite playing way less minutes than he's yeah historically played actually. Um, he also started super hot, like in the first nine rounds last year and he, you know, scored a whole bunch of tries and stuff of that and try assists. So therefore, if you want to, you know, which is weird because he's historically not always started hot and that's why people have avoided him. So if you want to jump on him, you can. um
01:02:14
Speaker
I, however, I think that last year was probably an outlier. You know he scored like five tries, had five tries this and, you know, in comparison, the prior five seasons, he never scored more than two tries, although in 2018, he randomly scored six. So I think that it's an outlier season, you know supplemented by unusual attack attacking points, really. And it's a better, you know, it's the same, it really is the same, mostly the same forward pack this year. Everybody's just a year older, you know, you know, Simi Sungi's there, you know, they're all better, you know, Morgan Smith can't even make it onto the team anymore. That's how good that forward pack is. So the question is, you know, does Joey have to play as many minutes? And last was just frustrating because I got Joey in, into that I think round nine or round 10 something that. And
01:02:58
Speaker
It was, you know, every, you know I was always checking discord going, when's he back on, when's he back on? I can't see him. And I, for me, I, I would much rather Keon. I think you know who I like more than Joey.
01:03:11
Speaker
For significantly cheaper, uh, 40K cheaper. Yeah. Uh, who else do we need to talk about? Hudson Young. Hudson Young. yeah. Hudson, if if you like him and, you know, and he fits your vibe, get him. You know, he's always going to score great. The issue is that with people like Hudson Young, it's very hard to jump on them because you never know when they're going score. They just score random. They just score, you know, triple, double triples, you know, and, and when he start doesn't start scoring and his price starts dropping, then you go, yeah, I'm glad I didn't, never got him. And also he just scores. So if you like him, get him. ah The issue is at this beginning the season, you're just not going score many tries, although that's actually where he scored most of his tries. Noah Martin, I don't really know.
01:03:50
Speaker
He just came out of blue. He's 250K. As I said early in this podcast, if you if you're going, hey, I don't know, I'm just going jump on him. And then with a view of downgrading to to ah to Ryan Couchman, if he doesn't if he doesn't play well, then 100%, because he's 250K, so he's more expensive. So as long as so that's also possible.
01:04:10
Speaker
um Yeah. Yeah, I'm happy with that. And again, Matty Nicholson's there in a bounce too. So I definitely will not be touching Noah Martin with a 10 foot pole, even though he's a cheapie there. i'd be very Yeah, Matty Nicholson's interesting because he had shoulder instability and Brian from NRL physio was talking about, Hey, It looked like a very, very innocuous, like very minor kind of ah contact. And he said, if your shoulder can detail become unstable, just like that, some i ma you might be in for a long season. And funnily enough, Noah Martin might be, you know, a slow burn and eventually 400K. The issue is you're just not going to be able to play him, you know, but you'll I guess you'll make some money. and a Yeah. Yeah. Or there's so many good chiefs who's going to make monies anyways. yeah
01:04:51
Speaker
Too many other options. But with job security as well, particularly early on, we don't want to be doing that. ah Next game, Dolphins vs. Rabideaux, Sunday, 3 o'clock at Suncorp Stadium. So...
01:05:03
Speaker
This is interesting. and I was hoping my boy Trey Fuller would be named at fullback, but he's not. So we've got Hammer, obviously, supercoach relevant. Asako, supercoach relevant. My boy, number two overall pick, Herbie Farmworth, supercoach relevant. Cobo, supercoach relevant.
01:05:17
Speaker
Katoa, potentially supercoach relevant. Tommy Gilbert got the jewel today, picked him up in draft, supercoach relevant. Donahue got the jewel today, supercoach relevant. Tom Flegler, there's no one on the bench ah for these guys, supercoach relevant.
01:05:34
Speaker
Yeah, Dolphins galore, mate. Maybe they got it stuck at um Ocean Park, whatever it's called.
01:05:42
Speaker
What are your thoughts on these guys? I've got a lot of takes here. I think Herbie Farmworth is an absolute must at 825k. I've heard numbers of people willing to fade. I'm like, you you guys are idiots. Absolute idiots.
01:05:56
Speaker
Obviously, they scored a monumental amount of points last year, but this team's only going to get better. with more experience, more chemistry. They got forwards back and they're two second rowers in Lemu Lemu and Fennifuyaki are quite young and experienced. They've got another year and they're super athletic. Morgan Knowles, gun. I love Gilbert at front row. I love Flegger at front row.
01:06:18
Speaker
ah This team is absolutely stacked. And they got the Dynamo at Jersey 17, Trey Fuller. I think he's going to be a spot player. i don't think he plays every single week. Thoughts on the Finns, mate? Like, far out.
01:06:32
Speaker
Yeah. ah Like you said, many ways you can take take this team, really. But I think that the Finns are very, very super coach relevant, mostly because of that left-hand side back line. You know, they they are the one team that seems to just go left all the time. You know, last year, you know, everybody who had a Sarko, they're just so frustrated. and And even then, like, often they'd go right. They'd pretend to go right. They'd shift it. And then they just go back to the left, like literally, like just read reverse it. And it's just their over-reliance on Herbie Farnworth and the left and the left Finns winger tells me that, hey, you should get these players in. um One way you could do it is if you don't want to get Herbie, because he's a lot of money, you could technically hedge with Selwyn Cobbo. For me, as you heard on the pod earlier, you know you know, Herbie burnt me and you look, enough is enough. I'm just going to get him my team. Finally. Doesn't. wn
01:07:27
Speaker
Katoa, I don't think it's relevant, mostly because he just he requires a lot of try assists. It's hard to know his base will go up. He's actually not. he doesn' actually have bad base necessarily, but he would be so much better if Izaka wasn't in the team and he was goal-kicking as well, but he isn't. So, therefore, he's if he drops in price to like 500, then you want to think about it maybe. But then at 500, you're also getting Dewey, Lockie Galvin. You know, I think there's just so many other players at halfback.
01:07:54
Speaker
Tommy Gilbert, yeah, yeah, again.
01:07:57
Speaker
or It feels like a lot of people are super excited for the forwards pack because of the lack of front row forwards on the interchange bench.
01:08:07
Speaker
Am I right, Ryan? Yeah, well, Fleglar, Oregon Keel, like Felice Kofusi, he's a middle now. Yeah, really, it's going to be those other guys. Morgan Knowles might shift in there a little bit.
01:08:20
Speaker
But yeah, I project Gilbert to have 60 to 65 minutes. Honestly, I think Flegler, obviously they probably don't want to play in more than 50 minutes you would assume. So there's going to be huge minutes and Gilbert's got a massive engine. So I definitely predict he's underpriced and Getting Gilbert in might be able to facilitate two decent guys. You might be able to go up from a Chan up to a Cam Murray and a Gilbert, depending how you work it, which actually, if you do the math, probably works out better.
01:08:50
Speaker
Or a Hopgood and a Gilbert, that's probably better again. I like it. I think he's really good. And hence why i picked him up in draft because I'm a draft king. You know, thoughts. Yeah.
01:09:01
Speaker
Nice deal, really. I, look, I, I, I was, had, I was little bit worried about Flegler only because again, it's, it's an unknown injury that, you know, pretty much no one in, in, in the NRL has ever had. Um, you know, the four, you know, there's so many good forwards, you know, in the fins, you know, and then obviously there was, uh, Daniel Saifidi who was supposed to come back, apparently he's still, you know, injured.
01:09:22
Speaker
Uh, his shoulder's still got an injury. So therefore, you know, i've yeah. So look, if you're thinking about something like, you know, Flegler versus Paseca or something like that, or like a Flegler versus Colquhoun, I think Flegler probably actually has the the better long-term upside, you know, and the potential, you know, to score better. And with the minutes, I mean, the minutes are still there for Paseca as well, but you know, Thomas is a, you know,
01:09:46
Speaker
origin prop. So, yeah you know, very good in the trials too. So, yeah. So if you like it, I think it's a great, great, great, uh, great gamble. Yeah, for sure. Yeah.
01:09:58
Speaker
But again, I feel like if you're spending three 30, you may as well try to get a guy like a how, maybe he's get that dual position and get that hundred K extra, which gets you like 450 K. And then you're real close to getting someone half decent. He was bit more reliable, but I think Flegel was definitely on a price. And I think that left-hand edge that you were mentioning too, it's even more prevalent because Jake Avarillo, he's serviceable, but Hammer's going to be gone left all the time. Like Hammer's,
01:10:29
Speaker
probably at value. i think, I don't think he loses money, don't gains money, but now they're just going to be going left. Herbie, Farnworth, Cobb are going to absolutely having a field day. Yeah. Yeah. No, I think actually also makes sense. Yeah. For the listeners. Um, if you're thinking about, you know, going up to get a Thomas Flegler or something of that, but instead, if you do drop down to something like a Howe and then you have 120, 130 K, you know, to upgrade another cheapie to something like a Heath and Luke, if you didn't get him last week, I think that's actually a much smarter play. But again, look, if you like Flegler, yeah. And you like the fins. Yeah. hundred percent jump on them. Yeah.
01:11:01
Speaker
Um, Rabideaux's. A lot to talk about here too. Guy Gray, super coach relevant in my eyes. I think he's undervalued personally. Full preseason there. Obviously, he was shifting between coming off the bench, um spot minutes at fullback.
01:11:17
Speaker
Yeah, I think he's actually going to make a fair bit of money personally. Super high work rate. And that's what you want from those type of players. I think he's going to score more tries too. I think he only scored a couple. So that's going to interesting. note Latrell Mitchell.
01:11:32
Speaker
Huge one to note is currently, he's been in my team. He was one of my first picks in my team. picker He's been my team the whole entire offseason. And as of yesterday, he is now out.
01:11:43
Speaker
I'm a bit concerned with the half depths. I'm bit concerned with some other elements of this team. But I believe Campbell Graham's also picked up a foot injury. which is also worthy to note. So that's something. Yeah, that's something to note there. Cody Walker, super coach relevant, 399k at a desolate position at Keon Kulamitangi, super high on him, 660k front row.
01:12:09
Speaker
Project him to place anywhere between 57 70 minutes each week for have, well, should be done draft steal last year. Then actually Chris stole them from me because he didn't play.
01:12:25
Speaker
Cam Murray, I think he's undervalued as well. I've been pretty high on him. You boys, not as much, but if he's got the minutes there anywhere between 55 to 70 minutes each week. He's definitely points per minute done. Talis Duncan, he was in a couple of teams as well. He's been named on the bench. predict him him. He's definitely going to lose some ownership potential as well.
01:12:48
Speaker
lot of guys here, mate. who you Any value, you any thoughts there? Yeah, I'll just quickly run through everybody. Jai Gray, yeah. You know, it's like, so if you're thinking about him or Suha for longer, I think Suha's a little bit better. But, you know, Jai Gray can't go wrong. His base was great. He he won me um draft last year. Latrell Mitt, yeah, he's,
01:13:10
Speaker
if yeah I think at 600, he's undervalued. He really is. He's, you know, again, center. The issue is that people feel like he doesn't do anything, but when he does do a couple of touches, you know, he's he's going to benefit from a whole bunch of try assists and everything feeling like that. You know, he's also still got the goal kicking. You've got to forget, remember that. If you think the bunnies are going to go big this year and go massive, you know, he's you've got to get him. Uh, Campbell Graham. I'm so disappointed about that because last year he averaged low key. He sneakily averaged 40, 44 points just in base pure. He didn't score a single try. And if you watch him in the trials last week, when the bunnies went right, you know, they looked awesome.
01:13:47
Speaker
Uh, Cody Walker. Uh, not for me. I think that it's the lack of base and he has to do a lot, like a lot of attacking to score, to score well in super coach. And now that the changes mean that he may not get a lot of points. Uh, but if you get him,
01:14:04
Speaker
ah Because you think it's cheap and you think it's worth it. Yeah, go for it. But just recognize that you may be trading him out anyways. But the truth is, is even if he had got Jackson Perdue, I think we all recognize we have to trade him out to, ah we've all got to trade it out to a Fletcher Sharp. there's only one person we really want at 5.8.
01:14:21
Speaker
Uh, who else we talking about? Uh, Keon. Yep. I keep talking about Keon. He's going average like 80 this year. Just literally. Done. ah Yeah. I, I'm trying, I'm trying to get him in. Uh, yeah. You're disappointed if you didn't get Talis Duncan.
01:14:34
Speaker
ah sorry. Uh, about Talis Duncan. If you've got him in draft. Yeah. He would have walked pretty early too, I reckon. Yeah. But it's just Wayne doing Wayne things. Uh, Cam Murray. Um, there's two takes on this.
01:14:46
Speaker
ah If you're Ryan, you love him and you think he is going to go back to scoring, you know, to being there on playing 65 minutes and scoring 70 like he did a few years ago. If you're me, I think that they're not going risk him with his Achilles and, you know, because they're a good team now, you know, anytime that they're up by 10, they're just going to bench him.
01:15:08
Speaker
and go, hey, go hit the showers early. We'll see you, you know, suit up for next week. ah the The biggest issue here actually is someone who's not there. It's Brandon Smith. What do you do about him?
01:15:19
Speaker
Yeah. Because he was in, you know, 50% of teams.
01:15:23
Speaker
My plan ah last Sunday had been, I'm going to hold him. going to wait for a team list Tuesday. And I'm also going to just wait for updates from the Rabbitohs in terms of how he's coming back. Because he he was going going, oh man, it's a bad one. And all of a sudden they got, what was it?
01:15:40
Speaker
Mild calf strain. And they were only out for, he's going be out for two weeks or something like that. Yeah. I think round three. Yeah. Yeah, but then they have the bye in round four. So there's a good chance that, you know, you he doesn't play until round five. And then he doesn't actually start making money until round seven. And you're hoping whoever you have, if you do have him, ah doesn't get injured for six rounds and can be played every week and on the bye as well.
01:16:04
Speaker
Whereas, for example, if you had got a Ray Marnie, had you got a Jake Simpkin, had you got a Break Rally, all these guys are making money for you. You know, even if you actually get a Bronson Garlic, who's 360, I don't think he's viable because, you know, again, Cheese will be back at some point. He's got to share minutes with Mamazellas. But there's ah there's been talk that Garlic, you know, when Mamazellas comes up, Garlic then moves to 13 instead.
01:16:26
Speaker
and and Then Cam comes off the bench and it spells him. So he might be a sneaky buy. But I think personally, i mean, I don't think you can buy Brandon Smith at the moment, really personally, just because of that risk. But if you're willing, you know, you've got Harry Grant, going, I don't really care. or be railli I don't really care. I think they're going to definitely play it and fine, buy him. but i think just even I think it's even more appealing now, Chris, that he's Brandon Smith is more of a buy in later.
01:16:51
Speaker
As he mentioned, he could be a slow burn at the start, but if he does pop off by around seven, If you went read money Reed Marnie, Reed Marnie goes up to 550, 600, 650K downgrade, all of sudden you got 400K in the bank. Like that's huge.
01:17:08
Speaker
That's exactly right. Exactly right. Reed Marnie owners or they they they they're looking like geniuses right now. Yep. Thank you. King Ryan over here. along with like 33% of all other super coach players. They ain't that smart, mate. Unless you listen to tackles and tinnies, baby.
01:17:26
Speaker
I'm high on Cam Murray. I don't care what you say. i think he's going to play 60 minutes. He wouldn't have been risked at the end of last year on round 27 when they were literally playing for nothing besides the wooden spoon.
01:17:37
Speaker
ah know he only played 20 minutes, but there was nothing to play for besides wooden spoon. so if he played then, he's healthy enough. Full off season, he said publicly that I'm not going to play in the Ashes series because I want a full off season so i can be 100% ready to go That says to me that he is ready to go.
01:17:57
Speaker
And now it's also worthy to note that Jai Arrow has got that nerve damage. There's more middle ah minutes up for grabs. I think Talos Duncan will probably be playing a bit more middle than he expected.
01:18:11
Speaker
So that's obviously worthy to note too. Definitely wait and see, but I would not be surprised. If you took the pun on Cam Murray, I think there's definitely potential 70 plus value there. Honestly, he's a points per minute beast. Again, look through his old stats for 2024.
01:18:27
Speaker
And Chris, that is all the teams. And now we can talk about what we need to talk about, which is good old super coach as ah as a whole. I want to see your team first. So going to get you to share your screen and I was going to take you a second to load through, but we might be here to bloody 10 o'clock because my middle rotation going off our chat just then, scared, nervous. Yeah. So where is my...
01:19:00
Speaker
Yep. Cool. Is my, is my screen up? Yeah. You're good to go. Yeah. Excellent. So, um, yeah, this is my team really. I've gone, um, double primo, uh, guns at hooker, Harry Grant, Brant Bailey, uh, sorry, Blake Braley. Uh, I had cheese in there originally, but I just, it just, I just went, oh, it's not worth the risk, you know, having, because basically you're nothing for seven rounds possibly. Um, at front row, Payne Haas, like everybody, Trey Mooney, like everybody,
01:19:28
Speaker
I've got Tania Paseca in there and Aramahau. It was just really just to fit, just basically to fit the rest of my team in. Again, I said, look, if any of them aren't playing great, I'll just trade them out, really.
01:19:40
Speaker
Hopefully Aramahau, it doesn't matter if he gets the, if he gets dual status or not, um because I've got Ethan Roberts, who's enough, and he'll, he'll duel in and then I can get Ryan Couchman in. At second row forward, I've got Angus Crichton, Isaiah Yeo, Hopgood, Dave Fafita, Jacob Laban, and then Ethan Roberts. It's all pretty standard, to be honest.
01:20:02
Speaker
Pick whoever you want, really. I think most people should have be having Yeo and Fafita and Jacob Laban. Crichton, if you don't want to go Crichton, you can go Paddy Carrigan or something like that. Uh, at halfback, I have, I'm big on Adam Dewey. I'm willing to I know I'm going to, I know I think I want him. So I'm, I'm just going to not play him this week. I'm going and then I played Dan Atkinson. i kind of regret it a little bit. I hate that Dan scored 32 only, but hopefully he drops out for me.
01:20:32
Speaker
Uh, I couldn't do Cody Walker. And as a result, I went Jackson Perdue. I'm happy with him. I'm not concerned about, to be honest, I'm also not concerned about Dan Atkinson scoring 32. He's just going to be on my, to be on my bench anyway, just making money. Uh, Jackson Perdue. I'm not, I'm not worried. He was like a beast from scoring like a whole bunch of tries. Yeah. you know, if, um, if the service had been better and drinky hadn't been injured, he would have scored.
01:20:53
Speaker
He would scored probably two tries and he'd be, yeah he'd be on 90 points and we'd all, everybody who didn't have him would be sad. Yep. Jonah Peasant, everybody has him. ah At the Wings, I talked about having five center cheapies. ah My other non-cheapies are Farnworth and Jesse Ramian.
01:21:12
Speaker
I mean, ah like him. Yeah. Again, it's just to it was just to make it was just basically in terms of people I can fit in. I tried to get Selvin Cobbo in and trying to go big, but i I found out that this Sunday at Suncorp, it's supposed to be like And it we're putting 30 to 60 mils of rain.
01:21:28
Speaker
So it's just going slosh fest. That being said, the last slosh fest that existed was, uh, Finns verse Bulldogs in like round 12 or 13, where like I bought Connor Tracy on a vibey pick and he scored like two points, like 10 points and... And Herbie scored like 89 again, scored a try. And I was like, he can't get Kibbe in waves. So the Finns can score points, whether it's rain or not, but I can't afford combo. So I'm just going to got JC Ramian. In terms of my chiefies, it's Moses Leo, Fairmarnie, Makasini, Tom Chester, and Setu Tu. And then at fullback, I got Rhys Walsh because don't want to get burned by him. And Keanu Kinney. You may be lagging out.
01:22:10
Speaker
but Sorry. Yeah, yay I can hear you. Okay. Where was I? At Reece Wallach. Yep, because I just don't want to get burned by him. don't want to keep, preserve what hair I still have. Keanu Kinney. And then at Flex, my boy, Nico Hines.
01:22:23
Speaker
Prince Nico. And you can see he's ah he's yellow. Maybe actually. ah Look, if he can't get it done at on an afternoon day game, no rain at Ocean Protect Stadium.
01:22:39
Speaker
Look, he's never going to get it done. And he just, yeah. The times are ready to slay them, mate. They get the swords out. They're going to be going dolphin hunting. Get the sharks out. Yeah. So i'm pretty standard team. Nothing crazy. Nico Hines is crazy. What do you mean, bro? Captain.
01:22:57
Speaker
That's crazy, bro. Nico Hines, captain. Oh, I hope Walshy pops off for you. yeah Save you the trade. Um, Yeah. Can you scroll back up for me?
01:23:09
Speaker
yeah Okay. Paseca. So you're pretty high on him over them putting Roberts up there and getting another second row cheapy in? Yeah. It was more just because I had like, when I put a ah cheapy in at $230, I ended up having like $130,000 of just free cash. And I was like, oh, what do I do with this extra cash? So I was like, I'm just going to upgrade to Paseca.
01:23:33
Speaker
I'm not super high on him, but you never know. it Again, i don't think that with a lot of this, especially given that there's no concerns about job security. Yeah. And it's the stat changes. It's the stat changes, which means that literally anybody that has job security is worth it, is worth it. They're going to make money for you in the first couple of rounds. And then once the prices have adjusted and people have gone up, then you can just move them on if you want to. So ah there's no risk for it.
01:24:01
Speaker
Yep, I like that. um Okay, VC, Walsh, Captain Nico, absolute wild take. I love the Dewey. I love the Dewey chat. I think Dewey's going to be a ah very good buy for a lot of people, and that's my my next step up. Obviously, I've got the double chippy halfback. He's the bridge to the next person, and then he'll be the bridge to the one after that. If shimming, or Dewey might be up there as well. We'll see. Again, goal kicking looked very good.
01:24:29
Speaker
Um, Chris, I'll get you to de-share your screen for me, mate, and I'm going get mine going. Take over screen. Look at me tech savvy here. Okay. We're on. So now Chris, 17 grand of the bank.
01:24:46
Speaker
Okay. I wanted Blake Braley and I wanted Patrick Carrigan. I was $800 off. Absolutely crying.
01:24:58
Speaker
Could go down a Lasati with Joe Chan. Too scared with the job security. Happy to be proven wrong. But I've ended up on this. Harry Grant due for a bounce back season.
01:25:11
Speaker
Somehow got the ah golden boot winner ah for the international series. Somehow beat Dylan Brown. Probably paid... ah that The award voters, some cash on the side there from that Melbourne Cap-Sarri scandal. Probably got some extra outlying around. Harry Grant, he's in reluctantly at this stage.
01:25:33
Speaker
Reed Marnie, he's already got locked in. 52 points, happy with that. Payton Haas, lock and load. Let's everyone. I did go Toby Couchman in the end. And again, that was the logic of high work rate, middle, modern day front roller.
01:25:48
Speaker
Got that dog in him. Bit of diversification as well in terms of players. i'm not just getting all the same players from the same team. So a bit of like variety is always good in my eyes. Dual position, 580k.
01:26:00
Speaker
He's already making me cash. Happy days. Now, currently, Keyon. I've been going literally between Hopgood, Keyon, and Paddy Carrigan.
01:26:13
Speaker
I've also been flexing Tino up to get in guys or how up to get guys in such as Cam Murray. I've also played around with Tarponay getting in my team and then obviously changing those prices around. I can get Blake Braley in.
01:26:30
Speaker
Now going off what you can see on my screen, what would you change if anything and why? Um, you said earlier that $600 is stopping you from getting Keon and Patty Carrigan and you're not willing to do it for Joe. Blake Braley.
01:26:51
Speaker
Blake Braley. trade Joe Chan out. Put someone cheaper in there. Put Lasati in there. you And then if you don't like it, then in a couple of rounds, you can trade him. Again, you can trade him to Ryan Couchman or whoever, whichever big, big second rower cheapy that goes big that you haven't, that we didn't all didn't pick pretty much.
01:27:14
Speaker
Lock in. Yeah. Lock in Paddy Carrigan for sure. Bye-bye. But, but yeah, yeah. Especially if, you again, if you, especially if you think Bake Ray is going to go big. Yeah. um I, I really, I really like Keon, to be honest. I do too. Is there any way that you can get Keon instead of Paddy Carrigan? I'm so close. Like I'm, this is I'm saying, man. I'm just so close.
01:27:42
Speaker
Oh yeah. that Thanks Tino. Honestly, can you just, can you just nuff out Lasati then? And then get, as a result, then get, um, Keon? I could. Let's go here. think you should do it.
01:27:53
Speaker
No, you can't do it. Keon down here. Keon down, Keon in. Tino. Okay. You did it. You already did it. you don't even have to. You already did it. Lasati's already in. You can do it. You made it work. Put him back in.
01:28:07
Speaker
Yeah, boy. You did it. Yeah. You it. Super good. Um, Brayley. Yeah. That looks pretty bloody spicy, doesn't it?
01:28:18
Speaker
I think it's great. Save. Save. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. What are we thinking now? Are we liking that? I think it's awesome. Yeah. You want a reserve, Keon. Yeah. Yeah.
01:28:30
Speaker
That's pretty sexy. Yeah. Oh, look, yo, he I know he's a, he's a, he's a must, but yes, no, not so sexy. That's the only one. He's going to texting me and scores me 75 points every week. so um I really like that. Lassati, I'm just banking on Sean Bloor or Joe Chan.
01:28:50
Speaker
I mean, it could be a huge gamble, but could pay dividends. I guess I've got two weeks to sort of have a look, and then round three, we can downgrade Lassati to a catchman, or um I can find cash elsewhere.
01:29:03
Speaker
That looks really good. Okay. And I still got two jewels in both front row, second and row. Okay. Amazing. 10 grand in the bank and my overall score has gone up. Thank you, Chris. That's why you're on the podcast.
01:29:15
Speaker
Okay. In the halves, double cheapy pezzet. That's all good. Okay. I've gone very similar to you, mate. I've gone five cheapy outside backs with Leo Chester Arnie, Setu2, Makassini. I did play Setu2, which obviously paid dividends. He did very well. Chester got bumped up again. 62. he actually killed it.
01:29:38
Speaker
I did go Stephen Crichton. Again, I mentioned many times that I've been high on Crichton for a very long time. i thought he was going to play a bit of that roving fullback. I think he's also playing into shape a little bit. You have to do recall he did have an injury in the offseason. He didn't play in the Pac Nations, so that's worthy to note as well.
01:29:55
Speaker
But I do maybe see him playing fullback long term. Still, I'm high on that. I made many videos on that. Herbie Farmworth, obviously lock and load. I've had him.
01:30:07
Speaker
was Richard my first pick. Not surprised. Okay. And then Walsh G. Keeney, they're pretty common. Very high on Walsh. Glazed him. He pretty much got me into the top 1% when Adam came on and said, hey, why don't get Walsh in? He's very cheap at I'm like, no.
01:30:23
Speaker
Number three in Australia, I'll listen you. You probably have some good advice. Obviously, we know the rest. Beat Chris. That's all matters. And then Ponga came into my team and in the last minute. I'd actually give, I reckon Adam stole that pick from me. To be honest, I don't care what he says. I reckon he copied me. Nah, Adam told me that he he loves Ponga. Ponga is to him what Nico is to me.
01:30:50
Speaker
Yes. I'm calling Cap. So Adam's played you underneath the table. But um okay, I'm pretty happy. Obviously, we've got a pretty similar back line. Yeah.
01:31:03
Speaker
Bearing one or two players. And obviously, you've just boosted my forward rotation. I love you. I love it. I love it That's why I said i really love that you picked Reid. That extra where I've gone for...
01:31:17
Speaker
Harry Grant. I know Carrie's great, but like, it's the, the case. Oh, there are so many people here that just, they, the base is just insane. And the fact that you can like, yeah, it's, I'm jealous. I'm jealous. I really like it. It's cheap. He's to make money.
01:31:34
Speaker
Sarty is obviously a variable. how is a variable, but we will have a couple of weeks to amend that. And worst case scenario, if Howe does start the first two weeks, plays 55 to 65 minutes, he's never been going to make money.
01:31:47
Speaker
Worst case scenario, I'll be able to make a sideways change if he loses job security. Could even go to a Patson and do the same sort of play. That's super coach, mate. We're on. Oh, I've already got my captaincy, obviously looping Ponga with Makassini there.
01:32:03
Speaker
I don't really have a loop option where you have Ethan Roberts that does concern me, but I do have a fair bit of diversity within my squad where i will get the occasional buy here and there. So.
01:32:16
Speaker
Yeah, that was one of my things I learned last year. I ended up getting free, free nuffs in last year. Uh, that was, uh, Kieran Bradley, uh, Kalani Goings and, and Miles Martin. And I was like, that was just free trades out of the 46 search. I just probably didn't need to do. I may as well just start with enough this year, yeah even though I know that there are so many great two RFs and stuff of that. I'm, there's only so much money you can make. So I'm just going to say, I'm just going one in straight away is what I'm thinking. Ethan Roberts, I think has 10 games on Sunday. So he's actually your best, uh, the best enough out of them all only purely because you can say until Sunday. Uh, I just want to quickly very, just talk to everybody about, uh, captaincies really like, you know, go whoever you want, you know, uh, Haas, Walsh, Turbo, Nico, sorry, maybe not Nico for everybody. Uh, Herbie, Teddy, they're all great. Uh, just want to let you know that, um,
01:33:10
Speaker
The Broncos Paragame will be dry, but it's going absolute pouring for this for the Finns ah versus Souths game on Sunday. Just bear that in mind if you're thinking about captaining Herbie.
01:33:22
Speaker
It's dry if you're captaining Nico at Cronulla. It's going to rain a little bit at about 7 to 8 o'clock as it starts for Manly. So if you're jumping on turbo, just recognize it might be wet weather footy. And then it'll be dry in Auckland, so no issues with Teddy or even Sam Walker if you want that as well.
01:33:37
Speaker
Yeah, that's good. Yeah. And I just went through the first eight games, three of those games out of the eight. I can't do a loop. So overall, not the end of the world. just got to nail those loops, but that's a conversation for the coming weeks, Chris.
01:33:52
Speaker
This podcast has absolutely popped off, and I think we've done a very good job being thorough, going through every single team and relevant players. So super coaches alike, we are bringing this to you out on Thursday. going get it out before hopefully midday so you can make those last-minute cram trades before Thursday.
01:34:11
Speaker
the um I'll we'll get it done today. I'm locking in. I'll get it done. I'll get it done. I'll upload it tonight and then tomorrow morning can listen on a commute on the way to work. Chris, we love you. We appreciate you. We love your insight for all the listeners. I know they are going to be locked and loaded. And Supercoach is back, baby. The addiction is getting fed.
01:34:30
Speaker
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