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Season 6- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Round 4)
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It's more fantasy rugby fun from those idiots accross the pond. On this version of the Fantasy Corner, we look back at the big winners in the final standings of our CYL Rugby World Cup leagues. Of course, we have the ever reliable, but much shorter version of, start or sit. Grab your notebooks and let's have a laugh!
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Transcript
Introduction and Podcast Plans
00:00:05
Speaker
It is. The Fantasy Europeans. My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but then you kept going. I'm Ben Glauser. I don't like any way anybody handled that. Collusion. Collusion.
00:00:28
Speaker
Hey everybody. Welcome back. It is the fancy rugby. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. It's fancy time. Let's get to that. Uh, less to talk about, um, another week we do like this or that or start bench cut type of stuff, but we're both pretty, pretty much on the end of that. So we'll do that next week. We'll start including some more fun. Once the, uh, once the world cup players really start
00:00:59
Speaker
infesting the prem again, um, you know, on a week or a week or two, probably a couple of weeks here. Yeah. Well, we are too from this weekend. So what do you get? What? I'd say two weeks. I'd say they're going to get a couple of weeks off. Yeah. Yeah. Even if they're training, I definitely would give a few, a few weeks off here from outright playing. Cause that's the shit that beats up the body. Right.
00:01:23
Speaker
like Ben or I'll take your time. Take all the time you need. Yeah, definitely. He needs to heal up though. Owen Farrell. Honestly, same with Owen Farrell because he's on the upper end. The old man is rest. Yeah. All right. Marcus probably back in quicker though. Yeah, probably come back very to it. So he's back in custody. Yeah.
Fantasy Rugby World Cup Final Review
00:01:49
Speaker
fantasy rugby world cup champions league final. Um, so we, uh, the way it started out looked like he was going to run away with it, but still only one, one league. You won the official league. Um, I did not come in last year. Yes. I did. I get points in both. Hooray. I don't, but the, um, but it's a brew.
00:02:14
Speaker
Our old friend, George was the one to take it home. Um, so you actually, so we're actually, you dropped down the third. Yeah. What happened? Yeah. I don't know with Mr. Cobus right between two of them. Um, so yep. So we will, we'll obviously, um, I will post that stuff tomorrow in terms of who gets points and all that shit. So we'll get there. Um, but yeah, good job overall in the, uh, in the world. I know in the world.
00:02:44
Speaker
I know. Absurd. Absurd. Just redonkulous, sir. Redonkulous. Good on you. Good on you. Yep. So yeah, remember, nowhere to hide in Champions League.
00:02:55
Speaker
Ain't no one had. I found nowhere, certainly. Not nobody has. I mean, it didn't help me in either competition. One where I missed, basically missed a week in a super brew. And then the other where my defense, you know, I used a booster, like that hole. That's right. I remember that. Guys dropped in late. Unhelpful. Unhelpful. Agreed. The championks.
00:03:19
Speaker
for the prom. George has unsealed me. I had a pretty poor week. I think even my wife beat me. I was pretty bad. It was not good. But Mark is holding up the bottom for now. And despite having the best week of anybody in the group stewing, still didn't make any movement out of that seventh spot. But yeah, I dropped and Justin and Cobas swapped places as well.
00:03:49
Speaker
Alright, with all that... It was certainly a bad week, I mean like... Oh, I was doing the scores. It was ugly. The average score was low, the average...
00:04:02
Speaker
Like each position, their averages were lower than the previous two. Like it was pretty ugly. It was pretty ugly stuff. So yeah, nobody feel ashamed if you had a rough week. It's only one. You just got to not do it again for another like 20 more weeks, you know? The thing is, it's bad for, it's better all around.
00:04:23
Speaker
It's one of those times of tough all over. Everyone got the shit kicked out of them this week. Hold on. I wonder how many people Captain Mercer. A lot. Everybody. Put it this way. You were the lowest in our competition, our little deal.
00:04:44
Speaker
Championx league you you were the low you had the wooden spoon for with 113, right? So you think well and 113 on on any week is shit in Superbrew Yeah, but like this week. I mean that the top was 148 Yeah, so so it's like That that's not a huge
00:05:03
Speaker
The margins there aren't that aren't that I mean, that's you know, it's a big difference but like last to first like that's That's not that small that you know if the 40 points might be between first and then Fifth or so sometimes but this is just this is just a really shit Shit week.
Player Performance and Game Analysis
00:05:22
Speaker
Yep. It was it was it was and stew stew
00:05:27
Speaker
Captain Thacker, which was the choice. That was smart. I think everybody was Captain Mercy. Smart. Yeah. Yeah. Well done. Well done, Bohem. It's a good choice. Generally speaking, that's a good choice. Well done. Yeah, there's something wrong with that. Yeah. All right. Let's do the structure thing.
00:05:45
Speaker
Starter set All right, I believe really but it's off with Friday night sale and Gloucester Gloucester getting the Friday night game again Let's start with the host. So we'll go back to front as we try to do so I picked I also based this on who's picked been picked For each team, so I usually look at like 5% or more. That's usually a good barometer Tells me someone that's listening has probably got one of these players for sure. So yeah, that helps any who
00:06:12
Speaker
So, for sale. Johnny Hill, sit. I don't know why he's that highly owned. He's usually not that useful in fantasy. DDP, start, assuming he's healthy. John Luke and Ben Terry are both highly owned, but I think they're both hurt. So, maybe ditch them for a little bit cheaper option. Certainly, JL, who's pretty hefty. Corky if he's starting, start. I think he's gonna probably get the start after last week. It sounds like Gus Warga has ass kicked.
00:06:40
Speaker
like I said, assuming you healthy, uh, Bobby dupes is still a good, a good play. Go ahead. Um, Sam bed, low, um, Gloucester has been strong out the middle and I wouldn't count like laws this score last week that much because laws also had the T. So yeah, it's kind of full of gold. So just keep that in mind. So I'd sit Sam bed low for, for, yeah. Oh yeah. So that's a man last week. That was probably a good score.
00:07:07
Speaker
Yeah. Right. Last week, that was probably a good score, but that's like what he did. So right. Not so much options this week. Yeah. Uh, Roebuck and O'Flaherty are starts as well. Um, lost her GFR as a sit this week. He's, he had one good weekend and that's cause he scored a try. So man, Val's usually a good start. If McGuigan's healthy, he's good. He's a go, uh, Freddy's ago. Marsha's ago, if he's healthy.
00:07:32
Speaker
I'm going to go sit on Lobo this week because I don't think there's going to be enough room for both. Although should Mercer not be healthy, I would probably give him a thumbs up.
00:07:43
Speaker
no more, no more sharing in that case. Um, George Barton's been great since, uh, since the season started. So he's ago, uh, seven Atkinson, same thing. He's been great and thoroughly and Jacob Morris as well. Although keep an eye for more sake on the return of Lewis Reese salmon as well. Cause that can be his downfall. Just keep an eye out on the lineups there. All right. Off to, where am I? Um, off to, uh, the stoop.
00:08:12
Speaker
for Quinn's hosting Newcastle. The Quinn's are pretty, at this point, still kind of, there's areas where you want them and then there's areas where you kind of don't, still, you know, without the World Cup guys back, that really, that entire back row is still dynamite.
00:08:36
Speaker
We saw that each of them kind of go off on their own way sometimes this year. And Newcastle, we'll give them opportunities, especially Newcastle traveling. Will Porter is someone you might want to look into for this weekend. Jared Evans, again, he'll have a still, as we were saying, a couple weeks still here with the 10 jersey and is making good use of it. So certainly someone to potentially look into if you're
00:09:04
Speaker
between players in some ways. And then their back three are fantastic and should continue to play well. On the other side, Newcastle have very limited options.
00:09:19
Speaker
Blomire is always a good shout. Brett Connan is someone, again, if he wasn't so goddamn expensive, would be an excellent choice. I always put him in the team because I really like his value. Well, the points he gets you, but not his value.
00:09:38
Speaker
Um, it's one of those, I always get to this point. I'm like, oh yeah, he's really fucking expensive. So that sucks. Um, and then again, they're back three mighty mouse. I'm guessing they're going to throw him right back into the squad. Cause they kind of have to, um, but they might not, they might keep, um, what Stevens out there, but then Radwin and OB should have plenty of opportunity for, for running room. Yeah. Yeah. I'm not sure about Jennings this week. Cause again, you know, I'm, I'm young. We'll probably, um,
00:10:06
Speaker
You know, as much work as he puts in, there's the opportunity there for a bunch of missed tackles. Yeah, that's kind of suck. Life will be hard. Yeah.
00:10:19
Speaker
All right, we're going off to the gardens. Saints and Bath should be entertaining at the very least. That should be fun. It's nothing else. For the Saints, Ethan Waller is going to be a sit this week. He's highly done okay, but he just, no, not enough for me at this point. There's other guys that are the same value that will do better.
00:10:42
Speaker
Langdon's been on fire, assuming he doesn't get unseated by Matt Avecie right away. He's got Alex Coles. Yes, Tom Pearson. Oh, yeah. Ben Smith. Yep. I love dings. I'm really cold on Hutch right now. So sit him. And then if Freeman tell to use ago as well for the bath, the bath, man. Obama was a sit right now.
00:11:07
Speaker
Dutois is the prop to own on that team right now. For sure. Especially after last week when he scored. Done. Love done. That's a good value pick for Hooker right now.
00:11:18
Speaker
Uh, shall use the sit this week. I know he's highly owned, but man, um, Barbary's definitely a start. The dude's just finding ways to score points. Um, I'm getting a little cooler on Ben Spencer right now, especially his price. So maybe try it one more week, but start looking elsewhere. Um, Vin Russell's the doi. Um, sadly I'm also a little cold, cold on red path. I need to see it now.
00:11:44
Speaker
Yeah. Which is really unfortunate. For the back three guys that are most highly owned, Koka is a sit, Muir and Glenn Miller are both thumbs up for me, especially against that Swiss cheese defense. Still is Swiss cheese, unfortunately. Yes, it is. It's gotten better. I'll give them that. They knew they needed to make a concerted effort to get it better, but it's still a little leaky.
00:12:10
Speaker
Yeah, it'll take some time to fix. That's something I would ride for the first half of the season is going against Northampton. Off to Allianz, everyone's favorite arena for rugby.
00:12:30
Speaker
Sarri's hosting Lester. Sarri's, it's tough right now. Maui, I think is a good, again, that's more of a telling, you know, McCall to start Maui than the people out there. But if McCall does it, you should too. Yep. Again, Willis realized he's a Willis. So let's hope that continues. Yeah. Lewington will, I think look at his opportunities, like, you know, probably against Bassett.
00:12:59
Speaker
And I like Lewington there in that matchup a lot, actually. And Lazowski because he'll have the two. Right. Yeah. On the lesser side, either Hooker, Claire or Dolly, I'm hoping Dolly gets a little bit more of a look now. But either way, they should do okay. And then I'm kind of looking through the rest of them and I'm not really
00:13:22
Speaker
Seeing much until I get to basically they're they're outside backs almost like so all the hustle Collins I think who should have a good match he's he'll be um, hell of a tasty matchup whoever is is opposite him and again, whoever's at 15 Is going to have an awful lot of opportunities because aries still like to kick the ball a lot. Um Kind of deep so they'll have those meters game Yep, great
00:13:50
Speaker
And then the Sunday game down to you Devin Exeter in Bristol so for Exeter Scott CEO highly owned yes frost over Yandell for sure
00:14:04
Speaker
I don't know if I love Jack Gandel. So if it's Frost, yes. If it's Yandel, no. I agree. Johnny Gray is highly owned. I think he still hurts. So pass. Vermeulen is a sit this week. He's actually highly owned and hasn't scored that well. Skinner's a sit. He's only, apart from this Harry's game, he's not been good. Slade's a start only if you give him the K. Hendrickson went cold real quick here. So he's a sit right now as well. And then Josh Hodges injured. So I dropped him as well.
00:14:33
Speaker
You ain't startin' them, let's put it that way. Yeah, that elbow was not good. For the Bears, Laheef, love Laheef, but not for fancy, so sit. Thacker's an auto start at this point, and he's a no-brainer. I have Bally, but I'm not loving what's going on with him, so right now, sit, especially down there, going down to W. That's a big concern. Not his place. Although, they are good, again, Bristol are, I mean,
00:15:03
Speaker
Exeter are good for tight five players. Yeah. We'll find out. We'll find out how traditionally I can't, I can't, I can't, I'm not sure I can make that claim at the moment again. Cause I haven't done the, um, the sheet is not available yet, but I, I get the feeling that that's might be a good shot this week. Yep. Uh, apart from his two try a day, Magnus bribery has not done well. So he's going to be assuming now, haven't seen that a Randall. So I need to see it now. Um, but she needs to go. Um,
00:15:31
Speaker
I need one more out of Benard before I'm like, yes, right now. Um, it's getting better, but for now, I'm gonna sit. I'm happy to see Vacatawa. I like him over Benard. So there's, so I would start him over him. Um, and then yeah, it'd be toy since the first game, just kind of meh. So I'm going to go with a sit on that one as well. Right. We're off to the of the weeks.
00:15:55
Speaker
Um, my start of the week, I, I mentioned their entire back three. Um, but this guy's just been enormous and he's kind of taken someone else's role and made it his own, um, which we kind of knew we saw him back in his old club days, uh, before he moved to Harlequin's. Um, and at this point, Nick David is, um, on, on syllable.
00:16:18
Speaker
Yep. Playing really well. Really, really well. Stu signing way back when, when they made it. Yeah. Certainly. Yeah. My guy's going to come from the same team, same game. Um, loving the way he's started the season. He's actually the cheaper option of the two of his, uh, positional teammates. Uh, and yeah, I'm going to, I'm going to go for the not so low hanging fruit, but still kind of low hanging fruit. Um, my start of the week's going to be Jack Kenney him.
00:16:46
Speaker
from the hard ones. No doubt. Instead of the week, you mentioned that this is not a great matchup for them. Obviously, I agree. I'm not sure who it is because maybe
00:17:02
Speaker
one of our good friends comes back. I'm not sure what his prognosis was or what his missing time for his injury was. Looked like a hamstring again, so it might be sooner rather than later, but whether it's AJ McGinty or Sheedy, I would sit the Bristol 10 this week. Yeah. That'd be tough. That'd be tough. He may still well kick a few. Suddenly, Sandy Park is an impossible place to go.
00:17:31
Speaker
Yeah, that's true. They might kick, but at the same time, I mean, Saris didn't score at all. No, but like dog shit that day too didn't help. Sail, but hey, sail didn't score at all. No, sail did not play well either. So, you know, maybe it's a thing, much case lookout if you go on down there. Yeah.
00:17:51
Speaker
This, um, yeah. So my sit, um, I'm going to continue the theme that I've had so far, which is midfielders against certain
Weekly Fantasy Rugby Picks
00:18:00
Speaker
teams. And, um, thus far he's been mad and the other team has done really well against this position grant. It might be the weather that's factoring in, but either way, I'm, I need to see it and I need to see it so badly that I'm calling Rory Hutchinson, my say the week. Yikes. Yeah.
00:18:19
Speaker
Yeah, that's how badly I need to see it on him right now. Yeah. I mean, he got 10 points against Bristol, but that's, you know, that's not enough. That's like, that's his, if that's a ceiling, then we're in a lot of trouble for a guy that we really like as far as the fans. Yes. It's so indeed. All right. Pick them. Pick them. Sell Gloucester Gloucester. I'm going to go home. I'm going to go to the sharks. They're back home. That's, that's my only thing. Wait, Gloucester.
00:18:50
Speaker
No, they're at the AJ Bell oh they get that but oh well then I'm going sorry I'm going sell that hey I was going taking the home team in that so no I had that wrong yep Quinn's Newcastle
00:19:04
Speaker
A home team. Yeah, Glens. Northampton Bath. A home team. Same. Yep. Saris Lester. Hey, remember this one last year? Yeah. There's a theme in my pickums. I'm going with the home team. Yeah, I went with Sarisens as well.
00:19:24
Speaker
Yeah, I I'm this is obviously a hard place for teams to win. And also, I just feel like they got their mojo back a little bit after that win. So and I know Lester won, but that was probably a little uglier to say the least. Right. And then Exeter Bristol. Home team. Yeah. They've shown the right thus far through two games. It's not been happy hunting down at Sandy Park. So you got to just go with it and pick with your brain on that one.
00:19:52
Speaker
Oh, now I realize why I thought that Gloucester were at home because I'm so used to it. I've seen way too much American sports recently. Oh, yes, you have. Yes, you have. Way too much. You silly. Let me look back at this. Oh, no, that's right. That was my mistake. Yes, you have. All right. Cool.
00:20:15
Speaker
Back to the prem only. Weird. Yeah. And only five matches, only 10 teams in the prem this year. Yep. Longer conversation for another day. Cool. Um,
Episode Wrap-Up and Future Updates
00:20:29
Speaker
yep. Like I said before, I will have rankings out. I will do, um,
00:20:36
Speaker
We'll have our sheet out. I will do boom bus tomorrow. That'll be up soon. Um, but yeah, other than that, enjoy the return to the primary one ticket. Take a deep breath. Welcome's done. We can focus on our leagues now. Have a good weekend. Everyone. Thank you for listening to us. Have a good one. All later.
00:20:56
Speaker
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00:21:19
Speaker
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