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Jarrod Dyke: Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the Fantasy Rugby Yanks. My name is Jared Dyke.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'm Ben Glazer.
Jarrod Dyke: We're here on a special night. it's um It's a Thursday. I'm actually stuck in my office and Ben has snuck away from his usual duties so we can squeeze a combo pod in of we're going to talk to superlatives, pick them and start set.
Jarrod Dyke: We'll keep it nice and clean so we're not wasting anybody's time, including yours.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: I'm not talking to Ben, I'm talking to you out there.
Grumpy Old Prop: Oh, gotcha. Yes, them out there.
Jarrod Dyke: I don't care about Penn's time. He's he' stuck with all of us for now.
Grumpy Old Prop: Oh. Oh, yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Okay, so let's jump into superlatives for the week. um
Grumpy Old Prop: to It did bring a beer to the equation, so.
Jarrod Dyke: So, yeah, well, I don't have but actually did have some in the fridge, but they disappeared.
Grumpy Old Prop: Drank it? Yeah. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: but Let's put it that way. um So who is... who your what who is who Who stood out this week for you that didn't quite that didn't quite make player the week but really did themselves?
Grumpy Old Prop: um
Jarrod Dyke: so
Grumpy Old Prop: who outdid themselves. Oh, I see. I didn't do that. one I'm sorry. I will have to go back and look at the matches.
Jarrod Dyke: That's right. i can I can throw some of the some of our guys in there even though they didn't play very well overall.
Grumpy Old Prop: um Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: But ah Burke, obviously.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah, he played. He had. i mean, that that was a sweet try. He had.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I thought he did pretty well for the most part with the exception of everyone on the Saracen struggled with highball.
Grumpy Old Prop: um
Jarrod Dyke: We're not going into the matches and stuff like that, but everyone on the Saracen struggled with highball, so I'm ignoring that part.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: um
Grumpy Old Prop: Max Malin's in his dig hands. um
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, freaking dildo hands.
Grumpy Old Prop: no You know, I will say this. Tom DeGlanville is a guy who I think people thought was going to be kind of forgotten in that bath back line.
Jarrod Dyke: Definitely. Mm-hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: And um he's done the opposite. So um I know, you know, Jared ah started the love for Tom to Glanville before I did. So I'm going to give that this guy across from me, um, all the credit for that.
Grumpy Old Prop: And I think still a lot of people out there don't realize what a, a star in the making he is, um, poor though. Um, so yeah, I think he, uh, he is showing that he belongs in that backfield with, you know, with Henry Arundel and, you know, coconut signal is not, he's not pulling his weight.
Grumpy Old Prop: At this point, he's like the odd man out, which is I think everybody thought it was that was going to be to Glanville.
Jarrod Dyke: Right, which is weird. No, definitely. No, I agree. I thought guy that I spoke about before, Petty, had an instant impact for Quinns, I felt.
Grumpy Old Prop: Sadly, yes.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, he did. Obviously, you know I give him too much credit, but I did call Roblox as my start of the week. So going to pat myself on the back.
Jarrod Dyke: I also called DeGlave on my sit, and then he he threw that in my face.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: So I will say that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay. Well, wait, wait, wait to undo everything I just did for you there, Jared.
Jarrod Dyke: But yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: Good job.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, no. I was like, this might not be a week. Never mind. I forget what I said. um But yeah, so yeah, Roebuck, yeah, I know it was, you know, Red Bulls who are clearly in shambles, ah but Roebuck still is a good player and is putting his hand up for for a white shirt.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: um Yeah, and then ah guy we that's just bursting on the scene, Todaro.
Grumpy Old Prop: Oh yeah, Eduardo Todaro. um
Jarrod Dyke: Yep.
Grumpy Old Prop: he was He's huge. he's been He's been fantastic.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, and Fischetti stepped in big for Northampton this week as well.
Grumpy Old Prop: and
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, and and and Flying Freddy made his mark, too. Like, yeah don't don't do not forget so quickly about me there, and England. I still exist, and I still may be your starting fullback. So, yeah, lots lots of guys stepping forward.
Jarrod Dyke: And, like, Billy Searle. Like, who had that on their bingo board between last week and this couple – two weeks ago and this past week?
Grumpy Old Prop: The Billy Searle. Show respect. put some Put some respect on that name.
Jarrod Dyke: Like, yeah, right? now i didn't have that on my bingo board.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah, that's that's that's fair.
Jarrod Dyke: I can admit that. Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah i ill Yeah, that's very fair.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, totally got to that. So, yeah, great. I mean, yeah, awesome. some Some good stuff. Shad it just a bit.
Grumpy Old Prop: I mean, i just brought up Max Malin's. um
Jarrod Dyke: yep.
Grumpy Old Prop: Absolutely shat it.
Jarrod Dyke: yep
Grumpy Old Prop: I mean, honestly, like I... It's... it's not fair to say, but I'm going fucking say it anyway. If Max Malins was even average as ah as an overall, as a rugby player, um, they win that game.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: And he, he, he fucked up so many plays that just led to, um, to opportunities for the Queens that, and, or just fucked up opportunities for Saturdays.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, on the day, yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: So, um, yeah and that's so, um that's very unlike Max.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm, yep, agreed.
Grumpy Old Prop: Um, Yeah, so like you were talking about with with ah um Freddie Stewart, the opposite for Max Malin's there, certainly. like
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, yeah, yeah, no, it wasn't a good week for old Maxie. Yeah, and, you know, sorry to say, like, the Red Bulls in general just have looked in pieces, and they've, you know, they've now tried ah couple 9, 10 combinations, and really that's not, that's not always the answer to go swapping and changing that combination in particular, um but at the same time, like, they haven't gotten anything out of either position yet, so.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right. Well, it's still, I'm still of the opinion that Brett Connan is not the problem. Like,
Jarrod Dyke: He may not be. He may not be. um And I'm not throwing him in there, but it's just, you know, that's what they're trying to do to find something.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah, I know. It's just like, but you look, but look who they're throwing out there.
Jarrod Dyke: and
Grumpy Old Prop: I mean, that's not ah a proper prem team. I'm sorry. Like you look up and that's like a B or C side for most teams.
Grumpy Old Prop: Like,
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I mean.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'm sorry, McGuigan, love McGuigan from back in the day, but not even that far back in the day, but that time's gone.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: um Freddie Clark is, like you know you look through their lineup and it's like, yeah, Freddie Clark is one to like and Mafi is one to like.
Grumpy Old Prop: Hurl and Obatanbo have been good, but yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: I think they have three really good forwards right now that they've been playing with Mafi, Freddie Clark, and Fergus Lee Warner should be better than he has been, at least.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. But like Thomas Gordon is your seven. Give give me a fucking break. I'm sorry.
Jarrod Dyke: and
Grumpy Old Prop: It's like.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, and here's the crazy thing. Tom Christie's going to be an upgrade to that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: and That's not crazy.
Jarrod Dyke: like when he
Grumpy Old Prop: It's just that's the way that.
Jarrod Dyke: When he becomes healthy, he's going to be an upgrade to that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: or available. i don't know. Maybe just don't think he's available.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. I think he wasn't available.
Jarrod Dyke: I think it's a health thing.
Grumpy Old Prop: I think he's still on New Zealand duty or has been or at rest or whatnot. So.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. So that's, but that's unfortunate. um Let's go young player of the week.
Grumpy Old Prop: My young player of the week is Tom Litchfield of the Northampton Saints.
Jarrod Dyke: um of sayings Yeah. He had a game.
Grumpy Old Prop: um And that's like that's a not like a one of those i career appreciation.
Jarrod Dyke: He had a game.
Grumpy Old Prop: It's more like his year appreciation so far, too. He's been fantastic this this entire year, and and this past week was no exception. so
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, he's had a great year so far.
Grumpy Old Prop: There's really a ah ah lack of options, though.
Jarrod Dyke: um
Grumpy Old Prop: There weren't that many young players that really...
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, yeah yeah. I mean, he's got help. There's no question about that. But and we've we've seen it in other teams where young players thrive in a good environment because they have great players around them.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah
Grumpy Old Prop: hello
Jarrod Dyke: But then they turn into great players and it goes on down.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. oh ah No, I'm just saying that like there's not much competition for him for Young Player of the Week. There weren't weren't really that many.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, no. Oh, agreed.
Grumpy Old Prop: this is
Jarrod Dyke: lot of the younger guys.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'm looking around and I'm like, don't know who...
Jarrod Dyke: and spirit
Grumpy Old Prop: You know, Aaron Dell doesn't qualify at this point. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, he's already played for England. He doesn't count.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: ah Any coaches or referees to put out there?
Grumpy Old Prop: coach, I'm going to say Pat Lamb because um he got away with one ah that he really needed. He really needed that one. um and you know um A lot of this is coming from a specific game, if you cannot tell.
Grumpy Old Prop: um My Raph of the Week is is ah TMO.
Jarrod Dyke: ah who corrected Woodthorpe on several screw-ups.
Grumpy Old Prop: It is ah David Rose of Bristol vs. Exeter. um who like Excuse me, there were like Right. So, so I was watching this. We, we, uh, we drove up to Vermont, um, to get shit hoosed in front of the loan.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, Alona, yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Amar who I didn't even. Okay. So here's the thing. I didn't even know she was there. And, and like, we only find out after we're on the fucking bus at this point.
Jarrod Dyke: lot of yeah
Grumpy Old Prop: And somebody is like, look, look, the UVM guys posted a picture with alone.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, I know. ive meet Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Amar. like, fuck you. What the fuck? Hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Why didn't you tell me?
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. And I said, look, one of our women's players came up to me and um on um but before practice yesterday and was like, that's just fucking rude of them to not like tell you. And I was like, the they did a lot of they did a lot of rude things to us on on Saturday.
Jarrod Dyke: Exactly. Rugby royalty in the house and you don't say shit? What's wrong with you guys?
Grumpy Old Prop: that was That was the worst. we We lost big, but yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, unquestionably.
Grumpy Old Prop: But they're crushing everybody, so what are you going to do
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Yeah, i I thought the guy, I don't remember his name off the top my head, um the guy stood in for Pierce when he had to leave the Leicester and Saints game was worth a mention too.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay. Oh, yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. Oh, but I told that story to so to sit tell you this one, which is so I'm watching the game on the bus and I can't like I can't really hear what's happening um too much because it's a bus. you know what the fuck?
Grumpy Old Prop: um So I didn't know why they disallowed that try. I didn't. put OK, I shouldn't say that. I didn't know the exact law that they used to disallow that try.
Jarrod Dyke: There are a couple that could pick.
Grumpy Old Prop: they were like four or five that could have happened right in there. And I'm like, pretty sure there was obstruction at the line out.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: I think there was obstruction when they, they sheared off the mall. um There was, there there was like, you know, two obstructions, a couple of, I'm sure something else is, but like, and the funny thing is like, they go all the way back to the, Oh, you've got like five people in the receiver.
Jarrod Dyke: Right.
Grumpy Old Prop: And it's like, okay, like that's pretty bad too.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: It's just kind of funny how, you know, oh
Jarrod Dyke: Before the ball even thrown, like that was the biggest highlight for me. Like the ball hasn't even been thrown yet.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: God damn it. Like, okay. Ball's coming in and guys leave the lineup to set up. It's not great, but it's like, all right, whatever. Ball hasn't even been fucking thrown in yet. Like, what are you doing?
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Muppets, Muppets, Muppets, all of them.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: ah Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: But at least Rob Baxter, at least Rob Baxter, you know, implemented some new, new calls this year.
Jarrod Dyke: So is that
Jarrod Dyke: that's it.
Grumpy Old Prop: Change, change, change the name of the calls.
Jarrod Dyke: That's clearly working.
Grumpy Old Prop: Like that's.
Jarrod Dyke: ah Same shithouse calls, but just different name.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'll call it. ah Right. That's what, that's the problem.
Jarrod Dyke: ah Yeah. Talk about lipstick on a pig. All right. Then we have try of the week.
Grumpy Old Prop: um I'm going back to that Saints game. um Although I will mention again, ah Tom DeGlanville and Tyrone Creed. um But I'm going to go back to that Saints game with ah ah Anthony Below.
Grumpy Old Prop: the The one that they had to go and look at on the screen because it was so fucking awesome that they needed to just watch it again. Because show that. like I want to see that again. How cool was that?
Grumpy Old Prop: like There was no question it was a try.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah but so yeah I was like I was watching i like no on the state of coolness do not shock that off I didn't yeah um
Grumpy Old Prop: It's like, no, we just want to let's put it up there.
Grumpy Old Prop: we no they couldn't um because it was a good try it's just it was yeah it's we need to stop the game because that was awesome let's watch it again and
Jarrod Dyke: yeah The two seconds of brilliance that there was in this Harrison's match was mine, which was the Burke dot down.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah that was good too well yeah whoops
Jarrod Dyke: Yep. Was he obstructed? No, you just picked the wrong guy to defend.
Grumpy Old Prop: whoops
Jarrod Dyke: That's all it was. um
Jarrod Dyke: Let's go play of the week.
Grumpy Old Prop: Marcus Smith.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep, that was where I was too.
Grumpy Old Prop: I mean, crushed that like sees here's the thing why I say it's unfair to put it all on Max Malin's being. awful um and i love him i'm not i'm just being harsh because i'm tired um but marcus smith had it again like he that's if that's what he is again like for all this i don't know who the fuck decided to be spilling like oh i know who it was it's the ford family because they put they i'm i'm convinced that they put out like talking points to uh um to the comms and they're like
Jarrod Dyke: Not sure.
Grumpy Old Prop: Well, Marcus Smith's now the incumbent because the Finn and and Marcus um were away with the Lions, that not not with England. And it's like, yeah, that's what And it's like, yeah, for
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, you mean Ford's the incumbent? Yeah. Yeah, Ben's tired.
Grumpy Old Prop: Ford can't do what Marcus, he can't do what Finn Smith did. Like, it's just not, that's not him anymore. So. so I market it so there's all this talk going about how Ford is the guy and then you know Smith and Smith are gonna have to read re earn those those positions like.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, knock off the nonsense. too
Jarrod Dyke: It's the silliest thing ever. For two guys that went to the Lions, No.
Grumpy Old Prop: Oh. Right.
Jarrod Dyke: no Not quite, Chief. It's like saying Josh Vander Flair needs to re-earn his spot on Ireland.
Grumpy Old Prop: so
Jarrod Dyke: Like, ah nope, he's still the number seven for Ireland, hands down.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right. and not Right.
Jarrod Dyke: Like, mm-mm.
Grumpy Old Prop: Or Maro Itoji or like.
Jarrod Dyke: Same.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. like no he's the the the best you got you play your you play your best like no for i know you're trying to still remain relevant but <unk> you're not you're done well yeah
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, well, he thinks he's going to be because he just signed a deal to stay in England, so.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah who needs who needs players who can run with the ball in hand to help them out just sign him this one's obvious again going back to bristol versus exeter
Jarrod Dyke: All right. and um
Jarrod Dyke: yeah, please. Dick in the week.
Jarrod Dyke: Tom Shorten.
Grumpy Old Prop: and And it's not like heat there was just one incident. like There were a couple.
Jarrod Dyke: There were a couple.
Grumpy Old Prop: like And but after all of them, he just kind of like walked off. like Not like he didn't understand what he did was wrong or that he didn't understand that it was bad. he just kind of walked. And not even like a puzzled face. Just a stone cold, like absolute poker face. I didn't do anything.
Grumpy Old Prop: I don't know.
Jarrod Dyke: but right
Grumpy Old Prop: I'm just walking here. Don't mind me. And it's like, dude, you just you hit a free kick into touch directly. Like, and you called for the ball. You're give me the ball.
Jarrod Dyke: so
Grumpy Old Prop: I want to do it.
Jarrod Dyke: That's schoolboy.
Grumpy Old Prop: It's like,
Jarrod Dyke: I would kill him. I would kill him if he was on my team.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: I'd be like, come here. We need to have a conversation right now.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right. What, why is that bar of soap and that sock? Don't worry about it.
Jarrod Dyke: ah If you don't get it, go look it up. You're welcome. Oh, man. all right Uh, we got, let's do some pick them first before, and then we'll do start set.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: Uh, Gloucester and Bristol.
Grumpy Old Prop: Gloucester.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Worsley's playing, isn't he?
Grumpy Old Prop: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: i mean Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah And they're at home and they, they haven't quite got over the line on anything yet, even though they're close. Like, yeah, this is going to be bad news for Bristol.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right. And and um who is it?
Jarrod Dyke: have a feeling.
Grumpy Old Prop: Llewellyn's back. Will Joseph looked great last week.
Jarrod Dyke: Yes, I saw that
Grumpy Old Prop: like that's a That's a proper back line. I think the only the only one they're missing is... um Shit, who's the the wing from...
Jarrod Dyke: that. Redshaw?
Grumpy Old Prop: No.
Jarrod Dyke: Oh, um Hathaway.
Grumpy Old Prop: Hathaway. Still missing Hathaway.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Yeah, yeah. No. Yeah, that'll be bad, bad, bad, bad bad when that happens.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. oh
Jarrod Dyke: and Newcastle and Saints.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, not a question, really.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. Right.
Jarrod Dyke: Lester Bath.
Grumpy Old Prop: I had Lester and then I was like, wait, what the fuck am I doing? ba
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, Bath. ah prove it to Prove it to me, Lester, and then you'll have my respect.
Jarrod Dyke: Series and sale.
Grumpy Old Prop: I would yeah i would have ah give the edge to Sanderson um slightly if Saris beat Quinns last week.
Jarrod Dyke: I agree. They're going to be mad, though.
Grumpy Old Prop: But that didn't happen. And you're going to Saracens and they're going to be, um, uh, slightly put out.
Jarrod Dyke: No.
Grumpy Old Prop: So yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, they're going to be upset.
Jarrod Dyke: And then...
Grumpy Old Prop: So Saracens, obviously with all that, if you didn't get the context clues, so okay.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: I got it. Dickbags and Quintins.
Grumpy Old Prop: Um, the, the non-dick bags.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, same. Yeah. Marcus looking as good as he did last week as...
Grumpy Old Prop: Again, yeah, that's not a, Yeah, they're not in the same league at this point, really.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah um Yeah. I think the individuality of Exeter will come through, at the same time, it won't be enough.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: because Especially if Petty's in there, he is one of those guys that will play Exeter's brand of rugby on and play defensively the way they want they need him to, and then you know they have the legs to do otherwise around.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: That'll be that. Okay. Sliding right in to start set.
Grumpy Old Prop: Ooh, the pinched a little.
Jarrod Dyke: ah um I start. So Gloucester, Bristol, look at that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Where the hell did my notes go? There we go. All right. For the host. um Fasagban the only front row I'm interested in at the moment, and that includes Sub-Blake.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah. Well, I mean, you can't because Gloucester like basically sub out their hookers at halftime, so it's not.
Jarrod Dyke: So...
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm. Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: um
Jarrod Dyke: And another one of them has done well, so pass.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: And then Venter's the only back row I'm looking at right now.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: And for them, anybody, yeah, anybody outside of Fosagman in the pack. um Yeah. And then maybe Englefield, if you need to start him for the halfback.
Jarrod Dyke: um Yes, Byrne, if you need him. But, man, he's been not great either.
Grumpy Old Prop: hu
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Kuelen and Joseph in the midfield. Yes, I want all of that. And then Loder in both. Thoroughly in draft only.
Jarrod Dyke: And then sit Charlie Atkinson.
Grumpy Old Prop: Really? because Because I see Oli Thorley going up against Max Pepper. um and That's a massive physical mishma mismatch.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, but I don't know if I want to transfer Thoroughly in for just the one week.
Grumpy Old Prop: That's fair too. Yes, okay, you're correct.
Jarrod Dyke: Loder's been doing well pretty much across the board, so I'll give him the nod.
Grumpy Old Prop: True. Fair.
Jarrod Dyke: Thorly will have a great matchup, but and draft, great. Not sure you want to waste the sub because you only get four of them in Superbu for Prem, so they are very precious, like Golem precious.
Grumpy Old Prop: That's fair. well Stop making sense. You're making me look bad.
Jarrod Dyke: Can't stop myself over here. ah but For the Bears. um For now, Augre is the only front row I want because I'm pretty sure there's no Genji, if I remember correctly. um I will take both locks, though.
Grumpy Old Prop: ah Yes, no Genji.
Jarrod Dyke: And then I will take Mata and Harding, Marmion in both,
Grumpy Old Prop: little more in close go.
Jarrod Dyke: um Bernard, Robalvo. um Maroney's not in draft yet, so you don't need to worry about wasting your time with that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Okay.
Jarrod Dyke: But don't waste your time with him in Seward Rue.
Grumpy Old Prop: Don't. Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: um He's there as injury cover. That's it. Trust me.
Grumpy Old Prop: I mean, they even, they didn't call them.
Jarrod Dyke: um I'll pick Pepper in and both formats right now because I'm pretty sure it's a halfback in both.
Grumpy Old Prop: they called They called Fricker.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yes, he is. He's out of position. Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: Awesome.
Grumpy Old Prop: I think one of the boys on the chat was saying that you could pick an entire back line of out of position players.
Jarrod Dyke: Sign me up.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, I saw that. i did see that actually. Yeah, you're right. So that'll that'll do well. Yeah, all of them playing on the wing for the like likelihood this week.
Grumpy Old Prop: And then, what was it?
Jarrod Dyke: Yep,
Grumpy Old Prop: There was even ah Atkinson in this game, too.
Jarrod Dyke: yep. Yeah, yeah and Lua Tua, Elizalde, no, don't want anything to do with that business right there.
Grumpy Old Prop: right, off to Newcastle hosting the Saints.
Jarrod Dyke: Bollocks.
Grumpy Old Prop: um For Newcastle, again, as I mentioned earlier, Freddie Clark, yes. Moffy, I think yes. I think he could have a big game here. Alex Hurl is back in position.
Grumpy Old Prop: So he's not no longer a wing ah center that is playing at wing. He's now a center that is playing center, which, a but he actually, well, maybe look at the ball more.
Jarrod Dyke: Lame.
Jarrod Dyke: Lame.
Grumpy Old Prop: Um, that's not a bad spot. ah I still wouldn't drop him because he's actually scored fairly well, but it's Newcastle. So temper expectations, um, for the saints, uh, fucking everybody.
Grumpy Old Prop: Uh, Fisketi's getting his first start. That's awesome. Alex Coles was going to be a fantastic option. um Kemeny and Sam Graham, yes. i Okay, so one of the guys in the group chat also said he was thinking about captaining Callum Chick because he's captaining he's being he's going to be captain for the Saints against his old team.
Jarrod Dyke: was outside. Yeah. yeah
Grumpy Old Prop: But it's still Callum Chick. So put ah put it ah brakes the brakes on that.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Pump the brakes. Unless you're Callum, in which case, please captain him. Go ahead. Please. um Alex Mitchell, Finn Smith. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. um I'd even go Hutch over Dingwall, which is weird, but that's kind of the way it is.
Jarrod Dyke: Definitely.
Grumpy Old Prop: And then the aforementioned Litchfield, Todaro, and Freeman at 15 is a fun choice.
Grumpy Old Prop: He's going to have some runs, I'm sure.
Jarrod Dyke: Agreed. Agreed. And then that leaves us to Leicester and Bath. So yeah those two teams, those two games we have the lamps for right now. but By the time you listen to this, you'll probably have the lamps as well, but we don't right now.
Jarrod Dyke: It's very late here in the U.S.
Grumpy Old Prop: Right.
Jarrod Dyke: For the Tigers, I'm actually not looking to sign up any Tigers for props right now. ah Parked them for a bit. Blumeyer, yes, though. Chesum is the only lock I'm interested in um Elione and Rafel for draft only as far as their back row goes.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: um Vanport Fleet for both. Whoever's at 10 for both lately. Yep, I'm into that.
Grumpy Old Prop: yeah
Jarrod Dyke: um Well, Wand has scored well so far, so I'd say you can continue to roll with him. I know it's a tough matchup, so go with that.
Grumpy Old Prop: it's a
Jarrod Dyke: Kata and Draft only. Oh,
Grumpy Old Prop: It's a shame Harry Potter's gone. Harry Potter will want is ah would would have just been a lightning combination.
Jarrod Dyke: thank God.
Grumpy Old Prop: All
Jarrod Dyke: Ding-dong commentary guy Oz would have way too in front of that, thank God.
Grumpy Old Prop: right. Oh, fuck. Yeah. Okay. i'm okay I'm glad they're split up.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: They have to be. Okay.
Jarrod Dyke: All for the best. hopeful ah we're all All for the best for all of our sanity.
Grumpy Old Prop: it
Jarrod Dyke: um And then Hassel Collins, Rod Wendt for both. Freddie Stewart for draft. Four baths, defending champs. Obano, Datois, both done, both.
Jarrod Dyke: um But then it gets into... So if Ewan Richards is playing out of position again, then yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: Hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Like after the other week?
Grumpy Old Prop: Hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: I'll take that. um then Otherwise, no other locks because he's a lock and i think in both formats. so
Grumpy Old Prop: Hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: That's where that comes in. For the back row, Bayless, Reid, Underhill in both Pepper and draft only right now. I don't love Spencer at all in this position at all, if he assuming he's the one that's playing nine and not in our ah another rest week.
Jarrod Dyke: um And then... ah Obviously Finn. And then Lawrence, Arendelle, both.
Jarrod Dyke: A John Moe draft, Redpath draft. Coca and DeGlambelle draft.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah, that's a shame about Coco.
Jarrod Dyke: Done.
Grumpy Old Prop: i
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: He's entering gotta see it territory. That's too early in the season for that. um Especially when I have him in a bunch of our leagues.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: Fuck. Sarri's hosting Sale. For Saracens... Again, the hooker... It's kind of the same situation as Gloucester with the hooker.
Grumpy Old Prop: um They're probably not going to play close to a full match. But at the same time, they're going score a lot of fucking points. So... Take that for what it's worth. um None of the props.
Jarrod Dyke: Mm-hmm.
Grumpy Old Prop: The... you know I think only really a Toje or... um and don't think I'd go... Iziqui in this matchup. um Sale have just too many bangers. I'm not sure that's his type of game.
Grumpy Old Prop: But then that that entire back row for Saris should have loads of free space um to to operate. Make a bunch of tackles. um Get a couple jackals. Yummy.
Grumpy Old Prop: um Vensel. he's He's tough to pick, but maybe you know draft only, possibly. um And then You're really looking at the wings. Whatever young wing the Saris are playing, that's your guy.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: um And Max Malins is... um For Sale, their front row, assuming it's Rod, Jabulu, and Opoku Forjor, those are those are those are the options.
Grumpy Old Prop: don't Don't even think about LCD. this is This is a game where he is unlikely to do well. um And then kind of the same for the rest of the forwards. This is not going to be a good game for for this the sale forwards.
Grumpy Old Prop: um They're just not mobile enough. They're not attacking enough. And Saris will bottle them up. The really not even so much the centers or the the halfbacks.
Grumpy Old Prop: Ford, I think, is if you got him in, Ford's the only one that I would i would probably have in draft.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, Ford's the only name that you need to mention there.
Grumpy Old Prop: um Only I wouldn't have him in Superbrew. And then the back three. Saris are, you know, I don't have the stats yet, but it feels like so the back three are just crushing Saris this year. So, ah and Sale have a pretty good back three. So, you know, I don't think that's going to be a a huge mismatch, but I think Sale will score pretty well.
Grumpy Old Prop: ah fan You know, it's a fantasy thing. Fantasy mismatch, guess.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: I'd take their back three over Saris in fantasy.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: All right. Let's go to Exeter and Quinns for Exeter.
Grumpy Old Prop: the butt cry.
Jarrod Dyke: i have no interest in Their front row, Dweba in draft, but that's it, like not the props. The only lock I have interest in is Zambonin, and that's in draft only as well right now.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: That may change as the years as the year goes on. He seems to be doing a pretty good job. Fislau and Vincent in both.
Jarrod Dyke: Not Varney in draft if you have to.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: Obviously, we don't we don't play Harvey Skinner if we can help it.
Grumpy Old Prop: No, we don't do that here.
Jarrod Dyke: um Slade, give him the T in Super Brew if you need if you're playing him in there. um Whatever Muppet they stick next to him. Unless it's a Kitau, in which case we can talk about it.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yes.
Jarrod Dyke: um And then ah look at Ra'Bempo, Faye Woboso. Yes, yes. ah Hodge might be back this week. Is up that what we know?
Grumpy Old Prop: I don't know.
Jarrod Dyke: Because I thought it was a lengthy-ish ban reduced to only a couple games because he's going to go to quote-unquote tackle school.
Grumpy Old Prop: ah Okay, I think that sounds about it right, but he might have one. I don't know.
Jarrod Dyke: Maybe he's got one more. So if he does, then don't bother with whoever's back there.
Grumpy Old Prop: my Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: but Otherwise, if he's back, then you can consider him for draft.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: For the Quinns, Finn Baxter, yep. George Turner's actually scoring okay coming off the bench, so if he happens to get a start, then maybe chuck him in there for your draft team.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: um Petty is the only lock I have any interest in.
Grumpy Old Prop: Mm-hmm.
Jarrod Dyke: um I'm good with the back three in but in most formats. Cutting himself is going to be a draft only, only because we haven't seen him do much in Super Brew, but still a name that you want to pick.
Grumpy Old Prop: All
Jarrod Dyke: um ah Porter, if you're desperate in draft. ah Marcus in both. And then Beard only in draft. No other center is worth it right now that they have.
Jarrod Dyke: um Green, Marley, yep. And then really any other back three guy that they stick next to them is probably worth at least a draft spot. But that's the best you got to do there.
Grumpy Old Prop: right, on to all the weeks.
Jarrod Dyke: Yes.
Grumpy Old Prop: So I guess I'll start with my start of the week. um It's the, you know, it feels unfair to just pile on the Newcastle Redbills.
Grumpy Old Prop: But um yeah, we're going do it anyway.
Jarrod Dyke: But we're going to
Grumpy Old Prop: um so my my start of the week this week is ah is going to be the Saints 10 Finn Smith, who I think is going to light them up and, um you know, boot and problem might even put one down himself.
Jarrod Dyke: do it anyway.
Grumpy Old Prop: because I think everybody's goingnna be scoring. So, yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah. Not beyond consideration here. um So a guy that started the season red hot and despite his team being meh, I still like him a lot and I hope he gets a move away from the club.
Jarrod Dyke: My of the week is going to Ross Vincent from Shitbags.
Grumpy Old Prop: Wow. That's a strong statement.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah.
Grumpy Old Prop: just Again, also also assuming he's playing.
Jarrod Dyke: They're at home, which is helpful.
Grumpy Old Prop: um
Jarrod Dyke: That's true.
Grumpy Old Prop: He did get KTFO last week. um He may be in concussion protocol still. ah Thanks, Tom Jordan. Dick.
Jarrod Dyke: yeah
Grumpy Old Prop: um And in my sit of the week is pains me to say, but it's it's going to be Max Malins who um I drafted a few leagues and I've had him in, in super brew and I'm not doing well.
Jarrod Dyke: a
Grumpy Old Prop: And I,
Jarrod Dyke: Says a lot.
Grumpy Old Prop: seeing a correlation here. Although I'm not doing badly, but i'm you know it's one of those like, if I had somebody scoring better than Max Malens, I'd be doing a lot better. Fair
Jarrod Dyke: yeah Hear that. ah Such is life.
Jarrod Dyke: ah Yeah, mine has a similar theme. Also wears number eight. not my biggest Not a big fan of him playing a tough team. Might say that he's going to be Olly Cracknell, assuming he plays number eight.
Grumpy Old Prop: fair enough
Jarrod Dyke: All right, so there's that. um One final thing before we go. um um p wr PWR fans, ah there's already been something that's posted. um We are opening the league soon here. I'm going to try and do my best to do everything tomorrow to get that ready go. And,
Jarrod Dyke: um
Jarrod Dyke: you know, the gods willing, if we can get the stats, we're going to do draft this year. And that's going to be awesome. um Anyway, that's on there's a short list of people that we're going to reach out to first.
Jarrod Dyke: But then after that, we'll umll figure out exactly what we're doing in terms of number of teams. And if there's one league or two, I'm not doing more than two because if I do that, I'm going to start punching things.
Jarrod Dyke: ah But our biggest hurdle right now is whether or not we can get knowing whether or not we can get the stats.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: So if um if anybody has connections or friends, please reach out to them and put us in touch. It would be very, very wonderful if we could do that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yeah.
Jarrod Dyke: I just want put that on everyone's radar out there. But other than that, um yeah, this was fun. Nice little half hour throw it all at the against the wall and see what sticks type of stuff.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: But, yeah, so it's probably going to be the same for next week as well, but then we'll be back in the settle the week after that.
Grumpy Old Prop: Yep.
Jarrod Dyke: So, but thanks a lot for everyone that listens to us and lets us babble into the ear and supports us. We appreciate you guys. Enjoy the rugby. Have a good one, everyone.
Grumpy Old Prop: And sorry for the inconvenience of giving you advice right before you get to set your team.
Jarrod Dyke: Yeah, take care, guys.
Grumpy Old Prop: Later.
Jarrod Dyke: Cheers.
