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Season 4- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Round 15 & 6 Nations Round 1 Preview)
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It's a busy Fantasy Corner this week. With the kickoff of 6 Nations upon us, we take a good look at our two primary fantasy formats for the competition, including previewing our FRD draft for the Champi-Yanks League (still time to get in on a few of them, links below). We get in a bit of this or that for the upcoming round of the Prem and yes we do that Start or Sit thing, including for the first time this season, 6 Nations. Lots to take in so grab a drink or three and enjoy.
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Transcript
Podcast Introduction
00:00:08
Speaker
Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the Fancy Rookie Gang. My name is Jared Dike. I'm Ben Glauser. Let me just take the time to remind everybody that we are the number one Fancy Rookie podcast in the US. I don't care who argues otherwise, because there's others that are trying to encroach on this shit. And we were the originators. We're the number one. I don't care what the fuck anybody else says. We're just going to throw that out there right now.
00:00:31
Speaker
I'll let ourselves speak for ourselves there.
Fantasy Rugby Community
00:00:35
Speaker
Yeah, I think we all know who's boss here. And no, we encourage. We encourage. It's not to discourage any and all competition. We want, you know, I think it'd be fun to have other people to chat with. We let you know as much as we get along with George, we get along with all the the the fantasy rugby peoples out there who are in and then not
00:00:59
Speaker
making everything just look bad. So, um, yeah, let's keep away from like the other. Let's try to keep it. I know we're a podcast, so we're expected to be crass, but we don't have to be classless. Yeah. No, no, not like a certain other podcast. Anyway. Yeah. Um, didn't not, not liking what we're seeing there. Nope. Did not. Okay. Um,
Six Nations Fantasy Leagues
00:01:21
Speaker
Let's get in, let's dive into the six nations. Hooray. If you haven't, if you don't know this already, we've got a boatload of six nations stuff for you guys to play. We have the rugby mag, of course. We have, we have super brew. We have the official league as well. And then somebody's put a, put a feel out there for another league. So I will join. Alex wants to, wants to, wants to join one, our boy Alex.
00:01:47
Speaker
So, if there's a few more bodies out there that might want to get one more league fired up for themselves, give us a shout for FRD. Otherwise, we got our boys all set otherwise. But yeah, there's one more person. Get teams from FRD. Like, seriously, it costs a little money, but support them. Yes.
00:02:09
Speaker
Because this is a for now thing, and they've earned it. They've done a hell of a job with that site. As annoying as it was, yeah, at some points, that's for sure. But they're doing the best they can. And again, we're supportive of that because they're doing it for the right reasons. So please make sure you're getting your FRD teams. And I would absolutely not have a problem doing another league. If as many people want to play, let's get them to play. Let's get them. Let's get them, kids.
00:02:37
Speaker
All right.
Player Analysis: Six Nations
00:02:38
Speaker
Let's talk a little bit about Six Nations and Fantasy Wise. Let's keep the focus on FRD and TRM for now because those are the ones that obviously are going to count towards our big league standings. For TRM,
00:02:58
Speaker
there's names that are obvious. There's always one gem out there that wasn't good the last couple of years that just pops and I don't know who it's going to be this year. One name I think will come good this year because he'll actually probably start at Gibson Park. I think so too. He's on my list of if he starts, which I again, as you said, I hope he does because we've
00:03:22
Speaker
Got nothing but respect for Connor Murray and love him as a player. It's not, it's that he's not that player. He's not, never been the, the Lucy, like James, he gives some park brings is dynamic as fuck. I mean, Connor Murray is greater with the boot. He's precise with the pass. Like he does all the scrum have things right. But he, that's, that's the limit of what he does. Right?
00:03:50
Speaker
Yeah,
Fantasy Strategy Tips
00:03:51
Speaker
and he's not maybe as good as the other things as Connor Murray is, but the thing that he gives you more than makes up for it. And that's really what it is, is that Murray is a fantastic fucking sprout man, one of the best in the world, and has been at least. And that the way the game is going, Gibson Park is more valuable to a team.
00:04:13
Speaker
Yeah, these days, I agree. And to your fantasy lineup. But like, again, like we've talked been talking with about for years with with England. It's about the decisions that are made by the coach. It's about the lineup that gets put out there and the game plan. So Gibson Park absolutely should be in your fantasy lineup, but only if he's fucking playing. And yeah, totally, totally, totally. Yeah, no doubt about that. And you know, it's funny, because we there's always
00:04:44
Speaker
There's the debate about where do you burn players depending on which position and stuff like that. Can you make one of the Italy guys work for your TRM team where you can save that position and use it somewhere else?
00:04:59
Speaker
I don't know. I mean, you got to have 28 minimums. So I recommend keeping the minimum until you need to make changes. But there are guys who should be like, I have guys who are, you know, from Italy who are absolutely not, you know, I'll be talking about them will be to preview the match, but
00:05:14
Speaker
Um, there are guys that just deserve a spot and, and like Yoani is worth, you know, he's worth a spot and he's guy you can, you can have on your bench, right? He might not
Versatility in Players
00:05:25
Speaker
be starter worthy because, you know, maybe he gets bottled up, but at the same time he could go off for like 30 points.
00:05:31
Speaker
And, you know, you get the 15 rather than like a five or a 10 from, you know, a second rate. You know, he's a good spot for Italy too. Rex is the same kind of thing as the center. He's a hard runner. He does things that get points in TRM.
00:05:50
Speaker
I'm not sure about FRD, but I know he gets some meters. So, you know, let me be just counting bolts. So that's always good. Canone has been all right. And is a good like lock backup. Yeah. I have Bronstein. Okay. He's a good option too. And Varnie who has also played well against France. He did that last year. He did put up some, some solid points against France too. He'd be a good backup scrum half again in Italy position. That's not going to lose you points.
00:06:19
Speaker
No, not at all. Not at all. Yeah, I have Barney. Barney's definitely one of those guys in there. Same goes for Superbrew on that one as well. You can use Barney on your, as your backup scrum half, and they'll be a nice, somebody you can see, you know, you don't have to burn an Ireland or a Wales player on like, you know, Gibson Parker Murray, if you're going to start DuPont. Yeah. Or Garrett Davies, I'm sort of trying to get the name of that one there.
00:06:43
Speaker
Yeah, there's plenty to work on to pick from for Italy that can add to your team and not make you feel like you're sacrificing a spot from one of the other countries that you might want to use on a higher end guy that's got a little bit more potential maybe. Still can do it, just get a... you gotta find those little spots anyway, you gotta pick at least
00:07:05
Speaker
What, three? You got to pick at least three Italy players. Anyway, you might as well figure out which one you're taking. Exactly. Yeah, you got to take them at least
Team Analysis: Ireland
00:07:13
Speaker
strategically. Yes, I agree. I agree. And Garbisi is another one who's worth having. So there's enough, right, to fill in and might not start them because, you know, if Marcus Smith is starting, I'm probably going to be starting him.
00:07:31
Speaker
Sorry. Um, or, or, you know, some, something to that effect. Like Barney, I'm not going to start, like Barney actually isn't, and he's not, he might be like, you know, if depending on the way the other teams a play or be, you know, there's some of the way their selection goes, um, Barney might be the second best fantasy, uh, scrum have option. Yeah. Yeah. So no.
00:07:56
Speaker
It's not like you're making a stupid decision, like we said.
00:08:02
Speaker
in the preview on the previous pod. It's a five team competition for the win, but it's still six teams in this comp. Like, so there's good players on, on Italy. So don't just sleep on them. Um, certainly not on your fantasy team because you'll miss out on points. I will say there's probably a risk with a lot of, actually a lot of a couple of the teams at nine in terms of you might not pick the right one for your team. Right. Cause we saw even like,
00:08:30
Speaker
with Wayne Peaback last year, I think he used two to three different starters for whales at nine. Hardy was kind of the one that everybody nobody saw coming. So yeah, like you've got to kind of keep that in mind when you do it. So
00:08:48
Speaker
the nailed-on guys might be the ones to grab. And Varney is one of those, one of those nines for Italy that he should be their starter, so. Right, right.
Drafting Considerations
00:08:58
Speaker
Because their guys, I don't, let me see. I can't remember, but it's not like their backup is. It's Braley. Braley, yeah. I mean, who's good, but I mean. He's not starting. He's not starting. He wouldn't start over Varney in the prem, so. No.
00:09:17
Speaker
and i think didn't i think varn i think they didn't lost both right so they decided which one they wanted and they decided they wanted to keep varn so they sent braley right packing so right that should be kind of the the light bulb there to turn on there for that exactly so um good for braley and good for and but varnio is going to be uh yeah he's there definitely their guy and there are players unfortunately if you're if you're new to
00:09:44
Speaker
fantasy rugby and TRM. It's not unlike any other fantasy sport. If they're good on the field, they might not be good in your fantasy team. Just remember that. If they do good things on the pitch, like we saw a couple of player of the match awards in the prem this past weekend, their fantasy scores did not reflect as such. No. And that's okay. Right. It's just that for your team, you just got to keep that in mind. Right.
00:10:11
Speaker
Cause it's like you make big tackles. Okay. Well, that's great. How many of you make, you know, five or six, that's not many fantasy points. There's guys who just make, you know, your ordinary every day, just right off the rock tackles that, that get like 15 points for that. And plus they don't miss tackles. Cause these are the easiest fucking tackles to
Position-Specific Advice
00:10:28
Speaker
make. Even if you get dragged backwards, you're making the tackle. It's a free tackle. Um,
00:10:35
Speaker
And that those guys get you, get you more points in for, for that in that respect. And, and you know, certain positions, meters aren't, you know, are kind of devalued, which kind of sucks. Um, so like a prop who can run is super great. You know, even if you only get like 10 meters, that's better than most props do 10 points. That's 10 points real quick there. Right. So, um,
00:10:57
Speaker
Yeah, it's just because they do good things doesn't mean they get points for. And I will say there's a there's a point at which in TRM is obviously specifically for this.
00:11:13
Speaker
versatility needs to be considered maybe that tipping point, depending on how good the person, the player is. If you're deciding between two players and one can play at least two positions and the other one can only play one and, you know, cause you only get a couple of transfers each window. So keep that in mind and you need, you're going to have to do a little bit of, you know, musical chairs sometimes.
00:11:40
Speaker
But I'm not saying don't, I'm also not saying at the same time, don't pick somebody primarily because they're versatile because they may still be shit.
00:11:50
Speaker
So like Elliot
Outside Backs Evaluation
00:11:51
Speaker
Daly, who I appreciate as a Saracen, obviously, not a good fantasy asset. He's eligible in three positions. Center, wing, fullback, not a good fantasy asset though. So just, and even as a backup, like somebody for your bench, he's still only going to get like 11 points. So to that one. Yeah. And like the hammer types, like Bundy Aki,
00:12:19
Speaker
Not a good fantasy score. Like excellent player for what he does, but it doesn't get you fantasy points. He's a hard runner, but he doesn't get, as I just said, you know, maybe he gets a little bit over the game line.
00:12:35
Speaker
All in all, you know, it takes him 50 meters to get five points. Whereas, you know, again, a props gets five meters and that's five points. So it's like the meters don't, you know, they're kind of biased for in favor of forwards. Correct. Yeah, they are in a lot of ways. The TRM is biased towards forward. So you got to find backs who.
Versatility and Value
00:12:54
Speaker
are going to go for long runs. You know, guys who just go for medium runs or don't, you know, maybe break one tackle, but don't break the line. Like that's, no, they're not going to score you points. Cut it. So I feel like every year for Italy, we find one forward that we're like, Ooh, he's going to be a part of my team next week. And we didn't necessarily consider him in our brains.
00:13:18
Speaker
Meyer was there last year. He's not considered for the first two weeks, unfortunately. Paul Edrie is not healthy yet. Sad. I wonder who that player might be for the Missouri this year. And maybe it's not, maybe it's not because the last couple of years, obviously it's been a loose forward. Maybe it's a second row or a prop this year. Who knows? But just keep your eyes peeled on that because if there's,
00:13:46
Speaker
If somebody passes the eye test and they're getting it done on the fantasy scoreboard, that's the player. That's the player you want, you know. Eye test sometimes doesn't always match the, like we said, another way around, too. Like, you're like, how the hell did they get that many points? And it's like, can you point out, like, there were scores this past week and I was like, he got that many? Yeah.
00:14:10
Speaker
You know, I'm wondering if there's like, if it's going to come from the prop because could be, uh, you know, this, the Saracen, um, which you don't, he's down. He's down with his ACL. So who's the tight head who steps up? Maybe. So that's something to think about. Cause we don't really know. Cause it's been rich Yoni for even, I mean, he's been nailed on as their tight head for a bit. Yeah.
00:14:38
Speaker
So what, you know, what does this replacement do? And do they, do they, you know, try a little, go
England's Lineup Insights
00:14:43
Speaker
for some runs? Maybe they're maybe one of their new hookers. Maybe they've got two, two baby hookers now. And I say baby, not because not because of their age, but because they've not been capped yet. Right. But yeah, we'll see how that goes. Let's talk a little bit more, lean a little bit more towards our friends at fantasy rugby draft.
00:15:06
Speaker
Obviously, we have a big draft coming up tomorrow. Ben's going to be drafting in one league. George and I will be drafting in another, and we'll be on here talking shit at each other. Right. Are we drafting at the same time? Yeah. Oh, fuck. Wow. Okay. Interesting. So it'll be fun.
00:15:28
Speaker
FRD currently has Intimac and Marcus Smith as one and two, and then the fly half's kind of fallen order with Finn Russell, Sexton, Bigger, and then Melvin Yamane is a fly half on this. As you pointed out, Michael Lowry is a fly half on this, so that's very interesting. In that thought, if you love the outside backs, you got a chance to grab a couple of them right there. The question is, and again, does Lowry play?
00:15:58
Speaker
I hope so. We talked about it. We hope so. But does he? And where? Like, yeah. I don't know. Definitely in the back
Official Fantasy Game Tips
00:16:04
Speaker
three. Well, yeah, but I mean, like, Kenan's likely their starter at fullback, so. Somewhere in the lane. Maybe, yeah. I think, right, it could happen. I just, I don't know. That's the thing about the, that's what is, gets frustrating towards the end of,
00:16:25
Speaker
FRD draft or what we'll get because it's like you're going to be drafting guys who like you could miss on all of them. They could be all guys who don't play a minute on the comp and it's like that could happen after like the first like six rounds or seven rounds. You might be taking flyers on guys who are may or may not be playing and that's
00:16:48
Speaker
Oh, that's fucking annoying and scary. I'm not worried about it. The interesting part about this competition is we have six teams in each league. There's only six front rows to pick from.
Weekly Performance Recap
00:17:06
Speaker
Yeah. So somebody's going to get stuck with Italy. So
00:17:11
Speaker
Do you jump the gun and say, I'm grabbing a front row right now, or do you try and hold your water until there's at least one left that's not good? I will talk about this after the draft tomorrow, or as we're doing the draft tomorrow. Yeah, I'm not gonna post it until probably three o'clock anyway, so. Oh, really? Yeah. Okay. And at this point we're, okay, cool.
00:17:38
Speaker
20 minutes in, they wouldn't be listening. Um, maybe not. Um, I'm probably going to be third round. Yeah. Cause I mean, especially for me, I'm, I'm first overall pick. So, oh yeah. You got to wait. I kind of have a plan. I kind of have a plan and I'm going to, I'm going to go. I'm basically either winning this league or I'm losing badly.
00:18:00
Speaker
That's the way to go. So they do it. Right. That's where I'm going with this. We know locks are, you know, any lock with a pulse is useful.
00:18:14
Speaker
but not all locks are created equal. I think we have the likes of Morrow and Byrne in there as the one two that kind of catch your eye when it comes to that. And after that, yeah, it's that rule probably applies across the board. Maybe somebody else comes to comes to the fore and surprises us, but I don't know if there's going to be anybody like that that catches our eye.
00:18:37
Speaker
Yeah, not really. Yeah, not. It's not apparent.
Participant Strategies
00:18:40
Speaker
Like Ian Henderson is a solid pick. Like, you know, he'd be third, probably third off the board for me. But after that, it's like I wouldn't I don't know that it's like one of those. I don't know that I want to make that pick. I want to let someone else make that pick with Ian Henderson. And even. Shit, who was the other lock from from Ireland? Right.
00:19:06
Speaker
Jamie right yeah even him let someone else make that pick like if you don't get if this the timing is not right for you to get a to jay or.
00:19:16
Speaker
Who is it? Burn. Yeah, that's right. Then don't bother. Don't reach. Wait until and grab a jag because that's all that's left. That'll be pretty much it after that. Get someone else who's going to score real points. The breaking news if you didn't know already.
00:19:36
Speaker
breaking. I hate that on Twitter, by the way. Alfie Barbari, Izzell says a little forward if he ever were to get into the squad. He's not going to contribute to your front row score if you take the right front row. So just FYI.
00:19:52
Speaker
Right now, the top three, let's see, let's go five, one, two, three, four, five are
Building Effective Lineups
00:19:58
Speaker
Conan Watson, Aldret Fagerson and Curry, Don Branch right after Curry, 44 and 45. I mean, and if we knew Don Brandt was going to play Eddie's Eddie, then I would suspect he'd be higher on that list.
00:20:17
Speaker
Well, yes, he's not higher on my list. He's not like I can't. I don't know. It's hard to know. It's really hard to know. I want someone else to make that pick. Yeah. I'll be waiting to match. Who do you have as the number one loose forward? Conan. That's I'm I have Aldrit all day. Conan Mish and then Aldrit.
00:20:40
Speaker
That's right. And I'm hoping people go by that. Because if I can get so if I can get like my front row in the in the third round and then loop it around and get all in the fourth. I like I can tell you because you're not in my league, but like I'll be I'll be boners about that. We're cool. I'm midfielders.
Player Comparisons
00:21:06
Speaker
get the the big ones that it's a big boys to still eat off. Oddly enough, vodka towel and Aki, then Davies ring rose slayed. Johnson. Yeah, Martian. But yeah, Russian has COVID. Yeah, so yeah, that's what he is. So he's out. I knew he's out. I don't remember. And so I think Denty could be a sneaky one.
00:21:27
Speaker
I think so too. France. Again, if he plays. I think I think it's going to be you. I think it's going to be you. OK, because I mean, those are I love both of them. Yep, same.
00:21:40
Speaker
Say him to ease. And then, yeah, Harris is at 49. I don't know if he's going to do the same things he does in this Gloucester shirt he does for Scotland, but one can help. Well, that's my problem is, again, who they're going to go with. So, like, is Sam Johnson going to be at 12? He should be at 12, yeah. But should he?
00:22:04
Speaker
I mean, I'd rather him at 12 and Harris at 13. But why wouldn't we want... Fuck. What's his name? From Saints. Oh, Hutch? Hutch. That's right. Hutch and Harris? I would fucking... You know how much that center parrot would slap? I mean, that would... Oh, I'm
Drafting Versatile Players
00:22:25
Speaker
not arguing with that. I'm just trying to get inside the frickin' brain as scary as it is of Townsend here.
00:22:31
Speaker
I understand that that also means then that if Sam Johnson is the number 12, then that means there's only one spot for either Harris or Hush. And I think they're going to end up flipping off. And it's just going to be, yes, that. That's why.
00:22:48
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. The big fucking UFO right there is why. There's the elephant in the room that we found over there in the corner. Sam Johnson, I that's
Six Nations Strategy
00:23:03
Speaker
fucking annoying because that's why because of Sam Johnson, I can't trust Chris Harris or Rory Hutchinson. So you maybe you I mean, you got a couple bed spots, so maybe you marry him up.
00:23:13
Speaker
Yeah, I got to handcuff them, but that's annoying. It is annoying. I'm not I'm not arguing with that at all. Right. But that also makes them all later round picks, then like the guys you take a flyer on because I'm not taking it like if I'm taking Chris Harris with my fourth round pick.
00:23:31
Speaker
you know how i said i'm either winning or losing this this league that means i'm losing this league i've done something wrong something's gone way wrong for me and but like in the 10th round yeah okay now we're talking maybe we'll see yeah i feel like all bets are off after you get beyond like five six rounds anyway so
00:23:50
Speaker
Outside backs, which are obviously the ones that can have the potential to score you below the points. Hoggies is the number one as ranked right now. Reece Hammitt and Duhan. And then Darcy Graham from Scotland. I don't like it, but okay. And then Doolan. Doolan, I think, should be higher. Teddy Tumah is way too high on this list. He does not do well on a France shirt. So there's a guy that
00:24:20
Speaker
should be way higher on this. That's not his villieri. Oh, yeah, I really like him. He flies.
Building Teams in TRM and FRD
00:24:27
Speaker
My Lord does he fly? He flies and they love to get in the ball. Like, he's extremely busy and with extremely busy wing who can run the way he can run. All he needs is a crack and he's gone too. Like, he's
00:24:43
Speaker
I'm not convinced Freddie Stewart should be ahead of Hugo Keenan on this list either. New. Okay, Stewart. Excellent example. Guy who is an amazing rugby player, but just a butt.
00:25:03
Speaker
at fantasy. He really is with the exception of what he had one. He had one good game in fantasy and I don't even think it was TRM. I think it was the automation. So like, yeah, that was it. And I was like, yeah, I didn't see that coming. But at the same time, I wasn't banking on it either. So yeah, he's he's an amazing rugby player. But like,
00:25:25
Speaker
The things he contributes to a team doesn't get you fantasy points. So, no. Love the player, don't like the asset. Right. Josh Adams is super low too.
00:25:37
Speaker
Yeah, I think Monty Iwanis right about right. He's like seventh. He's where he should be. Other people are not. He'll be solid. He'll be
Weekly League Insights
00:25:46
Speaker
a solid pick if somebody grabs him. He would be. Again, they get him the ball. It's not just that he's a good player. There's layers to it. Right. I would be interested if
00:25:58
Speaker
assuming this is accurate, if Ramos does get finally get his look, a look back into the France team, because he's way down the list right here. So he could be one of those flyers that just wins you the league. So and we'll see and all he has for Collins, if he gets, if he gets game major game time, same thing. Yeah, I got the potential. That's, again, one of those things where if England do the right thing,
00:26:23
Speaker
And don't play Jack Knoll. Ollie Hassell Collins and Max Malins with Freddie Stewart as the fullback. Right. Yeah. All day. There's a big conversation in that, but we're not going to be able to have it right now. All day with that. And then, you know, center pairings. Yeah, Slade at 13. Absolutely. I don't know what you're going to do with that. It might be Aki. It might be Atkinson.
00:26:51
Speaker
Oh, that would be
TRM Player Selection
00:26:52
Speaker
interesting. I mean, he's not a seasoned international, but he's a seasoned player. So if you're looking for a calm, calm hand to put on Marcus and this, hey, you know, shoulder. Right. That might be the answer. And then I don't know if that's going to be the answer, but I'm just saying that's a possibility. Throwing it out there. Put it out in the universe. It would have to be because, I mean, North, they sent Northmore back. They did. Marchant has COVID.
00:27:20
Speaker
It's like Atkinson and Slade. Who else? I don't know who else is at center. I'm I'm terrible. This is what makes me terrified sometimes, Billy Jones, because I'm like, what fucking cocky cocky made me an idea you're going to have? Like, I mean, we saw Tui on the wing in the fall. I was like, what in the holy fuck is that? Right.
00:27:42
Speaker
Good Lord. And just, all right, so as we wrap this part up, just for those that are playing the official game, there are no kickers. So if you find a player that is kicking for their team and they're not a fly app, grab them because they're going to be good. I can tell you that from experience.
00:28:01
Speaker
Especially
Social Media Engagement
00:28:02
Speaker
if they're going to turn, I mean, obviously, if the only thing they do is kick and they don't do anything else useful, I guess not. But most of these players will find a way to turn fantasy points around in that game. So just keep that one in mind for those of you that are going to join us with the official game. Right. And most of the leagues are searchable by fans here at Biancs as well. So if you're searching out there, if you have an issue, just get better at that. Yeah. I think you're already in that one.
00:28:28
Speaker
I'm sure I just have to go. I need to go. Thank you. I think the one you need to join is the super brew. Yeah. I'm sorry. Yes, I do. 99% sure. That's the one you need to join. I think you're correct. Everything else. You're good. Okay. Okay. Oh yeah.
Team Building Strategies
00:28:45
Speaker
We did do other things this past weekend as well. So let's have a look. Do, do, do, do. Uh,
00:28:57
Speaker
Hey, do you know who had the number 15 week overall? Some dickhead. Yeah, this guy.
00:29:08
Speaker
a late switch. I was sweating it going to do Priya versus Robinson. And it worked. And it worked. I did a little stinker tinker and switched my captain from Robinson because of the weather. I was like, all right, I'm hearing so much about all this alleged weather. I switched my captain and it worked out really well.
00:29:27
Speaker
Even though it almost didn't almost. But yeah, so well, well over 100 if you captain them. So they go 118. That'll do. That'll do. Okay. With an additional 47 from Robinson. So yeah, it's
Performance Tracking
00:29:43
Speaker
not like Robinson was a slouch on that one either. So right. Okay. All right, then. Yeah. So Champions League hat. We had some movement. Ben Jump Duncan. Duncan's down to two.
00:29:57
Speaker
some other dickheads up to three. Yeah, Carrick's at four. Anton's made his own moves. He's up to five, Justin's down to six. Mark at seven and George at eight, but he's doing a good job of just piecing together weeks and trying to catch up. So give him credit. D2, I think there's a little bit of movement in D2 actually as well.
00:30:20
Speaker
Just have a look, he Lou here. Yes, we did. And it wasn't the time, but so it's Franco Cobis, john.
00:30:30
Speaker
and Terry are all the top four still, but Bob made a move, has moved up to six. Liana was down to seven, Yuri at eight. And Liana was down to six, Yuri at seven. And sorry, Larry, you are just on the struggle bus, my homie. He's even admitted it's in shambles, so. At least you kidding me, Larry. Attaboy. That's how it works. Oh, man. Still time to turn it around. Yes, there is. Indeed, there is. More than enough. More than enough.
00:30:58
Speaker
Just give it a little, little, little work here and there, especially with the six nations going on. There's, there's, this is where, I mean, I made my move because my team, like, it's not like I've been bad. I'm
Six Nations Preparation
00:31:11
Speaker
still, I'm in the top 30 overall.
00:31:16
Speaker
but like I managed to make sure it was built for six nations. That's what you got to do. Right. I kind of got fucked cause I six nations and now the saints are on bi-week. The Quinn's are not, wait, hold on. The Quinn's are not bi-week during this whole thing, are they? I don't know. That would be a disaster for so many people. There's disasters waiting to happen out there. It's just, this is a key position for me, but
00:31:43
Speaker
Correct. With Quirky coming back, I should be okay. Yeah, hopefully he starts, assuming that FAF is not healthy yet. Let's see. Next week is Newcastle, right? That won't be a huge loss. Sands, like, a few.
Player Analysis
00:31:58
Speaker
Gloucester. Doo-doo-doo-doo. Sarries. Oops.
00:32:02
Speaker
Yeah, that's okay. I think I'm going to talk anyway. So yeah, same was not too bad. Their bath. Nobody's going to miss that. That's cool. We, we, we, the saris. So Maro doesn't get, you know, he has a complete by like, that's fine. We don't, we don't, we didn't get them anyway. Okay. Oh, yep. Yep. Yep. Oh, and then, but Quinn's, but it's, I think it's the week after six nations are on. Oh, so you're still okay. Pretty much.
00:32:29
Speaker
So there you go. Lucky kids out there. All right, let's do this or that. We'll do one for each position because we don't want to burn too much time here. For this week,
Weekly Preparation
00:32:41
Speaker
Ollie Hoskins or Valor Pablo Ruskins.
00:32:44
Speaker
Ruskin's Jesus. Hold on. I need to see who's playing who. Give me a second. I don't know. Is the plane. Oh, they're playing each other. Wait a minute. I know that I know the answer to this. They're playing each other. I, you know, Holly Hoskins score as well. Pretty much no matter who Gloucester are 11th in the league. Um, Irish are 12th. So if you can start them both, start them both.
00:33:09
Speaker
But if you can only start one, I'd go with Hoskins, because he's the higher point scorer anyway. There we are. Oh, here we go. Hookers. Woolley or McGuigan? This week. McGuigan is going against... Oh, shoot. Hold on. Where did I... I lost him. I lost it. Lost it. They're for the Leicester. Fuck.
00:33:38
Speaker
And Wooly is going against Bath. I go Wooly. I think Wooly is going to get some running in. I hope that Sarri's opened it up. But he still got 23 points. I think he came out a little early anyway. So I think he could do better. Yeah, it's a home match. And Bath are going to be like...
00:33:58
Speaker
nutting all over themselves and probably okay to lose. Finally. Yeah. Like, okay, it's an away match. Like, if Sarri's
Team Management Tips
00:34:07
Speaker
get it up a little bit, it could be just game on. And then there goes Woolie. Yeah, there you go. And he's not playing for Steve Diamond, so easy call there. Yeah.
00:34:18
Speaker
Oh, I'm sorry. I was. Yeah. Right. Yes. I was thinking that all this time, but no, I go again still now. Yeah. Bristol. I like they're not missing any forwards. And that's that pack was pretty, pretty damn good this past week. So. All right. This is that this week. That should be an interesting one.
Upcoming Matches Preview
00:34:48
Speaker
Freddie Clark or Steven Louis to a. Although I don't want to play lock, but he's eligible there. Yeah, Clark. Yeah, I mean, you know, he's playing because it looks like sliders hurt again. I'm not sure.
00:35:02
Speaker
I don't know what's happening there, but I'm guessing he's probably going to need at least another week. Lame. Not good. And Clark is just a, he's a machine and a tackle machine and Irish will go for runs. So he'll get his opportunity to make tackles. Right.
00:35:25
Speaker
Let's have a look here. Ah, I like this one. Alfie or Rogerson? Flanker. Oh, Alfie. I mean, the Exeter, like, that's Alfie's game right there. If they want to just, you know, pick and jam and stuff like that, he'll hit, he'll make the tackle, and then he'll also know when a guy's isolated and he'll just rustle him down and get it. Doesn't matter what size. Like, he's...
00:35:55
Speaker
He's pretty fearless. Right. This is his kind of game. So, yeah, no. Alfie all the way. And, you know, my thing on Roderson is he plays all the time, but he doesn't... He got 20 points last week. Yeah. That's like bang on average for him, too. Exactly. So, it's like, okay, he gets 20 points. You're guaranteed to get 20 points. Right. Alfie's going to have 20 by half, so...
00:36:24
Speaker
Yeah, probably. You're probably not wrong on that one. Number
Position Selection Advice
00:36:31
Speaker
eight, let's see if I can. Oh, here we go. Billy or Taimana. Oh, wait, no, that's not, that's a lie because Taimana's on by. Yeah, Billy or Cracknell from Irish. Billy. Depends if that could be a, and he's been kind of,
00:36:55
Speaker
Hmm. I do. No. Yeah. I'm going to go with, I'm going to go with Billy because crack knows playing against a tough defense. So, um, bath or are really, but they're 12 against number eights. There you go. Crack knows going against a team that's fifth. So, okay. Um, big difference there. Scrum halves, if it's or care. Yeah.
00:37:24
Speaker
Care is going against sale, which I don't like. Phipps is going to be against Gloucester who are the worst team in the league against scrum halves. I'm
Constructing Teams
00:37:35
Speaker
going to go with Phipps. He's been, he's been scoring. He's scored. Yeah. High score in the, in the, uh, league this week. So fucking just, he's still goddamn expensive. He is. I wish he wasn't.
00:37:49
Speaker
Um, depending on lineups, uh, fly half. Oh, this should be interesting. Yeah. Besides that. Um, I think Orlando Bailey got released, but also this week. So better mind for you that looking at bath players, at least, um, other than unless it's him, um, fly half, uh, Manu.
League Dynamics
00:38:16
Speaker
Uh, Vinopola or Orlando Bailey. This is a weird one. They're going against each other. Yeah, they are. Um, both teams are kind of leaky to flyhaves. Um, I'm all about the same. They're like 21 and 21. Siresons are actually worse. They're ninth in the league, Bathurst six. How about that? Um,
00:38:38
Speaker
And they're giving up 20 points. I think Manu get about 20 points. Bailey, I think will get about 22, 23. So there you go. But at the same time, I know because I don't know how much better to be able to kick for points anyway.
00:38:54
Speaker
And will they anyway, because it's like if saris are potentially you know what if Saracen's get a try or two. Bath aren't going to be kicking for points so much. And so that takes out, you know, the advantage for Bailey. Because obviously man is not their kicker. Right. So, yeah, I really
00:39:18
Speaker
I think for the win, I think barely for the win because I'll get, I'll get points for the boot centers, uh, Maroney or Rona. Fuck. Um, Gloucester are, are they're not even that stingy against centers and without Harris around, that's going to get worse. Um, but Maroney has been scoring really, really well.
00:39:47
Speaker
when he plays and he's going up against Worcester who are just even worse. So assuming if Moroni is playing, I would go Moroni. Like that's, I have him pencil. Like there's guys I'm looking at
Player Evaluations
00:40:04
Speaker
for the weekend. I'm dropping off. Same. Yeah. Right. Making what move? And I need a center. Moroni is,
00:40:14
Speaker
higher on my list. He'd maybe be my first op. Well, one of my first options. So I'd have to go with him. There you are. Rota is, is like far down on me. He's not, it's not like I would not want him, but they're both center wing eligible in TRM. So it's not like the versatility there doesn't really matter. Um, it's the same, um, wings, um, guys that generally play out now, uh, Potter or Lina.
00:40:44
Speaker
Mm hmm. I have Potter. He's again, he's on my list for this week to pick up because to rent through at least at least through this week. We'll figure it out afterwards. But it's a week to week when you're in the middle of this freaking father right now. Of course, Brad, when being back, it might like unclench my butthole, but and breathe. Yeah, the Potter is still
00:41:12
Speaker
Um, he's still a target potentially. Yeah. He's still out there
League Preparation
00:41:15
Speaker
because I still need a backup. I don't have a, I don't really have a backup. Oh, you want one of those? I mean, I had, yeah, I had the beat Ben hard out there, but like, I might need him at scrum half or, or something somewhere else. Right. All right. Um, yeah, one of the half, half back spots and out now full backs. It's going to be slim pickings this week.
00:41:36
Speaker
Huh. Oh, um, Stokes from Irish or do landfill from Bath. So he's healthy. That's good. Yeah, that's a good one. Gloucester.
Strategic Player Selection
00:41:55
Speaker
Fifth, um, bath or where are we? Saries are first. So the Glanville being, I don't think, I don't like to Glanville to begin with that much of this from fantasy wise, and he's going up against the number one defense. So no bad news. And Stokes scored last week and put up a decent point total, um, better than, uh, tarot and green.
00:42:19
Speaker
So yeah, this is true. Yeah, hopefully. A lot of people ditch Tyrone Green and I'm like, I'm just going to ride out because they'll be fine. Did you hear that the RFU like reached out to him to see if like his any grandparents had like any ties to England? That should be a freaking huge red flag for South Africa. Get him in your team, man. Like, don't let that happen. Oh, God, no. God, no.
00:42:49
Speaker
Yeah, don't don't let the RFU arm reach that bar, man. That's hysterical. Fucking love it. Love it. Okay. Let's do start set. Sure. Let's start with six nations.
00:43:07
Speaker
Indeed. Oh, it's me. Yeah, Ireland hosting Wales. So
Challenges and Strategies
00:43:11
Speaker
again, I'm making assumptions about who's playing. So we'll have a better option or a better, you know, more informed opinion on these. Even by tomorrow, because I think somebody's lineup is coming out tomorrow.
00:43:24
Speaker
So I would go with Porter for Ireland, not for long yet. I think Porter's form is better at the moment. And so is his hair. It's fucking awesome. And then he's the ball guy. He's been scoring some tries, too. So whoever starts at Hooker should be OK.
00:43:47
Speaker
Henderson and burn, as I said, especially if burn plays lock fees at flying care says he significantly devalues him because of the differential in points for meters made. Josh Vanderfleer, I think, at this point is.
00:44:02
Speaker
a must have almost if he's playing, but that's again if he's playing. I have Jameson Gibson Park. If he starts, he go Keenan again yes and then after that it depends on who is going to play. On the other side, for Wales when Jones is a
00:44:20
Speaker
I think he's a must-have on your team for the whales. Dan Bigger is potentially, you know, depending on what you're doing for your backup fly half, he's an excellent option and maybe a starter, depending on who else is playing week to week.
00:44:37
Speaker
And then the wings, Louis, resam it, as we saw this past week, we'll just score because he fucking feels like it. Um, but then the other guy on the opposite of him will do the same fucking thing. So it's almost like you can't, you got to kind of start both of them because one of them is going to go off and the other might go off just for fun too. That's always fun.
Team Building
00:45:00
Speaker
They're both full back eligible, which is helpful, but at least Adams is, I think, I'm not, I think LRC is.
00:45:07
Speaker
that we'll check on that one, but that's okay. So we have the Calcutta Cup, Scotland and England. Yes, he is. Fullback eligible. There you go. I'm gonna check a few names around for the matchup at Murray Field. Should be a doozy. Allie Price. England did not defend nines well last year for this comp in this format. And that's kind of outside that normal thinking that people are on. Like, obviously, everybody's gonna be on top of Dupont and
00:45:37
Speaker
Gibson Park, if he's playing. So, could be outside there. Those users are out there and miss out on the likes of those two in FRD. I would also consider him as one of your options because he is there now. So, you don't need to worry about, oh, is he going to start or not? He's probably going to start.
00:45:56
Speaker
Um, Johnny Gray, he's consistently been one of the best performers in TRM for six nations in England. We're not strong against locks last year either. Give him a go. Also the whole, you know, any lock with the pulses is helpful in FRD. So there you go. Um, on the other side of the court, Rory Sutherland wasn't an awful option last year, but not great lately. Although last week he did well, but that was
00:46:18
Speaker
You got one loose run. Red tarts kind of kill your score sometimes. England also were
Player Role Analysis
00:46:25
Speaker
strong against props this past year, so I would sit him for the English. Speaking of props, Ellsken is on the flip side of props. I don't see any reason the rhino is going to slow down. People will talk about him potentially being captain.
00:46:41
Speaker
It's only gonna GM up more and make him want to play harder. So, heads up, heads up, Scotland. Ronald coming through. Max Maylands, I have a feeling about him this year in this year's comp. He seems more or less nailed on as a starter right now, a long overdue in my opinion. And this week he'll be okay to start. I would at least have him to say the least, maybe bench him if you have
League Participation Logistics
00:47:04
Speaker
some other options like Adams or Reesamot, but yeah, I would at least have him.
00:47:10
Speaker
I'm not overly convinced Tom Curry is going to be better than a lot of the back rows that we have in TRM. So if you want to win your league, I'm not sure he's the guy that's going to get you over the line as a starter. Great rugby player, but gets like 20-ish points a game, which in this format, you got to shoot for at least 30 because you're limited time right now. You have limited time. You have five weeks. And he might be like, he gets...
00:47:37
Speaker
He gets like turnovers, but I don't think he gets like a shitload of tackles. He's like, he's the jackaller, right? He's the guy who's coming in afterwards. So he's always, you know, he was challenging the rock, this or that. And the turnovers, you get two points from, but like if someone else is making five tackles in that time, right? Get more points. Yeah. Um, so yeah, I'm going to go with the show me first approach with him for the, for, for the time being. So benching if you, uh, if you have them.
00:48:05
Speaker
Okay. Sorry. Fuck this match. Um,
Weekly Adjustments
00:48:11
Speaker
yeah, the front row for France. Rock up. So by certainly the Lemson in the lock position has just been
00:48:22
Speaker
Yeah, he's been a monster. Rude. So again, that's a guy who you can get in like a fucking late round, even like your last pick and you're you're doing OK enough. You know, so don't reach on the guys earlier because, you know, well, I'm still get his five or six points a game in FRD. Just like, right. You know, yeah, he's not going to get like 12 to 20 like burn and and it will. But he's going to get what everybody else gets. So go with that. Jelanch and Aldri is.
00:48:51
Speaker
I mean, he's my number one loose forward. So there's that. DuPont, if he's playing, again, he's my number one scrum half.
Performance Metrics Discussion
00:49:01
Speaker
Roman Intimac, if he's playing, and depending on who else is playing around, he's also potentially like a must have, must start. And the list goes on like that. Fiku, Vio, Toma, Penno, just...
00:49:15
Speaker
They could just go. So especially in this match, it's a great week for them that these are guys who all of them you might want for the whole comp, but you can't have.
00:49:29
Speaker
On Italy side, can only is a is a reach for an FRD, but in TRM he might make for a good bench spot because the thing he began. He's the guy he makes a bunch of tackles, and that gets you should load more points in for TRM that it does for FRD.
00:49:46
Speaker
And so
Match Preparation
00:49:47
Speaker
he's helpful. It's like a bench spot from Italy. As I mentioned, Varney, same thing. Brex is an excellent option. Although in FRD, I would rate him somewhat highly because he runs meters. So he's one of those 12s that runs hard, but he runs good lines. It's not that he just runs hard to T-bone somebody. He runs hard into gaps.
00:50:11
Speaker
And that's, and he knows what to do afterwards. So FRD, I think is a, he's a go get rather than a wait on. And this money you want in both comps is just someone you'd want to have. Yep. Love Monty. Love the Monty. All right. To the prem Friday night.
00:50:29
Speaker
We're not going to do start of the week. You can do yours. Yeah. Okay. My start of the week is I gushed over him enough, this pod, Aldrit. Yeah. That's who I was going to pick too. So that's okay. Yeah. I mean, yeah. That's also pending DuPont being available. If DuPont's available, he's my start of the week. I might write Aldrit. I wouldn't think you would be wrong. Yeah. Yeah. That's really good.
00:50:58
Speaker
based on how high his ownership percentage is and the fact that he's kind of fading out. We talked
Team Management Insights
00:51:04
Speaker
about him earlier, how he's going to play on a pitch count most of the rest of his career. Johnny Sexton is my set of the week for the first round of Six Nations because even if he starts and performs fairly well, and I'm sure he will because they're in Dublin,
00:51:20
Speaker
that's just like you still have other guys in there that i would prefer honestly i think i might even prefer ford over him and that's saying a lot out of my mouth you know so yeah i know i don't think you're wrong at this point um
00:51:36
Speaker
Sexton is not, I mean, he was never a fantasy scorer anyway. So not someone you want on your team to begin with. So, but yeah, I think that's, I kind of went in the same direction myself with, hold on. I didn't see how much, let me, let me check on, see how his ownership is. I can find it. Okay. Yes, you can. You can do it.
00:52:05
Speaker
Where are we players? Wait, fuck. Yeah. They don't have the percentage or short sort yet. So it's kind of annoying. There is 24% owned, 24% owned.
00:52:21
Speaker
No, don't. Freddie Stewart. No. Oh, yeah. No, he might be OK. OK, there's Henshaw is 46. Stuart Hogg is 61. Liam Williams is 33. Also a no. Liam Williams doesn't score points. Like, again, fantastic rugby player, bomb diffuser. You don't get points for diffusing bombs. Right. They're like fantasy points. So no, like for Bryce Toulen is at 16 percent.
00:52:51
Speaker
And he's going to run. Right. And Louis salmon is available. Again, fullback eligible. Right. There are guys, you don't need a Liam Williams or a, or a Freddie Stewart. Yeah. Don't start Freddie Stewart this week. Sit him, get him, get him off your team. Like use your, that, that England spot is too valuable. That Wales spot is.
00:53:10
Speaker
It is too valuable to like this guy's who will square your points. Yeah, there's there's better options to burn that those spots up. Agreed. Yeah, it's also full back eligible. He's a 42% smarter. Right. Yeah. All right. This time to the permission for real.
00:53:25
Speaker
Um, for tonight, Gloucester and Irish, um, for the Gloucester man, uh, Bao is back. Valor, Pablo Ruskin. Yes, he is. Uh, well, uh, I did well after I doubted him for a week. Oops. Putting complete faith in him, which means he'll probably stink this week, but Irish are 12 against props. So it should be okay at the least. Um, Irish are also ninth versus eights. Uh, so I'm going to back Ruan Ackerman this week to have a decent game.
00:53:51
Speaker
If it's Clement, for whatever reason, I'm actually okay with that too, if you want to get a little adventurous with that. Assuming Lloyd Evans is the fly-out this week, for them, don't get cute. Leon and Irish are 10. I mean, the 10s, they're currently number two against fly-outs, so let's stay away from that cute little option right there.
00:54:09
Speaker
Um, for the exiles, uh, Tom Pearson continues to have a breakout season for Irish, at least, especially in the fantasy assets as well. Um, I don't have a reason to think you'll do anything different. Gloucester 11th against flankers this week. So thumbs up. Um, no Chris Harris for Gloucester this week. So I bet we find, um, a guy we talked about already Curtis Rona.
00:54:30
Speaker
having a little bit more running room, though, especially since Harris is high-end defending. He's not going to be on top of him. So if you haven't, start him. I know folks are going to be really desperate for solid wings. Loaders, the guy to avoid this week, unfortunately, Gloucester tend to be very mean to wings. Sands last week to RadWam, but even then, he only got, I think RadWam got like 24 and he had a really nice run. So that's not bad, but that's not amazing by any means. That's RadWam. So.
00:54:59
Speaker
just saying, and I like Ben Loader, but just not this week. No, maybe not. Off to Bristol versus Newcastle. For Bristol, I'm kind of thrown away, although with these teams, Bristol are kind of harder hit with the Six Nations, obviously, but at the same time, I think they're also
00:55:23
Speaker
all right for this one. Although, except with Radwin coming back, that does change the calculation a little bit. But for Bristol, either way, Fritz Harding is a go. Andy Uren now becomes, steps up, and is someone you should be looking at, as certainly a Six Nations rental, at least. Same year, I'd rather maybe peers, because they're going to be chucking it. I mean, Lloyd is around, right? He didn't,
00:55:49
Speaker
He's not, as long as he's okay after that, after coming off the other week.
00:55:53
Speaker
Um, and then, uh, Pieta, if he's healthy, um, these guys, these are guys who are going to just, they could still tear it up. Even, even missing some of their guys and Vui is the showing, not a, not a, not worthy of on your team yet, but you know, he should be on your radar. Um, on the other side, McGuigan is yeah, he'll do okay. Um, uh, Robinson will still do okay. Uh, Vanderbilt could do okay. And I just don't know about anything outside of that, uh, this week, um, Brad, when being back changes.
00:56:23
Speaker
that calculation a little bit, but that's again, just right way. And then there's not, it's not like suddenly you can be like, oh yeah, start counting. No, don't, no, no, no, no, no, no. Don't be silly about that stuff. All right. Um, we got Exeter and wasps for Exeter, um, Yandler entered or both fine plays this week at hook. Um, was continues to turn to points to hooks. And I like both of them generally as I've already talked about how much I liked the hooks at
00:56:51
Speaker
Exeter to even a certain other one that's not there right now. Tom O'Flaherty comes back into play this week. Watts are soft against wings, especially the attacking wing, which I don't see him not playing, so that's going to be where he is. Give him a go if he got him. I know folks will be showcasing high and low for props this week, but for the love of Tebow, stay away from Alec Hepburn. There are better options and sell. No, no, no. Stay away.
00:57:18
Speaker
For Woss, Pafita continues to be worth his price this week. You won't be an exception. Exeter a week against both flankers and locks. So whichever he plays, he'll be good to go. I'd rage your Alfie will have a point to prove after being released from the England squad this week. So if he's in the lineup starting, he usually gets the job done. Either way, I'd start him.
00:57:38
Speaker
He's angry. Yeah. Now might be the time to pick him up, too. Yeah. Layoff, Ali Crossdale and Co. at the 15th shirt, especially, Exeter, proven tough to 15s, and Ali's just not quite getting it done these days. No, no, no. Okay. Then back to... Oh. Back to Stonex for Saracen's versus Beth.
00:58:03
Speaker
Macco and Cocker's in Wollstonecroft, oh my. Yeah, go for it. Ben Earl should have lots of running room.
00:58:13
Speaker
Yeah, we saw that Hughes will be hunting. So, you know, just avoid that. Like, let the lock soak that shit up. He's on the fringe. And, you know, Earl, let's go around him. Law is for his boot because, again, Saris like to kick for points. Maybe Shagen, again, he's there. He's their home run threat potentially. But again, it depends on the lineups that they put out. Maybe they think they may start some other guys who can run. I don't know.
00:58:42
Speaker
Um, I hope they don't kind of go defensive against bath because this is not, this is the time to go on attack, not, not play passive. Yeah. Agreed. Um, for bath side, Hughes, I guess maybe if you, if you're that hard up, but I think he's super expensive and not worth it. Other than that, there, you know, just will Stewart being out kind of hurts, um, parts of them more than I can think Saracens are, are hurt for this Matt hurting for this matchup. Um,
00:59:12
Speaker
but like Wilmear and Scorri, if Scorri is back in healthy potentially that like that, those guys might score. So yeah, I think that's about it for Bathside. Yeah. Okay. Lester and Worcester for the Tigers. Wells and Greens are okay plays this week. Worcester are last against Locks and I'm sure there are some scrambling to fill those back five forwards in their teams. So I know a few people have both of them. So,
00:59:39
Speaker
Thumbs up. Go ahead. Potter should improve this week. I'm slowly falling out of love with him personally as a fancy asset, but I'll give him one more week to totally throw with a tasty matchup. Yeah, that that being why I'm like, yeah, OK, let's wait. See if he doesn't capitalize on this, then I'm probably out on him. But yeah, I mean, a way to sail. I mean, it's tough. What are you expecting? Yeah. And he gets absolutely skinned by I think it was Luke James on that trip. No, it wasn't Luke James. It was
01:00:07
Speaker
Oh, it was one, I don't remember who it was, but yeah, he gets candid, pretty sure. Either way, it was kind of funny to watch. Stay away from any of the props this week for Lester. None of them would be good. One-week rentals by any means, even through this matchup. And Cole is just not gonna score. He's the highest. Cole's not, and he's worth it, I think, but doesn't play enough. No. Yeah, I don't know. Worcester, I'm struggling to find the good news for Worcester this week.
01:00:37
Speaker
And the two, the two positions, the two play like players that two assets that I like are against two of the toughest positions for Lester. And that's Annette and then the centers venture and back after that, I'm really struggling. I really am. Um,
01:00:52
Speaker
you know, keep Ethan Waller on the shelf. He's been better the last couple weeks, but hold off one more week before putting any faith back into him whatsoever. I like in that. Right? No. And that's why I said I was like, Okay, this is these are these are probably the few people that might score well. But man, like looking at the the numbers on my
01:01:12
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know who else. Right. I mean, that's the other problem, though, is also the diamond thing. But, you know, Batley's been scoring all right. He didn't have, you know, he had an off week this week, still 18. So not bad, because I pat him on my bench. Didn't he come off hurt?
01:01:29
Speaker
I thought he did. And it was apparently the other, like I was checking mid game and his Kitchener got knocked out or something. So I think that's, I think TRM had things flipped. That's why. So I thought that was badly. Yeah. He disappeared this week. I didn't see. Yeah. And have they're all same. Like the, the guys who have been kind of stepping up haven't. And then, but also, um,
01:01:53
Speaker
It was a Gareth, like everybody just dropped off. So it wasn't just a one or two was, you know, Gareth dropped off. Finn Smith got, well, he got hurt too. So poor kid. Right. Um, so what do you, yeah, it was like, everybody kind of shit to bed.
01:02:09
Speaker
Yes. Yes. I agree. You can't expect them to go into Lester. No. Yeah, I know. Well, all right. Um, of the week, or you have one more, sorry, my fault. Oh yes, we do. How can I forget that? Uh, for Quinn's I'm not liking their forwards matchup right now with, with the guys who are there and who are not. Um, but outside of that, so, and, and they kind of, it's going to be an interesting matchup because it's, you know, a forward based team versus a back based team. I would believe. Um,
01:02:39
Speaker
I'm not sure about this week, but like Murley, Andre Northmore, Nick David and Green, any of them could have, you know, quality runs at any point, even though, you know, sailor quality defense, but there's gaps there and these guys will hit gaps and they'll test them.
01:02:58
Speaker
Um, for sale, the depreezes, obviously they were just dominant this past week, um, quirky and AJ. And that's, that's really about it. I, you know, again, Luke James is coming good. Robuck is and read, or are, I want to see those three as a back three, like for the rest of this year, please. Um, yeah, I think, I think there'd be a few people that would like that as well.
01:03:21
Speaker
Other than that, I'm not seeing anything in their back line. That's given me the happy joy joys. Happy happy joy joy. All right. Of the weeks. Right. Start of the week.
01:03:33
Speaker
For me, I spoke to this guy earlier. I really, really like the way he's performing both on the pitch and in the fantasy universe. This week he gets an opponent that is very generous, generous to his position. And he has a point to prove. My start of the week for around 50th of premise, England hopeful and lost bowling ball back rower, Alfie Barbary. That's a good start of the week. Appreciate it. My start of the week is, has a quality matchup.
01:03:59
Speaker
but against a team that's not, you know, it's giving up points to tens and they're, they're missing a lot of their guys. And this, this guy just takes advantage of that, um, is currently the best 10 in the premiership. And so he has to be my start of the week is your favorite and mine, AG McGiddy. Yeah. Uh, love that dude. That was great. I loved his interview after last week as well. Yep. Yes. Yes. All day. Okay. Uh, set.
01:04:30
Speaker
same match as I spoke of before, same team. I spoke about this guy earlier. Unfortunately, the season's success has left this guy and two good games out of seven starts isn't a whole lot to be jumping up and down about and he tried to pendant as well. So that's not good. It pays me to say it, but my say of the week for around 15 of the prime is our old friend and former Sarasota and current wasp back three player, Ali cross tail.
01:04:53
Speaker
Yeah. Um, my sit of the week is from the same match as my, my start of the week, but, um, on the other side and playing the same position. Um, it's the sailor are strong against tens and, um, Alan himself, he's not.
01:05:14
Speaker
He's not, he hasn't been challenging the line. He's not really much of a runner and he's just more of the distributor type, which is fine. I mean, it's good rugby player. It's just not getting points. So, uh, and he's playing against, uh, a strong competition. So don't, you know, if, if you were planning on swapping him out for Marcus Smith, it's not going to work. That is not a straight swap, man. No, no, no, no. There's a lot of options out there. Right.
01:05:39
Speaker
Nope, nope, nope. All right. Pick them and I'm gonna get, get out. Start with the six nations. Opening match, Ireland and Wales. Hosts. Yeah, I'm taking that. The big thing for me for Wales is they have issues at two. Hooker and throwing in that line out is not gonna be fun. Especially against, you know, Byrne and Ryan and Henderson and not gonna be good.
01:06:07
Speaker
Yeah, I'm not like in Wales, a tight five right now. So you got some problems. That's that's problematic when you're playing against Ireland. Right. Yeah. Very computational. The Calcutta Cup. Scotland and England.
01:06:25
Speaker
I'm going with England here. I am too, especially, and I'm, and I'm praying to the sweet baby Jesus Tebow above that Marcus Smith starts. I'm like, I'm, I'm, I'm choosing England, but the England that, that I choose Scotland. I don't know what, but the team Eddie chooses will be, but, um, the team that I see out there would, would just, cause I mean,
01:06:56
Speaker
It's the same kind of thing. Scotland are kind of weak up front compared to England. England's just tight five and potentially pack is just frankly much, much better than Scotland can put out there.
01:07:15
Speaker
because there's too many holes at positions like this question marks over certain positions for me everywhere. And it's not that I don't like some of the guys in the pack, but yeah. But like, I like one guy up front and maybe, um, like I like one of their locks. I like well, two of their locks, but one of them might not play. One might be in the lock in the flankers and no Hamish is good, but like,
01:07:38
Speaker
Yeah. I don't know what the hell they're going to do at eight. They don't have any. Is there eight? Yeah, exactly. I think. Right. But I mean, like, that's it. That doesn't get me out of my seat by any means whatsoever. No. Whereas, you know, England have guys that they could put out there one through eight who could just run you off the fucking park. Yeah. It'd be a very long day. So then there's then, you know, that's before you even get to the backs. And again, then that becomes very lineup dependent. But
01:08:04
Speaker
The England that I would pick to play the type of game I would like to play from the people that they have would just trounce Scotland. And there's a little bit of the, they gotta get a, they gotta fucking start winning this match. Yeah, it's true. It's true. They've been on the struggle bus with this one. Right.
01:08:23
Speaker
Oops. All right. Uh, over to parody France and Italy, France, France. All right. To the prom, uh, Gloucester and Irish Gloucester. Yep. Home team. Yep. Uh, Saturday match, Bristol, Newcastle, Bristol. Yep. Exeter and wasps.
01:08:41
Speaker
wasps. I'm taking wasps are very good right now. And exit are very, they've gotten healthy. That's the thing. And like, there's a team that's going to terrify a lot of other opponents here certainly is. And that's Yeah. Oh,
01:08:55
Speaker
There's a lot to like about that wasp steam and they're not missing much from Six Nations. So that's scary. Yeah, there's a lot of good things there. Saris and Bath. Sorry Bath is where you went straight in Saris. Yeah. Lester and Wooster. Oh, I don't want to be. I can't look. Yeah. Sorry, Wooster. Right, Wooster. Geez, Wooster's going to be angry. They're going to be super angry.
01:09:22
Speaker
Quinn sail. This is probably the most interesting matchup of the weekend. I have sail. I do too. And that's like really painful for me to say. I mean, I'm backing. Here's the thing. I'm backing the 10 that is playing better right now. And it's AJ. It is. It is. I'm sorry, Tommaso. It's not you. And that's
Sale's Team Potential
01:09:40
Speaker
it. Yeah. You know? And sail have been playing well overall. So I... If they put that... Like you said, if they put that back three on the pitch that they had at the end of that match,
01:09:50
Speaker
It could be fun to watch it really good. And that's that sale we're talking about here. Yes, that's what I and that's that's what I really want to see. It's again, I'm picking sale because it's the team that I want to see but also because I well, I don't think they even need to do that for this one. But
01:10:05
Speaker
Yeah, I think that Harlequins have been good, but feasting off of the guys like Dom Brandt and Smith to get them over the hump. And now, is Hugh Jones sticking around or is he gone? He's still there. Okay. Well, that's helpful then. But yeah, he's got a point to prove as well. He does. Oh, that's true too. Still going on sale. We shall
Draft Announcement and Engagement
01:10:28
Speaker
see. Okay. So
01:10:31
Speaker
Lots of fun. We'll be back tomorrow. So, yeah, if you're listening to this now, there's a chance that by the end of this episode, which is now, we'll be drafting. We will either be drafting or we'll have drafting and the episode will be up. Also, if you're in a league and you're listening to this, you're late. Get moving.
01:10:50
Speaker
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