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Tackles and Tinnies - Supercoach Team Reveal (Jake)
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SuperCoach 2026 Team Review (90-Min Monster) ft. Jake & host, Ryan.
We’re back, legends — and we’re starting 2026 the only way we know how: ripping into a full SuperCoach team build with Jake. This one’s a 90-minute monster where we go position-by-position, player-by-player, and actually explain the why behind every pick.
First, we look back at how Jake went last year — the highs, the pain trades, the lessons — then we set the new standard. Because Jake’s not here to just be the king of cash generation anymore…
He wants to go for the whole thing: #1 in Australia.
Even better than Adam, who finished 3rd last season.
We get into:
- Jake’s 2026 strategy shift: cash gen vs overall rank aggression
- Full team breakdown: HOK / MID / EDG / HLF / CTW / FLB
- The logic behind every player: role, minutes, upside, and risk
- Prices + points ceiling — who can be a keeper, who’s a stepping stone
- Captaincy chat, POD swings, and what we’re watching in trials
- Where Jake’s taking the biggest gambles (and where he’s playing it safe)
Cap or Fact: you can’t win SuperCoach overall without taking at least two disgusting risks early. 👇
Drop your biggest 2026 lock in the comments — and tell Jake which pick is cooked.
#NRLSuperCoach #SuperCoach2026 #TacklesAndTinnies #FantasyFiles #CapOrFact #NRL #RugbyLeague
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Transcript
00:00:00
Speaker
Fresh crack of the, what have i got today? Fanta Zero Sugar. I just had a massive workout, so I had to get a big feed in, getting some sugar-free soft drink in because we're locking in. Today we've got special guest, super coach, regular from last season, my man, long-term friend, Jake. How you been, my friend? Mate, I'm good. I'm good. It's um it's good to be back. Thanks for the little intro there, mate. Keen as to start talking some super coach. We're missing it.
00:00:26
Speaker
As soon as that our gold access gave us gave us the opportunity to start picking a team, I've made about 20 different teams, I reckon, over the past month, I feel. So I got about 50 to 100 different screenshots. And yeah, finally starting to settle in of a um of a team, I think, that i'm I'm starting to feel pretty happy with. So it's good, mate. Happy to chat. Now, Jay, putting you on the question here on the spot right now, do you remember what rank you were last season?
00:00:55
Speaker
Not exactly, but I think, yeah, I think I ended up finishing around the 25K mark, if I were to take a a little guess. yeah Yeah. And so your strategy last year, Jake, do you want to let the listeners know what your intentions were at the very start of the season? Because I know it slightly changed halfway through. you want to let the listeners and viewers know what your strategy was, what you learned from last year, and what you would do differently for this upcoming season for 2026? Yeah, so this will probably, i think this will be my third or fourth year trying out Supercoach.
00:01:31
Speaker
So I know what I'm doing, but I'm definitely definitely a ah novice in terms of the experience, I guess. And I've always been of the mindset of loving cheapies. Get that cash.
00:01:45
Speaker
By the end of the comp, you have as much money as you can to have the best team on the field. And i mean ah I've always been in like one or two head-to-head cash comps, and I probably think that's been the main driver. And it wasn't until 2025 started to fall in love with the overall sense. So this year from the get-go, you want as many points you you can get each round. And you need to be thinking about making money as well. but you want to be you want to be winning. You want to be competing each week.
00:02:14
Speaker
Definitely a different mindset for me. Yeah, as I said earlier, I've made a lot of different teams going on. And yeah, i just I'm still always drawn to those cheapies, mate. But I feel like there's plenty plenty this year which is really nice so but yeah we'll see we'll see i definitely feel like we've got a different team this year um in comparison to my previous years so be good yeah it's really interesting to note as well because cheapies are so important in getting the right cheapies at the right time in particular i'm just going through um The my team section of mine, Jake, and I'm actually looking at the history and the 2025 season as a whole. I'm just going through rank, point, team value. Like we were both pretty high up in um team value, Jake. I got to like 16.4 million. I think you were just above me, like maybe 16.7 million potentially. Yeah, I can't really recall now looking back. I know I definitely hit probably the 15.8, definitely at some stage. So if I cracked the 16, I'd be happy as well. yeah But I think it was either last year or the year before I started round one with still a million dollars cash available because I was just obsessed with having the cheapies and making money. So crazy.
00:03:29
Speaker
From the get-go, I was, yeah, trying to find money and keep the money and i was ready to buy the players that were popping off essentially and I had was keeping that cash on the side. So, yeah. And so I don't know, does your cash in the bank add to your team value or is it purely based off your players? I feel like it's accumulated of everything.
00:03:49
Speaker
Don't quote me on that. Probably worthwhile asking Adam when he does his team review. I reveal, sorry, eventually. Jake, while I'm rambling, what you can do actually on the fly here, if you go onto your Supercoach page into Classic, you can actually click on My Team and then at the top panels... you'll see field list history. If you click on history, and then you'll see the season 2026 as a dropdown bar, you can click 2025, and then you'll see like your points and rank season, rank team value.
00:04:20
Speaker
Also good to note, I'm just having a, we're not going to talk about me, obviously, we'll get to that in a later podcast. But do you remember, because round 27 was a huge round for a lot of people. What did you end the season on? Like, for example, I got 1,826 points in the final. I got round round score was... Yeah, huge. Popping off. Yeah.
00:04:41
Speaker
So you see the team value there, mate? Maybe click on that and just give us a give the listeners and viewers your best one. So looking at, yeah, my team value, looks like you beat me right because my best one was 16.7. 16.765, to be You beat me by Definitely better than me I No, 16.4. 16.4. I thought you got around then, which is correct. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But the thing is, Jake, money is important. i think this is what we should also talk about as well because Adam and Chris have slightly different strategies, particularly Adam being bloody third in Australia. So, guys, when Adam drops his one, get your pen and paper out there. As a school teacher, pen and paper is still the ah best way to retain knowledge. But, my God, his strategy, lock and load because he's proven commodity. But if you look at team value, as I mentioned, mine was peaking at 16.4 and actually dropped down to 15.75. Where did you end up with your team value at the very end of the season? I've backed out all of it, mate. So give me two seconds here.
00:05:45
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, when you're getting that up, mate, just to let that know. Every single year in against podcasts is not about me, it's about you. But it's also worthy to note for the listeners and viewers out there that by the end of the year, you're running out of trades. So team value doesn't necessarily matter. Probably by around 22 would be my little guess there because you're pretty much...
00:06:08
Speaker
on dry air there you're literally having maybe four trades max one trade per week and every single year that I've played i've run out of trades so you might have 400k in the bank you've got six guys on the bench who are like six hundred and fifty k and they're not even playing for you so team value is important guys but it's definitely not the be and end or at the end of the season where did your team value rank at the end there Jakey Yeah, I finished at 15.2, just yeah over 15.2. Yeah. Wow, that's a huge drop.
00:06:39
Speaker
Wow. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, I don't know where I was hurting, but I do remember struggling for trades towards the end there. So whatever decision making I was finding myself in, I obviously just had to maybe cut some of my superstars who were maybe out to bring in whoever was kind of next and obviously was yeah losing a little bit of value. Yeah.
00:07:01
Speaker
And there's one more thing i want to go through, Jake, is the season rank. Because obviously the strategy last year was slightly different for you. However, if we look at the season rank as a whole, i think starting fast is so important and you've got to be willing to make trades. Can you give me like a four round? How did you go from round one, two, three, four? Where did you sort of climb? And was there any differentiation in the curve for you? Yeah, definitely. The beginning of my season was shocking. Looking at this graph, I'm looking at, mate, rounds one to six. I'm going to extend that little, I guess, table out a bit. One to six, it was pretty much just a roller coaster, completely up and down for my opening rounds. And...
00:07:42
Speaker
I got round six was my lowest and I got down to my season rank was 54,000. And then from round six, I don't know who was in my ear and what advice I was getting. There's just this nice little climb and it just steadies out before I actually finished at 17,000 for the year. So...
00:08:00
Speaker
for the year so Yeah, a bit better than that 25 where I was ranking myself. Yeah. so going off what we've just discussed and found, what would you be your biggest takeaway for the listening viewers and what you probably have learned from last year's slow start, I guess?
00:08:15
Speaker
Definitely a strong start, a strong team. I probably mentioned it a little bit earlier, but the cheapies are always nice. Making money is always important, but I've definitely rocked up with a stronger team for my for my opening rounds. And I've got what cheapies I kind of can have or whatever, like mid-range players as well that I think will make some money.
00:08:35
Speaker
But this would have to be probably my strongest team I feel like I've probably put together. Yeah. And there's definitely a lot of improvement for it as well. And reckon I'll make some changes as team lists happen as well. Yeah, of course. But yeah, out of all the years I've played Supercoach, this is my strongest team, I reckon, opening. Unreal. Love to see it It's good. Now, with that good confidence there, Jakey, get your arm screen share ready to go, and I'll plug what's going to be happening very shortly on Tackles and Tinnies. So, Chris, as you guys know, regular on the show, Supercoach Mainstay, not as good as me at Supercoach. beaten by it probably this much last year. However, he's our analytics man. he's that We talk about Adam being the GOAT in regards to rank. Chris is the GOAT in regarding stats and analytics. So what he's actually going to do for you guys and even for us, mainstays and super coach here, he's actually going to go through every single position, about 20 to 30 minutes per podcast over the weekend. And he's going to go through every single position, break down,
00:09:42
Speaker
using analytics to get the best optimal team. Obviously, price versus points, upside versus downside, good team, bad team, all those categories. He's going to break it down all for you guys in user-friendly manner so you guys get the most optimal team. I'm definitely going to be ah listening and editing very carefully because I might be making some amendments myself. i'm So, Jakey, when you're ready, mate, you can chuck your screen on and we'll go through your team.
00:10:07
Speaker
So just blow it up a bit more if you can a little bit. Yeah, I can see if I can grab that a bit bigger for you, mate. And also, Jake, while you're sorting that out, what is your team name? ah Look, Titans fans, obviously, you and I. and just from your chat, I feel like over the past 6-12 months, mate, um Cooper Byers being one of the up-and-comings that you've mentioned quite a lot. 100%. And, yeah, I'm actually a shocking with my super coach name most years. But I've essentially just gone nice and simple with goodbye.
00:10:43
Speaker
I love it. It's simple. It's clean. Yep. So it two ways to kind of take it, whether it's like a good purchase or so long or whatnot. And it just has to be fitting with their contract negotiations at the moment too. But yeah, goodbye is my team name. I can't seem to get that any bigger, Ryan. So hopefully that's fine, mate. It'll be good because it's on the editor screen.
00:11:04
Speaker
Yeah, it'll look good. I'm sure, guys, obviously, give us some feedback in the comments. Obviously, we're going have some other boys come on and show their team as well. So if you think the screen's not good enough, please let us know. But it's probably useful as well because we can look at some alternate plays if we do something on the fly as well, which obviously could be useful.
00:11:21
Speaker
Now, Jake, run us through your logic, position by position, player by player. Give us your spiel. Convince the the people why yours are the best. Happy to. Happy to. So...
00:11:34
Speaker
Obviously, you can get a lot of information from social medias, other podcasters, all that type of stuff out there. So I'm kind of expecting my team to be quite similar to a lot out there.
00:11:47
Speaker
um But for my hookers, I have gone with Reid, Marnie, and Brandon Smith. um Reid, he's shown in previous years that he can essentially be an 80-minute hooker or at least that starting man who's going to be getting 60 to 70 minutes. So um for the price he's at it, just under 420.
00:12:10
Speaker
Moving up to the cows, he's got no competition really for that position up there in my opinion. He has that little sneaky odd forty twenty that he started to bring into his game. I feel like over the past like one, two, three years as well. And i just feel like he's a good mid-range hooker who is going to make some money.
00:12:33
Speaker
So, read Marnie for my starting. um As for the second hooker position... I did have, was considering Jake Simpkin was another one.
00:12:45
Speaker
um But I've decided just to go like, not exactly bottom dollar, but very, very cheap in Brandon Smith. There's been a lot of talk that he has potential to start in the nine position.
00:12:58
Speaker
And I feel like there's also Talon De Silva at the Eels, who could also be an option, and Owen Paddy. And there are just a few guys there in that 235 range who have potential to start, but also have potential to be coming off the bench and maybe only getting 15 minutes too. But Brandon Smith just seems to be the one that everyone's talking about that has a high chance of starting.
00:13:25
Speaker
So I've decided to take a punt with him there. Yep. I love that. And all things pointing towards ah Brandon Smith training with the first team, meaning like the The A team, in other words. The starting 13, as you just mentioned, Jake.
00:13:39
Speaker
Love that. and not So, Reid Marnie. I went through his stats not too long ago. Plenty of potential. Role definitely looks like it's there for sure. Why not a guy like Jake Simpkin, potentially, who's also in a similar bracket, or a guy like Bailey Haywood? Why do you have to go over Marnie? Uh...
00:13:59
Speaker
i I've considered maybe moving Brandon Smith to Bailey Haywood. I do have a little bit of cash in the bank that I can make that trade. However, due to the Vegas round, and we we'll have four teams that play and they'll be locked into your positions. If Brandon Smith does get the green tick to start at nine the following week, and I've locked in both Marnie and Simkin, let's say, um or I mean, not Simkin, Haywood, I'll be a little bit dirty that I don't have that super cheap player in a hooker position.
00:14:36
Speaker
As for, yeah, the question being Reid instead of Simpkin, just feel like Marnie is the better player, to be honest. um Simpkin's younger.
00:14:46
Speaker
um Yeah, he has potential to be playing 80. Marnie has potential to be playing 80. I think he's 10 grand cheaper or so, Reid. um But I just, I personally think Reid, Marnie, I just feel like he'll get more points. No, that's fair chat, fair chat. I think,
00:15:05
Speaker
He has a lot to prove, and i think that's probably the biggest thing for Reid going for him. And no origin. No origin as well. Obviously, Jake Simpson's another guy. Bailey Hayward, probably not as much attacking upside. Probably agree there, Jakey.
00:15:19
Speaker
Yeah, i and I just don't think you'll... I don't see Bailey getting 80 minutes. um You've got Kurt Mann, part of the dogs.
00:15:32
Speaker
And he he he's not really a hooker, I feel. He's a great utility. can play a multitude of positions, essentially. But if anyone's going to steal minutes um from Bailey, it is going to be Kurt Mann, I feel. Whether he starts or, yeah, takes maybe 20 minutes like towards the back. And I feel like that's going to be a consistent thing we see.
00:15:57
Speaker
um with Bailey Haywood. ah Reid Marnie or even jape's Jake Simkin if people want to go like down the Simkin route, they have a higher chance of playing 80 minutes in my opinion.
00:16:08
Speaker
Yeah, love that. Yeah, so Bailey, if you want to use him in like yeah your second position, then he's definitely not a bad bad choice at 335, I think he is. yeah And yeah, I guess it just depends who you want to want to have in that starting role. not Gun Hooker?
00:16:23
Speaker
why not gun woka ah I've noticed there's a lot of chatter about Grant, underpriced, 606. Didn't have a great 2025 in regards to Supercoach at least.
00:16:36
Speaker
um I'm happy to see how Grant goes. um You can never ride off the storm, but they don't seem as strong this year.
00:16:47
Speaker
um No Ellicott, no Pappenhausen. Um, Grant will be playing 80. He's the captain, um, or at least most weeks. But Hooker doesn't seem to score huge.
00:17:03
Speaker
Um, like Blake, Blake Braley definitely did a great job for me last year. i jumped on Blake pretty early enough and he was a set and forget, which was fantastic. Um,
00:17:15
Speaker
That's my logic too, mate. So why not get a guy like Blake Braley and let's say Reid Marnie gets up to 550 and Blake Braley goes down to, let's 610,000.
00:17:29
Speaker
Are you betting off just going Blake Braley and getting that potential upside for a guy who can go 80 to 100? Yeah.
00:17:37
Speaker
Look, maybe, maybe. But as we go through my team, like especially if all the viewers and yourself can look on the screen, I've got a bunch of mid-range players um elsewhere too. So sure, I could throw like ah an extra 200 grand at, yeah, whether it's Braley or Grant, for example, or someone else. But yeah, Reid just seems to be the the right choice, I feel. For me personally, I've made my team...
00:18:06
Speaker
10 times and I've found a point where I keep picking the same players. So, and I feel like the only thing that will change now is based off team lists, really. yeah so Love that. Fair rationale, obviously. Let's get off hookers. And I love the the Smith choice as well. I think it's a no brainer. I think if you haven't got Smith in your team, particularly starting, going to be playing hooker, going to be playing some middle. He's just going to be, yeah, shimming his healthies, apparently training the house down. as they all say in the offseason I think that's a no-brainer almost as you said bottom dollar let's go to the front row position here because Payne Haas I think it's a must and I think you're probably going agree there Jake but it's going to be interesting with the other guys and your logic behind there but let's start with Payne Haas do you think you have to have him uh I definitely don't think he's a must
00:18:57
Speaker
um I could easily spend the extra money that Payne has is elsewhere. um But he's the best prop in the game, full stop.
00:19:09
Speaker
um If he's going to be playing the the most minutes out of every forward, we know what he can do. He's proven. um I'd be scared not to have him, is kind of the the thought process. If I come up against a team and they've got Payne Haas, and he comes out and scores 90, 100, 110, I'll be filthy with myself for not starting with him. So they've got a tough matchup against the Panthers round one, the Broncos.
00:19:37
Speaker
But that's going to be ah a great contest at the same time. The Broncos are coming off a high. So, yeah, I feel like Payne Haas is a great pick, full stop. You can't go wrong. I think early on too as well, Jakey, points aren't always... going to be a given i think teams are pretty fresh obviously defensive systems are locked in but attacking chemistry is not always there early on in the season i think pain haas is a genuine captaincy option i think that's really important to consider um even a vc option depending where they are um in regards to the game schedule particularly the forwards i'd be happy to vc pain haas consistently we had a discussion last year like stack the pack with team a and Haas and just captain VC them and crisp went over that data last year coming over the top of my head but it's not the worst option is that fair no definitely not it'd be very very safe I know I can recall on 2025 I think V seeing Terrell May and captaining Payne Haas and vice versa depending on their matchups um was a solid option for myself for probably three four rounds there and it paid dividends for me
00:20:48
Speaker
um I'm pretty sure I even managed to beat Adam with captaining Terrell one week, which I was absolutely stoked. So, because I was trying to claw claw back those head-to-head points.
00:21:02
Speaker
100%. So, yeah like, obviously, I do have my vice and captain named, actually, in my team. But they're obviously not in this top half. So... More than happy to chat about Vice and Captain Slater as well. But for this opening round, I don't have yeah any armband on Payne Haas to start the season. Yep. Well, let's just keep moving on. Yep. Mooney, mid-range front roller.
00:21:28
Speaker
Yeah. This is something that, yeah, just through social media, essentially, just, yeah, other other people discussing Mooney. um And once I heard about it, all made sense. They obviously lost Leo Thompson. um And that's when your brain starts to think about, okay, when guys leave, who's filling their spot?
00:21:48
Speaker
And those minutes essentially need to be like field and as you know, mate, I do, I do love a jewel. Um, yeah, he's, um, he just seems to be high ownership. Everyone's talking about him. If he's kind of a guy who is in the middle, rolls out 50, 60 points a week, I'd be stoked to be honest. Um, at 442, make a little bit of money for me, kind of see how consistent he is and like, um, Hopefully he gets a breakout game just to even gain some extra cash out of him. But um I think a safe enough start so for me.
00:22:26
Speaker
um And I feel like it's a like a similar position with Paseca. um Everyone's once again been talking about coming off his injury last year, um way below value.
00:22:40
Speaker
For me, probably like well is the main prop, I would say, for for Manly. Oh, he's definitely the top dog. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm expecting to say, yeah, 50 roughly from Paseca as well. So when it comes to my front row, if the Knights got the buy, or I haven't even looked at really the buy schedule probably closely enough, unfortunately. But Trey Mooney and Paseca, at least to start of the season, can just be the two guys that are fighting over my, I guess, starting spot in that front row.
00:23:14
Speaker
so So respectfully, it's Trey Mooney at 30% currently for ownership and Tanyola Paseca 36%. So obviously guys are pretty highly touted.
00:23:25
Speaker
What are your thoughts on a guy like Flegler? He's 19%. Maybe a guy like, I know you've got Jesse Colquhoun, lower on in your second row position, but he's obviously up there at 38%.
00:23:38
Speaker
Could have gone a primo like Keon, who's like 13% ownership. Why are you going that route over those other primo guys? Or, I think one of my first teams was Flegler.
00:23:50
Speaker
um And I was under of the understanding that he was going to be, he was ready to go, essentially. And I think it could have been yourself, Ryan, that mentioned he's still not 100%. Good news, Jake.
00:24:04
Speaker
Sorry to interrupt you, mate. But saw a report either yesterday or today, 100% cleared by the Dolphins, ready to play round Yeah, wow. I think I saw like a little chat between himself and Kevi Walters floating around on the internet.
00:24:19
Speaker
And yeah, he is good to play. But he was just sharing how it's still causing him grief, essentially. Like it's still not as strong as it should be. He had some nerve damage and he's working on it and he's happy with it. But with the nerve damage, he was sharing that it's a very, very, very slow process.
00:24:41
Speaker
yeah So, yeah. um But for him, I guess, to still be like feeling that injury and hasn't bounced back, I think, yeah, I think you might have been the one that mentioned it, Ryan, saying that we don't know how many minutes Flegler will get. If he absolutely booms.
00:25:01
Speaker
um Yeah, like I can chop and change a few things around to easily bring him in if he... So, happy to skip on flags. As for another, like, gun, I definitely have played around what with my team to have another, like, great prop in there.
00:25:20
Speaker
um but I have chosen at this time not to prioritize it essentially I just think Mooney and Paseca the way everyone's hyping them up at least and I'm expecting them to make 100 to 200k profit for me.
00:25:39
Speaker
And I'm happy to kind of shift them on early if I need to into a gun that maybe hasn't started the season fantastic that I know is ah is a fantastic player and shift them across. So... This is probably my, maybe I haven't learned my lessons yet kind of thing. But I'm still clawing at money just in a different way, I think, this year.
00:26:05
Speaker
So... A few more mid-rangers, I think. And Jack Hetherington, role's not exactly confirmed on what he's doing there. Why, Jack Hetherington, are you not worried about an AE nightmare? Currently, he's penciled in for me, but I'm expecting someone else to be shifted to front and row, hence why he's just a a placeholder there for me currently. What are your thoughts on him being an AE nightmare? Yeah, so I haven't heard too much about heather Hetherington, essentially. I think his duel has kind of sold me at 235 just to have him there at the moment. um In terms of a Nightmare, I've definitely...
00:26:49
Speaker
been scared of that in previous seasons and planned, I think, far too much around it. if i If my vice captain pops off, gets 120 plus kind of thing, if I unfortunately cop an AE of 10 from a guy who got five minutes on the pitch or whatnot, we still get the flex option.
00:27:09
Speaker
It's going to be a top 17. Supercoach has made it very like a lot more safer essentially yeah you're more inclined i feel like to try that loop option which i think is really good you don't need a like enough player someone who won't be getting any minutes as well because we're also spoiled with buy rounds so as long as you can kind of work and have a team or a player that has a buy that round you can still manage your loops as well Bit off topic around like a little bit game plan there. But yeah, Heatherington, idea what his role is going to be.
00:27:45
Speaker
um i thought it was actually a bit of a shock buy by the Storm. I feel like they're very disciplined kind of thing. And as we all know, Heatherington just seems to be a bit of a hothead. finds himself in the sin bin kind of thing frequently maybe that the bellamy culture can maybe change that and who knows what he would be doing but just that jewel if there's an opportunity where i see maybe cooper by definitely starts to get some great minutes um like yeah jesse colquhoun can pop up into the heatherington spot i can bring in cooper by or something like that and That may even happen, to be honest, even before round It's sacrilegious having your team name with goodbye in it and you haven't got Cooper by Crazy chat. crazy Look, there's further chat there because um if
00:28:32
Speaker
When those team lists do come out, um pending if Patson's named and what we're kind of doing at second row at the Titans, Patson might be the one that moves out of my team and Bayer comes in as well. So moving down the second row real quick there. But...
00:28:50
Speaker
Yeah, Cooper Bayer has been in my team. um But with the with the talk that a young um player is going to get an opportunity to replace David Fafita on the edge, I believe there was three players kind of in the chat and I saw that Patson is the most expensive. So he's been the player I've decided to chuck in there at the moment.
00:29:13
Speaker
So yeah, so... um Have you ever thought of Jermaine Hopgood at all? I just did some math on him. So round 19, I think, or mo sorry, round 20, he got the extended minutes and he's actually averaging 65 points from round 20 onwards. So that's 14 points extra value. He's also got that dual position. Have you got any love for him? Hopgood I have had in my team. Toby Couchman is another one that's been in my team. Paddy Carrigan, another one in my team. What they all have in common is that they're dual.
00:29:52
Speaker
um Yeah, which I've always... like yeah us Cheapies and dual positions. I froth the two of them. 100% you do. And yeah, I've definitely considered them, but Trey Mooney and Jesse Colquhoun, they're cheaper.
00:30:10
Speaker
um And they just have that more potential to make a little bit more money. <unk> Sure, I might risk some points here, but Couchman, a few injuries last year.
00:30:20
Speaker
um And Hopgood, DeBellin coming into the team, I think DeBellin will be the starting lock. um if I know Hopgood did shift into front row throughout 2025.
00:30:36
Speaker
um And he might he he might be the same. so i reckon he's out and out front row, man. I don't ah don't think he's going to play lock anymore. I think he's Jermaine Proppgood. Yeah. So, yeah, because his breakout season, was 23 24? 20-24?
00:30:51
Speaker
twenty twenty four Yeah, sounds about right. I probably can get that up real quick, but yeah. Yeah, for super coach at least. Yeah, he was an absolute superstar. If you didn't have Jermaine in your team, you were very upset about it.
00:31:04
Speaker
um But Paddy Carrigan was... 23. 23 was the year. Yeah. like And yeah, even like Patrick Carrigan, I have never had him in my team until last year.
00:31:15
Speaker
And he was... i had him from round one all the way through to round 27. Super durable, eh? That's so underrated, man. Like having people who are durable on your team. Yeah, he's probably not going to pump out Payne Haas, Joey Tarpon, any numbers, but Mr. Consistent will get you 65 to 70 every week. Correct. And he did have those breakout games where he was getting 90, 100 on the odd occasion. There were weeks where he'd be sitting on like 40, 45 with 10, 15 to go. and he magically gets bumped up to 65, 70. And i was like, he's just delivering for me. Just so consistent each week.
00:31:51
Speaker
So yeah, to fade. If there's anyone I could probably bring out to my team, I feel sad about fading. Fading Patty, to be honest. So... But yeah, speaking of like other second row positions there, once again, i feel like the six I have there, just everyone's been talking about. Maybe not Patston, sorry, um but like David Fafita, under like and and under five hundred k going off the Rabideau's socials, looks skinnier, like one of the skinniest I've seen him. like yeah um
00:32:27
Speaker
Looks fit, man. Looks very fit. i remember watching a video of him. He looks happy. He looks like he's actually like training and having a great time. So he's going to have a new lease on life and it's already working magic in the preseason.
00:32:39
Speaker
Yeah, they they get to play catch up. And Fafita's like just an attacking prowess. So he could easily just come out and score 100 points. but nice wait ah Honestly, mate, I reckon Fafita's 200k undervalue at least. Yep.
00:32:56
Speaker
Yeah, and again, I think all super coaches agree, he's 60% owned at 485K. So, yeah, 100%. yeah hundred percent Yeah, so I feel like that's a no-brainer. Wouldn't have known about him unless the internet was just sharing all their all their knowledge as well. But he's obviously the man to replace Kypus Paul, who's moved over to the West Tigers. Similar with Trey Mooney, like a...
00:33:22
Speaker
Positions opened up. It's theirs for the taking. They've jumped on it. Hamish Stewart, same thing. I think he could have been one of my cheapies last year. that Thanks, Mike. Yeah, did did do well for me.
00:33:35
Speaker
um And ah with Jack DeBellin obviously moving on, now he gets that opportunity as well. So for those for those like three there, I feel like they're definitely locked in.
00:33:48
Speaker
Jesse Colhoun, he's probably been one that does come in and out of my team. um He's there to... he's I'm not sold, eh? I'm not sold.
00:34:01
Speaker
and obviously and I don't blame you. ah And that's purely based off... he's He's not the same boat as my like starting second rowers there. where he's replacing a player because they've moved on or he's taken over their spot.
00:34:17
Speaker
The only reason Jesse's going to be getting that starting 13 role is because Cam McInnes is injured. So you're only going to get him... getting good minutes, good points, while Cam isn't there. And you have to be immediately ready to sell him and trade him to someone else. Well, the issue is, mate, Kennis is due back between like round one to round five-ish, according to NRL Physio on Instagram. Yeah, that's scary.
00:34:47
Speaker
you have to wait three rounds for a price rise. So is he really worth one trade? Yeah, I'm just looking at some of his games at the end of the year. Played 38 minutes, got 50 points. Played 49 minutes, got 49 points. Did 35 minutes, got 42 points. Obviously his points per minute is over one. He's averaging around 1.2 points per minute, which is great.
00:35:08
Speaker
But again, is let's say he gets to four hundred k Is he worth $70,000 one trade? No, I don't think so. He's not, but... Would you better not be off better getting Cooper Bai, who is a hundred and yeah about 100 grand cheaper, and you're going to be able to boost up somewhere else? Would that be not a more viable option potentially? Yeah, definitely.
00:35:32
Speaker
that That has been an idea that's flowed around in my head. One thing I don't like... And this is just probably OCD or something kicking in here. But I do my absolute best not to have two of the same play ah so two of the same players in the same team in the same position, essentially. It's just like a little niche thing I've kind of always worked with. So for me, it's either kind of Patston or bye, I feel like a little bit.
00:35:59
Speaker
I think the difference is though, mate, I've got one caveat to that. They're almost bottom dollar. Like you're not going to get a person making 200. Like I'd see both of them getting a minimum $400,000.
00:36:11
Speaker
I trade for $200,000 is 100% worth it. Yeah. Yeah. So look, he might not be in my team, but at the moment, yeah, he's sitting there for me, Jesse. Patston, as I mentioned earlier, seems like he's like one of the options for the Titans. And then Lasati.
00:36:28
Speaker
With Ellicott being out for the season. I'm like 80% confident he's starting. So is that 100% given that Ellicott is 100% out for the season? They're saying definitely out for the season. However, I think that's a bit of smoke and mirrors in regards to not putting any pressure on him.
00:36:48
Speaker
Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised if he came back at round 24, round 25, probably round 25. Dude, that's what... du that's what over six months, seven months away. and Obviously devastating injury, don't get me wrong. Yeah. That's a very long time, but,
00:37:07
Speaker
Regarding Lasati, he's probably not going to be a season keeper. Probably going to get to 500k. I just got a thing from SupercoachWhisper on Instagram. Daily Telegraph reporting, Lasati is expected to start on the edge for Melbourne Storm with Eli Carto out long term. From a Supercoach perspective, this is a good cleanup setup.
00:37:24
Speaker
Good team, bottom dollar, near 80 minutes performance, attacking stats. Yeah, it's pretty much you enough. Yeah, so... Definitely, like yeah, Lassati's going to be in my team. But I think just for general chat, because it was just great to see Ellicat at training. And I kind of wasn't expecting that either.
00:37:44
Speaker
I was ready for him to take like a full clean break break, be resting up, essentially. Yeah, maybe obviously want to be around the boys and show his face and all that kind of stuff. But to actually be like jogging around training and being involved, yeah, it was not only like great news for Ellicat, but...
00:38:00
Speaker
It just got me thinking, like, are we going to be fortunate enough to see him towards the back end of the season if he's if he's bounced back quite well? Well, as I said in the arm the group chat, man, when I went down to Melbourne in the last week of the school holidays, I saw Ellie Cat training with the boys and he was flogging himself. Like, he was going hard. So i I think it's maybe more of ah a contact issue, not necessarily a burning it itself out VO2 max sort of vibe, yeah, fitness thing. Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. Yeah.
00:38:29
Speaker
Maybe that's a Gary the Physio question we can ask him. Yeah, um ah um I'd say it's yeah more on that medical for sure, i reckon. Yeah, no doubt. so But yeah, he's definitely... On to half bucks then.
00:38:44
Speaker
This has been one I've just been chopping and changing here. Yeah, interesting, right? Yeah, it's really insane. I've got pretty much two bottom dollar players in Ethan Sanders and Dan Atkinson.
00:38:59
Speaker
So um Atkinson, I feel like, is pretty safe for the season um in that number seven jersey of the Dragons. Ethan Sanders, we've all been hearing between him and Cody Black.
00:39:13
Speaker
um I think Cody Black is now injured. Yeah, Kobe Black got a nerve damage in his neck. So Kobe Black definitely not started. to start at Lee Sanders for, let's say the first few months. did And projected the goal kick.
00:39:31
Speaker
Yes. And projected the goal kick. um So yeah, I've, I've decided to go with two cheapies. My only issue with this strategy is that,
00:39:42
Speaker
is that You've got to make money, obviously, but it's very easy to go get a gun like Cleary, Heinz, Campbell, Walker, Fogarty, even probably not gun, but like, you know, i'm getting that over $600,000. Very easy to flex down.
00:39:58
Speaker
Very hard to make the money to go up. Correct. And I remember last year, very different situation. Sanders probably on the bubble there, obviously. But if you remember with the Cowboys halfback last year, Tom Duffy, I also went GP halfback, but he was obviously nowhere near secure in regards to his long-term positioning. But he got flicked after two or three rounds. Yeah.
00:40:23
Speaker
And then all a sudden, shit, I've got to make 500 grand. Yeah, i was I was in the same boat with Duffy and he just essentially just turned into enough sitting on the bench until I think I probably started with Cleary last year and it wasn't until Cleary you had the buy or whatever i popped up. i was like, okay, now I'm forced to trade. so But lucky for me, I think I started the season and still had a million dollars in the bank so it wasn't a huge stress. um where Where this year I think I've got about 180 at the moment. So look, I definitely could change it up.
00:40:56
Speaker
Mitch Moses has been a popular one I've had on my team. I've been leaning towards Hines and Campbell. Everyone's talking about the Panthers draw. He's very good to start the season. It's quite tough, but you've also got the best halfback in the game. Probably the like the best player in the game, essentially. Yeah.
00:41:15
Speaker
Yeah. If you had to fade between Sanders and Atkinson, who would you pick and why? Or who would you fade and I'd fade Sanders. I would be keeping Atkinson, um personally. I am ready to see Atkinson start at the Dragons in the seven role and own it, to be honest.
00:41:35
Speaker
um They had King... it was at king tongya in the 6 jersey with Flanagan in the 7 jersey last year, the Dragons. um Flanagan, I think, for me personally, I don't even know if he's a 6 or a 7.
00:41:51
Speaker
um I don't know which one he's kind of more favorable to. I feel like Flanagan, like Kyle, will shift to either 6 or 7 pending at who else is at the club.
00:42:06
Speaker
And Atkinson, i feel like, is definitely a seven who's going to rock up and like do his best to run that team. Yeah, 100%. Sanders, yeah, goal kicking, that's very, very tempting to keep for that reason.
00:42:20
Speaker
um But like with up my 180 in the grand, in the bank, sorry, I could sell Jesse Colquhoun down to Cooper Buy and with that spare cash, Ethan Sanders straight up to Mitch Moses.
00:42:34
Speaker
Mm-hmm. i When team lists do come out, I do see my team changing. um We're about to move on to like five eights and like I have Cameron Munster at at the moment. And if Dylan Brown gets that dual, I'll be saving even more money there, like a hundred and fifty k there as well um Yeah, that's why like i have no intention of starting or playing Atkinson round one, especially them over in Vegas. I won't be able to move him off that that position there. But Ethan Sanders in that halfback, yeah, could be one that moves.
00:43:13
Speaker
But yeah, in terms of 5'8", Cam Munster, Pezzit, Jonah Pezzit. Cam Munster, proven gun, best halfback in the game. I mean, five eight in the game.
00:43:24
Speaker
yeahp And Jonah Pezzit, bottom dollar. I wasn't sold on Pezzit to begin with. ah For him to be going to the Eels for one year, i thought, nah, they'll they'll have another guy coming through that will hold on to the sixth jersey and Pezzet will be there for coverage because Pezzet can play If Moses is injured or like gets called up for origin, Pezzet's just like a perfect cover guy for 12 months before he moves on to the Broncos.
00:43:56
Speaker
um so But everyone's saying that he's such a gun. The Eels will be 100% playing him. yeah he's I think he's the most highly owned player at the moment. I wouldn't be surprised. I think he's like 70%.
00:44:13
Speaker
Yes, a desolate position. I'll quickly get on here. I think with Pezzet too, well, he's 69%. Yeah, I think due to the position being pretty mid, you pretty much almost have to put him in. and Coming from that Melbourne system, and he's had some big games at the back end of the year with Cameron Munster slash Jerome Hughes. going down. He's had that experience. I think he's definitely ready to steer the ship. When I did the Parramatta Eels previous last review, guys, so go check that one out on Tackles and Tinnies for you Parramatta Eels fans.
00:44:49
Speaker
But the Mitchell Moses Pezet, are they too duplicative? Will they take each other's points away from them? Are Parramatta Eels going to be that good in attack? There's obviously a lot of questions regarding the Parramatta Eels, but I think at the price, Jake, I think you're spot on, man. I think you have to almost have Yeah, yeah, that's it. um Especially...
00:45:09
Speaker
Like with with my halfbacks, with Sanders and Atkinson, as you said, like ideally you only want one of them. And you want to have like a ah proven like player, proven super coach, like point scorer in that starting role playing each week. and you just want your cheapies on the bench, not playing them, making you money, not necessarily points, which that obviously coincides with one another. But you know you don't want to be relying on your cheapies to get you like wins each week and like big scores each week. You just want them consistently grow when they kind of hit their peak, sell them off. And I get that with Munster and Pezzet, where at the moment I don't really have that with Sanders and Atkinson. I'm relying on Sanders to actually have a big game like each week. So... um Yeah, definitely like a lot of risk there. But yeah, Munster, Pezzard, I feel like is pretty safe choices.
00:46:08
Speaker
What are your thoughts on Cody Walker? Started in the healthy, which is important at 400K. When he does play and when he is healthy and he's actually playing minutes, he's very, very good. Proven super coach, Gunn, over the years.
00:46:22
Speaker
Plenty of in injuries for the Rabbitohs last year. They should be going in that year fresh. Having Latrell and Fafita on either side of him, I think that's going to be huge for his score. Any love for Walker? I had Walker, I think...
00:46:38
Speaker
like two days ago. um It was only until the Dylan Brown kind of chat I felt like was definitely starting to come out a bit more solid. I think the NRL posted today like the predicted strongest team for the Newcastle Knights. And I think even Fletcher Scharf was named at seven, which I thought was...
00:47:00
Speaker
That was so stupid. I saw that. What is happening? Who's writing And Dylan Brown was at six, was in the 5-8 role. So there's been all this talk about Dylan Brown getting Jill that I was like, okay, let's shift my team to have like to overspend, even though Munster's way over Dylan Brown's price of about 150k, I think it is. I decided I'll make the team around at at least having a 5-8 I definitely want there.
00:47:29
Speaker
and Yeah, i was super keen on Cody Walker. um And to be honest, he's still is still a high option for me.
00:47:41
Speaker
um But if it's not Walker, it's Munster. But if Dylan Brown or even like didn't kind of get I was bad to mention Dearden. Dearden's projected to be dual because Jackson Perdue is going to be playing halfback more than likely. He's been trained there all off season. Dearden love, 30 cam, pretty sure he is. Mate, a lot of Dearden love. He's absolute gun.
00:48:05
Speaker
But I think just Dylan Brown um showed some form at the end of 2025 the international games.
00:48:17
Speaker
He's just cheaper. In a new team, he'll be rocking up to prove himself. Between him, let's say, and Sharp, depending on where they land in the halfback 5-8 roles,
00:48:32
Speaker
I do envision Dylan Brown kind of still being the main player who tries to control it. like So I do see ah like probably a lot more ball maybe going through Dylan Brown.
00:48:44
Speaker
um So yeah, i would probably lean more towards Dylan Brown for me if he gets that duel. Only because yeah i guess the price essentially is probably the biggest thing as well.
00:48:55
Speaker
But yeah, Deirdre is definitely a solid option. yeah um Okay, mate, let's get to your center wings. Yeah, sure. I've ripped into center wings. like I didn't have Herbie.
00:49:05
Speaker
All last year, I didn't have Herbie. That'd be painful, bro. That'd be so painful. He just burnt me left, right, and center. Just when I thought I was like having a great week, Herbie just pulled out 150 or whatever he was doing. Crazy, yeah. It was insane. though Usually, my center wings, each year I've played super coach. I have gone for like the cheapest center wings I can get.
00:49:32
Speaker
And this is where I've decided to put the most money in. um I feel that if any center wing can essentially...
00:49:45
Speaker
score quite well. If they get a lot of ball and they get like a lot of tries, you can get any player who just scores exceptionally well in that centre wing position. But they can also get the complete opposite and they can get 20 points.
00:49:59
Speaker
um So I've decided to kind of go with some obviously... high scoring players that just, in terms of super coach. Proving guns. Proving guns. So I just, I literally just went for the top three in Herbie, Karaz and Marky Mark. So it's been a while since I've said his last name. Let's give it a crack for the viewers. Yeah, yeah. So here it is for Nawaka Nitawase.
00:50:29
Speaker
You're better than Gary. so I felt like I nailed that. I felt I nailed that. Mark Nawaka Nitawase. Yeah, Nawaka Nitawase.
00:50:39
Speaker
um So I just went for the top three, have locked them in, and Latrell Mitchell, I feel like, yeah, he has he has ah potential to make some money, I feel like, off that 620. Potential is obviously key word, but there's there's murmurs already that he's hurt his ankle, I believe, or calf. I think it's calf injury. It is.
00:51:00
Speaker
And I'm looking at games, sp bro. He's missing a lot of games over the past couple of years. And if he's already had a calf injuries, had calf injuries in the past as well, they can be fickle old things, a calf injury. Yep. That makes me really nervous. I'm in a similar position where I do have Latrell Mitchell, but just, just, just, just. Cool. I hadn't heard anything about Latrell. So yeah, that's definitely interesting. um Good to know. Look, he'll probably stay there. And yeah, we're obviously a month out still until round one. Yeah, still plenty of time to kind of see how people are training and what we hear.
00:51:38
Speaker
Yeah, Mitchell's there. And then just simply three cheapies that people have been talking about. um Yeah, Farley, Makassini and Chester. Yeah.
00:51:51
Speaker
These are just, yeah, the ones I've been hearing about. Setu2 is another one for the Dragons kind of thing, is another option. But yeah, Fale, I think, just being 30 grand more, I've decided to start with him.
00:52:05
Speaker
i think there's even rumors of now a Titans winger. Yes, I was about to mention that. Fighting with JoJo. um so ah Yeah, yeah. um I've seen his ownership creep up heaps, so I'm not too familiar with his name. um But, yeah, I've noticed him, and I think he's 201. Yeah, he's 15% owned. Yeah, so I could do some crazy works and maybe go Latrell Mitchell to him and then pull out Ethan Sanders up to Nathan Cleary or something. I don't know. Do something absolutely wacky. But...
00:52:39
Speaker
um Yeah, I'm feeling my center wings is something I've never done before. um Because I think my first round one team, just playing around, I think I had like Will Warbrick, Bailey Simonson, Jason Saab, and Sam Stonestreet. So all kind of like 450-ish players.
00:53:05
Speaker
ish players that I feel like will be on the pitch guaranteed in the sevens or like starting 13 each week on their either wing or center like position respectively. um And that's usually how I'd bring out my center wingers.
00:53:20
Speaker
Just go for those kind of like mid-range bottom ones with the hope, hope that they score well. And I think I'm trying to eliminate the hope a little bit in my center wing this year and go for the the ones that just outshone everyone last year.
00:53:35
Speaker
So... So, yeah. And then, yeah, fullbacks. Okay, I'll get one more question on Sennaween, Jakey. So, top 10 players. You got guys also in there like O'Brien To'o, Elwin Cobo. You got any love for those sort of mid-range, even a Sam Stone shoot at 496, I just mentioned before. Marley at five forty seven k Is there any love for those sort of mid-range guys? Toby Farnworth, I've been in and out with him all off-season. And it's like, set and forget, no origin. When he plays, he's an absolute gun. But he also went on like an eight-game try scoring streak.
00:54:10
Speaker
If he doesn't score, he's probably getting around 70 points. Would you risk... hoping that he goes down to like a 750k try to get him a little bit cheaper or you think just like set and forget i'm just gonna i know he's gonna be an all-time look yeah though those mid-rangers like brian tot's been on my team as well um everyone's been talking about him um even on the other side paul alamotti i think is like could be a pod not people aren't speaking about him enough no not at all definitely
00:54:41
Speaker
He was outshining the whole back line, I think. yeah Especially towards the back end of the year. 1% owned. everything Like Paul Alamotti, people shouldn't be sleeping on him. He's just going be getting better and better. The dogs, when they had him, were saying how good he was. The Panthers, like, I don't know why the dogs let him go, but the Panthers picked him up.
00:55:04
Speaker
And he's just getting better and better. He looks just... And he looks like angrier out there. like hu He's a tank. to Guess how old he is.
00:55:16
Speaker
I think he's 20. Bro, 22. Bro, he looks like a bloody 27-year-old. Like, he is he's well above his means. Yeah. Like, Paul Alamotti and Toto, I feel like, are very similar players. Similar yeah build, just, like, stocky and strong, quick, just solid, reliable.
00:55:33
Speaker
i I don't know if you watched any highlights recently of the final series, Jake, but I watched the Panthers. Paul Alamotti almost single-handedly won them a couple of games or brought them back from the brink of losing a couple games. So underrated. I love that shout. Yep, yep, yep.
00:55:49
Speaker
um If the Tigers didn't have the round one bye, Talon May would be a great, like, pod again. Good pod, yep.
00:56:03
Speaker
for him to like be out of the and NRL for a year, year, like 18 months, whatever it was. Um, and then to leave the Panthers, obviously keeping fit, but not playing footy.
00:56:17
Speaker
Um, and then coming to the Tigers team with his brother, just came out and just dominated. He looked so good out there for the Tigers. Um, and I think he's like six 20, six 19 from memory. Um,
00:56:32
Speaker
But yeah, just that round one ramant buy for the Tigers, I feel like you just have to avoid. so yeah, center sent a wing I don't know why i keep coming back to just these three strong starters and like the trail being the fourth one there.
00:56:49
Speaker
Um, but I've decided to take a lot of risk there. Um, Karaz is even my like vice, um, being like one of the opening games for Vegas and then Herbie's back here the next week. So, um things might change, but, um,
00:57:10
Speaker
If I feel like Herbie is only getting 70 and he's going to lose fifty k in the first week, I am the type of guy that will sell him for the next guy who's going to making money, which is a huge risk too, to be burning trades, especially, yeah like when I ran out last year. So, yeah.
00:57:29
Speaker
I've got one more guy for you, Jake. yeah And we talked about dual positions, guys like Deirdre and guys like Dill Brown. There's one other guy who's a smoky, Hamiso Tabuai Fado, maybe starting at center with Trey Fuller going to fullback.
00:57:45
Speaker
If you know that Hammer's gone to center, would you like to put him there? ah not I don't think I'd be picking Hammer. I think there'd be other players I'd pick and like, whether that's like Brian Toto or Paul Alamotti, for example, um, I would have to sell Farnworth for me. As I said, just noting that I don't like to have two of the same players of the same team at the same position. So the man I'm sacrificing is Herbie for, um, the hammer. And yeah, I feel like Herbie will be outscoring the hammer.
00:58:22
Speaker
Um, like especially to start the season, I feel. so um Hammer's not a bad shot. Yeah, and I forgot you mentioned Cobbo as well. He's the man outside Herbie. So if Herbie has that breakaway and Cobbo's there supporting, that's ah that's one of the most dangerous edges like kind of thing. Scary, man.
00:58:41
Speaker
Those two boys linking up is insane. I think there's so many Dolphins guys you could get and guys go through our um YouTube or Spotify, Apple Podcasts, go check out that Dolphins preview slash review. Plenty of chat around those boys. and I think Cobbo is going to be a bit of an unsung hero with both stockouts projected round 10, according NRL Fizzy on Instagram. Yeah, it's almost like do you hedge your bets with Cobbo Herbie drops little bit of price. Cobbo gets that price. He may make $150,000 in differentiation. Could be a strat. well we look Well, we even know that the Dolphins last year especially just just went left. Yeah. Oh, yeah, 100%. Osarco.
00:59:20
Speaker
Yep. So if Cobbo's on that left wing, which everyone's saying he is with Herbie, just as if he's not going making money. I'm pretty sure there were games were before Bostock got injured.
00:59:32
Speaker
where he was getting like 100 plus, like on the odd occasion, um just because... go Yeah, yeah, because he just kept going over the try line. It's as simple as that.
00:59:43
Speaker
And we know Cobo has that in him as well. He's ah he's an absolute beast. So, yeah, there's a lot of potential with center wings. Mate, I'm going to This team is getting cleared. I'm going to make another one tonight. You watch. So, it's insane. This has rattled me. I was feeling good. so And that's why we do it, guys. Jake and are on the same boat. You have a chat about someone. like o Maybe. Yeah.
01:00:06
Speaker
well Let's get your fullbacks, man, and your flex. Yeah. Rip into them. ah Taking that that familiar risk with Tommy Turbo. I think he's the most highest scoring super coach player ever. Yeah.
01:00:22
Speaker
And yeah, unfortunately, just seems to be the bloke that we all know does get injured. But if you're going to take a punt on Tommy, I feel like it's the start of the season. 100%. Yeah, you get two games to see how he's... how he's feeling how he's looking how fit he is how healthy is and yeah he if he comes out and scores 100 150 in the first two rounds he absolutely stoked um if he isn't looking great then yeah you quickly move him on um and yeah so i've decided to lock in turbo um keeney keeney i'm actually not sold on what yeah so i was initially
01:01:07
Speaker
but referencing it's easier to start high and obviously come back down. That's like Titans just, I thought was ready for the Titans have a good year last year.
01:01:20
Speaker
And it's the same thing this year. It's like, guys, ready for you to have a like a great year this year. It's like new coach. It's like the Titans, especially you and I, Ryan, but they'll they'll always get like a lot of hype and you'll get like familiar people saying like, nah, like they've got no chance essentially.
01:01:35
Speaker
And Keeney, like with his neck scare and everything or spinal scare and all that kind of stuff last year. Yeah, he came to like back into the the back end of the season and got a few games under his belt again.
01:01:49
Speaker
And now he's got like a full preseason. But is he going to be like a top-tears, like top-scoring fullback in Supercoach? Because that's what we're playing.
01:02:00
Speaker
I'll give you this stat, Jakey. So I'm on Keanu Keeney's profile. 2024 when he sort of got those consistent minutes, guess what his average was? I'm going to say 90. 72. But again, 72 is still $200,000 in value. Yeah.
01:02:17
Speaker
Yeah. So um look, I do see Keeney making money. That's not my concern. my I'd say more my concern is...
01:02:31
Speaker
Is there another fullback I could have there who gets me more points each week? Well, who are you more confident Obviously Keeney at this stage, but you've got guys in the similar ilk and price with Suofar Longo.
01:02:48
Speaker
You've got a Trey Fuller potentially there, KO Weeks, Iongi, maybe a Tain Tua Peaky for the Warriors. All these 500 to 600K guys, who do you think is probably going to have the best average? Again, I think Keeney is probably the safest bet, particularly with the run and son side, assuming that AJ Brimson is healthy to start the year. Him sniffing around Jaden Campbell and him.
01:03:12
Speaker
God, I think he's just going to shit points personally. Yeah, all those players just mentioned, Keeney's number one for me. like He's not only the cheapest in that 500k mark, roughly, but he's going to be there every single week without a doubt.
01:03:30
Speaker
There's been rumors about Sua and Meany fighting over the one jersey at the Storm. like If Hammer goes center, Trey starts at one... What if it doesn't work and Hammer goes back to one? There's Risk there.
01:03:46
Speaker
um tied to a picky for the war Warriors. um Yeah, like that's that's definitely not a given. um And who was your last one? That was one more. KO Weeks. KO Weeks. Okay, yeah. he's ah He'll be there every week, I feel. um So, yeah. So, I'd probably put Weeks in the second spot, I guess, around that.
01:04:09
Speaker
yeah a I think we talked about last year too, Jake. You're probably going to agree with me here, hopefully. But good player, good team over good player, shit team. Yeah, and which so which one did we prefer? Good player, good team. like It's really good to get a guy like...
01:04:29
Speaker
He was at the bottom of like Titans. So does Weeks beat Keeney for you? right there's obviously There's obviously caveats there. Weeks has definitely had bigger upside games.
01:04:42
Speaker
Definitely. Yeah. And he's been proven to be more durable in recent times. Because the Canberra Raiders who, like, finished first. Yeah. and Worthy to know. To the, what, the 50 grand price difference between Weeks and Keeney.
01:04:59
Speaker
the and Sorry, Jake. One more other guy, well I remember. Yep. And that is... um Oh, I got it. Jai Gray, what remember. But yeah, keep talking what you're saying. Oh yeah, Jai Gray. Look, um I feel like Jai Gray is similar to the Trey Fuller.
01:05:18
Speaker
Trey Fuller is at more risk, I feel, than Jai Gray. um But say Same sort of thing. if If the Rabbits don't have like a solid starting three, four weeks, does Bennett go? And Mitchell says, put me at fullback, coach.
01:05:36
Speaker
That's all Trell has to say to Bennett. Say, like, I'm sick of losing. We're three weeks in. We've lost all three games by whatever points. So, like, Rabbits need to win for Jai Gray to stay at one and Latrell to stay at center is the other other issue there too. Like, Latrell has potential for, like, he'll he'll play fullback throughout the year without a doubt.
01:05:58
Speaker
I think he just plays fullback fall back and attack. I just don't, again, he's got a carp injury. Sorry, the preseason, bro. Yep. I think they've got to relieve his load a little bit. And I think when he gets to the red zone, just go where you want to, mate.
01:06:12
Speaker
Yeah. And then Tedesco is... Sorry, Jakey. I've got one more point for you. KO Weeks. Guess what his lowest score was last year? 18. I think I've got 16 here. Guess his second lowest. ah Yep. he's got He's got some low scores, man. 16, 17. 18.
01:06:33
Speaker
ah A 21, 23. If I'm honest, that's what scares me with Keeney. Keeney is not getting that low, I don't think. Yeah, but I see maybe like a Trey Fuller and a Jai Gray as quite similar players. Like more like the hard running, meter eater, like defensive tough way where like a Weeks and a Keeney and like even a Sua, they're bringing like the like electricity.
01:07:04
Speaker
They're bringing us speed and the flair more so as like what like the presence they want to bring. like yeah where that They're different players in a sense, um is how I kind of would would take it.
01:07:17
Speaker
um And yeah, like if you're purely looking at stats, yeah, Keeney's delivered, as you said, when he was getting that ah opportunity, he was getting in the 70s on average.
01:07:28
Speaker
So I might be wrong. um but I feel like everyone's talking about Keeney, how he's like, yeah, full stop, a must.
01:07:40
Speaker
um But we're not even talking about... the Titans' spine and, like, their new look. Like, is AJ Brimson a center? Is, like, Campbell the six and Ilias the seven?
01:07:53
Speaker
um is As, like, what if... Same thing with Titans. is Does Hane feel the pressure a month in and says, AJ, you're back to fullback? Keeney, you're in the rotation of a six-man bench.
01:08:06
Speaker
um Yeah, like... That's crazy talking. Mate, Keeney, I mean, put some respect on Keeney's name, man. he He is the golden boot. I'm telling you, though, but that's that's that's where the brain goes a little bit at times. So, um where, like...
01:08:22
Speaker
Yeah, like most other players, like you look at like a Teddy, a Turbo, like a Rhys Walsh. There is zero doubt that they're like in that starting 13.
01:08:34
Speaker
Like Turbo could like could be one that goes to center, for example. But for the first light opening rounds, Turbo's at one. The only reason he's moving out of that is if we see halfway through the season, he's...
01:08:46
Speaker
pulling up a little bit injured, a little bit sore. They move like Lehigh or whoever back to fullback and he moves into a center center spot, which I'd love. Give him the jewel. I'll have Turbo on my center wing spot for the rest of the year.
01:09:00
Speaker
Happy days. so or j has Teddy's there purely based off the highest priced player, to be honest. i think I think he's almost a must dude, personally. I think... for Teddy's definitely not even a must for me.
01:09:16
Speaker
um Because I've had like... Nathan Cleary and Nathan... art Nico Hines there, sorry. At flex. At flex. Only when I've been running that yeah the the cheap halfbacks with Sanders and Atkinson, that allowed like just a bit more flexibility to work what I needed to. So there's a lot of options. And speaking even with you tonight, as I said, I'm um'm ready to make some changes and have a play. You watch. going to be... I'll be laying in bed for the last next hour, like just taking screenshots again and rerunning a whole new team.
01:09:52
Speaker
If round one started tomorrow, I, at the same time, wouldn't have any problem putting this team forward. so There. I got one more for you, Jakey. Okay. He played round 15 at fullback, 71 points.
01:10:07
Speaker
They didn't play for a few weeks. Round 21 to round 27 besides one game because they had the buy. 71 points, 61 points, 37, 89, 81, 72. That's probably around a minimum 67 round average at a minimum. That's unders in my opinion. That's over 120 grand worth of value. Is there love for Jai Gray? Like honestly? Look, yeah, definitely.
01:10:34
Speaker
Mate, just calling it now, I guess. That's pretty good, man. for For your team, I'm ready for a Trey Fuller, a Jai Gray, and a Keanu Keeney, mate, in for the bottom three. so Apparently not that, but yeah, it'll be interesting after all this. Yeah, that's it. So there's there's definitely nothing wrong with, like,
01:10:52
Speaker
taking a punt on those like mid-range guys at fullback because fullback is a high scoring position. Yeah. And there's value. Definitely there this year. and there's value. But like if if Teddy pulls out 50, a 60 and a 70 in the opening like three rounds. So easy to drop down. Yeah, easy to drop down. And if Trey Fuller has locked down that number one spot and he's pulled out two 100s, two tons, like it's a given who Teddy's turning into. And it's a similar like go with my center wings.
01:11:25
Speaker
My brain's definitely ticking now around, I guess, like Jesse, Cole Hoon, Ethan Sanders. i Like an easy up to Mitch Moses there for me. A monster down to a Dill Brown even gives me an extra 150. I could even get my half back up to like JC maybe.
01:11:46
Speaker
or even a Sam Walker and start with maybe like a Sam Walker and a Dill Brown, which Colquhoun turns into a Cooper buy. And all of a sudden my little goodbye name is Rolling Sweet and I've started the season with a good omen.
01:12:00
Speaker
um Yeah, that's kind of like where my brain's probably ticking a little bit. Yeah, I could ditch Herbie. Save 100 grand there, even if I were to bring him down to like a Holmes or a KL Eero. They're like also some other guns that like proved themselves last year. Yeah, definitely.
01:12:17
Speaker
And that can save me like 50 to 100 grand. I think we're both a bit sour on the um the Val Holmes, mate. We both got him in after his dynamic origin three performance and gets to see us in injury one week later. Well...
01:12:30
Speaker
Yeah, if Luttrell, your chat on Trel scared me a little bit now, to be honest, I could easily find money and turn Trel up to Holmes.
01:12:42
Speaker
But that means I've got Fale here. There goes my counter of two dragons. Maybe he turns into Kale Iroh or a To'o or an Alamotti. But I guess you could swap that farlay, for example, to the Titans, winger, Shami, starts. There you go. See, thanks, mate. That's a great idea. Love that.
01:13:01
Speaker
Top 1K, baby. yeah Yeah, that's it. Mate, all I know for a fact, I promise yourself and everyone, I'm getting lower than 17,000 this year. Mate, top 10K at a minimum. I reckon with the council of the secret squad chat because it's secret. Besides, the boys always get annoyed because they're not invited into it. Not our problem. Mate, it's all on the podcast. Yeah, it's all on the podcast. Mate, I don't call the secret squad chat. I call it the podcast chat.
01:13:28
Speaker
Yeah, it's where it's all the pre-knowledge, pre-knowledge. So it all gets delivered here. Do you want a deterrent for Mitchell Moses? Sure. Okay. So I'm on the 2024 season when he was goal kicking. He played like, it's not even exaggerating, I think eight games.
01:13:46
Speaker
Yep. Got 116 as one of his best scores, 103. And then you got a lot of mediocre games. 77 minutes, you got 28 points. 80 minutes, 36 points, 33 points. Like there are some games when he was goal kicking, not good at all. Yeah, I've been burnt by Mitchell Moses in previous I'm very much avoiding. I've had him in my team here and there. I think he's a trap. Yeah, okay.
01:14:11
Speaker
Yeah. I think if you're willing to get to 540, what's extra 170K to get to a Jaden Campbell? Mate, you know what? Let's just quickly have a play.
01:14:23
Speaker
Yeah, I love this. On the fly. Yeah, on the fly, guys. We can do this. some sitting That's why we're on Riverside. Christensen, as a shout-out. Adam Christensen is that other second rower. Yes. Instead Hudson as well. Real quick, bye comes in.
01:14:39
Speaker
All right, I'm going to drop Munster down to a rough Dill Brown price, which I think is about 5.30. Let's just play it over as a little bit and just bring in Talagi. Should we just go Matt Burden? Go Burden. You reckon Burton's the man? Yeah, it's like 540-something, think, Phil Grant. Burton it is. And then four halfbacks. So, yeah, that starts to bring it up a little bit. So, even a Hughes, mate. Well, Metcalf ain't back until round seven, I Yeah. Yeah. I love that.
01:15:07
Speaker
That was big banner. Yeah, and, mate, throwing it back now, just aura. Metcalf was just aura. Yeah. It's me, so. If Dewey was playing round one, would you have love? i've I've played with Dewey in my team, but obviously round one by not optimal. But when he plays at half-back...
01:15:27
Speaker
for me personally. No. Not in halfback. There's... So we're saying how we're really struggling in the Well, not even really struggling, but there's there's just not any options where you're like, yeah, sick. Love that.
01:15:41
Speaker
You go to halfback though, totally different story. Nathan Cleary, great. Nico Hones, another great option. JC, another great option. Sammy Walker, another great option. Fogarty, if you want it to be like a bit of a pod move. Izzy Katoa, absolute gun.
01:15:56
Speaker
Like, could be great. Tommy Dearden could be, like, great. Jerome Hughes, I can't believe he's only 631,000. Could be great. Lukey Metcalf, I'm writing off Reynolds. Sorry, Broncos fans there. Just but don't buy him at 633. Lukey Metcalf, just mentioned, has potentially to be great. Lockie Galvin, another preseason with the Dogs. They reckon he's, like, breaking records in terms of fitness. Has potential, right? Mitchie Moses, they reckon he's underdone, goal-kicking. When Moses plays well, he's an absolute weapon. He scares the shit out of me when he puts on a sky blue jersey up against Queensland. He's done so good against them. But yeah, so 535, Dill Brown. i
01:16:37
Speaker
Going to get the Dill. Chuck him in at halfback. it doesn' It doesn't have to be in the 5'8 position. Chuck in whoever else you're looking at. If somehow Tamari Martin gets the 5'8 position or even halfback position to start the year for the Warriors. Is there any love for Tamari Martin? I remember maybe 2024. Bro, he was like 680k or something. Oh, so Tamari's dual. Like that's been spicy.
01:17:00
Speaker
um two So I think the rate the the biggest things I've built my team on ah I feel this year is more so guaranteed spots. Yeah, 100%. Definitely. So like to quickly like rerun through, essentially, like Reid Marnie's there because I genuinely believe he's going to be an 80-minute player each week unless he's like getting slogged or like having a bad day or whatever.
01:17:26
Speaker
I see most weeks 80 minutes. Like, Paseca underdone after his injury. Trey Mooney replacing Leo Thompson. Cooper by Jamin Joliff now being injured. So sad. ACL. Tino could go to prop. Cooper by comes in maybe at like a locked position more frequently. Mattson replacing Fifi. Fifi at 485 is insane. McEwen replacing KPP. Stewart replacing Jack DeBellin. Lassardi replacing...
01:17:52
Speaker
um ellicott like there's all they're so promising to keep their spots and get good minutes and good game time so whereas atamari martin yeah jewel 235 if he gets an opportunity i feel like that opportunity could easily disappear as well and for met yeah So for me, yeah there's there's shouts everywhere. You can make a case for essentially any player like when you scroll through Supercoach.
01:18:23
Speaker
But yeah, um yeah i I personally wouldn't be considering Supercoach. team yeah and this is why it's the beauty of of doing this live guys please let us in know the comments are we over projecting some players are we missing some guys um definitely some guys you probably discuss in greater detail guys coming back ninja like karen murray maybe a guy in the past who's been pretty good a little bit underpriced there sam walker's finally got an offseason with a gun team nafahu white Could he have a breakout year? Some guys we didn't really talk about, but we want to hear from you guys in the comments. Are we missing someone? Let us know.
01:19:00
Speaker
right, Jake, one sort of final question for you. i want your three players that the audience should have or who are must have. I think David Tafita. is in that must-have boat.
01:19:14
Speaker
um He's not going to break the bank if you were to choose him like in your team. that he just He has so much potential to score so well um that I think David Fafita is a must.
01:19:29
Speaker
um you You get spoiled where you get six positions to fill for second row. Make sure David Fafita is in your team is probably where I'd start for one. um Oh, tough. It is tough. And I'm looking through my team.
01:19:44
Speaker
um To be honest, I actually am going to say Payne Haas. I did say it earlier on, but when I'm quickly looking at my team,
01:19:56
Speaker
um In terms of like front row, he's he's just going to deliver for you. And there's really not too many other players that will do that just as well as Payne Haas. So I probably will pick Payne.
01:20:11
Speaker
And to be honest, either Atkinson or Sanders. For me. I just think... One or the other? One or the other. just yeah like If you want to do something crazy like me and have both um and come 17,000 roughly in Supercoach, then yeah, go for it.
01:20:30
Speaker
But just pick one of them. They're a 10K difference, whichever one you kind of vibe them with or prefer. um i just think that they, out of out of a lot of cheapies in the heart and like in that halfback position, just...
01:20:46
Speaker
They just have like a... Good upside, I think, Sanders and Atkinson. So um they'll be there all season for you. I'll give you some good coverage.
01:20:57
Speaker
Yeah, they'll do a job. but And one guy, to finish up the podcast, one guy who was a fade to start the season. Guys, I've got top my head. Could be a Cleary. Could be a Nico Hines, my arch nemesis from the 2025 season. It could be a Terrell May. Look, to be honest, Terrell May. Walshie. We didn't really talk about Walshie either. Yeah, well, yeah.
01:21:17
Speaker
Look, we haven't spoken about... Even Drinkwater, mate, if you want to start talking about fullbacks. Not to fade, sorry there, but like potential fullbacks to have on your team. Even just to have the goal kicking under his belt now, um drinky, is just super tempting. um Other fullbacks, like Kalen Ponga, depending on how his injury seems to be going, I keep hearing he's still in a moon boot.
01:21:45
Speaker
Heard he's not goal-kicking. Pretty much, Sanders Smith's been confirmed a goal-kick. Okay. Yeah, wow. That's why Sanders Smith's also as well. Should we get rid of Burton? Yeah. and then Because if we're hearing that he's goal-kicking...
01:21:59
Speaker
Starting, I've heard, halfback. Yeah, starting at halfback, Dillbrander And he's also 5'8 hooker position. Yeah. So i wonder if he turns into a halfback hooker or a 5'8 halfback. Well, he's already been locked in. His positions are done for the whole year.
01:22:18
Speaker
He's just going to be playing out of position. But again, goal kicking, pretty juicy. Yeah. Yeah, wow. Yeah, that definitely shakes up a bit. um I definitely wouldn't be... If you want Cleary or Hydes, I definitely wouldn't be fading them.
01:22:35
Speaker
um For me, it would be a Terrell May. There is no no need... Or any Tigers player. It sucks, but... That is a lot of money.
01:22:46
Speaker
So like both the May brothers for me, unfortunately, if you have either of them in your starting team, that's just wasted money sitting on the bench for round one. Like you just, you it's just, you're losing points. You don't have early in the season enough cash, like to have cash sitting on the bench.
01:23:04
Speaker
Like your bench should just be full of a lot of cheaper players and your starting team. You just need good, good scores, good points. Yeah. So to have 811K and Terrell May sitting on the bench is insane. Taylan May at 620 or whatever it is, like, is the exact same thing for me. Like, have Makasini there. Like, he's my little loop dude.
01:23:25
Speaker
When this guy pops off at 120, Karaz, for those who can't see little mouse flicking, guys, Makasini's going to be perfect little little loop. So Herbie Farmworth doesn't even need to prove himself because Jacob Karaz, 120 over in vegas Phil Gould, Dragons is in top tier form, top tier fitness.
01:23:46
Speaker
I've got one caveat for Nathan Cleary, and this is why I've potentially faded him. I'm not going to ruin third team. But Broncos, Sharks, Roosters, Para, Melbourne, Dogs. That's a gauntlet to start to see them. It's not even just the start of the season. I'm pretty sure was Googling, have a little research, and Panthers, I think, have the worst, have been predicted to have the worst draw of the season. Strength of schedule? Yeah, yep, strength of schedule. Maybe, Tackles and Tinnies listeners, you have to jump into my previews slash reviews because just did theirs. To find that, go onto a YouTube, Spotify, Apple podcast. Look at that. All over it.
01:24:30
Speaker
But Jake, is there any last little tiers or caveats or little insights you want to provide the listeners or viewers? I don't have many insights, but um yeah, I feel like obviously we're going to be going through a lot of teams. Ryan's going to be catching up with everyone who's who's been on the pod, I feel like. and have great discussions.
01:24:52
Speaker
Ryan's right if he does manage to get Adam on here and you get to hear his complete rundown of his team, listen to it because that bloke has never sent a screenshot through.
01:25:04
Speaker
So, um yeah, so listen in. It'll be very interesting to see what what he's got and what cheapies kind of thing and where he's trying to throw his money.
01:25:15
Speaker
I've definitely done something different this year and thrown a lot of money down like in my center wing. so decide where you want to park your cash. Who do you think is's going to make a bit of money? But if it's your first time, yeah, mate, just just copy my team. You'll be fine round one.
01:25:31
Speaker
But um if yeah if you've been playing for a few years, I feel like everyone knows that, yeah, it's good to have a few pods, change it up, just... Yeah, every now and then if you're tossing up between two, just pick your favorite team, pick favorite player. So do something like that. Have a bit of fun with it.
01:25:47
Speaker
It'll be good. So I can't wait. We're a month out, mate. It's great to have a chat with you again and yeah talk about it all. I'm excited. So it's great. It's great. Well, Jake, I think we got the the record for the most in-depth single team review of all time over 90 minutes. Guys, if you didn't learn one thing off this podcast, I don't know what you're doing. You've got too much bloody brain rot listening to the short form videos. Get onto this long form on YouTube. Huge insight. Great discussion. Jake, fantastic as always. We appreciate you. I've got a little ah idea in regards to Adam and his team reveal. I reckon get all the boys on. And we're going to be a huge panel and everyone's got their pen and paper. And soon as Adam jumps on, start writing down. Yeah, it's really funny.
01:26:31
Speaker
Every player we start seeing, we'll just be saying whether it's cap or fact of whether he's actually going to be having them in his team or not. Yeah. And it's always cap. Adam is the biggest bloody Houdini. He'll tell you one thing, do the other. He gave me one good piece of advice last year and that was again in Walshy. Got me in the top 1K to be fair, but everything else or cap. I 100% agree. Yeah. But Jake, thank you so much. Guys, we appreciate you all. Again, jump onto socials, follow us, Tackles and Tinnies.
01:26:59
Speaker
Again, like, subscribe, share, chuck a comment in. We want to hear that ah conversation. I'll pass any messages on to Jake, obviously, as well. But I'll tag him in his post so you can probably see them well on Instagram.
01:27:12
Speaker
But guys, we appreciate you all. Again, all the mini series are jumping through as well. going a bit sporadic now with Supercoach getting sprinkled on in here and there. But again, the Panthers one just dropped. Sharkies won't be too far behind as well.
01:27:26
Speaker
So again, we love you. We appreciate you. Tackles and Tinnies is popping off in 2026. For you Supercoaches out there, we have all the love for you because you're the diehard fans. That's for sure.
01:27:37
Speaker
Any last words, Jake? Goodbye. Thanks, mate. Love you guys.