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Season 6- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Round 5)
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It's a one episode week for those American rugby knuckleheads thanks to The Rugby Network not having their shit together. On this episode, we are talking about. of course, the awful start to service for The Rugby Network and how you can help get things sorted. We also look back at our Champi-Yanks League standings for both Division 1 and 2. Then we do our usual Start or Sit and Pick Em. Grab those notepads and enjoy this one with us friends!
(Also, we are aware that Jarrod's mic was having issues apart from the whole it was loud comment at the beginning. Apologies to everyone's ear drums!)
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Transcript
Introduction and Humor
00:00:04
Speaker
It is. The Fantasy Robias. My name is Jared Dyke. I wanted to say it's stupid and let's move on, but then you kept going. I'm Ben Glauser. I don't like any way anybody handled that. Collusion. Collusion.
00:00:30
Speaker
Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the Fancy Roby Yanks. My name is Jared Dyke. I'm Ben Glauser. One pod this week, but we're going to do it anyway because we'll get to that. Nevermind. I'm not going to get into that. Just turn your volume down. You're a little loud there Jared. You might want to turn your volume down there. I don't want to.
00:00:49
Speaker
Okay. We'll blow out some mirrors. I got it. Or like mine if no one else's. Yeah, right. No, I think it turned up a little bit by accident. Done. Sorry.
Supporting George: A Gesture of Appreciation
00:01:01
Speaker
Yeah, let's crack them. Yeah. Good timing on that. Yeah.
00:01:10
Speaker
Ooh, you know what? It's the best for my shit. Yeah. I think, I think Catherine was messing with my microphone. Oh, she would do that. Yeah. There we go. There we go. Sorry folks. If you, if I blew out your ears, you're welcome. It was only a test. Yeah. This is the test. Make sure that you find us on your favorite podcast app, share us, download, rate, review all that good shit. Feedback, always welcome.
00:01:42
Speaker
By your by our good friend George the fancy or geeky coffee or beer however you wish to see if see fit Yeah, if you wanted those jerks, that's looking at the top of your league or you know Top of your country. Yeah, my one. I want to consider that just saying Just saying yeah, I've already done mine. So yeah, no I'm well aware I
00:02:09
Speaker
But anyway, if you're one of those folks, you should buy him a coffee cause he deserves
Ben's Personal Insights on Israel-Palestine Conflict
00:02:14
Speaker
it. What Jared is hinting at is, um, your boys are one and two in the US. Yeah. So it's only out of 196, but you still wanted to. So it's like, all right, we're at the best in the country. That's all that matters. You're not just getting regular, you know, yanks advice. You're getting like champion yanks. Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:02:41
Speaker
There is no discrimination here on this podcast, nor should there be in sports or in life. Something we haven't yet to weigh in on, but now seems as good a time as any, and I'm going to let you have at this because it is the most, from what I've read, is the most
00:02:59
Speaker
Complicated but simple problem. I've experienced in terms of you know a conflict. So I'll let you Yeah, yours two cents on this whole thing since you probably have a better perspective than I do and I'm gonna relate it to rugby Because that that's how it makes it personal for me So I was on the the 2009 USA Maccabee rugby team That played in Israel. We won bronze
00:03:30
Speaker
I don't talk about it that much, unless I really want to brag about myself. But when I went, I went with clear eyes, knowing the situation, knowing a little bit about what was happening there. But really only having seen the one side, I mean, a group
00:03:55
Speaker
been a Jewish household, went to Hebrew school, all that. Didn't last too long. I actually was bar mitzvah on that trip. I was 29. That was my bar mitzvah, which was cool because I got to do it in Jerusalem, which is a big thing. Of course.
00:04:17
Speaker
But I went, I left home thinking, hey, you know, this could be I could die while I'm abroad. Let's I've been just putting it out there like this. I'm not going to a safe country. I'm not going to a decent place. And I went in knowing I'm taking my life into my own hands and I spent the entire trip. I enjoyed the hell out of it. Don't get me wrong. Create experience on and off the pitch.
00:04:44
Speaker
But I went over there, making sure I knew where exits were, making sure I knew where I was relative to our transportation, all that stuff, going in your eyes about what could happen while I'm there. And the thing that, after I went, it was a beautiful country, it really did further sour me on what Israel is doing to Palestinians, seeing it firsthand, seeing their attitude towards them.
00:05:14
Speaker
and then reading up on it more on what's happening from the Palestinian perspective. So I've been not a huge fan of Israel for a bit now. Based on, again, personal experience, and I feel that they're doing to my religion. We're a religion that loves to say never again, and we have every reason to.
00:05:37
Speaker
And I don't like that again is happening at our hands. Has been, has been. This isn't new. And the other thing that I have a problem with is when you oppress people for generations, there's there's generations of the kids who are in Palestine, you know, in Gaza, the average age is about 18. So they're mostly kids.
00:06:02
Speaker
And their parents grew up in this kind of situation. And their parents grew up in this kind of situation. So it's not like this is something that they've ever had control of or even had any chance to control. And they're in a terrible situation. And it's Israel's fault. Plain and simple. Like you can, we can butt this, butt that. So
00:06:29
Speaker
Ultimately where I'm getting at is oppressed people will act like this, read a fucking book, watch a movie. It wasn't like one of the most popular movies of all time, like the most money-making avatar, like the Palestinians are the Navi, the Israelis are the humans, fucking sorted out, right? And ultimately,
00:06:53
Speaker
There's going to be bludged in situations like that. There's going to be massive amounts of bloodshed in both directions and obviously more massive on the one end. So ultimately what I'm getting at is we need a fucking ceasefire and we need an actual solution to this because all that's being done is the same shit that's been done for 80 years and it ain't fucking working. All it's doing is murdering innocent people and that's got
Frustration with TRN's Streaming Service
00:07:12
Speaker
to stop. Yeah. So.
00:07:16
Speaker
Yeah, I have experience with this. I'm not, you know, obviously I'm not anti Jew. It's a very big difference between Judaism and Zionism. I fucking hate Zionism. It's been terrible for the world at large. So right. Yeah. And Zionism is a form of supremacy, which is, of course, a form of discrimination, which ties it back into that's why we're doing this on this segment. Right. Thank you for letting me speak my mind on that. And there goes that. Yeah, I think it's it's it's always important to recognize the difference between
00:07:47
Speaker
what Israel's doing and just in hating on someone because they're Jewish. There's a massive difference between the two things. There are some people that just, they can't see the line between the two, which sucks. Well, and it's on both sides. There's a lot of Jews that don't consider me Jewish because I'm not Zionist.
00:08:05
Speaker
I mean, and I'll say that I'm not very Jewish, but that's a point. Jewish, but we make that joke anyway, but it's not the point, you know? No. It's yeah. So that, right. The hate in every direction needs to stop.
00:08:23
Speaker
I'm tired of it. I'm tired, Jared. I'm fucking tired of this shit. Yeah, I bet you are. I bet the hell you are. I can only imagine what other people... Right, and I'm not the one... ...what other situations are feeling right now. Exactly. Like, I'm seeing the videos of the Gazans in camps and I'm like, you know, I'm like, what are you going to do when this is over? And they're like, I just want to sleep for like a week. And then have a quiet life somewhere. And it's like, yeah, that's all they want.
00:08:47
Speaker
It's all anybody wants to stop fucking taking it away from all right. Yeah, let's move on fact Let's move on to something else that fucking sucks Well, not yet We don't you're right try not to mostly yeah grab our patreon
00:09:03
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Yeah, that does not suck. We have analytics up for a pram, so those of you that have been waiting on that, go ahead. Those are not up yet. I need to fix the sheet. That will be up. Oh, that's right. We talked about that. It will be up maybe even by the time you're listening to it. Yeah, that's true.
00:09:20
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That's a possibility as well. Yeah, it'll take into like tomorrow a little bit. But yeah, keep your eyes peeled anyway because they're there. They're there. We're just going to... I'll be there. ...butt up a few things, that's all. Yep. So that's easy enough. Yeah, boom buses up like I promised yesterday. If you really want to hear in writing what Ben and I are about to get into, that's also on Patreon for free.
Engaging with Listeners and Patreon
00:09:43
Speaker
So you can go ahead and read that if you'd like.
00:09:47
Speaker
Yeah. Now to talk about things that really suck and it's such a annoying thing for me because I was originally very happy about this whole thing. Yeah. And I think you and I both were and it's been such a huge letdown from the announcement until now. And that is not that long. That's four or five weeks. Right.
00:10:14
Speaker
Holy shit. We're gonna make you pay for this. Wait, what? Okay. Okay. But. What? You can't pay for it. The site doesn't fucking work. No. So, the thing is, they still have, like, the paywall up. So you have to subscribe to watch The Rugby. But you can't subscribe.
00:10:45
Speaker
Tell me where it makes sense. I don't know. What the fuck? Yeah. And they still don't have a TV app. They don't have one for the Roku or anything like that. It's all device-based. And you can't cast the way it's set to your device. You can't cast it to a smart TV. So you can't even hack it to something that's watchable.
00:11:11
Speaker
No. You have to watch it on an iPad or your phone, which is great for watching a sport with 30 people on the pitch. It makes it very easy to see everybody. Right. Yeah, and you can't fucking pay for it, so you can't watch it. And they're not communicative about it at all. No. To be like, hey, could you try again and send us a screenshot of the same thing that you just sent us a screenshot of? Fuck you guys. No. Yeah, it's absurd. It really is.
00:11:45
Speaker
Yeah, I'm, I'm at the point where it's, I'm so beyond it.
Challenges with TRN's Streaming and Weekend Activities
00:11:55
Speaker
Yeah. As soon as they're, as soon as I don't have to give them money, I never will again. Like I'm not going to, I'm not going to be like, Oh, let's stick around. Maybe, maybe subscribe just for some other thing. No, no, we're done. You've had your, like, you know, now we're looking at two weeks in and you're still. Yeah. Two, two weeks behind the paywall.
00:12:14
Speaker
And did they ask you to do this thing? Hold on, let me find it. They asked me to do a bunch of shit. Yeah, they asked me to do a bunch of shit too. They asked me to send them a screenshot of when I was trying. They were like, can you send us the details about when you tried so we can probably find you. And it's like, they're not doing anything with it. No. They said that their system and that they're right. Their system can't take it if you enter a zip code that starts with a zero.
00:12:44
Speaker
which is like most codes here in the US. Well, most codes is in Massachusetts, certainly. Yeah, definitely. New England. Yeah, in the New England area, yeah. There are zeros. I've never seen this. They could get a 13-year-old to fix this shit. Yeah, I agree.
00:13:13
Speaker
Yeah. So their solution that they sent to me was to send payment info over email. Oh, really? Yeah. Wow. They haven't asked me to do that, but then I... Yeah.
00:13:33
Speaker
Any amount of payment info going over email is not really a great idea. Right. Like, like, no, like that's why we have secure suits. This is supposed to be secure. If you want me to call, like secure at least. Right. But like, I've done that when order and shit online or something like that. Or not online, but you know, what have you. You're ordering things. Yeah. But it's just, yeah, I mean,
00:14:02
Speaker
Like I don't know how you don't have a, I don't like how you don't have a system that can take payment and you just not, not don't care about it. No. Okay. All right. At this point, they, at this point they don't cause the solutions are there and they just are doing none of them. So it's the ultimate frustration for you, me, anybody trying to subscribe to this, to the site. And I'm.
00:14:31
Speaker
Yeah, I'm, I'm lost at this point in it. And I, and I, I tried using the old sites that we used to use to watch like the online and they're pooped. Yep. So if you, if you know of a good non
00:14:51
Speaker
Standard I'll put it that way a streaming site for rugby matches. Let us know, please Okay, so maybe watch it. Yeah just Ridiculous, I'm Yeah, like we didn't do rugby pod this week because we could not we literally could not watch the matches Correct and we probably and if it happens again, we probably won't do it next week and right and
00:15:19
Speaker
You know, for, nevermind that, you know, maybe one person is looking forward to that in which case we appreciate you. Yeah. Hopefully more, but at least one, that's something for you and I at the very least. And it's like. It, it annoys me that I can just, I'd like Saturday morning. I just went out and did yard work.
00:15:37
Speaker
Uh, yeah, I did, I worked, I did, I did some other work and I did fricking, I did a little bit of yard work on Sunday and I watched a little bit of footy. Like that's it. Yeah. And I'm like, I would love to be watching rugby right now, but I can't. So I'll just go distract myself with.
00:15:53
Speaker
fucking inane shit. Yeah. Right. Yeah. Cause it's just, it's an annoyance and it's like, we're just sitting here with our thumb, thumbs firmly up our asses. And it's like. Wait, you don't do that when you watch the games? Sometimes. Okay. Sometimes. Depends on the game. I need more entertainment.
00:16:25
Speaker
Oh, it's gone bad. At least I get to feel something. Yeah, right. Oh, shit. All right. Cool. Well, in any case, TRN, you suck ass. Fucking fix it, and then politely sod off, please. Yeah. Go down to manhole and sod off. All right. That's it. That's it. Let's recap Championk's League, well, division one, division two.
00:16:55
Speaker
movement and such So Division one I reclaimed the throne Forever brief that'll be But there was other movement George dropped to he did you jumped him I did as well and then Justin stayed Pat Stu jumped to and then it was Duncan both dropped
00:17:20
Speaker
Dropped pretty hard, not hard, but dropped fairly significantly. And Mark's being a polite person, just being our foundation and holding us all up there while he's hanging out.
Championk's League Standings and Movements
00:17:31
Speaker
And then Division II, we have seven of them in there. Right now, it's our old friend Anton hanging out at the top.
00:17:40
Speaker
Oh, hey. Yeah. Anton has reinserted himself into the Champions League. And obviously once you've left your, your only method back into the first division is you have to come through the second division. And with all the gods old and new, we'll be able to have more than two divisions. But I think it's pretty cool that we have almost a full two divisions right now. So.
00:18:02
Speaker
Um, it'll be fun here. Um, so, and then it's, uh, Paul Bart, uh, Alex Franco, Luke, and then Abby holding it up. So looking good, looking good. But yeah. Um, also there's the whole bit and like Ben and I said, we're, we're both one and two in the US. Yeah, that's pretty cool.
00:18:29
Speaker
And you're two by like 20 points too. It's not like you're two by two. Yeah, we're not far apart. We're 19 and a half points apart. Yeah. And you're 20 in front of the other guy too. We both jumped five spots. So it's clear that things can happen very fast. It can. But at the same time, we can also gain a whole lot of points on others pretty quickly too.
00:18:55
Speaker
Yeah, I was five, five, six, and then jumped one. Had a bad week last week. And those stupid other guys are still down in the 60s, so you can stay there. Oh, there they are, yeah. I will say globally for me, I'm hoping
00:19:12
Speaker
I'm going to aim for like a top 50 finish. I think that's really, I think that's pretty good. Usually. I mean, we're both in the top one 50. I mean, I'm one 37. Yeah. I'm 40. I'm 47 right now. Holy shit. Wait, really? Yeah. Yeah. There's that margin. I mean, it's 20,000 people. That's true. Yeah. Yeah. There you are. Wow. Not bad. Yeah. Do what I can over here. Yeah. Doing what I can. Where, um,
00:19:40
Speaker
I want to, I, I want to amusingly check this. I always want to amusingly check early because I want to see who's getting snotted by my wife. No, it's ours. For some reason, ours doesn't work. Oh, there it goes. It was giving me a, yeah, it was giving me the spins a second ago. All right. Well, she had a bad week. She dropped, she dropped quite a bit. Oh no, she is. She dropped six. She has six spots. Yeah. Uh, she's still 30th though. So she's not last.
00:20:08
Speaker
Right. Which means if you're last joined and just like forgot to make their team. But other than that, if you're someone that joined and you're getting your butt kicked by my wife, then she's, she's ahead of Mark. Sorry, Mark. I'm not trying to laugh at your expense, but I am at the same time. Awesome. That's great. She's pretty Gary too.
00:20:35
Speaker
Old friend. Yeah. That's funny. Awesome. Well, yeah. So keep it, do your best not to get absolutely belted by my wife. Cause if you do, I'm just going to call you out and laugh at you a little bit. Just so you
Fantasy Rugby Advice: Gloucester vs Bath
00:20:50
Speaker
know, just so you know. All right. Um, let's do our sit, start sitting. All right. Now I'm guessing I go first cause you're picking them off cause cluster playing three Friday night games in a row. That's just weird.
00:21:15
Speaker
No, but they've been good games. Well, one of them has been a good game. Yeah, we know about the second one, honestly. Right. Yeah. Anyway, Gloucester. So we, you know, with again, we were saying that we have some of the analytics. I can tell you that Gloucester are sixth in attack and they're first in defense. Bath are seventh in attack and fifth in defense. So. Yeah. For Gloucester.
00:21:29
Speaker
I mean, they're maybe the one team that could pull it off because they're entertaining as fuck.
00:21:44
Speaker
Dalmain has been their best scoring prop, which is words I never thought I'd say. But then again, Pava Ruskin hasn't been on. He dropped from the last match, you know that. Yeah. I know he's been hurt. The one healthy. Yeah. Either hooker should do. Beth are the second worst defense against hookers. Only Newcastle are worse.
00:22:06
Speaker
Um, Gloucester locks have been scoring. So any of them, um, yeah, that's true. Or, um, who might the third one who I'm pretty Thomas. There it is. Thank you. Yeah. All three of them have landed in boom for me.
00:22:19
Speaker
Two Clarks, two Freddies. I get it right. Yeah, absolutely. Sounds like a TV show. Yeah. Mercer and Ludlow. Again, obviously if Mercer is healthy, that's like a dope-brainer there. None of the nines, their nines have been poop. Not that any nines have really been good, but they've been particularly poop. Yeah. Barton is a pretty cheap option at 10. He's been scoring, but this is a good, I think maybe a good place for him.
00:22:48
Speaker
Um, but you probably look elsewhere. Um, said Atkinson in the centers has been doing all right. And Jake Morris seems to be the best option at outside back without Louis available yet for bath. Um, their best options versus the Gloucester defense are at loose forward and center. Um, look for Barbary who's been scoring well under Hill who showed well, his first match back. Um, Ben Spencer has had one amazing match.
00:23:17
Speaker
one really poop match. And actually he had, he had four points off the bench last week. So, um, I'm, I'm, I'm, yeah, he's always obviously leaning towards starting him. Um, Finn as well. Um, maybe red path in the centers. Um, and then Glanville at this point is a must start. I think I got rid of him and that was a really
00:23:38
Speaker
of people. Yeah. Well, I think it was the, he didn't play. So I was like, all right, I'm going to change him out. Yeah. Next, right. And that's obviously something you can help yourself, but do right. And then didn't draw him back in yet. Oopsie daisy. Um, yeah. Where is camera path? Yeah. He had a nine and then he had one bad one. They came off the bench and he has 16 and a half. So right. Not that, not that bad. Um, no, not an auto start by any means, but I think it'll be fine.
00:24:04
Speaker
No, not an auto start. I think he's probably, he's probably gonna be better off once he and Finn get on the same page. That might help. And granted they play for the same international team, but they're not always on the field together there either. No, they're not. It's Hughes and it's Hugh Jones and, um, and polo two right, two polo two right now. So yeah, no, no, no. All right.
Fantasy Rugby Advice: Bristol vs Sale
00:24:30
Speaker
We got the bristles and the sails. Um,
00:24:34
Speaker
So still find the king crashing to a halt the creek screeching to all last week For the Bears so I went through this obviously and picked out players that are highly owned when he is a no Genj is a yes as far as the props go Thacker's a no-brainer I'm gonna say badly start this week. Although I'm starting to get worried about him Fitz is a yes
00:24:58
Speaker
I need to see a little bit more out of him. Harry Randall doesn't know. Any of these Bristol hat packs right now are new for me. Just haven't done great. No, they haven't. Let's have him against the Saints.
00:25:11
Speaker
Yeah, but that's everybody does. Okay. And well, actually they're pretty tough defense. I have to make sure that I have several questions about those rankings. I need to make sure that the place says some might be a little poo. Yeah. Um, so we're going to, we're going to double check those before we go publishing them. Um, anyway, she needs, yes.
00:25:31
Speaker
Van Rensburg is in a, is in, I need to see a territory still. So keep on moving, guys. Vacatawa is a yes. And then Ipatoya hasn't done anything since the first week. So I'm going to say no right now. I'm going to say no right now. For the Sharks, as I said in my boom, bust column, Johnny Hill is a shithouser. That doesn't score you points.
00:25:58
Speaker
So with that, Ben Curry looks like he's healthy, so he's good to go. DDP as well. JL still owned way too highly for a guy that's probably going to be here for a couple more weeks. So reconsider your funds, guys. Neither War or Quirk has done anything outrageous at the nine, but considering how poorly the nine scores, it's not the worst option that just would look elsewhere.
00:26:30
Speaker
So it's now the Ford and RDP axis and guess which one has the teeth Yeah, the guy that plays ringland. So it's Ford. So that's thought I have to own I have RDP on my cut list this week I couldn't get rid of him with too many holes to plug otherwise, but he's my first Going bye-bye real quick here
00:26:51
Speaker
Sam Bedlow has done okay in a sales shirt, but he's still not scoring a lot. Grandcenters aren't scoring too much, but there are some that are finding pay dirt, so get rid of him and find others. Roblox, yes. Olflarity is a sit at the moment, although I might change it depending on matchup and so on.
00:27:12
Speaker
I know Aaron reads the hot hand, but I need to see it one more time before I go complete thumbs up. So those of you that are about to transfer him, just pump the brakes a little bit. That's all I'm saying. Okay, off to Lester hosting Quins.
00:27:29
Speaker
Lester or
Fantasy Rugby Advice: Leicester vs Quins
00:27:30
Speaker
9th in attack and 8th in defense. That sounds about right, based on what I've been seeing. Quinn's or 3rd in attack and 7th in defense. And that's 3rd in attack prior to Marcus coming back, although we saw a little bit of that last week. For Lester, I'm really not liking Lester, except maybe the loose forwards in Shillcock. There still is Kevin Henderson, but I mean, he had a bad game against Sarries.
00:28:00
Speaker
Okay. A lot of tight five players do they're, they're, they've, they've been traditionally really good at shutting down, um, especially locks. So, um, Quinn's is still a pretty tasty matchup, but basically once Pollard comes back, we'll see what happens. Like Porter is still a man. Um,
00:28:27
Speaker
Shillcock though has been scoring all right, which is kind of funny. Um, so I, I wouldn't, wouldn't dissuade you from going with him. Um, especially against Quinn's. So think about that. And then it's just really, you have to wait till they have a real 10. I like Shillcock, but you don't need scoring, but he's not, he's not going to get the team going. No, um, not yet for the Quinn's, uh, Finn Baxter, I think he's like, uh,
00:28:56
Speaker
1 million. He's a real good solid option at prop and he's been scoring all right. It's just kind of cheap money, but cheap points take him. Yeah. I would pick him up and call you right now. Right. George Hammond at lock is extremely underrated, although it was hard to fit on your team because of all the other options. If you don't have Finn, pick up Hammond. That's probably a good way to think about it.
00:29:22
Speaker
Again, cheap and good points. But then Dom Brandt and the outside backs, yup, yup, yup, yup, yup. With Marcus back, he's going to be someone to try to get on your team. And obviously until Six Nations, but he'll be playing and he'll be really, really good. And I think he's, you know,
00:29:43
Speaker
And again, it all depends on if Pollard is back. If he's not, then Marcus is going to. Yes. And then again, all those outside backs, there's, there's so many good options out there. Uh, you really can't go wrong at this point. Yeah. Green's found a stride. He has, which is good.
00:29:58
Speaker
Do you need that? Yeah, I needed that because I can't quite figure out how to swap out green for David. So I guess I'm not going to. No, you need to keep that there, sir. Yeah. Excuse me. All right. Going up to the tune, it's Newcastle and series teams have not been
Fantasy Rugby Advice: Newcastle vs Saracens
00:30:21
Speaker
very lucky up in Newcastle in terms of scoring points. They've won games, but the fancy output has been kind of dog shit. So just keep that in mind even for the series who appear to be going full noise for the majority of it at least. But we'll start with the host, Blahmeyer.
00:30:43
Speaker
Getting back on my good side, he had a good game last week. He's very expensive for a hot and cold type of guy. Look elsewhere, but if you have him, you're probably starting him because he's too damn expensive otherwise.
00:31:02
Speaker
That guy. Same thing we've been saying about Brett Connan this whole time. Way too expensive. Was he nine right now? Something. Something like that. If he was six or seven. Right. That's where he should be. That would make way more sense and it would be a much more attractive buy. But at nine?
00:31:32
Speaker
But, otherwise, meh. I'm assuming it'll happen, especially now that Mighty Mouse is back.
00:31:42
Speaker
I'm going to put my hands. Saris always give up a try to someone, especially away, up the tube. I'm guessing one of each of them will get it, or they'll both get a try. Yeah. Rads and Mighty Mouse. My preference is Mighty Mouse, but I think he's played more internationally recently. Yeah. Not necessarily Rad Man's fault, but. Right. But.
00:32:05
Speaker
Especially since he's playing all in the players against all in players. Yeah, mostly in the players for the series Mako had a game. I Don't know if he's worth the price yet. But if you have him start him a Roni Maui same thing Jinxi hit the hit the ground running so he's a go the sequel looks better He's a go probably cuz a toji now takes attention away from him. By the way, he played well, so he's good and
00:32:33
Speaker
of the back row that I love, Earl and Willis are probably the two. Christie's a wait and see, and Billy's kind of meh, so. Yeah, Billy. Davey's is a poo, so pass. Please start Vinsale. Please start Vinsale or Gareth. I don't care about either one of them, but just not a let Davey's please. Farrell's a yes, if you paid for him, you're fucking starting him. And then Law's Good and Maitland are all sits for me right now.
00:33:03
Speaker
There's enoughs. All right, and then last match, Saints hosting Exeter.
Fantasy Rugby Advice: Saints vs Exeter
00:33:11
Speaker
Saints are number two and attack number three in defense, again.
00:33:15
Speaker
Three in defense makes me wonder about these numbers. I'm going to check them before they publish. Exeter are number one in attack and two in defense. Now, this is where it's going to get interesting for me and for us and for those who have the Patreon because it's not available yet, but it's in the works.
00:33:34
Speaker
that we're going to talk about home and away split because that's going to come in key I think for Exeter who what it seems to me are just lights fucking out at Sandy Park and then everywhere else the lights aren't on.
00:33:53
Speaker
This to me, you know that one, I don't know that I would trust those numbers because they're on the road for this one is where I'm going with that. For the Saints, Chris Langdon scored 10 or more points in three of his four starts.
00:34:08
Speaker
My dude. Dude. So, you know, Hooker has been a pretty prominent position, but he's worth taking a look. Pearson, if he's not on your squad. Fix that. You're doing something wrong. Like there's other guys you can, you know, like I have I so I have all fours. I have Earl, Dom Brant, Pearson and Mercer. I have my my. Lucy's are expensive as fuck.
00:34:37
Speaker
But Pearson's not one of the ones who's coming out of that lineup. So is where I'm going with that. Ludlam is also a good option. Tom James could be good this week. Finn Smith and those outside backs. For the centers, Exeter are number one in defense against centers.
00:34:59
Speaker
Northampton centers haven't been scoring that great as it is. No. Yeah. For Exeter though, Fissileau is three for three and 10 point games. Twiima is close, but is obviously another great option. Cairns has been less than meh. Again, nines. No. Armstrong's had two strong games though. Not to
00:35:23
Speaker
Yeah, I'm in there. So if he's the starter, maybe you can write him. Yeah. Yes. So I guess if I'm assuming Kayla because he's got the bulk of them, but
00:35:34
Speaker
No, stay away. Same for Skinner. Don't bother. No, no, no, no, no. Especially because he doesn't kick. So you can do. Slade's only useful if you use him as the kicker, which is kind of weird. And it makes it hard because then who would you put at 10? Or, you know, like, yeah. And Feuwabosso. Excellent options.
00:35:59
Speaker
Yeah, he's been good and why it's hit the money. He has. He's not. Two, it was three stars, I think. Something like that. Right. He hasn't been, what's his ass? Who am I forgetting that I didn't? Hodge. Hodge. It hasn't been Hodge, but he's been- No, he's been good though. So yeah, just guys to consider, especially, you know, that's an expensive position the OBs are. Right. Yeah. So like I have-
00:36:27
Speaker
I have Fay Woboso. He's, he's on the squad. I had him this past week and yeah, 10 and a half for, for 3 million. I'll take it. Yep. And, and that's probably the floor, not the ceiling. Right. Right. And he said some really good games. He had 17 and a half the week before and 20 and a half the first week against saris. So yeah. Grand, that was probably a series like B plus team, but you know, I wasn't still, I'm still damn good. Just the same. All right. OT dubs.
00:36:58
Speaker
Um, so you mentioned, you may, you made mention of the stat that I was really hoping you would to
Fantasy Rugby Highlights: Jared's Picks of the Week
00:37:05
Speaker
just cement my start of the week for me. Um, love, love the guy. He's at the ground running. And, um, now that he's had a semi disappointing week, woke up put behind him. I think he's going to look forward and kill, kill things. Um, my start of the week is going to be Jamie George from Terry's. Yeah.
00:37:24
Speaker
Nice. Because you said what one team is worse than Newcastle at Hook? No, Newcastle is the worst. They are the worst. They are the second worst. Even better. Yeah. Yes, please.
00:37:41
Speaker
My start of the week, I kind of gushed about him and as I always do, and I'm going to take, you know, every time I have the, my first opportunity to put this guy as my start of the week, I'm going to take it. Um, I think he has an excellent matchup, even though he's not, he's a little bit, he's on the road, but I like the boys he's bringing against the team he's going against. So Marcus Smith is my start of the week. Oh, there we go. Yep. Yep. Uh,
00:38:09
Speaker
I have to sort out how to get him on my team. Yeah, right. My sit, I'm sad that I can't. I love the guy and I really want to make him like my guy, but right now he's just not scoring well. And I think it's going to be a tough matchup as well. Um, Friday night game away from home, not going to be fun. Um, love the guy, but my sit of the week's going to be Ben Spencer from Beth. Ooh. Yeah. Oof.
00:38:37
Speaker
That hurts. Yeah. I'm planning on starting him, but sometimes you don't have a choice. So it's like, I started Rory Hutchinson. He was your sit other week last week and he got me six points. So not great, but not terrible. So I'm like, okay, I don't know for not a one. Right. Exactly. That's the other thing. Like when you, when they, if they win and they still don't get good points, it's like, Ooh, what happened?
00:39:06
Speaker
And while speaking of your sit of the week last week being Rory Hutchinson, I'm taking a similar attack this week and sitting Fraser Dingwall against Exeter. Yeah, he didn't score terribly last week. I think I gave him either a boomer or an honorable mention.
00:39:26
Speaker
this week, but yeah, it's still that midfield still need a 10 last week. Yeah. Yeah, not bad. So, but then it's weird to see that midfield misfire because that's those guys have been playing with each other forever now. They have, but also they haven't been playing with Finn Smith for, for all that long. No, that's true.
00:39:45
Speaker
He seems to be really good at feeding it wide rather than and tighter than like, uh, like as bigger used to do. Right. And he'll learn. He'll also, they're also looking over their shoulder at, um, what's his, but Odin doll because he's there now. He's coming. He's not healthy right now, but he'll get there. Okay. Pick them and we are signing off. Um, gloss gloss or bath Friday night.
00:40:13
Speaker
Taking the hosts. Yeah, same there and just to their I'll be shocked if they go on a losing streak like this, but that way right
00:40:23
Speaker
Let's put it that way. Yeah, I think they're going to defend King's home. Defend the fort, yeah. Yeah, I think they're a little salty about the way the last home. Yeah, I'm sure they are. All right, Bristol sale. Hosts.
00:40:47
Speaker
It's tough. This was not an easy one. This is not an easy one. To me, that's why. It's sale. Yeah. I don't blame you. Yeah. I'm going to take sale. Lester Quinn's. Quinn's. I mean, that'll, like, it's easy for me to say now because I don't think Pollard is playing for Lester. And that to me is just, I'm
00:41:10
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I'm looking at Shilcock versus Marcus Smith and I'm like, I don't care what the fuck else is going on there. Yeah. I'll go off that assumption, but I'm probably, we'll get Eric on our face if Paul art's playing. Right. No doubt. I haven't had a gun on my face before. Yeah. That's not a new experience. Newcastle series. Series. Even if it's ugly. Yeah. That can be pretty. Saints Exeter. Can the saints defend?
00:41:37
Speaker
I think yes. Let's find out.
Exeter's Home vs Away Performance Discussion
00:41:40
Speaker
I'm going to give them the nod this week and put some faith in it because they say they're working on being a tougher team to score against. Let's find out. This is a good litmus test for them considering the way the Exeter have actually figured out how to attack and not just plod down the field. Right. But again, that seems to be more of a home, at least from what I've seen.
00:42:04
Speaker
They do really well with that at Sandy Park. It's, it's taken that show on the road. That's been, uh, they only have the twins game away. Hold on one second. Yes. Um, and they, that was kind of a, yeah, it was week two. It was kind of a crappy, and yeah, they blew out sale at home and then, um,
00:42:31
Speaker
There was a little tighter, I guess, versus Bristol, but I think, I think that Bristol scored like in garbage time or something. Yeah, they did. I think they're more of a wagon at home and they're gettable on the road. Yeah, we'll find out. Yep. We'll find out.
00:42:54
Speaker
Anywho, yeah. So if you continue to see Ben getting after TRN on the Twitterverse, just assume that we're not going to have a rugby pod next week because until we can actually watch the fucking games, we can't really do it. Also, help us out. Share it.
00:43:13
Speaker
So please send something yourself, like please start bugging TRN, especially if you're American, that would really help to have as many of us in their ears about it as possible. Yeah. Just don't be going down to the office down in Dallas and do something silly. Yeah, no, no, no. That's not helpful. Just stay out of Dallas entirely. That's a good advice. So anyway, but thanks for hanging out with us here anyway.
00:43:43
Speaker
So we are, yeah, like I said, we will obviously be back for a full rugby pod next week if TRN sorts themselves out and pulls their head out of the, their asses. But otherwise, um, yeah, we're going to just be back for a fancy corner. The sheet will be up. The start set will be up on Friday until then. We appreciate you all for listening to us. Thanks everyone. Have a good one. Later. Cheers.
00:44:10
Speaker
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00:44:16
Speaker
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