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Season 7- Weekly Fantasy Corner (Premiership Round 2)
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On to round two we go with the Fantasy Corner! On this ep of the FC we are looking at our Champi-Yanks League standings for both divisions, still space in Division 2 for anyone looking to up the ante in their fantasy ventures. We then introduce our segment of Risers and Fallers after opening weekend. Then it's time to bust out those notebooks and pencils as we wrap it up with Start or Sit. Come along for the fun and enjoy fam!
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Champions League Recap: Division Debate
00:00:28
jarrod_dyke
Hey everybody, welcome back. It is the Fancy Rugby Yanks. My name is Jared Dyke.
00:00:33
Grumpy Old Prop
I'm Ben Glauser.
00:00:33
jarrod_dyke
We are into the fancy corner for the second week in a row. It's time it's a little bit of fun time. We're going to do a Wii segment. First of all, we're gonna do a Champions League recap.
00:00:47
jarrod_dyke
We'll start with division one. to did Do, do, do.
00:00:52
Grumpy Old Prop
Why aren't we starting with division two?
Division 1 Performance Highlights
00:00:54
Grumpy Old Prop
We usually started with whatever division I was in, and now we're changing that up. This is crap.
00:01:01
jarrod_dyke
I have so many things that I can say, all of them end up leading to Division 2 being first, so I'm not going to say any of them.
00:01:03
Grumpy Old Prop
yeah
00:01:07
Grumpy Old Prop
and Anyway, yeah, no, no, no, I'm just fucking with you start you start division one Anyway,
00:01:08
jarrod_dyke
I was going to say age before beauty. Nope, that ain't going to work.
00:01:13
jarrod_dyke
I think it was going to be ladies first, but that could be either of us.
00:01:20
jarrod_dyke
Just saying. Anyway.
00:01:22
jarrod_dyke
um Division one. Duncan is the leader in the week. He had like, he had the most tries in his team. So that makes sense. Great. He's only up by two and a half on Justin, but um it is Duncan, Justin, Mark, Cobus, George, Stu, myself and the newcomer, Alex, Alex, you are not doing yourself justice, my friend.
00:01:22
Grumpy Old Prop
anyway go ahead you think
Division 2 Standings Update
00:01:46
jarrod_dyke
What happened? What happened? Let's see.
00:01:51
jarrod_dyke
Um, you probably did.
00:01:51
Grumpy Old Prop
I did better.
00:01:52
Grumpy Old Prop
I did fine. Maybe you should just maybe you should just put me back in D1. I'm just saying.
00:01:55
jarrod_dyke
Well, he, he listened to you and captain Willis. So there was his first.
00:01:59
Grumpy Old Prop
I mean, that's not a bad call.
00:01:59
jarrod_dyke
Oh, he had a little, uh, we had a lot of saints that didn't do well.
00:02:03
jarrod_dyke
That hurts Ram slate home. Tom James.
00:02:03
Grumpy Old Prop
ah
00:02:07
jarrod_dyke
Yeah. Ouch. 1 59.
00:02:07
Grumpy Old Prop
So what what did he end up scoring for the week?
00:02:12
Grumpy Old Prop
Hey, I mean, look, he'd be in fourth place in D2.
00:02:15
jarrod_dyke
Okay. Well, I suppose that's the difference.
00:02:17
Grumpy Old Prop
So.
00:02:19
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah.
00:02:19
jarrod_dyke
um Anyway, yeah, so what's D2 look like there chief?
00:02:23
Grumpy Old Prop
D2, Barty, up in one because of ah some butt fuckery, by the way, I'll have you know.
00:02:30
jarrod_dyke
ah
00:02:31
jarrod_dyke
ah so
00:02:32
Grumpy Old Prop
No, he captained Thacker and um vice captain to mainland.
00:02:37
Grumpy Old Prop
So there you go.
00:02:38
jarrod_dyke
Made the right move.
00:02:40
Grumpy Old Prop
That's why the numbers changed all of a sudden. I was much higher up in the the rankings last I had checked. um
00:02:45
jarrod_dyke
Mm hmm.
00:02:47
Grumpy Old Prop
And then Paul in two, who's ah four points behind him. um Slightly behind that, I'm at 180, so I'm i'm about 19 points behind Paul. So, um yeah, we're all like, you know, that's pretty tight.
00:02:59
Grumpy Old Prop
Then after
Prem Super Brew League Spots Discussion
00:03:00
Grumpy Old Prop
that, Swaghetti, fuck, Franco, um is 146, so there's a little bit of a gap there.
00:03:00
jarrod_dyke
Breakup.
00:03:09
Grumpy Old Prop
um And Aubrey at 140, and then I'm not sure who Rebel Scrum is.
00:03:10
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, geez.
00:03:15
jarrod_dyke
Luke.
00:03:16
Grumpy Old Prop
Luke, thank you. I would need to get the names. Luke, I got the spoon at 137.
00:03:18
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:03:21
jarrod_dyke
My spoon is too big.
00:03:25
jarrod_dyke
All right. Um, cool. So there, those of you that are in. Prem super brew. If you would like to up the air and he just a wee bits, we do have two spots available in division two.
00:03:38
jarrod_dyke
So should that happen, either reach out to Ben or myself specifically Ben, cause he's going to have the, he's going to be controlling that Lee for the season.
00:03:39
Grumpy Old Prop
Yep.
00:03:40
Grumpy Old Prop
yep
00:03:46
Grumpy Old Prop
Actually, he still has you as captain, so we'll have to sort that out.
00:03:48
jarrod_dyke
Oh, that's terrible. Well, that all that'll, that'll undo with time. I have a feeling cause I don't even, it doesn't even show up for me.
00:03:52
Grumpy Old Prop
Okay.
Rising Player Analysis: Andrews from Sale
00:03:54
jarrod_dyke
Um, and if not, then we can figure it out in any case.
00:03:54
Grumpy Old Prop
Gotcha.
00:03:57
jarrod_dyke
Um, okay. So there's that, um, some right.
00:03:58
Grumpy Old Prop
Yup.
00:04:03
Grumpy Old Prop
But i oh, I can invite players, so I can and do have that that ability.
00:04:04
jarrod_dyke
Okay. Oh, there you go. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect. Okay. So some risers and fallers in the, uh, in the league, um, I would say.
00:04:17
jarrod_dyke
a guy that I don't think is super highly owned. I'm just going to double check if I'm right or wrong on this one. Um, he's in the locking department.
00:04:30
jarrod_dyke
He's not, he's 4% known here in Andrews from sale.
00:04:34
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah, you had him, right?
00:04:35
jarrod_dyke
I did.
00:04:35
jarrod_dyke
Yeah. Lots of range on that big fella. I think, I think that's going to be only good things. I think of him as a, as a, you know, uh, uh, a beta tomorrow.
00:04:36
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah.
00:04:48
jarrod_dyke
Hopefully, less penalties.
00:04:49
Grumpy Old Prop
That's fair.
00:04:49
Grumpy Old Prop
How, how'd he do? How do you do for you?
00:04:50
jarrod_dyke
Hopefully, less penalties.
00:04:52
Grumpy Old Prop
Well, where is he?
00:04:53
jarrod_dyke
He is.
00:04:54
Grumpy Old Prop
He had, oh, he had 11. Not that high and as, as a 2 million or two unit.
00:04:55
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, you know, 11 as a lock. That's solid.
00:05:01
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, yeah.
00:05:02
Grumpy Old Prop
However you want to call it. And for sale, because you're not going to have many sale players. So. um Yeah.
00:05:05
jarrod_dyke
Right, that was kind of my thought. I was like, I'm not going to pick too many. I mean, it helps. I mean, he got two points for the team winning, which was annoying, but um I think there's still good things going on with it.
00:05:18
jarrod_dyke
Um, I miss two tackles, so that helps.
00:05:20
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah.
00:05:20
jarrod_dyke
And he's going to steal some light out ball. So that's kind of the thing, you know, I think the
Consistent Performers: Clean Breaks and Meters
00:05:25
jarrod_dyke
floor on him is going to be seven probably.
00:05:25
Grumpy Old Prop
Right.
00:05:27
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah.
00:05:27
jarrod_dyke
So, and just, you know, pick your favorite lock.
00:05:30
Grumpy Old Prop
So I still had Batley.
00:05:31
jarrod_dyke
Otherwise I had badly as well.
00:05:32
Grumpy Old Prop
I had Batley and Chasm, so I had two of the top four. I'm pretty happy about that. Yeah. Although I got to say Harry Wells, nice to see you, sir.
00:05:37
jarrod_dyke
And then where's that Ben?
00:05:41
Grumpy Old Prop
It's been a while. That's if we're talking about risers, like, like, yeah, he was the top scoring lock.
00:05:45
jarrod_dyke
Yeah.
00:05:47
jarrod_dyke
yep
00:05:48
Grumpy Old Prop
And honestly, I was torn between him and Chasm.
00:05:51
Grumpy Old Prop
And the only reason I went with Chasm was because he's been doing it. better more recently. um But Wells, if he balls out, he could be right up there, too.
00:05:57
jarrod_dyke
Right.
00:06:03
Grumpy Old Prop
So.
00:06:03
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, agreed. And then risers as well. One more for for me is Llewellyn from lost. her If he does that on a regular basis, see look he looked like he was in just an absolute nuisance in space out there. So should he do that on a regular basis and against you know some lesser defenses,
00:06:25
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, two missed tackles and a handling error. That's actually what detracted from him. Other than that, like, yeah, Tri-Assist, you know, he was, had some good carry meters.
00:06:35
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, he had some, did okay. One, he had three clean, three clean breaks. So, things like that. Things like clean breaks and meters.
00:06:35
Grumpy Old Prop
Mm hmm.
00:06:45
jarrod_dyke
Don't go into slumps. Don't worry about, like, tries and Tri-Assist. Granted, you should also have those, but, like,
00:06:50
Grumpy Old Prop
Right.
00:06:51
jarrod_dyke
You also need guys that are going to do the other things when the tries don't come
Players to Avoid This Week
00:06:56
jarrod_dyke
because they aren't always going to.
00:06:56
Grumpy Old Prop
Right.
00:07:00
Grumpy Old Prop
Like, again, we go back to the sale of nice lady who had four points.
00:07:06
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, no good.
00:07:07
Grumpy Old Prop
Because he didn't I don't think he probably didn't didn't have a defender beaten and they won. That's. Yeah.
00:07:13
jarrod_dyke
Yeah. So we had, you had two points for the win.
00:07:16
Grumpy Old Prop
For a win. So um the problem, yeah, you don't you want guys who are going to.
00:07:17
jarrod_dyke
Yeesh.
00:07:22
Grumpy Old Prop
And where is he? How how expensive is he? He's five million. He's one of the top. Like you could have you could have had a will but for three million.
00:07:30
jarrod_dyke
Right. Um, follower, unfortunately, I don't know what the news is on, on Dom Brant, but Dom Brant did not have a good week.
00:07:40
jarrod_dyke
Um, and if he's, if he's heard, forget it.
00:07:40
Grumpy Old Prop
No, I I think he's I think he's had his hand wrapped.
00:07:46
Grumpy Old Prop
He wasn't wasn't happy Yeah
00:07:46
jarrod_dyke
ah No, he looked very unhappy. Um, let's see who else really from that game necessarily. I mean, I told you not to start daily.
00:08:01
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, wasn't a fan of that. So
Start/Sit Advice for Upcoming Matches
00:08:04
jarrod_dyke
you're welcome. um Anyway, it didn't listen. Showed you.
00:08:08
jarrod_dyke
um ah Like ah most of the Saints backline, really. Just rough looking numbers.
00:08:09
Grumpy Old Prop
yeah
00:08:14
Grumpy Old Prop
Not good Right, yep I'm
00:08:15
jarrod_dyke
Sands, you know, Finn Smith, who had the tee, and Furbank, who had the break who had the breakke that led to the try. Like really, that's it.
00:08:23
Grumpy Old Prop
I'm shocked though because I i got lucky. I I don't have a single scenes Backline player, but that's again. That was some of that was because of of ah um Matchups like yeah, I'm taking it between if I'm for my high high value guy and I'm thinking of a toy right now, or for overslight home, just just based on the match-ups.
00:08:29
jarrod_dyke
I had...
00:08:34
jarrod_dyke
other match-ups. Yeah. Other match-ups.
00:08:40
jarrod_dyke
Right.
00:08:43
Grumpy Old Prop
I can always swap them out later.
00:08:46
jarrod_dyke
Yeah.
00:08:47
Grumpy Old Prop
But yeah, they i' I kind of was thinking that that might happen.
00:08:52
jarrod_dyke
yeah Um, another one to just check out there that could be a dark horse.
00:08:58
Grumpy Old Prop
Munga surprised me with seven and a half, Munga surprised me with seven and a half points, top 15 or so lock, not bad.
00:08:59
jarrod_dyke
Who's that?
00:09:02
jarrod_dyke
Yeah. Yep. Not bad.
00:09:06
jarrod_dyke
Uh, and I don't want to check out there for back row, Thomas, Tom Gordon from Newcastle got 10 and a half last week was there, was their leading score, unfortunately in fantasy, but turnovers clean breaks and tackles with a couple of carry points in there too.
00:09:06
Grumpy Old Prop
um
00:09:22
jarrod_dyke
So could be good. He, I mean, he's going to need help. So that's not something I'm going to go jump on right now, but just keep that in their peripherals as it were.
00:09:34
jarrod_dyke
I would say. All right. Uh, I think that, I think that'll cover it for now. Pardon me. Um, let's go start set. Do, do, do, do. And I believe I leave us off. Yes, I do. We got the bristle and the glowster. All right. So for Bristol, um, starts Gens Thacker Batley, Lua Tua, Randall, A.J. Benard, Mayunzibetoye, Sitz, um,
00:10:03
jarrod_dyke
I love him as a person, but Laheef, no.
00:10:05
jarrod_dyke
um and No Lago.
00:10:06
Grumpy Old Prop
No.
00:10:08
jarrod_dyke
This will not be Newcastle, guys. like the The points are going to dry up somewhere. I think No Lago is the one that misses out, personally, because it's you, because Ibatoi, I was too.
00:10:08
Grumpy Old Prop
Mm-hmm.
00:10:15
Grumpy Old Prop
I think so, too. I was kind of surprised he scored to be blunt. Like, Oh, hey, there you go.
00:10:18
jarrod_dyke
Yeah.
00:10:20
Grumpy Old Prop
It's Newcastle.
00:10:20
jarrod_dyke
It's Newcastle. Yeah. So I think Melons and Ibatoi eat most of it.
00:10:24
jarrod_dyke
So just ah keep that in mind. Maybe they maybe they run riot in which case everyone everyone you get a point and you get a point and I'm not
00:10:24
Grumpy Old Prop
Mm hmm.
Cost-Effective Player Recommendations
00:10:33
jarrod_dyke
banking on that though. You can't bank on that um For the visitors Gloucester um And this is all for me, this is all based on percentage right now I'll well i'll start picking guys out based on scores well soon, but only week one.
00:10:47
jarrod_dyke
So not doing that yet um ah For Sogbon the tight head look good
00:10:56
Grumpy Old Prop
Yep, not bad lost a couple scrum penalties I thought but my thinking the right match um Yeah Yes, he will especially once he learns to hold his own in the scrum
00:10:57
jarrod_dyke
Um, loving that, loving that, uh, but yeah, the fricking enormous tight head against Harrison's. Yeah. I mean, yes, I think he did, but still like look good. And I think he's going to be bad news for a lot of teams. So go. Yep. Um, start single, singleton, glad to see him back in the prem. Uh, Mercer Ackerman.
00:11:27
jarrod_dyke
Thomas Williams, but kind of close one eye when you do it.
00:11:30
Grumpy Old Prop
Mm-hmm
00:11:31
jarrod_dyke
Barton, especially if he's at full back with the tee. Yep. Give that a go. And then Wade. Yes. Sit. Val. I need Val on the field before I started even thinking about putting him on my team.
00:11:39
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah, yep Well,
00:11:40
jarrod_dyke
Like Jesus, dude. um Losing faith in that guy, unfortunately, as much as I like him. ah Love, love, and it's gonna both consist as well.
00:11:46
Grumpy Old Prop
cuz you can't be the if you know most important a abilityil ability is availability and Like he's got to get on the field
00:11:50
jarrod_dyke
This availability. Yep. For real. For real.
00:11:59
Grumpy Old Prop
All right, so then off to um the shtup for Quinn's hosting Newcastle.
00:12:05
jarrod_dyke
Nobody stopped.
00:12:09
Grumpy Old Prop
So I would, you know, obviously we're going to wait and see on Dom Brant. Um, if he plays, I expect, you know, it's Newcastle at home versus sale on the road. I think this is kind of a get where he needs to get right game.
00:12:17
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:12:20
Grumpy Old Prop
So if he plays, yeah. Um, I'm not, well, Evans is a good, is a good chat. He had himself ah a pretty good, good match. I don't know how he scored exactly.
00:12:32
Grumpy Old Prop
Um, but he'll have plenty more opportunities, um, in, in this coming game.
00:12:32
jarrod_dyke
Not super duper well, but No joke.
00:12:38
Grumpy Old Prop
So I don't see him. Wow.
00:12:39
jarrod_dyke
No joke.
00:12:41
Grumpy Old Prop
um Anywho, yeah, he only had six and a half. Not great, but he'll have a lot more opportunities this game.
00:12:47
jarrod_dyke
No question.
00:12:48
Grumpy Old Prop
Kenny him, I thought, looked kind of back to form a little bit too. So I'm not sure what he costs, but if he's if he's a point saver or a cost
Match Analysis and Fantasy Strategy
00:12:57
Grumpy Old Prop
saver, maybe consider it because I think that that back row that we saw is is their back row this year, I would hope.
00:12:57
jarrod_dyke
Three.
00:13:04
jarrod_dyke
Yeah.
00:13:05
Grumpy Old Prop
um
00:13:05
jarrod_dyke
With cutting themselves getting mixed in there too.
00:13:08
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah, um the apparently philadelphia born will porter. Hell. Yeah um explains a lot Anywho,
00:13:14
jarrod_dyke
US, where the fuck were you on that?
00:13:21
Grumpy Old Prop
if he's starting over care doesn't matter, you know one of them it should be fine I know I think care is a little bit more expensive um if I have that right ah Marcus Yeah, go for it
00:13:28
jarrod_dyke
I believe so as well. Yep.
00:13:35
Grumpy Old Prop
um And then this both centers, right.
00:13:36
jarrod_dyke
I mean, you spent the 10 million on them. You're fucking playing them.
00:13:39
Grumpy Old Prop
Exactly. Oh yeah. And, but if you have your, like of the, um, those $10 million or 10 million unit, whatever, um, options this week, he might be the best.
00:13:47
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:13:51
Grumpy Old Prop
I think if we can go with one of them, like he's, he's got the best matchup.
00:13:51
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, I'm going to say yes.
00:13:55
Grumpy Old Prop
So at home, we get his Newcastle.
00:13:55
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:13:57
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah. Um, if you can spend that much money on a fly half.
00:14:02
Grumpy Old Prop
do it with, with, uh, Marcus this week. Um, and then, uh, any of the the rest of the back, like, except, um, if green is playing abs, absolutely.
00:14:04
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:14:11
Grumpy Old Prop
If half penny is playing, don't just don't touch, but the wings should, but why would you give him the tee over, over Marcus Smith?
00:14:13
jarrod_dyke
Don't, yeah and yeah, unless you're willing to give him the tea, in which case you have the same problem as we talked about with like, what's his butt, Slade?
00:14:24
Grumpy Old Prop
Like that would be silly.
00:14:25
jarrod_dyke
You you wouldn't.
00:14:27
Grumpy Old Prop
wouldn't so that's the point like i honestly think i honestly think that might be the reason that they did that because they play they started um what evans i think that like i i don't get it i think but they were gonna say okay if we're gonna play evans we're gonna play it's almost like um was it tim wakefield has had his own catcher um yeah it's it's like that it's like okay yeah
00:14:27
jarrod_dyke
I'd like to think Billy Miller is not that stupid.
00:14:35
jarrod_dyke
Evans, Evans has a decent boot too, it's too bad.
00:14:48
jarrod_dyke
Doug Mirabelli.
00:14:51
jarrod_dyke
ah he That dude made a career out of being Tim Wakefield's catcher. Terrible hitter, terrible like fielder otherwise, but like nobody could handle that damn knuckleball.
00:15:00
Grumpy Old Prop
but could catch us the knuckleball.
00:15:03
jarrod_dyke
Sad he's gone. So sad he's gone.
00:15:04
Grumpy Old Prop
So it it's like that with Jared Evans.
00:15:06
Grumpy Old Prop
Yo, yeah.
00:15:08
jarrod_dyke
Anyway, uh, Saracen's in sale.
00:15:10
Grumpy Old Prop
I made myself sad. Fuck.
00:15:12
jarrod_dyke
Oh, sad.
00:15:14
jarrod_dyke
Sad bed.
00:15:15
Grumpy Old Prop
On Newcastle, yeah, don't bother.
00:15:16
Grumpy Old Prop
What the fuck?
00:15:16
jarrod_dyke
Don't bother with that. Don't touch until someone really puts their hand up.
00:15:21
jarrod_dyke
Um, bench players only just to fill out your roster. Should you need me?
00:15:21
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah.
00:15:27
Grumpy Old Prop
And with that, sorry.
00:15:27
jarrod_dyke
Uh, yeah.
00:15:28
Grumpy Old Prop
So, oh no, I do have Brett Cannon. I should, that fine. He's actually a pretty good second 10.
00:15:31
jarrod_dyke
Yeah.
00:15:34
jarrod_dyke
Second 10. Should things go sideways?
00:15:36
Grumpy Old Prop
Right.
00:15:36
jarrod_dyke
Yeah.
00:15:37
jarrod_dyke
Uh, sherry sale.
00:15:38
Grumpy Old Prop
And he's cheap.
00:15:39
Grumpy Old Prop
He's the appropriately cost of this year.
00:15:40
jarrod_dyke
this year. Yeah. We talked about that the other week, uh, for the Saracens, Theo Danner jinx. Doesn't matter. You're playing them.
00:15:47
jarrod_dyke
Um, Mario. Yes. Uh, Theo. Should he come back from Simone doing ready to roll? Yes. Um, ah AOC, otherwise known as Andy Christie.
00:15:47
Grumpy Old Prop
Mm-hmm.
00:15:56
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah. Good AOC.
00:15:56
jarrod_dyke
um Yes.
00:15:58
jarrod_dyke
ah Willis Earl. Yep. Ben sale. Yep. Uh, yep. I'm going to give Berkeley nod. I'm going to give a little Sosky the nod this week as well. And if Tobias Eliot's back on the wing, him as well.
00:15:59
Grumpy Old Prop
so
00:16:09
jarrod_dyke
ah This week I'm going to say sit, tes sit, sit, sit, seek away because the likelihood is one of those two is playing the second banana to one of the other guys. So that I'm not really excited about. But Toby Knight this week didn't pass on that as well.
00:16:22
jarrod_dyke
I know he's highly owned only because of his price, not because you anybody's going to play him, but still.
00:16:27
jarrod_dyke
um Tompkins, no. And Daly, no. I think the middle of the field is going to be pretty tough to find room for. I think Loz will be able to because he's a strong motherfucker, but that's it.
00:16:27
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah.
00:16:39
jarrod_dyke
Um, for the sharks, um, either of the props that are highly owned right now, uh, Rod or a Poco 4 jar. Um, LCD has a way of being a thorn in the Saracen side.
00:16:50
jarrod_dyke
Doesn't matter where he's playing. So yes. John Luke, if you've picked, if you've picked him, you're playing him. So that's all that is.
00:16:58
Grumpy Old Prop
Why have you picked him?
00:16:59
jarrod_dyke
I don't know, but they're he's highly picked. If you've picked him, you're playing him. Um, he's too expensive to leave him on the bench.
00:17:04
Grumpy Old Prop
But why did you pick him? yeah
00:17:06
jarrod_dyke
yeah I don't have that answer. Corky if he's healthy, Ford, because clearly he loves his boot again. Robuck of flarity, yes. Sits neither of the curry. Nope. This curry tastes like poo. ah War or nai klebu. I need to see it from nai klebu. He was a ghost last week.
00:17:25
jarrod_dyke
and And he's going against the Lozowski who's not going to be funded. He was always good to a good guy to be playing against when you are in a slump or not No No,
00:17:26
Grumpy Old Prop
And again, now he's going to get Yeah It's
00:17:34
Grumpy Old Prop
one of that like yeah last week wasn't his week this week's not looking like his week either like it's not No All right, then um Saints hosting Exeter
00:17:42
jarrod_dyke
well contained by Northmore Mm
00:17:49
jarrod_dyke
-hmm
00:17:50
Grumpy Old Prop
um
00:17:50
Grumpy Old Prop
Exeter do you still do a pretty good job of giving points up to pack players? I mean you look at um all through every position and there is a um ah Lester player every every forward position the prop there ah four and five Hookers a little further down.
00:18:08
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:18:10
Grumpy Old Prop
They're like seven and eight That each of them in the list of how many points they've scored um Harry Wells is number one ah as a lock
00:18:15
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:18:19
Grumpy Old Prop
Chasm number two, number four, I'm sorry, just two points away. Um, then back row Leibenberg and Raphael make up three and five. Um, Hatherill's looks like it's in the top 12 or so.
00:18:26
jarrod_dyke
Right.
00:18:29
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:18:31
Grumpy Old Prop
Um, Hatherill is in the top 12 of forwards. So, um, this team will give up points to forward. So for the saints that looking at, um, Langdon is always as good option.
00:18:43
Grumpy Old Prop
Um, the the second rows like manga actually scored pretty well last week. I, you know, and he's cheap. So he's my like backup. And I think that might work well for me for the, for the long haul.
00:18:53
jarrod_dyke
right
00:18:54
Grumpy Old Prop
Um, I liked that back, that back row that they started. So have that, um, like a Tom Pearson this week should have plenty of opportunity for, for poaching and, um,
00:19:06
Grumpy Old Prop
playing in space, backspace of a beat bait, pick up some missed tackles.
00:19:06
jarrod_dyke
ye
00:19:10
Grumpy Old Prop
So like slide home might have to have trouble because yeah he's he's got his hands full out there with Feigy Woboso.
00:19:16
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, there's going to be some, some dudes that can move out there.
00:19:19
Grumpy Old Prop
Right. And it's just, you're going to, you're going to get a missed tackle that you just can't afford and and they're probably not going to run as much. So look, look for the, the forwards for the Saints this week more than the backs.
00:19:26
jarrod_dyke
Right. Right.
00:19:33
Grumpy Old Prop
Uh, for Exeter, um, Baxter wasn't a total hump with his forward pack, but I still, I don't know that they're going to be able to take advantage of, um, the defense, the, the gaps that were exposed last week because it's not the, um, the dancers who score well or, or, or, um, showed up well against the saints. It's the power guys. Like we'll mirror fucking. Horsed somebody early. Like.
00:20:01
jarrod_dyke
Set the tone, yeah.
00:20:01
Grumpy Old Prop
That's what he does.
00:20:02
Grumpy Old Prop
He's going to get a broken tackle here or there, but like the dancers not, not going to do well. Like De Glanville didn't have his best week because he's not that power kind of guy.
00:20:14
jarrod_dyke
No, he'll get better.
00:20:15
Grumpy Old Prop
So the, then exit or throw the dancers at you. So did he?
00:20:20
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, Glendale had 15 on the on the weekend Not so bad. Yeah That's about it. You found some gaps. I think it was mostly it might have been from receiving those those long kicks as well ah to your point about the Tigers, I think
00:20:31
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah.
00:20:37
jarrod_dyke
So all eight of the starters had nine plus, only two, actually only two of them had nine on the nose.
00:20:43
jarrod_dyke
And then they had two guys on the bench that scored nine and a half or up, the backup hooker, Tybale Thomas, and then Rafal. So yeah, to your point, there's there's points to be had in that in that pack.
00:20:43
Grumpy Old Prop
Wow.
00:20:57
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah. And it's the guys that you probably weren't going to bank on that didn't score well anyway. like I wasn't maybe, you know, Parisi and Kata, I'm not sure are your best options or, you know, or Kelly was on the, was Kelly on the bench?
00:21:02
jarrod_dyke
Claire.
00:21:11
jarrod_dyke
He was on the bench.
00:21:12
Grumpy Old Prop
Because Kelly had to come in, I think, um for Parisi.
00:21:16
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah, because I think Parisi got banged up a little bit, or I think of someone
00:21:19
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, he did.
Lester Tigers vs Bath: Player Recommendations
00:21:20
Grumpy Old Prop
else.
00:21:20
Grumpy Old Prop
um So yeah, like, but even set even even with that, not good there. And you were you you shouldn't have taken a ah chance on them anyway, because there's other guys who are cheaper.
00:21:28
jarrod_dyke
No, probably not.
00:21:31
Grumpy Old Prop
um And Shillcock scored well, yeah.
00:21:31
jarrod_dyke
Nope.
00:21:33
Grumpy Old Prop
Two, four, six, seven, yep.
00:21:34
jarrod_dyke
Yeah. Well, yeah you didn't have any kicking opportunities clearly, but that's all right.
00:21:39
Grumpy Old Prop
Now, and but, and then Volavola's like two underneath him, so. They're sandwiching Brett Cannon, so.
00:21:43
jarrod_dyke
Yep.
00:21:46
jarrod_dyke
her I don't know if Brett kind of appreciates that and anyway. Um, speaking of lesser Tigers and bath, um, for the Tigers, uh, Nikki Smith, their new prop. I think I will pick him over.
00:22:04
jarrod_dyke
either of the are the other ones, maybe not overhaze, but he's he's got a better price tag.
00:22:08
jarrod_dyke
So I'll go with it. um So there you go. That's maybe that's my one justification for that.
00:22:09
Grumpy Old Prop
does I Would do that except I'm maxed out on Lester players I
00:22:15
jarrod_dyke
The things that you never thought you'd say. ah
00:22:18
Grumpy Old Prop
Seriously Yep
00:22:20
jarrod_dyke
Ollie Chasm. Yes.
00:22:22
jarrod_dyke
Levenberg. Yes. Ben Portfoot. Yep. Shellcock. Shell Penis, whichever one you prefer to him as. Stuart. Stuart. Yes. Sitz. Dan Cole. Charlie Clare. Not sure this will be time raffles week. So Don't really bank on him doing what he did last week Young's doesn't have it anymore. Just stop just stop being dumb pre-say should he be healthy still as a sit? Has a Collins Bassett. Nope. Nope. I need to I need to see them that neither one of them has been great since they moved the last row therefore honest For the bath man, Obama. Oh, yes done. Yep Alfie and Hill. Yes
00:22:22
Grumpy Old Prop
Hmm
00:23:04
jarrod_dyke
Spencer and Finn, yes. Mira, Koka, DeGlamville are all gonna be thumbs up for me. Sits this week will be Charlie Ules, Underhill if he's healthy, even though I'm not gonna play him. And then, oh, Lawrence is a star too, Jesus.
00:23:17
jarrod_dyke
What the hell am I doing with that?
00:23:19
jarrod_dyke
Dummy. Holy Lawrence.
00:23:19
Grumpy Old Prop
Who?
00:23:21
Grumpy Old Prop
I may be considerate.
00:23:24
jarrod_dyke
Yeah, I'm starting to, so.
00:23:26
jarrod_dyke
ah But yeah, Underhill and Ules, don't, don't, don't, don't do it. Just don't touch that.
00:23:27
Grumpy Old Prop
think Think about it.
00:23:35
Grumpy Old Prop
All right, then we're on to the sharks and shits.
00:23:35
jarrod_dyke
ah the weeks ah of the the weeks.
00:23:38
Grumpy Old Prop
I'm sorry, the sharks and shits of the week.
00:23:40
jarrod_dyke
Yes. There you go. You just, you had it. You just didn't finish it.
Weekly Start/Sit and League Updates
00:23:46
Grumpy Old Prop
right OT dubs so um my start of the week I Mentioned his position group um but Him specifically has been a problem of late and he didn't quite get loose against sale You see where he ranked um Yeah, not not quite in the top 10 maybe we just beyond it oh Yeah 11th So, but still, I think Luke Northmore is going to find some gaps against the Falcons.
00:24:22
jarrod_dyke
Stop copying my homework, asshole.
00:24:28
jarrod_dyke
I need a supervisor. I need a supervisor.
00:24:37
Grumpy Old Prop
So so wait then who's your start of the week? I haven't quite figured it out yet.
00:24:41
jarrod_dyke
ah
00:24:45
jarrod_dyke
I'm a huge fan of him and I was like, oh, this will be a great game for him to get back on track. And, you know, every time he plays, usually scores. Well, usually not always, obviously last week being one of those weeks, but yeah, Northmore F and L.
00:24:58
Grumpy Old Prop
So either either we are Masters of the blindingly obvious and yes, obviously people would consider starting Northmore.
00:25:05
jarrod_dyke
Uh, not that much.
00:25:06
Grumpy Old Prop
How much is he owned?
00:25:11
jarrod_dyke
I don't think at least. Okay. Nevermind.
00:25:11
Grumpy Old Prop
11% is not terrible.
00:25:13
jarrod_dyke
I, Looked at the wrong number clearly. Oh cuz I looked at any on those number. That's why Yeah, no I'm getting say I'm getting rid of a center this week.
00:25:14
Grumpy Old Prop
Not terrible.
00:25:18
Grumpy Old Prop
Okay. Yeah, I mean, yeah, like, Lawrence is 18 or so. Yeah, Anyan was 3%, right? um So, like, the people should know, and if you don't have him, you probably want him.
00:25:30
Grumpy Old Prop
um Want him this week. Or, and if he doesn't go well, then, you know, like, that sucks.
00:25:35
jarrod_dyke
So Yeah, he drinks the shit out of him
00:25:41
Grumpy Old Prop
Like, I got nothing else. Like, it's one of those, I don't know, something went wrong.
00:25:47
jarrod_dyke
Clearly, you know, he got, he, he was the one that missed.
00:25:51
Grumpy Old Prop
yeah Yeah.
00:25:52
jarrod_dyke
All right. Um, and then sit.
00:25:56
Grumpy Old Prop
Sit of the week, you're gonna hate my sit of the week.
00:25:58
jarrod_dyke
Why?
00:26:00
Grumpy Old Prop
Because it's Gus War. And I know you don't like him.
00:26:06
jarrod_dyke
Yeah. I mean, we know Vanzel's usually a dick to this opposing scrim app. So that's not a, regardless of the team that is being played, like Yeah.
00:26:18
jarrod_dyke
Like we know Spencer's, we know Spencer's an asshole to scrum haves. We know Ben Zell's an asshole opposing scrum haves.
00:26:18
Grumpy Old Prop
But still, there's...
00:26:22
Grumpy Old Prop
Right.
00:26:24
jarrod_dyke
Even like Danny care has, ah has his days where he's just complete dickhead to the opposing scrum haves and puts them off their game. So it's not a bad pick. Um, you might, you might hate my pick too, actually.
00:26:39
jarrod_dyke
Um, yeah, I just, I don't know what this guy's doing in the back row and I don't see how it gets better for him when he goes away from home against a team that actually is together and knows how to do things.
00:26:53
jarrod_dyke
So, uh, might say that he's going to be Ethan roots for magazine.
00:26:54
Grumpy Old Prop
Mm hmm.
00:26:58
Grumpy Old Prop
Fair. I honestly, ah I was wondering if you were going to go with John Luke Dupree, because we i mentioned that.
00:27:04
jarrod_dyke
ah See, see you and I have a slightly different opinion of him, but that's okay.
00:27:07
Grumpy Old Prop
I. I thought you were going there. um Yeah.
00:27:12
jarrod_dyke
No. i'm not I'm not putting the double hex on the series.
00:27:16
Grumpy Old Prop
Gotcha. Good. OK, I'm glad you went the way you went. I approve.
00:27:19
jarrod_dyke
ah
00:27:21
Grumpy Old Prop
And I approve of, yes, you're right, I don't like that particular player much either.
00:27:25
jarrod_dyke
No. No, no, no. Yeah. And when he's actually three asked to chase people around the field, because that's what Northampton do.
00:27:35
jarrod_dyke
So good luck, you giant dumbass. All right. Anyway, cool.
00:27:41
Grumpy Old Prop
this This one is awkward to end, because before, I mean, I appreciate, I like that we moved the pickums to the other pod. But now it's like, okay, we do our start of the of the week.
00:27:48
jarrod_dyke
Yeah.
00:27:50
Grumpy Old Prop
Okay. And then that's it.
00:27:53
jarrod_dyke
That's the end.
00:27:55
Grumpy Old Prop
It's just weird. After so many years of doing it one way, we were doing it another and it it just feels like this is an abrupt ending.
00:27:58
jarrod_dyke
I mean, of course.
00:28:00
Grumpy Old Prop
So folks out there, I apologize. It feels abrupt to us too.
00:28:03
jarrod_dyke
and so Yeah, it'll it'll take some getting used to. It's only week two after we did it for the other way for six years, including that super long ass season where ah during COVID.
00:28:14
Grumpy Old Prop
Yeah. So right.
00:28:15
jarrod_dyke
So yeah. Yeah, yeah, just give it a bit.
00:28:20
jarrod_dyke
It's OK. You know, I believe it was I believe it was said by Denzel Washington. It's like Nova King.
00:28:21
Grumpy Old Prop
Right.
00:28:27
jarrod_dyke
Give it time. It always works. Anyway, excuse me, Jesus.
00:28:27
Grumpy Old Prop
Mm hmm.
00:28:32
Grumpy Old Prop
Just.
00:28:32
jarrod_dyke
And I'm going to try trying to die today. um Cool. So she will be out on Friday. Those of you that um do that sort of thing, you know, um like I said, I'll try in the other part, I'll try and do something
00:28:39
Grumpy Old Prop
Are into that sort of thing.
00:28:45
jarrod_dyke
um on the Patreon for and for a boom bust, but it won't be nearly as robust as I've done in the past because, spoiler alert, I have a demon child that lives with me now.
00:28:56
jarrod_dyke
So but it needs it needs to be attended to. So without that, but other than that, we'll talk to you guys on Friday. that Those of you that are gonna reach out to us on comment, but other than that, um enjoy round two and good luck
Podcast Wrap-Up and Listener Reminders
00:29:09
jarrod_dyke
in your leagues.
00:29:09
jarrod_dyke
And don't forget to find us and two more people for our champion
00:29:15
jarrod_dyke
Yanks League division two. And other than that, we'll talk to y'all soon. Have a good one. Yes, it is. Cheers.
00:29:15
Grumpy Old Prop
Yes, it's wide open later