Fantasy NRL COMP MK2

[Lambretta]

Hey guys

If anyone missed out on the NRL Fantasy or Dream Team competition and still wishes to join, some places have become available in the original league.

Due to someone having a fucking sook that one of his mates couldnt get in, some of the league participants have gone over to their own league leaving space here.

To join up, please go to www.sportal.com.au (http://www.sportal.com.au) and follow the links to NRL Dream Teams.

The competition number is 558346, so join up and pick your players.

If the league is not full by 5.30pm today, then it will be merged with another comp that does not have 12 players.

Come along and set up a team. It involves buying a squad and you can trade players etc through the season.

Good luck.

[SamJam]

haha..name the sook lamb!!

super league traders..

[Lambretta]

Sam

It wasn't the comp that most ITM'ers, including yourself joined.

It was the original comp that I shouldnt have made public.

So the one you are in is unaffected.

It's not an ITM person.

But if you know anyone who wants to join up, let them know the details of this comp and advise that there are open spaces.

Cheers, Rich

[SamJam]

Sweet..well i have just made a few trades today..pretty happy with my starting lineup

[bricktop712]

i think i'm gonna win this comp

question: do player values fluctuate over the course of the season?

[Lambretta]

Jaime, the Milky Crate Kid is joining as we speak.

So if you fancy giving it to him, get in quick with a team

:)

[SamJam]

yeah they fluctuate.

im pretty sure i know more about football then ya'll - in fact as long as i monitor my team weekly ill probably go through undefeated

[Lambretta]

Hey Sam

If you work with anyone who wishes to join, feel free to tell em about this comp.

Cheers.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

im in under team dirty still shits me how i cant put players exactly where i want but it will do

[M O DJ]

Yeah I've got Robbie Farah as prop. Sure the system knows what its doing though.

Cmon my rookie gun players that I've gambled on.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

ive got luke bailey at hooker haha

[SpaceMonkey]

Good stuff. I missed the first comp Lamb posted but have signed up for this one. Headhunters RLFC FTW!!!!

Some of those players values are a bit off though, I got Steve Price for $49K!!! SBW was cheap too, hope he doesn't get injured...

[M O DJ]

SBW was cheap too, hope he doesn't get injured...

:lol:

[SamJam]

haha..you guys have got no farkin idea!

[Dirty_Sanchez]

lol come on man thats the only tip i need is how to change em around

[SpaceMonkey]

haha..you guys have got no farkin idea!

I reckon SBW was a bargain, provided he stays on the field he's the sort of forward that will score tries. As for Price I went for him as he plays close to the full 80 so there's more chance he'll get over ther line occaisionally than props who only play 50-60 min.
Although I guess I should really have just picked six hookers!!

[Dirty_Sanchez]

UP THE DRAGONS!!! cyas im off to the game

[SpaceMonkey]

Carn the Headhunters, both Gasnier and Whatuira on the scoreboard already!!

[Delphin]

Although I guess I should really have just picked six hookers!!

Six hos at once? Aren't you getting greedy? ;)

[SpaceMonkey]

Six hos at once? Aren't you getting greedy? ;)

If you did your job properly I'd have no need to ;)

[SpaceMonkey]

Carn the Headhunters, both Gasnier and Whatuira on the scoreboard already!!

X3!!!

[Lambretta]

I reckon SBW was a bargain, provided he stays on the field he's the sort of forward that will score tries. As for Price I went for him as he plays close to the full 80 so there's more chance he'll get over ther line occaisionally than props who only play 50-60 min.
Although I guess I should really have just picked six hookers!!
Hey Dave.

SBW is out for the first 6 rounds at least. No wonder he's so cheap.

I cant believe you fucking picked Gasnier and Fatty-Wearer in the same team.

I hope I'm not picked against you round 1.

[SpaceMonkey]

Hey Dave.

SBW is out for the first 6 rounds at least. No wonder he's so cheap.

I cant believe you fucking picked Gasnier and Fatty-Wearer in the same team.

I hope I'm not picked against you round 1.

Yeah I didn't have time to actually check which of my picks were playing in round one so I dipped out on the SBW pick, but the Fatz/Gaz double more than makes up for it. Gasnier's a cert though and as Gus Gould said, Whatuira's a lucky charm....
SBW wqas still a good bargain buy I reckon, I've got Menzies and Hindmarsh to cover until he's back, and the season's pretty long....
Spewing about marshall getting his eye socket fractured though, that's a couple of hundred grand down for no return!!

[Lambretta]

Yeah I didn't have time to actually check which of my picks were playing in round one so I dipped out on the SBW pick, but the Fatz/Gaz double more than makes up for it. Gasnier's a cert though and as Gus Gould said, Whatuira's a lucky charm....
SBW wqas still a good bargain buy I reckon, I've got Menzies and Hindmarsh to cover until he's back, and the season's pretty long....
Spewing about marshall getting his eye socket fractured though, that's a couple of hundred grand down for no return!!
Benji will retain much of his value, so you can opt to trade him out of the side for 8 to 10 weeks, depending on how long the injury is. Then buy him back at a hopefully cheaper price in the future.

Mind you, the prices don't always work that way, so you coould lose on the deal.

I'm having the same thoughts myself

[SpaceMonkey]

Benji will retain much of his value, so you can opt to trade him out of the side for 8 to 10 weeks, depending on how long the injury is. Then buy him back at a hopefully cheaper price in the future.

Mind you, the prices don't always work that way, so you coould lose on the deal.

I'm having the same thoughts myself

Lol well I did one thing right in investing heavily on the the Cowboys, I had Bowen (captain) Sing and Thurston in my side so in total I think I racked up at least 56 points this round in total. Pity I had El Masri as kicker insterad of Thurston though!

[Lambretta]

Lol well I did one thing right in investing heavily on the the Cowboys, I had Bowen (captain) Sing and Thurston in my side so in total I think I racked up at least 56 points this round in total. Pity I had El Masri as kicker insterad of Thurston though!Fuck, if I had you first round I'm in for a kicking.

I had fucking Broncos in my side :lol:

Had Bowen, but he wasn't a captain. Had Ty Williams as Captain and he was about the only Cowboy who didnt score :lol:

Fucking bollix.

Going to have to do some trading and restructure my side over the coming 3-4 weeks.

But from here on in, there's massive restrictions on the number of trades and players that havent performed drop in value. Thats why it's so important to get it right from the off.

[mrtimotae]

I fucked up... i forgot to choose any subs...

i did have a few try scorers though

[SpaceMonkey]

I fucked up... i forgot to choose any subs...

i did have a few try scorers though

Lol so did I, plus I had a couple of guys in my side who didn't actually play (only entered on friday and didn't have time to check the lineups). Three of my side got hat-tricks though and my captain got a try as well so I reckon I might've got away with it this week!

[Grandmaster]

when do the scores get updates??

[SpaceMonkey]

when do the scores get updates??
I dunno, they're taking their time... I wanna see how well I went, dammit!

[bricktop712]

I had fucking Broncos in my side :lol:
yep. ditto. i have eight broncos in mine.

only 23 pts for the round. :|

[Grandmaster]

64 points for me, most in my league for round 1 :)

[M O DJ]

I'm at the top of my league! Stoked. Thanks to Fats and Thurston for the hat tricks!

[dAvoZ]

64 points for me, most in my league for round 1 :)Fark I scored 40, only 5 people had scores above that and I drew you :-0

[Grandmaster]

Fark I scored 40, only 5 people had scores above that and I drew you :-0

never underestimate the Valderramas 8)

[Lambretta]

Its a filthy fucking comp sometimes.

Last year I lost 5 games in a row by a few points, and each of the previous weeks I had outscored the people I was playing against.

It's so fucking frustrating, yet so addictive.

I picked Leon Bott, checked nrl which said he was playing, then he was omitted from the side, and I cant find out if he's playing next week. Same with another player I had. Team listing on Thursday had him playing and he didn't.

It's fucking painful.

[Lambretta]

I am in two leagues.

Got 35 points and lost by 3 in one league and got 52 and won by a margin in the other.

So, so. So far.

[SpaceMonkey]

72 points to start the season!!! Gotta feel for poor old MCK, 58 points and he still went down to me :lol:

[Lambretta]

Adelaide Royals 38 v Slaughtered Lambs 35 Miranda Sharks 33 v Team Dirty 28
Slam it down fast 22 v Kick 20
Dirty Dozens 28 v All Yours Team 27
Surry Vagrants 76 v Bra Boys 56
Headhunters RLFC 72 v Rabbitigers 58

Next weeks games

Lambs v Dirty
Sharks v Royals
Slams v Yours
Dirtys v Kick
Vagrants v Headhunters
Rabbi's v Bras

On current form wins are in the pipeline for the Lambs, Royals, Yours, Dirty, Vagrants & the Rabbi's.

However, in this competition anything can happen. Looking forward to round 2 :D

[SamJam]

Hmm..seems my big mouth during the pre season has come back to bite me..coming last - pretty poor defensive display i might say

[Lambretta]

Sam, you might need to re think your line up, or wait a few weeks to see how your team unfolds.

No need to panic just yet.

[matty_m]

Im afriad you will be 0-2 this weekend SamJam... its ok your just coming up against this season premiership winning team...

[M O DJ]

Slurry Vagrants starting in style.

Is the Headhunters an ITM peep?

Could be a good game, but I'm sure to win with my lineup. Should see my bench!

[Lambretta]

Slurry Vagrants starting in style.

Is the Headhunters an ITM peep?

Could be a good game, but I'm sure to win with my lineup. Should see my bench!
Headhunters is SpaceMonkey who scored about 70 odd last weekend

[M O DJ]

Game on then. Aussuming he has a few kiwis in his side so it could get nasty :)

[SpaceMonkey]

Game on then. Aussuming he has a few kiwis in his side so it could get nasty :)

Yep, top of the table clash this weekend ;)

[M O DJ]

So I've gone to the team bit and made changes to my run on side and my bench, but the changes aren't showing up when I look at the team on the 'home' page.

Does this matter? I've pressed update team and in my team page it is all updated and sweet...

[SpaceMonkey]

So I've gone to the team bit and made changes to my run on side and my bench, but the changes aren't showing up when I look at the team on the 'home' page.

Does this matter? I've pressed update team and in my team page it is all updated and sweet...

I'm pretty sure the team picture just shows last round's side. If you go into your team lineup the changes you made should be there. I somehow doubt either of us havbe made too many changes after last week though!

[M O DJ]

Cool thanks. I've made a few. My team from last week had 3 players in it who didn't play :( I didn't check the lineups thoroughly enough.

Colin Best, Matthew Head and Todd Byrne. Its been rectified. Comin at ya.

[Lambretta]

My squads were awash with people who didn't play, Leon Bott, Josh Hannay, Mathew Pietersen and Ashley Graham.

and now they're full of people who are injured, Wes Naiquama and Matt Cooper. Serves me right for picking filthy, dirty Dragonses... Gollum, gollum.... they's stealing our wins from ussss...... my precious....

I've used all my fucking trades for the round and I'm struggling to get a fucking team on the park that isn't all forwards.

Filthy, dirty, tricksy Dragonses aaarrrrrggghhhhhhh

[SpaceMonkey]

Cool thanks. I've made a few. My team from last week had 3 players in it who didn't play :( I didn't check the lineups thoroughly enough.

Colin Best, Matthew Head and Todd Byrne. Its been rectified. Comin at ya.

Same here, I had Moi Moi and SBW in my side, plus no subs. 72 points is pretty good for 11 men I reckon!

Todd Byrne's playing this week by the way.

[M O DJ]

Yeah I know. Hopefully he crosses for a few against Parra. If it wasn't for the Warriors terrible record in NZ away for Auckland i'd be tipping them.

Couple of tricky games this week - this one, Easts Melbourne, Raiders Knights. Only sure thing is Tigers Doggies :)

[MuntedRaver]

Looks like El Masri is this weeks Jonathon Thurston........ Im just hoping JT can help me again this week

[matty_m]

So far tonight I am on FIRE!!! I had Hodgson and El Masri!!! I pity the fool who I am up against this weekend...

[Lambretta]

So far tonight I am on FIRE!!! I had Hodgson and El Masri!!! I pity the fool who I am up against this weekend...
You are up against the Jams, who also has El Mazri is his team

Don't count your chickens yet young Matty :lol:

[skewiffed_beats]

Bwahahaha.

I love my doggie laden team

[Dirty_Sanchez]

i forgot about el masri i got get him in my team

[SpaceMonkey]

Looks like El Masri is this weeks Jonathon Thurston........ Im just hoping JT can help me again this week

Fuck it, I've got both in my team but had El Masri kicking last week and Thurston this week! Never mind, still got plenty from the tries, and the Cowboys outside backs are still raking in the four pointers for me. From what I can calculate I should score around 70 this round, hopefully the Vagrants aren't quite as hot this week as they were last week!

[matty_m]

gee dunno if anyone else had Johns as their kicker but i did.. .gee wizz... think i did alright this weekend

[SamJam]

i had johns and el masri..ill be spewing if i lose i should get decent points this week

[SamJam]

i scored 86 points and i still manage to lose - what a load of bullshit. That was the second highest score of the round.

The draw is rigged!! Damn you Paul McNamee!!

[matty_m]

wow, what a great weekend 102 points!!

[skewiffed_beats]

bugger 61 points and I draw
menzies got -5 leaving me X(

[bricktop712]

i expected more than 43 pts.
still, i got the victory so....

:| steve fucking menzies

[SpaceMonkey]

bugger 61 points and I draw
menzies got -5 leaving me X(

Shit, that's how I scored less than I'd anticipated, bloody sin-binnings! Still I managed to grab a win with 59 points, lucky the opposition wasn't on song this week. Not having El Masri as my kicker cost me 1st place i nthe league though, still I'll settle for second right now.

[Lambretta]

i scored 86 points and i still manage to lose - what a load of bullshit. That was the second highest score of the round.

The draw is rigged!! Damn you Paul McNamee!!
High scorers tend to maintain pretty high scores throughout the comp, so over the next 4-6 rounds, you'll find that you pick up some wins.

[Lambretta]

bugger 61 points and I draw
menzies got -5 leaving me X(
I pissed myself when you got the draw.

Both yourself and Dave, your opponent, were pretty confident of getting the win, so a draw was a fair result.

You rarely see draws, and you probably wont see another one all season.

I was pretty happy that my team got up, even though I only scored 52 points. Luckily for me, my opponent only managed 49.

Starting to make up for last season where I kept scoring highly and losing against people who during all the other rounds had scored less than me. I gave me the absolute shits I can tell ya.

[Lambretta]

Well in one league the results were

Lambs 76 def Dirty 57
Royals 81 def Sharks 26
Slams 34 def All yours 12
Kick 74 def Dozens 56
Headhunters 59 def Vagrants 25
Rabbi's 62 def Bras 50

Next weeks games sees the following clashes

Lambs v Kick
Sharks v Yours
Slams v Royals (MadMike v Royal)
Dozens v Dirty (Battle of the dirty boys)
Vagrants v Rabbis
Hunters v Bras

On this weeks form there should be wins for the Lambs, Sharks, Royals, Dirty, Rabbis and the Hunters. Bring on round 3 :)

[Lambretta]

In the other league there were some crazy results with the Sandy Cracks scoring a pathetic 25 and Matty's Doyens scoring an amazing 102........

Blasters 52 def Screws 49
Tony Greig drew Skew 61 each
Bricks 43 def Sloggers 26
Valders 63 def 5483's 47
Doyens 102 def Jams 86
Randoms 31 def Cracks 25

Next week sees the following clashes

Blasters v Valders (oh shit)
Tony Greig v Bricks
Sloggers v Skew
5483's v Screws
Jams v Randoms (will Sam get up?)
Doyens v Cracks (highest v lowest from last round)

On this form there should be wins for Valders, Tony Greig, Skew, Screws, Jams and the Doyens.

Bring it on :)

[SamJam]

im the St George Illawarra of Sportsal

[bricktop712]

On this form there should be wins for Valders, Tony Greig, Skew, Screws, Jams and the Doyens.yes, well.....with eight broncos in my side, i'm hoping they can improve their form (and mine!)...

touch wood.

[M O DJ]

I had an abolute shocker with 25.

I do have a few young guys that I'm banking on to come good, as well some dudes out injured who are gonna make an impact when they return. I hope :(

[MadMike]

My first time in a comp of this kind. I think I'm getting the hang of it. 2 wins from 2 games and a few trades going on in the background. Fingers crossed when I go up against Royals. :p

[SamJam]

Well in one league the results were

Lambs 76 def Dirty 57
Royals 81 def Sharks 26
Slams 34 def All yours 12
Kick 74 def Dozens 56
Headhunters 59 def Vagrants 25
Rabbi's 62 def Bras 50

By the looks of it - this is more premier league then NRL

[SpaceMonkey]

With 2 points for being on a winning team it's worth avoiding players whose sides aren't likely to win their week's match unless they are the type of player who's almost guarranteed to get across the chalk.

[MadMike]

thanks for the tip dave, didnt really understand how all the scoring worked. Now I actually have to pay attention to the actual NRL draw, not just my players...

[Grandmaster]

Go the Valderramas! Top of the table w00t!

[SpaceMonkey]

thanks for the tip dave, didnt really understand how all the scoring worked. Now I actually have to pay attention to the actual NRL draw, not just my players...

Yep, and keep an eye on the injured list too, I've used up two trades so far getyting rid of long-term injured players (Farah and Marshall). I'll trade them back in again when they return if they're in good enough form. Probably going to have to trade Vagana out too as it looks like he's fucked for a while.

[Lambretta]

Yep, and keep an eye on the injured list too, I've used up two trades so far getyting rid of long-term injured players (Farah and Marshall). I'll trade them back in again when they return if they're in good enough form. Probably going to have to trade Vagana out too as it looks like he's fucked for a while.
But bear in mind that you only have a limited number of trades for the season.

I have used 3 with one team so far and cant decide if I should get rid of another.

Plus, I had too many Roosters in my squad and I want to trade them out as they're playing like fucking prats.

[Lambretta]

thanks for the tip dave, didnt really understand how all the scoring worked. Now I actually have to pay attention to the actual NRL draw, not just my players...
You get 4 points for a try scored and two points for goals kicked if the person kicking them is nominated as your kicker.

You get an additional 2 points for each player in a winning side.

Whats getting me is that the values of the players dont seem to be changing. This is making it much easier to sell players who arent performing this season that did well last year. I hope they rectify this soon as it makes it so much harder to run a team if the in form players become expensive to buy.

[mrtimotae]

Better than last week but didnt get a win this time. So frustrating

[SpaceMonkey]

You get 4 points for a try scored and two points for goals kicked if the person kicking them is nominated as your kicker.

You get an additional 2 points for each player in a winning side.

Don't forget -5 for a sin-bin and -10 for a send-off. Probably not too smart to have guys like Ryles in your team....

[bricktop712]

Whats getting me is that the values of the players dont seem to be changing. This is making it much easier to sell players who arent performing this season that did well last year. I hope they rectify this soon as it makes it so much harder to run a team if the in form players become expensive to buy.player values will start to change once a particular lad has played three games.

[SamJam]

points system is faaar to basic..need to have different points ratings for certain positions. like forwards for example they should score points for meters gained, not tries they've scored.

front rowers hardly score tries, so you have to pick hookers. The scoring system needs a rework

[MuntedRaver]

I had an abolute shocker with 25.

I do have a few young guys that I'm banking on to come good, as well some dudes out injured who are gonna make an impact when they return. I hope :(

Yes.....I beat someone with my dismal 36 points......

Im not going too change my team just yet...... I think they should come good shortly.

[Lambretta]

I keep trading, I cant help myself.

I have Robbie Farrah in the 2nd row, who is languishing in the reserves as he is injured and I am trying to decide if I should trade him.

Then I have Lockyer at 5/8th with one side and I am wondering if I should trade him out.

I used up two trades on one of my teams this weekend, then realised I made terrible choices and should have gone for different trades and now I've used them up. Arrggghhhh. Bollocks.

[MadMike]

Yeah I'm wondering what to do with Lockyer and I've made a trade this week so that I can afford Joey next week.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

my whole team is injured :(

[Grandmaster]

Just brought in Joey, 1st trade for the season

[MuntedRaver]

I just traded Whatuira for El MAsri.... this could bite me in the ass since the Tiges are playing New Zealand which could turn into a try fest..... and the Doggies play the Knights which could go either way if the Raiders game is anything to go by

[MuntedRaver]

Look at Round 11: Broncos, Cowboys and Dragons all have byes

and also at Round 17: Storm, Rossters and Dragons all have byes

[Dirty_Sanchez]

yeah that becoz of origin the dragons need the break

[Lambretta]

Look at Round 11: Broncos, Cowboys and Dragons all have byes

and also at Round 17: Storm, Rossters and Dragons all have byes
If your team is full of Dragons, Cowboys and Broncos, you have to decide wether to trade or bite the bullet in the arse and take a couple of losses like some NRL clubs do at this time of year.

Also, if your team has NRL stars who play Origin but who dont have the bye, you have to pray like shit that they dont get injured during State of Origin.

[SamJam]

at the end of the day, everyone makes the finals, so it only matters what you score at the business end of the season - pfft minor premiership is for LOSERS!!

[Lambretta]

Fucking competition is driving me nuts.

I had Matt Peitersen and Ashley Graham in my sides and they haven't been playing, so I replaced them with Matt Cooper (now injured) Wes Naiquama (injured), so I replaced them with a Newcastle player (now suspended) and Timana Tahu (now injured)

In the meantime, the original players I traded out are now fucking well back in the Parra side.

Add to that there's also an injury scare over Grothe and I'm struggling to field a side at all.

Fuck this fucking game.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

in the same position injury has fucked my team up crazy from now on i aint doing my teams till friday arvo

[skewiffed_beats]

Damm U Buderus !

Sin Binning my points away X(

[Lambretta]

Yeah, I traded out Priddis as the Panthes had the bye and brought in Buderus.

He only gained me one friggin point after that sin binning. I would trade him out, but it would cost me a trade I dearly need. Fucking muppet.

[bricktop712]

THE WEIRD MOB ROUND 3 - RESULTS

Blava Blasters 91 def 66 The Valderramas
Tony Greig XI 49 def by 60 Brick^Stars 712
Slippery Sloggers 63 def 43 Skew
Random Team 5483 84 def 63 corkscrews
The Jams 38 def by 58 therandoms
matty_doyens 73 def by 87 Sandy Crack's !


:: League Table ::

1. Blava Blasters - 6
2. Sandy Crack's - 4
3. Random Team - 4
4. matty_doyens - 4
5. The Valderramas - 4
6. Brick^Stars 712 - 4
7. therandoms - 4
8. Tony Greig XI - 3
9. Slippery Sloggers - 2
10. Skew - 1
11. corkscrews - 0
12. The Jams - 0

[SamJam]

wow..the jams really do suck dont they

[skewiffed_beats]

I feel your pain

[Grandmaster]

damn you Blava Blasters!

[matty_m]

wow... i lost with 73 points.. i think i need to work on my defence

[Lambretta]

damn you Blava Blasters!
insert evil heavy breathing. Your Valders are no match for the power of the Blasters young apprentice :P

Well round 3 is over and my Blasters are top, top, top, top, top of the league

Blasters
Cracks
5483's
Doyens
Valders
Brick
Randoms
Tony Greig
Sloggers
Skew
Screws
Jams

The results were

Blasters 91 def Valders 66
Brick 60 def Tony Greig 49
Sloggers 63 def Skew 43
5483's 84 def Screws 63
Randoms 58 def Jams 38
Cracks 87 def Doyens 73

Next weeks games see the following clashes

Blasters v Randoms
Tony Greig v Valders
Sloggers v Cracks
5483's v Skew
Brick v Jams
Screws v Doyens

Current form should see Blasters, Valders, Cracks, 5483's, Brick & Doyens get wins, but form isnt everything as Sam and the Valderramas sadly discovered this week.

[Grandmaster]

stop cursing me with your form predictions! Noooo!

[M O DJ]

Another poor round for me. As said before I have a few young guys and other stars who haven't yet fired. I have faith.

[Lambretta]

In the other competition MadMike's "slam it down" boys made it three from three to lead the competition at this early stage.

My Slaughtered Lambs are following up in 2nd spot with 2 from 3 and SpaceMonkey suffered his first defeat of the season losing narrowly in a high scoring affair to my old boss's Bra Boys. The Milky Crate Kids Yiddish Rabbi's got their second successive win. In the battle of the Dirty Boys, the Dirty Dozen outwitted Team Dirty in a thriller.

League standings

Slams 6
Lambs 4
Hunters 4
Royals 4
Rabbi's 4
Dirty Dozen 4
Sharks 4
Kick 2
Bra Boys 2
Vagrants 2
Dirty 0
All yours 0

Lambs 65 def Kick 32
Sharks 44 def All yours 34
Slams 60 def Royals 40
Dozens 76 der Dirty 73
Rabbi's 73 def Vagrants 44
Bra Boys 68 def Hunters 64

Next week sees

Lamb v Rabbis
Sharks v Kick
Slams v Bras
Dozens v Royals
All yours v Vagrants
Dirty v Hunters

On current form there should be wins for Rabbi's, Sharks, Bras, Dozens, Vagrants & Dirty.

Bring it on :)

[mrtimotae]

Woo-hoo... 3rd place...

and a few trades this week. I cant possibly lose again.... EVER!

[MadMike]

I was lucky the first two weeks, but this week I had a battle plan. Next week I should be pretty solid.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

my team got fucked hard this week with injury

[Grandmaster]

I've given my team a shakeup, hoping to get back amongst the winners this week...

[Lambretta]

I used two more trades per team and still I'm not satisfied.

One team is fairly decent (Blava Blasters) but my Lambs are looking weak.

I have fucking Mat Utai in my squad. Useless prat. Doesnt fucking score and gets injured and now he's worth fuck all and I cant trade him for anyone.

Wanker

[SamJam]

i never knew you could have substitutions!!!!

no wonder i have been losing!

and i havent even been losing by that much - now you guys better be worried!

[MadMike]

Feeling the pain of having a massive bulldog lineup in a week where they have a bye.... going to lose this week. :(

[skewiffed_beats]

^^ i hear you Mike thats why I traded a few of them out. Dropping in value. Best get a bargain while I can.

I cannot find Benji Marshal anywhere to trade X(

[M O DJ]

Just made some substantial changes to my line up including trading in some quality outside backs.

Cmon Vagrants. Tiem to repeat my round effort.

[mrtimotae]

Well i picked the best week to put Johns in my team didnt I....

[MuntedRaver]

^^^^^ ditto my friend.....shouldn't there be an option for substitution for players who pull out on game day.....damn it

PS I realise it'll never happen

[skewiffed_beats]

Yep put all the eggs in one basket for this as well Capt & Kicker.

[MadMike]

wtf...joey isn't playing? dammit the doctor said he would be fine.

there goes my week..... no captain.. :(

[SpaceMonkey]

Fuck it, I traded Kurt Gidley in as I figured gettin on the knights bandwagon wouldn't hurt and the c**ts go down (although rapt with the Warriors win otherwise!)
Piss-poor round for me this week I think.

[SamJam]

I too had Johns as captain and kicker..ill be lucky to score 10 points this week, i think i counted only one of my players scoring a try. Here's hoping i played against someone in the same predicament

[skewiffed_beats]

reckon I will be lucky to get into double figures.

Took out my dogs for the bye and replaced with a load of Knights. X(

I think the only try scorer I had was Wesser. Arrgghh.

[SamJam]

hey i think im playing you skewwed..battle of wooden spoon!..could be a dire contest

[Dirty_Sanchez]

i had matt gidley in my side thinking he was score more than 2 and put him as captain but then barge ass johns pullled out and he was my kicker as well

:(

[mrtimotae]

Wow really low scores this round. I managed to get another win. 2nd now! Woo!

[MadMike]

I lost by 2 points.... bah :(

[SpaceMonkey]

I lost by 2 points.... bah :(

Me too.... despite scoring the 3rd equal highest total in our league that round :(

Time to make some team adjustments I think.

[skewiffed_beats]

How cool flogged by 26 points

No Wins.

Hell Yeah Wooden Spooner here

[MuntedRaver]

Lucky I had johnno Thurston as captain/kicker so I managed to save some face....but still a dsimal 38 points...

....damn me for taking Adam Mogg off in the week he scores two tries

[Dirty_Sanchez]

40 points this week 3 wins 1 loss

[MadMike]

Oh man....Im still not happy with my team. I get two players in and I see another two spots on the team that are "weak". Dammit!

[SamJam]

Woot!! The Jams won with 20 points!!! bout time i had some luck..what a defensive effort - only 14 against!

[MadMike]

So I've been looking at how this comp works, and I'm of the opinion that its so flawed.

There are no points for offloads, tackles, line breaks, or hitups. :( A fantasy league should take these things into consideration. It shouldn't just be about who scores tries and a kicker.

As it stands, and I think I've got this right... You want try scorers in EVERY position on the field (realism? who cares if they suck at defence, this comp is about scoring tries!), and the two best kickers. (one backup for byes/injury). You make the highest try scorer your captain, and the best kicker your kicker (sometimes they are one and the same, but unlikely in the long run). The only variables are if you are tossing up between which player to field, you see which one is more likely to be in a winning team for the 2-point bonus.

With full access to NRL stats this game could be so much better. I'd develop my own comp and it would ROCK. Somebody buy me a subscription to http://www.nrlstats.com/

Am I missing something here?

[SamJam]

yeah i had a whinge earlier about this..

how many front rowers score tries?

[SpaceMonkey]

So I've been looking at how this comp works, and I'm of the opinion that its so flawed.

There are no points for offloads, tackles, line breaks, or hitups. :( A fantasy league should take these things into consideration. It shouldn't just be about who scores tries and a kicker.

As it stands, and I think I've got this right... You want try scorers in EVERY position on the field (realism? who cares if they suck at defence, this comp is about scoring tries!), and the two best kickers. (one backup for byes/injury). You make the highest try scorer your captain, and the best kicker your kicker (sometimes they are one and the same, but unlikely in the long run). The only variables are if you are tossing up between which player to field, you see which one is more likely to be in a winning team for the 2-point bonus.

With full access to NRL stats this game could be so much better. I'd develop my own comp and it would ROCK. Somebody buy me a subscription to http://www.nrlstats.com/

Am I missing something here?

I agree. The biggest fuck-up in my opinion is that it classes props and hookers together as "front rowers" whereas most hookers in league actually play more like a half. So most props become pretty much worthless as they don't tend to score too many tries, you can just stack your front row with 3 hookers provided you can afford them. You can also strack your bench with wingers and centres as they score the most tries and completely ignore the forwards.

[bricktop712]

as i lamented previously, i think the absence of try assists in the scoring is the game's biggest flaff..

fucking hell....14 pts :|
that a seriously stupid move trading billy slater :slap: shit...

14 fucking points.

[Lambretta]

Well round 4 is over and there have been a few tight games this round, due to the absence of your usual suspects scoring a quite a few forwards or relative unknowns crossing the white chalk for 4 pointers.

In the "Anasta's no Freddy" league the following results occurred....

Lambs 34 def Rabbis 20
Sharks 28 def Kick 24
Bras 32 def Slams 30
Dozens 40 def Royals 18
Vagrants 52 def Yours 16 (highest & lowest scores in the league
Dirty 42 def Hunters 40

The largest margin was 36 points and 3 games were decided by 4 points or less.

The league standings are as follows

Lambs 6 pts
Slams 6 pts
Dozens 6 pts
Sharks 6pts
Hunters 4 pts
Royals 4 pts
Rabbis 4 pts
Vagrants 4 pts
Bras 4 pts
Kick 2 pts
Dirty 2 pts
Yours 0 pts (only team winless)

Next weeks games sees the Lambs tangling with the Bras, the Sharks being Hunted, the Slams being preached to by the Rabbis, a dozen vagrants having a swedge, Yours Royals, and Kick putting the boot into Dirty.

On current form we should see positive results for Lambs, Hunters, Slams, Vagrants, Royals & Dirty. We shall see......

[Grandmaster]

I beat Tony Greig XI 35-34, talk about lucky!

[Lambretta]

In "the weird mob" league the following results occurred

Blasters 34 def Randoms 30
Valders 35 def Tony Greig 34 (almost a draw again for Tony Greig)
Cracks 40 def Sloggers 32
5483's 44 def Skew 18
The Jams 20 def Brick 12 (finally a win for Sam)
Screws 36 def Doyens 22

The league standings are as follows:-

Randoms 8 pts
5483's 6 pts
Cracks 6 pts
Valders 6 pts
Randoms 4 pts
Brick 4 pts
Doyens 4 pts
Tony Greig 3 pts
Screws 2 pts
Sloggers 2 pts
Jams 2 pts
Skew 1 pt

Next weeks games feature clashes between my Blasters & the Sandy Cracks, Tony Greig and the Doyens, The Sloggers & Randoms, 5483's & Jams, Brick and Skew plus Valders vs Screws.

On current form expect victories for Cracks, Greigs, Sloggers, 5483's, Skew & Screws.

Looking at this weeks results there should be some pretty tight games in store :D

[Lambretta]

I beat Tony Greig XI 35-34, talk about lucky!
Tony Grieg would have to win the prize for unluckiest bloke in the comp. He's drawn a game and lost 2 in really close contests.

[bricktop712]

HA. if the past is any guide, lamb tipping in the negative bodes well for me.. XD

now.......
who should i trade? hmmm...

points points....14 points....i think my leading try scorer is shane webcke :lol:

[Lambretta]

points points....14 points....i think my leading try scorer is shane webcke :lol:

:lol:

Nice timing getting rid of Slater. He scored for me in one of my teams this weekend :D

[Lambretta]

Well, with the Andrew Johns saga stretching out like a heretic on a rack in 14th Century Europe, the main question for the Dream Team players is "should I include Johns or not".

It's a tough one and I have no advice.

I have him in one of my teams and I have been deliberating all week if I should play him or not.

The other side of the coin is "if Johns doesn't play, do I pick other Newcastle players" because if Johns doesnt play, the odds of those players scoring points is diminished greatly.

It's a hard one.

[SamJam]

He's playing Lamb

http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,18739961-23214,00.html

[Lambretta]

In double boost for the Knights, backrower Clint Newton is also in line to make his comeback from a back injury against the Dragons.

Newton fractured two bones in his back in the round one win over Parramatta, but will travel with the team to Wollongong.

The bustling second rower was not named earlier this week by Knights coach Michael Hagan, but is expected to come into the side with one of Adam Woolnough, Daniel Tolar, Riley Brown or Todd Lowrie to drop off the bench.

..................................................

I laughed at Clint Newton returning being a "boost" for the Knights, but when I saw who he would be replacing, the smile was wiped from my face.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

i want johns to play for my dream team but i dont coz im a dragons fan i reckon he'll play though i think the dragons will get over the line by a couple

[bricktop712]

despite the broncos being up and down this season - mostly down - i've gone ahead and INCREASED the quota in my fantasy team, now boasting 10 in my side..

i'm confident that it will pay off, particularly this week against souths.

mulled over offloading menzies but decided against it, seeing as i had slater and ty williams doing fuck all. steve menzies has COST me -1 point this season. this staggering productivity has of course, been met with a similarly abysmal drop in player value - 66k so far. fucking bum.

[skewiffed_beats]

Took Carmount out to make room as he has not done much for a few weeks. Then pops up and scores 2 tries on me. Bloody El Masri better have a good day against the warriors, see how many Thurston got!

Thankfully I had Johns in reserves rather than a complete rule out.

[Lambretta]

Yeah, I followd this logic and threw Casey Macguire in as he was languising in my reserves and to be honest he can fuck off back there.

Making Lockyer captain meant I got double points for his try. Just wished I had a double try scrorer as Captain.

So far my slaughtered lambs team has scored 8 tries (if I'm counting Lockyer's try as two) and my Blava Blasters team has scored 5 tries and kicked 6 goals, so I am travelling ok.


My best mate is up against my Blava Blasters team this week, so I hope I can get up and claim bragging rights or he'll pay me out for sure the prick :P

[Dirty_Sanchez]

i fucked up and some how didn't put johns as kicker :(

[MadMike]

Helluva week for the kickers

Johns - 22 points ( 1 try, 8 conversions, 1 penalty )
El Masri - 14 points ( 4 conversions, 3 penalties )
Thurston - 16 points ( 1 try, 4 conversions, 2 penalties )

[skewiffed_beats]

Well I went and traded Gower into my team this round Arrgghh.

[Lambretta]

He scored a try for ya Rob, so it's not all bad news.

El Mazri scored 7 goals for one of my teams :)

I had Ryan Cross pick up an injury as well as Benji Marshall, so I will have to make decisions about trading them or keeping them until later.

Also, I have Fitzhenry in my team. If Marshall is out, he's not likely to score many, so I may have to trade him as well.

I should have held onto Tahu, who scored two tries arrgggghhhh

[MuntedRaver]

I had Thurston as captain/kicker..... hmmm still stand by my decision

[Lambretta]

Well MR, it was probably a good decision as Thurston scored a try, which doubles giving you 8 points, and he kicked some goals.

[MuntedRaver]

Im gonna make a ballsy call and back him next week as captain/kicker..... either way its gonna be one hell of a game.......

[bricktop712]

i wish sportal would get a move on and update the game....

so i can offload ennis and benji before everybody else does.

[Lambretta]

i wish sportal would get a move on and update the game....

so i can offload ennis and benji before everybody else does.
They take this into account before the release the lockout, so getting in 1 minute after will be too late :P

[MuntedRaver]

I was gonna wait to this week to buy Benji....as this would give him one game to get back to form.....

[skewiffed_beats]

Finally Skew gets his first win on the board !!!! with 78 points

[MuntedRaver]

Probably should make Al Masri kicker as they are playing the bunnies....plenty of goal opportunities there

[Dirty_Sanchez]

woohoo i still won somehow i put cameron smith instead of johns and melbourne wasn't even playing

im at the top of the table now with lambs booya!

[Grandmaster]

2nd loss in a row, not happy :(

[M O DJ]

Another loss, my 3rd so far.

My win/loss correspondes exactly with the Tigers, funny that considering I only have 2 players in my run on squad.

I need Johns in my team I guess.

[MadMike]

58 points in my ITM league
78 points in my new comp. It's so much easier to just start anew now that Ive figured out how this shitty comp works. :p Now I just need to swap two players a week till my 'old' team matches my 'new' team. meh

[SpaceMonkey]

Phew, 45 was enough to get me a win despite some bad selection fuck-ups, I leave Tony Martin off my bench and the c*nt scores a double... Thurston and Sing got me home as usual, i'll be fucked when the Cowboys have the bye. Gonna have to trade some of those stoopid eels out of my side though, bastards are a liability.

[Lambretta]

Results for the weird mob league are as follows:-

Cracks 67 def Blasters 56
Tony Greig 74 def Doyens 72
Sloggers 68 def Randoms 64
5483's 63 def The Jams 47
Skew 78 def Brick 56
Screw 80 def Valders 62

Some high scoring games there with Tony Greig reversing his bad luck with a hard fought victory and Skew getting a win which lifts him off the bottom of the ladder.

5483's, Cracks & Blasters all on 8 points.
Valders on 6 points
Tony Greig on 5 points
Doyens, Randoms, Screws, Brick & Sloggers all on 4 points
Skew on 3 poitns
Jams on 2 points

So everyone has at least one win and therefore proof that they can win games if things go their way.

Gutted about losing to the Cracks and Christian isnt going to let me forget it next time we do a Super Saturday drinking session.

Tony Greig (Dave in Bratislava) has him next week, so I am counting on him to exact revenge which he should do if this weeks form is anything to go by.

Next weeks winners on current form, should be... Doyens, Tony Greig, Sloggers (sorry Sam), Randoms, Corkscrews and Skew.

Skew has featuerd a couple of times in the should wins list but has only got one win. Will next week be two out of two???

[Lambretta]

In the "Anasta is no Freddy" league the following results happened:-

Lambs 76 def Bras 54
Headhunters 45 def Sharks 38
Rabbitigers 88 def Slams 58
Dozens 58 def Vagrants 47
Royals 52 def All Yours 36
Dirty 57 def Kick 52

Lambs and Dozens lead on 8 points
Hunters, Rabbis, Royals, Slams & Sharks all on 6 points
Vagrants, Dirty and Bras on 4 points
Kick on 2 points
All Yours 0 points (bit like Luxembourg in the Eurovision song contest)

Next week sees the Lambs and the Hunters go head to head, the Sharks and the Bras, the Slams and the Vagrants, The Dozens and the Rabbi's, All yours and Dirty and lastly Kick take on the Royals.

Should be wins for the Lambs, Bras, Slams, Rabbis, Dirty and amazingly a draw between the Royals and Kick. Will that happen???

[MuntedRaver]

Fitzgibbon and Morley out with injury this weekend.......

[Lambretta]

I thought Fitzgibbon was going to be alright this weekend?

Anyway, my major concern is with Gasnier.

With him playing five eighth he's pretty ineffective as a try scoring option.

I am thinking of offloading him before his value drops, but if Matt Head comes back soon he will go to half and Barrett will back where he belongs at pivot pushing Gasnier back into the Centres where he's most damaging.

Decisions, decisions.

[bricktop712]

Gonna have to trade some of those stoopid eels out of my side though, bastards are a liability.yep they sure are. well, tahu is great try scorer so i reckon he's pretty good value. the other other eels that i've got - hindmarsh, cayless and vella are all frickin useless.

looks like brent tate is back this week. :thumb: although it looks as though the broncs are gonna reshuffle their lineup because of ennis' injury and seymor's indifferent form - word is that shaun berrigan will slot into hooker.....seemingly bad news for me (i own berro). though he hasn't been doin much in the centres...

finally, i've made johns my kicker - something i should've done long ago. geez :crazy: ...but ennis and the broncs were on the verge of glory, i swear to god...:(

[SpaceMonkey]

I thought Fitzgibbon was going to be alright this weekend?

Anyway, my major concern is with Gasnier.

With him playing five eighth he's pretty ineffective as a try scoring option.

I am thinking of offloading him before his value drops, but if Matt Head comes back soon he will go to half and Barrett will back where he belongs at pivot pushing Gasnier back into the Centres where he's most damaging.

Decisions, decisions.

Good point on Gaz. He's gained enough value to be worth offloading for a profit.

[SpaceMonkey]

yep they sure are. well, tahu is great try scorer so i reckon he's pretty good value. the other other eels that i've got - hindmarsh, cayless and vella are all frickin useless.

looks like brent tate is back this week. :thumb: although it looks as though the broncs are gonna have to reshuffle their lineup because of Ennis' injury and seymor's indifferent form - word is that shaun berrigan is set to slot into hooker.....seemingly bad news for me (i own berro). though he ain't doin much in the centres in any case...

finally, i've made johns my kicker - something i should've done long ago. geez :crazy: ...ennis and the broncs were on the verge, i'm tellin you...:(

I kept Hindy but I booted the others, lost at least $25K on Morris so far :(

[bricktop712]

what was the initial prognosis for matt head?

[Lambretta]

what was the initial prognosis for matt head?Well, he played in lower grades last weekend and came through unscathed.

He was initially going to stay in the reserves for 3 or 4 games to get back to full fitness, but they may bring him back earlier than planned because they are lacking in the halves.

If he's not back this weekend, watch out the following round cos the Dragons might be giving someone Head..... which is why it might be worth holding onto Gasnier.

I will be watching that one closely.

[SamJam]

Well im in Sydney till Sunday..lucky my sis has a the net, had to make a few changes.

Will be at the Broncs v Roosters game at the SFS tomorrow night. This will be one of the rare occassions i support the Broncos. All my mates down here are keen roosters supporters.

[SpaceMonkey]

Fitzgibbon out, SBW in this week... hopefully he won't get injured again, he should at least be good for the two points for the win against the bunnies.

[Grandmaster]

brought in Steven Bell, hopefully he can keep scoring tries for the Eagles!

[M O DJ]

Well if I don't get at least 60 points this week after the changes I've just made then I give up.

(I still dont have Johns in my team though).

[Lambretta]

With one game left to go this weekend, by Blava Blasters have scored 9 tries and my Slaughtered Lambs have scored 7.

However I have heavy involvement in the Bulldogs v Souths game, so hopefully I can get some more tries on the board.

My main let down this round is that most of my players have been on the losing side, so if they didnt score a try they got blot.

Knights, Sharks, Eagles, Warriors and Roosters all featured in my sides leaving me with just 4 winning players on each team. Mind you, one of my sides has 4 Bulldogs in it, so that could go up to 8 winners.

I think I need a better balance of players in there.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

how long do these fools take to update

[skewiffed_beats]

Scores are up !!

Skew gets second victory of the season !!

[Grandmaster]

3 losses in a row, I suck :(

[Dirty_Sanchez]

# 1 on dream team # 1 in the tipping comp woohoo

[SamJam]

Woot! Second win for me!

Still last though :(

[matty_m]

another loss for my Doyens!!! it was another loss by less then 6 points..
not happy

[hard_nrg]

ahh a low score for the corkscrews but a win no matter what !

3 wins on the trot now!

[M O DJ]

Well if I don't get at least 60 points this week after the changes I've just made then I give up.

(I still dont have Johns in my team though).

Yes! Good week for me finalyl, I got 70 and my 3rd win.

Still coming 7th though fuck it.

[MuntedRaver]

I got second highest points score in my comp @ 60....but was playing 1st highest points score @ 68....damn it.....that hurts

[SpaceMonkey]

Nice, another win and still 3rd in the League, but playing 1st next weekend so a win will put me into 1st or 2nd spot. Need to make a couple more trades this week for sure though.

[bricktop712]

NRL SEASON 2006 FANTASY LADDER - ROUND 5

Team - # of Players - Selected Value - Total Points
1. Knights 59,975 - $2,790,800 - 468
2. Cowboys 68,154 - $3,355,600 - 429
3. Bulldogs 65,486 - $2,185,400 - 315
4. Broncos 47,502 - $2,841,900 - 300
5. Roosters 81,064 - $2,272,300 - 285
6. Storm 45,386 - $2,219,000 - 274
7. Raiders 16,709 - $2,455,100 - 264
8. Panthers 32,243 - $2,263,900 - 258
9. Dragons 62,123 - $2,783,600 - 233
10. Eagles 37,579 - $2,408,400 - 229
11. Tigers 46,959 - $2,342,300 - 221
12. Warriors 19,319 - $1,942,300 - 186
13. Eels 59,027 - $2,579,700 - 151
14. Sharks 22,663 - $2,057,800 - 135
15. Rabbitohs 12,105 - $2,045,300 - 83

another loss....about to start getting rid of all those stupid eels in my team...

[Lambretta]

Well another great round of games that certainly threw alot of surprises. One of teams had Tim Smith as halfback and Kimmorley as back up, so 0 points there :meh:

Here's the results from "Anasta's no Freddy" league

Hunters 64 def Lambs 55
Bras 50 def Sharks 46
Vagrants 70 def Slams 46
Dozens 58 def Rabbis 40
Dirty 66 def Yours 12
Royals 40 def Kick 22

League standings are as follows (and they're bloody close with 9 teams within 2 points of 2nd place)

Dozens 10 pts
Lambs 8 pts
Hunters 8 pts
Royals 8pts
Dirty 6 pts
Rabbis 6 pts
Vagrants 6 pts
Slams 6 pts
Bras 6 pts
Sharks 6 pts
Kick 2pts
Yours 0 pts

Next weeks games sees

Kick v Rabbis, Sharks v Vagrants, Slams v Dirty, Dozen v Hunters, Yours v Lambs, Bras v Royals.

Will Yours get a win (I hope not they're playing my Lambs)? Who will emerge from the pack and who will fall from the pace? With so many teams on the same points playing each other, next weeks results could see alot of movers.

[Lambretta]

For the weird mob league things are just as close, but this time at the bottom of the table with 5 teams all on 2 wins.

Sam got his second win of the campaign as did Skew with the Randoms and the Blasters on top with 5 wins apiece.

The results

Blasters 58 def Doyens 54 (such a close game)
Tony Greig 48 def Cracks 46 (two best mates playing each other)
Jams 56 def Sloggers 36
5483's 46 def Randoms 40
Screws 32 def Brick 28
Skew 45 def Valders 40

5483 10 pts
Blasters 10 pts
Cracks 8 pts
Greigs 7 pts
Screws 6 pts
Valders 6 pts
Skew 5 pts
Doyens 4 pts
Randoms 4 pts
Brick 4 pts
Sloggers 4 pts
Jams 4 pts

Next weeks games, Valders v Randoms, Greig v Jams, Sloggers v Screws, 5483's v Doyens, Brick v Blasters, Cracks v Skew.

Some interesting match ups there. Should be good :)

[Dirty_Sanchez]

Number 1 Ner Ner Ner Ner

[MuntedRaver]

Sportal are taking there time today considering they technically only have to update one game

[SpaceMonkey]

I think the Cowboys and Knights going down is going to make for a loww scoring round this week, doing the maths I think I'll score around 46 points, hopefully my opponent copped it in a similar fashion.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

man they are takin ages grrrrr

[M O DJ]

I hope their taking so long because they lost data for this week or something.

I had a barry.

[mrtimotae]

I should have 54 this week. Not bad considering my side is cowboys and knights heavy

[Dirty_Sanchez]

i think i scored around the 50 or so point mark hopefully it will win me the game and go to a 6-1 record

[Lambretta]

I reckon I scored 32 for one team and 28 for the other.

Fucking pathetic.

[SamJam]

yeah im expecting high 20's/low 30's ghey

[MuntedRaver]

mine is gonna b 2 scary to calculate by hand....il wait for it to open 2 get the bad news

[SpaceMonkey]

i think i scored around the 50 or so point mark hopefully it will win me the game and go to a 6-1 record

Unfortunately for me I think 47 will get you the win :(

[bricktop712]

:mad: abominable timing for the sportal administrator to take a sickie

[skewiffed_beats]

FLOGGED !!!!

The Valderramas 34 def by 36 therandoms
Tony Greig XI 48 def 38 The Jams
Slippery Sloggers 36 def 24 corkscrews
Random Team 5483 56 def 32 matty_doyens
Brick^Stars 712 60 def 34 Blava Blasters
Sandy Crack's ! 54 def 22 Skew

[MuntedRaver]

40 points....but my opposition got 26....fark yeah...

[Dirty_Sanchez]

still number 1 with 60 points this round :)

[Lambretta]

Well the sportal site finally updated and my fears of scoring next to nothing were realised.

In the weird mob league my Blava Blasters, who were at one time 5 wins and 0 losses have now crashed to 2 defeats in a row.

The results are as follows

Randoms 36 def Valders 34
Greigs 48 def Jams 38
Sloggers 36 def Screws 24
5483's 56 def Doyens 32
Brick 60 def Blasters 34
Cracks 54 def Skew 22

My decision to have Cowboys and Knights in the team really screwed me over as no tries were scored.

The table standings are as follows:-

5483's 12 points
Cracks 10 points
Blasters 10 points
Greig 9 points
Brick 6 points
Random 6 points
Valders 6 points
Screws 6 points
Sloggers 6 points
Skew 5 points
Doyens 4 points
Jams 4 points

There is definately two groups in this league with the top 4 out on their own and the next 5 all grouped on the same points. But recent results show that the pack is closing and people are starting to get the hang of how things work.

[Lambretta]

In the Anasta's no Freddy comp, my Slaughtered Lambs fared a little better, but they were playing the last ranked team and next weeks opponents outscored me by some margin so things are definately looking down (well for me anyway)

Results

Rabbi's 22 def Kick 20
Vagrants 46 def Sharks 34
Dirty 46 def Slams 30
Dozens 60 def Hunters 40
Lambs 34 def Yours 22
Royals 36 def Bra 34

Some close games and tough on Hunters to score 4th highest of the round and still lose.

Standings:

Dozens 12 points
Lambs 10 points
Royals 10 points
Dirty 8 points
Hunters 8 points
Rabbis 8 points
Vagrants 8 points
Slams 6 points
Bra 6 points
Sharks 6 points
Kick 2 points
Yours 0 points

Dozens are out on top with the next 6 teams all with a chance of going into first or second place or falling as far as low as fourth to ninth spots next week depending on results. So overall, a really tight league with the bottom two teams the only ones really off the pace at this stage.

I expect Dozens to extend, Lambs and Royals to drop and Dirty and Hunters to rise again next week. But you never know what will happen.

[SamJam]

There is definately two groups in this league with the top 4 out on their own and the next 5 all grouped on the same points. But recent results show that the pack is closing and people are starting to get the hang of how things work.
what group am i in then?

[mrtimotae]

Woo-hoo. Top of the table all by myself!

[Lambretta]

what group am i in then?
Sorry, I meant two MAIN groups.

You're in the 3rd almost exclusive group of people who need to pull their socks up :P

Mind you, you've won two games, so 1 more win puts you right into the second group. There's hope yet for ya Sam.

[SpaceMonkey]

Fuck, after re-reading the rules I thought the captain scored double points from all scores but it turns out it's not from kicks, only tries. Will be giving the captaincy back to an outside back this week.

[SamJam]

Fuck, after re-reading the rules I thought the captain scored double points from all scores but it turns out it's not from kicks, only tries. Will be giving the captaincy back to an outside back this week.
eek! thanks for the tip!!!

[Grandmaster]

Really need a win this week, 4 losses in a row has the Valderramas fans calling for my head.

[bricktop712]

i didn't know about the captaincy bit either....sheesh!

very happy with my win last week, espcially since it was without johns which predictably rendered all my other knights completely useless.

i reckon with all the test selection dramas of late, i'm predicting justin hodges to have a bumper weekend. hopefully anyway...neither would it hurt to have gazza playing up to his full capabilities again...

[SamJam]

im so going to whip lambs ass this wknd.

this is the GRUDGE MATCH!!

[Lambretta]

im so going to whip lambs ass this wknd.

this is the GRUDGE MATCH!!
Well, you're off to a great start if you actually picked Darren Albert.

I got nothing from the Sharks v Panthers game as Lazy Phil Bailey didn't get across the line :|

[Dirty_Sanchez]

nothing from this game tonight :(

[Lambretta]

I had a strong feeling that Johns was going to play this weekend and I forgot to trade him into my dream team.

Pretty bloody pissed off that I didn't.

Still, I have 3 or 4 other Knights players, so that could be some decent points.

Would have liked Johns as my kicker though. El Mazri and Thurston have really let me down there recently.

[Lambretta]

im so going to whip lambs ass this wknd.

this is the GRUDGE MATCH!!
A quick check and the maximum try scorers you could have had, matches mine exactly, it will depend if you picked them all.

We both had Matt Gidley sin binned (if you picked him) so no advantage there, but kickers could be in your favour. I had Thurston with 3 goals and you possibly had El Mazri ??? who scored 5.

So the result will come down to how many players you had on your team that were on the winning sides and I had 11 out of 17.

Do a quick calc on your score, but I reckon mine is 37.

If you didnt pick Matt Gidley you definately won this round.

[skewiffed_beats]

will the lazy poodles at sportal get their act together and update.
X(

[skewiffed_beats]

Skew 60 def 41 corkscrews


And I had no andrew johns. dropped Darren Albert from my team and got stuck with a non playing craig gower. :-o

[Grandmaster]

I think I'm going to give up, 5 losses in a row, time for the coach to step down.

[SamJam]

Victory is sweet!

[M O DJ]

Another poor performance and I'm looking to throw in the towel too.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

:( ive lost my lead in both comps wat a bad weekend

[Lambretta]

Well, well, well.

Didn't this weeks games throw up some surprises in the Dream Team comp. Congratulations to Sam for getting a great victory against my Blasters.

The results from the Wierd Mob League

Jams 52 def Blasters 44
Greig 60 def Randoms 51
Doyens 74 def Sloggers 44
Cracks 50 def 5483's 38
Brick 65 def Valders 47
Skew 60 def Screws 41

Cracks 12 points
5483's 12 points
Greig 11 points
Blasters 10 points
Brick 8 points
Skew 7 points
Doyens 6 points
Randoms 6 points
Valders 6 points
Screws 6 points
Jams 6 points
Sloggers 6 points


This league is turning into an absolute league of death. There are 6 teams all on the same number of points and who week on week are capable of beating the opposition. Everyone seems to be trading well and no one is getting flogged out of sight. There are no easy games here as I found out by losing to the bottom team.

Skew, Brick and Greig are on the rise and Blasters and Valders are slipping up at the moment. Next week doesnt get any easier as my Blasters have to take on the second placed team. Pity I didnt play the 5483's this week as I would have actually won a game :(

If Doyens, Brick and Skew keep this form up they'll be in the top 4 soon enough.

[Grandmaster]

I'm getting in the sports psychologists this week

[dAvoZ]

Fark the Slippery Sloggers have slipped all the way down to the bottom of the ladder. This coupled with my round 7 tips not registering on Oztips and Im an unhappy chappy {:-(

[SpaceMonkey]

Well my captaincy change didn't work out, I move the captaincy from Thiurston to Sing and Thurston gets a try... luckily my investment in the Knights got me out of trouble this week. I really need my Cowboys to fire though.

[M O DJ]

I moved my captain from Buderus to Priddis, thinkig Priddis would have a blinder with the 7 on his back...what happens, Priddis and Penrith gets smashed and Buderus gets 2 tries. Tears.

[Lambretta]

Well my captaincy change didn't work out, I move the captaincy from Thiurston to Sing and Thurston gets a try... luckily my investment in the Knights got me out of trouble this week. I really need my Cowboys to fire though.
I had Gidley (mat) sin binned and minus 6 points. How does -5 + 2 = -6????? Bloody Sportal maths genius. Carney & Quinn in my Blasters side and friggin Carmont scores. The only outside wide player I DIDNT have.

Flippin Knights bah humbug.

[Lambretta]

Results from the Anasta's no Freddy league:-

Lambs 76 def Vagrants 44
Rabbis 53 def Sharks 42
Hunters 48 def Slams 34
Bras 67 def Dozens 50
Kick 18 def All Yours 10
Royals 54 def Dirty 30

Lambs 12 points
Royals 12 points
Dozens 12 points
Hunters 10 points
Rabbis 10 points
Dirty 8 points
Vagrants 8 points
Bras 8 points
Slams 6 points
Sharks 6 points
Kick 4 points
Yours 0 points


A good solid win for my Slaughtered Lambs this week puts me joint top of the league with the Royals, while the Dozens are undone by the Bras to lose the outright lead. But a joint lead is still the lead. Jaimes Rabbi's continue their rise up the table and are now on the verge of joining the outright leaders, as are Dave's Headhunters.

Kick won by beating All Yours, who appear to have thrown in the towel some weeks ago and aren't updating their team. Mikes Slams are slipping down the table and are in danger of losing touch with the finals series. Next week away to the Sharks is a massive 4 pointer for both clubs. They both need to put some good runs together to maintain touch with the leading two groups.

An interesting league indeed :)

[Dirty_Sanchez]

me and u this week lambs its on!

[SamJam]

i must say this makes watching football more exciting and frustrating all at the same time.

i remember barrett last week having a disallowed try and i was spewing chips. darren albert had an intercept, and he got chased down by wesser, and i was screaming at the tele as he was supposed to be the fastest man in league!

[SpaceMonkey]

Guys, any idea if the test match is counted for fantrasy league? I'm assuming not, which is going to leave my side pretty short...

[SamJam]

pretty sure the test players will be all backing up bar injury..

[mrtimotae]

Im almost ready to admit defeat before a ball has been passed

[SpaceMonkey]

pretty sure the test players will be all backing up bar injury..

The backs will but it can be a pretty big ask for the forwards. I'm very light on front rowers this week.

[Lambretta]

All players will be backing up.

I'm pissed off with the test not counting because every player that scored last night is in one of my dream teams.

Farken fark

[Grandmaster]

Hey Lamb do u reckon Benji will play on Sunday? I'm heading out to Leichardt Oval, been a while..Go Tiges!

[Dirty_Sanchez]

im filthy with the broadcasting this weekend dragons v cronulla game is on at 7:30 on fox so it looks like im gonna have to go watch it

[M O DJ]

Heard today that a fair few players aren't backign up...

No Lockyer or Tupou for Bris, no O'Donnel for NQLD, No Benji for Tigers, no Johns or Simpson for Knights and no Tahu or Hindmarsh for Parra.

Coaches could be playing games but thats what the radio said.

[Dirty_Sanchez]

well there goes my dream team

[Lambretta]

Heard today that a fair few players aren't backign up...

No Lockyer or Tupou for Bris, no O'Donnel for NQLD, No Benji for Tigers, no Johns or Simpson for Knights and no Tahu or Hindmarsh for Parra.

Coaches could be playing games but thats what the radio said.
Tahu and Hindmarsh both played for Parra.

Fat fucking load of good it did them.

Why do these lazy fuckers never score in games that actually count towards my dream team scores.

Bastards

[mrtimotae]

Well I think I made a good choice changing my kicker to Cameron Smith

[SamJam]

you little beauty.

back to back wins has me in the top 8!