2019 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 1

Gal has always been like this though ('wears his heart on his sleeve' if you are a Sharkies fan / 'is a massive knob' if you are not). Was this not pretty much the same pressure and sentiment he put on young Jack Bird when he was thinking about switching clubs?

Warriors sign Lachlan Burr on a 2 year deal. I think he was at the Bulldogs. He's exactly the kind of no-nonsense, hardnosed forward the Warriors need.

Was Australia just handed that? I don’t understand why on earth in 17 overs Australia scored 158 and India scored MORE on 169 and lost by 5 runs?

Merrin, Merrin, Merrin!!!

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Mighty Fishes wrote:Was Australia just handed that? I don’t understand why on earth in 17 overs Australia scored 158 and India scored MORE on 169 and lost by 5 runs?

Duckworth Lewis Method comes into play when weather is a factor and the overs are limited (in this case they played 17 overs each rather than the usual 20), so they set the total of runs needed to win higher for the second team to bat because that side has a huge advantage, knowing they have 10 wickets in hand whilst facing fewer balls and therefore able to just go bananas with a high strike rate and high run rate. In this case, Australia batted first and were ticking along well enough, but probably being more conservative because they were thinking they would get 20 overs before this was shortened by weather (and its usually the last few overs when the ball gets hit for boundaries because there is little left to lose when you have plenty of wickets in hand), whereas India went into bat knowing that they only had 17 overs and could play a far more aggressive style . There is a standard mathematical formula to work it out, in this case India went in to bat already knowing they had to get to 174 in order to win and instead they fell 5 runs short.

It is a funny rule, but makes perfect sense when you think about it.

Apparently C. Smith has given the Storm an ultimatum.....2 years or I'm out. He is seeking a 2 year contract extension as he is currently unsigned.
On the cricket I think the Duckworth Lewis method works in the batting teams favour if they haven't lost too many wickets. Aussie were 3 down so their score got upgraded. If they had of been say 6 down their score would of been downgraded.

India did not have a huge advantage though. In 20/20 don’t you use your best bowlers for the last couple of overs so therefor missed out on using them when Australia got to pre plan when to use their bowlers.

Economy rates historically go through the roof during the last few over though. With wickets in hand its not outrageous to think we could have scored 10-12 an over there.

Krump wrote:Economy rates historically go through the roof during the last few over though. With wickets in hand its not outrageous to think we could have scored 10-12 an over there.

In theory, Duckworth-Lewis takes that into account (it caters for wickets in hand and the time during an innings that overs are lost, based on historical performances from teams in similar positions) but it comes up with strange decisions sometimes

Don't judge me for being so lame and looking into fantasy teams 5 months early! (I'm kidding, judge me- I have no shame!) But I couldn't resist having a go when I saw that nrlfantasy.com.au had a team planner. I think the two Raiders recruits Bateman and Sutton may break this game so everyone is playing on easy mode. Both are likely to be starting in the 13 and at basement prices. I put them in my reserves and just started adding guns, and ended up making a pretty OP team:

McCullough
Arrow Tolman
Brown TPJ Murray
Koroisau Morgan
Capewell Lomax
Tedesco Edwards Crichton
R: Stimson Bateman Sutton + Some broncos cheapie like Haas who will benefit from half their forward pack leaving
4x nuffie cash cows

The only real problem with this team is it does not have Smith or Cook to captain.
Otherwise I am starting with a sneaky 10 keepers.


Feels like I am making a supercoach side :/
I am not trying to start a trend of 'rate my team' posts this early, just trying to make the point how freaking ridiculous making a superpowered team will be for next season with those two Raiders nerfing the system

Is it any wonder he didn't want to spend the night in gaol and paid the $20K sureity.

Get a load of those jeans

Zane Musgrove signed by Wests to 2021.

Pookus McFly wrote:Don't judge me for being so lame and looking into fantasy teams 5 months early! (I'm kidding, judge me- I have no shame!) But I couldn't resist having a go when I saw that nrlfantasy.com.au had a team planner. I think the two Raiders recruits Bateman and Sutton may break this game so everyone is playing on easy mode. Both are likely to be starting in the 13 and at basement prices. I put them in my reserves and just started adding guns, and ended up making a pretty OP team:

McCullough
Arrow Tolman
Brown TPJ Murray
Koroisau Morgan
Capewell Lomax
Tedesco Edwards Crichton
R: Stimson Bateman Sutton + Some broncos cheapie like Haas who will benefit from half their forward pack leaving
4x nuffie cash cows

The only real problem with this team is it does not have Smith or Cook to captain.
Otherwise I am starting with a sneaky 10 keepers.


Feels like I am making a supercoach side :/
I am not trying to start a trend of 'rate my team' posts this early, just trying to make the point how freaking ridiculous making a superpowered team will be for next season with those two Raiders nerfing the system

They won't be basement price, they will be priced on their Super League stats converted into Fantasy score. So back to the drawing board Pookus.

bluetige wrote:

They won't be basement price, they will be priced on their Super League stats converted into Fantasy score. So back to the drawing board Pookus.

Will they though? I hope so. Elliot Whitehead came over and cost minimal price. Pretty sure Hodgson did the year before that too. I would honestly be happier if you are right, I think having two 'autopick' players of that calibre available at once would make it far too easy for everyone to just run with their chosen guns everywhere else. It's the biggest reason I prefer NRLF over Supercoach. Such a little thing could really ruin my enjoyment next season, and I just don't trust them not to put in an effort toward making sure this doesn't happen.

Josh Hodgson was $336k his fist year and Elliot Whitehad was $313k his first year (back when min price was $128k)


Bateman and Sutton may be cheap relative to expected output, but they won't be bargain basement.

You can check out their stats here
https://www.rugby-league.com/superleague/stats/player_stats

(they both played for Wigan last year)

Musgrove at the Tigers if he gets a starting spot comig of a year of injury should be a nice earner

Panthers sign Sele from Dragons

Aussies scored 132 in 19 overs.

What’s the bet India will need to score 250 in 19 due to the advantage they had

Milchy wrote:
Josh Hodgson was $336k his fist year and Elliot Whitehad was $313k his first year (back when min price was $128k)


Bateman and Sutton may be cheap relative to expected output, but they won't be bargain basement.

You can check out their stats here
https://www.rugby-league.com/superleague/stats/player_stats

(they both played for Wigan last year)

Good work as always, cow!
I started with Whitehead that year too, no idea how I could have been so sure he was basement price
But at least that will solve my dilemma of the ubergun teams.