NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 86 - Fantasy is a 15 man game

Chewie wrote:

And the Broncos play to avoid the spoon

robelgordo wrote:Some of these players being rested (or speculatively about to be rested) haven't actually played more than in a normal season - suggests squad rotation will be the norm for teams with guaranteed berths in future seasons.

A bye before the finals start would help.

Another option to prevent this would be to go back to the old McIntyre finals series format - where 1v8, 2v7, 3v6, 4v5 - so there is more incentive to finish higher than 4th. It's a more mathematically sound system anyway. Even if it's "complexity" upset people.

Milchcow wrote:

A late St Filthingham's day this year?


(for the uninitiated, St Totteringham's Day is the day in which it becomes mathematically impossible for Tottenham to overtake Arsenal in the league. Sadly/happily St Totteringham's day doesn't get celebrated every year any more)

robelgordo wrote:

How is 3rd being eliminated when there’s 8 teams left worse than 1st being eliminated when there’s 6 teams, which can happen now?

By their very nature, finals are stupid. NRL are effectively playing a 20 week qualifying/seeding event for a 4 week championship.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:12 points behind Filth overall. Think this is the latest in a season he has ever been in front of me

Camo123 wrote:RTS obviously out with hamstring but other fantasy relevant players as per usual for Warriors.

ShadowSabre wrote:

Where do the Warriors team lists get posted?

filthridden wrote:

I honestly don't like my chances

jelejasof wrote:

happily

No Worries wrote:

Ice was a Sportal poster who had constructed the most convoluted finals system ever and stood by it vehemently. It was like a cross between a Hatrick Rabbit joke and Bulldog (cant remember he's real handle) trying to explain how byes work combined together.

Ahhhhhh those were the days.

robelgordo wrote:

How is 3rd being eliminated when there’s 8 teams left worse than 1st being eliminated when there’s 6 teams, which can happen now?

By their very nature, finals are stupid. NRL are effectively playing a 20 week qualifying/seeding event for a 4 week championship.

robelgordo wrote:Speaking of Spurs, they just dodged a bullet:
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/sep/21/leyton-orient-covid-19-carabao-cup-tottenham-spurs

Absolutely mindblowing coming from the Aus experience with COVID and sports.

Milchcow wrote:

McIntyre was shit because if 8 beat 1, then the winner of some other game had to play team 1 the next week (possibly at a neutral venue or 1s home ground) whilst the team that beat them got 'punished' with a game against team 8.

In general, the winner of 4v5 had a harder week 2 match-up than the loser. And if it was all Sydney teams involved, then there wasn't even home ground advantage to make up for that.