Talking League fantasy podcast

New podcast has dropped we preview the South Sydney Rabbitohs. Special guest on the show is Rabbitohs star lock forward
Cameron Murray.

Free to listen at https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/rabbitohs-preview

Episode Guide:
2:44 - Welcome Cam Murray
2:52 - Update on his hamstring and his rehab
4:58 - How he felt about the new rules
6:16 - What mins is where he is at an optimum
8:09 - Has Cam and Jai done much work together
9:37 - Keaon Koloamatangi
10:00 - Benji Marshall and Josh Mansour
11:20 - How’s Latrell Mitchell and Braidon Burns travelling for trials
12:16 - Jed Cartwright and Jacob Host
13:00 - Wayne Bennett
13:40 - Who is the strongest pound for pound at the club
14:29 - Who is the quickest over 40 metres


Fantasy Analysis
15:03 - Damian Cook
17:05 - Cameron Murray
19:04 - Adam Reynolds
20:56 - Cody Walker
23:59 - Latrell Mitchell
26:07 - Jai Arrow
27:15 - Campbell Graham
29:48 - Dane Gagai and Josh Mansour
32:32 - Keaon Koloamatangi
35:00 - Jacob Host

I have a day off tomorrow, I think I’ll have to give these a listen. A mate has told me how impressive they are.....

Thanks for the positive feedback its most appreciated.

We got another pod out this morning. Gold Coast Titans with an interview with Jamal Fogarty. His a top fella really well spoken and some nice insights into the team.

https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/titans-preview


Episode Guide:

5:00 - Welcome Jamal Fogarty

5:10 - Titans camp insights

6:45 - Brian Kelly

7:35 - How his first preseason has gone

8:30 - What he feels was his break out period of the season

10:00 - The impact of AJ Brimson on the spine

11:17 - Will Taylor and Brimson be right for round 1

12:00 - Toby Sexton

13:00 - How the new boys have settled in and the back end of last year

14:07 - Where Tyrone Peachey will fit in the team

14:49 - Who will be goal kicking

15:46 - Has there been much Cam Smith chat at training

16:26 - Who is the strongest pound for pound at the club?

17:07 - Does he have an arms routine?

17:45 - Who is the fastest player over 40 at the club

18:25 - The excitement of All Stars weekend



Fantasy Analysis:

19:50 - David Fifita

21:00 - Moeaki Fotuaika

22:30 - AJ Brimson

24:20 - Jamal Fogarty

26:57 - Tino Fa'asuamaleaui

30:45 - Mitch Rein

33:00 - Brian Kelly

35:00 - Patrick Herbert

35:38 - Herman Ese'ese

36:39 - Jaimin Jolliffe

tristanknell13 wrote:Roosters preview featuring assistant coach Craig Fitzgibbon - https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/roosters-preview

Episode Guide:

2:00 - Welcome Craig Fitzgibbon

2:14 - What the coaching staff take from 2020

3:25 - Trying to plan for the preseason

4:45 - The progress of the young guys coming into the squad

5:16 - Joseph Suaalii

8:16 - The progress of Sam Walker

9:33 - Lachlan Lam and Adam Keighran

11:21 - Who’s likely to be the goal kicker?

12:41 - Billy Smith

16:41 - Daniel Fifita

19:08 - Sitili Tupouniua


Fantasy Analysis

23:53 - What is your interest in the big dogs Tedesco and Crichton?

26:54 - Is Taukeiaho a priority pickup this season?

28:50 – Is Lachlan Lam in for a big year?

30:11 - Any takers on Victor Radley and Luke Keary?

32:12 – Value picks

32:57 - Spice it up, rookie watch Joseph Suaalii, Sam Walker and Billy Smith,

Sorry I have to disagree on SST avg 65 and Lam avg between 50-60 I just can’t see it.....

In some games Robbo manages his forwards minutes as well so I can’t see SST playing 60-65mins every week.... he could avg mid to maybe high 50’s though.

Re Lam I think he will be a mid 40’s scorer.

New poddy out this morning. Melbourne Storm and we are joined by Christian Welch.

Enjoy the podcast and all starts game tonights.

Cheers TK

https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/storm-preview

Episode Guide:

2:00 –Welcome Christian Welch

2:20 – How the late preseason has been

3:25 – Mad dog Munster

4:12 – Life without Cam Smith

5:19 – Baby goat Harry Grant

6:38 – Goal kicking at the storm

7:41 – Munster vs Paps in kicking

8:25 – The significant increase in his minutes in 2020

9:28 – How Remis Smith and George Jennings are going at training

10:32 – Jack Howarth

11:52 – Fastest in team over 40 metres

12:30 – Table tennis and book making

13:29 –Pound for pound strongest at Storm



Fantasy Analysis:

13:55 – Harry Grant

17:04 – Jahrome Hughes

17:58 – Cameron Munster

19:00 – Ryan Papenhuyzen

22:00 – The Cheese Brandon Smith

22:52 – Josh Addo Carr

24:10 – Brenko Lee

25:00 – Christian Welch

28:11 – Any interest in Finucane, Bromwich & Kaufusi

30:09 – Tui Kamikamica

31:05 – Reimis Smith

32:57 – Max King

@tristanknell13 Has your content been banned on Facebook with new Google news rules

Can't see any of the posts

Camo123 wrote:@tristanknell13 Has your content been banned on Facebook with new Google news rules

Can't see any of the posts

Yeah bro it has been as of this morning. Spewing hey I put so much work into it the last two months


Talking with TK page gone now two and that was 3 years to build it up to 5000

Put Insta and Twitter is still there so check them out

tristanknell13 wrote:


Yeah bro it has been as of this morning. Spewing hey I put so much work into it the last two months


Talking with TK page gone now two and that was 3 years to build it up to 5000

Put Insta and Twitter is still there so check them out

Bit weird given you're not actually linking to news items, some of the other pages/podcasts are still fine

Storm interview with Welch was good but few bits of fantasy analysis I don't agree with

"Smith only averaged 35 tackles a game so Grant will lose 14 points there" - They play a completely different role in defense. Grant was primarily operating as the marker or "A" defender, where Smith would at times defend as wide as "B" or "C" in the normal defensive structure. This move was purely as Smith aged to keep him fresh for the important games. In 2019 Smith averaged 39.7 tackles per game and 40.1 in 2018. Grant's defensive numbers and role are sustainable

"Smith had 15 try assists for the year with Grant only having 5 so we can drop off those points" - Again completely different role and way they score points. Smith regularly operated as a play maker close to the line, putting Tino, JBrom, Finucane and BSmith over for tries targeting the middle off a quick play the ball. Grant is much more of a ball runner. If the markers are on the ground, Smith will send a middle into the soft spot behind the ruck, where Grant will pick up the ball and go. This makes Grant more likely to pick up TBs, offloads, linebreaks than Smith who would tend to get LBAs and TAs.

"Smith's 15 try assists have to go somewhere so Hughes might see an uptick" - Tries (and try assists) are not a guaranteed statistic in the same way kicks/tackles/runs etc are. Melbourne could see an upwards trend, downwards trend or stay the same in terms of tries scored. Logically we can assume that if the attack stays relatively the same the bulk of the attack will run through the creative players; Grant, Hughes, Munster, Papy however we have no idea of the breakdown or how the set plays are trained. Melbourne may be running at attacking structure similar to Manly/Knights where Turbo/Ponga (Papy) throws the last pass on attacking plays so end up with a lot of try assists. Or they may be similar to Penrith where Edwards (Papy) lurks on the inside to hold the defense allowing the 6 and 7 to throw the final pass. Or we might even see a Raiders style attack with Hodgson (Grant) directs all traffic and picks up bulk try assists Unless we see a full strength trial we will have no idea how this change in attacking structure will play out

@multiple.scoregasms you make some good points and you obviously watch the team very closely.

Thats the beauty of rugby league and fantasy, while I don't particularly agree with all your statements, you are making me think and also providing a different context for the people reading so I really appreciate you taking the time to leave a message

Hey guys, released another preview, this episode is the Wests Tigers and we are joined by Billy Walters.

https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/tigers-preview

Episode Guide:
2:10 – Welcome Billy Walters
2:26 – Update on his knee injury
3:26 – What you do in rehab
4:20 – Favoured position moving forward
5:25 – His thoughts on the new rules
6:41 – Changes to the preseason training
7:11 – Jake Simpkin vs Jacob Liddle
8:00 – Jock Madden & Moses Mbye
8:54 – How Adam Doueihi and Luke Brooks are combining
10:15 – Alan Fitzgibbon
11:00 – Strongest pound for pound at the Tigers
11:43 – Shawn Blore
12:37 – James Tamou and Joe Ofahengaue
13:33 – Insights into Stefano Utoikamanu
14:52 – The Leilua boys pairing up on the left edge

Fantasy Analysis
15:51 – Alex Twal
17:33 – Luciano Leilua
18:44 – David Nofoaluma
20:01 – Luke Brooks and Adem Doueihi
22:40 – Moses Mbye
24:33 – Any interest in James Roberts and Joey Leilua
27:22 – Any interest in James Tamou and Joe Ofahengaue
29:30 – Jacob Liddle
32:30 – Shawn Blore
35:30 – Jake Simpkin
36:37 – Daine Laurie
37:32 - Stefano Utoikamanu

Hey guys,

Starting our first of the positional podcasts today. Halves today, hooker tomorrow then centre.
The positional stuff is pretty punchy and short.

Saturday we will drop the Bulldogs and next week Manly and Penrith. Old Tommy Turbo injury means we have to record a few things we did from the weekend.

Link to the show - https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/halves

Episode Guide:
1:25 – Lock picks
6:26 – Middle range picks
12:41 – Cheapies
18:40 - Avoids

Cheers

TK

Next up on our positional analysis is the hookers. Check out our picks for locks, mid range, cheapies and total avoid.

Episode Guide:
1:30 – Cheapies
3:22 – Mid ranges
10:00 – Avoids
12:03 – Lock / Guns

https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/hooker

New podcast out now and we analysis the centres. Check out our locks, mid rangers, cheapies and avoids



Episode Guide:

1:20 – Lock / Guns

6:22 – Avoid

14:10 – Mid range

21:00 - Cheapies



Free to listen at https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/centre or search Talking League on your podcast app.

Jeez I couldn’t believe how off Flanno Corby is! Sure he might not do as well this year as last year, but he’s a good draft option especially later once Moses DCE and Cleary are all gone.

I reckon he’ll make up for his losses (Goals/tackles) by assisting in more tries/lbs. I think he’ll have a good year tbh.

I hope Ted roasts Corby for that

@Snatchpato i'm with ya bro. In Corby's defence we actually recorded the back half of the podcast 2 days before Flano jumped on yesterday. Flano has pretty much convinced me his good to go.

So for those of you interested Bulldogs preview dropped this morning with Kyle Flanagan
https://www.talkingleaguepod.com/post/bulldogs-preview

Episode Guide:

2:12 - Welcome Kyle Flanagan

2:20 - The attraction to the Bulldogs

3:02 - Preseason under Dan Ferris

4:12 - Why he added some weight to his frame

5:11 - How he found the new rules in 2020

6:14 - How he became an elite goal kicker

7:33 - What a dominate half locks like in Flano’s head

8:33 - The mood around the team with all recruitment

9:28 - Nick Cotric

10:09 - His combo with Jake Averillo

10:55 - What Jack Hetherington is like at training

11:26 - Luke Thompson

11:55 - Corey Allan

12:18 - Fastest over 40 metres

12:56 - Strongest pound for pound


Fantasy Analysis

13:30 - Kyle Flanagan

16:09 - Raymond Faitala-Mariner

18:08 - Adam Elliott

20:50 - Luke Thompson

24:00 - Jake Averillo

27:05 - Will Hopoate and Josh Jackson

28:10 - Thoughts on Matt Burton

29:43 - Jack Hetherington

30:25 - Matt Doorey

tristanknell13 wrote:@Snatchpato i'm with ya bro. In Corby's defence we actually recorded the back half of the podcast 2 days before Flano jumped on yesterday. Flano has pretty much convinced me his good to go.

Yeah fair enough. Is he on board the FlanaganWagon now? (I’m also talking mostly draft here, classic he’s pretty well priced but I’m not sure he’s a gun so I won’t be jumping on).

Also I did a spit take with my coffee when I heard Andy’s entrance hahahaha that was gold!

@Snatchpato HAHAHAHAAHA, i swear bro i have no idea what his going to do.

I think more draft his on the Flano express

I'm on both trains

@Snatchpato haha Ted is due to give me a spray for something soon. Like TK mentioned above we recorded it before the interview with Flanno. After I heard it and his confident talk of roaming I started to doubt my original prediction haha.

jjcorby1 wrote:@Snatchpato haha Ted is due to give me a spray for something soon. Like TK mentioned above we recorded it before the interview with Flanno. After I heard it and his confident talk of roaming I started to doubt my original prediction haha.

Yeah that's fair enough mate. I'm not sure he'll be a massive gun, but I reckon he'll continue to hang with guys like ARey and Wighton, but who knows the Fantasy Gods are fickle fellas.

Welcome to the forum too mate. I highly recommend an embarrasing pic of TK or Andy as your avatar.