NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 54 - Flippity Floppity Boo

Also. Blake green. Retire mate

And can one of you guys practice goalkicking every now and then?

surmo13 wrote:

you're misunderstanding me, i'm not saying to ignore dangerous tackles for the sake of entertainment, i'd be more than happy to never see a head-high tackle again, I'm saying more thought needs to be placed into how to punish these dangerous tackles so that the balance between welfare and entertainment can be preserved, people are turning off because this knee-jerk idea is ruining the spectacle, there has to be a better way than this to attain the end-goal.

I agree that this is a knee-jerk reaction from League Commission - should have been pre-season change and allowed the teams / players time to alter their tackling technique.
But, coaches / teams are inherently self-interested, the only way to get cultural change in terms of acceptable tackling and defensive systems is punitive penalties and harsh enough that the coaches will change their training systems. Every advantage a coach can find, they will manipulate.
The admin has to make this clear to them, and if some punters get ticked off in the short term, the game will be better in the long term for it.
I've stuck by the Knights through 20 lean years, 3 wooden spoons and too many rebuilds to count - but I'm still a rusted on fan.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Brailey and Watson limping into 13 still being playable

A bit harsh on Brailey. First down game.

Frizzell touched the ball for the first time this half

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Brailey and Watson limping into 13 still being playable

Likely no Frizell & Saifiti should be a positive for Watson in R13 specifically

Knights aren’t a good footy team

Would’ve liked to see how Frizell would’ve played under Hook if he stayed at the Dragons

wolfking wrote:

A bit harsh on Brailey.  First down game.

I captained him. The gun that I captain each week gets their worst score of the season that week.

mattnz wrote:
I captained him. The gun that I captain each week gets their worst score of the season that week.

There's only one gun now..........

mattnz wrote:
I captained him. The gun that I captain each week gets their worst score of the season that week.

Fuck mate.

wolfking wrote:

A bit harsh on Brailey.  First down game.

Yeah just checked it out and he is averaging more than Cam Smith's best ever season. Expectations might be a bit high on Brailey

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Brailey and Watson limping into 13 still being playable

Fair point re Watson, but this is Brailey's first sub-55 score this season lol. Just a bad game for the fella.

wolfking wrote:

A bit harsh on Brailey.  First down game.

Yeah, he's the highest-averaging hooker in the game! Cook and Mahoney have had down weeks too, and Brailey's missed more tackles tonight than he usually does in four.

Knights do stink though, so who knows if they stick with the same rotations.

I know we're missing Pearce/Ponga and Best but we are absolutely clueless in attack. Need points? Midfield bomb we can't contest. In front? Midfield bomb we can't contest. I can't stand the Knights lack of game plan.

Shady2K wrote:Knights aren’t a good footy team

Would’ve liked to see how Frizell would’ve played under Hook if he stayed at the Dragons

To be fair on the Knights - the whole Pearce texting scandal and loss of the captaincy in the off-season didn't help.
Then they have lost Pearce, Ponga, Hunt, Lee and Best in the backline. Kurt Mann is the only obvious starter available there.
This is where they've been exposed.

Lel, Captain Brailey and Lolo means this week is already over. Oh well, maybe I can get to 30k by the end

Snatchpato wrote:
Fair point re Watson, but this is Brailey's first sub-55 score this season lol. Just a bad game for the fella.

Watson is a tough one - he consistently scores at around 1ppm, so should have a floor of 40.

The Bludger wrote:

To be fair on the Knights - the whole Pearce texting scandal and loss of the captaincy in the off-season didn't help.
Then they have lost Pearce, Ponga, Hunt, Lee and Best in the backline. Kurt Mann is the only obvious starter available there.
This is where they've been exposed.

They’re a bit like Manly without Turbo. Ponga is to them what Turbo is to Manly

Hard to see where their points come from without him. He lifts the other players in the side

Camo123 wrote:

I still don't understand this post R1, it shouldn't make a difference given you're always going to have 2 players locked out

FWIW I have Haas VC

Well partly because you absolutely know he's playing, but he's also averaging more than any player in my team who isn't Cleary.

Shady2K wrote:

They’re a bit like Manly without Turbo. Ponga is to them what Turbo is to Manly

Hard to see where their points come from without him. He lifts the other players in the side

I wish this wasn't the case - but it is.
This is the mental issue AOB is referring to - the role-players aren't clear on what they are meant to be doing as soon as Ponga is off the paddock.
The Storm and Roosters have developed a next man up mentality and everyone knows what they are meant to do.
The Knights lack depth and any injuries or suspensions just kills them.
Let's see what Clifford can bring? At least he has a big boot.

Potentially a double cow round for me, what could go wrong...