2019 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 5

Is it just me or is everyone ending up with half a dozen broncs in their team? Rearranged it 30000 times and every time I sit back and look at it I’ve got way too many to feel comfortable about my team.

my tv broke wrote:I'd be surprised if any NRL team was guarenteeing Kahu a fb gig, for reasons Kalkadoon posted. Maybe he's going to play centre. Badel is notoriously wrong about info

I don't understand the signing if it's to play centre. We've got Hampton, Oneill, Tuala, Bowen and Opacic as well as wingers that could push Nene inside. We don't need another centre, we need a fullback and Kahu fills that gap, but it's pretty underwhelming.

White Lightning wrote:Maybe the Kahu signing is just for depth similar to Fensom going to the Broncos. Kahu is so injury prone & brittle & he's lost his edge.

Could be, on one of the news reports I read there was suggestions Broncos would contribute to salary.

Sick of this game getting dragged through the mud by these wankers in the media and the idiots who follow them with their offended opinions. I could be wrong but to my understanding there’s 480 players total on contract in first grade, if there’s been 6 players behaving poorly against women then that puts it at 1.25% of the playing group. Now don’t get me wrong, if players like De Bellend are guilty then I hope what he gave is returned to him 10 fold in jail. It seems that people who don’t even give a shit about this game are so willing to drag it down. The media is a lot to blame but the stupidity of society to call them out on bullshit is more so. There’s so many good blokes out there using their profile to better their community and it’s not worth the news. Can’t wait for the actual footy to start.

KalkadoonWarrior wrote:Sick of this game getting dragged through the mud by these wankers in the media and the idiots who follow them with their offended opinions. I could be wrong but to my understanding there’s 480 players total on contract in first grade, if there’s been 6 players behaving poorly against women then that puts it at 1.25% of the playing group. Now don’t get me wrong, if players like De Bellend are guilty then I hope what he gave is returned to him 10 fold in jail. It seems that people who don’t even give a shit about this game are so willing to drag it down. The media is a lot to blame but the stupidity of society to call them out on bullshit is more so. There’s so many good blokes out there using their profile to better their community and it’s not worth the news. Can’t wait for the actual footy to start.

If they didn’t do the shit the media wouldn’t be able to report on it. There’s been some talk in other threads about licensing journos though and I’m all for that idea if it got rid of grubs like slothfield.

NRL.com - could be a new Cashy popping up. Don’t think it’ll happen though.

Player power is piling the pressure on Garth Brennan to pick 19-year-old front-rower Moeaki Fotuaika in his starting team when Gold Coast open their season against the Raiders.

StormTrooper96 wrote:NRL.com - could be a new Cashy popping up. Don’t think it’ll happen though.

Player power is piling the pressure on Garth Brennan to pick 19-year-old front-rower Moeaki Fotuaika in his starting team when Gold Coast open their season against the Raiders.

He's 403k already!

filthridden wrote:Well fuck.

I've just realised that the Melbourne Good Beer Week gala session that I have a ticket for is the first Friday of the season.

I'll be drinking a reasonable amount from 5pm onwards.

Drunken trading/team tinkering that early in the season is going to be very costly.

You goings to GABs? I'm thinking about heading over this year.

CubanMafiaSandSlugs wrote:How are we all? I've missed this forum, and you all. Took a year or so off. Good to be back.

Is my old mate @Mearcats still around? What about @Welshy and @SI? The good old days.

Good to see the great Milchy still running things and guiding this forum with his wisdom.

Looking forward to an entertaining 2019 of footy!

Cuban you beautiful man you! How's things fella? Great to have you back, hope all is well.

Honeysett wrote:

You goings to GABs? I'm thinking about heading over this year.

Potentially. Long way away yet though. Been getting into the beers a bit much lately. Hitting my waistline and wallet more than I would like :/

StormTrooper96 wrote:Big thing on NrL.com saying CS9 will spend some time away from hooker out of his position this year. They are remaining tight lipped but it is believed that he could spend some time behind the ruck as a ball playing lock to take the pressure off Munster and give BS9 some more time at hooker. BSmith might be a cheap bench option option this year if he can nab 30-40 minutes. They told Brandon they want him to play a lot more hooker this year.

Just means more TAs in my opinion although it would annoy me if he was to come off 10mins early if the result is beyond doubt

StormTrooper96 wrote:NRL.com - could be a new Cashy popping up. Don’t think it’ll happen though.

Player power is piling the pressure on Garth Brennan to pick 19-year-old front-rower Moeaki Fotuaika in his starting team when Gold Coast open their season against the Raiders.

He's a bit of a PPM King, but if he starts then it's very juicy.

Start over Boyd I assume? Wallace would be safe, right.

my tv broke wrote:Pete "Badintel" Badel reporting that Kahu is in talks with Cowboys for immediate release to play FB.

I would probably put kahu at centre and hampton fb.

Any stats on him at fullback?

Milchy wrote:

He's a bit of a PPM King, but if he starts then it's very juicy.

Start over Boyd I assume? Wallace would be safe, right.

Guess so, they have lots of big minute players though, so not sure where extra minutes would come from.

Milchy wrote:

He's a bit of a PPM King, but if he starts then it's very juicy.

Start over Boyd I assume? Wallace would be safe, right.

The fact that he’s in discussion to start kinda makes me think that James is in the second row which seals my Arrow pick

Alfie wrote:

Any stats on him at fullback?

Haha I just remember him killing it one game because Hodges was fullback in attack and centre in defence but the attack always went opposite Hodges and Kahu got 3 TAs from being at centre

Alfie wrote:

Just means more TAs in my opinion although it would annoy me if he was to come off 10mins early if the result is beyond doubt

Watch Smith score 90 the first round to get us all tempted again

KalkadoonWarrior wrote:Sick of this game getting dragged through the mud by these wankers in the media and the idiots who follow them with their offended opinions. I could be wrong but to my understanding there’s 480 players total on contract in first grade, if there’s been 6 players behaving poorly against women then that puts it at 1.25% of the playing group. Now don’t get me wrong, if players like De Bellend are guilty then I hope what he gave is returned to him 10 fold in jail. It seems that people who don’t even give a shit about this game are so willing to drag it down. The media is a lot to blame but the stupidity of society to call them out on bullshit is more so. There’s so many good blokes out there using their profile to better their community and it’s not worth the news. Can’t wait for the actual footy to start.

Crikey this came out of no where! P.S. I didn't dislike your comment. I think it's important though that the media sheds a lot on player behaviour these days. 1.25% might seem low but it really isn't acceptable and this off season is certainly the worst I have ever seen as far as severe incidents come. Without the media putting the spotlight on the players, there isn't enough motivation for the NRL to up its game and for the players to improve as a group. I was always taught at boarding school that everyone had to match a certain standard because its that 1.25% that can ruin a groups image. It isn't an excuse to ignore that 1.25%, everyone has to meet a standard and encourage each other to maintain that standard. Bring on the footy!!

Feels good to get my avatar back in right before the trials kick in and we all ramp up the speculation (and more avatar bets).