NRL SUPERCOACH 2017 TotalRLSCLeague17 FINAL POSITIONS ...TOTAL POINTS and HEAD2HEAD Chat Here; 2018 EARLY CHAT/NEWS

[Graham]

I could never make a manager, I am to sentimental to certain players and teams.

Funny though, in Supercoach, I found it takes a few goes to lose that lotalty thing somewhat.

Sometimes though it pays to be loyal - it's terrible to sell just before  player then hits a run of big scores.

Players CAN put you off them by the SC performances.

DCE for example.

I have had him in my teams over the years but I always gave up on him as he is so inconsistent and only performed well when I didn't have him in my squad. I just won't touch him now. There are one or two like that.

Another thing is not to be drawn into a lot of average type players. You usually end up gradually sinking ...

This has been my most lucrative season ever. I have been making money from the start. If only it was real money, I'd sell up and hit the big time!

[Graham]

Quite a struggle for points this week again, despite there being only two teams on byes.

Injuries before and during the round plus players being rested after Origin were limiting factors for  some of us.

Let's have a look at our points first.

By looking at the Head2Head results image we can see our points best:

Top scorer was James (1123) and his Flat Capper Select with Aaron (1121) xcheesybagelx just two points behind. Well done to both.

The others to break the 1,000 point barrier were:

David and his Saints and Sharks (1059) - great score on a tough week David.

David and his Anley Sea Eagles (1056)

Jack Spirit Squad (1007) Graham Fev Stormers (1005)

It was a toughie, so it was fair do's if you got into the 900's 

So here are the two ladders that follow on from those games. N.B. If you click on the images you can see them bigger and clearer.

As always it is good to hear from you. How did it go for you? What could it have been if only...

All the clubs play this week - no byes or Origin to intefere with our grand plans.

Good luck in Round 17 

Cheers,

Graham

[Graham]

Well that seems to have been a generally better week for us.

I suppose it helped that all the teams were playing in R17!

Here's how our individual scores turned out:

Game of the round had to be David's Anley Sea Eagles v Matt's Gorbag Shagrats with Matt coming out on top, a great perfomance against our ladder leader. Well done Matt.

Top scorer though was Rhys and his TheYearTwo James racking up 1270 pulsating points. James and his McKnight's Marvels were not far behind on 1266.

Well done to everyone in the 1100 or 1,000 point bracket. 12/20 of us had scores in excess of 1,000 points this round.

Here's how those scores and games affected our Points Total and H2H ladders:

There's five of us averaging over 1,000 points a round thus far in the season.

Round 18 will more than likely be the toughest round we have left to face being affected by Origin and 8 teams on byes.

Round 19 sees just six games with four teams on byes.

After that we hae a straight run in to the finish which is on the completion of Round 26 (not the Finals series)

Good luck in Round 18 then, I have a strong suspicion that we are going to need it.

Enjoy your Rugby League,

Graham

[Irish Saint]

Week 18 Results:

I don't feel so bad losing to the highest score

Anley Sea Eagles 842	def	skimming 779
Fev Stormers 841	def	Gorbag Shagrats 524
spirit squad 684	def by	Flat Capper Select 776
Sherlock 301	def by	LOD 658
Waggyz Gunz 375	def	ST Domingos 313
Ash n Jake 627	def	Springfield Atoms 283
Muenchen Storm 551	def by	xcheesybagelx 622
TheYearTwo 653	def	All$tars 188
Saints & Sharks 568	def by	McKnight's Marvels 872
Thatcham Rabbitohs 487	def by	Cranebrook Cougars 564

[Graham]

Glad I didn't play David and his Anley Sea Eagles this week. It would have hurt badly to have lost by one puny little point!

Congratulations tulations Kames and your top scoring Marvellous McKnights... or similar. :-D

[Graham]

Thanks for the summary Irish Saint, you're a ........... erm ...... Saint!

Much appreciated.

[JimBronco]

Wow, low scoring round.

[JimBronco]

Is it time to jump on Teddy or is Hayne the man to go to?

[Graham]

Me I'd have two Teddys for any Haynes. 

Maybe some bias in that, but that's how I think. :-D

[Irish Saint]

Week 19 Results:

 

Congratulations to the winners commiserations to the losers:

 

Well done to Flat Capper Select and McKnight's Marvel on breaking the 1300 point barrier.

 

Anley Sea Eagles 1189	def	Fev Stormers 1149
spirit squad 1064	def	skimming 711
Sherlock 728	def	Gorbag Shagrats 333
Waggyz Gunz 495	def by	Flat Capper Select 1317
Ash n Jake 1002	def	LOD 844
Muenchen Storm 848	def	ST Domingos 748
TheYearTwo 1137	def	Springfield Atoms 477
Saints & Sharks 894	def by	xcheesybagelx 917
Thatcham Rabbitohs 1002	def	All$tars 646
Cranebrook Cougars 691	def by	McKnight's Marvels 1307

[Graham]

Thanks yet again Irish Saint.?

[JimBronco]

Got Hayne in last week but already thinking about SJ-nuff, Hayne-Slater. 

[Graham]

As I said, Hayne's a no go for me. Billy is a more genuine whole hearted player.

[JimBronco]

15 hours ago, Graham said:

As I said, Hayne's a no go for me. Billy is a more genuine whole hearted player.

He's in sensational form. 5 round average of 91.4 is hard to pass up. 

[Graham]

Well Billy was a good option until Soliola targeted his head and had him stretchered off.

[JimBronco]

21 hours ago, Graham said:

Well Billy was a good option until Soliola targeted his head and had him stretcered off.

Yep. I'm hoping that he's not out for long. From the sounds of it, Smith is a hold (could miss just one game), Surgess could play this round, but Gutho is a sell. Shame that's happened as I was just going to make the one trade this week (C Walker to Widdop). I've only 5 trades left so need to think long and hard about who to sell and who to buy.

[Graham]

I had seriously considered Gutherson and Smith after Origin, but resisted mostly through managing limited trades. I can cover Surgess whatever, Have Widdop already but would you believe I didn't use him last round! Doh!

[Graham]

I'll start my round up this week by thanking Irish Saint, who runs the Saints and Sharks team, for his sterling work while I was away. Top work!

This post is just a little later than usual by a few hours this week.

I've had a lot of catching up to do, and not just on the forum.

Here then are the results of the Head to Head matches this week.

12/20 of us have scores over 1,000 

I top scored with 1180 (Fev Stormers) but only just pipped James and his McKnight's Marvels on 1177. At one point before the revisions we were both on the same number of points. For once the changes went in my favour. Hard luck James.

Check the results and you'll see there were three relatively high scoring close games. The competition is hotting up generally as we move closer to the final stages of the H2H competition and with the overall points finishing line being at the end of Round 26 when the comp finishes.

Here then is how the ladders look after that round.

Notice David and his Anley Sea Eagles are in a very very commendable position overall in the Supercoach comp for 2017 being placed in 609th! 

There are two or three teams that can still lift their averages to the 1,000 points a round total i.e. 26,000+ by the end of R26.

Hopefully those averaging over 1,000 points a round already will be able to at least maintain that.

The good scores stretching right down the ladder this week is really great to see. Well done all to concerned.

Now the H2H ladder. N.B. The Head2Head  Finals Series starts in R23, so there's not many regular rounds left to go!

 

Once more the ugly face of the comp that is 'player injuries and withdrawals' is making itself felt.

Good luck in that department to you.

Your comments and ideas are welcome and appreciated. 

Yours in Rugby League,

Graham 

P.S. Click on the images if you need to see them bigger

 

 

[Graham]

Parramatta' push to the finals has taken a huge blow with confirmation superstar Clint Gutherson has suffered a season ending ACL injury.

“This is disappointing news for Clint and the team as he has been a strong contributor so far this season,” said coach Brad Arthur.

“We wish him all the best in his recovery and I am sure he will be back stronger then ever next season.”

“Despite this setback the team is more determined then ever to make a strong finish to the season.”

[Graham]

He was a player I thought I'd be bringing in afterOrigin. Glad I waited.

[Graham]

Do you have Billy Slater in your squad?

Hold or sell?

It's probably worth holding him unless you have trades to burn.

Billy won't be playing this weekend (R21) but has said he will be back for the Cowboys game (R22)

[Railway End]

I brought Gutherson in last week to replace Johnson, sums up my luck this year. ?

I had planned on "nuffing" a few of my fringe players out but with all these injuries I'm holding trades to replace fallen guns.

..

[Graham]

Gutherson has had a standout season up to last weekend. He has been on my radar for ages, but what with other priorities and injuries he slipped my grasp. Too late now of course. Maybe next season...............

[JimBronco]

10 hours ago, Graham said:

Do you have Billy Slater in your squad?

Hold or sell?

It's probably worth holding him unless you have trades to burn.

Billy won't be playing this weekend (R21) but has said he will be back for the Cowboys game (R22)

Definate hold when you consider the lack of trades we all have. 

[Graham]

Summing up my R22 performance  - poor

I have a good squad - but in this round i made a poor choice of playing squad and appalling choice of captain.

Ah well 

Here's how the round went in our H2Hs

Remember:

• The leagues head-to-head competitions get under way from round 4. Everyone in the league plays against each other once from rounds 4 to 22.
• Rounds 23-26 will comprise of a top 8 finals series, based around the real NRL finals system, to find the overall league premiers. 9th - 16th will also play off for the league's minor premiership. The bottom 4 teams will miss out on playing League Finals - however they'll continue to score points and play as usual in the overall competition, through to round 26.

Congratulations thse of you who got 1,000+ points in the round - just six of you.

Hard luck story of the round has to be Skimming (Brad) losing out to Simon's Muenchen Storm by just two points! Well done both of you in contesting the only fixture where both sides got more than a thousand points.

Here then is the resulting updated H2H Ladder after R21:

The overall points competition runs on until Round 26 after which it finishes. It does not continue for the Finals Series.

 

Good luck in R22

Graham