Spotty Herbert Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 8 hours ago, Graham said: I’ve found this season tougher than average. Injuries, players just being dropped, Covid breaches, all on the top of the usual variations in form and selections by coaches. Then of course there’s Origin… A tale of woe? No, we fight on. I guess we do fight on, but this week I have lost both my preferred props in Luke Thompson and Addin Fonua Blake (3 games and 3 or 4 weeks respectively), James Fisher Harris will miss three with pregnancy, Shaun Johnson is probably done for the season and Brian To'o will miss 6 weeks. Plus James Roberts is still in quarantine (of sorts) and I have already lost Alex Johnson, Val Holmes and Joseph Suallii. Any chance of an extra half a dozen trades, including another mega week this week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted July 27, 2021 Author Share Posted July 27, 2021 32 minutes ago, Spotty Herbert said: I guess we do fight on, but this week I have lost both my preferred props in Luke Thompson and Addin Fonua Blake (3 games and 3 or 4 weeks respectively), James Fisher Harris will miss three with pregnancy, Shaun Johnson is probably done for the season and Brian To'o will miss 6 weeks. Plus James Roberts is still in quarantine (of sorts) and I have already lost Alex Johnson, Val Holmes and Joseph Suallii. Any chance of an extra half a dozen trades, including another mega week this week? Last season despite being COVID affected was easier to deal with. This season has had all these problems and not enough trades to cope with them all. The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 Head2Head After Round 20 The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 Total Points After Round 20 Some terrific scores this week all round. Three teams scored over 1500 points, wow! Well done James, Ricardo and Graham The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotty Herbert Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 50 minutes ago, Graham said: Total Points After Round 20 Some terrific scores this week all round. Three teams scored over 1500 points, wow! Well done James, Ricardo and Graham 452 came from one person! Very pleasantly surprised given how much I have been whining about injuries and lack of trades Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Spotty Herbert said: 452 came from one person! Very pleasantly surprised given how much I have been whining about injuries and lack of trades I call him Captain Marvellous The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotty Herbert Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 47 minutes ago, Graham said: I call him Captain Marvellous But will you call him that next week if he scores three against your beloved Storm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Spotty Herbert said: But will you call him that next week if he scores three against your beloved Storm? I like to see good players playing well. What will be will be. If he scores three against Storm he will prove how exceptional he is. If he doesn’t, he’s still exceptional anyway. Edited August 3, 2021 by Graham 1 The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 Head2Head After Round 21 The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 Total Points After Round 21 The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 The total points category continues to the end of Round 25 The regular head to head category is completed and now moves into the finals stage. The top 16 are involved in this - top 8 in the premiership, 9 to 16 in the minor premiership. Hard luck 17-20. You are still involved in the total points comp to the end though. Here’s the draw for the H2H Finals: PREMIERSHIP The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 So few trades left that I can’t use them other than for a real emergency. The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotty Herbert Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 51 minutes ago, Graham said: So few trades left that I can’t use them other than for a real emergency. I have one trade left. Shaun Johnson and Joseph Suallii are out for the season, Angus Crighton has taken an early guilty plea for a 3 game ban and I believe Kurt Capewell will be banned this week. I also have Luke Thompson who is still banned and James Fisher Harris who is outside the NRL bubble. Plus question marks over Nicho Hynes playing minutes, the fitness of Jahrome Hughes and the fact that Ryan James is out of favour at Canberra. 1. Any suggestions as to what I should do? 2. I wish I was playing me this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Spotty Herbert said: I have one trade left. Shaun Johnson and Joseph Suallii are out for the season, Angus Crighton has taken an early guilty plea for a 3 game ban and I believe Kurt Capewell will be banned this week. I also have Luke Thompson who is still banned and James Fisher Harris who is outside the NRL bubble. Plus question marks over Nicho Hynes playing minutes, the fitness of Jahrome Hughes and the fact that Ryan James is out of favour at Canberra. 1. Any suggestions as to what I should do? 2. I wish I was playing me this week. If only bribery and corruption were an option. The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotty Herbert Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 16 hours ago, Graham said: If only bribery and corruption were an option. Surely it is? This is rugby league, after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 Have used 50% of my remaining trades after all. Just four more weeks to survive. (22-25 inclusive). The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimBronco Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Shocking season for me, but you learn and move on. Bring on 2022! Best of luck to everyone involved in the Premiership and Minor Premiership! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 hour ago, JimBronco said: Shocking season for me, but you learn and move on. Bring on 2022! Best of luck to everyone involved in the Premiership and Minor Premiership! Thanks JB What always surprises me is how the same team can score so differently pne week to the next. The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 There was surely only one captain to have this week in R22 wasn’t there? The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 Head2Head Table 2021 - Final This is it for this table. There will be no more updates here. Premiership After Week 1 The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 16, 2021 Author Share Posted August 16, 2021 Total Points After Round 22 This ladder continues until Round 25 is completed. The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotty Herbert Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 My RL passions are the Rhinos in England and the Eels in Oz. One team knows how to win things from a lowly position in the play offs, the other starts strong, peaks far too early and then crashes and burns. THIS year I am like a slimy, snake type creature, successful at the start but feeble when it mattered. Congratulations to those that planned their trades so much beter than I did and to The Flat Cappers in particular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 Total Points After Round 23 There’s just two more rounds to finalise the Total Points table. There were a few shock results in that round with good scores more difficult to get. Only Noel topped 1300 points. Gaining more than 1,000 points was a reasonable achievement in the scheme of things. Injuries, bans, loss of form affected team selections for many I suspect. Trades will I suspect be in short supply or worse. Good luck in Round 24 everyone. Good luck James currently in 72nd place overall. Remember all 20 of us are still involved in this comp. Cheers, Graham The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 Premiership After Week 2 We are down to just four in this season is highly competitive Finals comp. Good luck all four as they fight it out to grab a Grand Final place this week. Good scores this week in our minor premiership comp. It should be a good battle between the remaining four this week after very good scores in R23. The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted August 24, 2021 Author Share Posted August 24, 2021 Well it’s been a reasonable season for me in terms of points scored. Looking back it turned out I wasted a few trades. All the same I am happy to have made some telling purchases at the right time. Some early choices of captains cost me in H2H, but I’ve done a lot better with captain choices recently. Last week in R23 I just had a full 17 with no back up as there were a fair number of my players rested (DNPs). That’s resolved itself this week with a bigger number of players to choose from in R24. Whether it is sensible or not I still have one trade left. I kept one just for an emergency in a position where maybe 2/2 players in a position (fb or hk) were out. The Australian Rugby League Forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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