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Rava wrote:

Mickado wrote:I’ve a few Ulster and Ospreys players and the teams haven’t been picked so it’s a bit of a punt on them.

Mick the teams have been picked. See bottom of page 1.

https://www.606v2.com/t34489-ospreys-vs-ulster

Bah! John Afoa's been dropped, well i'm not changing him at this stage. Hope he comes on a gets a hat trick!

I decided to take a hit on a couple of players as they didn't play last week or this...have to speculate to accumulate

Well, well, a good Friday night for me I had Shingler,Cuthbert and Visser all scoring tries

Well done LordDowlais! I dropped Visser. Still to see if it pays off tonight with Madigan. I had really expected O'Dea to cross the line last night. Munster seriously struggled to capitalise on what was an embarassing Treviso side at times. At least Keatley kicked well for me.

One thing, when I log in, it says I havn't selected a team yet and I'm not a memnber of a league? Unless i registered twice and forgot my other username? Or is this what happens everyone's access when the weekend comes?

Could someone check that I am still there in the league and havn't been somehow erased??

Actually, i think its just their less than professional way of stopping changes during game time. They seemt o take their data completly offline. I can't even see the leaderboard.

Can anyone else confirm this is how the site looks currently? And its not just me?

clivemcl wrote:Actually, i think its just their less than professional way of stopping changes during game time. They seemt o take their data completly offline. I can't even see the leaderboard.

Can anyone else confirm this is how the site looks currently? And its not just me?

Cant see my team or any leagues at the moment so I think it's like you said, just offline during gametime weekends.

Ok, I will need to write down my team next week, I cant remember a few players!

Mia Nikora i could kiss you. I have lost ground on first and dropped to third but i've 7 starters tonight so i might make some of that back up.

Hot on your heels Mick! We both have Afoa and Madigan tonight. So will my boy Payne out do your boy Nacewa etc etc...

Bring it on!

Mickado wrote:Mia Nikora i could kiss you. I have lost ground on first and dropped to third but i've 7 starters tonight so i might make some of that back up.

You didn't say who had overtaken you Mick!!

And I have 8 starters tonight.

75 to 67 Clive. Maybe next time pal

Rav beat me by one point, I consider it a lesson learned.

They screwed up a few players points though, Madigan only got 4 for conversions but he scored 3 of them, Nacewa hasn't got his 2 extra for a conversion and the Leinster forwards seem to have got 4 for a defensive bonus (which they shouldn't get).

Ah I forgot all about this, any point signing up now?

pete (buachaill on eirne) wrote:Ah I forgot all about this, any point signing up now?

I don't see why not, PLENTY of games left to make a comeback.

Team	Name	Fav.Team	Week	Total
mpc28	mpc28	Ospreys	113	189
Ravadirect12	Rava	Ulster	88	158
ScarletSpidermen	ScarletSpiderman	Scarlets	86	154
Bob Loblaws Law Blog XV	Mickado	Leinster	85	149
Doctors Orders	DrNickolas	Cardiff	86	143
AlwaysRunNeverKick	clivemcl	Ulster	82	131
Relegation Favourites	Buzzscarlet	Scarlets	47	105
wocky's side steppers	shabry	Dragons	52	105
Warriors	LordDowlais	Ospreys	52	103
Celtic_Artisans	ArtfulDodger	Ulster	50	101
The Mayoneggs	Looseheaded	Cardiff	46	92
Prematchpint?	Breadvan	Ospreys	56	90
Navan town	Keith	Leinster	29	77

Wow, some seriously big scoring this week!

I need to find a way to get Keatley into my team. He's the main difference between the leader and me.

113pts in one weekend? That is surely illegal

Prydie + Halfpenny + Keatley + Laidlaw + Madigan = a ridiculous amount of points.

Yea not to give the game away, but with a serious drop down in points between 6th place and 7th, I feel some people haven't realised the benefit of picking as many kickers as possible!

MPC28 mastered it this week to be fair, and I have made changes accordingly!

The big question now is this - is it wise to replace Visser with Prydie for this week given the oppostion that Edinburgh are coming up against? I probably should have done it last week, but I don't think I'll be changing them this week.

Mick - Dragons v Blues, should be pens left right and centre.

Yeah good point, but Visser always scores a shed load against Italian teams (4 last season) and he’s clearly on form again this time round.

Will Prydie be the kicker for the rest of the season d’ya think?

I can't see why he would not be. And to be honest from what I know of the players I would guess Dan Evans would take over if Prydie was unavailable.

clivemcl wrote:Yea not to give the game away, but with a serious drop down in points between 6th place and 7th, I feel some people haven't realised the benefit of picking as many kickers as possible!

MPC28 mastered it this week to be fair, and I have made changes accordingly!

Bit early on the changes Clive. Squads haven't even been named. Players could be injured.

Rava wrote:

clivemcl wrote:Yea not to give the game away, but with a serious drop down in points between 6th place and 7th, I feel some people haven't realised the benefit of picking as many kickers as possible!

MPC28 mastered it this week to be fair, and I have made changes accordingly!

Bit early on the changes Clive. Squads haven't even been named. Players could be injured.

YOu can always cancel those chances up until the transfer deadline (18:45 friday night or something like that), so sometimes it is better to have a rough re-shuffle (especially if you are planning a few changes) and then just finalise it when the teams are named.

OK. Might look at mine then.

If my team doesn't do nicely this weekend I'll eat my hat!

Of course, I have taken a few more transfer penalties!

I have been brave and stuck with the same team, no changes (but with that all the teams were announced so I could be sure).


Hang on now seen i do need changes dammit

Any chance some benevolent soul could collate all team announcements on a Friday?
I'd do it my self except (insert plausible excuse).

It's not that I'm just too lazy

If you go to planetrugby.com and rabo fixtures. The matches will all have a 'P' beside them I think. These are the match previews. Easiest way I've found for looking at team sheets!

Unfortunately there are very few sites my IT overlords will allow access to at work. I'm surprised I can get on her actually.
Also you have possibly underestimated my capacity for plausible excuse-ness.

Well I won the round!

Sadly, not by enought to make much change to my league standing!

I've had a shocker this week. 6 players not getting so much as a point.

Back to the drawing board

I seem to averaging about fifty points a week, I just need to make a few minor adjustments and I will be laughing.

Oh dear...
11 of my 15 are either injured or play for Ulster.

This has taken a nasty turn...

Mackay - you have a problem with your No8 - he signed for Montpellier last May

They are normally pretty on the ball with the scoring. Not this week though. only Friday nights scores up. I did pretty damn good on Saturday too, wish they would sort it!

clivemcl wrote:They are normally pretty on the ball with the scoring. Not this week though. only Friday nights scores up. I did pretty damn good on Saturday too, wish they would sort it!

They were like that for a fair old chunk of last season too.

Some very low scores this week.

Ive tries from Barbieri, Keatley, Evans and Prydie to get added on!

clivemcl wrote:Ive tries from Barbieri, Keatley, Evans and Prydie to get added on!

Prydie did not score a try it was Dan Evans.

ok, well there was another. Cant remember which one. I know theres four tries I'm missing anyways!

Clive I suspect the guy who administers this league does it on a voluntary basis and perhaps has a day job to be getting on with. He won't always have the updates done immediately as was the case last year.

Yes, Terence is is name, I emailed him earlier enquiring. (Dont worry I wasnt rude!). He says it will be updated today at some point.

clivemcl wrote:Yes, Terence is is name, I emailed him earlier enquiring. (Dont worry I wasnt rude!). He says it will be updated today at some point.

I bet the email read

"Alright

Please can you update the scores on my team and not on anyones elses so I can top the league

Cheers
Clive"

Yea something like that!

ScarletSpiderman wrote:

clivemcl wrote:Yes, Terence is is name, I emailed him earlier enquiring. (Dont worry I wasnt rude!). He says it will be updated today at some point.

I bet the email read

"Alright

Please can you update the scores on my team and not on anyones elses so I can top the league

Cheers
Clive"

I'm clinging on to second place with a (not great) return of 38 points that included a 9 point hit for transfers. Five players on the sidelines last week so will be hoping for better this week.
Will stick to one transfer though.

clivemcl wrote:Yes, Terence is is name, I emailed him earlier enquiring. (Dont worry I wasnt rude!). He says it will be updated today at some point.

After seeing you results for this week I can understand why you wanted them updated, you almost doubled my score for this week!

Yea, but sadly, going into the week I had 9 players potentially out. I think I made 4 transfers which dented my score a little. Still. Better than zeros!

Will be interesting to see when the Ulster v Zebres match will be re arranged for?

Double Ulster scores some week?

I need a good week this week, I am starting to languish in mid table mediocrity, and mpc28 is running away with it.