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Feb 7, 2014 06:14
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Is there a tipping comp set up for this year yet?
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In as Yileen's Dlckbutt, it wouldn't allow Dickbutt  , 11/20 places filled fyi. I'll also be giving up after ~ 3 weeks so no cash money for me.Also the super league kicks of tonight, RL at last! 
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Still waiting on something super league related to put in the OP.... If it's not done by Monday I'll just start making things up at random.
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I didn't know you were waiting, I can put something together today if nobody else is doing it. Is anyone else already working on something?
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It's doubtful.
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Jono C posted:Is there a tipping comp set up for this year yet? I guess I'll set one up at https://www.footytips.com.au if no one beats me to it. It's my preference since the goon AFL comp is there and it'd be nice if I can do the tips for both at the same time.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:I didn't know you were waiting, I can put something together today if nobody else is doing it. Is anyone else already working on something? Lol wasn't really waiting, just trying to grease the wheels a bit ;-). It's first come first in, but if more than one person gives me stuff I'll just combine them as much as possible (especially if it ends up being funnier)
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Oh well mine probably wouldn't be very funny it would just be full of vitriol about all the clubs other than mine. e: it wouldn't be as funny as the current OP for sure
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I did a quick run down of the clubs, but I haven't the time to add anything further so feel free to use all/none/any of it for anything. The home of Rugby League in Europe. Followed mostly by those of us from the so-called 'M62 corridor', which is the motorway which takes you from the Yorkshire region of Northern England to the Lancashire region of Northern England, and, if you're lucky, back again. The two clubs who finish in positions 13 and 14 of Super League this season (after 27 rounds) will be relegated to the RL Championship, the second tier competition. After round 27, the top 8 teams enter the playoffs. Then comes clubcall. Clubcall: The winning team from Week 1 with the highest league placing at the end of the regular season will select their semi-final opponents from the two lowest ranked winners in Week 2. Make sense? Good. Our players don't suffer as much as those in Australia wrt off-pitch notoriety, because nobody outside the sport knows who they are.  Bratfud Bulls M62 Yorkshire Support them if you like poo poo things. Had a spell of being good and won a few titles and challenge cups, and three world club challenge trophies. They are a bit quieter now because they have no money, and are bad. They finished 9th, just outside the playoffs, last season and will be lucky to finish as high as that this time around. They might not even make it to the end of the season because they are terrible at finance Player to watch (until they stop getting paid): Luke George, maybe. Is he good? playoff position or relegation battle?: Relegation  Castleford Tigers M62 Yorkshire Support them if you work in a mine. Cas have finished in the playoff positions only once in summer-era rugby, and are unlikely to achieve that again. player to watch: nobody, their only good player was Rangi Chase and he left. playoffs/relegation: Relegation  Catalans Dragons ici des dragons M62 France WTF?! support them if you're from a very small region of southern France called Perpignan. France is not in England, bizarrely, and they talk forrin. player to watch: Scott Dureau playoffs/relegation: relegation  Huddersfield Giants M62: Yorkshire support them if, hmmmm. They're actually really good now, annoyingly. Won the League Leaders shield last season, which nobody else gives a poo poo about because it's not a real trophy. player to watch: There's a few. Danny Brough at stand-off, Scott Grix at the back, Shaun Lunt at hooker and Eorl Crabtree at prop are all quality, and Eorl Crabtree has massive hair. Will make the playoffs, won't win anything. playoffs/relegation: playoffs  Hull FC M62 Yorkshire support them if you think everything you do is a lot better than it actually is. player to watch Gareth Ellis (who is my next door neighbour no bias), one of few who performed consistently well last season. playoffs/relegation playoffs  Hull Kingston Rovers M62 Yorkshire support them if you have a neighbour who is as terrible at things as you are player to watch er, Ben Cockayne maybe playoffs/relegation relegation  Leeds Rhinos M62 Yorkshire support them if you like excellence, hard work, and are handsome and popular. player to watch Jamie Peacock is the oldest man in the world but is still better than almost every other player in his position (prop) in Super League. New signing Tom Briscoe is also worth a look. playoffs/relegation playoffs, definite champions.  London Broncos M62 London wtf you can't get to London on the M62, must be a mistake support them if you like travelling and you want to watch home games from different stadiums every week. player to watch Solomona til he gets injured playing in mud playoffs/relegation relegation  Salford Red Devils M62 Lancashire support them if you're an attention whore nobody likes. The owner:  looks a bit like the devil. Loves getting himself in the papers, and has signed 14 new players for this season, including Adrian Morley from Wolves. player to watch Rangi Chase who is definitely English. playoffs/relegation playoffs probably, if the squad gel early on. Will be hilarious if they fail to make playoffs having spent all that money.  St. Helens M62 Lancashire support them if you used to be good at things and wish you could be again, and are a scouser. player to watch James Roby playoffs/relegation playoffs, will win nothing.  Wakefield Trinity Wildcats M62 Yorkshire support them if you... don't bother with this lot, there is nothing to be gained from watching this lot regularly. Seriously, just go to the stadium and stand in the home end during a game, it's like you've travelled back in time and into a crowd of village idiots all vying to be the best idiot. player to watch There's a few Leeds rejects in there, who all went to the closest club so they didn't have to move house when Leeds got rid of them. Paul Mcshane will make you laugh when he drops the ball for the twelfth time. They've got Keinhorst on loan from Leeds, who is maybe the only German in the world who plays rugby league. playoffs/relegation hahahaha  Warrington Wolves M62 Lancashire support them if you were poo poo before but for some reason are now quite good, or you hate Widnes. player to watch Stefan Ratchford works his bollocks off every game playoffs/relegation playoffs, possible winners  Widnes Vikings M62 Cheshire support them if you hate Warrington and like watching Patrick Ah Van, they have nothing else worth seeing. player to watch see above playoffs/relegation likely to go down, I'm afraid  Wigan Warriors M62 Lancashire support them if you're a glory boy and like a pie. Most succesful side in England and therefore one of the most disliked. Will suffer after losing the little turd Sam Tomkins to NRL. Good riddance, some would say. player to watch Sean O'Loughlin, Matty Smith. No real star there now Tomkins has gone, so it'll be interesting to see how they do without him. They'll want to prove they weren't a one man team but they were so that will be difficult. playoffs/relegation playoffs, but nothing more without the good Tomkins. Because he left to be a NRL superstar. Which he won't be, and that will be hilarious.
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ForeverBWFC posted:Wigan will achieve nothing this season and it'll be hilarious! That's what everyone said last year...look how that turned out.
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Sean O'Loughlin is out with a hamstring injury, Flower comes in. Warriors might struggle here.
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Yes but on the other hand gently caress WIGAN. Leeds will take it this year, again, but first they will lose to Warrington in the Challenge Cup like they do every year. EDIT: Thanks for the writeup, stckyfngrdby or however you spell it
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Apollodorus posted:Yes but on the other hand gently caress WIGAN. Sorry it wasn't very funny, but yeah no worries gently caress Wigan (my ex wife supports them) New video ref system is awesome.
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Sorry it wasn't very funny, but yeah no worries gently caress Wigan (my ex wife supports them) Thanks for the write up, when I get back from my run I'll put it in the OP. What's the new video ref system?
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Do we get to hear the referee conversation like we did during the World Cup? I enjoyed that immensely, it really added to my understanding of the game. Also I generally pull for Hull FC and Hull KR in matches when they're not playing my club (Leeds) because, let's face it, they already have to live in Hull and they might as well get a win once in a while to make up for it.
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Video refs have their own massive touch screen TV they control themselves, for camera angles and playback etc and we get to watch them gently caress about with it. We can't hear them though which is a shame e : also apparently they announce the reasons for the decision in the stadium which is new stickyfngrdboy fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Feb 7, 2014 |
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For those following SL in oz, Eurosport again has the rights. Looks like two matches a week, friday night Live at 7am saturday, and another match on delay sunday (sat night uk game?). Repeated as usual to buggery. Has the ESL got every match broadcast yet?
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Live games in the UK are on Thursday and Friday night, so either you're getting a game we're not or the repeat of Thursday's game on Sunday. First Thursday game is Wolves/Saints.
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Just picked up my tickets for the Batley game today. So glad the RL season is starting again!
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OK I put all that English galumph in the OP, if anyone wants to add/amend let me know. Also, I'm still missing heaps of ladder predictions for the year so feel free to tell me those too so I have lots to laugh about. Now, who's going to get injured this week of trials! Which teams will be crying the most?
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Here's my Super League ladder prediction: Rhinos Giants Wolves Hull FC Saints Dragons Red Devils Warriors [juuuuust barely] ---------- Hull KR Bulls Tigers Wildcats Vikings Broncos ---------- Challenge Cup: Wolves Relegated: Broncos, Vikings CHAMPIONS: Sir Kevin and the Rhinos Incidentally, as a Easts supporter and Wigan hater, I get to see my dream come true in this year's World Club Challenge when the Roosters beat the crap out of a Tomkins-free Cherry-and-White side.
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Apollodorus posted:Here's my Super League ladder prediction: Now I've got to make another loving spreadsheet, thank you very much loving easts fans.
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To anyone who cares I went to the Waratahs v Blues trial last night and Benji Marshall was pretty poo poo
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Not sure why I'm not at the game tonight since from all accounts the tigers are slaughtering the panthers so far. I went to the equivalent last year, turned out to be one of very few high points... E: There's what I expected to happen, halatau being stretchered off. Yippee. iajanus fucked around with this message at 10:50 on Feb 8, 2014 |
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My predictions for the Super League season Huddersfield Wire Leeds St. Helens Wigan Catalans Salford Hull FC -------- Hull KR Bradford Castleford London - I think they might surprise us a bit Challenge cup - Warrington Grand Final - I'd love it to be Wire, but I think it may be Leeds again. For the Championship - I think Sheffield might do it again, they really deserve a shot at Super League considering how well they've done in a city without a Rugby League pedigree. Although it could easily be Featherstone, Halifax or Leigh. BBC 5 live are broadcasting at least one live game a week on Sports Extra and they've also got a new podcast: http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/rugbyleague
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My Super League predictions Huddersfield Leeds St. Helens Warrington Wigan Salford Catalans Hull KR ------- Hull FC Bradford Wakefield Widnes Castleford London Challenge Cup - St. Helens Grand Final - Leeds again, beating St. Helens or Warrington
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Huddersfield Leeds Wolves St. Helens Wigan Salford Catalans Hull FC -------- Hull KR Wakey Castleford Bradford London Widnes Challenge Cup: Wolves Grand Final: Leeds (strong squad this year, as long as we're a bit luckier with injuries than we were last season)
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stickyfngrdboy posted:Live games in the UK are on Thursday and Friday night, so either you're getting a game we're not or the repeat of Thursday's game on Sunday. First Thursday game is Wolves/Saints. Yup we get that one too, but on slight delay this week at 9am. Sunday its repeated with the friday game, so no exclusive game for us. Now to pick a team. Who promises so much and delivers so little except for rare occasions over thrre? Also parra slaughtered tigers b, said parra fans in my part of the world are acting like its a gf win. MiniSune fucked around with this message at 12:32 on Feb 9, 2014 |
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MiniSune posted:Now to pick a team. Who promises so much and delivers so little except for rare occasions over thrre? I think perhaps either Hull FC who seem to recruit very well every year, but never make the breakthrough they're hoping for. Or Bradford, since it's always their year to get back in the top four. It never happens.
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You take what you can get. I think souths can never win a gf because of their underdog mentality. They lack Easts gently caress you got mine.
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MiniSune posted:Yup we get that one too, but on slight delay this week at 9am. Sunday its repeated with the friday game, so no exclusive game for us. Yeah I'm in the same boat, with plenty of parra fans crowing as if trials mean anything. I'm happy for them since it means they'll have something to celebrate at their end of season party in march.
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