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The Fantasy King: Out of the Blue
By Mick 'the King' Adams The Fantasy King: Out of the Blue This week’s Fantasy King is dedicated to the Penrith Panthers, who annihilated the Warriors with a scoreline that had me questioning the accuracy of my iPhone app as I checked it on Saturday night. Yes it was against the Warriors, a team who […]
The Fantasy King: 10 for 10
By Mick 'the King' Adams Since I found the box set in the half price bin at Sanity a few weeks ago, ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary series has become an obsession. With Round 10 of the 2013 NRL season upon us, paying homage via a Fantasy King “10 for 10” was a no brainer, […]
The Fantasy King: Market Movers
By Mick 'the King' Adams With just about a third of the season in the books the Supercoach top 20 makes for an interesting read. All the usual suspects are represented as expected, with some on the rise, like Robbie Farah (1st), and Billy Slater(8th); and some on the decline- Gallen (13th), Parker (10th), Fensom […]
The Fantasy King: Round 7 Observations
By Mick 'the King' Adams Where next for Ben Barba? Barba owners might have taken some solace in the fact that he posted his second Supercoach half century for the season with an even 50 against the Sharks, however the reality is he’s a long way from back. Averaging a paltry 39.5, placing him […]
The Fantasy King: Match Up Guys
By Mick 'The King' Adams The upcoming representative weekend should send a sobering reminder to any fantasy player that the annual eight week disruption to the fantasy season is not too far away. For those taking part in draft leagues, this year’s bye/Origin period presents an extra challenge, given the smaller pool of reserves from […]
The Fantasy King: the Fantasy Ladder
By Mick 'the King' Adams A few weeks back I looked into the effect winning made to the fantasy scores of playmakers, which resulted in the not really all that surprising finding that it is quite helpful. With four weeks in the books, I thought it as good a time as any to expand the […]
Fantasy King: Old and In The Way
By Mick 'The King' Adams “So we all get old, we cannae hack it anymore, and that’s it?” -Mark Renton, Trainspotting “Over the Hill” is one of those well-trod, overused expressions that is well-trod and overused for a reason. Succinct and evocative, the phrase is perhaps nowhere more symbolically apt than in the world of […]
Thurston v Cronk: A Fantasy King Investigation
By Mick Adams Let’s talk about Cooper Cronk. Following on from his dismantling of the Cowboys on Saturday night there has been a lot of philosophising on his standing in the game, particularly as it compares to his only serious rival for best half in football today, Johnathan Thurston. He’s a funny one, Cronk. As […]
The Return of the King
By Mick Adams Well thank Christ for that. After spending the rugby league offseason immersed in the many joys of the NFL season – not the least being its draft-based fantasy competition – the approach of another all-but-pointless year of fantasy did not hold much appeal. Mercifully however, the Telegraph’s Supercoach and the NRL Dream […]
Eureka! Making the Nut Christmas Giveaway
You could win a copy of Peter Fitzsimons’ “Eureka: the unfinished revolution” signed by the author. You may not be aware of this, but Peter Fitzsimons – prolific writer, columnist, raconteur and TV interviewer – happens to be a Making the Nut fan (notwithstanding Nick Tedeschi’s strident anti-Rugby Union stance). We have two free copies […]
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