NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 52

EJ24 wrote:

I reckon hes not far off origin but i see too many backrowers in front of him;
Starters - Cordner, Frizzel, Jurbo

Murray, Crichton, Finucane should be ahead of him too

StormTrooper96 wrote:

Origin cannot be at the end of the year for multiple reasons;
- The break between R25 and GF is 4 weeks so those players that don't make the finals would have 4 weeks no training. Then obviously Origin would have to be at least 1 week after the GF so thats 5 weeks.
- Origin goes for 7 weeks pretty much with 1 week training prior to Game 1 and 3 weeks between Games 2 and 3. This would then bring us to late November which would mean those players who play Origin would only have roughly 2 months off prior to going back to training not including any of those players who will then go on to play in the World Club Challenge.
- 2020 will also see the return of the Nines before the trial games so there is less time for break.

It just isn't within the players welfare to do this. That is why the only way to break it up was to reduce the season by 1 round and throw in a standalone week for origin 2.

Finch wrote:My trades for the week look like....

Burr + Lawrie OUT
Lolo + AFB IN


Anything wrong with these two trades, without seeing the rest of my team?

Thanks!

White Lightning wrote:

Sironen

Khany wrote:People gone cold on cotric ?

Finch wrote:My trades for the week look like....

Burr + Lawrie OUT
Lolo + AFB IN


Anything wrong with these two trades, without seeing the rest of my team?

Thanks!

Rapture_NRL wrote:

Mid-season then. 3 weeks of just Origin and NZ, England and Pacific tests. Also, I think the season is too long anyway. Look at NFL. 16 games but they maximise the return for viewers.

I hear what you're saying about player welfare, but how much welfare is there when players play at Origin intensity then try to back up for their club? Also, it skews the comp with teams like my beloved Warriors getting an easy ride through Origin. I think Union has a better system for the player and the viewer

sajjos wrote:Fergo would have played himself out of Origin contention?

WT Winfield wrote:

Why do we want to give mediocre teams a chance to catch up?

Players come with a price tag, if someone manages their team well enough to have a fuckton of guns, more power to them.

They shouldn't be punished during origin when teams full of average players can outscore them easily.

White Lightning wrote:

I think that wouldn't be good for fantasy because at round 12 we basically all have the same 90-95% of common players. The bye period gives teams that are behind in points an opportunity to catch up & if origin was a stand alone tournement that had no effect on the nrl games then it would be pretty hard to catch the front runners.

WT Winfield wrote:

Why do we want to give mediocre teams a chance to catch up?

Players come with a price tag, if someone manages their team well enough to have a fuckton of guns, more power to them.

They shouldn't be punished during origin when teams full of average players can outscore them easily.

StormTrooper96 wrote:

Yeah man definitely see your point too. Origin, no matter what time of year it is, is rough on all players involved but also players/teams not involved. As you say it allows Warriors to maybe gain some momentum and teams with a large origin contingency such as Broncos/Storm/Cowboys to maybe lose some momentum.

White Lightning wrote:

Because most people will give up & not play fantasy again if they are a mediocre team that has no chance of catching the leaders. Even if you're near the top & say 100 points off number 1 then if both teams have 16 identical players. the same captain then how are you going to chase him down with only 1 differential player. It would be impossible. The bye period allows you to catch number 1.

Krump wrote:
I agree with this. I'd want the number of trades significantly reduced to balance it.

StormTrooper96 wrote:

Cheers mate. It's for my little $10 Friday night multi.
Collingwood Magpies Line -13.5
Manly win 7-12
C.Sironen Anytime Try scorer
Knights win 1-12
L.Fitzgibbon Anytime Try scorer

@ roughly $700 (Collect roughly 7 grand)

Fortitude wrote:What about reduced trades, but once you hit the limit, you can still trade but you start having to paying an additional % for trade ins. Say first trade over limit is a %5 tax, second %10 third %20 with a cap of 5. So at the end of season when you’re short on trades, a gun gets injured instead of just coping a zero, you just can’t afford a straight swap to another gun, but have option of bringing in someone slightly worse.

Probably a shit idea. Came up with it on the porcelain