NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 57

Pookus McFly wrote:I too wonder what became of MattNZ. He faded away from the forum in the second half of last season too if I remember. Perhaps he is an orange picker by trade...

Too many crazy risks this year and last and plenty of sensible minds around here told him so, but he seemed pretty stubborn. Trading keepers is rarely a good idea and when it predictably blew up, he's probably not too keen on being chastised for it.

The overuse of this emoticon in certain contexts also tilted me a bit.

WT Winfield wrote:

Too many crazy risks this year and last and plenty of sensible minds around here told him so, but he seemed pretty stubborn. Trading keepers is rarely a good idea and when it predictably blew up, he's probably not too keen on being chastised for it.

The overuse of this emoticon in certain contexts also tilted me a bit.

All his own doing though, he can't of even fallen that far back because he was travelling well

What I hate as a personality trait is the inability to back up your true beliefs, stick to your guns at least don't shy away when you are wrong, put your hand up and deal with it!

Reminds me of Bren/Goose. Can't handle it when it starts getting tough/going wrong

This is what I dislike about playing fantasy. Overplanning when things turn on a dime from week to week.

Planned out my trades until Round 16 which I haven't done all year only for A-Rey to throw a spanner in the works.

Might have to resort to RTS in at WFB and shifting Pong Dong to the halves next week. If Teddy gets rested this week or next, ooh boy it doesn't get easier.

Yeah, not to get into analysing people too much on a forum, but I think the level of stubbornness and arrogance when going against the grain so much is what keeps those types from coming back.

It's not them vs. the community even if some are harsher than others. We're all part of it.

If I was going to trade Fifita and Cook, it'd be more like "I hear what you guys are saying, but I'm gonna go with my gut" .. Much easier to come back 2 weeks later and be like "Yeah I fucked up" and move on.

Having the "I know what I'm doing and you guys aren't at my level" attitude is just digging a grave when it blows up.

I'm sure he still reads, so hey, maybe chill next time Matt. There's guys here that fkn kill it and can still get good advice from guys having a bad run.

WT Winfield wrote:

Too many crazy risks this year and last and plenty of sensible minds around here told him so, but he seemed pretty stubborn. Trading keepers is rarely a good idea and when it predictably blew up, he's probably not too keen on being chastised for it.

The overuse of this emoticon in certain contexts also tilted me a bit.

His team is called the Subgun PODs. Just checked a rolling around at 109th in the FOG and around 3000th overall. So, not great but not apocalyptic either. Last week he captained Rein over Taumalolo.

rhinoceroo wrote:

His team is called the Subgun PODs. Just checked a rolling around at 109th in the FOG and around 3000th overall. So, not great but not apocalyptic either. Last week he captained Rein over Taumalolo.

Yeah not bad, but could be better with Fifita, Cook, JFH and no Aekins, Ryan James. Captaining Cook for that period. Those were some rough decisions that cost a lot of points and people around here told him as such.

WT Winfield wrote:Yeah, not to get into analysing people too much on a forum, but I think the level of stubbornness and arrogance when going against the grain so much is what keeps those types from coming back.

It's not them vs. the community even if some are harsher than others. We're all part of it.

If I was going to trade Fifita and Cook, it'd be more like "I hear what you guys are saying, but I'm gonna go with my gut" .. Much easier to come back 2 weeks later and be like "Yeah I fucked up" and move on.

Having the "I know what I'm doing and you guys aren't at my level" attitude is just digging a grave when it blows up.

I'm sure he still reads, so hey, maybe chill next time Matt. There's guys here that fkn kill it and can still get good advice from guys having a bad run.

Yea 100% agree with this

Look this year I'm going terrible, but I still feel I can offer good advice, 3 finishes inside 200 but fantasy is fickle, literally only differnce in my poor start was Edwards over CNK and Radley over Mahoney. Even not jumping on Bateman earlier wasn't too catastrophic

The odd poor captain choice and you are well back with a similar team to most and wondering what went wrong



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Welshy wrote:

Yea 100% agree with this

Look this year I'm going terrible, but I still feel I can offer good advice, 3 finishes inside 200 but fantasy is fickle, literally only differnce in my poor start was Edwards over CNK and Radley over Mahoney. Even not jumping on Bateman earlier wasn't too catastrophic

The odd poor captain choice and you are well back with a similar team to most and wondering what went wrong



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This "game" can be mentally tough. I take a dullard approach and try get the popular picks and play captaincy safe. Last year it worked for me and ended up 41st overall. This year I started off well (except DEdwards and was top 100) now I have been brutalised by "bad luck" with Captaining Bateman and Fifi for their injury scores, then Smith's 2nd lowest three weeks in a row. Some time the luck bites you. Some times it is on your side. But I too like to give and take advice. End of the day the team is yours and you can play how you want.

Pookus McFly wrote:I too wonder what became of MattNZ. He faded away from the forum in the second half of last season too if I remember. Perhaps he is an orange picker by trade...

The bloke is a fucking peanut.

Reynolds to Tracey & Whitbread to McInnes leaves me with 0k left in the bank.

Do we reckon Tracey will keep on playing instead of Douehi in the halves? If so he is gonna make some super quick cash and Ima gonna have my R16 HOK sorted.

If need be I can trade Rein for a gun half next week or put Ponga in half and bring in Trbo

Team after trading

McInnes
Haas Fifita
Taulmalolo Taupau Murray
Milford Dearden
Bateman Nikora
CNK Tedesco Sivo

Tolman Rein Mahoney Tracey

Xerri Ponga Young Borris

Doueihi was Reynolds back-up in the past and higher in the pecking order as a utility. Kicked for around 300 metres at HB when Reynolds was out and as mentioned before, Tracey kicked for 0 metres last week.

Can't see Rabbits playing Walker/Tracey when Walker's KM rarely breaks 100 over Walker/Doueihi and the latter being a bit more seasoned for NRL.

B/L wrote:

The bloke is a fucking legend.

Fixed, mate. We're still talking about him aren't we?

Hey, havent had much time to catch up....but is there a reason cleary not named to start? Possibility of late incluaion? Only have 16 playing....emg all red

Carty > Milford
Whitbread/Young > Dearden

Broncos i need your help haha

Before the ARey news broke the forum I asked if Watson was worth the extra 100k over Dearden due to his DPP. My final HLF and WFB setup will look like:

Milford, ARey
Ponga, Tedesco, RTS

Watson seems to be a good price to cover those two positions and will be around all year barring injury.

Thoughts guys?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Before the ARey news broke the forum I asked if Watson was worth the extra 100k over Dearden due to his DPP. My final HLF and WFB setup will look like:

Milford, ARey
Ponga, Tedesco, RTS

Watson seems to be a good price to cover those two positions and will be around all year barring injury.

Thoughts guys?

Are you buying him exclusively as DPP coverage in your EMGs - will he ever make your 17 besides potentially this week with Origin players being rested and random injuries occurring - if so 458k seems a bit much to achieve that (caveat is that I'm buying Dearden myself this week but I probably plan to trade him out after Origin I think if I'm short on cash for final 17)

Also not too sure on ARey being a keeper HLF now for overall points because of injury - although you could practically have any two expensive HLFs and be fine because they're all averaging similar amounts (bar DCE but does he return with a bang or a whimper)

Camo123 wrote:

Are you buying him exclusively as DPP coverage in your EMGs - will he ever make your 17 besides potentially this week with Origin players being rested and random injuries occurring - if so 458k seems a bit much to achieve that (caveat is that I'm buying Dearden myself this week but I probably plan to trade him out after Origin I think if I'm short on cash for final 17)

Also not too sure on ARey being a keeper HLF now for overall points because of injury - although you could practically have any two expensive HLFs and be fine because they're all averaging similar amounts (bar DCE but does he return with a bang or a whimper)

Hey mate, i hadn't really thought of that.

Now that i think of it that is a lot of money just sitting on the bench not being used except for emergency.
Currently doing up a little spreadsheet to see what i need moving forward.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:

Hey mate, i hadn't really thought of that.

Now that i think of it that is a lot of money just sitting on the bench not being used except for emergency.
Currently doing up a little spreadsheet to see what i need moving forward.

The only problem with that is that if you desperately want WFB/HLF for your emergencies the other options are either more expensive or much worse. I think I'm just going to cover WFB with Lomax should his price stay relatively level and not rapidly increase (if he gets around 450-500k I'll probably trade him out depending on trades though - currently at 325k)

Potentially if you have enough money you could do 2 gun HLFs then Tedesco, TTurbo, RTS and then have Ponga as your WFB/HLF in your 17 as cover?? Though then you're comparing probably RTS/TTurbo vs a HOK/2RF on your bench and that'd probably be a loss of points

WT2K wrote:Mitchell missed the flight back to Sydney with the Blues, instead heading home to Taree and looks set to miss the Roosters’ clash with the Panthers on Sunday.

“I don’t think he’ll play this week [against Penrith]. I know they’re not that happy at the Roosters and there’s a lot going on in his life at the moment with managers. There always seems to be something other than footy,” Fittler said
https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/state-of-origin/needs-to-work-on-his-motivation-latrell-heads-home-after-origin-i-flop/news-story/d0c0c982ba36b499ad4c3ee238ae5056?fbclid=IwAR2gc0SsFbsvG7dRBHvN9SSHoremgJ-yeKlFnz34FVIFlxAVOoXfD9WZEbw

A. Taylor & now L. Mitchell. The poor babies feeling down because they're playing shite league...more like they don't want to face the music & explain why they're playing shite so I'll run away & hide. In my day you fixed the problem by going back out onto the field & smashing the opposition in a tackle, problem solved, there's your therapy & your path back to well-being.

My 17 this week before trades;

Cook
Fifi Taupau
Murray Bateman Tolo
Morgan Dearden
Xerri Nikora
Sivo RTS CNK

Mahoney Havilli Haas Rein

ARey Ponga Young Brittain

14 trades and 239K in the bank. I think Rein to Smith/McInnes is the only trade I'll do. No lower options looks tempting for Young and given the week, I can probably afford to hold ARey and reasses and hopefully get some more info on his injury. Plus he plays first so don't want to jump the gun on a decision due to that.