NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 7

Wow injury city right now. Somebody wheel the chair out for Burns so he doesn't pull those hammy's

my tv broke wrote:

I prefer Shibasaki, but I'm unlikely to pick either.

Didn't O'Brien say he was buying Shibasaki to mould him into a 2RF when he bought him

Could open up spot for To'a with back 5 of Ponga, Lee, Moga, Hunt, To'a

Barry Toohey says replacement will be Moga assuming he makes it through trials okay as he has minor hamstring strain

Camo123 wrote:

Didn't O'Brien say he was buying Shibasaki to mould him into a 2RF when he bought him

Could open up spot for To'a with back 5 of Ponga, Lee, Moga, Hunt, To'a

Barry Toohey says replacement will be Moga assuming he makes it through trials okay as he has minor hamstring strain

No idea re 2rf, but the most recent info from Toohey a couple weeks ago was that Shibasaki will likely win right centre.

Camo123 wrote:

Didn't O'Brien say he was buying Shibasaki to mould him into a 2RF when he bought him

Could open up spot for To'a with back 5 of Ponga, Lee, Moga, Hunt, To'a

Barry Toohey says replacement will be Moga assuming he makes it through trials okay as he has minor hamstring strain

Rofl, season hasn't even started and Moga is broken.

Will probably do an ACL getting out of his car at the trials.

eyipftwari wrote:is there any chance mann is a flop and the knights just play lino ?

crossland is still likely to be there r1 or r2

Thoughts on my side with Best gone?

Api
Haas, Knight
D Fifita, Lolo, L Leilua
Cleary, Luai
Lomax, Moga
Drinky, Papy, Sailor/Saab (whoever gets the spot)

Hess, Carrigan, Su'A, Brailey

Magoulias, Leniu, Lele, Kolo

$21K ITB

VODAFONE WARRIORS v MELBOURNE STORM

5pm, Saturday, February 22, 2020 @ Central Energy Trust Arena, Palmerston North

1 Rocco Berry
2 Patrick Herbert
3 Hayze Perham
4 David Fusitu’a
5 Edward Kosi
6 Chanel Harris-Tavita
7 Adam Keighran
8 Phillip Makatoa
9 Wayde Egan
10 Sam Lisone
11 Taane Milne
12 Eliesa Katoa
13 Lachlan Burr

Interchange
14 Temple Kalepo
15 Jackson Frei
16 Adam Tuimavave-Gerrard
17 Paul Turner
18 Selestino Ravutaumada
20 Israel Ogden
21 Tom Ale
22 Setu Tu
24 Tyler Slade
25 Preston Riki
26 Isaiah Vagana
27 King Vuniyayawa
28 Leivaha Pulu


Probably rules out Milne as a cheapie at centre.

Interesting that the Fus named at centre though..?

ATG still hanging around? I remember he was meant to be a big thing a few years ago

my tv broke wrote:Cowboys team to play Broncos
1.         Valentine Holmes
2.         Murray Taulagi
3.         Justin O’Neill
4.         Dan Russell
5.         Connelly Lemuelu
6.         Scott Drinkwater
7.         Jake Clifford
8.         Francis Molo
9.         Reece Robson
10.       Jordan McLean
11.       Coen Hess
12.       Shane Wright
13.       Jason Taumalolo

Interchange
14.       Reuben Cotter
15.       Mitch Dunn
16.       Corey Jensen
17.       Peter Hola
18.       Tom Gilbert
19.       Emry Pere
20.       Elijah Anderson
21.       Daejarn Asi

I know he's probably not a factor for anyone here, but I was keeping an eye on Hampton as a faint possibility in the centres if he could grab a starting spot somewhere on the field. I take it from this team list he's not even in the wider picture? Or is he injured? Just surprised he's not on this list anywhere because by the looks of some of those names, maybe even I was close to getting a run?

With all these injuries today I’m stunned that Reynolds isn’t one of them. I was going to avoid Haas and get Tapau with all of the Manly absentees, but now with Lodge gone for a long period Haas will have to play big minutes. That extra 200k went so far! No chance of cheap centres this year. Indeed, it is time to start again!

Base price 2RF who may get a decent run off the bench is Ray Stone from the Eels

Had a few missed tackles in the few games he played last year, but is a very busy player and may be in line for around 40 minutes game time this year.

With all these injuries teams will start to look more and more like each other

These injuries make picking a strating team all the more important. I think last year I wasted trades on players during the year that were fill ins that weren't garunteed their spot and then players coming back injured and causing wasted trades. With my Edwards and Holland calamities last year, I was going to go into the season being ruthless and shift the dead weight right away. With injuries though this may be harder. Can't see holding trades being any easier this year than usual.

Chewie wrote:With all these injuries teams will start to look more and more like each other

With what was looking like the most variety in starting teams I've seen in my fantasy career has done a complete 180 and similar teams is exactly what we are going to see. POD's also could be even more crucial if you can snag the right ones.

Milchcow wrote:
I'm not sure that Lodge's presence/absence does a lot for Haas. I'm pretty sure he'll be playing big minutes either way

I'm certainly no expert, but I must agree. Can't see how Lodge's injury is going to impact Haas' worth in any way. I'll be curious if that's how people will be thinking.

I think the next 2-3 weeks will be great to have a look at players who may be hanging around the fringes of your team, or for someone to step up and grab some extra minutes here and there. No point tinkering with your teams because there will be so many more questions than answers over this period. May as well wait until TLT.

Teeth Eater wrote:

I'm certainly no expert, but I must agree. Can't see how Lodge's injury is going to impact Haas' worth in any way. I'll be curious if that's how people will be thinking.

It probably won't but I guess the thinking is one of their most experienced props. I guess the thinking would be a bench player couldn't match the output and quality of Lodge which would mean more work for Haas, but that's probably not even a thing.

I don’t think Haas gets a bigger role if Lodge is injured. He’s pretty much at the limit of what’s possible scoring wise and Broncos have loads of forwards depth. Is this the crazy last stand of a Haas holdout?

EDIT: so yeah I’m a few minutes late on this one

Can't wait to hit the old trials this weekend then watch the trails.

wolfking wrote:

Law of average I reckon says at least one has a very good chance of bombing.  If all 3 stink it up, at least most will be in the same boat so it won't be that much of a kick in the guts.  It will all come down to how long people hold the underperformers for.  People jumping off Edwards early last year seemed to gain yet people like myself kept the faith and got fucking burnt.

Don’t start me again on Edwards. I kept keeping the faith and keeping the faith and in the end by round 6 or 7  it had cost me around 100-120k in the end I believe.