NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 11 - The join your Leagues edition!

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:

Oh haha I just assumed from the love he’s been getting he’s a shoe in, TLT will ruin all.

@SI, what else was I gonna do this winter?

He is a shoe in but had back strain and missed last trial

Donkeyyyyyy wrote:
Not a bad shout at all and he was in my drafts for a short time, was looking like a different player in the trials and can see him improving and making cash over the season. I just worry that he seems to misfire against the stronger teams and has Roosters, Storm and Raiders in the first 5 rounds.

Yeh totally agree that is a possibility, I like that he can break tackles and find the line. Even though they have a tough start, I think Penrith will be a different side to last year. Plus not many people seem to talk about him, so he is a POD (Point of Difference OR Poor Old Decision)

Rather than post my team up I thought I'd ask if anyone could talk me out of my two picks that aren't so common on here.

Burns and Tapine.

Burns - good numbers barring injury and I'm excited about that left edge with walker murray burns and Graham.

Tapine - good numbers when having a secure starting spot. No Bateman for the first 5+ rounds so he'll have that. Plus raiders good early draw.

Dttragic2016 wrote:Rather than post my team up I thought I'd ask if anyone could talk me out of my two picks that aren't so common on here.

Burns and Tapine.

Burns - good numbers barring injury and I'm excited about that left edge with walker murray burns and Graham.

Tapine - good numbers when having a secure starting spot. No Bateman for the first 5+ rounds so he'll have that. Plus raiders good early draw.

Burns is in many teams here, including mine.

Tapine scores better as 80 min 2RF, than he does as starting lock.

mattnz wrote:
Burns is in many teams here, including mine.

Tapine scores better as 80 min 2RF, than he does as starting lock.

Thanks for the Tapine info. Just played around on MTBs site and if he's named at lock I'll pick Hess instead (if named to start).

White Lightning wrote:Fighting over toilet paper...them bitches be crazy

Also I finally fitted in both Taumalolo & Haas in my team but there is a trade off...3 of my 4 positions in my npr's are 228k props (Rudolf, Koloamangi, JTB) so that's not very good for cash generation because all 3 will be slow burns. Some would say it's a sign because I have zero in the bank.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:I think you need to have 2 of Taumalolo, Haas, Cook, Smith in your starting team or you may fall behind points wise. Also having a second captaincy option can be invaluable if something happens to the other one

Currently I only have Haas. I would really like to fit Taumalolo in, but that's all dependant on TLT. If a bottom dollar WFB/CTR is named to start (like Wiliame) I should be able to free up some cash.
Alternatively I can drop Dfifita to make way for Taumalolo, which I have considered. I'm not convinced Fifita is going have a huge upside, but with him having 39% ownership I feel it's better to join the crowd (it's the if you don't buy toilet paper now, you will miss out mentality.
I've got Haas, Friend, and Moses as my guns. Hoping that Haas won't get injured any time soon.

Chewie wrote:



Currently I only have Haas. I would really like to fit Taumalolo in, but that's all dependant on TLT. If a bottom dollar WFB/CTR is named to start (like Wiliame) I should be able to free up some cash.
Alternatively I can drop Dfifita to make way for Taumalolo, which I have considered. I'm not convinced Fifita is going have a huge upside, but with him having 39% ownership I feel it's better to join the crowd (it's the if you don't buy toilet paper now, you will miss out mentality.
I've got Haas, Friend, and Moses as my guns. Hoping that Haas won't get injured any time soon.

So we've had the Tulip, is Fifita the TP?

Not fantasy relevant but Russell Packer out for 6-8 weeks

SoylentGreen wrote:

So we've had the Tulip, is Fifita the TP?

Oh yes I remember the Tulip

Also to go further in the high ownership toilet paper analogy... Dfifita is 3-ply, but Luai is recycled 1-ply

Pookus McFly wrote:

I max trade for a few weeks to pick up important cash cows and dump those that look like failing prospects. Then I try to take it easy and save my trades, focusing on first round bye players only (unless someone impossible to resist comes up like Rein when Peats got injured). Then I max trade between bye rounds trying to convert one bye heavy team into another.

Think I was ranked outside the top thousand pre-byes but ended up in the top 50 within the few rounds over the bye period. A 1000+ score in a bye week will really jump you some ranks.

Tl:dr- bye planning is still very much a thing despite the format change

I think this is a underrated part of strategy on this board. Trade hard early to make the cash (if focussing on overall ranking). People often think about how much money you need to make to make a trade worthwhile, but making money is more valuable early in the season than late.

Rough numbers, making $100k out of a cow gets us an extra 6 points per week out of the next trade target. If we do that with 15 weeks to go, we get 90 extra points for that trade whereas if we make money out of a cow with 5 weeks it only gets us 30 points. Trade early to make the cash early and upgrade your team as early as possible. Obviously dependent on cows being available.

Loomer wrote:

Thursday kick off?

Only dogs, eels and C/VC lock out on Thursday.

Having captain lock out will prove tricky, but other than that plenty of room to move

Am I reading too much into this https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2020/03/07/gallery-final-week-of-pre-season/

Wiliame pictured and no Aitken pictured, and given the pictures are the main squad members could you infer Wiliame might be up for CTR spot

how likely is the grant trade dont know if i should have both walters and grant

Last year David Fifita averaged 45 in his first 7 starts at 2nd row (less than his 2020 price)

He then went on a massive run, scoring 4 tries in 5 weeks to average 73 to finish the season

Then he put up a 42 in the finals when the Broncos got smashed.

How much of that end of season form is going to continue into this year?


You'll have to take a punt on a bunch of players, and Fifita is as likely as any to go well, but I don't think he is a guaranteed gun

Moanaman wrote:

My B/F is a borderline hoarder, we have enough Toilet Paper to keep the New Zealand Army going for a month

Borderline??!!

lomax or brimson can't decide
up for brimson
down for lomax

not happy being unsure if brimson will play

@leaguewhistle: Punters and super coaches beware: @Cronulla_Sharks Sharks are busted going into round one

@NRL @SuperCoachNRL @NRLSCDraftHero @JournoMatCleary @sportingnewsau @9_Moley @FOXNRL

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Milchcow wrote:
Last year David Fifita averaged 45 in his first 7 starts at 2nd row (less than his 2020 price)

He then went on a massive run, scoring 4 tries in 5 weeks to average 73 to finish the season

Then he put up a 42 in the finals when the Broncos got smashed.

How much of that end of season form is going to continue into this year?


You'll have to take a punt on a bunch of players, and Fifita is as likely as any to go well, but I don't think he is a guaranteed gun

im skipping dfifita, I think their is better value lower down.

I'm going 2 mid and 1 gun

sajjos wrote:

Borderline??!!

A slight exaggeration on my part, 3 week supply probably!

Blindside wrote:@leaguewhistle: Punters and super coaches beware: @Cronulla_Sharks  Sharks are busted going into round one

@NRL @SuperCoachNRL @NRLSCDraftHero @JournoMatCleary @sportingnewsau @9_Moley @FOXNRL

https://www.todaystale.com/LeagueWhistle/thewhistler-a__DBPm/injurycrisisatnrlclubaheadofroundone-s__fu5V https://twitter.com/leaguewhistle/status/1236457921715662848/photo/1

Would this mean more minutes for magoious? Williams? Make.some cash money quicker?