2016 NRL.com Fantasy pre-thread Part 2

White Lightning wrote:The only problem with Peats is that he's injury prone. He's one of my favourite players cause he really rips in & doesn't back off & he's a very consistent scorer as he's heavily involved. He plays above his weight which is the main reason he gets injured.

Shanbon wrote:Who is the roosters utility or back up hooker this year? Hasting to start in halves, mcgilrick released I guess that leaves Aubbo so we may see an increase in minutes to start the season and then I guess Nikorama will come in later like Hastings did mud year. Parra have Pritchard and DeGois ready from the start of the season and I can see one grabbing a bench spot considering the 80 min forwards the Eels have this year.

The counter argument is I expect parra to be much more attacking this year with the players they bought while the roosters have lost a couple of attaching players

Shanbon wrote:Who is the roosters utility or back up hooker this year? Hasting to start in halves, mcgilrick released I guess that leaves Aubbo so we may see an increase in minutes to start the season and then I guess Nikorama will come in later like Hastings did mud year. Parra have Pritchard and DeGois ready from the start of the season and I can see one grabbing a bench spot considering the 80 min forwards the Eels have this year.

The counter argument is I expect parra to be much more attacking this year with the players they bought while the roosters have lost a couple of attaching players

filthyklean wrote:

SI wrote:I'm surprised filthyklean's like/reputation count is still below his post count.

Welcome to the forum mate.  I thought you were an alt when you first registered.  Were you on Sportal?

Haha thanks. Na don't think i ever registered there, looked through their forums every now and again though, always impressed with how you guys ranked & got your data together. To be honest i'm a part the Renegades group on Facebook, but not here to cause any trouble

filthyklean wrote:

Haha thanks. Na don't think i ever registered there, looked through their forums every now and again though, always impressed with how you guys ranked & got your data together. To be honest i'm a part the Renegades group on Facebook, but not here to cause any trouble

Milchcow wrote:
PGC rundown up to rounds 12.
Did he ever finish his season summary? He is a member here so might be able to finish for us

My initial squad was:
Farah Lichaa
Fifita Gallen Kaufusi O'Brien
Parker Guerra Harris James Santi Grevs
Arey Cornish Brooks Niko
Aubusson Soliola Kata Aitken
Ted Tauk Moses Nabuli Lee

Now that you've stopped laughing, apart from Brooks, I was reasonably happy with my initial squad. I couldn't stretch to get Mortimer and I downgraded someone to Kaufusi during the first round to upgrade someone else, I can't remember who. Aubusson had been talked up by Robinson in pre-season and was going to spend some time at hooker. So had Aitken and Nabuli. Don't believe everything you read. In hindsight, I wish I'd started with Elgey over Brooks, who's name was being thrown around and saved the cash, but I offloaded him pretty quickly anyways. More out of embarrassment than anything else.

Round 1 Scored 770, Rank 1704.

Round 2
Kaufusi - Lisone, Brooks - Lolo
Being a Warriors supporter I liked the look of these 2. Plus I'd started the year with Luke Brooks.......
Scored 792 Rank 1295

Round 3
Grevs - G Stewart, Aubusson - Coote
Glenn Stewart was being awarded Ben Lowes points, what wasn't to like. Coote was named and a lock for the FB spot for the rest of the season and Aubusson wasn't spending enough time at hooker to warrant sticking with him. I got lucky starting the year with Aitken which allowed me to grab Coote at his basement price. It also set me up for the next couple of rounds with regard to cash-out trades.
Scored 943 Rank 113

Round 4
James - Friz, Nabuli - Bird
There was a glut of mid-range 2RF's scoring well above their prices and James was doing his best to score in negatives every week through penalties and missed tackles. I personally thought he looked really disinterested, so my first important decision had to be made. I went with Friz over Lowe, probably because I was secretly part of the anti-headband brigade. Nabuli to Bird was an easy decision. He was/is the slowest Fijian I have ever seen.
Scored 890 Rank 59

Round 5
Lisone - JTurbo, Santi - Lovett
Lisone had peaked and JTurbo was scoring reasonably consistent mid 30's for a guy less than $150k. Lovett had the lowest BE going round and looked good for a 4th scoring reserve, capable of base 40's and had obviously taken Santi's spot for the time being. Cash generation was the biggest priority, especially considering my starting 16 was holding it's own.
Scored 917 Rank 30

Round 6
Guerra - Tolman, Arey - SJ
Probably would have preferred to not trade this round, but with Guerra breaking his jaw and James Graham trying his best to amputate Arey's leg, my hand was forced. Tolman seemed logical, with Graham out an increase in minutes was on the cards plus he had great byes. My second tough decision had to be made as to who would replace Arey. Hunt v SJ. At $100k cheaper and bottomed out, as well as being a Warriors supporter, I opted for SJ. Hunt scored 90 that round......Nevertheless, I moved into the top 10 for the first time during the season.
Scored 896 Rank 6

Round 7
Fif - Gurgess, Cornish - Blake
Fifita got suspended and Cornish got dropped for no apparent reason. Gurgess looked great with byes not far away and was always in my plans, Blake was regrettable but with my starting 17 still scoring well, he was the only option for a cash grab.
Scored 852 Rank 15

Round 8
Gallen - Fensom, O'Brien - Turgess
Gallen ruptured his arse and O'Brien was sitting there doing nothing, so I decided to invest in Turgess who had moved into the starting 13, fantastic byes and looked like he had a great work rate, although not necessarily the TB ability of his brother. Fensom was always in my plans for Rnd 11 and my final 17, so he was an easy choice to replace Gal.
Scored 791 Rank 19

Round 9
Lolo - Hoeter, GStewart - Mannering
With Rnd 11 around the corner and Lolo looking like he had peaked, in came Hooters. GStewart got injured right before round 11, the keyant, otherwise I probably would have held him. There were a few options that probably would have helped more with the byes, but Mannering was outscoring all of them by plenty and before he got out of sight price wise, I thought it was a good idea to get him in sooner rather than later.
Scored 859 Rank 23

Round 10
Kata - Gray, Aitken - DCE
Kata to Gray for the byes, with Sol and Bird averaging more than enough for starting centres, plus I needed to fund my Aitken upgrade. DCE had been tearing it up with Foran out injured, but I made the first trade that I truly regretted, bringing him in instead of Hunt. He subsequently got injured, still managed to score 56 but missed Rnd 12. I thought the wheels had fallen off.
Scored 952 Rank 27

Round 11
Farah - Peats, JTurbo - Faaoso
Farah to Peats, easy decision for the byes, although I came close to bringing in Luke as he jumped back into the starting side for Rnd 11. JTurbo to Faaoso was probably my worst trade of the season. Being an Eel, I thought Faaoso would be good for 20-30 points Rnd 11,14,17. Hahahaha, what ***ked me off most was that I'd had Sam Hoare in my side all week leading up to lockout (He scored 45 Rnd 11, 34 Rnd 17). Faaoso got beat up by the Burgii, scored me 11 points and was never seen again.
Scored 794 Rank 12

Round 12
Tolman - Bromwich, Lovett - Leary
Although Tolman to Bromwich was uber sideways, he played Rnd 12 and Tolman didn't and he was always going to be part of my final 17. Plus I didn't expect Graham to be so gammy for the rest of the season. My second sideways trade of the Rnd was Lovett to Leary. Leary starting at lock and tackling the house down seemed like a good idea at the time and to be fair, I got Rnd 12 and 13 out of him before he became a myth. Lovett destroyed the remaining byes. In hindsight an absolute waste of a trade.
Scored 816 Rank 21

I'll do a few more rounds later in the week mate.
Cheers.

White Lightning wrote:The only problem with Peats is that he's injury prone. He's one of my favourite players cause he really rips in & doesn't back off & he's a very consistent scorer as he's heavily involved. He plays above his weight which is the main reason he gets injured.

rhinoceroo wrote:

Ian Henderson likely to be Roosters back-up hooker, or Jayden Nikorima as utility.

Filthy, do you have a price for Joel Edwards?

Honeysett wrote:

Ian Henderson is that the bloke that played for the Warriors years ago?

Honeysett wrote:

Ian Henderson is that the bloke that played for the Warriors years ago?

rhinoceroo wrote:

Yeah, then he played under Robinson at Catalans. Complete grub.

Big Kev wrote:Anyone think Tim Grant will get a decent run at the tigs? - got crumbs at Souths. Might have some value in him

SI wrote:

Speaking of blokes who've been booted from Renegades

Welshy87 wrote:

Isn't Dureau back in the NRL as well?

rhinoceroo wrote:

Dureau's retired mate. Coaching at the Knights.

Welshy87 wrote:

Big Kev wrote:Anyone think Tim Grant will get a decent run at the tigs? - got crumbs at Souths. Might have some value in him

can't see a big increase with Woods, Sue, Ava there, unless Sue makes a permanent switch to the back row