NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 16 - David Fifita broke Valentine Holmes ankles

Pookus McFly wrote:I want to offer a differing opinion if for nothing else than to play devils advocate and to break the hive mind of advice on here. My disclaimer is that there are much smarter fantasy minds around whose advice will be contrary to this, so take everything than grain of salt that this is just some nobodies fantasy opinions.

The consensus is to play it cool, keep a level head and don’t go chasing last weeks fantasy scores. I am advocating to be aggressive and take some risks. Sure, Stimson will probably come good and eek out the 40 points per game we were expecting but he will now take an extra week to turn a profit and then  find those gains exceedingly slower than some alternatives. Horsburgh has risky job security, but if he keeps posting 60s he will make $150k in the next three rounds and possibly be upgradeable to a gun before Bateman comes back and he loses his spot (Or maybe he keeps the lock role and is a season keeper- not entirely off the cards). I am all about saving trades but an early aggressive game is important too, chasing Hors is not just chasing last weeks points but chasing his value and imminent price prises. Stimson might be a good cow yet, but if a MUCH better prospect comes along to net you more points and better gains than I think it’s worth taking. This isn’t a “swapping Stimson for Carty because he bested his BE by 8 points instead of just missing it” sideways scenerio- Horsburgh played 62 minutes of lock and scored 27 points above his breakeven. The only risk I can see is Bateman returning early, but that’s chance I’ll take. Hors HAS to come into my team at this point, and whilst I may yet have a bigger flop to do it (say, Esy E only gets 40 mins), if there is no better candidate than Stimson will make way more matter how much it is true that he will “come good”.

Tl;dr- Stimson becomes Horsburgh at lockout for me

Moanaman wrote:I'm 499/9 (C) if we're not including Bench It's 406/6 (C)

BTW which one of you Fucks is responsible for me picking Stimson!

Pookus McFly wrote:I want to offer a differing opinion if for nothing else than to play devils advocate and to break the hive mind of advice on here. My disclaimer is that there are much smarter fantasy minds around whose advice will be contrary to this, so take everything with a grain of salt that this is just some nobodies fantasy opinions.

The consensus is to play it cool, keep a level head and don’t go chasing last weeks fantasy scores. I am advocating to be aggressive and take some risks. Sure, Stimson will probably come good and eek out the 40 points per game we were expecting but he will now take an extra week to turn a profit and then  find those gains exceedingly slower than some alternatives. Horsburgh has risky job security, but if he keeps posting 60s he will make $150k in the next three rounds and possibly be upgradeable to a gun before Bateman comes back and he loses his spot (Or maybe he keeps the lock role and is a season keeper- not entirely off the cards). I am all about saving trades but an early aggressive game is important too, chasing Hors is not just chasing last weeks points but chasing his value and imminent price prises. Stimson might be a good cow yet, but if a MUCH better prospect comes along to net you more points and better gains than I think it’s worth taking. This isn’t a “swapping Stimson for Carty because he bested his BE by 8 points instead of just missing it” sideways scenerio- Horsburgh played 62 minutes of lock and scored 27 points above his breakeven. The only risk I can see is Bateman returning early, but that’s chance I’ll take. Hors HAS to come into my team at this point, and whilst I may yet have a bigger flop to do it (say, Esy E only gets 40 mins), if there is no better candidate then Stimson will have to make way no matter how much it is true that he will “come good”.

Tl;dr- Stimson becomes Horsburgh at lockout for me

White Lightning wrote:

That's what I'm weighing up Stimson to Horsburgh. I believe in aggressive early trading. The problem I have is only 8k bank so how I make that trade work is difficult.

mattnz wrote:
That would be you

Rabbits21 wrote:
Only way I could get Hors in is to downgrade Aubbo to Watkins and then upgrade Stimson to Hors.

Pookus McFly wrote:

See I wouldn’t do that. That’s just tearing your team apart to get him. You picked Aubbs:love: because you think he will stay in the second row, in which case he will score significantly higher than Watkins over the season. You might be trading out a centre gun for a cash cow, and that’s just ludicrous.

my tv broke wrote:Pangai grade 2..4 to 6 weeks due to priors.....

Rabbits21 wrote:
Not if Aubbs plays centre tonight and scores 15 it’s not.

my tv broke wrote:Pangai grade 2..4 to 6 weeks due to priors.....

Pookus McFly wrote:
 Yes and no. If you think he is going to get the second row position over Angus once Morris comes than you need to stick with him. But if you didn’t think that, then why on Earth would you pick him in the first place? Hoping for two games on the edge?

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Glenn slots straight into the edge and Haas plays 80 again....

my tv broke wrote:

Rumour glenn will miss a few more weeks.

my tv broke wrote:

Rumour glenn will miss a few more weeks.

White Lightning wrote:

That's what I'm weighing up Stimson to Horsburgh. I believe in aggressive early trading. The problem I have is only 8k bank so how I make that trade work is difficult.

my tv broke wrote:Pangai grade 2..4 to 6 weeks due to priors.....

Rabbits21 wrote:
How does the pack look then with no Lodge, Glenn, TPJ or Ofa next week!

my tv broke wrote:

Rumour glenn will miss a few more weeks.