NRLFF 2006 Fantasy thread - Round 5+6, I love fullbacks

Got up for Dawn Service this morning in Isolation, turn the computer on and BOOM! JT with what I can assume will be my best score of the week.

Teeth Eater wrote:

Isn't it funny when you forget which players you have in each game so you just scroll down the list until you see a guy from your team. Joy, if it's in the top half... but more often than not, I keep scrolling the list and praying I don't have a player and then KAZAAAM!! Right down the bottom of the list I'm reminded I have Shackelton and Stapleton in my team. What a fucking buzzkill.

I think I will quite easily underscore my record 521 for round 4 last week.  

This is why I always read the lists from the bottom up - that way you start getting excited if you haven't seen your player yet (rather than getting that oh crap moment).

Moanaman wrote:Got up for Dawn Service this morning in Isolation, turn the computer on and BOOM! JT with what I can assume will be my best score of the week.

Likewise. Pretty special hearing The Last Post coming from so many different directions.
Then saw the lists and remembered I sold Shillo... doh!

A few random observations:

The good:
Reece Williams - Sharks - Scores so far of 43, 45, 58, 57 (not sure what happens to him when Gal is back though).

The bad:
Shane Elford - Tigers - Last week 74, this week 7
Paul Whatuira - Tigers - Last week 71, this week 12 - starting to look like the ultimate rocks and diamonds player
Me - Keeping Stapleton, selling Shillington

The ugly:
Travis Norton - Cowboys - 20, 22, 7, 23, 18 for an average of 18 (priced at 31 to start the season) - Starting Lock too!

easytiger wrote:Likewise. Pretty special hearing The Last Post coming from so many different directions.

I live a the top of a valley, we had 1 French Horn, 3 Trumpets and a set of Bagpipes echoing off the hills. It was quite special

Welshy wrote:
Great pick mate

It's taken a while but I think I've found the strategy for this format. In the forwards you want high base, but not just work horses. They have to be able to offload and threaten the line for line breaks and tries. In the backs you want players that do the hard yards, but also quick and elusive enough to break the line and finish

Picking the wrong types of forwards(except Tronc) and the wrong type of backs(except Inglis) makes it incredibly hard to come back

easytiger wrote:A few random observations:

The good:
Reece Williams - Sharks - Scores so far of 43, 45, 58, 57 (not sure what happens to him when Gal is back though).

The bad:
Shane Elford - Tigers - Last week 74, this week 7
Paul Whatuira - Tigers - Last week 71, this week 12 - starting to look like the ultimate rocks and diamonds player
Me - Keeping Stapleton, selling Shillington

The ugly:
Travis Norton - Cowboys - 20, 22, 7, 23, 18 for an average of 18 (priced at 31 to start the season) - Starting Lock too!

This is the Gallen replacement Williams that we all wanted, not that pretender Jack Williams

Good to see the world's slowest winger cross the line, even got an undeserved line break. Should be enough to kick start some price rises so I can move him for a real WFB

Yeah Reece Williams has being probably the most consistent scorer of all players with his 4 round scores being (had a bye round 1) 43, 45, 58, 57. You look at most players & they've usually getting 1 dud score but not Reece Williams.
Edit - Sorry MS I forgot Tronc he's been ultra consistent as well 47, 48, 40, 41, 49 but he 68k more expensive than Williams.

easytiger wrote:A few random observations:

The good:
Reece Williams - Sharks - Scores so far of 43, 45, 58, 57 (not sure what happens to him when Gal is back though).

The bad:
Shane Elford - Tigers - Last week 74, this week 7
Paul Whatuira - Tigers - Last week 71, this week 12 - starting to look like the ultimate rocks and diamonds player
Me - Keeping Stapleton, selling Shillington

The ugly:
Travis Norton - Cowboys - 20, 22, 7, 23, 18 for an average of 18 (priced at 31 to start the season) - Starting Lock too!

I would’ve bought in Williams this week, if Gallen didn’t exist. But if he holds his spot he’s going to make quite a bit more cash and be a borderline keeper.

On the ugly end, I started with Norton, cut him early, but I can’t believe how badly he scores.

These are the most consistent scorers as at round 4. I've broken it down into 2 categories:
Category 1 - price 500k + & must score over 40 points each round
Category 2 - price 500k - & must score over 30 points each round

Category 1 (there are 17 players):
Tongue = 57, 67, 104, 55
Hindmarsh = 50, 104, 46, 63
Steven Bell = 79, 75, 57, 52
Steve Simpson = 40, 64, 42, 76
CS9 = 75, 41, 46, 56
Ben Kennedy = 53, 44, 53, 64
Guttenbeil = 52, 43, 61, 55
Matt Gidley = 62, 50, 47, 46
Hodges = 49, Injured, 99, 56
Andrew Johns = 51, 101, 45, Injured
Troy Thompson = 46, 52, 42, 56
Civoniceva = 42, 48, 52, 41
Shane Tronc = 47, 48, 40, 41
Reece Williams = Bye, 43, 45, 58
Reni Maitua = 41, 62, 40, Bye
Craig Gower = 55, 43, Bye, 40
Nathan, Merritt = 43, Bye, 46, 40

Category 2 (there are 3 players)
Todd Lowrie - DNP, 31, 43, 62
Luke Douglas = Bye, 38, 32, 55
Kevin Kingston = Bye, 33, 48, 35

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

This is the Gallen replacement Williams that we all wanted, not that pretender Jack Williams

So true.
No tinny tries in those scores from Reece either

Here are the 10 best value players as at round 4. I have used points per $1,000
Gorrell = .457 (total points 229/price 501k)
Evarn Tuimavave = .396
Riley Brown = .393
Reece Simmonds = .389
Grant Rovelli = .380
Dean Collis = .371
Luke Douglas = .361
Brian Carney = .359
Ben Jones = .354
Michael Henderson = .354

Thanks to Teeth Eater pointing out, we have a full game available for tonight

Newcastle vs St George from round 5

https://youtu.be/nE-KrnNhzgA

Broncos vs Souths, click the spoiler to see if "Two Tries" Tupou lives up to his name

Spoiler:

Manly Warringah 22 (S. Bell 2, C. Hicks tries; M. Orford 5 goals) defeated Warriors 8 (T. Martin 2 tries)


After round 1, Tony Martin was a big target of hate. Most people held on, and they are rewarded with a 2 try performance.
Steven Bell keeps his try scoring going too

Menzies and Orford put up good scores
Luck and Rovelli not so much

Last game for this morning

Bulldogs 30 (T. Cutler, A. Emelio, L. Patten, A. Ryan tries; H. El Masri 7 goals) defeated Canberra 12 (T. Carney 2 tries; C. Schifcofske 2 goals)

Only 2 people own Carney, who has a start, 2 tries and 75 points

Alan Tongue gets 53, he's the star forward of this format

Zillman gets the sort of score people might have expected given his reputation

A couple weeks ago El Masri got 4 tries, now he gets just 22 points total

Learoyd-Lars with a 28, owners would want more, but its good for his price

That's it for this morning

Tonight will put up Newcastle vs Dragons, and start on round 6

Thanks Milchy!

574 with Gasnier and Carney to go....

My FRF combined for 35 points. I might need to fix that

Parker not hitting his BE is a bit shit. I could probably have got Bell in there somewhere and just played Ben Jones in the 2RF for one more game round. BAH

Tony Martin

easytiger wrote:

This is why I always read the lists from the bottom up - that way you start getting excited if you haven't seen your player yet (rather than getting that oh crap moment).

I do that but then miss my players and have to read through the list multiple times.