NRL Fantasy 2020 part 22 - The one where we all come back

danseels1985 wrote:First post since Rona took hold,hope everyone is well. Have been avoiding looking at my team as I know there are multiple problems there. Cleary being a idiot has stuffed me as I also have Watkins DFifita,Levi and Williams to deal with so I might have to give one of the latter two another go and wait to see what TLT brings

Curtis, what a player!

Chewie wrote:Just popped in to see where it's all at... looks like you guys have been busy

First time checking in to my favourite NRL Fantasy community...you lot have been busy??
Haven't even thought about logging in to check on my Bludgers yet.
Can someone give me a 1. 2. 3. quick update on the main changes I need to deal with?
I know Cleary will be sidelined for being a twit, is DFifi out for long?? How far away is Batman? etc.
Mucho gracious

The Bludger

Gallen has advised he would consider coming out of retirement to help out Warriors https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/warriors/300016251/nrl-legend-paul-gallen-willing-to-come-out-of-retirement-to-help-warriors

Is Aubo worth buying, or do we think he's about to lose his spot? I'm thinking of backflipping on my Croft to Teddy trade, getting Aubo in so that I'm not reliant on Wiliame and Lomax every week in my centres, and then using the spare cash to jump on Teddy in 1-2 weeks from now.

Bethany_B wrote:Is Aubo worth buying, or do we think he's about to lose his spot? I'm thinking of backflipping on my Croft to Teddy trade, getting Aubo in so that I'm not reliant on Wiliame and Lomax every week in my centres, and then using the spare cash to jump on Teddy in 1-2 weeks from now.

I have a bad feeling Crichton will be starting which means I will have to move Aubbo on. Hope I am wrong.

In other news on another note it’s good to see GI will make a comeback and play for Warrington Wolves just for the 2021 season.

Many think GI was medically retired but he wasn’t. He had lost his passion for the game, his body was breaking down so he forfeited his contract. To this day what money he gets in his job at Souths now still comes out of our cap.

I wish GI all the best. I would say no doubt he’s really struggling mentally not playing.


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Greg Inglis to return to footy! Just to reiterate, he was NOT medically retired. His injuries weren’t considered career ending but he “could no longer perform to his own standards”
Inglis forfeited remainder of contract & off-field role was included in cap


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Regarding retirement before a contract expires: doesn’t appear to be a clear rule (any lawyers feel free to correct me). But there have been multiple instances across the AFL & NRL; what appears to occur is a renegotiation of the contract to bring forward the termination date

Also another curveball re Roberts is when he comes out of rehab on Friday he could very well need to self isolate for 14 days. Coming out of rehab into another lockdown ouch when he’s already struggling not playing. What will be will be though.

Camo123 wrote:

Why would you look at getting rid of Leilua. Average of 55 so far and long term 2RF average of 55 also

Not even close to a final 17 player imo
Fat little prick might not even be a R3 player after 2mths of no training!!

But I do hope he’s in yours

Rabbits21 wrote:In other news on another note it’s good to see GI will make a comeback and play for Warrington Wolves just for the 2021 season.

Warriors could use him this year?

GreenMachine wrote:

Not even close to a final 17 player imo
Fat little prick might not even be a R3 player after 2mths of no training!!

But I do hope he’s in yours

I'd likely carry for 5-6 rounds and he'd be around high 600k - low 700k by then and be upgrade to final 17 2RF (Jurbo, Bateman, maybe even Fifita if he comes back strong)

Also unlikely he loses spot, replacements are MCK who's basically a supersub & Lawrence who's nearing end of his career

I'm going to take my upgrades to final 17 fairly slowly I think because most of my team still has 100-150k+ to make and hopefully conserve a fair few trades

Getting rid of Lucy is absolute madness

Bethany_B wrote:Is Aubo worth buying, or do we think he's about to lose his spot? I'm thinking of backflipping on my Croft to Teddy trade, getting Aubo in so that I'm not reliant on Wiliame and Lomax every week in my centres, and then using the spare cash to jump on Teddy in 1-2 weeks from now.

Why are you not looking at a gun HLF (Moses, DCE if now, or Cleary if you wait 2 weeks)

Pretty sure you don't have a gun HLF right??

Rabbits21 wrote:In other news on another note it’s good to see GI will make a comeback and play for Warrington Wolves just for the 2021 season.

Many think GI was medically retired but he wasn’t. He had lost his passion for the game, his body was breaking down so he forfeited his contract. To this day what money he gets in his job at Souths now still comes out of our cap.

I wish GI all the best. I would say no doubt he’s really struggling mentally not playing.


NRL PHYSIO
@nrlphysio
Greg Inglis to return to footy! Just to reiterate, he was NOT medically retired. His injuries weren’t considered career ending but he “could no longer perform to his own standards”
Inglis forfeited remainder of contract & off-field role was included in cap


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Regarding retirement before a contract expires: doesn’t appear to be a clear rule (any lawyers feel free to correct me). But there have been multiple instances across the AFL & NRL; what appears to occur is a renegotiation of the contract to bring forward the termination date

Gee you Bunnies fans have short memories

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/05/16/inglis-salary-cap-ruling-gives-rabbitohs-$1-million-war-chest/?fbclid=IwAR0TNX-ybMLNG_7OOqWbPvbPkQQpq8DEeZ-UR3-4FxOa9w88kdQKZT4waLg

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Gee you Bunnies fans have short memories

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/05/16/inglis-salary-cap-ruling-gives-rabbitohs-$1-million-war-chest/?fbclid=IwAR0TNX-ybMLNG_7OOqWbPvbPkQQpq8DEeZ-UR3-4FxOa9w88kdQKZT4waLg

i dont really see the problem. inglis didn't get paid out his salary, he retired.

the fact that souths gave him a job seems dubious but if you have an issue with that then you may as well take issue with every other retired NRL player who works at a club post footy.

GreenMachine wrote:

Not even close to a final 17 player imo
Fat little prick might not even be a R3 player after 2mths of no training!!

But I do hope he’s in yours

Unless you know something everyone else doesn't, then yeah trading him out is bonkers.

wolfking wrote:

Unless you know something everyone else doesn't, then yeah trading him out is bonkers.

Is GreenMachine being accused of cheating in the 2020 comp? Dirty bastard, wouldn't put it beneath him

Welshy wrote:Getting rid of Lucy is absolute madness

Dumped him for round 2, but to be fair for some reason I didn't start with Koro!! so needed to get rid of him for that swap.

But he has scored 2 tries in 2 games (as well as 1LB and 1TS) so his 53pts avg could be a touch inflated. Still money to be made though with that fast start.

Andy V wrote:

Dumped him for round 2, but to be fair for some reason I didn't start with Koro!! so needed to get rid of him for that swap.

But he has scored 2 tries in 2 games (as well as 1LB and 1TS) so his 53pts avg could be a touch inflated. Still money to be made though with that fast start.

He has a fair sample size of 50 plus from his starting 2RF NRL games regardless, just think there are far too many fires to stamp out for some to be considering dumping him

Milchcow wrote:

Is GreenMachine being accused of cheating in the 2020 comp? Dirty bastard, wouldn't put it beneath him

LOL

my tv broke wrote:

i dont really see the problem. inglis didn't get paid out his salary, he retired.

the fact that souths gave him a job seems dubious but if you have an issue with that then you may as well take issue with every other retired NRL player who works at a club post footy.

Retired into a cushy job as a club development officer earning over half a mil a year. The same job offer that the Tigers received a cap penalty for offering Farah