NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 33 - If Stephen Crichton gets injured this week, I'm going to cry

Welshy wrote:
Would it not be a pointless trade dumping him after 3 rounds. Wasting 2 trades in the CTR?

Its team dependent really. I lost Mann, Williame and Kennedy whom all were in my 17 this week. Lucky for me Fuimaono starts for Williame in centre, so that solves that dilemma for 1 week.
So need a fullback and halfback.

There are 2 fullbacks $800K or more. Ponga, Tedesco.

There is one fullback $700K - $800k. Nofo.

There are 2 fullbacks $600K-$700K. Turbo, RTS.

A host of fullbacks between $500K and $600K that will most likely not get more expensive than $600K.

When looking at reasonably priced fantasy (under $500K) fullbacks Best and Campbell Graham stand out for me. Then probably Stephen Chricton.

Best is probably the Best chance for me to upgrade to Ponga, Tedesco or Turbo.

Welshy wrote:
How could getting Teddy, Ponga and Turbo early be a bad thing lad?

It's really a question of can I risk waiting on Teddy and will Turbo suffice.
Benefits of Turbo this week

1. Lots at the top have him so if he goes big this week I stay in touch
2. I can get him for Guler! Teddy means selling Drinkwater and Teddy plays late so locked in and we know what happened to him last week

A poor man's Fui, I like it.

Ozymandias wrote:Wiliame really is a dog's breakfast isn't he ..... $290k so you can't readily upgrade him and if you hang on to him he's got a BE of 22, which he won't hit because he can't tackle and the Dragons are a mess

Yeah exactly. He might just have to rot in my NPR's and use for looping, don't know if I want to spend a trade on him.

Community team poll

https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t1350-r5-trades-poll

Campbell Graham is a great WFB option with a great upcoming draw.

Ozymandias wrote:

I'm not sure of the answer - but my worry is, he will end up like Walters has now

When Turpin is fit he is the 9, there isn't any other outcome for Paix. If he's out of the 17 or on the bench, he will still be trade. Obviously if he's on the bench he might get one more week of price rises.

I grabbed Paix last week so I'm just hoping Turpin takes the longer end of "4-6 weeks", but the Broncos are only saying a month.

my tv broke wrote:

When Turpin is fit he is the 9, there isn't any other outcome for Paix. If he's out of the 17 or on the bench, he will still be trade. Obviously if he's on the bench he might get one more week of price rises.

I grabbed Paix last week so I'm just hoping Turpin takes the longer end of "4-6 weeks", but the Broncos are only saying a month.

A month from when precisely?

Mulvy wrote:

A month from when precisely?

I think it might be from during R3 which is what concerns me

From Broncos website on Monday: Elsewhere, “Hooker Jake Turpin will require four weeks of rest after being diagnosed post Eels game with a small fracture in his tibial plateau”

Mulvy wrote:Nup can't do Averillo or Talau in my starting 13. Just can't.

Best, Latrell, Hoppa, Fui. Hmmm, decisions, decisions.

FWIW I came to the same conclusion on the cheapies and 99% sure I’m going with Hoppa.

Mulvy wrote:

A month from when precisely?

hard to know really, the Broncos posted this on Monday-

Elsewhere, “Hooker Jake Turpin will require four weeks of rest after being diagnosed post Eels game with a small fracture in his tibial plateau”, said Broncos Head Of Performance Paul Devlin

Could mean four weeks from this round, or four weeks off including last week, etc.

NRLPhysio's general timeframe was 4 to 6 weeks off

If i can get 40+ over 3 more games from him, i'll be happy. Anything more is a bonus.

my tv broke wrote:

hard to know really, the Broncos posted this on Monday-

Elsewhere, “Hooker Jake Turpin will require four weeks of rest after being diagnosed post Eels game with a small fracture in his tibial plateau”, said Broncos Head Of Performance Paul Devlin

Could mean four weeks from this round, or four weeks off including last week, etc.

NRLPhysio's general timeframe was 4 to 6 weeks off

If i can get 40+ over 3 more games from him, i'll be happy. Anything more is a bonus.

Yeah fine if you have him. It's whether he's still a buy or not is the question.

Casualty ward just as Paix listed as ‘July’, which is not helpful in the least bit definitely rings true for 4-6 weeks 


Paix seems one of the no brainer cash cows- not often you get the bankable tackle stats of a hooker you can slot in the halves. I already have Luai and Fogarty and I am still considering downgrading Drinkwater to him to play in my 17. 


3 weeks should see him make 150k, anything more is just a bonus.

UP Guler>Turbo
DOWN Drinkwater>Teddy

Please and thank you

What position did Fuiamoano play in round 1? he played 73minutes off the bench and only managed 21 points

Im thinking of going Hopoate -> Fuimaono and Drinkwater -> Best and riding out either best or Fui to tedesco

FalconSloth wrote:What position did Fuiamoano play in round 1? he played 73minutes off the bench and only managed 21 points

Centre, Rava went off injured after 7mins

FalconSloth wrote:What position did Fuiamoano play in round 1? he played 73minutes off the bench and only managed 21 points

Ravalawa went off injured. Pushed Lafai to wing and Fui played centre

Thinking of going

Mann > Fui

Then trading either JHop or Kennedy out for:

- Turbo + 227k itb
- Teddy/Ponga + 64-74k itb

Thoughts on the second? Thinking turbo better value and up against the Broncs - but huge fomo with the other two that could go massive at any time, especially Teddy v Dogs

Shady2K wrote:Thinking of going

Mann > Fui

Then trading either JHop or Kennedy out for:

- Turbo + 227k itb
- Teddy/Ponga + 64-74k itb

Thoughts on the second? Thinking turbo better value and up against the Broncs - but huge fomo with the other two that could go massive at any time, especially Teddy v Dogs

I think it entirely depends on what you can do with the 227k next round. For example, can you piss off Jhop or Kennedy next week foir a cashie and use the 227k to upgrade to another gun? If so, do the tommy trade.

If you're happy to just build a bit of cash next week and trade to two cows I reckon you can't go wrong with bringing in Teddy!

Teddy is a semi-POD now because a lot of people who were gonna bring him in last round went Ponga instead.