NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 38 - We have our first banner !

Rotinaj wrote:

Surprised at the love for Averillo on here. Looked alright with ball in hand, but he was a hot mess on D. Sure it was against the roosters, but gave me some serious Coates from last year vibes.

I want a cheap CTR. (well, more accurately, I want to be able to keep naming Capewell in my centres, but unfortunately reality disagrees with the effectiveness of my plan)

If I get Latrell/Hoppa/Sione then I can't afford other upgrades I had planned for my team

Averillo would allow me to get those upgrades in.

Injuries came at the worst time for me, losing Capewell, and (likely) Leilua when CTR and 2RF are the 2 positions I have zero cover in, forcing me to spend my trades fixing them up.

So my options are, hope Leilua plays, get a cheap CTR, get a cheap 2RF, or play short this week. None of which are ideal

StormTrooper96 wrote:I am thinking of taking the punt on Farnworth over Averillo. Apparently Staggs only a 3-4 week layoff instead of the original thought of 6-8 or something. Farnworth spending a month at centre and then hopefully ride a couple more price bumps on the wing or on the bench? Hell he might kill it and take over D.Boyd's spot hahahahahahahahaha.

I'm thinking of him also mate.

Milchcow wrote:

I want a cheap CTR. (well, more accurately, I want to be able to keep naming Capewell in my centres, but unfortunately reality disagrees with the effectiveness of my plan)

If I get Latrell/Hoppa/Sione then I can't afford other upgrades I had planned for my team

Averillo would allow me to get those upgrades in.

Injuries came at the worst time for me, losing Capewell, and (likely) Leilua when CTR and 2RF are the 2 positions I have zero cover in, forcing me to spend my trades fixing them up.

So my options are, hope Leilua plays, get a cheap CTR, get a cheap 2RF, or play short this week. None of which are ideal

This is my driving reason

Is anyone considering swapping Leilua straight to Macca ?

Milchcow wrote:

I want a cheap CTR. (well, more accurately, I want to be able to keep naming Capewell in my centres, but unfortunately reality disagrees with the effectiveness of my plan)

If I get Latrell/Hoppa/Sione then I can't afford other upgrades I had planned for my team

Averillo would allow me to get those upgrades in.

Injuries came at the worst time for me, losing Capewell, and (likely) Leilua when CTR and 2RF are the 2 positions I have zero cover in, forcing me to spend my trades fixing them up.

So my options are, hope Leilua plays, get a cheap CTR, get a cheap 2RF, or play short this week. None of which are ideal

I guess if you're all good with him maybe getting 20ish scores and it lets you upgrade other parts of your squad then all good.

Especially if you aren't too worried about him getting dropped or shunted to wing long term. I got Fui last week as centre cover so now have almost $400k sunk into him instead of Best.

I like the new feature MTB. FANTASY HEADLINES, TIPS & RUMOURS

KingTeddy wrote:

How do you know?

Eels FB pages that I follow from guys I know and trust,apparently the guy was trolling and used reference to the last time Gutho did his ACL against the Tigers a couple of years back

Rotinaj wrote:

I guess if you're all good with him maybe getting 20ish scores and it lets you upgrade other parts of your squad then all good.

Especially if you aren't too worried about him getting dropped or shunted to wing long term. I got Fui last week as centre cover so now have almost $400k sunk into him instead of Best.

If I could get confirmation that Leilua is going to play, I can bring in gun CTR and someone else, play Leilua this week and get JTrbo next week.

If Leilua is out, I'd rather Averillo+Jtrbo than Mitchell+whatever 2RF I can afford (probably Raymond Faitala-Mariner)

More injury news, dog #1 has a loose/stretched ACL, requires two weeks of pain meds and strict no exercise, and hope for improvement, otherwise surgery may be necessary.

StormTrooper96 wrote:

I would grab CM9. If you had CM9 and Cook you would probably be the only one and having them both this early. Don't think CM9 comes down as much as Teddy/Ponga do. Papy Turbo and HTF can probably keep up with those two.

Thanks mate,would you still do it if you had Averillo and Lomax as your CTRs lol

danseels1985 wrote:

Eels FB pages that I follow from guys I know and trust,apparently the guy was trolling and used reference to the last time Gutho did his ACL against the Tigers a couple of years back

Same with Luai the other week. Only reference to MCL was 2018 ISP match. That contributed to me not selling Drinkwater to get Teddy as Burton in for Luai would've been good trade

my tv broke wrote:More injury news, dog #1 has a loose/stretched ACL, requires two weeks of pain meds and strict no exercise, and hope for improvement, otherwise surgery may be necessary.

Who is that? Will Hopoate?

Mulvy wrote:

Starting lock.  Horse to bench

This would be perfect

Loomer wrote:

Same with Luai the other week. Only reference to MCL was 2018 ISP match. That contributed to me not selling Drinkwater to get Teddy as Burton in for Luai would've been good trade

Luai actually did have an injury to his MCL but it was only a sprain. Uncomparable to a fake ACL

mattnz wrote:
Who is that? Will Hopoate?

nah, literally, one of my dogs haha

my tv broke wrote:

nah, literally, one of my dogs haha

Thats how rumours start

danseels1985 wrote:

Thanks mate,would you still do it if you had Averillo and Lomax as your CTRs lol

Ummmmmmm I am not a fan of Averillo. If you are happy copping a 20 there then yes.

my tv broke wrote:More injury news, dog #1 has a loose/stretched ACL, requires two weeks of pain meds and strict no exercise, and hope for improvement, otherwise surgery may be necessary.

Hopefully dog won't require surgery. Get pet insurance if you haven't got it already. Saved me 12k last year on my dogs emergency surgery.

HTF 15 base stats and if went to FB when Holmes went off that's about 53 mins. What are we expecting?

my tv broke wrote:

nah, literally, one of my dogs haha

Get well soon 'my dog broke'