NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 43 - Another one bites the dust

mattnz wrote:
Was looking good until I saw the back 5. Needs some work with just 12 trades left to fix it.

Yep definitely agree with you,really want Ponga but it means playing with 16 this week. It looks better with Teddy in instead of Niu though haha

WT Winfield wrote:

Katoa to RFM just seems sideways. The positives I see is that you get points this week and can hopefully make over 100k from RFM over the next few weeks as long as Pay doesn't fuck it up and then jump off to a proper gun, but there's 2 trades burned. As people have said, if you trade in RFM you're ideally hoping he's a keeper, but Pay doesn't seem to rate him for whatever reason.

If not for Thompson, I'd be more willing to take a punt on RFM, but can see Pay jacking things around again pretty soon.

Croker's terrible, but for a one-off game you could just pray that he jags something. Cust is on the bench too though, so Des could hook Croker at any point if he's looking shite.

I like the Murray pick if there's some other way to get him.

It’s the only way I can play 17 this week with one trade.

Only got 41k spare.

Team is:

Koro
Haas Mofo
Lucy Yeo E. Katoa
Cleary Moses
Latrell Crichton
Teddy Ponga Pap

Grant JTB Rudolf Luai
Hammer Carrigan Paix Magoulias

Rabbits21 wrote:
It’s the only way I can play 17 this week with one trade.

Only got 41k spare.

Team is:

Koro
Haas Mofo
Lucy Yeo E. Katoa
Cleary Moses
Latrell Crichton
Teddy Ponga Pap

Grant JTB Rudolf Luai
Hammer Carrigan Paix Magoulias

Can't you just trade one of useless cheapies (Paix, Magoulias) to cheap 2RF (McIntyre, Dunn) instead

Camo123 wrote:

Can't you just trade one of useless cheapies (Paix, Magoulias) to cheap 2RF (McIntyre, Dunn) instead

I could go to Dunn but isn’t he a dud?

McIntyre only looks set for a few minutes off the bench as well.

You reckon Dunn out of the 2?

Rabbits21 wrote:
I could go to Dunn but isn’t he a dud?

McIntyre only looks set for a few minutes off the bench as well.

You reckon Dunn out of the 2?

Also

Can't be much worse than Magoulias

Camo123 wrote:

Can't you just trade one of useless cheapies (Paix, Magoulias) to cheap 2RF (McIntyre, Dunn) instead

I made the same suggestion in PM

Camo123 wrote:

Can't be much worse than Magoulias

I might go to Dunn then for Paix, cheers and pray for the best.

I might keep Magoulias for using as a loop.

Hopefully Katoa plays next week.

Dunn it is.

Is Gavin Cooper not a threat to him?

Team after trades;
Grant
Haas Rudolf
Lolo Matto Angus
Moses DCE
Lomax Niu
Ponga Papy Drinkwater

Koro Lucy HTF Paix
Crichton Farnsworth Carrigan Katoa

15(0) Trades 8K.

Looking at 13 Keepers currently - Grant, Haas, Lolo, Matto, Angus, DCE, Moses, Lomax, Ponga, Carrigan, Drinkwater/Pappy, Koro, Lucy/Katoa
Tradeouts - Niu, Paix, HTF, Crichton, Farnsworth, Rudolf, Drinkwater/Pappy, Lucy/Katoa


Those in bold above (3) will likely be my stepping stones to a gun (meaning 16 keepers). Niu, Paix, HTF, Crichton, Farnsworth are my cashouts. So take three of those away to fund the upgrades for Rudolf et al, that leaves 9 trades, 16 keepers, 5 cows. I need 2 of those cows to make enough money to grab a 17th and possibly 18th keeper (another 4 trades involved there - will need to double trade for the cash). That then leaves 5 trades, hopefully 18 keepers and 3 cheapies with probably 6 rounds left?

Camo123 wrote:

Can't you just trade one of useless cheapies (Paix, Magoulias) to cheap 2RF (McIntyre, Dunn) instead

Yeah Rabbits I think we're on very similar situations and yesterday you and I were both thinking the same re Katoa to RFM so we have enough 2rf but after further thought I'm not going with that, it's wasteful.

Keeping Katoa and going Paix to Mcintyre simply to make up the numbers this week, it's certainly not exciting but think it's sensible

BCT05 wrote:

Yeah Rabbits I think we're on very similar situations and yesterday you and I were both thinking the same re Katoa to RFM so we have enough 2rf but after further thought I'm not going with that, it's wasteful.

Keeping Katoa and going Paix to Mcintyre simply to make up the numbers this week, it's certainly not exciting but think it's sensible

I think Chee Kam, E. Taylor and Mikaele are gonna get decent minutes off the bench whilst McIntyre could only get 20mins. I’m gonna go Dunn and hope he does not get benched for Gavin Cooper.

Camo123 wrote:

Can't you just trade one of useless cheapies (Paix, Magoulias) to cheap 2RF (McIntyre, Dunn) instead

seems like a poor use of a trade just to get a shitty score this week

Milchcow wrote:

seems like a poor use of a trade just to get a shitty score this week

What is my alternative? I do not see any?

Isn’t getting rid of Katoa to RFM a worse trade?

I need to bring in two of Talau, Niu or Averillo. 
I KNOW! THIS IS MY LIFE NOW!

The first two? Thoughts and thanks

Just to follow up from the everyone is fucked discussion yesterday with a bit more detail:

1st overall: needs to trade in a 2RF and CTR to have 17, Tedesco in team
2nd: need 2RF trade in, has Teddy
3rd: needs a 2RF + 2nd trade to get 17, has Teddy
4th: need 2RF, no Teddy concerns - somehow has avoided much carnage despite a 4 hooker bench theoretically meaning less cover...
5th: will play 16 - short 2 * 2RF, 1 * CTR. Also Teddy
6th: needs WFB/CTR trade-in. 2nd probs 2RF otherwise playing JHop. Has Teddy
7th: needs CTR. Teddy watch. Otherwise looks solid
8th: will play 16 - short CTR/WFB, CTR/2RF, and INT. Has Teddy
9th: needs CTR/WFB and 2RF for 17. Has Teddy
10th: needs 2RF for 17. No Teddy

So most people are definitely scrambling to get 17. And if Teddy is rested or another late out there will be 16s and 15s everywhere. Nobody panic, basically.

whats the timeline on katoa injury. He wont be a keeper in my team. If its 2+ weeks I might aswell flip him to fotuaika this week.

Rabbits21 wrote:
What is my alternative? I do not see any?

Play with 16 for a week.

Come round 16, what you rather - having scored 20 extra points in R7, or having an extra trade available.

Milchcow wrote:

Play with 16 for a week.

Come round 16, what you rather - having scored 20 extra points in R7, or having an extra trade available.

Then what if Katoa is out next week?

I’m in the same boat no money spare to a good option

Rabbits21 wrote:
I think Chee Kam, E. Taylor and Mikaele are gonna get decent minutes off the bench whilst McIntyre could only get 20mins. I’m gonna go Dunn and hope he does not get benched for Gavin Cooper.

There current bench is
Utility
2RF
FRF
Hooker

McLean hanging around the 21. Could come in, pushing Molo to the bench and Cotter/Hola out. Granville also sitting there could possibly push Hampton out. Would mean there bench is.

Utility/HOK - Hampton/Granville/Cotter
2RF - Cooper
FRF - Molo
FRF - Hola?

Not sure how that works but if the bench stays the same you can pretty much pencil Lolo in for close to 80 and probably McGuire as well.

StormTrooper96 wrote:

There current bench is
Utility
2RF
FRF
Hooker

McLean hanging around the 21. Could come in, pushing Molo to the bench and Cotter/Hola out. Granville also sitting there could possibly push Hampton out. Would mean there bench is.

Utility/HOK - Hampton/Granville/Cotter
2RF - Cooper
FRF - Molo
FRF - Hola?

Not sure how that works but if the bench stays the same you can pretty much pencil Lolo in for close to 80 and probably McGuire as well.

You think bring in Dunn rather than trade out Katoa?

If Dunn averages 28 or 29 for the next few weeks he makes 75k as well, better than nothing!