2016 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 3

SoylentGreen wrote:I'm thinking of taking a different tack with the hooker setup and having JNiko as an NPR. Gives me:

Smith, JNiko
Douglas, Ah May, JTrbo, nuffie
Gallen, Fensom, Surgess, Tapau, Chee Kam, nuffie
Milford, JReynolds, Hastings, Taylor
Lafai, Avua'a, Henry, Gutherson
Fergo, Gordon, Copley, nuffie, nuffie

HOK: Interesting going the cheaper Hooker. Could be great.

FRF: Love ah mau, Douglas should be solid. There are better options in the 2RF for Douglas if you want to move Burgess up, but I am guessing you like the stacked 2RF. Trbojevic will be great.

2RF: Yeah.. It is good, though do you think Taupau will get more than 50 minutes a game with Leary/Buhrer/Symonds/Brown/Mateo?

HLF: Not sure how much Milford will improve on his scores, with guys like Maloney/Mullen there they could be alternative options. Milford while having potential to bust out massive scores can also produce lackluster scores in the 20s. He will average reasonably well throughout the season. I just think Maloney/Mullen are more consistent and have potential to average higher. (Particularly Maloney who won't have Pearce doing a lot of the kicking this year.)

CTR/WFB: Nothing wrong with CTR or WFB.

and I am done.

Scouter wrote:Any thoughts on Matagi? Potential for decent minutes at the Panthers and his ppm is pretty good from memory.

If you only had to have 1 hitup a game he would be the best player in the NRL. Does not have the motor for big minutes

Also reposting for the new page.

List of available leagues:

(Ex-Sportal) NRL Fantasy Fanatics league - JAXSM7VW
Bullbender League - 6YWUXR3L (6 spots left)
Randoms League (Gun Back Team) - 4ML5TWET
Caketiger League- TH556UES
Krumps League - 3U7CRWWU
Mrots League - 9X3L6W5Z

Last year Matagi ave 23.4 in 26.8 minutes for a 0.87ppm. He only manage 7 games and gets a 9% discount. He needs minutes on the park to be of value

Random wrote:

HOK: Interesting going the cheaper Hooker. Could be great.

FRF: Love ah mau, Douglas should be solid. There are better options in the 2RF for Douglas if you want to move Burgess up, but I am guessing you like the stacked 2RF. Trbojevic will be great.

2RF: Yeah.. It is good, though do you think Taupau will get more than 50 minutes a game with Leary/Buhrer/Symonds/Brown/Mateo?

HLF: Not sure how much Milford will improve on his scores, with guys like Maloney/Mullen there they could be alternative options. Milford while having potential to bust out massive scores can also produce lackluster scores in the 20s. He will average reasonably well throughout the season. I just think Maloney/Mullen are more consistent and have potential to average higher. (Particularly Maloney who won't have Pearce doing a lot of the kicking this year.)

CTR/WFB: Nothing wrong with CTR or WFB.

and I am done.

Thanks for the comments. Like I said to Welshy, I think Douglas will be a good reliable POD this season. Taupau - if he only averages 50min, then he's no worse minutes wise than he was last year (49min), and I think he'll get more tries and line breaks this year.

Gun Backs team.

HOK: J. Granville (M. Parcell)
FRF: J. Trbojevic, L. ah Mau (D. Alvaro, NPR)
2RF: R. Rochow, J. Tapine, E. Whitehead (NPR, NPR, NPR)
HLF: D. Cherry-Evans, J. Thurston (NPR, NPR)
CTR: B. Ferguson, K. Hurrell (D. Copley, NPR)
WFB: R. Tuivasa-Scheck, J. Tedesco, S. Radradra (NPR, NPR)

Cash Remaining: $53 000

- Will look to upgrade Granville -> Lichaa/Peats/Segeyaro if bench hooker is named for the Cowboys.
- Parcell likely to become Nikorima pending teamlists.
- Not 100% sold on Alvaro yet.
- Whitehead is there pending teamlists. (Hoping Papalii plays FRF)
- Not 100% sold on Hurrellcane

Cheers for the input Random. Good input as usual. You raise some interesting points.

Random wrote:Gun Backs team.

HOK: J. Granville (M. Parcell)
FRF: J. Trbojevic, L. ah Mau (D. Alvaro, NPR)
2RF: R. Rochow, J. Tapine, E. Whitehead (NPR, NPR, NPR)
HLF: D. Cherry-Evans, J. Thurston (NPR, NPR)
CTR: B. Ferguson, K. Hurrell (D. Copley, NPR)
WFB: R. Tuivasa-Scheck, J. Tedesco, S. Radradra (NPR, NPR)

Cash Remaining: $53 000

- Will look to upgrade Granville -> Lichaa/Peats/Segeyaro if bench hooker is named for the Cowboys.
- Parcell likely to become Nikorima pending teamlists.
- Not 100% sold on Alvaro yet.
- Whitehead is there pending teamlists. (Hoping Papalii plays FRF)
- Not 100% sold on Hurrellcane

I don't think Hurrell comes under the gun category haha. Radradra could regress playing outside the ball hog Jennings. I notice you're a big Ah Mau & Trbojevic fan. So am I. With the minutes being an uncertainty in the Manly pack do you think Trbojevic will get good minutes as there's Myles, Brown, Taupau & Buhrer to contend with.

Thoughts on the following

Lafai + Tapine OR Hurrell + Whitehead OR Slater + $240k 2RF (Suggest someone)

Id beware of Tapine, Knights have offered him a good contract but Canberra offered big money, Brown told him you sign for Canberra and youll be playing NSW cup for the year.

Why do you got to do this to me man, I am just liking how my squad looks.

My first team Im not worried about Parcell and even think Koro might get 80

Seggy Peats
Woods Fifita NPR NPR
W Graham Surgess Rochow MCK NPR NPR
DCE Koroisau Hastings Taylor
Hurrell Gutherson Auvau Henry
Inglis Gordon Copely NPR NPR

Im not worried about Parcell and even think Koro might get 80 and if thats the case he is almost must have

Random wrote:Thoughts on the following

Lafai + Tapine OR Hurrell + Whitehead OR Slater + $240k 2RF (Suggest someone)

I have 3 of those players in my first draft squad.

I think Inglis will bounce back score wise this year but im very tempted to change him out for Ferg and use the 90k to increase my depth zero haha

Shanbon wrote:I think Inglis will bounce back score wise this year but im very tempted to change him out for Ferg and use the 90k to increase my depth zero haha

In his form seasons prior to 2015 he was quick out of the blocks, posting some massive scores early on.  That and Origin means if you are having him at some stage then may as well be from Round 1.  I don't have him and probably won't.

Shanbon wrote:Id beware of Tapine, Knights have offered him a good contract but Canberra offered big money, Brown told him you sign for Canberra and youll be playing NSW cup for the year.

Yeah I read that on one of the Knights forums. The Knights fans are already loving Brown for making a stand & putting Tapine in his place. I don't think he'll sign for the Raiders as he won't want to play reserve grade all year. There's some pretty big wraps on Tapine so I think he's a good pick. He also has a very good chance of starting along with Rochow. However I think having both Rochow & Tapine in your team is 1 Knight too many.

Is it TLT yet?

Having both Rochow & Tapine is the best insurance you've picked the right one when tariq comes back. Likely a committed trade for the wrong one. But a trade with profit you'd think

White Lightning wrote:

Yeah I read that on one of the Knights forums. The Knights fans are already loving Brown for making a stand & putting Tapine in his place. I don't think he'll sign for the Raiders as he won't want to play reserve grade all year. There's some pretty big wraps on Tapine so I think he's a good pick. He also has a very good chance of starting along with Rochow. However I think having both Rochow & Tapine in your team is 1 Knight too many.

I can't see Tapine leaving the Knights. We stood by him during the assault charge and he wanted to repay the faith shown to him.

I think he will resign with us but I really think he is best coming off the bench, he's an impact 2nd rower at the moment. He's not someone to start the game and grind it out, not yet anyway.

Surgess with a whopping 50% ownership status already.