NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 72 - Bursting the COVID bubble

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Had McInnes pencilled in this week but went Lolo instead.

It’s a possibility I may have gotten that one wrong but there’s still a chance

Camo123 wrote:I picked Bateman over McInnes, not really sure what I was thinking

Hoping Bateman can return to last year's form and put up consistent 60+

Realistically, all the uber forward guns should score fairly similarly, just depends on who goes big over next 8 weeks with attacking stats

my tv broke wrote:I'm actually surprised that Staggs is the most traded in player this week. I guess a lot of people had Best.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Not owning Tedesco for me has been more luck than good planning, but I had no way to get him in until after round 5 when he had posted 94, rest, 111. At that point I thought he was over valued and went for DCE.

Since that point Teddy has posted the following scores

34, rest, 82, 76, 62, 57, 50, 20 total of 381 for an average of 54 which is right around his career average at fullback

There was also a point (after his 62) where he was more expensive than Cook and only 9k cheaper than Haas where I was advocating for people to not bring him in because being a WFB can't match it with the uber guns over a full season

Just for a reference since round 6 when I grabbed DCE he has posted the following scores

57, 42, 86(including the softest sin bin of all time), 63, 79, 65, 87 for a total of 479 points and an average of 68.4

I know these scores don't exist in a vacuum since I had to play other WFBs instead of Teddy

But what is the lesson learnt here that I can use for next season:
- WFBs are volatile and at some point will lose money. It's not worth blowing a team up to grab them at peak price
- Halves that dominate their teams kicking have an enormous base and are unlikely to lose money unless affected by injury
- This one seems obvious but ignore last weeks score and pick the uber guns that haven't put up a monster yet. We know they are all capable of it and most of them do it a few times a year. So if one has a run of "just average" scores you can be sure a monster is probably just around the corner
- Football isn't played on paper. It doesn't matter how much of a "dream run" a back has they are no guarantee to score well

my tv broke wrote:I'm actually surprised that Staggs is the most traded in player this week. I guess a lot of people had Best.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Not owning Tedesco for me has been more luck than good planning, but I had no way to get him in until after round 5 when he had posted 94, rest, 111. At that point I thought he was over valued and went for DCE.

Since that point Teddy has posted the following scores

34, rest, 82, 76, 62, 57, 50, 20 total of 381 for an average of 54 which is right around his career average at fullback

There was also a point (after his 62) where he was more expensive than Cook and only 9k cheaper than Haas where I was advocating for people to not bring him in because being a WFB can't match it with the uber guns over a full season

Just for a reference since round 6 when I grabbed DCE he has posted the following scores

57, 42, 86(including the softest sin bin of all time), 63, 79, 65, 87 for a total of 479 points and an average of 68.4

I know these scores don't exist in a vacuum since I had to play other WFBs instead of Teddy

But what is the lesson learnt here that I can use for next season:
- WFBs are volatile and at some point will lose money. It's not worth blowing a team up to grab them at peak price
- Halves that dominate their teams kicking have an enormous base and are unlikely to lose money unless affected by injury
- This one seems obvious but ignore last weeks score and pick the uber guns that haven't put up a monster yet. We know they are all capable of it and most of them do it a few times a year. So if one has a run of "just average" scores you can be sure a monster is probably just around the corner
- Football isn't played on paper. It doesn't matter how much of a "dream run" a back has they are no guarantee to score well

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

I think he is probably the best pure centre option, but I'm curious how many would have pulled the trigger if he didn't score 88 points last week

Chewie wrote:

The question is...who did you have to run in your WFB instead of Teddy during this time?

rhinoceroo wrote:

He tackled him well before the line. Lomax twisted his leg stretching out to score. Absolutely nothing there.

Friend's was high and a bit late and might be a ban.

my tv broke wrote:

I wouldn't worry too much.

Lolo has returned to form in the last couple of weeks. The difference between owning Lolo and owning McInnes in the run home is probably negligible unless there are rests/injuries/suspensions.

I'd back Lolo in for a 100+ at some point if he keeps playing the way did last week under Hannay

They'll probably both average around 65-70 from now.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Had McInnes pencilled in this week but went Lolo instead.

It’s a possibility I may have gotten that one wrong but there’s still a chance

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

It's always a good week to bring Cook in.

He can put up a banner at any time vs any opponent and just had his 3rd lowest score of the season

Team:

FaringdonSwirl wrote:Would prefer to cut Niu, but then that trade locks out early and am worried about Robson. Moses trade gives me 68k ITB with 6 trades. Lolo trade will give me 250k ITB with 6 trades. Any thoughts appreciated.