NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 4 - Praying that nobody gets hurt

mrbrownstone wrote:

Good analysis, if Simpkins is on the bench I'll definitely be more interested in Twal. Although looking back Brooks/Liddle were on the bench for several of the games where Twal didn't play huge lock minutes. I guess the difference is Eisenhuth was still playing big minutes too?

my tv broke wrote:Teamlist for match against wynnum on Friday.

Only players who didnt play more than 12 games of nrl allowed to play. Looks like weve named everyone we can under those restrictions. There were more named but i cut it off at 17 because who cares

1. Reece Walsh
2. Richie Kennar
3. Jesse Arthars
4. Tesi Niu
5. Dale Copley
6. Tyson Gamble
7. Albert Kelly
8. Tevita Pangai Jnr
9. Kobe Hetherington
10. Matt Lodge
11. Keenan Palasia
12. Leivaha Pulu
13. Ethan Bullemor
14 Calum Gahan
15. Logan Bayliss-Brow
16. Isaiah Taas
17. Josh James

mattnz wrote:
Liddle has never played 80 minutes. They will need either a specialist hooker or utility on the bench for him.

castlecrag sweethearts wrote:There seems to be a consensus on the Manly forum that Lachlan Croker will be starting hooker this year. Anyone game? Just 307k.

Mr Snrub wrote:

He's a pretty garbo fantasy player. I wouldn't unless maybe trial form indicated he'd play 60 minutes and tackled a lot.  

castlecrag sweethearts wrote:

At his price, you would imagine 50 minutes would be enough. He is a good defender. Base stats alone (which is all that I would expect) would see him perform as a cow to be upgraded when he peaked.

my tv broke wrote:

Id be concerned about his ability to crack 30 in 50 mins.

Im also concerned he may not keep his spot in the starting side

Never say never but i think ill avoid in favour of other options

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Fails the shit player test

Cust and Schuster are both better footballers so could lose the spot at any time

mattnz wrote:
Schuster has made comments that indicate he is only interested in playing number 6.

Chris nz wrote:Stuck on who to pick for last bench spot
Ah mau
Davey
Lodge

Which of these 3 has the highest ceiling ?

The Pascoe Fiasco wrote:
Davey! I’m playing him as one of my Edge players. I don’t see the love for Lodge. He’s a wait for TLT.

filthridden wrote:

I went for a run this morning so yeah, there's every chance I'm signing with the Storm today.

Aardvark wrote:

Three dollars and fifty cents sounds fair

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

With substitution rotation, every team is pretty much required to either have a big minute hooker, big minute middle, or end the game with a different line up than you start with.

Assuming that every team starts and wants to finish with best 13:

Sub 1 - Mid 1 off - Mid 4 on
Sub 2 - Mid 2 off - Mid 5 on
Sub 3 - Mid 3/Hook off - Mid 6/Utility1 on
Sub 4 - Mid 4 off - Mid 1 on
Sub 5 - Mid 5 off - Mid 2 on
Sub 6 - Mid 6/Utility1 - Mid 3/Hook on
Sub 7 - Edge 1 off - Edge 3 on
Sub 8 - Injury cover

Of course HIA and injuries mess up the rotation pretty much every week, but most coaches rely on either hooker or lock to play the big minutes. Few exceptions like Haas but it's generally the guy in 9 or 13

Madge has confirmed that both Liddle and Simpkins will spend time at hooker this year, leaving me to believe Simpkins will be on the bench as 14 from the start. This means one of Twal, Tamou and Ofa will play bulk minutes. Based on what we have seen in their careers I would say Twal is most likely

mattnz wrote:
TPJ at prop looks good for one of Oates / Riki

castlecrag sweethearts wrote:There seems to be a consensus on the Manly forum that Lachlan Croker will be starting hooker this year. Anyone game? Just 307k.