NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 5 - There was no party.

No Worries wrote:

You've made it with 5 days to spare now get you're arse over here and sign up

https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t1501-nrlff-2021-nrl-fantasy-leagues-registration-thread

Welshy wrote:

Interesting to review who this was last year and if there was any/much interest pre season and how the role come about

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multiple.scoregasms wrote:

It was very hard to pick the guys that the pack missed

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Welshy wrote:
exactly my point. Incredibly difficult to find them because there’s sometimes zero evidence pre season. It’s why guns and cows is age old

Rabbits21 wrote:Lads if this talk about Edrick being injured is true do we reckon if Ponga is back round 3 or 4 that Hoy gets a wing spot?.... Any Knights fans have a view on this? If Edrick is out 2 months that is....

mattnz wrote:
Leniu getting even 30 minutes off the bench is far from certain when they have 3 huge minute middles in Yeo, JFH and Eisenhuth. The have gained more than they have lost in the off-season for competition for minutes. Tamou averaged only 42 minutes last season.

The Bludger wrote:

Hey @noworries, have I registered The Bludgers yet - my memory is shot.

my tv broke wrote:

trying to pick them is usually just shooting yourself in the foot. i like to have a couple of gut feel picks per year but i reckon they come at about a 50% strike rate.

standard-issue wrote:

Bloke also bought me a beer once.

I know this will come as a shock to some with me being a straight up and down black and white type rules follower, but I'm not averse to a bribe if it involves alcohol and/or Samboy's.

MilfordTheMagician wrote:

What package do you have for 40 a month?

RandomSil wrote:Let's talk about McCullough.

While I love McCullough he really needs to finally reach that gun role, he has always been on the cusp but a tier down on guys like Smith/Farah/Cook. Last year he had a solid stretch but his only games over 70 included tries. Every year McCullough seems to string a few decent games together even in 2014 he had scores of 70 here and there. His consistency is what hurt him, and he showed last year he can score 45 points in the faster game in 80 minutes. While I have him and I am a fan of the potential, realistically priced at 54 points means anything short of a out and out gun performance means McCullough will stay priced about the same and average the same with a burst here and there of excellence and most likely is a borderline end of year keeper in a position with many guns and lots of value.

Honey Badger wrote:

I did this with Hess a few years ago. He was named on the bench and the forum said to stay away he wont get enough minutes. I went with my gut and picked him. Turned out the forum was right, his minutes were poor but he kept scoring tries to save his score. Then there was an injury and he got a starting spot so everyone was trying to jump on him when he cost about $200k more.
So sometimes you can get lucky with your gut feel picks!

RandomSil wrote:Let's talk about McCullough.

While I love McCullough he really needs to finally reach that gun role, he has always been on the cusp but a tier down on guys like Smith/Farah/Cook. Last year he had a solid stretch but his only games over 70 included tries. Every year McCullough seems to string a few decent games together even in 2014 he had scores of 70 here and there. His consistency is what hurt him, and he showed last year he can score 45 points in the faster game in 80 minutes. While I have him and I am a fan of the potential, realistically priced at 54 points means anything short of a out and out gun performance means McCullough will stay priced about the same and average the same with a burst here and there of excellence and most likely is a borderline end of year keeper in a position with many guns and lots of value.

Camo123 wrote:
I feel like there is upside with tacklebots with the new 6 again for 10m infringements rule

Only small samples but in Dragons/Eels trial, Dragons conceded 16 six-agains in 60-ish mins and in All Stars there was 100 tackles in opening 15 mins

Also not really a large amount of HOK guns this year, just Cook and Grant with McInnes injured and CS9 AWOL. Koroisau is maybe but probably less apparent upside than McCullough

Revraiser wrote:The draft causing a few ruffled feathers.

Camo123 wrote:

I feel like there is upside with tacklebots with the new 6 again for 10m infringements rule

Only small samples but in Dragons/Eels trial, Dragons conceded 16 six-agains in 60-ish mins and in All Stars there was 100 tackles in opening 15 mins

Also not really a large amount of HOK guns this year, just Cook and Grant with McInnes injured and CS9 AWOL. Koroisau is maybe but probably less apparent upside than McCullough

RandomSil wrote:

Isnt this how you became mod? By pretty much pestering SI and I into submission.

Boozecluez wrote:The money is on the hookers who missed last year or had small minutes and the price inflation from extra tackles assuming the same or more this year
BBrailey,Egan,Liddle,McCullough,Turpin + all the unknowns like Croker

Question is how do you fit them all in

Boozecluez wrote:The money is on the hookers who missed last year or had small minutes and the price inflation from extra tackles assuming the same or more this year
BBrailey,Egan,Liddle,McCullough,Turpin + all the unknowns like Croker

Question is how do you fit them all in

Having a play for the first time this year ( And probably last before TLT)

McCullough
Lodge, Koloamatangi, Watson
Fifita, Riki
Cleary DCE
Averillo Momirovski
Tedesco, Hoy, Niu

Turpin, BBrailey, Egan, Liddle

Croker, Simonsson, Leniu, Moylan