NRL Fantasy 2021 - Part 10 - ‘Lets get ready to rumble !!

Bulldogs board still seem to think Averillo won't play this week. Will be late call but might keep him anyway and take Niu's score, can't be doing with spending at centre or fucking around with Dylan Walker.

Milchcow wrote:
Barry Toohey says Barnett will kick whilst Ponga is out.
annoying news as was counting on Hoy getting some kicking points to generate sufficient cash

Good news for my two Draft squads so far.

Considering fui for the DPP

Not much competition there in the second row spots considering Kerr is there atm

The bird switch mooted (by us only?) doesn’t scare me as 30-40 at lock and the rest at centre sounds alright at that price. Moving from lock to 2nd row for Kerr he will be up and down in scoring but make money

Someone talk sense into me. Who or what am I missing?

Come and vote for the community starting team for this year
https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t1533-community-team-starting-squad

Its perfectly acceptable to just vote for your own planned 21 players, just weight who you think is most important to you, and we'll come up with the consensus forum team

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:Considering fui for the DPP

Not much competition there in the second row spots considering Kerr is there atm

The bird switch mooted (by us only?) doesn’t scare me as 30-40 at lock and the rest at centre sounds alright at that price. Moving from lock to 2nd row for Kerr he will be up and down in scoring but make money

Someone talk sense into me. Who or what am I missing?

Original talk was Bird to lock but after trial he said he just wants to play CTR

Depends if Griffin will listen I guess, I don't think Kerr said he wants to play edge

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:Considering fui for the DPP

Not much competition there in the second row spots considering Kerr is there atm

The bird switch mooted (by us only?) doesn’t scare me as 30-40 at lock and the rest at centre sounds alright at that price. Moving from lock to 2nd row for Kerr he will be up and down in scoring but make money

Someone talk sense into me. Who or what am I missing?

The Bird switch could be 80 minutes at center (or 60 then Wiliame comes in).

Loomer wrote:Barnett exact same price as SST and DPP.  What to do?

Barnett beast at lock, liability on edge. SST adding 4-8 points from kicking

Sitting here atm post TLT

McCullough- looks like an 80 minute role

Lodge Crichton (c) Watson

Fifita Pretty Riki

Munster Lam

Bird Roberts

Papy Ted (VC) Laurie

Turps brailey Liddle milf aka hookers and milfs.com

Croker niu simonsson stefano

139kitb for possibly beefing up stefano or simonsson to a juicier 18 or cover like gos, Alvaro, leniu

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:Considering fui for the DPP

Not much competition there in the second row spots considering Kerr is there atm

The bird switch mooted (by us only?) doesn’t scare me as 30-40 at lock and the rest at centre sounds alright at that price. Moving from lock to 2nd row for Kerr he will be up and down in scoring but make money

Someone talk sense into me. Who or what am I missing?

Fantasy players see Wiliame as giving Bird the option to move into forwards.

Maybe he's just there to cover Bird because they aren't confident he can get through 80 mins ? There was originally talk he would start the season on small mins from the bench (obvs in a dif role, but you get the picture)

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:Considering fui for the DPP

Not much competition there in the second row spots considering Kerr is there atm

The bird switch mooted (by us only?) doesn’t scare me as 30-40 at lock and the rest at centre sounds alright at that price. Moving from lock to 2nd row for Kerr he will be up and down in scoring but make money

Someone talk sense into me. Who or what am I missing?

Bird only played 51 minutes in last trial and now he's going to play 80 split between CTR and lock? This seems like wishful thinking

Milchcow wrote:

On the Dogs pack

a) Will Napa get a starting gig at some point or is he considered bench prop now?

b) When Thompson comes back, is he going to displace Ogden or Hetherington?

I think they are both not long for it. As well as Waddell

I think both Napa and RFM will end up starting sooner than later, and Thompson is going to work his way up to James Graham levels of grubby awesomeness over the next 1-2 seasons.

Of the three, I reckon Ogden most likely to hold starting role, but probably an impact rather than big stats/minutes player.

And that concludes my thinking about the dogs pack for the rest of 2021

rhinoceroo wrote:Bulldogs board still seem to think Averillo won't play this week. Will be late call but might keep him anyway and take Niu's score, can't be doing with spending at centre or fucking around with Dylan Walker.

hmmmmmm. There's every chance that Dogs win and Wakeham has a decent game so Barrett goes into round 2 with an unchanged side.

I don't really want to play Niu unless forced.. I don't really want him at all to be honest..

robelgordo wrote:

I think they are both not long for it. As well as Waddell

I think both Napa and RFM will end up starting sooner than later, and Thompson is going to work his way up to James Graham levels of grubby awesomeness over the next 1-2 seasons.

Of the three, I reckon Ogden most likely to hold starting role, but probably an impact rather than big stats/minutes player.

And that concludes my thinking about the dogs pack for the rest of 2021

Ogden looked decent at the back end of last year I thought. Who knows, but he's as good an option as Alvaro, Stefan etc I think.

@mattnz that’s possible but horses not zebras

@theMVPAKAMTVB possible options. Gotta assume most likely is he’s just injury cover like we would for any other team

@loomer I don’t think trial minutes for a guaranteed starter count for much. I agree. Looking for avoidable downside in fui more than upside for bird

my tv broke wrote:

hmmmmmm. There's every chance that Dogs win and Wakeham has a decent game so Barrett goes into round 2 with an unchanged side.

I don't really want to play Niu unless forced.. I don't really want him at all to be honest..

I may leave Avo out also. I don't see the appeal of him enough to warrant still starting with him.

Maybe Wiliame is that utility player like.......
Hymes, Marshall, WSmith, Keighran, Hampton, Burton, Talau, Tracey
Just to name a few

mattnz wrote:
Relies on him getting a top 30 upgrade, but if he got it could see him in the 14 each week. The good thing about Barrett is he isn't afraid to play a bench hooker for big minutes. Fainu averaged 44 minutes off the bench, when stealing minutes off a much better hooker than JMK in Koro. Its a high risk play, but could come out of nowhere and be scoring well.

You can’t compare a 26 year old debutant to Fainu who is an absolute weapon of a player. Plus I thought you had too many hookers already?

Boozecluez wrote:Maybe Wiliame is that utility player like.......
Hymes, Marshall, WSmith, Keighran, Hampton, Burton, Talau, Tracey
Just to name a few

Wiliame’s only utility value is as a loophole 

Boozecluez wrote:Maybe Wiliame is that utility player like.......
Hymes, Marshall, WSmith, Keighran, Hampton, Burton, Talau, Tracey
Just to name a few

100%.

Probably gone in round 2 when Norman returns and they run with Clune at 14 (maybe?)

Griffin has carried an outside back for years. He used to do it back in his Broncos days. Often played 0 mins.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Slightly under priced due to injury affected games. Last year he was a 50/50 toss up with Cleary at a similar price point and now you can have him at a 200k discount. Surprised he isn't more popular

That was before Cleary went Nuclear and smashed Moses average. Both similar before Cleary added 15 points to his average via KM (+300m) last season. Moses finished both seasons with similar average