NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 14 - Let's all trade out Tedesco

Mulvy wrote:

Is that the taco kid grown up

What the hell

Jesustittychrist! First place overall has 982 points! What sort of soothsayer are they

Thickshake wrote:

Yeah he was fine. Cowboys stifled their attack a bit on that edge but he did have a try disallowed and almost put Staines over once only for him to get bundled into touch. It's going to be my biggest regret going Averillo over him, last call I was agonising over this week and opted to keep some extra cash ITB.

Oh good to hear. 
I feel like I’ve done alright this round but seem be well behind some of the scores being posted. Onwards and upwards I suppose

Welshy wrote:
Agree mate looked for the life of me they were targeting that Manly left edge. The roosters right edge will be more dominant but in a closer game the play will spread

I listened to press conference and Robinson said it was mixture between pre-game plan and then just noticing vulnerability during game and just kept on targeting it so yeah seems that was plan to target right edge defence

Speaking of which, did Gosiewski go off for injury or is 2021 the year of starting 2RFs don't play big mins

Rapture_NRL wrote:

Yeah I'm weighing this up too. I went Munster and Capewell instead of Cleary. Netted me more points but 105 from 2 or 96/192 from 1 lol

I did the exact same thing, was looking good when Capewell went over for a try early on!

Is there any way to see how much cash you have on the app?

I have a decision as to whether I take Twal or Macca.

I currently have Twal and from a team balance perspective he's probably what I need. But Macca is tempting me...

2018/19 Macca averaged 53 from his 70+ minute games (avg 79mins).
Then 2020 he averages 65 from his 7 x 80min games, including 2 tries. He's priced at 54 and I assume will effectively play 80 mins each week. Is there anyone likely to steal minutes? I expect he can average around 60 but not sure about 65.

Twal had an interrupted season last year, averaging 53 from 59 minutes. This includes 6 games <55mins and 5 games >55mins. We know he's capable of playing 70+ minutes and with the makeup of the tigers bench I'm interested in who replaces him. If he can get 70mins he could certainly average around 63.

Keen to hear thoughts.

Why is everyone just assuming Lam goes to Hooker in Friend's absence? Wouldn't it just be Lussick... when he filled in last year he did a great job and was even trusted by Robbo in big games. What's the point of messing around with combinations so early on in the season by moving your 6 to hooker when there is a perfectly capable 9 waiting in the background. Doesn't make sense to me.

Syzy wrote:I have a decision as to whether I take Twal or Macca.

I currently have Twal and from a team balance perspective he's probably what I need. But Macca is tempting me...

2018/19 Macca averaged 53 from his 70+ minute games (avg 79mins).
Then 2020 he averages 65 from his 7 x 80min games, including 2 tries. He's priced at 54 and I assume will effectively play 80 mins each week. Is there anyone likely to steal minutes? I expect he can average around 60 but not sure about 65.

Twal had an interrupted season last year, averaging 53 from 59 minutes. This includes 6 games <55mins and 5 games >55mins. We know he's capable of playing 70+ minutes and with the makeup of the tigers bench I'm interested in who replaces him. If he can get 70mins he could certainly average around 63.

Keen to hear thoughts.

I have them both pegged at 60. Of the two I'd be more confident of Macca mainly due to his role being seemingly a little more nailed on. Twal I think does get the minutes but we won't know until they've played. But if you need a MID then Macca's not much good hey?

SoylentGreen wrote:Is there any way to see how much cash you have on the app?

I think ya need to drop a player and then see what you have when you go back to choose a new player and do a bit of math. Not ideal

SoylentGreen wrote:Is there any way to see how much cash you have on the app?

Surely they wouldn't overlook basic functionality like that? *checks app, yep can't find it anywhere.

Edit: you can normally see it in the trades menu, so I expect you'll be able to see it on the app after rd1.

746 with Liddle, Bird, Laurie and The Jet.
Seems a bit under par around these parts.
Lodge, Riki, Lam and Croker the culprits.
RTS instead of Paps or Latrell didn’t help either, but he will have his day.

Will probably swap Lodge for Milford with one trade, moving Lam to the bench in case he needs trading in coming weeks.

Second trade will need to be getting Croker out of the 17.
Considering moving Simonsson to Fui before he plays today and rolling that dice so I don’t need to make a trade for it later.

Mulvy wrote:

Seriously though, it's another one of those ones where doesn't matter which way you go, it could be the wrong call. Trade out Bird and nek minnut he's starting lock scoring 50+. Keep bird, he stays at centre but is less effective coming back from injury in a worse team. I'd stick with my original gut call.

I think Bird is better money personally and I have gone with him over Jet. The potential he showed at the start of 2019 where he averaged 44 at centre is well above where Jet historically sits (around 36). With the potential of some time in the middle Bird is a clear pick for me.

Given the two we're talking about though they're probably both in rehab after today anyway.

Syzy wrote:I have a decision as to whether I take Twal or Macca.

I currently have Twal and from a team balance perspective he's probably what I need. But Macca is tempting me...

2018/19 Macca averaged 53 from his 70+ minute games (avg 79mins).
Then 2020 he averages 65 from his 7 x 80min games, including 2 tries. He's priced at 54 and I assume will effectively play 80 mins each week. Is there anyone likely to steal minutes? I expect he can average around 60 but not sure about 65.

Twal had an interrupted season last year, averaging 53 from 59 minutes. This includes 6 games <55mins and 5 games >55mins. We know he's capable of playing 70+ minutes and with the makeup of the tigers bench I'm interested in who replaces him. If he can get 70mins he could certainly average around 63.

Keen to hear thoughts.

There's nobody likely to take minutes from Macca yet but it's unpredictable as to what Griffin might do if he's looking to shake things up later in the season as teams that don't win much chop and change combinations more often. He's a pretty safe bet to just tackle his way to 60 every week though

Ramitinmyhaaas wrote:Why is everyone just assuming Lam goes to Hooker in Friend's absence? Wouldn't it just be Lussick... when he filled in last year he did a great job and was even trusted by Robbo in big games. What's the point of messing around with combinations so early on in the season by moving your 6 to hooker when there is a perfectly capable 9 waiting in the background. Doesn't make sense to me.

Yeah that's what I thought is more likely too

Ramitinmyhaaas wrote:Why is everyone just assuming Lam goes to Hooker in Friend's absence? Wouldn't it just be Lussick... when he filled in last year he did a great job and was even trusted by Robbo in big games. What's the point of messing around with combinations so early on in the season by moving your 6 to hooker when there is a perfectly capable 9 waiting in the background. Doesn't make sense to me.

Lussick not in top 30 from what I can see on NRL website, probably means he can't start

I'll admit I wasn't thinking of that with earlier comment, but consideration to make

Camo123 wrote:

Lussick not in top 30 from what I can see on NRL website, probably means he can't start

I'll admit I wasn't thinking of that with earlier comment, but consideration to make

He is top 30, they locked it in the other week I believe

Problem if you have Gosi and Crocker (which I and many people have) there isn't much options in that price range to trade to.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Oh good to hear. 
I feel like I’ve done alright this round but seem be well behind some of the scores being posted. Onwards and upwards I suppose

Same here, I missed out on a few monster scores, but feel like my team isn't in a bad shape.

Best MID playing today?

Currently on Papa, don’t really rate Twal, Vaughan is tempting me for some reason.

And Uele probably out scores all of the today