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If someone could run their eye over this and point out any issues or give some advice it would be appreciated.

Smith, Lichaa
Woods, Graham, JDB, Welch
Surgess, Graham, Tauk, Rochow, Bhana, Chee Kam
DCE, Hasting, Taylor, Niko
Gutherson, Auva'a, Henry, Littlejohn
Gordon, Holmes, Copley, Mitchell, Phillips

38k left

Beast From The Big East wrote:If someone could run their eye over this and point out any issues or give some advice it would be appreciated.

Smith, Lichaa
Woods, Graham, JDB, Welch
Surgess, Graham, Tauk, Rochow, Bhana, Chee Kam
DCE, Hasting, Taylor, Niko
Gutherson, Auva'a, Henry, Littlejohn
Gordon, Holmes, Copley, Mitchell, Phillips

38k left

Hi Beast. I was loving your team until I got down to the last 2 rows. I can accept your centres but Gutherson is probably going on the wing. If Holmes ends up playing wing you could be in trouble but you already know that so it's not a problem as you'll change it around. Love you hookers & great frf & 2fr but you may have to downgrade one of your frf's to redistribute funds. I'm a believer in getting a good scoring 17 & relying on your forwards to bridge the points scoring gap is risky because any one of your gun forwards can have a bad day & get a low score.

I think I have settled on my team for the hour.

Smith, Seggy
Surgess, Woods.
Sue, Tauk, Tapine, JDB
DCE, JRey, Hasting
Fergy, Hurrell, Auva'a
Holmes, Mansour, Copley

thoughts?

Honeysett wrote:I think I have settled on my team for the hour.

Smith, Seggy
Surgess, Woods.
Sue, Tauk, Tapine, JDB
DCE, JRey, Hasting
Fergy, Hurrell, Auva'a
Holmes, Mansour, Copley

thoughts?

An hour? Damn, you have more patience than me.

I don't see anything at all wrong with the team. You should have enough depth to cover the light-ish WFB and the rest of your team is really solid.

Honeysett wrote:I think I have settled on my team for the hour.

Smith, Seggy
Surgess, Woods.
Sue, Tauk, Tapine, JDB
DCE, JRey, Hasting
Fergy, Hurrell, Auva'a
Holmes, Mansour, Copley

thoughts?

Solid all over except for having to play hastings and copley, there isn't really much you can do about it though. Maybe also missing a gun in the 2nd row.

Krump wrote:
Solid all over except for having to play hastings and copley, there isn't really much you can do about it though. Maybe also missing a gun in the 2nd row.

I don't think that is a big deal, you will see lots of people playing Hastings/Taylor. Hastings is probably the most reliable cheapie at this stage. As for Copley again he is priced so low I am sure he will make a lot of appearances in peoples starting 17.

White Lightning wrote:
Hi Beast. I was loving your team until I got down to the last 2 rows. I can accept your centres but Gutherson is probably going on the wing. If Holmes ends up playing wing you could be in trouble but you already know that so it's not a problem as you'll change it around. Love you hookers & great frf & 2fr but you may have to downgrade one of your frf's to redistribute funds. I'm a believer in getting a good scoring 17 & relying on your forwards to bridge the points scoring gap is risky because any one of your gun forwards can have a bad day & get a low score.

yea that's he one main weak point I have when looking at it. it's just so tempting to run with a light backline this year because of the potential. I think ultimately I will downgrade either James Graham/Woods to JTurbo or I will look at downgrading Tauk to someone a bit more mid-priced, should I want an upgrade in the backs

Honeysett wrote:I think I have settled on my team for the hour.

Smith, Seggy
Surgess, Woods.
Sue, Tauk, Tapine, JDB
DCE, JRey, Hasting
Fergy, Hurrell, Auva'a
Holmes, Mansour, Copley

thoughts?

Good team. You can't get a more reliable scorer as your 4th reserve though. Auva'a as a starting centre you can live with because so many others will be in the same boat. But when you can go for a higher ceiling, more reliable scoring forward as a reserve option I think you should look at it

Random wrote:

I don't think that is a big deal, you will see lots of people playing Hastings/Taylor. Hastings is probably the most reliable cheapie at this stage. As for Copley again he is priced so low I am sure he will make a lot of appearances in peoples starting 17.

Just because lots of people are doing it, doesn't make it a good thing.

There will be plenty of people not playing Taylor, so if he flops, you'll find yourself behind the 8 ball, and possibly with not much cash to upgrade

Milchcow wrote:

Random wrote:

I don't think that is a big deal, you will see lots of people playing Hastings/Taylor. Hastings is probably the most reliable cheapie at this stage. As for Copley again he is priced so low I am sure he will make a lot of appearances in peoples starting 17.

Just because lots of people are doing it, doesn't make it a good thing.

There will be plenty of people not playing Taylor, so if he flops, you'll find yourself behind the 8 ball, and possibly with not much cash to upgrade

I have Hastings in my 4th ressie, but I think there is ample reason to run with at least 1 NPR as your 4th reserve. The extra cash you can put into a gun than trying to spread yourself thin, and considering you have 8 other NPR's if your first choice flops you should have at least 1 other option.

Milchcow wrote:

Just because lots of people are doing it, doesn't make it a good thing.

There will be plenty of people not playing Taylor, so if he flops, you'll find yourself behind the 8 ball, and possibly with not much cash to upgrade

Agree - im aiming to have 17 without having to play taylor

Here is a team on the assumption that things work out well for Parcell.

Seggy Parcell
JGraham Fifita(c) BLawrence Grant
Burgess Cartwright Sue Tauk (Pauli Chee-Kam)
DCE Hastings (Barba Taylor)
CLawrence Gutherson (Auvua'a Littlejohn)
Mann Mansour Slater (Copley Mitchell)

That's also assuming Barba gets the fullback spot and doesn't become selectable in WFB.
And Assuming Tauk gets Cordner's spot in the 2nd row (if not I could always take a punt on Aubbuson)

A few other risks in the team like Tim Grant and Brenton Lawrence being able to replicate 2014 scoring, which would obviously need to be assessed closer to kick off.

Littlejohn is there because he'll play round 1, normally scores well when he plays, and would then just be a bit of dead weight, but with the possibility of getting a run due to injury.
If a better cheap option turns out then I can bring them in instead.

2nd centre would be Gutherson, Copley, Auvua'a depending on form and fixtures.

I'd probably want Tapine in there if he starts, maybe swap him in for Grant or Sue.

On the off chance that David Mead gets the Titans fullback spot I will bring him in for someone.

Also considering Gordon and Ferguson ahead of Mansour and/or Slater.

Milchcow wrote:
Here is a team on the assumption that things work out well for Parcell.

Seggy Parcell
JGraham Fifita(c) BLawrence Grant
Burgess Cartwright Sue Tauk (Pauli Chee-Kam)
DCE Hastings (Barba Taylor)
CLawrence Gutherson (Auvua'a Littlejohn)
Mann Mansour Slater (Copley Mitchell)

That's also assuming Barba gets the fullback spot and doesn't become selectable in WFB.
And Assuming Tauk gets Cordner's spot in the 2nd row (if not I could always take a punt on Aubbuson)

A few other risks in the team like Tim Grant and Brenton Lawrence being able to replicate 2014 scoring, which would obviously need to be assessed closer to kick off.

Littlejohn is there because he'll play round 1, normally scores well when he plays, and would then just be a bit of dead weight, but with the possibility of getting a run due to injury.
If a better cheap option turns out then I can bring them in instead.

2nd centre would be Gutherson, Copley, Auvua'a depending on form and fixtures.

I'd probably want Tapine in there if he starts, maybe swap him in for Grant or Sue.

On the off chance that David Mead gets the Titans fullback spot I will bring him in for someone.

Also considering Gordon and Ferguson ahead of Mansour and/or Slater.

Nice looking team. I think we'll see more and more teams with Parcell.
Im hoping Barba gets the fullback spot too and is given DPP before the first game. The whole make up of my team depends on it!

PODtastic gun back other team

RTS, GI, Moylan (Mitchell, Anderson)
JRoberts, Ferguson (Auva'a, Gutherson)
JT, SJ, Hastings, ATaylor
Taumalolo, Cartwright, Paasi (BHenry, Bhana, Leuluai)
JTrbo, Sue, BLawrence (Griffin)
Sege, Parcell

First few lines read ok.

Milchcow wrote:

Just because lots of people are doing it, doesn't make it a good thing.

There will be plenty of people not playing Taylor, so if he flops, you'll find yourself behind the 8 ball, and possibly with not much cash to upgrade

I think it's only fair to analyse the scoring potential of Taylor, rather than make general comments about possibilities. If Taylor can score 30ppg then that isn't a fail, for 134k that is acceptable to run in the 17 imo - because the money saved there should buy you some points with an extra/better premium. If he fails and hits 15 then you've only spent 134k on it - while you should still maintain the extra points from the money saved. A rookie failing in the 17 is much better than a mid pricer failing. So having said that I am not sure how well Taylor will score, young halves are fairly unpredictable, it would come down to an assessment of his potential plus his duties in the Titans.

Any comments appreciated!

Smith Lichaa 
Graham Fifita Sue Welch-Nicol
Surgess Cartwright Tapine Chee-Kham Henry Bhana
DCE Hastings Barba Taylor 
Auva'a CLawrence Copley LittleJohn
Mansour Gordon Ferguson Gutherson Mitchell 

$12k cash

Milchcow wrote:
Here is a team on the assumption that things work out well for Parcell.

Seggy Parcell
JGraham Fifita(c) BLawrence Grant
Burgess Cartwright Sue Tauk (Pauli Chee-Kam)
DCE Hastings (Barba Taylor)
CLawrence Gutherson (Auvua'a Littlejohn)
Mann Mansour Slater (Copley Mitchell)

very balanced team Milch

Parcell is a massive headache for me, what are you hoping for from him? 40 minutes 30 odd points?

Seggy 58-62 Parcell 20-35
JGraham 52 Fifita(c) 122 BLawrence 30 Grant 35
Burgess 55-62 Cartwright 40-55 Sue 35-45 Tauk 40-50
DCE 55-62 Hastings 30-40
CLawrence 35 Gutherson 25
Mann 35 Mansour 40 Slater 35-40

I have it around about 742-825 so in the middle of the low and high end 784

I reckon Seg, Burgess, Cartwright, Tauk, DCE and Hastings all go to the high end of those predictions and potentially more, plenty of depth there as well for underperformers without wasting trades, only 5 elite GUNS that i can see but you have sacrificed that for extra depth in the rest of your squad

Pain wrote:Any comments appreciated!

Smith Lichaa 
Graham Fifita Sue Welch-Nicol
Surgess Cartwright Tapine Chee-Kham Henry Bhana
DCE Hastings Barba Taylor 
Auva'a CLawrence Copley LittleJohn
Mansour Gordon Ferguson Gutherson Mitchell 

$12k cash

Didn't know our 4 ressies so guessed at Barba and Taylor

Smith 124 Lichaa 55
Graham 52 Fifita 61 Sue 35-45 Welch-Nicol
Surgess 55-62 Cartwright 40-55 Tapine 30-40 Chee-Kham Henry Bhana
DCE 55-62 Hastings 30-40 Barba 20-30 Taylor 25-30
Auva'a 25 CLawrence 35 Copley LittleJohn
Mansour 40 Gordon 40 Ferguson 40 Gutherson Mitchell 

757-836 middling out to 797. nice

Welshy wrote:Played around with my team abit in order to shore up the CTR position

Smith, Lichaa
Woods, Ah Mau, Lawrence, Welch
Merrin, SST, Cartwright, Rochow, MCK, Bhana
DCE, JReynolds, Hastings, Taylor
Ferguson, Auva'a, Henry, Copley
Mansour, Gordon, Gutherson, T.Phillips, C Mata'utai

Not sure i like it as much as when i had parker over Carty and 2 nuffie CTRS

This is a well balanced team, I think you can be pretty happy with all the picks tbh.

Liicha - is he fully priced, or underpriced somewhat when Mbye was pitching in?
Woods - He is very worthy selection and I think is underpriced - he's a ~55ish premium at just under 50ppg price. Well at least in the past he's performed at a very high level.
Ah Mau - I remember him picking it up in over the course of the season in 2015. Was it tog related? A lot of potential in the dragons pack this year. At his price you'd probably be hoping he averages over 45?
SST - What are you expecting from him this year? Just general improvement? Good player.
Rochow - I picked him in my team coz I couldn't afford Cartwright (rate Carty the better fantasy prospect). Rochow is a good player, but will he ever be good in fantasy? I am just vaguely remembering 2014 here, but he never struck me as an offensive powerhouse. He's a good defender and will get tackles. I remember him scoring much better in sportsbet than fantasy, which indicates to me that attack and/or miss tackles were a problem. He is value regardless.
JReynolds - Should he get a boost with no Hoddo?

rhinoceroo wrote:PODtastic gun back other team

RTS, GI, Moylan (Mitchell, Anderson)
JRoberts, Ferguson (Auva'a, Gutherson)
JT, SJ, Hastings, ATaylor
Taumalolo, Cartwright, Paasi (BHenry, Bhana, Leuluai)
JTrbo, Sue, BLawrence (Griffin)
Sege, Parcell

First few lines read ok.

I don't mind seeing different teams like this with high SD backs who can give you really big scores.

To me RTS is fully or over priced, had a huge season last year with record breaking numbers. He certainly has the talent to produce these numbers - but whether he can back it up instantly the following season AND with a new club is something you need to question. I do like the fact that he produced these numbers in his very first season at fullback - but just thought I'd make a note that those type of numbers are hard to sustain. I'm hoping he takes some time to adjust at the Warriors so I can pick him up low 400's.

I'm hoping JRoberts turns out great for you, as a broncos fan.

JT/SJ combo can land big scores. Other than SJ coming off injury I like the selections (though I rate DCE/ARey slightly better starting picks).

Taumalolo is someone who has the potential to go big, just needs to fully breakout. Same can be said for Cartwright, though I prefer Carty's price better. Paasi too, not sure how many minutes there is available in the Titans pack for him to be an awesome pick, you might see rocks and diamonds with him if his tog is low.

Your team is definitely back heavy, the forwards you've chosen are smart picks imo. I think most (myself included) go for the stock standard forwards for that consistent scoring through base stats like tackles.