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Hey Gents,

I've decided to go heavy with the guns which will ultimately be in my final 17, plus all the cashies I can fit also. My backs are weak but I am hoping my forwards can compensate that until money is made for upgrades.

Smith, Hodgson
Evans, Fifita, Fisher-Harris, NPR
Parker, Burgess, Mannering, Rochow, Whitehead, CheeKam
J. Niko, Thurston, Hastings, A. Taylor
Auva'a, Claw, H Hunt, Benry
Fennel, Barba, Copely, Gutherson, Mitchell

What do you guys think?

Cake Tiger wrote:Latest go, $32k left over

HOK: Smith, Hodgson
FRF: J Graham, M Cooper, Gray, V Leuluai
2RF: S Burgess, Fensom, W Graham, Cartwright, Pauli, Chee Kam
HLF: Cherry-Evans, Hastings, A Taylor, J Nikorima
CTR: Jennings, Copley, Auvu'a, Henry
WFB: M Gordon, B Barba, Feeney, Gutherson, Eden

If Barba is not listed as full-back, I might still pick him and put him in NPRs. Gutherson or Eden can cover for week 1. Just need to double check and do a bit more research on FRF and 2RF NPRs.

I count 6 Guns, that's about right this year.  I count another 3 or 4 that are potentially going to reach Gun status.  That's pretty exciting.

SI wrote:

Having the 2 Rookie WFB's makes it feel like you are missing a gun somewhere else.   Do you have cash left over mate?

Not enough to write about mate.

I could downgrade JRey to Hastings and then put Auva'a in reserve and upgrade Grant to JBrom

Honeysett wrote:

SI wrote:

Having the 2 Rookie WFB's makes it feel like you are missing a gun somewhere else.   Do you have cash left over mate?

Not enough to write about mate.

I could downgrade JRey to Hastings and then put Auva'a in reserve and upgrade Grant to JBrom

I'm running with DCE and JRey at this stage as well.  I could be wrong mate, I just feel like the average seems to be 6-7 guns to start the year.

luckynumber8 wrote:Hey Gents,

I've decided to go heavy with the guns which will ultimately be in my final 17, plus all the cashies I can fit also. My backs are weak but I am hoping my forwards can compensate that until money is made for upgrades.

Smith, Hodgson
Evans, Fifita, Fisher-Harris, NPR
Parker, Burgess, Mannering, Rochow, Whitehead, CheeKam
J. Niko, Thurston, Hastings, A. Taylor
Auva'a, Claw, H Hunt, Benry
Fennel, Barba, Copely, Gutherson, Mitchell

What do you guys think?

I think you are still on point with your avatar game mate 

Hi guys. Just re-posting here cos I got the wrong thread before. This is my first time doing Supercoach fantasy properly so any help would be awesome.

HOK: J.Granville (J.Nikorima)
FRF: C.Parker (C), S.Burgess (K.Evans S, B.Lawrence)
SRF: B.Matulino, P.Vaughn, B.Cartwright (P.Pauli S, B.Henry, M.Chee Kam)
HLF: D.Cherry Evans, A.Milford (A Taylor S, J.Hastings S)
CTR/W: T.Harris, J.Mansour, M.Gordon, D.Copley (K.Auva'a, L.Mitchell, N.Davis)
FB: J.Tedesco (J.Feeney)

I have no idea who to put as reserves either so at the moment I have the ones with the S as ressies. Any help would be awesome. Thanks.

Styletix wrote:Hi guys. Just re-posting here cos I got the wrong thread before. This is my first time doing fantasy properly so any help would be awesome.

HOK: J.Granville (J.Nikorima)
FRF: C.Parker (C), S.Burgess (K.Evans S, B.Lawrence)
SRF: B.Matulino, P.Vaughn, B.Cartwright (P.Pauli S, B.Henry, M.Chee Kam)
HLF: D.Cherry Evans, A.Milford (A Taylor S, J.Hastings S)
CTR/W: T.Harris, J.Mansour, M.Gordon, D.Copley (K.Auva'a, L.Mitchell, N.Davis)
FB: J.Tedesco (J.Feeney)

I have no idea who to put as reserves either so at the moment I have the ones with the S as ressies. Any help would be awesome. Thanks.

Hey Styletix,

Welcome aboard mate, you will find a lot of good info here from the regulars which should help you out along the way. Good luck on your first serious season.

My 2 cents (you have good bones but need a bit of a tweak here and there):
HOK: I think you need to spend a bit more $$$ here.  The forwards are where you will get the bulk of your consistent points, especially hooker so I think it is wise to stock up on at least 1 GUN hooker.  I see some merit in Granville, and also JNik but I wouldn't run them together.  If you want them both, move JNik to your 3rd / 4th halves spot, move Granville to your second HOK spot and get a GUN in.  Think Cam Smith - but good value in Lichaa, Hodgson, Seggy and potentially a couple of others pending team lists if you don't want to stump up for CS9.

FRF: Parker and Surgess great picks, Kane Evans getting a few wraps on here which is a good sign.  I had B Lawrence initially (he was a $350k prop 2 seasons ago), but have since moved him on.  I see value pending team lists but if you are going to pick him, he needs to be in your 17.  $200k is too much for a NPR.

2RF: I've never really followed Matulino or Vaughn so can't comment much, but I prefer big minute second rowers in my back row - personal preference though.  Whichever way you go though, spend big in the FRF and 2RF is my advice. Cartwright, Henry and Cheekam all popular picks mate, I'm not sold on Pauli Pauli but that's a personal opinion and I know a few peeps see some value there.

HLF: DCE, Hastings and Taylor as close to must ha(l)ves as you can get I reckon.  Milford could go either way, he is a brave choice but was really finding his feet at the back end of last season and was awesome to watch and pulled a few good scores - could be a great POD but is heavily reliant on attacking stats.  He is not good for my 40yo ticker so I couldn't do it.  As mentioned in HOK, if you want JNik I would drop him in here.

Your back line formatting is a bit up the pooper scooper so I have made some assumptions here...

CTR:ok, so I am assuming T Harris, Copley, Auva'a and Davis. Most people have Auva'a either as a 2nd CTR or a 3rd NPR.  Copley has some merit but not for me.  T Harris if you mean Tohu is only a 2RF in Fantasy, are you thinking supercoach or is it someone I don't know about?? I know nothing about Davis but if he is named on TLT go for gold. Anyway, popular theory here is go 4 cheapies or 1 semi-gun / under-valued player and 3 cheapies who are all playing - you can swap them around as they piss you off.

WFB: I'm going to assume TED, Mansour, Gordon, Feeney and Mitchell are the 5??  All these blokes are in a lot of teams, take some confidence out of that.  I haven't spent that much money at WFB but there is more than one way to skin a cat.  Mansour and Gordon are both past guns with potential to return.  Some speculation that Mansour has been a victim of the change in stats providers that don't give him the same number of tackle breaks - whether that is true or not I have NFI.  I would personally drop one of Mansour / Gordon and play Feeney or Mitchell or someone else as my 3rd WFB.  Super TED is just that.

That's my wrap - all care but NO RESPONSIBILITY!

Good luck again.

SportAL wrote:

Hey Styletix,

Welcome aboard mate, you will find a lot of good info here from the regulars which should help you out along the way. Good luck on your first serious season.

My 2 cents (you have good bones but need a bit of a tweak here and there):
HOK: I think you need to spend a bit more $$$ here.  The forwards are where you will get the bulk of your consistent points, especially hooker so I think it is wise to stock up on at least 1 GUN hooker.  I see some merit in Granville, and also JNik but I wouldn't run them together.  If you want them both, move JNik to your 3rd / 4th halves spot, move Granville to your second HOK spot and get a GUN in.  Think Cam Smith - but good value in Lichaa, Hodgson, Seggy and potentially a couple of others pending team lists if you don't want to stump up for CS9.

FRF: Parker and Surgess great picks, Kane Evans getting a few wraps on here which is a good sign.  I had B Lawrence initially (he was a $350k prop 2 seasons ago), but have since moved him on.  I see value pending team lists but if you are going to pick him, he needs to be in your 17.  $200k is too much for a NPR.

2RF: I've never really followed Matulino or Vaughn so can't comment much, but I prefer big minute second rowers in my back row - personal preference though.  Whichever way you go though, spend big in the FRF and 2RF is my advice. Cartwright, Henry and Cheekam all popular picks mate, I'm not sold on Pauli Pauli but that's a personal opinion and I know a few peeps see some value there.

HLF: DCE, Hastings and Taylor as close to must ha(l)ves as you can get I reckon.  Milford could go either way, he is a brave choice but was really finding his feet at the back end of last season and was awesome to watch and pulled a few good scores - could be a great POD but is heavily reliant on attacking stats.  He is not good for my 40yo ticker so I couldn't do it.  As mentioned in HOK, if you want JNik I would drop him in here.

Your back line formatting is a bit up the pooper scooper so I have made some assumptions here...

CTR:ok, so I am assuming T Harris, Copley, Auva'a and Davis. Most people have Auva'a either as a 2nd CTR or a 3rd NPR.  Copley has some merit but not for me.  T Harris if you mean Tohu is only a 2RF in Fantasy, are you thinking supercoach or is it someone I don't know about?? I know nothing about Davis but if he is named on TLT go for gold. Anyway, popular theory here is go 4 cheapies or 1 semi-gun / under-valued player and 3 cheapies who are all playing - you can swap them around as they piss you off.

WFB: I'm going to assume TED, Mansour, Gordon, Feeney and Mitchell are the 5??  All these blokes are in a lot of teams, take some confidence out of that.  I haven't spent that much money at WFB but there is more than one way to skin a cat.  Mansour and Gordon are both past guns with potential to return.  Some speculation that Mansour has been a victim of the change in stats providers that don't give him the same number of tackle breaks - whether that is true or not I have NFI.  I would personally drop one of Mansour / Gordon and play Feeney or Mitchell or someone else as my 3rd WFB.  Super TED is just that.

That's my wrap - all care but NO RESPONSIBILITY!

Good luck again.

Awesome stuff mate. Thank you for your feedback.

I'll definitely look at changing my hookers around now and getting more points in there. Without experience I'm never too sure on where the big points will usually come from. It is Supercoach I'm on so it has the centers and wingers together. Tohu Harris can play center in this one.

I tried picking the cheap players and going from there. Just hard to find the guys that will actually get games. Think it's worth starting Hastings and using Milford/DCE money on that hooker upgrade?

I'll definitely have another look at my second rowers again too. Probably better value out there. Was one of the last spots I filled and I'm not too familiar with a lot of them.

Styletix wrote:

Awesome stuff mate. Thank you for your feedback.

I'll definitely look at changing my hookers around now and getting more points in there. Without experience I'm never too sure on where the big points will usually come from. It is Supercoach I'm on so it has the centers and wingers together. Tohu Harris can play center in this one.

I tried picking the cheap players and going from there. Just hard to find the guys that will actually get games. Think it's worth starting Hastings and using Milford/DCE money on that hooker upgrade?

I'll definitely have another look at my second rowers again too. Probably better value out there. Was one of the last spots I filled and I'm not too familiar with a lot of them.

I stopped playing Supercoach a few years back as it was sapping too much time playing multiple platforms. I am not up to speed with their scoring system anymore but it was quite different back then so a lot of the info I have given you may be a bit hit and miss as it is Fantasy based. Milford for example may be a good pick in Supercoach. Not sure if we have a Supercoach thread here but it might pay for you to get another opinion after a re-work.

As for Hastings, I think he is worth starting. His points return per dollar spent will be quite good and that is what you want out of your cash cow starters.

SportAL wrote:

I stopped playing Supercoach a few years back as it was sapping too much time playing multiple platforms.  I am not up to speed with their scoring system anymore but it was quite different back then so a lot of the info I have given you may be a bit hit and miss as it is Fantasy based. Milford for example may be a good pick in Supercoach.  Not sure if we have a Supercoach thread here but it might pay for you to get another opinion after a re-work.

As for Hastings, I think he is worth starting. His points return per dollar spent will be quite good and that is what you want out of your cash cow starters.

No worries. Thanks for your help. I'm only on Supercoach cos that's the one friends were playing. Might try to get the hang of one before venturing too much elsewhere. I wasn't sure if there was a specific Supercoach section of the forums so just posted in here. Hopefully I don't make too many mistakes early on and can be somewhat competitive haha. Cheers.

SI wrote:
I think you are still on point with your avatar game mate 

Haha! Cheers SI.. Mariah was a honey back in her day.. Any pearls of wisdom on my team?

Well my team hasnt changed for over a week now, just a couple things to sort out on tlt.

1. Need to pick 2 of stockwell, evans or grant as my 2nd and 3rd frf.

2. Not totally convinced with cartwright or lam as my 3rd and 4th 2rf but i dont see any other value in that range.

3. Would love to know more about pearces situation before tlt because if niko dosnt start in halves for atleast 5-6 weeks i see him as a trap and would start with tmm (only matter of time) as 4th half. Or could use feeney in halves could open up some more options down the track.

4. Head says "pick aubbusson hes 80min 2rf" heart says "dont do it dipshit!" Fool me once, fool me twice blah blah blah. Dont think tlt is going to help me with this one.

Bring on tlt!

Dttragic2016 wrote:
absolutely personal recommendation would be kevans for mcguire. Kevans 30ish mins at 1ppm from memory? If he gets about 45 mins that should be around a 100k increase and mcguires coming back from injury.

With that money you could go rochow to a gun or pauli to a midranger like turner paasi etc.

Hey mate, thanks again for the words of wisdom haha, I do remember he had a pretty bad injury last year. I'll take your recommendation into consideration and see how I go.

Won't change this team until TLT, though I am still thinking if this structure is suitable.

Smith(C), Liicha
Woods, Evans, Lawrence (Welch-Nicholl)
SBurgess, Merrin, Taukeiaho, Cartwright, Ah Mau (Henry)
DCE, Hastings (Taylor, JNikorima)
Aubusson, Auva'a (Gutherson, Chee-Kam)
Ferguson, Barba, Feeney (Mitchell, Scott)
39k left-over.

Still wondering whether or not I should run with weak WFB/HLF lines.

luckynumber8 wrote:

SI wrote:
I think you are still on point with your avatar game mate 

Haha! Cheers SI.. Mariah was a honey back in her day.. Any pearls of wisdom on my team?

She was indeed!

No advice, but a general comment-it's one of the most unique combinations I've seen, which is a good thing.

superbucks wrote:Won't change this team until TLT, though I am still thinking if this structure is suitable.

Smith(C), Liicha
Woods, Evans, Lawrence (Welch-Nicholl)
SBurgess, Merrin, Taukeiaho, Cartwright, Ah Mau (Henry)
DCE, Hastings (Taylor, JNikorima)
Aubusson, Auva'a (Gutherson, Chee-Kam)
Ferguson, Barba, Feeney (Mitchell, Scott)
39k left-over.

Still wondering whether or not I should run with weak WFB/HLF lines.

I haven't followed the changes you have made over the weeks, but pretty much everyone has to be weak somewhere. Centres and WFB are probably the best places for it so I wouldn't change a thing with that line up till TLT like you said. Wonderful Second Row by the way.

Wasn't at all happy with my last team, so started again

Smith, Hodgson
Graham Evans Lawrence Leuluai
Parker M Cooper LAM Rochow Moeroa Pauli x2
DCE Hastings Taylor JNiko
Lawrence Auva'a Benry MCK
Mansour Gordon Feeney Gutherson Eden

Good ol $69K left in the bank, which gives me some breathing space for the first few rounds.

My 2nd rowers are lacking guns, but I've gone for upside with the thinking they are undervalued and can be upgraded mid season, especially after the byes - LAM plays r12 and 15 & Moeroa plays r12, 15 and 18. Thinking Rochow and Moeroa benefit from their teams having 2 hookers too.

Even still, not convinced about my FRF/2RW mix + Gordon, so love to hear some thoughts on this

Styletix wrote:Hi guys. Just re-posting here cos I got the wrong thread before. This is my first time doing Supercoach fantasy properly so any help would be awesome.

HOK: J.Granville (J.Nikorima)
FRF: C.Parker (C), S.Burgess (K.Evans S, B.Lawrence)
SRF: B.Matulino, P.Vaughn, B.Cartwright (P.Pauli S, B.Henry, M.Chee Kam)
HLF: D.Cherry Evans, A.Milford (A Taylor S, J.Hastings S)
CTR/W: T.Harris, J.Mansour, M.Gordon, D.Copley (K.Auva'a, L.Mitchell, N.Davis)
FB: J.Tedesco (J.Feeney)

I have no idea who to put as reserves either so at the moment I have the ones with the S as ressies. Any help would be awesome. Thanks.

This reply is for SUPERCOACH ONLY, so the rest of you can go back to sleep and ignore this !!

rule 1. GET GALLEN
rule 2. captain Gallen ( Parker & Surgess can get you 80 points but Gallen is capable of 120 points)

Scoring in Supercoach relies more on attack than defence, so you want try scorers, try assists, line breaks, offloads etc.
Have a look at the players list and you will see that Radradra, Gallen & RTS are the 3 most expensive players.

Hooker - Smith always scores well, but that is because of his allround game (but he is very expensive). You want a hooker that runs from dummy half a lot and picks up metres and line breaks, so Granville is fine ( i have Luke for the same reason ).

Have a look at Tom Trbojevic for a cheaper back with try scoring potential (100k difference between him and Harris !)
Zeb Taia was a gun in Supercoach a few years ago because of his line breaks and offloads. If he still plays like that.......


anyway, good luck

Ive gone for Moeroa too... If this Watmough talk is for real, he could be a very good buy. Thoughts?

Sik wrote:Ive gone for Moeroa too... If this Watmough talk is for real, he could be a very good buy. Thoughts?

Anthony Watmough has confirmed the rumours aren't true.