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Coathanger wrote:Hi Guys, I'm a fantasy rookie who has landed in a league of hot pots.
Can you please run your eyes over my team and see if I have any shockers!(Be Gentle)
Luke - Granville
Surgess-Hannant - Welch,Kennedy
Mannering - Lowe - Cartwright,Henry.Bhana,Frei
DCE - Mbye, Mann,Taylor
Linnett - Hurrell, Lawrence,Griffin
Ferguson - Oates - Gutherson,Mitchell,Mosby
60K left.
Welcome mate.
Hooker- You have two guys here who are perfectly fine to run as your 2nd hooker, but you need that reliable scorer as your big gun. Yes they are cheaper options than others, but you don't get the consistency and guaranteed minutes you get elsewhere. Luke has some question marks around whether he will play 80, as well as adjusting to a new team, while Granville is likely to not see 80 mins and is an up and down scorer. Would be better to run with one of them, Granville probably the better option given his price, and pairing him with a more reliable high scorer like Smith, or Macca/Peats or Friend/Farah for a bit of a POD move.
Front Row- Surgess is a great pick but not Hannant. Sure he scores all right but there is no reason to think he will see an increase in point this year which is how you are wanting to pick really. He needs an injury to get his way into the starting lineup and even then I'm not sure you would see too much increase in minutes anyway. If you are really wanting someone from that price range then possibly the best bet to improve their scores this year is JTurbo/Ah Mau, but otherwise look at seeing if you can find the cash and upgrading to an underprice gun like Woods/Graham/McGuire/De Belin/Matulino
2nd Row-Mannering is an interesting pick. Sure he should still put up big numbers, but with losing the captaincy he could see a reduction in minutes as he doesn't necessarily have to be out there the whole team anymore. Nevertheless he should still put up elite level scores, but this could be somewhere you can look at downgrading in order to fix your hookers. Look at guys like Merrin/Graham as the two just below elite level 2rfs, or guys like Taupau, De Belin, MCooper as guys who could increase in a new role. Lowe is a similar guy in some ways to Hannant. He should score pretty similar to his average and be a nice POD but there just doesn't seem to be too much potential for growth in my opinion. He had a real step up year last year, but with no changes to the Cowboys pack it is hard for me to find ways for him to consistently score more points. Once again look at the guys like Taupau, Cooper or De Belin, Matulino, Guerra as guys who could surpass their average. Cartwright is a good pick, as are your bench but I would worry about not having a 4th option. Henry is still only a possible bench option at the Warriors and none of your 3 reserves will score enough and be regular scorers to cover you if you have to sub them in. Try look for some cheap options here if you are trying to save some cash but try to get at least one reliable scorer rather than just potential cash cows.
Halves- DCE is good, as is Taylor but I'm not sure on MBye and Mann. You need to fit in Hastings there at least as he is arguably the best cash cow to start the season with. If you downgrade Mann to him that frees up some decent cash. That leaves you deciding what to do with MBye. It is has been brought up here before that of the two, Reynolds is the best pick out of the two of them as he is the one who tends to score more when they are paired together. Other than him, you could look at downgrading to another cheapie like JNiko or TMM and running with DCE and 3 cheapies which many on here are running with. If you prefer a decent scorer alongside DCE however then maybe look at someone like Austin/Widdop as PODs, or use the cash gained from downgrading Mann, and upgrading to AReynolds or Sezer. But if you prefer MBye he should still put up solid scores
Centres- Here is where you are spending unnecessary money in my opinion. For years and years, centres have always been kind of the dud position fantasy wise. It used to be that there were a lot of DPP 2rfs here and the scoring discrepancy was so big that you just selected them and left it. But in recent times this has always been the best area to save some cash and look at possible cash cows. There aren't as many obvious ones this year but there at least enough options that you shouldn't have to have a reserve from this position, or at least one that isn't a cheapie. Linnett is once again someone who I would question just on the basis of a lack of obvious growth. Around the same price your best bet would be Aubusson, but you are better to go cheaper here. If you shift Lawrence into your number 1 centre slot, you can downgrade Linnett to Auva'a who looks the most likely cheapie option. Hurrell will always be polarizing as he is so hit and miss, both in terms of scores but also whether he plays or not. If you want to gamble on him then go ahead and there are certainly benefits, but just look at TLT to see some likely cheap options you could run with, or even as cheapies on the bench and start with Auva'a.
WFBs- Ferguson is really the only decent pick here of your starters. Not to say Gutherson isn't good but just that he is a gamble on his scoring so despite featuring in many teams his scoring isn't set in stone. Oates needs to go. Doesn't score well, plays on the wing half usually whenever he starts and doesn't feature in the attack except being on the end of passes. Around his price you could bring in Mann if you really rate his chances this year, you could pay the extra and get the likes of Gordon/Mansour, or you look at a cheaper option in Barba if he gets the FB spot but even then he is a gamble as no guarantee he keeps it.
You've got the makings of a nice team, and a fair few POD options which can be both good and bad. But in order to make the most of the starting salary cap you really need to pick guys who are either elite level in their position, or likely to improve on their priced average and there are too many in my opinion who are just steady picks with nowhere really to go price and average wise
