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Pain wrote:Ok so i think I'm locked and loaded....

Smith Lichaa 
Fifita Surgess LAM Evans 
Parker Cartwright Whitehead Rochow JSaifiti Benry
DCE Hastings Taylor Niko 
Copley LittleJohn Auva'a Gutherson 
Gordon Barba Feeney Mitchell Eden 

$0 in the bank

Thoughts?

Looks good based on my 2 days of research, only concern is I would worry about littlejohn and eden will be gone next week when reed returns. Also im not sure where this love for Gordon has come from, as a sharsk fan I know he is well past his best.

Pain wrote:Ok so i think I'm locked and loaded....

Smith Lichaa 
Fifita Surgess LAM Evans 
Parker Cartwright Whitehead Rochow JSaifiti Benry
DCE Hastings Taylor Niko 
Copley LittleJohn Auva'a Gutherson 
Gordon Barba Feeney Mitchell Eden 

$0 in the bank

Thoughts?

- Not sold on Littlejohn as he could be dropped completely come Round 1.
- Reed will be back sooner or later and Eden is likely to drop out of the team.

Other than the chances Littlejohn and Eden may not play enough games to get value out of it, the squad is good.

Alright, Ive fcome up with a team Im comfortable enough to show. Trying for PODs and staying away from a few people I think are traps.

HOK: N. Peats, M. Cherrington
FRF: S. Burgess, J. McGuire, S. Sue, K. Evans
2RF: M. Taupau, R. Rochow, E. Whitehead,K. Turner, B. Henry, J. Saifiti
HLF: S. Johnson, J. Hastings, J. Nikorima, A. Taylor
CTR: C. Lawrence, M. Aubbusson, D. Copley, H. Hunt
WFB: J. Tedesco, K. Mann, B. Barba, J. Feeney, L. Mitchell


Justifications, just in case.

Gambling on Cherrington, gives me a nice balance and I think he'll stay 60 - 80 until Farah/Ballin returns (Halatau is useless and shouln't push him out)

Hunt did well in 9s and charity shield, should hold out Avua'a (tbh, Goodwin should be making way for Hunt/Avua'a.. but thats none of my business)

Jumping on the Barba train, at least if he fails, I take comfort in the fact that everyone else has him.

charliemurphy wrote:Alright, Ive fcome up with a team Im comfortable enough to show. Trying for PODs and staying away from a few people I think are traps.

HOK: N. Peats, M. Cherrington
FRF: S. Burgess, J. McGuire, S. Sue, K. Evans
2RF: M. Taupau, R. Rochow, E. Whitehead,K. Turner, B. Henry, J. Saifiti
HLF: S. Johnson, J. Hastings, J. Nikorima, A. Taylor
CTR: C. Lawrence, M. Aubbusson, D. Copley, H. Hunt
WFB: J. Tedesco, K. Mann, B. Barba, J. Feeney, L. Mitchell


Justifications, just in case.

Gambling on Cherrington, gives me a nice balance and I think he'll stay 60 - 80 until Farah/Ballin returns (Halatau is useless and shouln't push him out)

Hunt did well in 9s and charity shield, should hold out Avua'a (tbh, Goodwin should be making way for Hunt/Avua'a.. but thats none of my business)

Jumping on the Barba train, at least if he fails, I take comfort in the fact that everyone else has him.

- Cherrington too scary for me. D:
- I would consider D. Cherry-Evans, nearly everyone has him and if he goes off as people expect (Posts similar scores as he has done without Foran there.) If he does you could get left behind.
- Regarding S. Johnson he tends to have quiet games every so often so his price could fall making him a better option to pick up later in the year. (As he was last year.)
- K. Turner can be a risk, with concussion injury and where he fits in when the Burgess brothers return. (Particularly if S. Burgess moves back into the 2RF next week.)

Nothing else of note it looks really good, not sure what to expect from Hymel Hunt but yeah..

Random wrote:

- Not sold on Littlejohn as he could be dropped completely come Round 1.
- Reed will be back sooner or later and Eden is likely to drop out of the team.

Other than the chances Littlejohn and Eden may not play enough games to get value out of it, the squad is good.

Ok LittleJohn gone and Benry to centre and Leuluai to 3nd row.

Now I'm done......

Well your squad is looking sweet.

Random wrote:

- Cherrington too scary for me. D:
- I would consider D. Cherry-Evans, nearly everyone has him and if he goes off as people expect (Posts similar scores as he has done without Foran there.) If he does you could get left behind.
- Regarding S. Johnson he tends to have quiet games every so often so his price could fall making him a better option to pick up later in the year. (As he was last year.)
- K. Turner can be a risk, with concussion injury and where he fits in when the Burgess brothers return. (Particularly if S. Burgess moves back into the 2RF next week.)

Nothing else of note it looks really good, not sure what to expect from Hymel Hunt but yeah..

The Johnson over DCE is purely because I have a soft spot for Johnson, pending injury I plan on keeping him all year and riding the rollercoaster. As long as he's averaging over 50 Im happy.
My prediction is Turner will go back to 2RF, Surgess to Lock and Gurgess into FRF, so he should be safe. Everyone's always had big wraps on him so I'm more concerned about injury than anything else.

Random wrote:Well your squad is looking sweet.

Copley  v Green?

After a few tweaks-

McCollough, J.Nikorima

Surgers, Napa, Campbell-Gillard

Cooper, Taukeiaho, B.Cartwright, Papalii

Sezer, Barba, Hastings

Roberts, Ferguson

Slater, Coote, Trbojevic

Pain wrote:
Copley  v Green?

No idea, logically Green is the better option as he is in the 2RF but Copley has better security.. So depends what you value, better potential over better job security. (I would go security.. I guess.)

Pain wrote:
Copley  v Green?

Green will go when Symonds(?)/Buhrer/Starling/Lawrence come back and shake up the rotations. No go for me.

Random wrote:

No idea, logically Green is the better option as he is in the 2RF but Copley has better security.. So depends what you value, better potential over better job security. (I would go security.. I guess.)

Cheers!

Green it is then

Manofsteele wrote:After a few tweaks-

McCollough, J.Nikorima

Surgers, Napa, Campbell-Gillard

Cooper, Taukeiaho, B.Cartwright, Papalii

Sezer, Barba, Hastings

Roberts, Ferguson

Slater, Coote, Trbojevic

POD central. I would consider Evans over Napa, evidently he'll be taking over JWH role while he's away.

Coote/Slater play very similar styles and tbh I don't think they'll score well. Not taking anything away from their ability but sometimes it doesn't transfer into fantasy points.

Very exciting team though!

Smith, Lichaa
JBrom, Surgess, Evans, Leuluai
WGraham, JDB, Whitehead, Bhana, Safiti, Benry
DCE, Hastings, JNik, Taylor
Aubbs, CLaw, Auva'a, Littlejohn
Teddy, Barba, Feeney, Mitchell, Gutherson

Thoughts guys? What changes would you make?

Honeysett wrote:Smith, Lichaa
JBrom, Surgess, Evans, Leuluai
WGraham, JDB, Whitehead, Bhana, Safiti, Benry
DCE, Hastings, JNik, Taylor
Aubbs, CLaw, Auva'a, Littlejohn
Teddy, Barba, Feeney, Mitchell, Gutherson

Thoughts guys? What changes would you make?

Smith 122 Lichaa 55
JBrom 55 Surgess 55-62 Evans 30-40 Leuluai
WGraham 55 JDB 50-55 Whitehead 35-45 Bhana, Safiti 20-35 Benry
DCE 55-62 Hastings 30-40 JNik, Taylor
Aubbs 35-50 CLaw 35 Auva'a, Littlejohn
Teddy 50-60 Barba 25-35 Feeney 20-35 Mitchell 20-25 Gutherson

727 - 866.Middling out to 797

would rather see you start with one of the halves as a reserve mate, more points potential unless Mitchell bags a try

Random wrote:

I don't really have anything of note other than Auva'a being selected when he won't play. But that is a minor gripe the rest of your squad is really solid. No changes I would suggest if you want to to run with the weaker WFB, which is a fair thing to do.

Cheers Random.

Just dont really know who else to put there at this stage, will have a look and see who takes fancy.
Decided to run with this lot, cheers for all the help over the last couple weeks good luck to all

Seggy (c), Lichaa
Surgess, LAM, Evans, Leuluai
Merrin, Taupau, Guerra, Cartwright, Bhana, JSaifiti
DCE, Hastings, Taylor, Jiko
Aubbs, CLaw, Gutherson, Littlejohn
Mann, Barba, Feeney, Copley, Mitchell

3k to spend on something nice

Random wrote:I wouldn't look at SST, lots of other options at that price range.

- No interest in Bhana? I would bring him in for Welch (Via. Leuluai) as NAS and Kaufusi are named on the Storm bench as well.
- No Matai.. just no.. Copley or Green look like better options.

I have to say this team looks stacked as f...

Yea I've gone cold on SST.

Bhana is someone I am considering over Welch. Probably has the better JS.

I like Matai over Copley, but might take Green. I'm not happy with either 3 but need some back up to Henry at CTR2. I've thought about moving Gutherson to CTR and taking Fergo over Slater to improve my coverage.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Cheers Random.

Just dont really know who else to put there at this stage, will have a look and see who takes fancy.
Decided to run with this lot, cheers for all the help over the last couple weeks good luck to all

Seggy (c), Lichaa
Surgess, LAM, Evans, Leuluai
Merrin, Taupau, Guerra, Cartwright, Bhana, JSaifiti
DCE, Hastings, Taylor, Jiko
Aubbs, CLaw, Gutherson, Littlejohn
Mann, Barba, Feeney, Copley, Mitchell

3k to spend on something nice

Nice team. Probs only the captaincy to worry about. And your 17th man... Taylor vs Saifiti v Leuluai? Maybe Littlejohn in r1 could be worth a punt.

Don't spend that 3k all at once

superbucks wrote:

Nice team. Probs only the captaincy to worry about. And your 17th man... Taylor vs Saifiti v Leuluai? Maybe Littlejohn in r1 could be worth a punt.

Don't spend that 3k all at once

I'm actually strongly considering Littlejohn. Hoping he rips through the Warriors and then disappears after making a bit of cash and then doesn't make the bench until Moses or Brooks eventually get injured.