NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 46 - Got any more of them tries?

mattnz wrote:Funny that Too getting 300 running meters doesnt even get a mention from the commentators these days.

zim wrote:With that 88 (before updates) Cleary's average has dropped below 90, is he a sell?

my tv broke wrote:Ive gotten in late on the roosters line here

Milchcow wrote:
Many years ago Fox Sports ran a separate comp before they merged in with Supercoach.

In its first few years you literally had 0 subs. Every player in your squad played every week. You got a lot of trades (4 each week and 6 in bye rounds I think)
Was based on FPL system where price rises were based on trade-ins not scores, and you only got 50% of profits. If the current fantasy system is tough that was a nightmare. Still played it though.
After a couple of years they gave you a bench to work with at least and eventually comp was abandoned and they just threw in with supercoach

Regulator wrote:Realistically we all spend bugger all on centres, we all skimp out, most of us probably didn't commit to anything higher than 350k on one at the start, and that's a premium. We all roll the dice on rabble and hope we get lucky.

But if you're going to just buy a bunch of guys who are 220-320k to fill a position, you can't really be surprised when what you end up with is a whole bunch of problems. You're buying guys who are rookies, you're buying guys like Roberts who have a reason they're cheap, you're buying guys who haven't secured their position.

If people fronted the money for a more expensive option, you'd likely get less headaches, though of course you can get unlucky and buy a Lomax and he gets hurt, but that happens in any position. But we never entertain starting with 550k on a guy like Manu who is averaging 40 and is never going to get dropped.

We all decide that isn't worth the investment, so we have to wear it.

You never really see less serious players complain about centres in that way because they're sitting there with something like Manu and Crichton. Of course the rest of their squad then suffers but you can't have it all.

Injuries across the comp are fucking crazy this year though.

Mulvy wrote:

Agree totally. Buy cheap, buy twice. I'm saying that now. Someone said it, not sure whether on here or elsewhere, but I like it.

I'll still buy cheap most of the time, but with a higher emphasis on JS and lack of general shitness where possible.

Bethany_B wrote:

Of course. I only bought Cini this week because I need a cheapie to cover for one week until either Momo gets back or I trade Momo next week.

Milchcow wrote:
Many years ago Fox Sports ran a separate comp before they merged in with Supercoach.

In its first few years you literally had 0 subs. Every player in your squad played every week. You got a lot of trades (4 each week and 6 in bye rounds I think)
Was based on FPL system where price rises were based on trade-ins not scores, and you only got 50% of profits. If the current fantasy system is tough that was a nightmare. Still played it though.
After a couple of years they gave you a bench to work with at least and eventually comp was abandoned and they just threw in with supercoach

Camo123 wrote:Only 13 more TAs and Teddy might avoid losing cash this week

Regulator wrote:Realistically we all spend bugger all on centres, we all skimp out, most of us probably didn't commit to anything higher than 350k on one at the start, and that's a premium. We all roll the dice on rabble and hope we get lucky.

But if you're going to just buy a bunch of guys who are 220-320k to fill a position, you can't really be surprised when what you end up with is a whole bunch of problems. You're buying guys who are rookies, you're buying guys like Roberts who have a reason they're cheap, you're buying guys who haven't secured their position.

If people fronted the money for a more expensive option, you'd likely get less headaches, though of course you can get unlucky and buy a Lomax and he gets hurt, but that happens in any position. But we never entertain starting with 550k on a guy like Manu who is averaging 40 and is never going to get dropped.

We all decide that isn't worth the investment, so we have to wear it.

You never really see less serious players complain about centres in that way because they're sitting there with something like Manu and Crichton. Of course the rest of their squad then suffers but you can't have it all.

Injuries across the comp are fucking crazy this year though.