NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 53 - The round's over. The magic lives on.

rhinoceroo wrote:

Simpkin needs an injury or a shocker from Liddle, neither of which are out of the question, and would certainly happen of I traded him out before Rnd 13 lists.

Can't keep him just for the possibility of that though.

hymenbustas wrote:So many cashouts <3

Any decent ones, though? I need to punt Niu as he will never play football again, I need cash and most importantly, I need a 17th player this week. Hating these forced trades, though.

Looking at the options quickly I thought;

Brayden Musgrove (228) - need to see how long Hunt is out for, but this dude seems to keep popping up. Shame he can't score Fantasy points, so not really an option.

Shawn Blore (238) - so much chat about this fella, but any chance he actually score any Fantasy points this year? Nice price.

Poasa Faamausili (285) - a bit more expensive, but can people talk me out of him? Do we assume he's in the starting side for five weeks? If so, surely that is far too good to pass up? He's my front-runner.

Keenan Palasia (228) - I haven't mentioned other guys who are likely only to be there for a week or two with other folk returning, but there's raps on this chap, is there not? Either way, I have banned Broncos from my team for the rest of 2021 and this 2-weeker is certainly no exception, is he?

Cade Cust (252) - nearly barged my way into my app to make this trade when I saw this, but then read Foran only out for three weeks including the bye? Guess that crosses him off the list.

Heaps of other guys I missed, but I can't see any of those other guys playing more than a week or two (as tempting as Jakob Arthur is). Any one interesting I missed, and is Faamausili the best bet here?

mrbrownstone wrote:Trouble with trading Pap is Ponga's injured, Turbo playing origin, probably Latrell too, Doueihi + RTS both no gos getting shifted around to CTR and Wing, JAC origin + unsustainable try scoring.

Really only leaves To'o or Gutherson who are both chances for Origin, or maybe Edwards.

I just don't think I can get Haas, DiFi and Pap in post-origin, so think I'll hold.

That's fair enough, I luckily can just run Teddy/Turbo/Doueihi as my WFBs (planning to sell Laurie to Latrell in round 14 if I can swing it)

Might skip Walsh now and just look at something like Simpkin to maybe Brian Kelly. Means I'll run Peach on the bench long term which I'm fine with and adds the cover.

wolfking wrote:

Can't keep him just for the possibility of that though.

I have Niu and Milf (and Pap, Fifita and Munster) in my team, so Simpkin survives the cut this week.

I’ll bring in Ramsey and 100% Dufty returns for the first bye

wolfking wrote:Might skip Walsh now and just look at something like Simpkin to maybe Brian Kelly.  Means I'll run Peach on the bench long term which I'm fine with and adds the cover.

I didn't even include him in my cheap options for the week (didn't actually think he'd be that cheap!) but I have banned Broncos from my team, and surely he's far too risky, isn't he?

I can't actually remember the dude. Any chance he can do what few other Broncos have done in 2021, and lock down a position in the team?

my tv broke wrote:At some point last year I started building a bye planner page... I had completely forgotten about it until earlier today when I found it.

Have just started fixing it up a bit.

https://footystatistics.com/bye_planner.php

If you are in the top 10k (sorry anyone who isn't), you can use the drop down at hte top to find your team and it will auto populate the planner. Enter cash in bank and trades remaining and then click through players in each round to set up trades/etc

I'd say its not all working properly yet but I will fix it up over the next day or two.

Note: i wouldnt bother trying to use it on a mobile.

I'd hazard a guess that those of us outside the top 10k need the bye planner more than anyone. Discrimination!

wolfking wrote:

Can't keep him just for the possibility of that though.

No, sure. Personally, I have 17 this week so Simpkin can wait for a look at Kelly and see if he's worth bringing in rather than Flegler or Poasa or whoever else.

rhinoceroo wrote:Albert Kelly added at 246k

I could be tempted to Kelly up as a cash out. I like rollercoasting.

wolfking wrote:Might skip Walsh now and just look at something like Simpkin to maybe Brian Kelly.  Means I'll run Peach on the bench long term which I'm fine with and adds the cover.

Got him a couple of weeks ago, a pair of 38s (particularly in a heavy defeat) has me perfectly happy.

Just don't jinx him!

Poasa has scored pretty well with the minutes he has been given this year. Might be one for next week to see what sort of minutes he gets

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:I’ll bring in Ramsey and 100% Dufty returns for the first bye

Jeez, I missed him in my list too. That's actually not a bad option at all as at least he keeps playing even after Dufty returns. Jeez it's an unappealing scoresheet for 2021, though.

Yep - I'm going for Albert Kelly - might as well have some fun whilst we're playing

Bethany_B wrote:

Yeah he probably plays next week.

I'm still selling since he will also miss 13 and likely 14 as well, while Hughes will (hopefully) play all 4 of those games, and they're great matchups (Raiders, Broncos, Titans, Warriors)

Throwing a spanner in the works

Is there a chance Papenhuyzen misses Origin would only have 1 game to get match fitness before Origin having not played since R6 (excluding 13 mins on the weekend)

Edit: my autocorrect is an asshole

Teeth Eater wrote:

Jeez, I missed him in my list too. That's actually not a bad option at all as at least he keeps playing even after Dufty returns. Jeez it's an unappealing scoresheet for 2021, though.

Hopefully more involvement at FB translates. The guy has some talent I think haha

Having Simpkin, Leniu and Roberts is annoying. I just know I'll trade one out and they'll be named in the team next week.

Simpkin does seem the least likely to become useful soon though but 2k short of him to Starling

rhinoceroo wrote:Lol Chris Lewis at 6 for the Storm? He's a regulation prop.

Presumably Cooper John's can play half with a name like that.

Cooper is an out and out halfback. Matty's son so obviously knows a lot about the game. Will fill in admirably but thought he would be behind Ryley Jacks

Who's getting back on the Latrell'ocoaster??

I mean surely he plays SOO. I still want him in my team.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Hopefully more involvement at FB translates. The guy has some talent I think haha

It's definitely an interesting option. Just thinking, though, with a BE of 37, by the time he's worked his BE down to a place where he can make some money, he's probably back out on the wing, isn't he? It's definitely worth a consideration, though.