NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 61 - Bye round debuts, and scalping tickets

my tv broke wrote:

Not training due to the injury he picked up on the weekend.

I’m torn. I wouldn’t mind the free player in the bye round. But I’ll hate the price drop if he does play

100% he plays for the maroons though

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
I’m torn. I wouldn’t mind the free player in the bye round. But I’ll hate the price drop if he does play

100% he plays for the maroons though

He's not in the 21 for the Titans.

wolfking wrote:

He's not in the 21 for the Titans.

You little beauty. Probably should have checked that first yeah

Brimson to Bones still on

The only trade I'm certain on atm is S. Walker to Burton as he gives me ctr coverage & if Tedesco & Turbo are rested next week then Burton will provide coverage:
ctrs - Bird, Burton
wfb's - Hynes, Laurie, S. Crichton

But only doing 1 trade this week only gives me 12 players so I feel another trade for 13 players is needed so looking at Simo to B. Jones so I will ponder that move.

My team of seventeen for the round:
JBrailey
Ipap, Watson, Lodge
Barnett, Lucy
Fogarty, Moses
Bird, Burton
Hynes (c), SCrichton, Laurie

Mahoney, Brooks, Kelly, Roberts

Pretty happy with this lot, only Kelly and Roberts are a bit meh.

Chewie wrote:My team of seventeen for the round:
JBrailey
Ipap, Watson, Lodge
Barnett, Lucy
Fogarty, Moses
Bird, Burton
Hynes (c), SCrichton, Laurie

Mahoney, Brooks, Kelly, Roberts

Pretty happy with this lot, only Kelly and Roberts are a bit meh.

I feel sorry for anyone vs you h2h this week!

Chewie wrote:My team of seventeen for the round:
JBrailey
Ipap, Watson, Lodge
Barnett, Lucy
Fogarty, Moses
Bird, Burton
Hynes (c), SCrichton, Laurie

Mahoney, Brooks, Kelly, Roberts

Pretty happy with this lot, only Kelly and Roberts are a bit meh.

You made it happen Chewie, u said since early days u would field a killer R13 team. Bonza !

I am fully expecting 5 of my 14 R13 players to cop HIAs in the first 5 mins and 3 more to score 20 with a send off.

Chewie wrote:My team of seventeen for the round:
JBrailey
Ipap, Watson, Lodge
Barnett, Lucy
Fogarty, Moses
Bird, Burton
Hynes (c), SCrichton, Laurie

Mahoney, Brooks, Kelly, Roberts

Pretty happy with this lot, only Kelly and Roberts are a bit meh.

Massive mate!!

Honey Badger wrote:

I feel sorry for anyone vs you h2h this week!

Haha yeah, just trying to cement my spot in the top 8 of League 1. I can't wait to get a hold of some rd17 players after this round though and get rid of Barnett, Brooks, and Laurie. CHN, Tohu, and Walsh on the wishlist

my tv broke wrote:

The fantasy implication is someone is pulled from NRL this week to be the utility (eg Ben Hunt). At least with Hunt he plays first up.

Guessing Brimson not training is just precaution, and there is still 6 days til origin.

Oh yeah hadn’t thought of that. This week is tougher than I thought it would be. Trades have bounced around all over the place. 

Brimson > Jones gives me 12 players for this round and 300k in the bank and 18 trades.

Think I might go balls out and bring Hynes in and captain him. Sorry Beans owners in advance.

Papadontbleach wrote:Marzhew in Don out...

Hello cash cow. Can he hold the spot? I mean Don is pretty bad, right?

Wow, have always said I want him when available. Not sure I can pull the trigger though. Both he and Campbell are tackle breaking machines, could be an interesting Titans game.

WT2K wrote:

I've heard some not so nice stories about him from blokes that played for him when he was coaching in Qld.

He doesnt seem to have any issues getting guys back to play for him again, and they perform better under him as well.

Planning on bringing in one or maybe two of these players. I’m assuming they’re in my team for the year. My rank order matches their cost.

Hunt 669 - seems to be running the ball well - have a soft spot for him as I rode him to my best ever single round rank a few years back.

Mahoney 668 - least likely to regress - although he has lost a few minutes lately and I recall start of year coach saying he wouldn’t play 80

Macca 653 - boring, get what you pay for. Will be tempted to trade out later.

Lucy 646 - he is fun to watch and hasn’t had his purple patch yet. Don’t trust Tigers and which half he’ll be playing alongside any given week (BTW, noticed Billy Walters is named at 5/8 in ressies this week)

For team balance, Lucy is the better pick. But I have him ranked lower than the others as less likely to be a keeper. Also, slimmer pickings at edge than hooker, half.

Love any thoughts on the pick of these four?
Thanks

Chewie wrote:My team of seventeen for the round:
JBrailey
Ipap, Watson, Lodge
Barnett, Lucy
Fogarty, Moses
Bird, Burton
Hynes (c), SCrichton, Laurie

Mahoney, Brooks, Kelly, Roberts

Pretty happy with this lot, only Kelly and Roberts are a bit meh.

How many trades remaining?

Chewie wrote:

Haha yeah, just trying to cement my spot in the top 8 of League 1. I can't wait to get a hold of some rd16 players after this round though and get rid of Barnett, Brooks, and Laurie. CHN, Tohu, and Walsh on the wishlist

Bloody hell, it's me playing you this week. Hope my hapless 13 lads can give you a challenge!