NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 70 - Origin, Bye & lock downs

WT2K wrote:https://twitter.com/ScottBaileyAAP/status/1409774618206900260?s=19
Latest on NRL’s COVID situation:

* Games stay at grounds as scheduled this week, NRL investigating regional venues for Rd 17
* NSW Cup off for next two weeks
* Origin III not yet decided with cases popping up around country making it too hard to predict.

Do you know what he means by Origin III not decided yet means? Like is that in regards to venue/crowd or the actual game?

- Origin back-up
- Best player in the game with unknown time out
- Fullbacks named that are likely all a game time decision: Teddy, Turbo, Ponga
- COVID

Strongly recommend moving as late as possible and even let the Roosters Storm happen without a trade (yet). Get those benches in order!

Jones > Simmo
TPJ > JMK

Gives me 17 this week and 11 trades left

my tv broke wrote:Harris is the obvious in for me but its not very exciting is it. I hate trading in these high ownership guys when Ive got ground to make up, but i really have no choice at this point

100% this mate. Totally with you.

GreenMachine wrote:- Origin back-up
- Best player in the game with unknown time out
- Fullbacks named that are likely all a game time decision: Teddy, Turbo, Ponga
- COVID

Strongly recommend moving as late as possible and even let the Roosters Storm happen without a trade (yet). Get those benches in order!

Solid intel/advice, could be a week of absolute fuckery ahead.

Ramitinmyhaaas wrote:

Do you know what he means by Origin III not decided yet means? Like is that in regards to venue/crowd or the actual game?

Assuming venue/crowd

Draft question - is Dylan Edwards dropped or injured?

Cleary to Turbo an easy one if he's out long term/season. Need a WFB to fill in for Walsh anyway. Also like Latrell as a bargain buy

Camo123 wrote:

Doorey been starting for a bit & Elliot + Smith injured also helps him

Unsure about the debutant & Topine

Cheers man. There’s a number of guys involved in a Covid breach or something though right? Waddel one of them so wondered how / if that might affect things?

GreenMachine wrote:- Origin back-up
- Best player in the game with unknown time out
- Fullbacks named that are likely all a game time decision: Teddy, Turbo, Ponga
- COVID

Strongly recommend moving as late as possible and even let the Roosters Storm happen without a trade (yet). Get those benches in order!

Thinking no loop hole shenanigans this week and just playing it straight up. Could be some late outs

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

Cheers man. There’s a number of guys involved in a Covid breach or something though right? Waddel one of them so wondered how / if that might affect things?

Yeah Wakeham/Schoupp/Katoa were initial ones & Waddell/Napa also breached

No further news about sanction on them yet but the forwards were more on the interchange recently anyway

robelgordo wrote:Draft question - is Dylan Edwards dropped or injured?

Read that he was injured but no details on the injury

BCT05 wrote:

Read that he was injured but no details on the injury

Cheers. Thought it would be surprising for him to be dropped but couldn’t immediately find any injury deets either.

BCT05 wrote:

Read that he was injured but no details on the injury

That's so unlike Penrith

Edit to be fair it actually outlines injuries in team list article on Panthers website

Nathan Cleary (shoulder), Dylan Edwards (foot), Robert Jennings (hamstring) and Paul Momirovski (hip) are all unavailable for selection due to injury.

The need for money just goes out the window completely if we reach a point where we have to trade out Cleary.

God who'd of that such a innocuous late out in rd 12 would have Schuster missing 5 games

17 green dots providing Teddy and Turbo back up.

...Oh wait, one of those is James Roberts.

17 green dots but playing with 16 men this week.

Regulator wrote:The need for money just goes out the window completely if we reach a point where we have to trade out Cleary.

Yep, will help a lot of teams looking to strengthen areas with out losing ground on those who with a crazy good captain.

Snatchpato wrote:Curran, Schuster, Cleary, Walsh, Talau out. Can anyone beat that?

Take out Talau but add TPJ and timoko (yeah I know I shouldn’t have listened to the 6-0 unanimous poll saying pick him over gagai who naturally got 84 and timoko got dropped)

Both of those I took risks on and got well and truly punished. Not my year. I am a big decision over outcome guy but sometimes you have to take some gambles and I’ve been burned hard.

If I’d been able to start with Cleary and keep lodge, croker and averillo at the start of the year my season would look very different!

Lessons:
avoid mid rangers with short term rises who are underpriced gun mirages
Avoid any centre with no JS no matter how many tbs they may get in 1 or 2 games
Go back to your no dickhead policy to reduce suspensions

Will wait for further news about the Chin's shoulder before making any trade decisions.
Anyone mildly tempted by Finucane @ $477?
Rock solid JS, injury affected average this year, could be due a bump and be good for 40ish average for the remainder of the year.