NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 73 - Kid & Play House Party

wolfking wrote:

Manu scored 98 playing FB against the Dogs once.

Haha that he did. I’m in a similar spot to you mate in regards to CTRs

Have Olam, Peachey and Burton so I’m tempted to add one more for safety. Burton will be traded out over the next few weeks so Manu/Olam with Peachey as MID/CTR cover

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:

Haha that he did. I’m in a similar spot to you mate in regards to CTRs

Have Olam, Peachey and Burton so I’m tempted to add one more for safety. Burton will be traded out over the next few weeks so Manu/Olam with Peachey as MID/CTR cover

Yeah, Burton might have to be the one to make way. Depends on Luais return in the short term too.

wolfking wrote:

Yeah, Burton might have to be the one to make way.  Depends on Luais return in the short term too.

Yeah I think he probably gets 18/19 as the main half so definitely a hold over that period.

Harris to AFB
Jones to Wilton
Brailey to Manu/Ramien

Gives me 9 for the week and Fifita comes in next week hopefully

People getting rid of Brailey; presume you’re all sitting Hunt at hooker?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Harris and Jones are my only nailed on trade outs this week and Brailey is very close.

The rest unfortunately come with lots of ifs and maybes and there are no clear upgrades to any of them at this stage

The more I look at it, Brailey is a hold for me. Even at his reduced scoring, he's likely to score similar to a lot of the players people are looking at trading in this week like AFB. Given both would likely end up as a 14-17 player in most teams, it seems like a wasted trade.

Yeah, I have no issue holding Brailey, especially now the team are somewhat firing again. Same with Watson for me.

This from Lone Scout's Q&A on nrl.com on Harris:

Coach Nathan Brown on Wednesday said of Harris (and Chad Townsend, who suffered a very similar injury): "We're thinking a two or three week period before we can even think about getting them back in."
There's still a chance Harris  only misses two head-to-head Fantasy rounds if he is back after three weeks so at this stage I'll be holding and hoping for some good news.

SoylentGreen wrote:

The more I look at it, Brailey is a hold for me. Even at his reduced scoring, he's likely to score similar to a lot of the players people are looking at trading in this week like AFB. Given both would likely end up as a 14-17 player in most teams, it seems like a wasted trade.

I think it depends on your own team makeup and trades left. I've got enough depth at hooker but am worried about mids, with a question mark over Tohu and the chance that Crichton, Haas don't back up next round.  Plus bringing in AFB or Taumalolo or Tolman or Jackson, I get an extra player this week.

Jele wrote:This from Lone Scout's Q&A on nrl.com on Harris:

Coach Nathan Brown on Wednesday said of Harris (and Chad Townsend, who suffered a very similar injury): "We're thinking a two or three week period before we can even think about getting them back in."
There's still a chance Harris  only misses two head-to-head Fantasy rounds if he is back after three weeks so at this stage I'll be holding and hoping for some good news.

Sounds like an easy trade for me.

Jele wrote:

I think it depends on your own team makeup and trades left. I've got enough depth at hooker but am worried about mids, with a question mark over Tohu and the chance that Crichton, Haas don't back up next round.  Plus bringing in AFB or Taumalolo or Tolman or Jackson, I get an extra player this week.

Fair enough - I've got iPap and Peachey to cover for Haas and Angus. For me, keeping Brailey just means I lose Harris from my final team (he'll become Hunt) but save a trade, leaving me 4 after I get my final team rather than 3.

SoylentGreen wrote:

The more I look at it, Brailey is a hold for me. Even at his reduced scoring, he's likely to score similar to a lot of the players people are looking at trading in this week like AFB. Given both would likely end up as a 14-17 player in most teams, it seems like a wasted trade.

Yeah I'm holding for the same reason, no one playing this week is an upgrade on him and he might get back a little of that early season form, you never know. Also he's my Hooker cover for Koro if I don't want to rely on Verills. I was going to sell him in rd14 but then Mahoney went and got injured messing those plans up.

Edit: Also I have Jones, Harris and Simmo as trade outs which are fairly obvious making my decision easier than some.

Verrills in only 35 percent of teams? I find that crazy low.

wolfking wrote:Verrills in only 35 percent of teams?  I find that crazy low.

Agreed, I didn't realise it was that low, weird. About 2000 coaches bringing him in this week though.

Mulvy wrote:

Agreed, I didn't realise it was that low, weird. About 2000 coaches bringing him in this week though.

I thought for this round he'd be close to 100 percent.

You Brailey holders must all be ranked inside the top 10,000?

I wouldn’t mind holding him in truth but just don’t see how it benefits me

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:You Brailey holders must all be ranked inside the top 10,000?

Top 1000.

He's a fit green dot so he'll suffice for now. If he doesn't pick up his scoring though he's an easy option to make way for Cleary.

I'm low on trades so I could very well be carrying 2/4 from Brailey, Watson, Matterson and CHN for the season.

will be interesting to see what Fogarty and Moses score over the next few weeks - might be a hard choice who to ditch for Cleary. 2x 90s in the last 3 weeks is pretty good form. Moses is the more proven performer I guess.

Re Brailey, he lost a few minutes at end of game to Watson last week. Kind of thing to keep an eye on.

Went and had a look. Fourth time he's been subbed off early this year (all 8 mins or less) and all in thrashings (3 losses and 1 wins).

So, seems OK for now.