NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 92 - Fanatics Anonymous Off Season

Ben Marlin wrote:
He posted it himself on Instagram

Maybe someone hacked his account it’s nowhere to be seen on the official Sharks site or anywhere in the news.

It looks to be completely sarcastic. He wrote the text on his story reposting a post by a photography account with pictures of Rudolf surfing

FalconSloth wrote:It looks to be completely sarcastic. He wrote the text on his story reposting a post by a photography account with pictures of Rudolf surfing

Being a Titans fan mate what are your thoughts on Sexton? We only have a small sample size to go off from last year and using the number 12452 it tells me he’s priced around 48.

Rabbits21 wrote:
Being a Titans fan mate what are your thoughts on Sexton? We only have a small sample size to go off from last year and using the number 12452 it tells me he’s priced around 48.

I think there is some upside to Sexton, but he is awkwardly priced.

I had a proper looks at the teams today and could find value in most positions. I struggle to find bargains in HOK and MID, but I'm sure some option will pop up before season start.

rectangle wrote:I think Gurgess is having an Alvaro effect on some people. Stop gap measure, will play 30-40 mins and hoping for 1ppm. Not 100% convinced

Not sure I would want to touch any of the Steelers running forwards given the depth they have throughout their pack.

T Boyd has been training exclusively at hooker this preseason. Maybe one to keep an eye on

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Winnirblues wrote:Starling
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bro. your 14-17 needs some cash to improve it & I'm not sure having 4 outside backs will get you many points

Honey Badger wrote:T Boyd has been training exclusively at hooker this preseason.  Maybe one to keep an eye on

I read about the covid outbreak at the Titans...are Clark & Booth covid affected because they should be the main hookers

White Lightning wrote:

I read about the covid outbreak at the Titans...are Clark & Booth covid affected because they should be the main hookers

Booth still recovering from off season shoulder reco I think

Is Ben Turbo really that much less talented than his brothers, or have Manly just done an exceptional job of keeping him out of the spotlight so far and this is his breakout season?

Rabbits21 wrote:
Being a Titans fan mate what are your thoughts on Sexton? We only have a small sample size to go off from last year and using the number 12452 it tells me he’s priced around 48.

There is no reason why he can't sustain his scoring. Another year older and with Brimson likely his half partner he should get more kick metres. The good part about Sexton is that there is very little chance he gets dropped. Although I would like to see Paul Turner get a start at some point

A player I really like the look of if he gets a start is Beau Fermor. The kid is an absolute beast. His is very strong and explosive and has really good back end speed so I expect a lot of tries and tackle busts if he can finally get a start over proctor

White Lightning wrote:

I read about the covid outbreak at the Titans...are Clark & Booth covid affected because they should be the main hookers

Booth is currently on a development contract, however, he should be elevated to the full time squad

FalconSloth wrote:A player I really like the look of if he gets a start is Beau Fermor. The kid is an absolute beast. His is very strong and explosive and has really good back end speed so I expect a lot of tries and tackle busts if he can finally get a start over proctor

End of last season he was getting 80 minutes, with Proctor coming off when Fifita subbed on. Is in my current draft side.

mattnz wrote:

End of last season he was getting 80 minutes, with Proctor coming on when Fifita subbed off. Is in my current draft side.

There is too much talent there now with booth and Liu coming in to carry Proctor for a 20 minute stint

mattnz wrote:Is Ben Turbo really that much less talented than his brothers, or have Manly just done an exceptional job of keeping him out of the spotlight so far and this is his breakout season?

They've done pretty well at shielding him.
Tom debuted as an 18 year old (playing 8 games on the wing, 7 full games), Ben was 19 when he debuted last year (just a little bench time).
They're both basically the same height, with Ben a little heavier at 105kg

Not to suggest he'll be the same player, but he looks like he's got good footwork and speed.
I think there's a fair chance he becomes fantasy relevant at some point this year.

FalconSloth wrote:A player I really like the look of if he gets a start is Beau Fermor. The kid is an absolute beast. His is very strong and explosive and has really good back end speed so I expect a lot of tries and tackle busts if he can finally get a start over proctor

Yeah, I'm pretty tempted (he's stayed in my draft team so far).
From memory, Proctor only got a 1 year extension and that was pretty late in the piece - if you can read into the end of last year it seems like the changing of the guard has happened.

Assuming he's starting, there looks like some value there - priced at 36, and a career average of 42 on the edge (excluding a 24 points in 41 minutes game in 2020). He looks like he can improve on that average too.
I suspect there'll end up being more attractive options, especially if there's some clouding of his JS.

easytiger wrote:

Yeah, I'm pretty tempted (he's stayed in my draft team so far).
From memory, Proctor only got a 1 year extension and that was pretty late in the piece - if you can read into the end of last year it seems like the changing of the guard has happened.

Assuming he's starting, there looks like some value there - priced at 36, and a career average of 42 on the edge (excluding a 24 points in 41 minutes game in 2020). He looks like he can improve on that average too.
I suspect there'll end up being more attractive options, especially if there's some clouding of his JS.

I would expect a 50 average from him with the odd 30 point game aswell as the odd 80 point game. Running off the outside of Brimsons speed I can see a lot of holes opening up and he has the speed to capatilise on them. I also reckon he will get a lot of tries of grubbers into the end goal which has been a staple play for the titans to their second rowers which has worked pretty consistently.