NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 1 - fire up the spreadsheets

Mulvy wrote:Okay first chop at it.

Randall
TPJ Uto James
Aitken Nanai
Cleary Sexton
Burton Tago
Pappy Suaali Coates

Clark, Gilbert, Blore, Ilias

Crichton, 240x3.

Feels a bit mid rangey. I could see Sexton and Aitken becoming Hastings and someone.

I reckon it's Amone over Hastings. Also thinking of dumping Sexton.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

I have Papy and Hynes. I do not have Cleary and I am sticking to my guns.

PS Hynes is in my HLFs alongside Burton. I forgot that I moved him. I am starting to feel really happy with my side. It is well balanced and has four or five solid captain options

Cue mid year melt down,. followed by a forum exit

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

It is well balanced and has four or five solid captain options

Who are the 4 or 5 guys you think can average 70+?

Giving you benefit of the doubt here and assuming Cleary will drop his average by 10 points a game. You'll still want a captain getting 70s or you'll be dropping well behind the pack.

Milchcow wrote:

Who are the 4 or 5 guys you think can average 70+?

Giving you benefit of the doubt here and assuming Cleary will drop his average by 10 points a game. You'll still want a captain getting 70s or you'll be dropping well behind the pack.

Without stating the obvious, it's much better having one Captaincy option that averages 80+ and maybe a second/third that's in the maybe 60-70+ category, than 4-5 guys that likely end up in rotation and are in the (let's face it) maybe 60-70+ category

No Worries wrote:

Cue mid year melt down,. followed by a forum exit

If this is who I think it is there might be an exit but there won’t be a meltdown as he’s a real sweetheart

I also could be way off.

Anyone keen to start with King Guth?
3rd highest scoring WFB on total points in 2021, behind Garrick and Trbo
Offers reliability, high work rate, but not as much excitement as Trbo or Teddy

Moanaman wrote:

3rd best WFB in the comp this year behind papy and turbo

Teddy playing Tennis this year?

I have been looking at the drawer but things are a bit hazy. Which teams play the first bye?

Blindside wrote:I have been looking at the drawer but things are a bit hazy. Which teams play the first bye?

Round Thirteen

Thursday, Jun 2
Titans vs. Cowboys @ Cbus Super Stadium (Nine / Fox) 7:50pm

Friday, Jun 3
Panthers vs. Bulldogs @ BlueBet Stadium (Nine / Fox) 7:55pm

Saturday, Jun 4
Sea Eagles vs. Warriors @ 4 Pines Park (Fox) 7:35pm

Sunday, Jun 5
Raiders vs. Roosters @ GIO Stadium (Nine / Fox) 4:05pm

Byes: Broncos, Dragons, Eels, Knights, Rabbitohs, Sharks, Storm, Wests Tigers



Round Seventeen

Thursday, Jul 7
Sharks vs. Storm @ PointsBet Stadium (Nine / Fox) 7:50pm

Friday, Jul 8
Knights vs. Rabbitohs @ McDonald Jones Stadium (Nine / Fox) 7:55pm

Saturday, Jul 9
Wests Tigers vs. Eels @ Leichhardt Oval (Fox) 7:35pm

Sunday, Jul 10
Broncos vs. Dragons @ Suncorp Stadium (Nine / Fox) 4:05pm

Byes: Bulldogs, Cowboys, Panthers, Raiders, Roosters, Sea Eagles, Titans, Warriors

Blindside wrote:Had to reset my bloody account and start all over again. If you have been in my league before please jump in. And if you haven't, I will just boot you.
Hopefully this year I will have blue Tiges back in the league.
EFPK247K

Just joined mate can’t wait!

I'm pretty happy with the balance of my latests draft (39k itb)

Randall
TPJ, James, Cotter
Dfifita, Blore
Cleary, Clune
Burton, Tago
Papy, Coates, SCrichton

Clark, Ilias, Sualii, Aitken
Naden, Kei, Cook, Tass

I'll need to find a cheap MID for cover, but have plenty of DPPs
Managed to fit in TPJ, Fifita, Cleary, Burton & Papy as keepers without compromising the playing 17 too much

Very happy with my draft....think I'm getting close

HOK
MID MID MID
2RF 2RF
Cleary HLF
CTR CTR
WFB WFB WFB

INT INT INT INT
EMG EMG EMG EMG

Aardvark wrote:Very happy with my draft....think I'm getting close

HOK
MID MID MID
2RF 2RF
Cleary HLF
CTR CTR
WFB WFB WFB

INT INT INT INT
EMG EMG EMG EMG

Need more duals

Aardvark wrote:Very happy with my draft....think I'm getting close

HOK
MID MID MID
2RF 2RF
Cleary HLF
CTR CTR
WFB WFB WFB

INT INT INT INT
EMG EMG EMG EMG

When you see the same word so many times in a row it looks like it’s spelt wrong after a while

That’s what EMG looks like

mattnz wrote:

Need more duals

Good point!......back to the coalface

I don’t get the appeal with Ryan James I can’t see him getting more than 35-40mins and he’s priced at 34. He’s been so injury prone the last few years as well.

Rabbits21 wrote:I don’t get the appeal with Ryan James I can’t see him getting more than 35-40mins and he’s priced at 34. He’s been so injury prone the last few years as well.

I get chasing the upside. Has proven to be a 50 average player in the middle over a long time frame. If he can bounce back to that level we will have to wait and see

I was listening to a podcast & apparently the last couple of weeks the Broncos have been doing contact sessions & someone watching it relayed to the host that R. James was running in the "2's" so this must be backups because they said this meant he wasn't in the top 17.

Chewie wrote:I'm pretty happy with the balance of my latests draft (39k itb)

Randall
TPJ, James, Cotter
Dfifita, Blore
Cleary, Clune
Burton, Tago
Papy, Coates, SCrichton

Clark, Ilias, Sualii, Aitken
Naden, Kei, Cook, Tass

I'll need to find a cheap MID for cover, but have plenty of DPPs
Managed to fit in TPJ, Fifita, Cleary, Burton & Papy as keepers without compromising the playing 17 too much

Its hard to provide feedback on teams at the moment because so much is up in the air around starting teams, but its relying on a few things going in your favour.

A lot of cheap players in your starting team with potentially iffy job security. If Tigers start Luciano and Garner, it makes things tough for you finding another playable $350k edge player
There is literally zero MID/EDG cover which would need to change in any case

Which means you are playing a lt of real life centres in your 17. There's a few decent looking cheap options that will hopefully make some cash, but I am not sure playing so many in your 17 is a good idea. Although I suspect Joshua Cook will either be good enough to play in your 17 or not worth picking so you can promote him for someone.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

I get chasing the upside. Has proven to be a 50 average player in the middle over a long time frame. If he can bounce back to that level we will have to wait and see

Biggest problem with James is that when he was an elite fantasy FRF he was playing massive minutes. 2019 he averaged 73 minutes a game when starting prop. That won't be happening again. But we don't need him to average 60 points a week to be useful. Just a regular starting prop role would be great, if he can get it.