NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 1 - fire up the spreadsheets

On another note Ethan Bullemor I hear is training the house down my Manly mate says and Aloiai is out the first 3 rounds I think. I reckon Bullemor will be a regular in the Manly 17 and you know what in my latest draft I have him as well as my 3rd starting mid.

I’m likely to have one of King/Leniu as a 17th/18th man too.

I just made my team tracker up for 2022 guys but how do I link it so when you hit team tracker for me it goes to the 2022 one and not the 2021 one.

Can someone please remind me how to do this thanks?


Edit don’t worry I figured it out.

Rabbits21 wrote:On another note Ethan Bullemor I hear is training the house down my Manly mate says and Aloiai is out the first 3 rounds I think. I reckon Bullemor will be a regular in the Manly 17 and you know what in my latest draft I have him as well as my 3rd starting mid.

I’m likely to have one of King/Leniu as a 17th/18th man too.

Bullemor looked a good player when he came on at the Broncs, not sure why he didn't fit in there.

Manly have a lot of middles and Jake clogging up 80 minutes, but think physical toll catching up with Marty and he might be in for more of an impact role. Makes Bullemor and Keppie (with DPP) ones to keep an eye on for increased role even when Aloiai is back.

Milchcow wrote:

DCE's last 3 scores against Panthers and Roosters, in games where Trbo also played, are 74, 87 and 72 (take off maybe 10 points due to the scoring system)

For the sake of my argument we'll ignore the 42 and 43 he scored at the beginning of last year in the aftermath of the corso race

Not ignoring that as it was key to *my* argument...

Rabbits21 wrote:I would love Haas but Angus and TPJ have valuable DPP

I'm yet to do a deep dive on Crichton so my opinion could change, but right now I'm massive on starting with Haas. Career avg of 68 (30+ minutes, regular season only) and in an improved Broncos side, should beat TPJ's average by 10pts at least. With a full strength Roosters side Gus could possibly be the best scoring EDG (Fifi gets a stupid amount of TBs so I'll wait and see on that judgement)

Lchy wrote:

I'm yet to do a deep dive on Crichton so my opinion could change, but right now I'm massive on starting with Haas. Career avg of 68 (30+ minutes, regular season only) and in an improved Broncos side, should beat TPJ's average by 10pts at least. With a full strength Roosters side Gus could possibly be the best scoring EDG (Fifi gets a stupid amount of TBs so I'll wait and see on that judgement)

Agree re Haas but in a Covid affecting year having DPP players could be more vital than ever.

Thoughts on my current draft? 17k bank, this one is on the assumption that Cleary is out for 3-4 weeks, and I've used his money to upgrade Welch to Haas and have only 2x220k players.

Grant
TPJ, Angus, Haas
Nanai, Tago
Ilias, DCE
Burton, Penisini
Papy, Critta, Coates

Randall, Amone, Blore, Dunster

May, King, Howarth, Moale

My EDG is a bit weak at first glance but I have TPJ and Angus there who I can move into EDG if I need them there, MID spots are much more important than EDG which is why I've given up Fifita. King is there because I would otherwise have no MID cover, and there's nobody else in his price range that looks as good as he does

Bethany_B wrote:Thoughts on my current draft? 17k bank, this one is on the assumption that Cleary is out for 3-4 weeks, and I've used his money to upgrade Welch to Haas and have only 2x220k players.

Grant
TPJ, Angus, Haas
Nanai, Tago
Ilias, DCE
Burton, Penisini
Papy, Critta, Coates

Randall, Amone, Blore, Dunster

May, King, Howarth, Moale

My EDG is a bit weak at first glance but I have TPJ and Angus there who I can move into EDG if I need them there, MID spots are much more important than EDG which is why I've given up Fifita. King is there because I would otherwise have no MID cover, and there's nobody else in his price range that looks as good as he does

I quite like it and I'm surprised you could get so many guns in. Ultimate guns and cows. I like the selections generally. I wouldn't get too attached to it though, because I think it's highly unlikely all those cheapies come to fruition.

Mulvy wrote:

I quite like it and I'm surprised you could get so many guns in. Ultimate guns and cows. I like the selections generally. I wouldn't get too attached to it though, because I think it's highly unlikely all those cheapies come to fruition.

Yeah there's a few moving parts for this to work (Cleary out 3-4 weeks, Tago/Nanai/Blore etc. starting) but all but two of my cheapies (Howarth and Moale) are expensive enough that I can swap them to other cheapies who do start if they don't, it's not like I've loaded up on 220k players.

Guns and cows is generally my philosophy, I would only go a mid if they're very highly owned with high upside, or if they're at centre (since Burton and Aitken are technically mid priced but that's top tier for centre).

Lchy wrote:

Ipap and Koroisau

Definitely two good pickups.

Hopefully in 2023 The Tigers can move up the table and become a force as I'm not convinced 2022 will see a great deal of improvement with Maguire still steering the ship.

Will be interesting this year on how long they stick with Madge if things head south now that they have Tim Sheens overseeing operations.

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

Too many Panthers

Cleary being confirmed out will make it a lot more interesting to start the year at least

Rabbits21 wrote:On another note Ethan Bullemor I hear is training the house down my Manly mate says and Aloiai is out the first 3 rounds I think. I reckon Bullemor will be a regular in the Manly 17 and you know what in my latest draft I have him as well as my 3rd starting mid.

I’m likely to have one of King/Leniu as a 17th/18th man too.

Got to say Bullemor is a good up and coming player, just not sure how much game time he gets in the first few rounds (even without Aloiai being there till Round 4) since they already have Taupau, Paseka, Keppie and Sipley vying for that same Mid position, so any info regarding Bullemor (from your Manly mate at Discord) will be well forgotten come kickoff unless you're confident enough in your mate that you'll willing to have a bet he'll be your third Mid?

The only reason I say this is because track record in past preseasons suggests you'll manage to bore us us with countless team changes to match any hype surrounding a certain player before a ball has even been kicked so I'm just wondering how long you can backup your statement from last week - " Anyhow this is my last draft til trials or if there is a major injury etc in the next week or 2... "; given you've already changed it since the other day.

I've got to say, a 2-4 week set back for Cleary due to Covid seems unlikely.
Aren't most reports for NRL athletes more suggesting a 2-3 day set back then a graduated return to full training?

On further investigation, the Panthers have a video about managing Covid:
Nathan Cleary speaks at about the 2:30 mark.
https://www.penrithpanthers.com.au/news/2022/01/17/preparing-the-panthers-covid-challenges/

In summary, Nathan Cleary said he contracted Covid during the break, he felt he was already a bit behind in fitness due to his shoulder, so decided to do some running on his treadmill (with Covid). Apparently it made his feel more sick and set him back a bit...

TBH it doesn't really sound like any tangible impact at all, if anything probably beneficial that he got it during the break and he is in full training now.

It also gives a bit of insight into his headspace (albeit running with Covid is a dumb idea), you can definitely say the guy is a competitor who will do anything to get himself ready to go - I think we saw that last year when he returned with his bung shoulder.

At this point, IMO it seems like Cleary is still a lock - although fun to see how you can allocate that coin.

Let’s just accept rabbits for what he is lads. He’s not hurting anyone and loves the game. Block his posts if you don’t want to see them

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/how-your-nrl-team-is-shaping-up-as-80-per-cent-of-players-test-positive-to-covid-20220201-p59sy0.html

That is a lot of players. I guess lots of close contact in the weeks before Xmas when it really blew up - both training and social.

Roosters 100% COVID infections.

Eels just missing Nathan Brown, who I guess is the opposite of patient zero then.

Guess means the season should at least start with few cases.

easytiger wrote:It also gives a bit of insight into his headspace (albeit running with Covid is a dumb idea), you can definitely say the guy is a competitor who will do anything to get himself ready to go

tbh if i ever end up having to do isolation i reckon i'd get bored enough to get on a treadmill as well.

Has the format of this website completely changed for anyone else on their phone? No profile pictures, can only press prev and next when navigating through pages and worst of all cant post gifs or images

TLT will now be 22 man squads in 2022

https://www.nrl.com/news/2022/02/02/2022-nrl-telstra-premiership-rules/

So Ethan Bullemor training the house down.
Reports recently that Taumalolo was too

Anyone else staking their claim for house destruction?