NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 1 - fire up the spreadsheets

my tv broke wrote:

Wouldn't surprise at all to see him score 20 tries this season, which means his average should pick up, but his scoring will be volatile. Would be nice to have in EMGs (but may be too expensive for that?)

GoingNuts wrote:I hope there is a fair few 220-240k cashies thrown up on TLT.   I have a picked a team that I like, but depth is sh*thouse.

mahoney
haas, Uto, TPJ
Fermor, Davey
Cleary, Hastings
Aitken, Suaali
Ponga, Scrighton, Coates

Randall, Ilias, Mann, Howarth
240k, 220k, 220k, 220k

10k in the bank.

GoingNuts wrote:I hope there is a fair few 220-240k cashies thrown up on TLT.   I have a picked a team that I like, but depth is sh*thouse.

mahoney
haas, Uto, TPJ
Fermor, Davey
Cleary, Hastings
Aitken, Suaali
Ponga, Scrighton, Coates

Randall, Ilias, Mann, Howarth
240k, 220k, 220k, 220k

10k in the bank.

The Bludger#2 wrote:Random thoughts:
There's an obvious list of players who will appear in the team lists of most 'serious' players (although I don't know what constitutes a "serious player").
Randall at Hooker for obvious cashcow coin
Cleary as set and forget (C) 
Amone / Ilias or whoever gets the Bunnies or Dragons starting half spot.
Burton / Aitkin as set and forget Centres (although this option does take up some coin) 
S. Crichton everyone seems to agree has been given a sweet 3 instead of 4 at the beginning of his price, so with DPP offers perfect cover. 

But, there seems to be a few options, especially for reserve positions with multiple options.
Wing/Fullback - Coates ($330) / Dunster ($298) / Pereira ($327) / Savage ($350) / others ??
Edge - Tago ($334) / Luki ($439) / Nanai ($350) / Martin ($499) / Graham ($461) / Capewell ($511) / RFM ($400) as middie options and then the big guns question - TPJ ($668) versus Curran ($675) or Matterson ($683) 
Middles - J. Saf ($495) / Welch ($588) / Lolo ($620) / Paulo ($569) all offer upside, depending on how the new scoring impacts their run metres and off-loads, versus less from TBs. 

I think the selections of these similarly priced middies will define Fantasy for 2022. Pick the right ones, go on a scoring spree and you'll have plenty of cash to upgrade to the uber-guns, miss them and you'll be spending too many trades trying to catch-up.
As for the Bludger, well I always manage to find the spuds, so check out my team when its up and avoid any I select. 

GoingNuts wrote:I hope there is a fair few 220-240k cashies thrown up on TLT.   I have a picked a team that I like, but depth is sh*thouse.

mahoney
haas, Uto, TPJ
Fermor, Davey
Cleary, Hastings
Aitken, Suaali
Ponga, Scrighton, Coates

Randall, Ilias, Mann, Howarth
240k, 220k, 220k, 220k

10k in the bank.

wolfking wrote:

Howarth in the 17?  I think you're backing yourself in a corner if your cheapies bomb.

GoingNuts wrote:I hope there is a fair few 220-240k cashies thrown up on TLT.   I have a picked a team that I like, but depth is sh*thouse.

mahoney
haas, Uto, TPJ
Fermor, Davey
Cleary, Hastings
Aitken, Suaali
Ponga, Scrighton, Coates

Randall, Ilias, Mann, Howarth
240k, 220k, 220k, 220k

10k in the bank.

mattnz wrote:Latrell's brother has been called into the indigenous side. At one stage he was 167 kg, now under 120 kg. He has been training with Souths.

mattnz wrote:

20 tries for the season would see him improve from 0.6 tries per game to 0.8, a marginal difference in point scoring. I think there is better value out there.

He is still going to have a few games scoring single digits.

Interested to hear peoples thoughts on Paulo as starting left center at Souths at the same price point and will pick up dual WFB/CTR in round 1.

Gagai certainly scored well in that position for them (49 average last season) and the left side will be at least as prevalent this year with all the ball playing going through Walker without Reynolds there.

mattnz wrote:

WFB - Nofo $455, Paulo $327, Suaalii $350
EDG - Fermor $451
MID - Cotter $500, Mann $472 (if starting lock round 1), Uto $557

I doubt Aitken is set and forget for the season. In his own words he is expecting to play both edge and center this season and will start on an edge in round 1. Would expect him to move when Tohu is back (expected rounds 4-6).

Rabbits21 wrote:
Yeah he’s got a full time reserve grade contract this year with our pathways.

Rabbits21 wrote:
I reckon Tohu plays lock.

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Rabbits21 wrote:

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Excuse font size please it’s why I put in a spoiler it’s from someone who went to Souths training.

Thanks for the update. Really good analysis and offers some clarity as I'm looking at Ilias and Paulo.