NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 4 - Leniu is back on the menu

ChrisMnz12 wrote:Any advice on my team please

Randal
Finucane , cheese , bullemore
Aitken,  bird
Ilias , Cleary
Scrit , berry
Campbell , cnk , Hynes

Amone , tago , Schneider,  Savage
K heth  , Nani,  Pereira,  Davey

276k itb for room to upgrade / trade when the wheels start turning

mrbrownstone wrote:

Even if he does get a round 1 start, how confident are you he'll be there round 4? Screams Cini 2.0 to me, but we'll see.  

Mulvy wrote:

I've been trying to figure this out also. A counter argument: Let's say you start with Ipap, and by rd8 you've accumulated enough funds to turn Nanai into Crichton. Do you really want to buy a guy who's going to miss 2-3 games in the next few weeks? Alternatively you start with Crichton, by round 8 you have the funds to turn Nanai into Ipap, an excellent idea given he's a gun who'll only miss one game the rest of the year. That then gives you the option of trading out Crichton over origin should you wish, whereas in the previous example you wouldn't trade in a player in rd8 only to trade them out over origin. Right?

Advantage Angus??

mattnz wrote:

Cini was a mid-season stop-gap, not the center they may choose to start a new season with.

mattnz wrote:https://theniche-cache.com/rugbyleague/2021/12/12/aotearoa-warriors-dont-lack-centre-vibes-adam-pompey-rocco-berry-and-viliami-vailea

Jumping Marlin wrote:

Dunno if this works, but I was thinking about it this way:

> they are both keepers, so you want to hold all year;
> the other one you don’t get now you’ll want to get later;
> you think (I assume) they’ll average about the same;
> one plays Origin so is more likely to not play on a key bye round. 1 less game overall
> one plays origin so is more likely to get a rest, which reduces his price and becomes the cheaper pick up of the two later in the year

Advantage ipap?

mattnz wrote:

We have seen peak Haas (playing 80 or close to it every week), and peak Crichton.

We haven't see peak Fifita yet. PPM of 1 last season, while being lazy a lot of the game.

A fit Fifita getting 80 minutes, the sky is the limit for this 22 year old superstar.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Fifita scored 17 tries in 21 games. That's a better try scoring rate than Brett Morris, Billy Slater and the same as Alex Johnston

Either Fifita is going to be the greatest try scorer of all time or his try scoring rate is going to come back to earth. Pretending that it's without a doubt option 1 is misleading at best

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:

Fucking Roberts!

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

I feel like we should be treating Ipap the same way we treated Surgess at his peak

- DPP to cover middle and edge
- No chance of playing origin
- Plays in a good team so unlikely to spend 30 minutes under his post watching shots at goal
- Posts keeper level scores due to base with the occasional try

filthridden wrote:

Based on that you'd lock Berry in one centre position and expect to see Pompey named the other side with Vailea snapping at his heels.
Either way, enough competition in those spots especially if you consider Aitken could move back - steer clear.

robelgordo wrote:

The one lingering issue I have with IPap is he went from low 40s to 65 average as 2RF moving from Warriors to Eels. I know, different club/coaching, more assured role, confidence etc. But I still find it hard to comprehend that a nearly 25ppg scoring improvement is a new normal. I feel there will be some regression - still keeper level, but maybe not "value". Or I'm overthinking it.

TherealTimSimona wrote:Up for Team 1, Down for team 2

Randall
Lolo/Tapine/Haas
Fifita/Leilua
D.Brown/Sexton
Tago/Cotric
Hynes/Berry/Crighton

Penisini/J.Simpkin/Ilias/Bullemor

A.Fifita/M.King/W.Smith/Schneider - 12k ITB


or same team except  

MID: AFB/Tapine/Haas
EDGE: Leilua/Nanai

WFB: Hynes/Pappy/Crighton - 153k ITB

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

Quite the opposite - you are underthinking it.

He shifted from being primarily a MID and secondly an EDG at the Tigers to being almost exclusively a strike attacking EDG.

His average minutes went up from 56 to 67 and I expect are they will be on the increase for this year, and score raised from 40 to 63 per week.

Beyond that he was surrounded by a team that identified, played to and valued his strengths, which was not really happening at the Warriors. Change in role, culture, and time on the field. I predict that iPap will average 70 this year without too much worry

robelgordo wrote:

The one lingering issue I have with IPap is he went from low 40s to 65 average as 2RF moving from Warriors to Eels. I know, different club/coaching, more assured role, confidence etc. But I still find it hard to comprehend that a nearly 25ppg scoring improvement is a new normal. I feel there will be some regression - still keeper level, but maybe not "value". Or I'm overthinking it.