2016 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 8

Bren wrote:
IIRC moose did play more mins then Blair and Thaiday before his injury last year however maybe someone can back that up with some actual mins played?

and he played more in the WCC too

taylor as a 4th reserve. Too risky?

Mighty Fishes wrote:I'm definitely taking a punt on Mataora I think he'll improve and sounds like hes ready to hook in. My other option was to keep Pauli

I was on him yesterday but then a Knights fan on Renegades said Paea is not far away from injury and Stockwell could get brought in in a few weeks as well

Welshy wrote:

I know he will and he will be in my team at some point, a dip meaning a few points under his current avg....

Yeah best not start with him Welshy, I need a win in at least one league to kick my season off right and trouncing you in Random's should be good enough I guess.

Ps: It's not too early to start the shit talk right? Season is starting, get into it!

Johnny B Goode wrote:

Renegades made a good post about why you have to run with Surgess. If he bombs well just about everyone else who takes Fantasy seriously is likely to be in the same predicament and if he picks up where he left off and you don't have him you'll be kicking yourself.

I was set on starting the year with Mike Cooper over Surgess and bringing Surgess in after 5 rounds. Realised it wasn't worth saving ~25k and wasting a trade

Im thinking about Hoffman, can someone talk some sense into me.....
He captain, capable of 80mins and only $300k...

Johnny B Goode wrote:On CTR's I had Hurrell to start with but after it looked like he was long odds I went with CLaw but if Hurrell's named Round 1 I wonder if I should put him back in my team. CLaw is far more reliable going purely by base stats being a back-rower and all but Hurrell's capable of those 80 point games as well which balances out his average games. Job security's a worry though, first time the Warriors drop back to back games Hurrell will be blamed for it and dropped.

McIvor said during 9's commentary that Cappy said Lolo was likely to play Centre. Then there's Ayshford and Kata and rumour is Kata may play wing. It's no secret Cappy is not a fan of Hurrell. Trbo put his head on the wrong side but it was carbon copy almost of the Tupou injury which he was supposed to change his running style. Why would a coach want that headache when he's a turnstile in defence. To top all that apparently a certain Monty Betham was a guest on Renegades podcast and said Hurrell will start NSW Cup.

I've gone Joey Leilua. He will start and looks back to old potential in trial

sets wrote:Im thinking about Hoffman, can someone talk some sense into me.....
He captain, capable of 80mins and only $300k...

Absolute fantasy poison. Averaged 32 last 2 seasons at different clubs playing 80 mins basically. Makes 20-30 tackles a game if you're lucky

I have an interesting dilemna. How much value do you guys put on a DPP? I am going to run with Barba in my 17. Feeney would undoubtedly be a better match in the halves, so I can swap Barba in if needed. But I also want Hastings, Taylor and Nikorima. So I have put Feeney in my WFB, where I fancy there is less juicy cash cows. So now I cannot easily switch Barba to half if needed, and I don't need to select an Eden-esque nuffie. Is my DPP sacrifice for the better (IMO) cashie worth it?

mulvy wrote:taylor as a 4th reserve. Too risky?

Depends on who else you have as reserves, and who your other options for 4th reserve are. I assume that by running Taylor at 4th reserve you have some talent in the other 4 spots, as I am in the same predicament as you. Not sure if I want to gamble on Taylor at 4th ressie but I really like the make up of the rest of them to compensate

Pookus McFly wrote:I have an interesting dilemna. How much value do you guys put on a DPP? I am going to run with Barba in my 17. Feeney would undoubtedly be a better match in the halves, so I can swap Barba in if needed. But I also want Hastings, Taylor and Nikorima. So I have put Feeney in my WFB, where I fancy there is less juicy cash cows. So now I cannot easily switch Barba to half if needed, and I don't need to select an Eden-esque nuffie. Is my DPP sacrifice for the better (IMO) cashie worth it?

well if this is anything to go by

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/mitchell-pearce-video-contrite-star-stripped-of-sydney-roosters-captaincy-20160229-gn6tg3.html

And the Roosters get their way with only 2-4 weeks, my dilemna will be solved for me

Archer wrote:

Yeah best not start with him Welshy, I need a win in at least one league to kick my season off right and trouncing you in Random's should be good enough I guess.

Ps: It's not too early to start the shit talk right? Season is starting, get into it!

TBH didn't realise they let the dregs of this forum into L2 mate, so surprised to see you there....

and it begins........

I really don't see too much danger in stating Taylor as a 4th reserve, historically half is one of the easiest positions for rookie to get decent scores, fair few tackles, km and involved in most things in attack

Seggy looks set to play 80, who's on board?

GreenMachine wrote:

Haha considering how hard it is to find a real money league, quite right - we play this for fun!

Whitehead will make my team if named to start for the same reason

15 mates and I are playing a money league this season. $50 entry.

$500 1st
$200 2nd
$100 highest season round score

We've also purchased a premiership fantasy NRL ring for the eventual champ and will have a piss up with all comp coaches at the end of the year. Should be fun.

thanks welshy and beast. I was thinking even if he is only scoring 25, that's still 10 more than what he costs and allows me to bring a 7th gun in Tedesco in. Reserves would be Lichaa, Carty, Lawrence and Taylor. And because Ted is a season keeper it would require one less trade. Might be worth the risk....

http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/canterbury-bulldogs/brad-abbey-to-step-up-to-nrl-for-canterbury-bulldogs-in-absence-of-brett-morris-20160229-gn6cfu.html

brad abbey looking like getting a run in TLT

Welshy wrote:

TBH didn't realise they let the dregs of this forum into L2 mate, so surprised to see you there....

and it begins........

They don't... I'm playing you in another league.... fkn way to rub it in, you monster

Archer wrote:
They don't... I'm playing you in another league.... fkn way to rub it in, you monster

Aahhh well now I feel bad...

But at least my original suspicions where correct about your league placing

If Whitehead bombs you are really going to hate me haha

jstands wrote:Seggy looks set to play 80, who's on board?

I don't have Milchs spreadsheet in front of me but I think he averaged something like 62 in the 10 games in which he played 80 minutes last season. Hard to pass that up, but will mean re-jigging a side I have been pretty set with for a while now..