NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 12 - The first rule of trade club is, we only trade CTRs

WT Winfield wrote:

NZ's economy must really be struggling without those 10 Aussies per year going to visit family.

Reminds me of the quote from an old NZ prime minister:

"New Zealanders who leave for Australia raise the average IQ of both countries"

will be on Leniu minute watch this week, close to 40mins will trigger a trade alert

I dreamed about the Taumalolo trade. Dream version of me decided that if Ilias scores over 35 tomorrow then he gets another week. I think there's a l**p somewhere that real me hasnt looked at yet haha

With 3 red dots & only 23k bank which limits options then desparate times call for desparate measures. I wish there was a trade boost in the early rounds like sc & vsdt because I'd sell S. Walker as well:
A. Crichton out - Arrow in
Vailea out - Tago in

Mahoney
Haas (c), Arrow, Bullemor
D. Fifita, Fermor
Mann, S. Walker
Tago, Penisini
Pappy, Hynes, S. Crichton

Randall, Nanai, Tuilagi, Russell
Ilias, M. King, B. Smith, Schneider

Chewie wrote:will be on Leniu minute watch this week, close to 40mins will trigger a trade alert

I predict he'll never be fantasy relevant. I didn't watch but on podcast I listened to this morning they said he had hands on hips again

Lawton could be a really good pick up at some point, scored a -1 due to HIA

I'm not seeing the upside for Tago. He made 29 tackles last week and averaged around a dozen last year in reserve grade.

Similar to a few others here, I wouldn't mind getting Tago in. Tricky as I'd like to see some of the trade options again (Fermor/Lolo/Clark), and I was happy with JTB's performance prior to his injury, and 1-2 weeks is usually a hold.

I think I'll end up taking a look at Illias' score, and if it's up around 40 I won't trade. Another 20 odd from him probably makes it worth doing JTB to Tago, and pushing Burton up to half. Likely get's me another 20 points this round, as well as CTR cover going forward, and whatever cash Tago generates.

Other option is Fermor to Tago to build the bank up a bit for when Cleary is back.

Decisions, decisions...

How safe do we think Fletcher Baker is at the Chooks?

If he can keep getting 30 mins a game, he has some money to make, as his PPM was pretty good in round 1 (34 in 32 mins, all in base), but not sure if Radley's HIA affected that.

The reason I'm even looking at him is that he's probably the only cheapie I can get that would free up enough money to get Grant in for Cheese, the only other potential method would be to get Wishart and hold him as a handcuff for Grant, but that's a bit risky.

I've screwed myself with only Cook as my genuine captain option. With the dud cows on offer, I'm wondering if Yeo could be a left wing captain option moving forward.....

What is Gilbert's job security like?

Community team trade poll

https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t1886-round-2-trades

https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2022/03/15/payten-hes-forced-his-way-into-the-starting-side/

Payten comments. Lolo owners feel a bit better.

JTB - could be anywhere from 1 to 4 weeks. pain tolerance and mobility main issues.
Gilbert - forced his way into starting team. in the best 3 cows players in last two games.
Lolo - limited prep, will be better for the run. expect him to be playing longer in first and second stint.
Neame - excited to see him rip in etc.
Cotter - 50/50

Up to 4 weeks for JTB is annoying. Will have to plan a trade, even if I end up holding firm.
Do I trust the untrustable Leniu, or the boring Josh King

Don't trust anything he says on Lolo. Will believe it when I see it.

Loomer wrote:

I predict he'll never be fantasy relevant. I didn't watch but on podcast I listened to this morning they said he had hands on hips again

Surely the young padawan can do 2 stints of 20 mins...

Milchcow wrote:Don't trust anything he says on Lolo. Will believe it when I see it.

haha, 100%.

don't do this to me Payten.

RandomSil wrote:What is Gilbert's job security like?

His position in the team seems pretty secure. Its possible that he won't always get that many minutes (nor score a try every week)

Another year of Fantasy and another year of people on FB warning people that middle forward x might take minutes off edge forward y

Chewie wrote:

Surely the young padawan can do 2 stints of 20 mins...

Sure for 30 avg next 3 weeks and 11k profit.

Let's be generous 40 avg (doubt it) next 3 weeks 55k profit. What's the ideal $$$ gain of trade?

Milchcow wrote:

His position in the team seems ... that he ... always ... score a try every week

Amazing! Trading him in pronto