NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 16 - That's a Starling Choice

If you wanted to trade two of these out who would you trade out? without considering price.

Uto, Bullemor, Mann, Ilias, Nanai and Vailea

The Bludger#2 wrote:
Well said Boozecluez.
By the way the Fantasy theme is strong with this one.
Were you a D&D geek as a teenager? 
I have many fond memories of staying up till all hours over the weekend with my three best mates playing D&D and talking shite.

#predigitalrevolution
#oldfart

Haha cheers
I grew up on a farm and played rugby and cricket growing up so no dnd here but watched nrl on tv on a Sunday arvo
Heroquest was probably the closest as never had the money or patience for something like warhammer even if it looked cool. Diablo and other games though
Now we get older we have less time and more money and seems like the nostalgia is running on overdrive with everything. Perhaps we long for when the world was simpler

Anyways bring back old retro jerseys permanently I reckon
Typical 90s kid really,

Some good rivalry matches this week, bring it on

Sharks v dragons
Roosters v Bunnies
Broncos v NQ

FalconSloth wrote:If you wanted to trade two of these out who would you trade out? without considering price.

Uto, Bullemor, Mann, Ilias, Nanai and Vailea

For me Uto and either Vailea or Ilias out.

Uto is going to drop cash and looks like a flop, other two are close. I think Ilias needs time, whereas Vailea may not get the spot back off arthars

My biggest problem is that I know that Mann and Uto have the potential of being keepers and the others could easily average 45 from here on out, other than Vailea

Milchcow wrote:

if not considering price you'd clearly keep Uto out of those - he is the best scorer

Vailea would definitely go as he isn't playing and doesn't have amazing prospects when he comes back

Then pick whichever of the other 4 you think has the worst scoring potential. I'd probably drop Bullemor or Mann. I think Ilias and Nanai have the best chance of picking up their scoring

So far Mann is scoring better, getting consistent big minutes, costs less and has been playing injured, which impacted his scoring this week, so he has definite upside potential.  
This is the first week that Tigers have all their MIDs available with Tamou back. If Uto was going to break out in a big minute role, it was going to happen before now.

Wishing you a stellar birthday @standard-issue

With Leo Thompson what is the expectation for him? Klemmer back in round 5. Seems like a bit of trap but I didn't watch the game so I'd like to know what others thoughts on him are

Split between Yeo and Curran. Some points for both:

Yeo
- Benefiting atm with no Cleary meaning big minutes and work-rate. Injuries to Leota and JFH also benefiting
- Once Cleary returns, likely loses his 80 minutes? Last year averaged 63 minutes for a 50 average
- Likely to get rested at points during the year and will miss games due to Origin
- Big scorer right now but likely to regress once Cleary is back and reduced minutes so may require a trade later

Curran
- In top form
- Big minutes and roles in games with Harris out injured until Round 8 to 9?
- Even when Harris returns, assume Curran goes back to an edge role where he averaged 56 last year
- DPP and plays first bye

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

I'm going either Mahoney or Crichton to Starling with that trade. If Crichton is benched he goes, if he starts Mahoney goes

I would be doing the same thing if I didn’t already own Starling.

If Crichton goes it has too be for another MID unfortunately due to some rather low stocks. Can’t run Bully, Mann and Ming with Leniu/Thompson as back up.

What do you think of Walker as a fantasy asset?

@ SI happy b'day bro have a great day

FalconSloth wrote:My biggest problem is that I know that Mann and Uto have the potential of being keepers and the others could easily average 45 from here on out, other than Vailea

Dont see it at all for Bully. On his best day, with 80 minutes due to HIA to Lawton he only scored 48 including a try.
Aloiai is due back, as is Schuster soon. May not even make the bench at full strength. Lawton is locked in, as will Aloiai and Walker has been great off the bench. He will be competing with Paseka and Davey for the last bench spot.
The chances of him averaging 45 are slim to none, without a number of injuries, and even then it is a stretch on form.

FalconSloth wrote:With Leo Thompson what is the expectation for him? Klemmer back in round 5. Seems like a bit of trap but I didn't watch the game so I'd like to know what others thoughts on him are

Our resident physio is saying more likely round 6. He looks set for a bench spot anyway, with Klemmer back and likely has a negative BE then.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:

I would be doing the same thing if I didn’t already own Starling.

If Crichton goes it has too be for another MID unfortunately due to some rather low stocks. Can’t run Bully, Mann and Ming with Leniu/Thompson as back up.

What do you think of Walker as a fantasy asset?

Round 19 and 21 last year tell me Walker isn't as locked in to big minutes as some think

When Manly are playing front foot ball having an extra play maker on the field is great. When they are being dominated through the ruck they will need an extra big bopper in the middle

I think Walker probably averages somewhere in the 30s which makes him a little bit of value but probably not enough for 2 trades

Shady2K wrote:Split between Yeo and Curran. Some points for both:

Yeo
- Benefiting atm with no Cleary meaning big minutes and work-rate. Injuries to Leota and JFH also benefiting
- Once Cleary returns, likely loses his 80 minutes? Last year averaged 63 minutes for a 50 average
- Likely to get rested at points during the year and will miss games due to Origin
- Big scorer right now but likely to regress once Cleary is back and reduced minutes so may require a trade later

Curran
- In top form
- Big minutes and roles in games with Harris out injured until Round 8 to 9?
- Even when Harris returns, assume Curran goes back to an edge role where he averaged 56 last year
- DPP and plays first bye

I don't know how Cleary back affects Yeo's mins as he's not a forward. Sure his role may change but this has no relationship to his minutes. The 2 big minute players in the pack are JFH & Yeo. I can see Yeo have a bit of a rest if JFH plays 80 mins in the odd game but he suffered a shoulder problem in round 2 so I think he will be the one to lose mins not Yeo.

Happy Birthday SI, ready for your page 51 birthday party?

FalconSloth wrote:With Leo Thompson what is the expectation for him? Klemmer back in round 5. Seems like a bit of trap but I didn't watch the game so I'd like to know what others thoughts on him are

- Round 5 for Klemmer is a bit optimistic, he had a cartilage tear that requires surgery. The Knights expect him to miss “a few weeks”, with the usual return to play range of 3-6 weeks.
- Fitzgibbon out with a suspected MCL issue TBC
- It looks like Leo is ahead of Croker & Momoisea in the pecking order so he's expected to get the 30-40 mins for the next period of time.
- He passes the eye-test, he looked solid last game

Boozecluez wrote:Happy Birthday SI, ready for your page 51 birthday party?

I thought we were celebrating LEO

White Lightning wrote:

I don't know how Cleary back affects Yeo's mins as he's not a forward. Sure his role may change but this has no relationship to his minutes. The 2 big minute players in the pack are JFH & Yeo. I can see Yeo have a bit of a rest if JFH plays 80 mins in the odd game but he suffered a shoulder problem in round 2 so I think he will be the one to lose mins not Yeo.

Main concern with Yeo is the high chance for restings around Origin and towards finals etc

Long time ahead but it's a headache whenever it does come around. Also playing fixtures isn't everything but Warriors up against Tigers this weekend... Curran could score a double lol