NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 22 - How do you solve a problem like Fifita?

White Lightning wrote:

Cleary next 3 games = bulldogs, BRONCOS, RAIDERS
Cook next 3 games = DRAGONS, BULLDOGS, wests

Cleary v Cook will be my decision this week

easytiger wrote:

Yeah, I more meant a head scratcher in terms of in retrospect.

I don't think there's any information prior to the season beginning that could've made him a questionable selection, it's just a genuine unpredictable performance change.

Mahoney owners definitely have my sympathies

Welshy wrote:Fuck Clifford is annoying. Like I said pre season, still think he’s fucking dog shit! But he punts the spots off the ball.

Great base but struggling for attacking output.

robelgordo wrote:Last season Cleary scored 82 and 72 vs Bulldogs which sounds amazing but it’s actually his 3rd and equal 5th lowest scores.

Other low scores were Tigers (59), Sea Eagles (61), Dragins (74), Eels (82)

Similarly no obvious pattern for large scores.

In conclusion every time someone mentions good/bad draw, “player x will go huge/struggle against oppo y”, I die a little inside. I think it basically one of the least useful things to worry about in rugby league fantasy.

ytsb wrote:Personally, I am blaming the forum for making me have Fifita, Mahoney, and Crichton to start, and for making me bring in Cleary this week. It's a lot easier that way.

White Lightning wrote:

I agree league is not the type of game where fixtures are relevant. I think this is the influence of fpl where fixtures are very important re player picks. I'd say in SC fixtures are more relevant due to the scoring system where you get a lot of points for scoring tries, etc.

Krump wrote:For those of you smart enough not to have Cleary when do you bring him in? His price is gonna be dropping like a stone going 40 under his be but could ton up at anytime. If he has a few more quiet games it’s season over for me but knew that was the case when I got him

robelgordo wrote:Last season Cleary scored 82 and 72 vs Bulldogs which sounds amazing but it’s actually his 3rd and equal 5th lowest scores.

Other low scores were Tigers (59), Sea Eagles (61), Dragins (74), Eels (82)

Similarly no obvious pattern for large scores.

In conclusion every time someone mentions good/bad draw, “player x will go huge/struggle against oppo y”, I die a little inside. I think it basically one of the least useful things to worry about in rugby league fantasy.

ytsb wrote:Personally, I am blaming the forum for making me have Fifita, Mahoney, and Crichton to start, and for making me bring in Cleary this week. It's a lot easier that way.

Loomer wrote:Any ideas roughly what Cleary BE will be next week? Will be tough decision to bring him or wait as could easily go huge against Dogs

robelgordo wrote:Last season Cleary scored 82 and 72 vs Bulldogs which sounds amazing but it’s actually his 3rd and equal 5th lowest scores.

Other low scores were Tigers (59), Sea Eagles (61), Dragins (74), Eels (82)

Similarly no obvious pattern for large scores.

In conclusion every time someone mentions good/bad draw, “player x will go huge/struggle against oppo y”, I die a little inside. I think it basically one of the least useful things to worry about in rugby league fantasy.

Welshy wrote:

Horses for courses mate. Mahoney will come right

Meant to say the tee arrived week or so ago! Hasn’t been able to use it due to the hand fracture but he’s aiming to be back for the league QTR game so will send over over photos of the tee ‘working’ when they batter the CAS boys. His words not mine, he’s really grateful mate so thank you again

Antipodean1 wrote:Cleary breaking out a 44 has really put the wind up some people and put the cat among the pigeons, what other metaphors, um, anyway 'stats stats stats' ...... mean nothing...Buy in Cleary when he has bottomed out and stick him in all year, it's not rocket science.

Here is a link to a BE/Price forecast projector for those interested https://app.rugbyleaguefantasypro.com/fantasy/price-forecast