NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 28 - My name is Marcelo Montoya, you killed my shoulder, prepare for a homophobic slur

mintotheimmortal wrote:Harper out with covid - wackos whispers

Just to put doubt on koula longevity

Draw not great from a Loop pov either. I'm still leaning towards getting him.

FaringdonSwirl wrote:

What’s the difference?

You just made the shit list.

mattnz wrote:TPJ looks to be doing really well with a controlled aggression approach. Played 80 minutes on the EDG this week, which is his ideal role.

Looking at bringing in TPJ and Starling this week. Both should be significantly undervalued, very playable and both play round 13.

Going to be fun following TPJ offloads in many matches.

That 20 not scaring you off?

Think I’m just going Mitchell to Hynes and writing it off as a 300k mistake. Haas ban seals it as Hynes provides a captain option for the week.

mattnz wrote:TPJ looks to be doing really well with a controlled aggression approach. Played 80 minutes on the EDG this week, which is his ideal role.

Looking at bringing in TPJ and Starling this week. Both should be significantly undervalued, very playable and both play round 13.

Going to be fun following TPJ offloads in many matches.

That's quite a lot of $$, who are you looking at dropping?

Welshy wrote:

That 20 not scaring you off?

Was when he was getting small minutes in the MID. Much better on the EDG, where he gets big minutes and can get his arms free without being gang tackled.

With Hetho out for the season they need him on the EDG. They have plenty of strong MIDs that can play good minutes.

Last season he averaged 60 (new scoring) on the EDG, playing less than 80 mins just once in 10 games.

Coach appears to be encouraging him to offload a lot (and others in the team as well).

mattnz wrote:

Was when he was getting small minutes in the MID. Much better on the EDG, where he gets big minutes and can get his arms free without being gang tackled.

With Hetho out for the season they need him on the EDG. They have plenty of strong MIDs that can play good minutes.

Last season he averaged 60 (new scoring) on the EDG, playing less than 80 mins just once in 10 games.

Coach appears to be encouraging him to offload a lot (and others in the team as well).

TPJ a great option if you can swing it, was going to have a crack at him if Haas was out for 2. Think he’ll average high 50s in the EDG role

the_great_wobbler wrote:

That's quite a lot of $$, who are you looking at dropping?

Banked some cash last weekend, was expecting to be able to get Starling and Cook this week, but then Crichton shit the bed leaving me $6k short and Wilton is still starting.

Have Mitchell and Madden to trade out for 2 guys that should average around 120 between them.

mattnz wrote:

Banked some cash last weekend, was expecting to be able to get Starling and Cook this week, but then Crichton shit the bed leaving me $6k short and Wilton is still starting.

Have Mitchell and Madden to trade out for 2 guys that should average around 120 between them.

I mean, I already have Starling and TPJ but 120 between them is... ambitious.

rhinoceroo wrote:

I mean, I already have Starling and TPJ but 120 between them is... ambitious.

If both getting 80 minutes, their averages last season and form this season indicates it is possible.

Starling in now would worry me. Average playing 60 mins is 45. Currently costed at 39

Lost last 2 games, is he nailed on for 80 mins moving forward? Probably with Savage in the 14 this week but for how much longer?

rhinoceroo wrote:

I mean, I already have Starling and TPJ but 120 between them is... ambitious.

I’ll go 105 average… 57 TPJ, 48 Starling

Yeah I think last week was the Starling cutoff. He’s priced at 40 points now so you need him to average 50. I know he has a modest history of averaging more but it does make it riskier if Sticky decides he loses his impact playing 80 down the track. Im giving it the thumbs up only because he plays the round 13 bye and if Cotter is in a Maroons jumper there isn’t much alternatives in the hooker department

Tpj still scares me, 51 with a try last week (admittedly with a dominated team)

Draw next 3 Easter clash with rabbitohs, broncos rematch then rematch with victor radley - I’m predicting a suspension from one of those

I’d love to have him as I enjoy nothing more than seeing my guys bang a 4 point offload but I’m steering clear

Good luck

my tv broke wrote:

He got the spot because Tracey got injured.

Youd think he keeps it at this stage, who knows

I mean whats the chances a player who was a starting centre in the NRL before becoming a utility could play centre again
Sure he has bulked up, question marks over his lateral movement and him lasting the 80 but he proved most wrong in the wet

It would have been easier the following week to move Mulitalo back to Centre like round 1 and play Ikuvalu/Hiroti if it wasn't form based
The sharks are hardly having an injury crisis that they need to move a bench utility to centre over other backs in the 30

He proved he could play the position again once Tracey went off early in the second half
Simply put he is playing what suits the team so they can get the best players on the paddock at one time

The new coach has plenty of choice and with an abundance of 2rf and bench players so perhaps this is his position to lose

Anyways it won't mean much if next week he isn't at centre, alot can happen in a week

Fairly easy week for me- have Ramsey as a dot and no cover have funds spare to get taafe,

Think he’s a good player but looking at his history he’s never troubled the fantasy gods, that said I’m an optimist and think he’s in a key position to get some attacking stats
Either way job security (8 weeks) and cover suits

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:Tpj still scares me, 51 with a try last week (admittedly with a dominated team)

Draw next 3 Easter clash with rabbitohs, broncos rematch then rematch with victor radley - I’m predicting a suspension from one of those

I’d love to have him as I enjoy nothing more than seeing my guys bang a 4 point offload but I’m steering clear

Good luck

I have a trade of Wilton>TPJ earmarked for “sometime before origin”, but more practically when Graham returns, and I will hold off on that trade for as long as I possibly can. Im not sure there has ever been a player that I wanted as badly but for as little time as possible. Thats TPJ in a nutshell though.

One has to go

Mofo or Burton.

I’m thinking of keeping Fotuaka only because he can bash out a high score and everyone has burton

What are people's opinions on

Koula vs Taafe

Thoughts on Nathan Brown guys?

Averages 56 as a starting lock getting over 60 minutes which he has done in the last 3 games.
Would make him pretty good value if he can maintain that.

Is there someone missing that he is benefitting from?