NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 36 - Battle of Hastings...Jazz vs Cheese

SoylentGreen wrote:

I'm comparing him with every high-scoring centre in recent memory (of which Latrell would be the highest). Manu is (IMO) the best centre in the competition, and he still doesn't score anywhere near a 55-60 average.

Manu is better in real life than his fantasy scores would reflect. Strong defence doesnt get rewarded much in fantasy.

mattnz wrote:
You disagree? Name a CTR you have seen play better in the last 20 years.

are we talking in a season, or best 4 game run of form?

Lchy wrote:

are we talking in a season, or best 4 game run of form?

half of football against Morgan Harper.

The talakai chat gets me hyped for the game

SoylentGreen wrote:

half of football against Morgan Harper.

every centre in the comp all of a sudden is in the mix for GOAT status

mattnz wrote:
You disagree? Name a CTR you have seen play better in the last 20 years.

From recent memory Staggs absolutely dominating Momo a few weeks ago. Just because he scored and set up tries doesn't automatically mean he played brilliantly (though he did). I'd argue that if any decent ctr/wing combo was there that night, he scores half the points. Put him up against Jmoz and Tupou and there's no way he scores the same points.

Lchy wrote:

are we talking in a season, or best 4 game run of form?

Make it a 4 game stretch at any time in their career.

mattnz wrote:
You disagree? Name a CTR you have seen play better in the last 20 years.

I've seen Joey Manu play better than that in the last *season*, against better opposition. I saw Tommy Turbo play State of Origin last year. For that matter, I saw Latrell play State of Origin last year. I've seen Matt Cooper and Mark Gasnier and Greg Inglis and Jamie Lyon. I've seen Mal Meninga and Gene Miles.

I can't even believe I've written that. Talakai shouldn't be in the same paragraph as any of them. He's had a few excellent games and one outstanding half against Morgan Harper. Take the money and calm down.

Lchy wrote:

are we talking in a season, or best 4 game run of form?

Best 40 minutes. YOUR MOVE.

wolfking wrote:

I'm probably going Starling too mate.  Annoyed I missed him early but plays 13 and looks like a keepr at $629.  Hastings I think goes well too.  I'm coming around to Tevaga though truthfully but think Hastings might be a better buy, but it's a coin flip.

I'm probably ditching Mann and Randall, just to try and maximise my round 13 numbers and keep Nanai.

Yeah I think Hastings has the better long-term prospects over Jazz. General kicking, goalkicking, leading the team. We've seen Brooks and Doui hit keeper level averages in that role despite the Tigers being shite.

Jazz I'm hoping can be upgraded to a gun after Rd 13 with Curran/Harris relegating him to the bench. Just hope he isn't too much of a liability until then with his wild offloads and racing out of the line to miss tackles.

rhinoceroo wrote:

Best 40 minutes. YOUR MOVE.

Kirisome Auva'a scoring in 2017 against the Broncos off the kickoff... not sure there's been a more dominant 11 seconds from a centre ever

SoylentGreen wrote:

I'm comparing him with every high-scoring centre in recent memory (of which Latrell would be the highest). Manu is (IMO) the best centre in the competition, and he still doesn't score anywhere near a 55-60 average.

Good player doesn’t always equal good fantasy player. Look at the Don or Sexton for example

Lchy wrote:

Kirisome Auva'a scoring in 2017 against the Broncos off the kickoff... not sure there's been a more dominant 11 seconds from a centre ever

I lol’d

For the record I love watching Talakai play and if I had the balls to pick him up at 400k I would've loved to but let's not act like he's Christ himself descended upon Cronulla to take them to finals footy

rhinoceroo wrote:

I've seen Joey Manu play better than that in the last *season*, against better opposition. I saw Tommy Turbo play State of Origin last year. For that matter, I saw Latrell play State of Origin last year. I've seen Matt Cooper and  Mark Gasnier and Greg Inglis and Jamie Lyon. I've seen Mal Meninga and Gene Miles.

I can't even believe I've written that. Talakai shouldn't be in the same paragraph as any of them. He's had a few excellent games and one outstanding half against Morgan Harper. Take the money and calm down.

Did you see Fifita too? Made a good tackle I heard.

Is it too early to offload Jones? Another option I have is Mann to Cheese and Jones to Hastings so I can hold Randall

WT Winfield wrote:

Yeah I think Hastings has the better long-term prospects over Jazz. General kicking, goalkicking, leading the team. We've seen Brooks and Doui hit keeper level averages in that role despite the Tigers being shite.

Jazz I'm hoping can be upgraded to a gun after Rd 13 with Curran/Harris relegating him to the bench. Just hope he isn't too much of a liability until then with his wild offloads and racing out of the line to miss tackles.

Can probably grab Jazz next week if he looks good again, probably not too late still.

FalconSloth wrote:I don’t understand the urgency to trade out randall has been scoring around 50 and then gets one low score.

That his average moving forward. Isn’t that how it goes?

rhinoceroo wrote:

I've seen Joey Manu play better than that in the last *season*, against better opposition. I saw Tommy Turbo play State of Origin last year. For that matter, I saw Latrell play State of Origin last year. I've seen Matt Cooper and  Mark Gasnier and Greg Inglis and Jamie Lyon. I've seen Mal Meninga and Gene Miles.

I can't even believe I've written that. Talakai shouldn't be in the same paragraph as any of them. He's had a few excellent games and one outstanding half against Morgan Harper. Take the money and calm down.

Tate, Renouf, Hodges....

mattnz wrote:

Make it a 4 game stretch at any time in their career.

I don't have the fantasy stats to back it up, but I'm pretty sure Isreal Folau would have had a comparable if not better run in 08 for the storm or 09 for the broncos.