NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 42 - Tofu Haggis

my tv broke wrote:Walsh almost certain to bang out some 50's after Loomers endless posts about him

Was expecting that last week. 26 or 28pts with conversion after 23mins against 12 men

wolfking wrote:Woken a little cold on Meaney.  Am I silly for thinking about trading Pap for May?  I know the ship has sailed, but spot secure, seems to score well even without the tries, plays 13.....

Kind of in the same situation as Beth as I'd just get Turbo but then Elliot is my second trade and want to get him for Tass, not necessarily Jing who is worth hanging around.

I was also having a good look at this....(May in for Papy that is)

DPP, Spot on Merit, Rd13 but he is a winger

I know he would be a placeholder but might allow some jiggery pokery with Aitkens and Tago later on down the line

Ive definitely got a bye-fixation when it comes to Schneider. Selling him is a resolution to running one less bye player because Burton is the only other R13 half worth buying. That said, even if he sticks around until then, an average of 25 could see him lose 100k. I think he has to go.

Schneider>Burton

I also need to trade out Paps. My preference is just to go straight to Turbo (like for like trade with a top 3 WFB), as getting Tom in as early as possible maximizes his value before losing games over origin. I was just about sold on this trade, but I probably need to prioritize Elliott due to his breakeven. I can loop Koula and Critter for the week with Pap's red dot- if it works out I might even feel emboldened to roll that dice again. I suspect I won't be as hot on Turbo next week when he only has two games before the bye period, but we can cross that bridge when we come to it

Tuilagi>Elliott

People selling talaki before he plays the raiders. Absolute madness. I mean, I know Harper plays for manly, but our edge defence also stinks

Aardvark wrote:

I was also having a good look at this....(May in for Papy that is)

DPP, Spot on Merit, Rd13 but he is a winger

I know he would be a placeholder but might allow some jiggery pokery with Aitkens and Tago later on down the line

Yeah, I don't mind it hey. I'll ponder.

Locking in Jones to Elliott as a bit of a no brainer.

Second trade is either Pap to McInness or Hunt to McInness. Bench looks like this: King, Schneider, Elliott, Pap/Hunt

If it's Hunt, plan is to use Pap as a loop for Ilias/Koula and wait and see how Tohu goes. If he looks good, straight swap for Pap next week, if not Pap doesn't lose any cash and I can pivot to a gun.

If I trade Pap, I'm reluctant to keep Hunt with a 64 BE and he's been underwhelming all year. However 13 against the Storm is probably an anomaly, and Titans, Dogs, Warriors is a good run in his next 3. Still averaging 45 and should score better than Ilias/Koula at least. If he shits the bed again and loses more cash though, it'll put me out of range of trading him to Ted/Tohu/Turbo etc next week though.

Thoughts? Basically, is Hunt worth holding onto, or better to trade him before he loses more cash and hold the red dot a week that will at least hold value?

Fortitude wrote:People selling talaki before he plays the raiders. Absolute madness. I mean, I know Harper plays for manly, but our edge defence also stinks

Is anyone really doing that? Luxury trade of highest order and still great run of games left

Plan this week is to pump the brakes on trades. Have double traded the last few weeks, leaving me with only 21 trades left.

Pappy to Elliot, leaves me bulk cash for another single trade next week. Also allows me to move tuilagi out of my 17.

The extra money could be used to upgrade just about anyone to anyone. Was thinking taffe to tedesco. Just not sold on buying origin players. Don’t want to take risk on Meaney. I can’t shake the memory of him being an average player.

There is a voice in the back of my head telling me, saving a trade this week, that I intend don using next week isn’t a saved trade, but a wasted week of upgrade (hopefully) points.

Loomer wrote:

Is anyone really doing that? Luxury trade of highest order and still great run of games left

I should have used a disclaimer, I’m seeing this on FB. Which is a den of trolls and shit trade option and not much inbetween

mrbrownstone wrote:Locking in Jones to Elliott as a bit of a no brainer.

Second trade is either Pap to McInness or Hunt to McInness. Bench looks like this: King, Schneider, Elliott, Pap/Hunt

If it's Hunt, plan is to use Pap as a loop for Ilias/Koula and wait and see how Tohu goes. If he looks good, straight swap for Pap next week, if not Pap doesn't lose any cash and I can pivot to a gun.

If I trade Pap, I'm reluctant to keep Hunt with a 64 BE and he's been underwhelming all year. However 13 against the Storm is probably an anomaly, and Titans, Dogs, Warriors is a good run in his next 3. Still averaging 45 and should score better than Ilias/Koula at least. If he shits the bed again and loses more cash though, it'll put me out of range of trading him to Ted/Tohu/Turbo etc next week though.

Thoughts? Basically, is Hunt worth holding onto, or better to trade him before he loses more cash and hold the red dot a week that will at least hold value?

You confident McInnes starts mate? Risky if he doesn't but great play if he does

I'd back Hunt to go well against those teams but if it costs you from getting a proper gun next week I'm not sure it's worth it in the long run

mrbrownstone wrote:Locking in Jones to Elliott as a bit of a no brainer.

Second trade is either Pap to McInness or Hunt to McInness. Bench looks like this: King, Schneider, Elliott, Pap/Hunt

If it's Hunt, plan is to use Pap as a loop for Ilias/Koula and wait and see how Tohu goes. If he looks good, straight swap for Pap next week, if not Pap doesn't lose any cash and I can pivot to a gun.

If I trade Pap, I'm reluctant to keep Hunt with a 64 BE and he's been underwhelming all year. However 13 against the Storm is probably an anomaly, and Titans, Dogs, Warriors is a good run in his next 3. Still averaging 45 and should score better than Ilias/Koula at least. If he shits the bed again and loses more cash though, it'll put me out of range of trading him to Ted/Tohu/Turbo etc next week though.

Thoughts? Basically, is Hunt worth holding onto, or better to trade him before he loses more cash and hold the red dot a week that will at least hold value?

I got lucky and flicked Hunt last week. I’d be careful basing plans on fixtures for him, he opened the season with a 35 against the Warriors (then an 85 v Panthers) so I wouldn’t trust he’ll put up big scores just because he’s playing Warriors, Titans and Dogs

Fortitude wrote:People selling talaki before he plays the raiders. Absolute madness. I mean, I know Harper plays for manly, but our edge defence also stinks

What is a good or bad game for Talakai
Scored 75 against Knights (Gagai) and 68 vs the storm
Manly on paper before the game are a top side that historically trouble the sharks as well

The easy games like the tigers, warriors,broncos he averaged less than 40

Sometimes the matchups aren't all they are cracked up to be
That and teams form/players are constantly changing

Saying that, who are the warriors and titans playing this week haha?

If id have made 200k+ on talakai id happily swap him to a proper gun. Plenty of centres goinf round. Dont need one priced over 50 that is actually playing centre.

If you brought him in after the banner then you probably gotta hold and hope now. But that was a terrible case of chasing last weeks score.

Im sure he puts up some more good scores but as with any ctr there will always be 30s in there

Listening to the NRL Fantasy Amateurs podcast and they pointed out that Saliva Havili has scored 40 and 46 the past 2 weeks and his mins have basically doubled from mid-20s to mid-40s. He's probably the beneficiary of a few injuries and Murray out wouldn't hurt his prospects. Anyone want to take that punt?

Milchcow wrote:

Look at how many people don't own Papali'i (or Grant or other guys averaging 65)
You overestimate how many people will have the trades and cash to bring Tohu in if he starts well.

Agreed... this is my rationale. I think there is little chance that Tohu Harris does not average 65 and he will be very hard for most teams to bring in. He is almost a guaranteed season keeper and underpriced. I would much prefer to have Harris in my team than Nanai. My team does not have big cash value but I seem to have a lot of players that people are posting saying they want to bring in

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Coates moved on before he bleeds cash with job done. Coates>Walsh for 20k seems like a good trade to me with round 13 in mind.

Possibly doing that trade next week. BEs for both Coates and Walsh make it not urgent and I want to fix my bench this week. And get to see how his hammy is.

Classy banner!

Shady2K wrote:

Don't think Burbo is worth the punt... just don't trust it

I think those that miss a Trbojevic at $288k coming off a 64 with a negative BE, will look back on that decision in a few weeks, going what was I thinking? Harper has played his way out of the team, at the same time as Burbo has played his way into it. Parker is out for a while. Plays the bye. With Turbo playing, Manly backs can score anything.

Are people still on the McInness train? Wish they'd just make it easy and name him at 13, but surely he still starts with the same late shuffle as last week?

Really surprised that I am not seeing any discussion of bringing in Watson.

Starting HOK available at MID, has the spot for a while through injury, but could easily keep it on merit. Is a much better player than Verrills, who was getting big minutes and decent scoring before injury.

Could easily gun it in that Roosters team, rather than knights where he averaged 58 at HOK under old rules. 60+ average certainly not out of the question for him. Plays the bye, massive POD, potential $605k keeper.