NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 43 - Magic Time

I think I should take Koula 32 over Tuilagi loop. Tuilagi 32 avg but 3 scores under 25

To me, Walters looks like the best 9 the broncos have. Why do they persist with paix? He is just another rubbish little vanilla tackle bot.

Khany wrote:Nicho to FB is the first disagreement Fitzy and I will have.  Reckon there is less disruption to the team by just replacing Kennedy with someone like Tracey, Matulino or the young guy

Played well for the Warriors by all means

I agree though, Trindall ain't no Bean.

Something strange going on with Burbo in someone's team in one of my leagues.

Has the anti looper fallen into a loop here ?

I don't know what was more painful
Watching the Bulldogs and Manly teams play or TPJ and TTrbo playing busted
Not going to overlook things too much, Shit happens and perhaps the other players make up for it

For others that grabbed TTrbo, I wouldn't get too cut up over it
Win some lose some and unlike another popular fullback he at least has an excuse for his score so there is some upside there for when he gets back

6 more games to rub some magic salt in, have a feeling this is going to make up for the previous 9 weeks of play
Last year we had the round wrecked by the refs, I am just hoping its not going to kill the players
Will be happy to get through this round with at little injuries as possible now

And perhaps some tight enjoyable games on the neutral game haha

Revraiser wrote:Has the anti looper fallen into a loop here ?

Swap Smith and Hunt

Revraiser wrote:Has the anti looper fallen into a loop here ?

Fanhub sometimes makes mistakes

You could have sworn you listed Royce Hunt on interchange in your team, But when you looked again, somehow Will Smith turned up there instead.

Luckily, ranked subs mean you get Walters score as compensation for Smith not playing.

Holy Moly wrote:

Something strange going on with Burbo in someone's team in one of my leagues.

They've brought in a MID that hasn't played yet. Will update after player's game KO

Boozecluez wrote:
For others that grabbed TTrbo, I wouldn't get too cut up over it
Win some lose some and unlike another popular fullback he at least has an excuse for his score so there is some upside there for when he gets back

I expected Turbo to lose money this week, so the disappointment is minor. Didn't really want him until after origin, but the Papy injury somewhat forced my hand.

Still rather have him than Ponga (unless he ends up missing a few weeks)

Loomer wrote:

They've brought in a MID that hasn't played yet. Will update after player's game KO

But why would they trade Ben Trbojevic(sub $300k with a negative BE) out to get that MID?

Sorcery

Haas to lose about 35k and BE rises to +80. Time to jump onto IPap or someone and reassess Paas after Origin? I think 45 could be par next few weeks

Loomer wrote:

They've brought in a MID that hasn't played yet. Will update after player's game KO

But how can a centre be sitting in the MID position?

wolfking wrote:

Grant isn't your C or VC?

You could try rollback team and it might rollback everything bar your captains and who has played.

Nah he's not. It won't let me rollback because Jones is locked out and he was my 17th man last week. This is clearly a higher power's way of punishing me for looping.

Think I've just gotta cop this on the chin and hope Wishart plays fullback, I'm fucking pissed off but what can you do

Snatchpato wrote:Feel like every trade I've made this year has been really good and sound, yet I can't make up any ground. Other than this bring in of Turbo none of my trades have turned out bad, yet I can't even crack the top 15k. Can anyone check out my trade history and give any feedback? No fucking idea what I'm doing wrong and why I'm going so bad.

Sorry for the pity party but just can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

https://footystatistics.com/team_analyser.php?team_id=1714

I don't know how much help I'll be, but I'll write down some thoughts.

First thing that stands out to me is, why did you wait until rd8 to trade out JTB? I also started with him because TPJ was a late withdrawal. But he was one of my first trade outs. Banking trades is important, but the first few rounds is not the time to do it. He was injured and his place in the team wasn't assured and his scoring when playing was always going to be mediocre. I would go harder at in the first few rounds to fix the mistakes and grab the good cows. An excerpt from Mulvy's 2019 learnings:

" 6. Remember the first six weeks, possibly more, are about making as much money as possible as quickly as possible. Trade hard. A couple of weeks out is probably a trade. These first weeks are crucial. You need every player working for you. Yes, you ultimately need to save trades but now is not the time to do it. Money, money, money. Yes, points are important too, but sometimes it’s worth taking a very short term points hit to get that extra cash cow in the first few weeks. It’s that cash that ultimately affords the guns you want. Eg Trading in Bird (who made 171k) meant having to play Kahu for a week, it probably didn’t cost too many points but secured a cash cow with good job security.  Also trade those duds! Holland lasted one week, Edwards lasted two which were great calls where others held way too long. I should have traded Burns earlier too but at least I got rid of him in round 8, he wasn’t even back for round 12 as it turned out."

The money money part was hard this year. I should have taken the punt on May (and so should have you). Early doors you need to be making cash, he was a decent enough chance of making it, and the sooner you do, the sooner you can bring in guns. I didn't because he was an untested winger with spurious job security, but I think it's okay to burn a couple of trades early on to get the team set up right. You could have brought in Tago a week sooner, you could have brought in May, you could have brought in Thompson, you could have brought in Starling four rounds earlier, you could have brought in Hastings a week earlier.

Some will say it's better to wait a week and see, but take the example of Hastings. It cost 75k extra. It's hard to make that kind of cash. Waiting on a cash cow (which is kind of what I thought Hastings was when I bought him, hadn't decided whether he was a keeper yet or not) if you miss that price rise means they have less money to make and therefore potentially not even a buy anymore. Waiting also means you might not be able to make that trade next week, because you have other fires to put out.

When I say trade the duds, JTB is a good example. Coates on the other hand has excellent job security and in one of the best teams in the comp. He wasn't must have to start the year, but having started with him, you had to just leave him in npr and wait for the tries to (eventually) come. You traded Nanai, an 80 minute green dot with excellent job security averaging 41 at the time, seems a bit premature.

Having said all of that, you are doing a lot right. Getting Cleary early was a good play. I would have if I had dud guns to trade out. Just unlucky with the timing there. Holding Burton was hard, but we did it and he now has a three game average of 59 and plays the bye. Like me, holding Tuilagi has been hard, but I think it's the right decision, we've just been unlucky. Holding Ilias has been hard, but we are just starting to be rewarded. You've had some bad luck, but there are plenty of rounds to go, and you are well set up for the bye. For next year, go harder at the start to fix the errors (mostly around cows and midrangers, be patient with guns) and get the cows and bank the trades after you've done that.

Hope that helps and is constructive, it's hard to do that without criticising sorry. Good luck for the rest of the round!

my tv broke wrote:

My post reads different in the sober hours of the morning vs the drunken shitposting hours of the post game. Just a light hearted dig.

All good mate, I was pretty sure that's all it was, but I was shit face also.

Lchy wrote:

Nah he's not. It won't let me rollback because Jones is locked out and he was my 17th man last week. This is clearly a higher power's way of punishing me for looping.

Think I've just gotta cop this on the chin and hope Wishart plays fullback, I'm fucking pissed off but what can you do

Firstly never rollback. Reverse trades one by one. Rollback almost useless after first game lockout. I don't see what Jones has to do with it. Can you move trade in to bench/emg and screenshot please.

Also you are doing this via website??

Lchy wrote:

Yeah it was Coates

2nd trade gives me the same message "These Trades cannot be reversed due to Rolling lockout"

I'm gonna sue fanhub if this fucks me over

The same thing happened to me when I traded Bullemor to Starling. Starling got benched but it wouldn't let me reverse the trade. Wrote a message to Fanhub. Didn't turn out too bad in the end though.

Mulvy wrote:

Reply:

No worries at all about the criticising mate. I appreciate the honest feedback. I really appreciate the feedback and I'll take it all on board for next year. For now, I'll keep banging on and see what other lessons I can learn this year.