NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 63 - The decider (not really but I watched the bluey episode today and loved it)

Yeah, Mulitalo to Drinkwater is about as sideways as it gets surely? Arguably backwards given the 100k price gap.

Bethany_B wrote:

Drinky has been killing it all year and Ronnie has barely averaged 40 even scoring a try a game. With the Cowboys draw being ridiculously good, I figure I'll get a piece of it.

But its one of your last trades lol. What happens when Mulitano scores a hat trick this week?

Bethany_B wrote:

Drinky has been killing it all year and Ronnie has barely averaged 40 even scoring a try a game. With the Cowboys draw being ridiculously good, I figure I'll get a piece of it.

As always, draw isn't everything.

Drinkwater has scored 29 three times this year.

All of them came against current bottom 8 teams (Raiders, Tigers, Knights).

Any thoughts on what to do with this team?

Robson
iPap Mcinness Lolo
Angus Elliott
Cleary Moses
Burton Bird
Hynes Pap Latrell

Grant Tohu Haas Koula

Mam Volkman Kennedy Trindall

11k, 5 (+4) trades.

Need a better 17th man than rolling the dice on one of Koula/Volkman/Mam/Kennedy scoring ok, and still have the trades to spend, but not seeing an obvious avenue to that upgrade without sacrificing cover (Mam + Koula to Pole + gun would be nice, but leaves no CTR cover).

Pretty keen to get Tapine in somehow, pretty expensive these days but has been gunning it.

mrbrownstone wrote:

As always, draw isn't everything.

Drinkwater has scored 29 three times this year.

All of them came against current bottom 8 teams (Raiders, Tigers, Knights).

2 of those 3 low scores were a result of him getting taken off early and the 3rd one was a low scoring game. Teddy got a 23 in 80 mins vs Brisbane earlier this year and you're not avoiding him because of that.

Bethany_B wrote:

2 of those 3 low scores were a result of him getting taken off early and the 3rd one was a low scoring game. Teddy got a 23 in 80 mins vs Brisbane earlier this year and you're not avoiding him because of that.

I mean, he still played 69 minutes and scored a try against the Tigers. Barring a Pap-like final 10 he was on track for sub-par scores in both games. And 18-12 vs the Raiders isn't really that low scoring? 10 players cracked 50+ fantasy points.

No, but I'm also not advocating a sideways trade to get Teddy in just because of his draw.

mrbrownstone wrote:Any thoughts on what to do with this team?

Robson
iPap Mcinness Lolo
Angus Elliott
Cleary Moses
Burton Bird
Hynes Pap Latrell

Grant Tohu Haas Koula

Mam Volkman Kennedy Trindall

11k, 5 (+4) trades.

Need a better 17th man than rolling the dice on one of Koula/Volkman/Mam/Kennedy scoring ok, and still have the trades to spend, but not seeing an obvious avenue to that upgrade without sacrificing cover (Mam + Koula to Pole + gun would be nice, but leaves no CTR cover).

Guess you could go with Aitken as your gun which gives you centre cover. Or instead of Pole you grab a cheap centre like Herbet and then bring in Curran? I do think Mam and Koula out to strengthen that spot is the way to go.

mrbrownstone wrote:

I mean, he still played 69 minutes and scored a try against the Tigers. Barring a Pap-like final 10 he was on track for sub-par scores in both games.

No, but I'm also not advocating a sideways trade to get Teddy in just because of his draw.

Fullbacks tend to score points in bunches, it's not usually consistent over a game.

That said, given the Cowboys outs this week (playing 2 days after Origin), I think I'll wait a week on Drinky but I'm still selling Ronnie (so Ronnie/Mam to Robson/Volkman)
Ramsey can get one more week given his BE is low, but I would then need him to score within 10 points of Drinky to afford the trade next week.

BCT05 wrote:

Guess you could go with Aitken as your gun which gives you centre cover. Or instead of Pole you grab a cheap centre like Herbet and then bring in Curran? I do think Mam and Koula out to strengthen that spot is the way to go.

Thanks mate. Hadn't considered that, playing 3 centres in the 17 feels weird, but I guess it's not really that bad when it's actually two second rowers and a halfback.

Don't mind the Herbert + Curran option either actually, that's given me a bit to think about.

Bethany_B wrote:

Fullbacks tend to score points in bunches, it's not usually consistent over a game.

That said, given the Cowboys outs this week (playing 2 days after Origin), I think I'll wait a week on Drinky but I'm still selling Ronnie (so Ronnie/Mam to Robson/Volkman)
Ramsey can get one more week given his BE is low, but I would then need him to score within 10 points of Drinky to afford the trade next week.

I'd personally go Ramsey to Latrell, Ponga or even To'o over Drinkwater, but if you're set on getting him in then good luck to you, hope it pays off.

Bethany_B wrote:

2 of those 3 low scores were a result of him getting taken off early and the 3rd one was a low scoring game. Teddy got a 23 in 80 mins vs Brisbane earlier this year and you're not avoiding him because of that.

Does this not ring alarm bells?

Buying Drinkwater after 4 x 50+ scores in a row seems to be playing the game wrong.

A bit like buying Mulitalo in round 7 or whenever it was he'd had 4 x 50+ scores in a row.

wolfking wrote:

Nah shouldn't need to play him, just a handy backup cause the funds are there.  I think DCE though should be the target I agree.

Yep I'm high on DCE. Hoping he doesn't get injured in Origin. Him and Grant are my targets then team is set

Grant
IPap Klemmer Harris
Crichton Frizell
Cleary Hynes
Burton Aitken
Teddy To'o Latrell

Robson DCE Moses Elliott
Koula Kennedy Palasia Peoples (looper where able)

mrbrownstone wrote:

I'd personally go Ramsey to Latrell, Ponga or even To'o over Drinkwater, but if you're set on getting him in then good luck to you, hope it pays off.

I'm gonna give Ramsey a chance this week then decide on a replacement next week. I could potentially keep him at 18th man instead of Koula if Koula and Teddy get close enough in price for me to afford that trade instead.

Koula and Teddy are currently 251k apart and I have 200k bank after going Ronnie/Mam to Robson/Volkman, so they need to get 51k closer.

Teddy's BE is 71 and Koula's BE is 11, so if Teddy gets a 50 and Koula gets a 35-40 then it's doable.

my tv broke wrote:Buying Drinkwater after 4 x 50+ scores in a row seems to be playing the game wrong.

A bit like buying Mulitalo in round 7 or whenever it was he'd had 4 x 50+ scores in a row.

That wasn't me, I bought Ronnie in round 14. I had him in SC from round 7 but over there he's a genuine keeper

my tv broke wrote:Buying Drinkwater after 4 x 50+ scores in a row seems to be playing the game wrong.

A bit like buying Mulitalo in round 7 or whenever it was he'd had 4 x 50+ scores in a row.

Robson feels the same TBH, tries in the last 4 games

Bethany_B wrote:

That wasn't me, I bought Ronnie in round 14. I had him in SC from round 7 but over there he's a genuine keeper

Didn't mean it was you. I recall a bunch of buyers after that string of games, when he'd hit 575k. So they paid for a guy priced at 44 who has since averaged 37.

But there was also a bunch of silly stuff around Talakai at the time that sucked people in.

the_great_wobbler wrote:

Robson feels the same TBH, tries in the last 4 games

He has shown he can score well even without tries, and the Cowboys good draw implies he may keep scoring tries, plus he is more of a POD than Grant and is guaranteed to play this week (Grant might not even back up and he plays so late we won't know until it's too late)

I already have Cook and I think Robson is the second best behind them - I had originally intended to get Cotter back as my 2nd HOK but he's not due back early enough.

my tv broke wrote:

Didn't mean it was you. I recall a bunch of buyers after that string of games, when he'd hit 575k. So they paid for a guy priced at 44 who has since averaged 37.

Ahh yeah fair enough. I paid 589k for him in round 14 so not ideal, but he did a job over the bye period.

As for Talakai, I luckily got him before the 100 but as we all know I paid a big price for that