NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 1 - Just open up already

rhinoceroo wrote:

Yeah, I'm not sure he's playable though. Should be ok to make money and have as a first-man loop if the fixtures align. There'll be games where he scores a couple of tries, but games in the teens as well. Very much a shove him at 20/21 and hope he gets three good scores in a row at some point selection.

mattnz wrote:

Harris plays best in MID, with big minutes, 2nd year back from ACL is the year for improvement. Averaged 66 in 2021 at lock before the ACL injury, priced at 48. Gun!

RFM has a career average of 49 in 60+ minutes at EDG. Another who had a comeback year last year from a major injury with limited minutes. Underpriced by 10 points. After iPap, 49 puts him within 4 points of the averages of the next best EDG players, but for $200k+ less!

Tino is priced at 52, came back from Origin playing with the confidence of a totally different player, averaging 64 at prop in 66 minutes. Gets big minutes as the captain, and much more involved when playing Prop.

robelgordo wrote:I don’t see how Sloan plays fullback for Dragons.

Ramsey looked better

I’m not actually sure Sloan is a first grader, at least not yet. Can’t underestimate COVID effect, I think basically went from Dapto u18 to NRL in one step?

robelgordo wrote:I don’t see how Sloan plays fullback for Dragons.

Ramsey looked better

I’m not actually sure Sloan is a first grader, at least not yet. Can’t underestimate COVID effect, I think basically went from Dapto u18 to NRL in one step?

L-Jimmy wrote:

Cool, thanks mate. Can't say I agree (Harris old'n'broke in a big pack, RFM decent but costly and slow, Tino small sample size). But best of luck!

Camo123 wrote:

With Dogs depth in forwards think TPJ might start EDG and RFM bench and then comes off around 25 mins for RFM before coming back on for MIDs (hybrid role )

mattnz wrote:
They have the perfect opportunity to play TPJ with some minutes on the EDG when Kikau is off. No reason RFM couldn't play 80 minutes each week with Kikau playing the impact role.

rhinoceroo wrote:"the injury is not expected to be serious" https://www.newcastleknights.com.au/news/2023/01/13/injury-update-kalyn-ponga/

robelgordo wrote:I don’t see how Sloan plays fullback for Dragons.

Ramsey looked better

I’m not actually sure Sloan is a first grader, at least not yet. Can’t underestimate COVID effect, I think basically went from Dapto u18 to NRL in one step?

EDIT: ok googled and saw Ramsey has some intestinal issue that sounds serious. Game on Sloan. Prove me wrong lad. FWIW still think he’s better than Jayden Campbell

TheWeapon wrote:Being the bye planning pest that I am, I decided to have a quick look and write it down in a way that made the most sense to me:

- Big bye rounds still exist rd 13, 16, and 19 (so origin players as well as the bye teams will miss those rounds).

Team bye rounds below:

Dragons: 1, 16 (pre origin), 20
Manly: 2, 14, 19 (pre-origin)
Panthers: 3, 13 (pre origin), 19 (pre origin)
Roosters: 4, 13 (pre origin), 19 (pre origin)
Titans: 5, 13 (pre origin), 16 (pre origin)
Sharks: 6, 13 (pre origin), 17
Tigers: 7, 13 (pre origin), 17
Raiders: 8, 16 (pre origin), 20
Storm: 9, 13 (pre origin), 19 (pre origin)
Knights: 10, 14, 19 (pre origin)
Dolphins: 11, 16 (pre origin), 21
Warriors: 12, 16 (pre origin), 22
Dogs: 13 (pre origin), 17, 23
Eels: 14, 18, 27
Cowboys: 15, 19 (pre origin), 24
Broncos: 16 (pre origin), 19 (pre origin), 25
Rabbits: 16 (pre origin), 20, 26

My takeaways:

Non-origin Eels players play all the origin bye rounds
Origin players from Storm, Broncos, Titans, Roosters, Panthers will only miss 1 more round due to origin relative to their non-origin players (assuming they don't get rested)
Titans are the first team to finish their byes (rd 16) and will be good purchases for the run home
Eels, Cowboys, Broncos and Rabbits players don't have any byes until the second half of the season, so should be good players to start with.

my tv broke wrote:I am tossing up not playing at all this year. Will see how I feel in a month or so I suppose. I think I enjoy the community here enough to keep playing tbh

Camo123 wrote:

Want to flick back this

Thoughts structurally on the early bye teams, byes R1-4 are kinda double edged sword as you’ll have worse EMG filling in but better chances of being able to field a team with less red dots than potentially injuries occurring in R7-13

Specifically Bird is quite an interesting point as probably close to best CTR (only CTR OOP in FWDs/HLF) so could save a trade starting with him. Personally thinking maybe to get a look at EMG CTR score and maybe shuffle around team using unlimited trades in R1 if they score well to bring in Bird

Feel like for non slam-dunk cash cows you probably don’t want the headache of an early bye stalling any cash gains but keepers could be a different story

Camo123 wrote:

With Dogs depth in forwards think TPJ might start EDG and RFM bench and then comes off around 25 mins for RFM before coming back on for MIDs (hybrid role )

mattnz wrote:https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2023-every-clubs-best-17-for-new-season-predicted-lineups-ins-and-outs/news-story/a9f19bd657dcbd4be0782292411b8e70

Predicted team lists, some of the more interesting ones are:
NAS at EDG
Moale starting prop
Fuimaono EDG
Hetherington EDG
Metcalf HLF
Pole Prop

Krump wrote:
Those sorts of jumps in class used to happen a bit. There’s a really great Brett Kenny interview on kayo that I watched last year where he went from 3rd grade centre to Aus 5/8 and premiership winner in 2 years.
Kinda sorta relevant but I just wanted to plug that interview

Goodnight Kiwi wrote:

As a disgruntled Warriors Fan, EKatoa is exactly the sort of player who would flourish under Bellamy and the Storm system. He has had wraps for a long time and been hamstrung by hamstrings (actually cheekbone, hand and ankle) and the perennially unsettled Warriors Coaching merry-go-round, travel and system.

I would not be surprised to see him excel this year, all he needs is the minutes and a good coach.