NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 1 - Just open up already

Lchy wrote:

I've been considering Latrell as a Teddy alternative to start with and it's not looking like a horrible shout. Non-injury avg of 55 (same as Tedesco), season low of 35 last year so his floor is pretty good with gk duties. Post-Philly he averaged 60. Plus Souths don't have a bye until round 16. I wouldn't write him off as a pick at all.

Souths have a pretty brutal draw for the first half of the year, although Latrell is capable of scoring well against the good teams. I guess the key is that in personal experience, Latrell is incredibly frustrating to watch as an owner and Teddy is incredibly frustrating to watch as a non-owner, so Ted it is.

Dagnabbit, but I want to choose both Doorey and Hopgood

rhinoceroo wrote:

Souths have a pretty brutal draw for the first half of the year, although Latrell is capable of scoring well against the good teams. I guess the key is that in personal experience, Latrell is incredibly frustrating to watch as an owner and Teddy is incredibly frustrating to watch as a non-owner, so Ted it is.

Nailed it in that last sentence

rhinoceroo wrote:

Souths have a pretty brutal draw for the first half of the year, although Latrell is capable of scoring well against the good teams. I guess the key is that in personal experience, Latrell is incredibly frustrating to watch as an owner and Teddy is incredibly frustrating to watch as a non-owner, so Ted it is.

Pretty much the same reason that I currently have Teddy in my team, though if Papenhuyzen was fit and ready to go for round 1 then I would get him instead. I think Teddy, Papy and Latrell will be the top three WFBs by a long way unless Turbo can stay injury-free for the full season.

rhinoceroo wrote:

Anyway it's weird that he (Sadrugu) is listed as WFB when he was a centre in reserves and a second-row internationally. First season SST-style DPP incoming....

I think the Sadrugu pick is a bit optimistic..... hard to see a space for him with Taumalolo, Tamou, Hess, McLean, Cotter, JTB, Nanai, Luki.....even Gosiewski and Neame....

Threw together a team with both Teddy and Latrell to start with and I don't hate it.

Clark
Horse Smith Wallace
Katoa Garner
(C)leary Hastings
Averillo Schoupp
Latrell Teddy TMM

Boyd Hopgood Doorey Hetherington
Perham Jennings Talau Alamoti

Another question,

If saints have bye first round and you own a saints player, do they get locked into whatever spot you have them in come lockout or would they be moveable throughout the round until the end of the round? Hope that question makes sense

rhinoceroo wrote:

Matto might be bench when he comes back, albeit playing 50-60 minutes from there like he did last year. Watch out for Murchie ruining things by getting the spot, but all on for a Carty Party or Doorey Orgy if either named in Rnd1.

I’ve got the sneaky Carty party in my reserves as a placeholder. He was the first in my thoughts to potentially benefit from the Matterson suspension…. But then again I may be holding on to his averages from 5 years ago…

Genderbender wrote:Ryan Matterson will be out the first 3 weeks, assuming Hopgood plays those first 3 in the middle then either him or Matto revert back to edge and lock respectively, that would mean there’s potentially a basement guy around $250k, think Doory, Carty, Jirah. Would it be worth the investment in one of these basement guys knowing full well that they’re only good for 3 games? Albeit in a great team and high scoring position? I’d like to know peoples thoughts and reasonings behind it.

One weakness to my fantasy game is ignoring these kind of players because their role will change in the future. Someone inevitably gets injured, suspended, HIA and they get way more games than I expected while I miss out on the points and the cash.

I'll be grabbing a base price starting forward and figuring out the details later

Milchcow wrote:

Bye players lock out at kick off in the last game of the round

Thanks for that, could play a really important part with so many byes this year particularly at the start.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

One weakness to my fantasy game is ignoring these kind of players because their role will change in the future. Someone inevitably gets injured, suspended, HIA and they get way more games than I expected while I miss out on the points and the cash.

I'll be grabbing a base price starting forward and figuring out the details later

Thanks for the response and reasoning behind it, makes it interesting to hear people’s thoughts and experiences in those potentially critical decisions.
There’s the obvious reasons for asking that question but another layer for me asking this is the fact extra byes.
Hypothetically,
You grab the guy because he is base price and potentially scores high in that position, however he’s due to lose that spot either completely or relegated to the bench, in round 4.
Round 4 is Roosters bye, and with half the people on BSmith, and a quarter on Teddy and a fifth on Manu, with potentially some thinking Butcher, you could be in for some serious headaches come round 4 and that’s assuming everything goes as planned.

I’d usually think no brainer myself but I’m also considering a few Roosters so it’s something I might have to look at a bit harder.

imo the sadrugu hype is just that dunn is highly regarded at the cowboys & he should get 1st shot
on discord they were talking about sadrugu so i was surprised when i listened to talking league pod & on the cowboys they didn't mention him at all.

White Lightning wrote:imo the sadrugu hype is just that dunn is highly regarded at the cowboys & he should get 1st shot
on discord they were talking about sadrugu so i was surprised when i listened to talking league pod & on the cowboys they didn't mention him at all.

Agreed. It’s nothing more than the usual fantasy player wishful thinking

Penrith early bye is annoying because of Cleary and Garner.

Rorters early bye is annoying Cheese and Teddy.

Titans potentially Clark and Boyd round 5 bye.

Yeah I just think people are expecting Boyd to do what he did in those nothing games at back end of last year. Probs take a few points off what he did there against weak opposition but there is value and DPP.

I don’t think you can carry more than 2 Rorters, Penrith and Titans players as well.

So rounds 3, 4 and 5 if you get those 6 guys you’d need to play your 18th and 19th man all 3 weeks. If I get Cheese then I may not want Teddy

Just managed to find the $ to get Teddy into my team

Grant
Gilbert, B.Smith, Paseka
Schuster, Katoa
Cleary, Hastings
Holmes, Averillo
Teddy, CNK, Isaako

Garner, Stone, Luke, Blore
Nikorima, Sullivan, Thompson, Talau

Relying on Grant, Cleary, Holmes & Teddy as my genuine guns. I really like Paseka and i also just managed to get Garner in. No genuine guns in the Mids/Edg is where my team will struggle but I have high hopes for Brandon Smith & Gilbert.

WFB is tough to pick. Not completely sold on any of the options i have paired with Teddy. 4 Dolphins currently in my team. May not be wise but i think 3 of the 4 are worth a shout, Isaako is the one i would like to leave out of my final team but he is there as a placeholder. Maybe i will end up running with him but i'm expecting someone else to jump out at me during pre-season and trials.

Rabbits21 wrote:Penrith early bye is annoying because of Cleary and Garner.

Rorters early bye is annoying Cheese and Teddy.

Titans potentially Clark and Boyd round 5 bye.

Yeah I just think people are expecting Boyd to do what he did in those nothing games at back end of last year. Probs take a few points off what he did there against weak opposition but there is value and DPP.

I don’t think you can carry more than 2 Rorters, Penrith and Titans players as well.

So rounds 3, 4 and 5 if you get those 6 guys you’d need to play your 18th and 19th man all 3 weeks. If I get Cheese then I may not want Teddy

3 Penrith players currently in my team. That will be tough. Same for Roosters with Teddy & Cheese. I'm not really warming to those Titans players yet, but that could just be an oversight on my behalf.

t43597 wrote:

3 Penrith players currently in my team. That will be tough. Same for Roosters with Teddy & Cheese. I'm not really warming to those Titans players yet, but that could just be an oversight on my behalf.

Hmmm I scrapped Soni Luke for now as I feel he might just get 25-30mins initially. Hmmm I do prefer Boyd over Schuster though at same price point.

If Ponga is fit round 1 I’ll probs get him but I’m not confident. I think my back 3 currently is Ponga, Savage/Miller and Avo.

Rabbits21 wrote:

Hmmm I scrapped Soni Luke for now as I feel he might just get 25-30mins initially. Hmmm I do prefer Boyd over Schuster though at same price point.

If Ponga is fit round 1 I’ll probs get him but I’m not confident. I think my back 3 currently is Ponga, Savage/Miller and Avo.

Savage is one i quite like but when i look at my team it would be great if he was 25-50k cheaper as then he would fit nicely! Averillo could swing to WFB in my team and then i can get someone else around Isaako's price point. Anyway, its super early so my team will obviously change heaps. Im not sure about Schuster either to be honest.  I thought he would be a bit cheaper. I'll probably pick him partly because he is popular and i can definitely see the potential upside but i dont have him as a lock. In fact, very few players are 'locked' into my team.

I’m looking at Emre Guler more mins up for grabs with Elliot and Sutton gone. Raiders will go with a utility on bench. Too. Guler in games at 35mins or more 32 times so far in his career avg is 36.5, he’s priced at 25. Will be 2nd forward off the bench I think.

My current draft til trials I hope

Grant
Cotter Elliot Cheese
Garner Loreiro
Cleary Hastings
Talau I. Thompson
Ponga Savage Miller/Avo/Hammer/CNK

Boyd Hopgood Dunn Guler
Doorey TMM Blore Sloan