NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 1 - Just open up already

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multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Latest news out of Tigers puts me off Blore. With Ipap and Bateman edge that leave Blore with a small minute role off the bench. Doesn't matter too much until team lists but Luke seems to have the most secure role (25-30 minutes off the bench)

WT2K wrote:

Sheens not confident Bateman will be here for R1

Pookus McFly wrote:The one player I am hot on which nobody else is talking about is Kelma Tuilagi, so I am going to talk about Kelma Tuilagi and you can all sit there and read about me talking about Kelma Tuilagi. Assuming he walks straight onto that left edge, he already averages 40 points for a 74 minute average when priced at 35 due to some unlucky injuries, HIAs and starts off the bench. But he also made that 40 average without a single try all season, and I have some gut feels on Schuster putting him through a bunch of holes. There was plenty of work on the left edge last season with Davey averaging 27 tackles in 11 games (74 min average). The guy is an absolute beast and he seems like he has a lot of improvement in him still, I could see him stepping up with a season under his belt and a new club /coach to try and impress. He has both offloads and tacklebreaks in his arsenal so his game is fantasy friendly, the biggest drawback are his missed tackles (>3 per game in 2022!), but they may well take care of themselves if the Sea Eagles can be a better defensive side than the West Tigers). Think I can see the ten points of value I require in Kelma. Wouldn't surprise me if he averaged 50 and was a subgun POD either. Thanks for listening to my Tuilagi Talk.

mattnz wrote:

Thanks for sharing.

Its looking like there are lots of other options available at EDG which are going to be cheaper, some could provide similar output and some are dual as well. I have these 6 in my current team:
Doorey
Hetherington
Dunn
Loiero
Hopgood
Garner

I find it hard to fit in Tuilagi as well.

Pookus McFly wrote:The one player I am hot on which nobody else is talking about is Kelma Tuilagi, so I am going to talk about Kelma Tuilagi and you can all sit there and read about me talking about Kelma Tuilagi. Assuming he walks straight onto that left edge, he already averages 40 points for a 74 minute average when priced at 35 due to some unlucky injuries, HIAs and starts off the bench. But he also made that 40 average without a single try all season, and I have some gut feels on Schuster putting him through a bunch of holes. There was plenty of work on the left edge last season with Davey averaging 27 tackles in 11 games (74 min average). Kelma is an absolute beast and he seems like he has a lot of improvement in him still, I could see him stepping up with a season under his belt and a new club /coach to try and impress. He has both offloads and tacklebreaks in his arsenal so his game is fantasy friendly, the biggest drawback are his missed tackles (>3 per game in 2022!), but they may well take care of themselves if the Sea Eagles can be a better defensive side than the West Tigers. Think I can see the ten points of value I require in Kelma. Wouldn't surprise me if he averaged 50 and was a subgun POD either. Thanks for listening to my Tuilagi Talk.

Pookus McFly wrote:The one player I am hot on which nobody else is talking about is Kelma Tuilagi, so I am going to talk about Kelma Tuilagi and you can all sit there and read about me talking about Kelma Tuilagi. Assuming he walks straight onto that left edge, he already averages 40 points for a 74 minute average when priced at 35 due to some unlucky injuries, HIAs and starts off the bench. But he also made that 40 average without a single try all season, and I have some gut feels on Schuster putting him through a bunch of holes. There was plenty of work on the left edge last season with Davey averaging 27 tackles in 11 games (74 min average). Kelma is an absolute beast and he seems like he has a lot of improvement in him still, I could see him stepping up with a season under his belt and a new club /coach to try and impress. He has both offloads and tacklebreaks in his arsenal so his game is fantasy friendly, the biggest drawback are his missed tackles (>3 per game in 2022!), but they may well take care of themselves if the Sea Eagles can be a better defensive side than the West Tigers. Think I can see the ten points of value I require in Kelma. Wouldn't surprise me if he averaged 50 and was a subgun POD either. Thanks for listening to my Tuilagi Talk.

mattnz wrote:

Thanks for sharing.

Its looking like there are lots of other options available at EDG which are going to be cheaper, some could provide similar output and some are dual as well. I have these 6 in my current team:
Doorey
Hetherington
Dunn
Loiero
Hopgood
Garner

I find it hard to fit in Tuilagi as well.

The Bludger#2 wrote:

Thoughts for you -
what happens if/when Roosters/Souths/Dolphins hit their bye?
You have 4 middles, and playing 1 as a hooker
You are running with 3 hookers - 2 DPPs, both in your starting 13 and Boyd as reserve. This feels like a risk when you consider your lack of depth in the middle.

Bench has 2 Edge forwards, 3 halves, 1 centre and 2 WFBS.
You need a spare middle.

mattnz wrote:

Thanks for sharing.

Its looking like there are lots of other options available at EDG which are going to be cheaper, some could provide similar output and some are dual as well. I have these 6 in my current team:
Doorey
Hetherington
Dunn
Loiero
Hopgood
Garner

I find it hard to fit in Tuilagi as well.

Genderbender wrote:




Yeah throw Katoa in there as well, once the storm teach him how to catch and pass a football he could have way more upside for cheaper.

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:Great post about kelma thank you

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:

What’s Bateman doing lol? Doesn’t bode well

WT2K wrote:

Visa issues

rhinoceroo wrote:

Worth considering. Main question is whether the HIAs and injuries are "unlucky" or whether he's one of those who'll always be wrapped in bandages.

The Bludger#2 wrote:

Love your work Pookus.
Tuilagi has been locked into the Bludgers Edge from the get-go.
Hastings / Tuilagi / Chin / Teddy / Cheese are my definites.
Everyone else is up for grabs, change, draft crappola etc. etc.

Pookus McFly wrote:

Yasssss!   Well that only leaves one all important question- Tuilagi Train,  Tuilagi Party, or Tuilagimardigras?

rhinoceroo wrote:Made a team. Pretty vanilla. Know it will be nothing like this come TLT. Absolutely hate my centres, tempted to ditch Hastings and spend up on one of them.

Hodgson
BSmith, Elliott, TPJ
Katoa, Garner
Cleary, Burton
Thompson, Milne
Tedesco, Savage, Perham

Hastings, Boyd, Hopgood, Hetherington
Doorey, TMM, Gennings, Alamonti

rhinoceroo wrote:Made a team. Pretty vanilla. Know it will be nothing like this come TLT. Absolutely hate my centres, tempted to ditch Hastings and spend up on one of them.

Hodgson
BSmith, Elliott, TPJ
Katoa, Garner
Cleary, Burton
Thompson, Milne
Tedesco, Savage, Perham

Hastings, Boyd, Hopgood, Hetherington
Doorey, TMM, Gennings, Alamonti