NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 1 - Just open up already

Honey Badger wrote:

If i dont start with Cleary the plan would be to start with the potential Gun halves pairing of Burton and Doueihi with Hastings on the bench and look to upgrade one to Cleary after his rd 3 bye.
Id have to keep some cash in the bank and find a captain for the first 3 rounds

Rabbits21 wrote:Is anyone tempted to not start with Cleary or Hynes but go with Murray and put the C on him? Alternative could be go with Hastings and Burton/Douiehi in the halves.

Also Wilton I’m looking at priced at 37 has a 49.9 avg when starting second row. Could be a good POD. I think W. Graham might play a bench role of limited mins as a floater.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:My approach to CTR is to play with 2 keepers all year and use the the cheapies as cover for the byes.

I am planning to go with Suli and Bird from the outset on the basis that very few people will select them because of the first round bye and neither will anyone bother prioritising CTR for an upgrade. If they score anything like they have the potential to it will be a great POD

Genderbender wrote:


8th and 10th best scoring halves in the game last season playing in the same team as last year and in the same position as last year…. I haven’t considered either and still won’t.

Genderbender wrote:


Is this a conspiracy Mr Conspiracies? You’re plan is to have 1.1mill in red dots for round 1 for some PODs at centre?

Holzman wrote:

yeah looking to go heavy with the Uber guns potentially.

Just made a team with Cleary Hynes and Murray.

Does hurt the balance of the squad though.

For example I can run with Teddy Gilbert or Hynes CNK.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

That is the scenario most teams will face throughout the year, especially those who select near million dollar halves. The are bye managed dots as opposed to red dots. Most years CTR cheapie cycling certainly cost coaches trades  

easytiger wrote:

I think not starting with Cleary/Hynes is a really interesting short-term play.
The problem for me is that Murray has had one season for a 60 average in a role where 60 averages are pretty uncommon.
Then add in his slight head knock injury giving him a 1 min game last year and 16 min game in 2021 - if that happened while everyone else has the C on Cleary/Hynes - it'd put you a long long way behind.

I recall back in '19 when Taumalolo was considered a fringe Captaincy alternative (a bit like Murray this year) and he started with a solid 75, but followed it in Round 2 with a 17 in 34 minutes, out for 6 weeks...
The people who went that way, were instantly a good chunk behind the pack and then there's that risk of over-trading/high-risk trading to try to make your way back...



That being said, if there was a clear candidate that could get within say 10 points of Cleary/Hynes and didn't have an early bye, then it's interesting to have that extra match advantage in the first 6 rounds...

Holy Moly wrote:

I think having Hynes and Cleary means I can get both scores if they go big. I'd hate to just have one and the other goes on a bigger run of form. Cook is nice because he has a long stretch without a bye, he is a decent captain option and not the first choice hooker for NSW. It does take a hit in the bank, but I didn't like the other combos I've tried as much as when I have all three.

In your scenario, I'd prefer Hynes and CNK (if he gets the fullback gig). Teddy can certainly start quiet and Gilbert is no certainty for the run on side.

easytiger wrote:

I think you are the most correct Rhinoceroo
It seems that the vast majority of players are a pretty exact match to a 14,300 magic number when put against their 2022 average.

Then there are the outlier players that have been manually adjusted for "reasons"

I think Milch's MN of 14,491 is presumably the average across the whole player database when including those adjustments.

I personally think it's more balanced to work off that 14,300 number while realising that some players have extra tariffs (e.g. Turbo with a $100k tariff chucked on him).

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

That is the scenario most teams will face throughout the year, especially those who select near million dollar halves. The are bye managed dots as opposed to red dots. Most years CTR cheapie cycling certainly cost coaches trades  

Camo123 wrote:

If you are expecting Cook to miss Origin I think that's wishful thinking. He still played off the bench in Origin 2 & 3 last year

WT2K wrote:

https://twitter.com/MyMateDobbo/status/1616290652224118784?t=cKSxB4aN8yFEGRHZxImFwg&s=19

Camo123 wrote:

If you HAD to pick a gun CTR, Suli would not be it

Bird would be the guy for floor, but Holmes would be the gun CTR to look for, with no early byes

mattnz wrote:
Hmm, may need to rethink Carrigan