NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 2 - What's the magic number ?

Holzman wrote:

how does the rest of the team look like with that many guns though.

I just brought in Hynes myself by dropping Grant down to Robson.

now have Robson, Carrigan, Cleary, Hynes as my 700k+ guys

My bench has Burton and Garner and then is a bit weak from there. My edges are both <500k and my centres are bargain basement <300k. My WFBs other than Teddy are cheap too <350k.

Ideally id have 100k more to run a slightly deeper bench instead of 2 Dolphins (Stone & VTW) and 4 <250k players. Overall, i feel like the only thing im lacking is bench depth. Otherwise, im pretty happy with all my mid-pricers and position by position i feel it is strong enough - apart from centres, but screw the centres!

Draft that nobody asked for, pls roast:

Boyd
Tino Gilbert Uto
Hopgood Doorey
Cleary Hynes
Thompson Alamoti
Suaalii HTF TMM

Doueihi BSmith Katoa Garner
Perham Blore Stone Sloan

74K bank

my tv broke wrote:

I basically do this. I dont really give it much more thought altho rarely spend on ctrs and wfbs.

Then spend 10 weeks undoing all the mental gymnastics that got me to that round 1 squad.

Although perhaps creating a squad early allows for confirmation bias to set in re players youve picked or not picked, based around ideas and tidbits of information that turn out to be meaningless. I guess sometimes rhat works and sometimes it doesnt

Yet to start making a squad, going to try avoid that until after TLT and just create a squad from zero in one go, no tinkering

Lchy wrote:Draft that nobody asked for, pls roast:

Boyd
Tino Gilbert Uto
Hopgood Doorey
Cleary Hynes
Thompson Alamoti
Suaalii HTF TMM

Doueihi BSmith Katoa Garner
Perham Blore Stone Sloan

127K bank

Boyd is overrated. Gilbert will not get many opportunities close to the line in a poor team. Uto minutes are still not guaranteed. Doorey is a risky selection and way too weak for starting on the edge. Halves are overpriced, why dont you try and find some value, you fool!

Thompson is going to give us a game or 2 and will be out. Alamoti is 19, i dont care how good or big he is, he is 19. 19 19 19!!! Suaalii is a hack who should move to rugby union. HTF is allergic to contact. TMM wasnt good enough to hold a spot at the Broncos - the Broncos!!

Douiehi has a shit name. Cheese has a shit nickname - selecting him will result in immense hunger each time you look at your team. Katoa will be benched because the coach is stubborn and a bit stupid.

Garner couldnt even nail a starting spot at the tiges. Perham is rocks or diamonds, usually rocks. Blore is young but faces an uphill battle to come even close to the field.

Stone is just a fancy name for a rock. Rocks are bad, as previously established. Sloan is full back at a team that will average up between 6 and 6.2 points per game this season - just watch

127k bank isnt enough with a team like yours. Where has the 10 million gone? You should have about 8.5 mil left over with a team like that.

/ROAST

EDIT: Now please roast me for my shit sense of humour!

my tv broke wrote:

Although perhaps creating a squad early allows for confirmation bias to set in re players youve picked or not picked, based around ideas and tidbits of information that turn out to be meaningless. I guess sometimes rhat works and sometimes it doesnt

Yet to start making a squad, going to try avoid that until after TLT and just create a squad from zero in one go, no tinkering

I fuck myself over every year with confirmation bias. This year will be no different

t43597 wrote:

Boyd is overrated. Gilbert will not get many opportunities close to the line in a poor team. Uto minutes are still not guaranteed. Doorey is a risky selection and way too weak for starting on the edge. Halves are overpriced, why dont you try and find some value, you fool!

Thompson is going to give us a game or 2 and will be out. Alamoti is 19, i dont care how good or big he is, he is 19. 19 19 19!!! Suaalii is a hack who should move to rugby union. HTF is allergic to contact. TMM wasnt good enough to hold a spot at the Broncos - the Broncos!!

Douiehi has a shit name. Cheese has a shit nickname - selecting him will result in immense hunger each time you look at your team. Katoa will be benched because the coach is stubborn and a bit stupid.

Garner couldnt even nail a starting spot at the tiges. Perham is rocks or diamonds, usually rocks. Blore is young but faces an uphill battle to come even close to the field.

Stone is just a fancy name for a rock. Rocks are bad, as previously established. Sloan is full back at a team that will average up between 6 and 6.2 points per game this season - just watch

127k bank isnt enough with a team like yours. Where has the 10 million gone? You should have about 8.5 mil left over with a team like that.

/ROAST

Lchy wrote:Draft that nobody asked for, pls roast:

Boyd
Tino Gilbert Uto
Hopgood Doorey
Cleary Hynes
Thompson Alamoti
Suaalii HTF TMM

Doueihi BSmith Katoa Garner
Perham Blore Stone Sloan

127K bank

A roast you say? Sure!

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The following is a transcript from the Lone Scout helpdesk


C: "Hey boss, we've a customer on the phone. Says he wants a cookie-cutter team, but shit"

B: "Right, have you set him up with HTF?"

C: "Course, first thing I did! But he also wants to pick some locks so he feels like he knows the game"

B: "Yeah they all want that. Well just pick a few bottom-four plodders that are probably overpriced. Bonus points for rep, hey?"

C: "Yep, yep, gone Tino and Gilbert"

B: "Great start. Ok, how about some folks who aren't base price and might not even start?"

C: "What, like Doorey Katoa and Blore? I mean, I could, but that's a bit obviously shit right?"

B: "Nah, he'll talk himself into it after reading some shitty forum thread for a bit. Might even thank you for picking 'boom players'. Go for it."

C: "I can see why you're the boss! Ok, that's about it I think. No, wait. How do I answer when he asks what happens in R5 when he has no centres playing? And no hookers?"

B: "Payment in advance mate. Someone else's problem after that."

t43597 wrote:

Boyd is overrated. Gilbert will not get many opportunities close to the line in a poor team. Uto minutes are still not guaranteed. Doorey is a risky selection and way too weak for starting on the edge. Halves are overpriced, why dont you try and find some value, you fool!

Thompson is going to give us a game or 2 and will be out. Alamoti is 19, i dont care how good or big he is, he is 19. 19 19 19!!! Suaalii is a hack who should move to rugby union. HTF is allergic to contact. TMM wasnt good enough to hold a spot at the Broncos - the Broncos!!

Douiehi has a shit name. Cheese has a shit nickname - selecting him will result in immense hunger each time you look at your team. Katoa will be benched because the coach is stubborn and a bit stupid.

Garner couldnt even nail a starting spot at the tiges. Perham is rocks or diamonds, usually rocks. Blore is young but faces an uphill battle to come even close to the field.

Stone is just a fancy name for a rock. Rocks are bad, as previously established. Sloan is full back at a team that will average up between 6 and 6.2 points per game this season - just watch

127k bank isnt enough with a team like yours. Where has the 10 million gone? You should have about 8.5 mil left over with a team like that.

/ROAST

EDIT: Now please roast me for my shit sense of humour!

Now tell us what you really think

my tv broke wrote:

Although perhaps creating a squad early allows for confirmation bias to set in re players youve picked or not picked, based around ideas and tidbits of information that turn out to be meaningless. I guess sometimes rhat works and sometimes it doesnt

Yet to start making a squad, going to try avoid that until after TLT and just create a squad from zero in one go, no tinkering

I’m 100% taking that approach this year

Obviously I have views like Cleary is a good captain choice and about certain mid rangers and cows, but I’m not bothering to form a squad until after TLT

Will likely start with every ok option under 350k, then go by position

Olam's looking gone, jersey sling is a terrible sign

Olam off up the tunnel.

Trent Robinson changing his team more than Rabbits21 in the preseason

Had a strong squad named on TLT and then just changed it to all the rookies lol

Camo123 wrote:Trent Robinson changing his team more than Rabbits21 in the preseason

Had a strong squad named on TLT and then just changed it to all the rookies lol

Robbo panicked!!!

Olam fractured forearm according to Fox

they just said olam broken arm...maybe it gives howarth his chance

just on burton & his drop off at the end of the 2022 season i think they said on a podcast he was carrying an injury. i think it was this injury he just had surgery for.

White Lightning wrote:they just said olam broken arm...maybe it gives howarth his chance

Lord Seve will not be denied his return

Camo123 wrote:Trent Robinson changing his team more than Rabbits21 in the preseason

Had a strong squad named on TLT and then just changed it to all the rookies lol

Rorters gonna play more of their stars in second half. But yeah no Suaali.

White Lightning wrote:just on burton & his drop off at the end of the 2022 season i think they said on a podcast he was carrying an injury. i think it was this injury he just had surgery for.

His ankle.

e. katoa looks bigger & taller am i imagining it....all the traffic is going down the other edge in attack he's not getting much ball & attacking opportunities