NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 6 - We're getting the Carty Party back together

ShadowSabre wrote:

Depends how you choose to frame it

my tv broke wrote:

he was mid 400's in 2021 partnered with Moylan which in  hindsight feels like a no brainer. started the year with 59, 53, 42, 76, 69, 60

ShadowSabre wrote:

Yep and that start is exactly what I was referencing and what I am afraid of
May not happen but what a kick start to the season it would be

It really was an oversight, much profanity directed at the television during Sharks games. Still finished 63rd though. As Milchcow has said, the trades you make carry a lot more weight than your starting team.

MF wrote:I’m surprised how many Doorey puns there are

It's a shame he doesn't play for The Sharks de do de do de do

my tv broke wrote:

RandomSil wrote:Why is everyone sweating so hard on Carrigan?

He is beautiful and i want to pick him (may become Welch if i find a need for the cash)

But like why.. don't just expose a bit more of your collar bone and tell me sweet things. Get dirty with me, show me some stats or training the house down new articles to get my motor running about him

DT: Officials are hopeful Luke Thompson will avoid surgery after fears the star Canterbury prop would miss the season.

Thompson could now be sidelined for just two months after scans revealed the Englishman may not have to undergo an operation to repair his injured foot.

If the injury heals as hoped, Thompson may now only be sidelined for the opening six to eight matches.

Have seen some people say they are getting rid of Katoa of this Dolphin kind... Any other year we would be lapping up a based price starting halfback. What just because a lot of us are expecting Dolphins to have a rough trot and with Milford his only competition who hasn't been able to land a consistent spot in a team for the last 4 years we don't him?

I keep going back to TMM and CNK and just don't feel convinced by either of them. TMM only averaged 22 last year at fullback, who's to say he does better at a worse club in the halves? CNK looked pretty average last year eye-test wise, has a bit of pedigree obviously but also moving to a worse club. So why do both keep finding their way into my team?

Holy Moly wrote:Anyone out there seeing value in Hastings $645k? His first 6 games are against

WARRIORS
TIGERS
DOLPHINS
RAIDERS
MANLY
WARRIORS

Pretty sure he's been confirmed to be GK to start the year.
Likely to be the main kicker in the team.

Spose he could be an overpriced Boyd.

His scores last year at halfback were funny. He started out on fire, and then after 5 weeks or so they just fell off a cliff.

60 average first 5, then 32 average next 6. He lost goal kicking and did a lot less general play kicking, but that doesn't account for nearly 30 fantasy points a week.

So the question is, which Hastings are you getting? There was a time at the Tigers when Hastings was touching the ball more than almost any other player in the NRL, will he have that same dominance at Newcastle?
He is a wait and see for me. I think Doueihi/Boyd look to be safer picks

StormTrooper96 wrote:Have seen some people say they are getting rid of Katoa of this Dolphin kind... Any other year we would be lapping up a based price starting halfback. What just because a lot of us are expecting Dolphins to have a rough trot and with Milford his only competition who hasn't been able to land a consistent spot in a team for the last 4 years we don't him?

Maybe they are worried about getting a Kane Elgey who only averages 25 points a week.

O'Sullivan is going to do the vast majority of the kicking. Is Katoa gong to do a bunch of tackling?
If not, where are all his points going to come from? Multiple try assists per week?

He's in my 21, but not going near my playing 17, at least to start

StormTrooper96 wrote:Have seen some people say they are getting rid of Katoa of this Dolphin kind... Any other year we would be lapping up a based price starting halfback. What just because a lot of us are expecting Dolphins to have a rough trot and with Milford his only competition who hasn't been able to land a consistent spot in a team for the last 4 years we don't him?

If you think similar priced forward can sit in EMG and make more $$$ then yeah I'm avoiding

StormTrooper96 wrote:Have seen some people say they are getting rid of Katoa of this Dolphin kind... Any other year we would be lapping up a based price starting halfback. What just because a lot of us are expecting Dolphins to have a rough trot and with Milford his only competition who hasn't been able to land a consistent spot in a team for the last 4 years we don't him?

I have him but not overly convinced. Where does he get his points from? SOS will do most of the kicking and attacking stats look tricky to come by in that Dolphins side. Giving me Amone vibes from last year but not sure it's really worth going against the pack with 42% ownership. Stashed deep in the EMG though until he proves otherwise.

my tv broke wrote:

he was mid 400's in 2021 partnered with Moylan which in  hindsight feels like a no brainer. started the year with 59, 53, 42, 76, 69, 60

I'd take that sequence for Trindall this year

RandomSil wrote:Why is everyone sweating so hard on Carrigan?

People liked him anyway, and then he scored like a beats in the trial - 72 fantasy points against the cowboys

He's $100k cheaper than Haas (although a bunch of people have both)

Milchcow wrote:

His scores last year at halfback were funny. He started out on fire, and then after 5 weeks or so they just fell off a cliff.

60 average first 5, then 32 average next 6.  He lost goal kicking and did a lot less general play kicking, but that doesn't account for nearly 30 fantasy points a week.

So the question is, which Hastings are you getting? There was a time at the Tigers when Hastings was touching the ball more than almost any other player in the NRL, will he have that same dominance at Newcastle?
He is a wait and see for me. I think Doueihi/Boyd look to be safer picks

Doueihi is in my team now and feels better than Hastings.

mrbrownstone wrote:I keep going back to TMM and CNK and just don't feel convinced by either of them. TMM only averaged 22 last year at fullback, who's to say he does better at a worse club in the halves? CNK looked pretty average last year eye-test wise, has a bit of pedigree obviously but also moving to a worse club. So why do both keep finding their way into my team?

Had CNK now don't. Not sure I even want TMM starting as Warriors fan

mattnz wrote:

I'd take that sequence for Trindall this year

I think we all would. One game would be a bit disappointing though.

Honey Badger wrote:

Milchcow wrote:

To be fair, its not just the "body language post" (which I haven't seen and don't know what it is) but the fact that NRL Physio suggested he had 2 sources that it was more serious than they're letting on. There was also some random dude saying 8 weeks, but I think the NRLPhysio is both the most widely read and most persuasive of the sources

So we start with Trindall just incase Hynes is out for longer. If Hynes is back next week it will just cost us one trade and there are plenty of dodgy 250k 2rfs to trade him to

This is the way

Unless he gets injured, Trindall will make some money this week (potentially more than any other base price player). So you should at least have some flexibility about who to trade him to if he needs to be ditched early.

RandomSil wrote:

But like why.. don't just expose a bit more of your collar bone and tell me sweet things. Get dirty with me, show me some stats or training the house down new articles to get my motor running about him

I don't have any secret sauce or anything.

Personally, I just think he's a better player than Haas is now. I'd rather we used Haas in slightly shorter mins for a bit more impact.

Carrigan had a few struggles in 2021 and came back in 2022 a much improved player. He's a smart dude off field and improved the areas he needed to. He's clearly a leader on the field for us (the mic'd up he did). Been away on Australian tour and looks driven/hungry. Offloads looked good in that last trial he played.


If things just continue as normal for him then he still averages around 50 and isn't really any concern in your team.

ooh, now that I am admin, I get to multi-level quote people

That's almost as good as all the other powers.

Loomer wrote:

Had CNK now don't. Not sure I even want TMM starting as Warriors fan

After watching him in the trial I would much rather Johnson be dropped for Volkman/Metcalf than TMM.
TMM played like the type of organising, game-managing half that Johnson isn't.