NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 15 - Cheese and Garlick Naan

Milchcow wrote:
What odds are people giving John Bateman of playing this week. Named in 20 but a couple of rumours saying he'd be right this week.

Slightly OT, but why does it matter if a player is named in the starting 13/17/21?

Players have continually been named on the bench then they start, and vice versa - Players from outside the 17 have made the 24 hour cut, then make the 17 final hour before

Capt DCE or Hopgoat?


edit: going to 'punt' on Hopgoat, Eels will be desperate for a win.

my tv broke wrote:Finding myself trying to shuffle around cheap options again, with CNK out and considering Teddy bye next week, and Boyd bye the week after (is he even worth keeping). Can just play Trindall this week but its probably his last week.

Considering Miller because slapsies but man the Knights might struggle.. even considering I Katoa in for TMM to free up some cash.

Dont' really want to trade E Butcher (or Garner) at this stage. I think they can both be solid scorers, but may have to by next week to fix half.

Miller scores all.his points coming out of his own end. Barely touches the ball in attack close to the line.

Pencil him.in for a banner in that case

Bethany_B wrote:

I'm on Mahoney because I can't afford the price difference while selling Ford instead of Egan Butcher.

Keep Egan one more week.

Mahoney is playing with weakish halves so is doing more ball-playing.

Antipodean1 wrote:

Keep Egan one more week.

Mahoney is playing with weakish halves so is doing more ball-playing.

Decent kick meters and 40 / 20s too.

Finch wrote:

Slightly OT, but why does it matter if a player is named in the starting 13/17/21?

Players have continually been named on the bench then they start, and vice versa - Players from outside the 17 have made the 24 hour cut, then make the 17 final hour before

I guess it comes down to your own risk aversion, I am unlikely to select a guy named at 18-21.

I hear a RUMOUR Bateman will start on the pine and play some minutes.

mattnz wrote:

Decent kick meters and 40 / 20s too.

By mentioning ball-playing I was including his kicks

Finch wrote:

Milchcow wrote:
What odds are people giving John Bateman of playing this week. Named in 20 but a couple of rumours saying he'd be right this week.

Slightly OT, but why does it matter if a player is named in the starting 13/17/21?

Players have continually been named on the bench then they start, and vice versa - Players from outside the 17 have made the 24 hour cut, then make the 17 final hour before

we can do an experiment

I'll make my selections based on players named in the starting 13. You make your selections based on anyone named in the 21.

Occasionally, the guys named in the 21 might come in and do well, but tis certainly not what you want to base your assumptions on.

Milchcow wrote:
What odds are people giving John Bateman of playing this week. Named in 20 but a couple of rumours saying he'd be right this week.

60% he gets 35mins+ off the pine.

One of the many podcasts I fall asleep to, mentioned a rumour out of the Tigers camp Bateman was ready to go and might make the pine.

Team looks kinda average this week but have $324k bank to make moves next week. Trade outs will be dependent on who pulls their finger out. Those in orange are on the chopping block

Hodgson
Murray Haas Hopgood (c)
Butcher Carty
Moses (vc) Trindall
HSS Alamoti
Teddy ITT Warbrick

Harris EKatoa Loiero CNK (loop)
IKatoa Preston Boyd Doorey

Milchcow wrote:

we can do an experiment

I'll make my selections based on players named in the starting 13. You make your selections based on anyone named in the 21.

Occasionally, the guys named in the 21 might come in and do well, but tis certainly not what you want to base your assumptions on.

Done I’ll keep Young T based on this and worry about centres next week

mattnz wrote:

Mahoney owner - happy with him so far, uncharacteristic errors this week hurting his score, should have gone 60+ again. I expect him to at least match, if not better Robson for scoring, also plays 2 Origin byes.

This is a fair point, hadn't considered that.

Shady2K wrote:Team looks kinda average this week but have $324k bank to make moves next week. Trade outs will be dependent no who pulls their finger out. Those in orange are on the chopping block

Hodgson
Murray Haas Hopgood (c)
Butcher Carty
Moses (vc) Trindall
HSS Alamoti
Teddy ITT Warbrick

Harris EKatoa Loiero CNK (loop)
IKatoa Preston Boyd Doorey

nice bank, will give you good options R4 mate.

I am not down on butcher, looking at his history the last two rounds appear out of character, and the Chooks are just starting to wind up.

Trindall appears almost a cert to be dropped next week unless Moylan pulls a hammy, as Hynes has taken his pool stick off the rack and declared he is ready.

Boyd is a hold for me while he plays 80, he has decent past stats, is still jelling with team, Foran disruptions etc.

Playing Thompson or Sloan is a fun decision that’s bound to result in single digits

Though my team I feel is looking sexy (trades Boyd + CNK to Preston + Bird)

Robson
Haas Murray Hopgood
Katoa Loiero
Doueihi Trindall
Bird Alamoti
Miller Warbrick Thompson

Tapine Carty Preston Cleary*
Doorey Katoa Sloan HSS

mrbrownstone wrote:

This is a fair point, hadn't considered that.

Robson plays 2 origin rounds as well (and has arguably better byes because Dogs have a post Origin bye which could be dicey)

Milchcow wrote:

we can do an experiment

I'll make my selections based on players named in the starting 13. You make your selections based on anyone named in the 21.

Occasionally, the guys named in the 21 might come in and do well, but tis certainly not what you want to base your assumptions on.

Why number the players I guess is what I'm also trying to say, just list alphabetically/however because the order they are listed, 95% of the time isn't the order the take the field

Camo123 wrote:Playing Thompson or Sloan is a fun decision that’s bound to result in single digits

Though my team I feel is looking sexy (trades Boyd + CNK to Preston + Bird)

Robson
Haas Murray Hopgood
Katoa Loiero
Doueihi Trindall
Bird Alamoti
Miller Warbrick Thompson

Tapine Carty Preston Cleary*
Doorey Katoa Sloan HSS

Bird is the smart play - I went for the rocket 'science' of Walsh, your team looks good.

I considered Bird+Walsh but went DCE+Walsh and kept Cleary as well.

Bird+Hammer next week

Antipodean1 wrote:

nice bank, will give you good options R4 mate.

I am not down on butcher, looking at his history the last two rounds appear out of character, and the Chooks are just starting to wind up.

Trindall appears almost a cert to be dropped next week unless Moylan pulls a hammy, as Hynes has taken his pool stick off the rack and declared he is ready.

Boyd is a hold for me while he plays 80, he has decent past stats, is still jelling with team, Foran disruptions etc.

Yeah I have lots on my watchlist around that 600k - low 700k mark that I think can elevate to keepers. So I could maybe go Butcher/Boyd to 2 straight upgrades depending on how they perform

Looking at ARey, Mahoney, Welch, Koro, Bird, SJ, Walsh

Others like Brailey and Tatola will also be very attractive in coming weeks as their prices come down

Just watching Butcher if he passes the eye test, he's not a huge concern, but his cash can be used better elsewhere if he's just plodding. Trindall yeah has an expiry date, but should hold a low BE if he maybe gets a bench spot. And yeah Boyd is same reasoning with Butcher, plus his DPP is handy

Finch wrote:
Why number the players I guess is what I'm also trying to say, just list alphabetically/however because the order they are listed, 95% of the time isn't the order the take the field

Why even name 21 players on Tuesday at all - why not let teams pick from all their contracted players on game day. That's what they do in other sports.

Fantasy players would sure whinge if we didn't get a meaningful TLT but coaches would probably be happy.

Reklaw wrote:I don't normally post the whole team, but last week might've been the worst I've ever had, copped so many injuries and PODs arent firing. I'm just happy I have 17 this week. My head says to do something like Brailey>Mahoney/Grant + BSmith>Preston, but I might need to make higher risk plays with how bad my rank is now (spoiler: it's 52k). Any thoughts that I missed would be appreciated.

Brailey
Tofu Haas HopGod
EButch Katoa
Trindall Hastings
Alamoti HSS
Mitchell Miller Warbrick

Carty BSmith Doorey Cleary
Katoa Boyd Ford Talau

Wouldve been nice to target guys like DCE, Walsh and Bird.

Other option is keep BSmith and trade Talau if you can afford that? I don't think he's much use to anyone even as an AE. Gives you an extra green dot this week.