NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 21 - Will Cleary update or downdate in point?!?

Loomer wrote:

I thought consensus was he'll keep spot and Garner misses out

Is this consensus based on anything other than the fact that he scored 93 fantasy points and we'd quite like that to happen?

Happy Birthday SI

I hope the Tigers give your birthday a happy surprise

You have to laugh that Hopgood has gone 82, 85, 35, 70 and most of us only captained him for one of those weeks

BCT05 wrote:You have to laugh that Hopgood has gone 82, 85, 35, 70 and most of us only captained him for one of those weeks

Laugh.. or cry

Reklaw wrote:Big question for me today is keeping my Trindall>Lemmy trade or not. Means I can get out of watching HSS play, but if Hosking is needed next week will have to swap Boyd for him. Keeping HSS in my centres means I'll have the funds to swap Trindall to Hosking next week IF hes starting.

Usually like to play whats in front of me though, so leaning to just keeping Lemmy and dealing with the Hosking situation next week if he even gets named. Boyd sucks anyways, some Garner news would be nice.

Yeah, coming back down to earth, I have to start confirming on trades too. I'm not really wanting to plan anything around Hosking as anything can happen and strong chance he's back in reserve grade next week, but if he gets a spot on merit, he's a fantasy weapon.

I have Butcher to Miller locked in but will need to decide if I go through with a Trindall to Turbo trade or keep my 294K for next week. Might actually depend how Warbrick goes tonight. If he jags a 50, may be a different story. I wouldn't go changing your plans now based on a possibility with Hosking.

Saying that, skipping Turbo and keeping my coin allows Trindall to Hosking in a single trade, so it's hard not to keep it in the back of ones mind.

Chewie wrote:just reversed my Null Null trade in
Hosking on the radar, means I need to watch the budget

Was going to consider this and then realised it was Doorey I traded for him.

I'm ok with it though there's been enough times where reversing trades late in order to get someone that played well backfires (Null Null for a banner )

Chewie wrote:I watched the Panthers presser and Cleary mentioned that Martin should be back next week, we'll have to wait and see what TLT brings regarding Hosking

Any word on Garner?

@mattnz

I hope you realise I'm not having a go at you. Or anyone else for that matter. I mostly just post to talk shit and have some fun while playing fantasy.

If i'm trying to have a go it will be very clear that I'm doing so.

Sometimes it's very hard on forums to understand what is sarcasm/joke and what is serious. Just wanted to clear that up.

Just having a laff with you. I like to stir the pot.

mrbrownstone wrote:

Is this consensus based on anything other than the fact that he scored 93 fantasy points and we'd quite like that to happen?

Garner lasting 28 mins or was it injury related? Hosking was good IRL not just fantasy

Finch wrote:Wakeham Express

Driver - Finchy

Passenger List - .....

Think I’m getting in the Hands Hummer, I’ve been on the Wakeham Express previously when it derailed.

Mulvy wrote:

YES! Hodgson went up a point. Suck on that everyone!

Is this where I bring up that try again???

Loomer wrote:

Garner lasting 28 mins or was it injury related? Hosking was good IRL not just fantasy

I thought it was an injury but I could be completely making that up.

lukeayee wrote:@mattnz

I hope you realise I'm not having a go at you. Or anyone else for that matter. I mostly just post to talk shit and have some fun while playing fantasy.

If i'm trying to have a go it will be very clear that I'm doing so.

Sometimes it's very hard on forums to understand what is sarcasm/joke and what is serious. Just wanted to clear that up.

Just having a laff with you. I like to stir the pot.

I get that, all good. If anyone can understand their banter being misinterpreted it is me.

Cleary only has 1 FG credited to his name in the NRL app? Same as MTB's site. Where's the discrepancy then?

AL wrote:

Think I’m getting in the Hands Hummer, I’ve been on the Wakeham Express previously when it derailed.

I think the Hands Hummer has been impounded by the NRL Traffic Police for doing donuts last night, it can't get out until the P plates are updated to an open license

wolfking wrote:

Yeah, coming back down to earth, I have to start confirming on trades too.  I'm not really wanting to plan anything around Hosking as anything can happen and strong chance he's back in reserve grade next week, but if he gets a spot on merit, he's a fantasy weapon.

I have Butcher to Miller locked in but will need to decide if I go through with a Trindall to Turbo trade or keep my 294K for next week.  Might actually depend how Warbrick goes tonight.  If he jags a 50, may be a different story.  I wouldn't go changing your plans now based on a possibility with Hosking.

Saying that, skipping Turbo and keeping my coin allows Trindall to Hosking in a single trade, so it's hard not to keep it in the back of ones mind.

As good as Hosking looked, Cleary will do what he thinks is best and that means playing Martin. I think its more important to figure out if Garner was injured or not, thats his path to starting. I did Butcher to Turbo because Warbrick upset me last week, so can understand grabbing Miller/Turbo to sure up WFB.

It seems like grabbing a Turbo or Kiraz this week is the best play, if you skip your next stop is a cheaper Teddy in a few weeks or Walsh and hoping he keeps his tries coming. For what its worth, Teddy is only 24k more than Turbo and dropping, and someone like To'o has gone 49 and 47 back to back in a Panthers team that hasnt figured it out yet. So there will be options, but geeeeez watching how easy the games have been for Turbo scare me

BCT05 wrote:You have to laugh that Hopgood has gone 82, 85, 35, 70 and most of us only captained him for one of those weeks

It looks like Hopgood can't handle the pressures of the nrlfantasy captaincy

wolfking wrote:Cleary only has 1 FG credited to his name in the NRL app?  Same as MTB's site.  Where's the discrepancy then?

NRL match centre (not app) has him down for both a 1pt goal and a 2pt goal

Loomer wrote:

Chewie wrote:I watched the Panthers presser and Cleary mentioned that Martin should be back next week, we'll have to wait and see what TLT brings regarding Hosking

I thought consensus was he'll keep spot and Garner misses out

How much weight does Ivan Cleary give to Fantasy scores when picking his team?

Garner has been named ahead of Hosking every week so far - there will be a reason for that. Will last night's game be enough to change that selection decision?

Aardvark wrote:

I think the Hands Hummer has been impounded by the NRL Traffic Police for doing donuts last night, it can't get out until the P plates are updated to an open license

I’ll just have to get Alamoti back in then. I can justify that by saying I’m using the trade I saved by starting with Teddy. I think. And hodling Cleary.