NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 28 - Eels in crisis, no minutes for gun cheapies

Khany wrote:

Don't mind it, most the injured titans forwards are long term.  Unless I'm missing someting with Brimson/Foran out and JC returning to bench

Titans have signed Thomas Mikaele former Tigers prop and recently Warrington Wolves and Holbrook called him one of the form forwards over there. I expect he will be on the bench next week or the one after.

Thomas the Titan: Mikaele to return to the Coast in '23

They have also added Kruise Leeming who was the Leeds Rhino HOK and captain. There is talk of the possibility of a bench spot this week.

English hooker added to Titans ranks

With two to drop off the bench I would not be picking Haas or young Fa'asuamaleaui.

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Titans have signed Thomas Mikaele former Tigers prop and recently Warrington Wolves and Holbrook called him one of the form forwards over there. I expect he will be on the bench next week or the one after.

Thomas the Titan: Mikaele to return to the Coast in '23

They have also added Kruise Leeming who was the Leeds Rhino HOK and captain. There is talk of the possibility of a bench spot this week.

English hooker added to Titans ranks

With two to drop off the bench I would not be picking Haas or young Fa'asuamaleaui.

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User Name wrote:


Titans have signed Thomas Mikaele former Tigers prop and recently Warrington Wolves and Holbrook called him one of the form forwards over there. I expect he will be on the bench next week or the one after.

Thomas the Titan: Mikaele to return to the Coast in '23

They have also added Kruise Leeming who was the Leeds Rhino HOK and captain. There is talk of the possibility of a bench spot this week.

English hooker added to Titans ranks

With two to drop off the bench I would not be picking Haas or young Fa'asuamaleaui.

mattnz wrote:

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Apologies if I am late on this news...

Poor old Tigers can't catch a break...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/300847374/nrl-wests-tigers-court-controversy-with-image-of-us-soldiers-on-anzac-jersey

Must have been confused between ANZAC and ANZUS.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

I see it similar to the Trindall vs IKatoa decision preseason.

KNik you are getting 3-4 weeks of a player with career 40 average as a starting half. If he scores a try the cash will flow pretty quickly

IKatoa you getting job security but it's gonna be a slow burn

There is certainly value in making money quickly then being moved on to the next cow/fallen gun but it depends on how you are tracking for cash, trades used and risk appetite

Just on this too, is there any guarantee that Nikorima does have a shelf life? The assumption has been that Milford comes straight back in when fit, but it's not like you've got a Hynes coming back who commands guaranteed selection. It's Milford. If Nikorima plays well/the Dolphins start winning again, who's to say he doesn't just keep the spot? Milford probably comes back in, but it's hardly a fait accompli. There's definitely room for Nikorima to earn the spot and stay there imo. Just food for thought for those considering Nikorima.

Antipodean1 wrote:Apologies if I am late on this news...

Poor old Tigers can't catch a break...

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/300847374/nrl-wests-tigers-court-controversy-with-image-of-us-soldiers-on-anzac-jersey

Must have been confused between ANZAC and ANZUS.

Its fair enough bagging the Tigers performance but they got that approved by the army. It’d be nice if the shire could bash on someone else for their off field shit.

mrbrownstone wrote:

Just on this too, is there any guarantee that Nikorima does have a shelf life? The assumption has been that Milford comes straight back in when fit, but it's not like you've got a Hynes coming back who commands guaranteed selection. It's Milford. If Nikorima plays well/the Dolphins start winning again, who's to say he doesn't just keep the spot? Milford probably comes back in, but it's hardly a fait accompli. There's definitely room for Nikorima to earn the spot and stay there imo. Just food for thought for those considering Nikorima.

Yeah I could easily see Nikorima holding his place

No Worries wrote:I need to fix my halves have Reynolds & Trindall but also have HSS and Talau stinking up the place.
I could play Boyd in the halves in the interim and go up to a gun half but need a cheapie.

Or I could punt Teddy & Trindall for a gun (may be SJ) and have $660K for someone else

Any help would be appreciated

Just having a look at your team. You're not in particularly bad shape. Sloan can come in for Teddy, Tino in for Sloan and Boyd in for Trindall. Boyd and ARey is probably fine until you can do better (I'm running SJ and Boyd). Selling Ted leaves you with no WFB (or centre) cover. I'd hold.

Hooker, mid, edge, centre, wfb (with Ted back) and bench are all pretty good. As you say, it's the halves. ARey is fine. Boyd is fine. I think the boat is pretty well missed on SJ. I'd probably look at Burton or Drown, or go up to Cleary/Hynes. I'd be looking to move on Trindall and HSS. HSS is basically dead and won't score well. At least he's got a bit of value over Talau. Talau at least is due back soon and has dpp and isn't worth trading because is worth no money.

I'd look to sell Trindall to KNik. Clears 138k plus the 160k you have means 300k to spend next week. You can then assess if the Eels guys, Loiero, Boyd etc, or whoever gets injured/suspended are worth keeping and whether to get Cleary, Hynes or a cheaper option. Ideally you'd trade HSS to a cheapie, but finding another one might be tricky, and with three trades available from next week could worry about it then. Hope it helps!

Boyd
Haas, Harris, Ford
Katoa, Loiero
Cleary, Reynolds
Alamoti, ITT
Turbo, Miller, AKP

Hosking, Preston, Cartwright, Hopgood

Warbrick, Hands, Stone, Tedesco

$0k in the bank but feeling good about the squad and some cash gen for once.

Camo123 wrote:The more I think about it, probably going to hold another trade and just do Trindall to Nikorima and reassess next week with ~230k ITB 

Means missing Hosking but oh well, there’s some options like Burton at similar price with way better JS

Yeah I'm looking at similar. I have Hosking already. And I'd have 309k for next week. I could trade Teddy to Cleary, but then I'm running Warbrick with no cover and his bye coming up. Not sure it's worth it.

Krump wrote:
Its fair enough bagging the Tigers performance but they got that approved by the army. It’d be nice if the shire could bash on someone else for their off field shit.

Fox League is the TV equivalent of 2GB, a load of red faced middle aged dudes shaking their fists at clouds.

Was there ever a more aptly named kent than the kent's kent, Paul Kent?

0-5 in L3 and moping around at rank 15351,think this week I’ll just do Doorey to Niko to free up a bit of cash,means playing Warbrick again with Teddy out which I’m not thrilled about but don’t see anything too urgent here.

127k bank

Grant
Carrigan Hopgood Haas
Preston Katoa
Cleary Niko
Alamoti Lemuelu
Warbrick Miller Walsh

Ford
Carty
Hosking
HSS

IKatoa
Boyd
BMM
Teddy

Any thoughts anyone?

Aardvark wrote:Is Sutton to Cheese (+50k) a bad idea? Sutton has fallen off a 35 point cliff after starting well. Cheese has potential if he gets enough minutes, as per last week.
Trying to remember if there was any HIA/Injury related reason for his minutes bump last week but nothing is jumping out at me from the game stats. Could it be he is just over the rib/whatever complaint?

I think Cheese is a trade-in either now or wait a week or two. My other potential trade this week is Doorey to cheese. Not sure if Sutton is a trade out, quite possibly, not a keeper, probably won't make a lot of money, so yeah possibly.

Krump wrote:
Its fair enough bagging the Tigers performance but they got that approved by the army. It’d be nice if the shire could bash on someone else for their off field shit.

Yeah read it and Tigers didnt really stuff up. Pure beat up

I find all the army jerseys a bit cringe anyway. So if this could start less of them, or at least making them a bit more understated, I’d be ok with that

Pretty sure I am only making the one trade this week.

HSS > KNik +24K

Feel like I have probably missed the Hosking boat and I have yet to save a trade. My team is going pretty good, so thought why not save a trade this week. Have guys like E.Katoa, Cartwright (pending a Tigers whitewash) and Uto (starting again this week, pending a tigers whitewash) who's BE's are slowly creeping up, I will have a few trade options over the next few weeks.

Hopgood a wait and see for me. Still think he has been way too good to not see at least 50 minutes off the bench.

Current Team;

Robson
Haas Ford Carrigan
Katoa Loiero
Cleary Moses
Lemuelu Alamoti
Miller Turbo Perham

Preston Carty Boyd Hopgood
Uto KNik Thompson Warbrick

See ya's next week

robelgordo wrote:Do we think Kenny is a sell?

Could do:
Kenny to Cheese (3 weeks after I sold)
OR
Kenny to Brailey (exhaust cash reserved)

Otherwise I do nothing but feel like I’m risking stacking 4-6 problems when you can only deal with 2-3 at a time

Tough one. Whilst Brailey plays the first bye, I'm thinking more and more that Cheese scores similar for much cheaper. And Brailey missing rd14 is tricky too. You could probably do nothing though, I doubt Kenny is going to burn you too much unless he gets injured.

danseels1985 wrote:0-5 in L3 and moping around at rank 15351,think this week I’ll just do Doorey to Niko to free up a bit of cash,means playing Warbrick again with Teddy out which I’m not thrilled about but don’t see anything too urgent here.

127k bank

Grant
Carrigan Hopgood Haas
Preston Katoa
Cleary Niko
Alamoti Lemuelu
Warbrick Miller Walsh

Ford
Carty
Hosking
HSS

IKatoa
Boyd
BMM
Teddy

Any thoughts anyone?

I don't understand how you're so low, that's a great team

I think I'm happy to wait a week on KNik truthfully. I think if he performs well enough he will keep the spot regardless.

mrbrownstone wrote:

Just on this too, is there any guarantee that Nikorima does have a shelf life? The assumption has been that Milford comes straight back in when fit, but it's not like you've got a Hynes coming back who commands guaranteed selection. It's Milford. If Nikorima plays well/the Dolphins start winning again, who's to say he doesn't just keep the spot? Milford probably comes back in, but it's hardly a fait accompli. There's definitely room for Nikorima to earn the spot and stay there imo. Just food for thought for those considering Nikorima.

Alfie wrote:

Yeah I could easily see Nikorima holding his place

I agree. It might only be 3-4 weeks. But there's upside - it reminds me of 2021 when HB started with BS9 with Grant having a minor injury, putting himself in a position where he might get lucky, and he did. Or when no one got KBrom because he was just filling in for Stimson (lol) where in reality Hoffman had retired and the position was up for grabs. The Dolphins position is up for grabs, and if we get lucky Knik holds the spot.

Not a great round. Slipped over 2000 places, now sitting 2600. Last week I got killed in the halves (iKat + Moses) and players like Carrigan and EKat not hitting their straps. Tohu > Keppie seems like a bit of a mistake, but it's not the end of the world... yet. Current looking like:

Grant
Murray Carrigan Ford
DFifi EKatoa
Moses Boyd
Alamoti Lemuelu
Miller Meaney Hammer
Hopgood Carty Preston Keppie
iKat HSS AKP Warbrick

$287k ITB

Thinking of trading Carty to SJ. To get Cleary I'd have to trade a gun. Looking at alternatives, such as Koloa, but think SJ is the way forward?