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

King Assassin wrote:This is about the time every year I seem to lose a heap of placings overall and my team falls apart. I believe it comes down to poor trading and wasting trades. Wanted to see if people could give me some suggestions on players I should think about trading out now or soon and players i should be looking to get in. Heres my team:

Grant
Tohu Hopgood Tapine
Ekatoa Hosking
Cleary SJ
Alamoti Lemuelu
Miller Turbo Sloan

Uto Ford Carty Preston
iKatoa Warbrick HTF Perham 130k ITB

help much appreciated

mrbrownstone wrote:Just listening to the Amateurs podcast and they pointed out a fairly interesting left-field name: Kyle Feldt.

Dropped 109k so far down to 330k, hasn't notched a try or any other meaningful attacking stats so far so probably due to go on a run at some point. 40 BE so could easily find himself under 300k in a couple of weeks with another down game or two. The real appeal is that the Cowboys play R13 and 16 so would be an interesting cashdown if he does drop below 300k.

It's also worth pointing out that he might be the most consistent fantasy player in the comp. Here are his averages the last few seasons (70+ mins):

2019: 36.3
2020: 35.4
2021: 34.5
2022: 34.5

Set your clock by a mid-30s average, likely with some variation on the numbers 3, 4, and 5. And he's only averaging 20.2 so far this year...

One to keep an eye on.

ForanAgainst wrote:

Looking at that, I firmly believe you can hold both trades this week. See what happens with the Eels on Monday. As a few have stated, the Eels forward rotation should become more clear once Paulo returns. I’d like to believe that Lane and Carty will be the 80 and 65-70ish minute edges going forward. Hopgood could possibly be the one a lot trade out next week. It’s just a gut feeling. The question is are you going after Hynes now or post Origin? Do you want to strengthen other areas of your team?

Also, once it’s time to let go of EKatoa and Uto, do you follow the crowd or take a risk on a POD?

I and I imagine quite a few others find themselves in this same boat as you and the seas are only getting a bit choppier.

ForanAgainst wrote:

Looking at that, I firmly believe you can hold both trades this week. See what happens with the Eels on Monday. As a few have stated, the Eels forward rotation should become more clear once Paulo returns. I’d like to believe that Lane and Carty will be the 80 and 65-70ish minute edges going forward. Hopgood could possibly be the one a lot trade out next week. It’s just a gut feeling. The question is are you going after Hynes now or post Origin? Do you want to strengthen other areas of your team?

Also, once it’s time to let go of EKatoa and Uto, do you follow the crowd or take a risk on a POD?

I and I imagine quite a few others find themselves in this same boat as you and the seas are only getting a bit choppier.

ytsb wrote:


Good analysis mr. Brownstone but it’s worth noting that Feldt is currently an absolutely atrocious footballer who looks lost out there

Camo123 wrote:Paulo 55 (average 60 mins 2023, 47 mins 2022)
Hodgson 55 
RCG 55 (average 60 mins 2023, 50 mins 2022)
Lane 80 (76 min average 2022)
Carty 60 (IPap average 76 min 2022)
Matterson 65 (averaged 57 mins 2022)

Hands 25
Murchie 35 (33 min average 2023)
Hopgood 45
Makatoa 20 (23 min average 2022)

Currently 20 mins oversubscribed. If team stays like this next week, where do mins come for Hopgood to maintain price. Niukore averaged 40 mins in middle games 2022

Dttragic2016 wrote:Also loved reading the variety of trade options. Who's everyone going as captain this week? I've got cleary locked in atm but may go to another gun like Murray against the understrength Dogs pack for example. Although that may mean he gets rested now that tatola and turgess are back too..

Dttragic2016 wrote:Also loved reading the variety of trade options. Who's everyone going as captain this week? I've got cleary locked in atm but may go to another gun like Murray against the understrength Dogs pack for example. Although that may mean he gets rested now that tatola and turgess are back too..

Dttragic2016 wrote:Ooh you're tempting me haha. Walsh seems like a turbo type of player. Turbo gets huge sc scores cos of involvement in try scoring plays.

mattnz wrote:

He is starting EDG, averaging 50 in a team with the best byes possible. Until that changes he is a hold.

mattnz wrote:
Katoa is looking like a keeper EDG, will eventually hit some big games. Uto very tradeable though.

wolfking wrote:

He was hard to watch last week.  He's on the chopping block if he plays like that again tonight.  Hopefully last week's game was an anomaly.

Milchcow wrote:
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