NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 39 - Host is still playable, right?

SoylentGreen wrote:Just looked at what I'd do IF I were to trade out Haas...

Haas, Turbo & AKP > Hynes, Drinky and Bula (+58k extra cash)

Team would be:

Cook
Carrigan, Gilbert, Cheese
Hosking, Preston,
Cleary, Hynes
Manu, Hammer
Latrell, Drinky, Miller

SJ, Ford, Boyd, iKatoa
Alamoti, Couchman, kNik, Bula

It's certainly tempting.

Nothing wrong with trading him out if it means you're bringing in Hynes. Ditching Turbo is just an added bonus.

Mulvy wrote:Turbo definitely a sell? If he has to pass a fitness test, he could be out. Or even if he passes, then he's playing busted? And could be indefinitely? A couple more 25s and he loses 80k. Certainly seems a sell, anything I'm missing?

All of the above plus he misses 3 of 4 between Origin 1 and 2, he was an insta-sell as soon as trades opened for me

wolfking wrote:

Seems like a good week for some in a good position to get aggressive with the trades to make some ground up.  After using 2 trades, I'll be playing Katoa, Niko, Uto, Alamoti, Bula with APK my 18th man.  I'm clenching my ass cheeks already.

Yeah at least with my 3 trades I shouldn't have to play many complete nuffies:

Cook
Murray Horse Ford
Preston Hosking
Cleary Johnson
Manu Null
Ted Drinky Miller

BS9 Boyd Crossland (Haas)

Granville IKatoa Niko Alamoti

(loop Granville but probably play I Katoa)

Mulvy wrote:Turbo definitely a sell? If he has to pass a fitness test, he could be out. Or even if he passes, then he's playing busted? And could be indefinitely? A couple more 25s and he loses 80k. Certainly seems a sell, anything I'm missing?

Yeah, I think so. He was always a sell before Origin even if he was playing/scoring well, and there's too much danger of losing money now. Of course, he could still have a couple of huge games and make it look like a bad trade out, but seems unlikely.

Yeah I think Turbo is a sell but I also just realised if I sell him Im playing Bula…

robelgordo wrote:Yeah I think Turbo is a sell but I also just realised if I sell him Im playing Bula…

... against the Panthers.

wolfking wrote:

Seems like a good week for some in a good position to get aggressive with the trades to make some ground up.  After using 2 trades, I'll be playing Katoa, Niko, Uto, Alamoti, Bula with APK my 18th man.  I'm clenching my ass cheeks already.

This would be my team for the week if I don’t trade.

JMK
Carrigan, Tino, Cheese
Preston, Ford
Hynes, Cleary
Manu, Lemmy
Teddy, Miller, Perham

SJ, Boyd, Sele, Niko
Alamoti, Katoa, Loiero, Warbrick


It’s definitely seems possible to play one of Niko/Sele and loop the other with Alamoti?

Mulvy wrote:

Yeah at least with my 3 trades I shouldn't have to play many complete nuffies:

Cook
Murray Horse Ford
Preston Hosking
Cleary Johnson
Manu Null
Ted Drinky Miller

BS9 Boyd Crossland (Haas)

Granville IKatoa Niko Alamoti

(loop Granville but probably play I Katoa)

I should probably be looking at byes, but an alternative would be same trade outs (Loiero, Carty, Turbo) to Bula, Manu and Fifita.

Cook
Murray Smith Ford
Preston Hosking
Cleary Johnson
Alamoti Null
Ted Manu Miller

Fifita Crossland Boyd (Haas)
Granville Ikatoa Niko Bula

ShadowSabre wrote:Surely Warbrick to Ponga for only 50k is a no brainer

You could make that decision with or without a brain I reckon. I am not sure which one would be better

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
This would be my team for the week if I don’t trade.

JMK
Carrigan, Tino, Cheese
Preston, Ford
Hynes, Cleary
Manu, Lemmy
Teddy, Miller, Perham

SJ, Boyd, Sele, Niko
Alamoti, Katoa, Loiero, Warbrick


It’s definitely seems possible to play one of Niko/Sele and loop the other with Alamoti?

Banking trades would be a POD move. Most won't be able to. Not a bad play imo.

Teddy or burton gents and ladies?

Big daddy Scotty wrote:Teddy or burton gents and ladies?

Probably depends what position you need, but Teddy a lot cheaper. Roosters looking good again. Probably Ted

Probably move early on Hosking to free up some funds to turn Turbo into someone more solid and give myself positional balance and another R13 player. Him or Preston would probably go before the byes anyway and Hosking likely at peak value in the low/mid 50s.

Hosking to Lane
Turbo to Horsburgh

Slight risk of Origin for one or both of those, which will screw things up, but just have to cross fingers.

Set up this week like this:

Robson
Hors Ford JDB
Difita(v) Lane
Cleary(c) SJ
Bird Hammer
Manu Ted Walsh

Cheese Preston (Haas) (Loiero)
Miller IKatoa Bula BMM

rhinoceroo wrote:

... against the Panthers.

It just hard to see Turbo scoring well (if he even plays) and not shedding loads of cash too. And like you said, he was always an eventual sell. I think I have to suck it up and cop the potential 15 from Bula

Glass half full - Sloan is an absolute liability and keeps pumping out decent fantasy scores, Bula could do the same maybe?

If I knew that Tohu Harris was going to be out for an extended period I would trade in Curran without a worry....

But I half expect him to line up in ROUND 10.

What to do? He is always so cagey about his injury status and I have already held him through a few weeks of knee uncertainty

https://twitter.com/nrlphysio/status/1650804543092051968?cxt=HHwWgMDSiYr_6ugtAAAA

This is the most detailed info I can find

the_great_wobbler wrote:

I bought him in this week past when he was named to start. Feels naughty, but like, the good kind of naughty. The hope is he can make his 150k and then be a 35 point hooker round 13.

With DPP potentially..

I'm up to 346th overall but need a MID and Hooker to trade in this week with Haas and Grant out..

Can afford Hosking, Miller and AKP to Latrell, B.Smith and Sipley by 3k..

But then I saw Manly's bench with Bullemor and Lawton there. Anyone think Sipley's minutes are too iffy at that price range or is it worth the risk? I need more R13 players as I have 4-5 max at this stage and they're all chumps..

Mulvy wrote:

I should probably be looking at byes, but an alternative would be same trade outs (Loiero, Carty, Turbo) to Bula, Manu and Fifita.

Cook
Murray Smith Ford
Preston Hosking
Cleary Johnson
Alamoti Null
Ted Manu Miller

Fifita Crossland Boyd (Haas)
Granville Ikatoa Niko Bula

Reckon Loiero has a decent chunk, maybe 100k more, to make?

Mulvy wrote:Turbo definitely a sell? If he has to pass a fitness test, he could be out. Or even if he passes, then he's playing busted? And could be indefinitely? A couple more 25s and he loses 80k. Certainly seems a sell, anything I'm missing?

definite sell, last two weeks he barely looks like having any impact on the game, meaning he will not score fantasy points

weekly write up in my tracker for my regular readers,

fire selling assets and have 1.4million to spend, not sure where and what

all comments and what not is appreciated