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

A completely radical move for my team would be

Harris to BSmith
Carty to Granville
Utoikamanu to Hynes

not sure it is worth it - undoubtedly I will wait at least until I see Granville's role this evening

Milchcow wrote:

In the next 8 weeks, Drinkwater will play 7 games, and Ponga will play 4 (if he makes origin)

I think you can easily wait 2 weeks on Ponga (only 1 game from him), price won't get crazy out of reach (and is just as likely to keep going down)

change of plan...Ponga out Cook in.

MF wrote:Wighton to play Lock? Interesting I was wondering where they were going to fit him in. Cam to the second row or the roosters I guess

The head or ARU mentioned they had another high profile name who had committed to making the jump across. I think it was on some nein footy show where Gus said it would be a shame if we lost Murray. Makes you wonder if he knows something or if he was just thinking of players who had good junior union prospects.

getting cold feet on Drinky.

I can get a C instead 515k or less or actually can get any position instead. C or WFB just means I can dump alamoti next week if I want

Crichton
Tatoloa

really not much I like at all which is why I was going to just go Granville and bank some cash to bring in someone i really like next week or even Oloapu to heaps of cash.

danseels1985 wrote:Katoa to Granville
Grant to Hynes
Wakeham to Cheese

Boyd
JDB Ford Hopgood
Preston Hosking
Hynes Cleary
Manu Lemuelu
Teddy Miller Walsh

Cheese
Crossland
Katoa
Haas

Granville
Host
Luke
HSS

Opinions please?

I think you're better off with Bula over Granville

Bula is cheaper, gives you WFB cover, and probably has better longevity than Granville

FaringdonSwirl wrote:

3 this week and I'm down to 19

I'll see your 19 and raise you (lower!!!) to 17 left.
Absolute trade whore.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:A completely radical move for my team would be

Harris to BSmith
Carty to Granville
Utoikamanu to Hynes

not sure it is worth it - undoubtedly I will wait at least until I see Granville's role this evening

I like it

Anytime you can get in Hynes, look at the next few cronulla games he’s gonna be putting on a masterclass

Holzman wrote:getting cold feet on Drinky.

Me too

He's better than Ponga But I think getting him for byes is a quantity over quality option, and there are better choices around.

Basically betting on him hitting a hot streak at some point over the next 2 months to get the scores/cash you want.
not out of the question, but likely better options around

mickspicks wrote:

The head or ARU mentioned they had another high profile name who had committed to making the jump across. I think it was on some nein footy show where Gus said it would be a shame if we lost Murray. Makes you wonder if he knows something or if he was just thinking of players who had good junior union prospects.

Gus and Eddie Jones did a preseason conference/talk thing and in it Eddie Jones discussed that he thought cam Murray would be a perfect 12 for the wallabies and he was going to try and get him

syn13 wrote:

Finger Puppet Mafia wrote:On a side note having a team on a bye each and every week has made this season a real tactical and interesting one. I've enjoyed it.

To leech off this post, I agree and I also think the starting 13 only big byes was a great addition for the same reasons, lot more thought nessecary for balancing the team instead of just loading up your INT

The big problem is that by keeping 21 man squads they've made it quite hard to keep fielding a team without getting lucky or burning trades

Despite the extra trades people are going to run out sooner this year. Going to be a big drop off in interest post origin (just see if people can hang on until we get the top up for the run home)

Head to Head Player got 150k and one trade

Robson
Haas Murrary Ford
Hosking Preston
hynes Cleary
Bird Alamoti
Teddy Miller Manu

Reynolds
Cheese
I.Katoa
Warbrick


Couchman
Bula
Tommy T
Nikorima


Warbrick to Drinky
Warbrick to Crichton
Hosking to Fifi
Hosking to DCE
Warbrick to bank cash.

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:

Gus and Eddie Jones did a preseason conference/talk thing and in it Eddie Jones discussed that he thought cam Murray would be a perfect 12 for the wallabies and he was going to try and get him

Would be a massive loss to rugby league if Muz left. Wouldn't surprise me though.

Milchcow wrote:

In the next 8 weeks, Drinkwater will play 7 games, and Ponga will play 4 (if he makes origin)

I think you can easily wait 2 weeks on Ponga (only 1 game from him), price won't get crazy out of reach (and is just as likely to keep going down)

I concur with the great Cow.
I love seeing Ponga on fire, but I'll be waiting until he's free to play (uninjured) on a regular basis before taking the plunge.
If he's fit & healthy, Qld will pick him. If he's busted, his scores will suffer and his price will fall.

Wait until after Origin for mine.

GarethEllisismyDad wrote:

I like it

Anytime you can get in Hynes, look at the next few cronulla games he’s gonna be putting on a masterclass

Why does not everyone who is taking a gamble on Granville consider Oloapu instead... He will be starting at 5/8 as early as this week and certainly very soon. It is like a futures bet and even more radical

Milchcow wrote:

Me too

He's better than Ponga But I think getting him for byes is a quantity over quality option, and there are better choices around.

Basically betting on him hitting a hot streak at some point over the next 2 months to get the scores/cash you want.
not out of the question, but likely better options around

Yeah get the feeling we are forcing it because we dont have the cash to get a guy we actually want in.

Im basically at the point where im thinking im happy to play Couchman in my 17 (covering Hass) then jumping on Drinky who could easily be a long way off the pace of the top WFBs.

Both my regular VC options (Haas & Grant) are sitting on the bench this week with some doubt around Cleary but I think I'm going to ride my luck and hold rather than panic trade to Hynes as a back up. Still a few rounds to go until SOO/Byes

I think if you have built up > $13m value and banked a few trades it's a real option but I have a feeling it may be a very short term move for those of us paddling around $12.7-$12.8

I'm still trying to track under that 1.9 trades per round target to leave a few in the bank for emergencies (eg this week)

Harris ==> BSmith
Cartwright ==> Oloapu
Ese'ese ==> Hynes

Milchcow wrote:

I think you're better off with Bula over Granville

Bula is cheaper, gives you WFB cover, and probably has better longevity than Granville

Thanks mate,yeah I was thinking that actually. A lot depends on whether Granville starts as well

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

Why does not everyone who is taking a gamble on Granville consider Oloapu instead... He will be starting at 5/8 as early as this week and certainly very soon. It is like a futures bet and even more radical

I'd be a lot more excited about Oloapu if he was named in the 22 (at least). As it stands he's an 18 year old wunderkind who hasn't been named to play but is getting a lot of buzz surrounding him in the socials.
I have no doubt he'll be a great mid-season cow once he gets the the 6 or 7 jumper, but Granville (and for me, Bula) are actually playing.

Aardvark wrote:Both my regular VC options (Haas & Grant) are sitting on the bench this week with some doubt around Cleary but I think I'm going to ride my luck and hold rather than panic trade to Hynes as a back up. Still a few rounds to go until SOO/Byes

I think if you have built up > $13m value and banked a few trades it's a real option but I have a feeling it may be a very short term move for those of us paddling around $12.7-$12.8

I'm still trying to track under that 1.9 trades per round target to leave a few in the bank for emergencies (eg this week)

Did you pick up Manu?
He's my VC choice.