NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 45 - Fanatical Times

Chucky wrote:
I looked at Tatola but what put me off him was that bench.
With Arrow, Knight and Burgess, I can’t see big minutes.

Shady2K wrote:An option just appeared for me where I can do IKat/Ford/Moses to VTW/Hopgood/Matterson… is that worth the VTW risk?

Could play it safer and just do Ford/Moses to Drinkwater + Hopgood/Matterson too.. but getting both Eels is appealing, even if Matto is kinda expensive

BCT05 wrote:

That's true that bench is not overly helpful. But he only needs minutes in the low 40's to be viable.

Last weeks same minutes split but with Sele playing 10mins less and Tatola playing 10mins more would do the job and doesn't seem too unrealistic.

Calling on Rabbits for a minutes prediction.

Milchcow wrote:
Everyone jumping on Garrick surprises me a little. Seems quite midranger to me

Is the expectation Turbo makes origin (not a guarantee this season given his injury struggles) and Garrick plays fullback for a couple of weeks for a scoring boost?

Personally, with Teddy, Bula, Miller, Drinkwater (plus Manu and potentially Te Whare on the way) I am not sure I need another WFB clogging things up, but if he scores poorly against the Sharks and drops his price a little more then he might come into consideration

Chewie wrote:
I've always loved Garrick as a fantasy player, especially round the origin period when he fills in for Turbo. But this year Des seems to prefer another option, so Garrick isn't as appealing

wolfking wrote:

I think Matto could be a strong chance for Origin.  But that's based off nothing.

mattnz wrote:Cheese is the 8th most traded in player this week. I think some may have thought they were buying the other B Smith at the Roosters.

Genderbender wrote:



I brought Cheese the week I sold Hopgood (round 7). This was not only to facilitate a HOK cover but also MID.
It might be different later on in the season but so many people had an abundance of 2rf but not much Mid cover other than the Hoppy and Ford.
My guess, and it’s only a guess is that he may be getting brought in because people are looking for a cheaper alternative to mid cover without having to get someone like a Tohu (bye next round) or Hoppy (BA coach).
Cheese’s DPP is quite handy if you’re wanting to hold 3 or 4 2rf, which I assume a lot of people still have.

Finger Puppet Mafia wrote:Who is VTW keeping out of the team. I guess it could be a centre line up of Aitkin and E.Lee. I didn't see the game but he looked devastating in the highlights package.

Snatchpato wrote:
Last few years I've made mistakes holding on to players that "might come back!" who actually aren't worth waiting for, and I've lost heaps of potential cash/points waiting for them. Another reason to hold in the past was "but I'm saving a trade by holding them if they do come back!"

In reality, even if Couch comes back he's not going to be a Grant, Haas, Preston, Carty type of cow who makes 300k+. Also I'll have to trade him out at some point, so may as well be now.

Thanks ms

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:

AFAIK it’s just because abdominal injuries are harder to put a time frame on than a typical muscle injury. He might have an abdominal hernia or something that makes it cloudier too but no direct info on him atm

I’ve obviously got a few player encounter stories from over the years and didn’t want to be that guy but randomly Kurt Mann when he was in newy years ago was an electrical apprentice for my father in law. The knights even tried to get my FIL to pay him extra so it was outside the league’s salary cap system. Made me realize that if the poorest team around is doing it for development players, then every club is cheating the cap big time

WT Winfield wrote:

Haha, looking likely at this stage. Appreciate BCT's advice that Luki might be the better pick, but my EDG is okay with Preston, Hosking and Young. No MID cover with trading Ford, so just gonna have faith Tatola can hit 40 and hopefully increased mins over origin.

I see BCT is coming around again, so might be a few of us taking the plunge.

filthridden wrote:

I always wonder how much Val Te Whare got paid to be a groundskeeper

Welsh Mafia wrote:

Sua?

Aardvark wrote:

I think Des prefers sitting on his couch this year...maybe working on his infamous portfolio of notes and plays

my tv broke wrote:

Eats for free in the leagues club.

my tv broke wrote:

Eats for free in the leagues club.

Genderbender wrote:


By the size of the lad I’d say he’s winning on that deal.

Indeed: