NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 52 - Tigers 66 defeated Cowboys 18

Well that is some interesting selections but pretty good for me fantasy wise too
You never know what Fittler is thinking along with all the media hype over players so just guessed like most here

If in doubt
WWFD What would Fittler Do?

Team is 11/13 before any trades for round 13 so looking alright though feel like there will still be a few suprises for TLT

Robson
Tapine Horsburgh DeBelin
Hopgood Luki
Moses Johnson
Lemuelu Bird
Drinkwater

Haven't worked out if the numbers align but Cheese, Granville, Boyd +250k bank to Cook, Ponga and Tohu looking mighty tempting. Maybe Garrick too if he gets the FB spot over Weekes.

I've got 9 pre-trades, (assuming Bird and Ford get named)

Can trade Brandon Smith to a gun, but not sure what other moves to make.

Don't want to stuff around getting Haas/Cleary/Teddy in and out around origin, so will probably just take the hit this week. Have better options available for the next 2 big byes

I’m guessing Paulo starts, TPJ comes on Mark Geyer style at the 30th minute mark to bait Munster into the sinbin?

Half expecting one of Martin/Murray to be benched for Friz and play in the middle rotation

Aardvark wrote:

Given that this was a totally made up narrative this is priceless

……‘and so it was foretold that the grasswalker would forsake the feeder of men’

Grasswalker hates the beachwalker

Website showing my score correctly, 987 moves me up from 1600 ish to 1248th, nudging closer and closer to being up in lights on yaffs

Only 8 pre trades for round 13, would have been 9 with burbo, but he probably doesn't count anyway.

Cook Tapine Horsburgh SJ Bird(?) Lemuelu Miller Nikorima

220k in the bank. BS9 will go. Full monti can go too, but he's not worth much. Probably make three trades, but its a tough call on who else to punt. Maybe Boyd can move on, but he is my only other hook cover if BS9 is already out the door, and obviously can't trade in a hok this week with Cook already playing. No bye for Souths until round 16 so maybe just let that be a future MTB problem.

BCT05 wrote:

Similar for me, I only have 4 originals - Cleary, Haas, Fifita, Boyd. 

Just 14 trades remaining also. Brailey really my only disaster trade

I'm low as well, just 5 originals and by Joe's they're a motley bunch;

Loiero, Miller, Boyd, Alamoti and Mitchell

It's shaping up like Boyd might be the only one of them that might make it through the season - I never would've picked that outcome

BSmith/Loiero/IKatoa to Drinkwater/Ponga/Tatola would give me a strong 12 for R13 and 350k in the bank to go Burbo and Miller to Turpin and iPap or Bateman before R14. Unless something else crops up.

Robson
JDB Hors Tatola
Hopgood Lemuelu
SJ DBrown
Bird xx
Drinkwater Miller Ponga

Pookus McFly wrote:Tradein list: Harris Cook Hopgood Ponga

Was thinking three of these minus Cook. Would prefer Drinky over Ponga but will be too pricey with chasing Hopgood

Reklaw wrote:

Was thinking three of these minus Cook. Would prefer Drinky over Ponga but will be too pricey with chasing Hopgood

Yeah might just do the exact same thing. Simples.

If I was a trading man, and I am, I might do something like

Young to Hopgood
Carrigan to Harris
Boyd to Cook
Talau to Ponga

A little over 200k remaining to sort out Miller and IKat next week. Would give me 12 if Bird and Te Whare play. Missing a WFB since I'd play Ponga at HLF to be a wank.

I have 10 guys before trades this week (would have 11 if not for Walsh being picked), and I can trade Cheese for Tohu, so it seems pretty straightforward this week.

Hopgood not getting selected is a huge boon to my team, I need all the help I can get

WT Winfield wrote:If I was a trading man, and I am, I might do something like

Young to Hopgood
Carrigan to Harris
Boyd to Cook
Talau to Ponga

A little over 200k remaining to sort out Miller and IKat next week. Would give me 12 if Bird and Te Whare play. Missing a WFB since I'd play Ponga at HLF to be a wank.

Tough on losing Young, good pick up. Nice trades, will feel good to lose Talau finally.

2 million for 4 players just isn’t going to work is it?

Tatola
Ponga
Harris

Those 3 probably cost me 1.5ish and I’d ideally want Hopgood as well

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:2 million for 4 players just isn’t going to work is it?

Tatola
Ponga
Harris

Those 3 probably cost me 1.5ish and I’d ideally want Hopgood as well

I'll be in the same boat. Want a few guns but the trade out targets just doesn't equate in value. Can't afford to kill off a spot either unless it's someone that will at least hang around.

I'm currently at:

Robson
Tapine JDB
(No Edge)
Johnson Nikorima
Lemuelu Bird?
Miller Drinkwater Garrick

Probably bringing in Harris, Hopgood, maybe an edge/centre - nothing standing out right now

Welsh Mafia wrote:Miller to Ponga anyone? Save some cash and keep the Rd13 WFB slot.

Yeah I might have to consider doing this. I think it would enable both Horse and Hopgood which would be nice. Seems ridiculous to hold Miller basically just for rd13 and then trade him out the week of though.

Matto -> Hopgood
Cheese -> Horse
Miller -> Ponga

If our top 6 were up for it and wanted to do a namechange to something cohesive or just rock an NRLF tag for one week, I will legit plaster all the FB Pages with a recruitment drive. Something like:

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So many of you guys absolutely killing it might be the best NRLFF advertisement of all time.

Milchcow wrote:
So other then mtb and myself, anyone else here already have Cook in their team?

I've got him too.

So looking like Ponga this week, Teddy next week, Turbo the week after.