NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 56 - Adelaide, home of the dark blues

Is starford to'a an option? Surely he won't lose his spot to Naden?

Also - is Bird a hold?

My CTR and WFB are a shambles - need to use 3 trades this week just to cover those positions

my tv broke wrote:

haha, oh fuck!

I can go without footy on a thursday. its a 'school' night. i'm almost happy its not on.

Friday is my 'fuck it the week is over, feet up, no need to think about anything, chuck the footy on night'

weekend is for forum mandated outside time

they fuckin' with my ritual, man! Also I love when rev's is shitposting on a friday afternoon (he can still do that)

Slingshots into a weekend nicely doesn't it.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
I have Boyd for Round 19 if he survives that long which he should. 

With only him and JMK I’m without a HOK for 16 so he would need to come in to cover that
If JMK is good to go I’ll probably still get Turpin this week for Bird and hope he makes a bit of money and contributes fair scores for his price

Oh yeah I forgot about Boyd for rd19, I still have him also. Probably wouldn't be able to play him at half either with SJ+Dylbags..

Turpin does make sense. I think I'll still just get Robson instead of Turpin but might wait until rd16 and get iPap for Bird this week.

BCT05 wrote:

Oh yeah I forgot about Boyd for rd19, I still have him also. Wouldn't be able to play him at half either...

Turpin does make sense. I think I'll still just get Robson instead of Turpin but might wait until rd16 and get iPap for Bird this week.

Yeah Robson is a tough one for me. Doesn’t play next week, scores are up and down but the average is good I guess. 

Turpin just allows upgrades in other areas. He should make 100k without doing a hell of a lot as well. an average of 40 gets him 200k in price rises, it might be a slow build over the 5 weeks but should be serviceable

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Origin. I don’t believe this nonsense about Queensland caring more or wanting it more. The majority of Blues players were out there giving it their best but the game plan didn’t work. Laughable suggestion that Teddy’s slip cost the Blues the game. Hammer was through the line with 2 unmarked players inside him. It was a try under the posts regardless of what happened, the slip just changed who scored it.

I don't think people blame that slip alone for anything. More as just an example of Teddy's general decline this year. There were a few other examples of poor options last night, but very few examples of him actually looking dangerous. Combined with his lack of impact for the Roosters this year, and you get the criticism that came last night.

The most frustrating thing was that NSW had everything go their way to win the game. They had enough territory and possession to win easily, but they got 3 tries. One of them off a QLD knock on (lucky not be a knock against NSW) , and another a lucky regather after a kick (and the kicking game was fairly ineffective last night)
Held up a couple of times, but for NSW it wasn't a good enough performance.

Chances of us seeing Cleary drop goal win against the Dragons and he does his 'ice in the veins' move or Luai give a 'fuck the haters' style post match interview when they win by 20+?

Anyone want to provide a yay or a nay to the below:

Niko, Latrell, SJ and Bird out for Turpin, DEdwards, Hynes and Robson

Leaves 7 trades left, 41k ITB and:

Cook
Horse, Tohu, Carrigan
Fifita, Hopgood
Cleary, Hynes
Manu, Lemu
Teddy, Ponga, DEdwards

Preston, Boyd, Robson, Su'a,
Turpin, HEdwards, Bula, Oloapu

Why is everyone trading out Bird, did he do something serious im not aware of?

Milchcow wrote:

I don't think people blame that slip alone for anything. More as just an example of Teddy's general decline this year. There were a few other examples of poor options last night, but very few examples of him actually looking dangerous.  Combined with his lack of impact for the Roosters this year, and you get the criticism that came last night.

The most frustrating thing was that NSW had everything go their way to win the game. They had enough territory and possession to win easily, but they got 3 tries. One of them off a QLD knock on (lucky not be a knock against NSW) , and another a lucky regather after a kick (and the kicking game was fairly ineffective last night)
Held up a couple of times, but for NSW it wasn't a good enough performance.

I started watching from about the 50th minute. Firstly I couldn't believe the scoreline was that close. My expectation was the NSW was going to bash QLD into submission and win by 20. Then after watching for a few mins it just wasn't the case. NSW looked lost, at best. Luai looked like he was trying his guts out and as much as I dislike him, he did his best.
Cleary honestly didn't seem present. Kicks weren't on the mark, poor decision making and seemed to content to let the game happen to him rather than take control.

lukeayee wrote:Why is everyone trading out Bird, did he do something serious im not aware of?

Doesn’t play the next 3 games?

Out 2 weeks to rest his knee and then they have the bye

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Doesn’t play the next 3 games?

Out 2 weeks to rest his knee and then they have the bye

Was it confirmed he was out for 2 weeks? thought only 1 confirmed so far.

lukeayee wrote:

Was it confirmed he was out for 2 weeks? thought only 1 confirmed so far.

I don’t see why they would rest him for one week and then play him and then rest again. Seems rather pointless to me. That’s just my take

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
I don’t see why they would rest him for one week and then play him and then rest again. Seems rather pointless to me. That’s just my take

Fair logic.

lukeayee wrote:

Was it confirmed he was out for 2 weeks? thought only 1 confirmed so far.

There's a couple different articles saying at least 2 weeks yeah. Would be a weird thing to guess at so probably some source at the club behind it.

lukeayee wrote:

Was it confirmed he was out for 2 weeks? thought only 1 confirmed so far.

Yes, it was confirmed he will not play vs Penrith or South Sydney, so he misses at least 3 weeks (14 15 then the bye in 16). He also has a bye in round 20 so best case he plays 3 of the next 7 games (17, 18, 19)

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

You will regret Suaalii... At CTR he just does not get enough look in

Any chance he moves back to the wing. Is that new guy a ctr?

Bethany_B wrote:

Yes, it was confirmed he will not play vs Penrith or South Sydney, so he misses at least 3 weeks (14 15 then the bye in 16). He also has a bye in round 20 so best case he plays 3 of the next 7 games (17, 18, 19)

Cheers

my tv broke wrote:I know some people have suggested keeping Bird as he is a keeper at centre, but he's already missed one of the last two games, and was subbed after 50 mins in the other. If he's sitting out the next two games, then the bye, i aint hanging around to find out how his minutes will be managed after that.

Yeah 100%, and he's even more of a sell if you're like me and have four other centres (Manu, Lemuelu, Billy Smith, Russell) so don't even need him in that spot.

Be very interesting to see if Hynes is in the 18 man squad for origin 2 or not.