NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 61 - Picking origin reps for bye planning

Shady2K wrote:Which one of Fifita / Cook / Robson would you trade out for Turpin?

Fifita pockets the most cash and will likely be brought back in at a plummeting price. The others will likely not be brought back in if traded out

SoylentGreen wrote:Getting very short on trades and painted myself into a Rd17 corner. Still want Simpkin though, and want K Haas next week.

Thinking of Simpkin in for Cleary this week, Kleese in for Burbo (unless Burbo is back) next week, which will leave me with 4 trades and 920k ITB to work with until the trade top-up.

Rd 16 (11 scorers)

Simpkin,
Hopgood, -, -,
Bateman, Luki
Hynes(C), Ponga/Oloapu loop
Ramien, Manu
Drinkwater, To'a, Bula

Rd 17 (14 scorers)

Woolford
Haas, Carrigan, Horse
Hopgood, Luki
SJ, Boyd
Manu, -,
Drinkwater, Ponga, -,

Harris, Stone, Kleese, -,

Best Team (ignoring byes) - Players in Red to upgrade pre rd20, in Orange post rd20

Boyd,
Haas, Harris, Horse
Bateman, Hopgood
Hynes, SJ
Manu, To'a
Drinkwater, Bula, Ponga

Carrigan, Luki, Stone, KHaas
Simpkin, Oloapu, Woolford, Ramien

lukeayee wrote:

This post makes me sick

Shady2K wrote:

Thoughts on Starling as a POD instead

BCT05 wrote:

I think you need to consider if it is really worth getting Simpkin when you are only going to play him in 2 of the next 4 rounds? (bye next week and then you have Boyd as your rd19 hooker with SJ+Hynes in halves). And then you want to upgrade him after those 4 rounds anyway.

I have Boyd, SJ, Hynes too so I'm just going to pass on Simpkin. Would be nice for this week alone but don't think it's the right long term move.

Imo instead you're probably better off getting the likes of Matto for Cleary or if you don't like Matto then just looking ahead to getting in a rd19 player next week for him.

BCT05 wrote:

I think you need to consider if it is really worth getting Simpkin when you are only going to play him in 2 of the next 4 rounds? (bye next week and then you have Boyd as your rd19 hooker with SJ+Hynes in halves). And then you want to upgrade him after those 4 rounds anyway.

I have Boyd, SJ, Hynes too so I'm just going to pass on Simpkin. Would be nice for this week alone but don't think it's the right long term move.

Imo instead you're probably better off getting the likes of Matto for Cleary or if you don't like Matto then just looking ahead to getting in a rd19 player next week for him.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
I’m trying to think of Simpkin as purely a cash out who is playable in some games. Most importantly this week, the only other option I can see is Turpin and I don’t feel like he’s worth 200k more

ShadowSabre wrote:

For me, it comes down to Turpin being available next week and Simpkin not, which IMO makes the 200k worth it as I have 6 out next week to deal with so can't add a 7th.

If you don't have concerns over round 17 numbers, then yes Simpkin is a no brainer.

So in short:

- Turpin if you already have too many Sharks/Bulldogs/Tigers

- Simpkin if don't have too many RD 17 outs and want that extra cash

mrbrownstone wrote:Has there been any update on Hodgson yet? Hands a possible alternative to Simpkin/Turpin?

mrbrownstone wrote:Has there been any update on Hodgson yet? Hands a possible alternative to Simpkin/Turpin?

Enchanted Glossy Flamingo wrote:What are people expecting from KHaas?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Yeah Simpkin in gives me 5. 

Simpkin, Bula, Preston, Oloapu and Hynes. Will also have Teddy and Carrigan so hope nothing goes wrong there.

Plan would be to upgrade Preston next week to a MID/EDG, original plan was Fotuaika but he went and got selected for origin didn’t he

Enchanted Glossy Flamingo wrote:What are people expecting from KHaas?

ShadowSabre wrote:

For me it's Hynes, Preston, HEdwards, Oloapu, Bateman, Bula with Teddy, Fifita, Cook, Carrigan, Robson hopfully to back up. So adding another issue isn't feasible for me.

Likely HEdwards goes after this week, but still not looking flash even with that

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