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

filthridden wrote:Starting to be sucked into the NAS hype.

Stone ---> NAS for like $60k seems like a good trade. If you offered me that at the start of the season I
would've snapped your hand off.

Down to 5 trades. Playing 13 this week.

Brewery crawl on Saturday so every chance there are drunken trades happening that completely derail my already pre-derailed season.

Put the VC on whoever you don't want to drunkenly trade, easy peasy.

Does Matto or Hopgood score more points from this point onwards? Have done some forward thinking for the first time.

R16 - have JFH, NAS as my mids with Batman, Hopgood edge.

If I sell Tapine this round I'll have:

R19 - Harris, Horse, TRADE IN JDB as my mids with Batman, Hopgood edge.

There's no space for Tapine in that R19 team anyway. Have to deal with Bird, JDB, Horse in R20 but that's easily manageable.


Looking onwards from next round to R18: Alamoti + Oloapu are out. Likely grab Bird and JDB in that time, and Haas junior as a playable cashout for someone else. JDB has a BE of 85, Bird has a BE of 69, and Oloapu has money to make, hopefully making decisions easier.

Have 692k cash ITB currently if I go ahead with this round's trades: Tapine + Moses (just got him in lol), Nikorima for Simpkin, NAS, Hynes. 51k short of straight Alamoti + Oloapu to Bird and JDB.


Post R19 - Liddle, JFH, NAS, Simpkin become Cleary, Grant, Fifita, Yeo. Will need to cash out probably two more players in that time, giving me Haas junior + two cash outs and a solid 18.



9 trades for the above trades + 2 cash outs, including the 8 left I have 7 trades now, so 6 trades in total for injuries/unforseen circumstances between now and the end. Considering I currently have a playable 21, this should be manageable for sure. Holding no dead weight, 4 cheapest players are Liddle, Simpkin, Oloapu, and Alamoti.

Anyone else used all their trades?

You'd think Haas and Walsh back up for their Saturday night game and Teddy for his Sunday game? Makes more sense for Kevin to rest Walsh + Haas in R20 on Saturday game if they're still ahead at 1st.

Just realised that Fainu has been named to start. If it stays that way it will be a nice bonus.

ytsb wrote:You'd think Haas and Walsh back up for their Saturday night game and Teddy for his Sunday game? Makes more sense for Kevin to rest Walsh + Haas in R20 on Saturday game if they're still ahead at 1st.

Can’t afford to rest Teddy, I don’t think. It’ll be like last year, they need to win games

mattnz wrote:Just realised that Fainu has been named to start. If it stays that way it will be a nice bonus.

Youd think Seibs would persist with the same lineup that crushed the Dolphins but who knows

my tv broke wrote:

Everything coming up Mattnz

If he actually starts he may still be a decent hit and run trade

Need an update on tuilagi though

Yes, have been very fortunate, only disappointment has been Moses.

If Fainu starts, my only expected weak score in my 13 this week will be Weekes, with even Granville looking likely to get 80 minutes at HOK.

Feel like I am due a bit of good luck after needing to spend 3 trades last week just to field 17.

Speaking of weak scores, any Lolo interest? Instead of NAS?

mattnz wrote:

Yes, have been very fortunate, only disappointment has been Moses.

If Fainu starts, my only expected weak score in my 13 this week will be Weekes, with even Granville looking likely to get 80 minutes at HOK.

Feel like I am due a bit of good luck after needing to spend 3 trades last week just to field 17.

Seems like you've been talking about bad luck all year but this is easily your best season. Whats doing?

Grant usually backs up yeah? Considering Talau > Garlick as a hit and run option who might be good for 30 points in round 17 as well. Who knows if he's even selected in rd 17 though. 9 trades left and only using 1 this round so feel like i can afford a bit of sideways dead spot action.

Moanaman wrote:Speaking of weak scores, any Lolo interest? Instead of NAS?

Yeah, I'm curious too. But I want to see him run first

Feels good not having to worry about any trades

I’m going all 4 trades this week to play 13.

Cutting it very close over R17/18 byes, couple of trades R19, go hard R20/21 and coast home with 1050 avg over the last 6 weeks

Game is easy

Moanaman wrote:Speaking of weak scores, any Lolo interest? Instead of NAS?

Not for me, if both are fit, I am expecting NAS to significantly outscore Lolo over the rest of the season.