NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 62 - Pie round chaos (please don't banh mi for that pun)

rhinoceroo wrote:

Yeah, mind telling us which those teams will be?

Least likely to be teams in the middle which are competing for top 8 spots and bottom teams which are competing for pride and have no post season to worry about.

Top teams, except likely Souths are most likely to be resting players.

mattnz wrote:

Least likely to be teams in the middle which are competing for top 8 spots and bottom teams which are competing for pride and have no post season to worry about.

Top teams, except likely Souths are most likely to be resting players.

Souths (in 4th) are two points ahead of Roosters (in 13th). Who knows how it'll shake out. Maybe everyone will have things to play for (except the Dragons).

RandomSil wrote:Who was it that was looking at Lindsay Smith good shout for this week

Showcases why he has been on MS’s fantasy watch list for the last 2 years
As soon as he signs somewhere else he comes into my fantasy team

Matt Burton confirmed out this weekend.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Showcases why he has been on MS’s fantasy watch list for the last 2 years
As soon as he signs somewhere else he comes into my fantasy team

Hopgood 2.0

Simpkin
Hands
Garlick

rhinoceroo wrote:

Souths (in 4th) are two points ahead of Roosters (in 13th). Who knows how it'll shake out. Maybe everyone will have things to play for (except the Dragons).

Good chance the Dragons jump to 15th without playing this week.
Good chance the Roosters drop to 14th.

Khany wrote:Simpkin
Hands
Garlick

wouldnt mind betting garlick scores better than the other 2 but grant has a history of backing up so he should be back to irrelevancy next week?

mattnz wrote:

The rest of the 8 less injuries.

Are you saying you're going to be passing on cut price guns like Munster, Grant, Cleary, Fifita, Murray (maybe), IPap etc?

Mulvy wrote:

Chewie wrote:

Mulv the fifth!

Yep. Haven't won anything,  just nauseated the forum for long enough. Everyone can achieve their dreams if they try really hard hang around long enough

Don’t undersell yourself mate. I’ve counted AT LEAST 6 helpful and informative posts in that 20000...

(which is 4 more than me).

mattnz wrote:

Not seeing the appeal of Gutho, that round 27 bye sucks, I will be looking at trading out Eels ahead of it.

Why does it matter if you have two Eels players in R27? You can still easily field a fuil contingent!

Shady2K wrote:

He’s fun

Not as fun as Walsh

mattnz wrote:

Least likely to be teams in the middle which are competing for top 8 spots and bottom teams which are competing for pride and have no post season to worry about.

Top teams, except likely Souths are most likely to be resting players.

Are you suggesting we should load up on Roosters players after R19

the_great_wobbler wrote:

Are you saying you're going to be passing on cut price guns like Munster, Grant, Cleary, Fifita, Murray (maybe), IPap etc?

Targeting Cleary and Fifita. Have $992k cash to get them for very average cows with my remaining 2 trades.

Then when injuries come, I can pick up any other underpriced guns in straight swaps.

mattnz wrote:

Targeting Cleary and Fifita. Have $992k cash to get them for very average cows with my remaining 2 trades.

Then when injuries come, I can pick up any other underpriced guns in straight swaps.

So, you're not going to make another trade until Round 20, in four weeks' time?

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

Why does it matter if you have two Eels players in R27? You can still easily field a fuil contingent!

Not if many other top players are rested. Not sure if you recall last season, in the final round Panthers played their B team, none of the fantasy mainstays for the season played - Cleary, May, Crichton, Tago. If they are top 2, which should be likely when back to full strength, expect their frontline players to be rested this season as well - Cleary, Edwards, Sorenson, JFH, Yeo, Hosking. Think of it as their 4th bye.

If you have run out of trades, as most probably will, any other injuries or suspensions will create additional holes.

I am expecting many teams to not be able to field 17 in that final week, or be relying on their cheap cash outs to make up numbers.

rhinoceroo wrote:

So, you're not going to make another trade until Round 20, in four weeks' time?

I dont mind matt lying to us, but its a worry he lies to himself like this haha

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

mattnz wrote:

Not seeing the appeal of Gutho, that round 27 bye sucks, I will be looking at trading out Eels ahead of it.

Why does it matter if you have two Eels players in R27? You can still easily field a fuil contingent!

Love your optimism Dolphin! Personally think Round 27 will destroy quite a few team's ranks.

Got to be 95% or more of teams with no trades you would think. 2 players out already in Eels. Many teams out of trades a month before potentially, so any other injuries already mean others out. On top of that the potential for 1 or 2 guns to be rested.

Recipe for disaster but could be wrong. I'll more than likely have Hopgood still hanging around though.

standard-issue wrote:

Don’t undersell yourself mate. I’ve counted AT LEAST 6 helpful and informative posts in that 20000...

(which is 4 more than me).

Sorry to be that guy, but I didn't find your facsimile operating instructions post that helpful (on account of not owning a fax machine, although I guess it was informative in a historical sense?)

rhinoceroo wrote:

So, you're not going to make another trade until Round 20, in four weeks' time?

Gotta give it to Matt, he sure has the nads to really antagonize the fantasy Gods.