2016 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 14

luckynumber8 wrote:Are people worried about Taupau's minutes with all these Manly players due back? I'm about to pull the trigger..

na cuz they are all shit. Only a madman would take taupau off the field if he was good to go.

Should I be patient and sell Merrin for SST next week?

luckynumber8 wrote:Are people worried about Taupau's minutes with all these Manly players due back? I'm about to pull the trigger..

No, he's already proved that he can play 80 minutes on the edge.

luckynumber8 wrote:Are people worried about Taupau's minutes with all these Manly players due back? I'm about to pull the trigger..

I raised this but pulled the trigger regardless for LAM

sound logic of none of the returning players being anywhere near as effective as Kapow won out

Welshy wrote:If Green in out then my AE will be JNiko so 27 isn't too far off how Merrin has been travelling

Unless Taylor decides to do a 2014 Brooks

Just cross fingers there is no more scratchings because that will hurt. Did Barba go off with a tweak last week or was he just having a rest after his 27 point run? I subbed Merrin out just in case as I didn't want to risk it.

OK Done. Mez turns into Taupau. Cheers for the reply, lads.

This sucks. I went to do my due diligence at 4pm thinking I had 30 minutes only to find the game starting and Merrin in doubt. I could have started Jaifiti

I'm so annoyed with myself, reading through diagnosis pages, glandular fever can take a month to recover from, which means I would love nothing more than to trade him to Surgess, but I left the VC on him after trading in Cam, It seems I can take him out of my starting line-up (i can move him to the bench and select 4 other reserves, but i never know whether I can trust what fanhub will do once we have kick-off) but i can't trade him out

Welshy wrote:Happy with how Rochow is travelling as well another 40+ pre updates

for someone who seems so lazy sometimes he can still rack up a decent score

I put a fire cracker under him at half time, but jeez he stands around alot

Honeysett wrote:That obstruction was horrible, the Raiders player grabs the Knights player and makes sure he shields him into the way so it was obstruction.

I'm still 'old fashioned' about them - an attacking player has no right to be in front of the ball.

Macca better play good minutes tonight. Hopefully last week was just an experiment.

bluetige wrote:

I put a fire cracker under him at half time, but jeez he stands around alot

started the game with some cracking charges then disappeared, when he shifts into the middle he always makes 2/3 tackles a set then just drifts back out wide, annoying but scoring well and making $$

also note that glandular fever can be nasty in regards to fatigue even after recovery so he might not have the motor to play big minutes on his return (provided glandular fever is indeed what he has)

Anyone with Cartwright still must be happy. He should play the 80 minutes this week.

SportAL wrote:

Just cross fingers there is no more scratchings because that will hurt. Did Barba go off with a tweak last week or was he just having a rest after his 27 point run? I subbed Merrin out just in case as I didn't want to risk it.

That would suck, Beale hanging around on the interchange doesn't fill me with confidence either

jstands wrote:Should I be patient and sell Merrin for SST next week?

As your L1 opponent this week, Merrin should still score well tonight.
It's only glandular fever. These blokes are professional athletes ffs.
So what did you end up doing?

Speaking of Leagues, Whittler what has happened with your team. In the matchup screen it says you haven't selected a player.

Hopefully Milford scores 90 tonight

Wayne Bennett is a wonder at turning FB's into HLF's. He could realistically do it with any FB and they would simply improve.

I fucking hate booing at conversions...