NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 75 - Captaincy fails

mrbrownstone wrote:While we're checking loops....

Lem Penis
Ponga Teddy Munro

SJ DCE iPap Graham

MoFo Robson DEdwards Kris

-If DEdwards scores ok, leave as is. If not, swap Kris and Munro.
- Loop MoFo & Robson at 18th man as normal.

Right?

Rabbits21 wrote:
I wouldn’t loop Munro mate he was at training yesterday in a red shirt and red generally means playing.

thomglomerate wrote:Talk me down from the ledge here. 3 trades remaining.

Jdb to Afb

Jdb, hands to yeo+mitch kenny.

Jdb, hands and Bula to yeo, burbo and latrell.

I will only have Matterson to cover edge and mid in all scenarios, so three has the most risk.

Bula will play during the cowboys bye round but would otherwise be an emergency.

Milchcow wrote:
This week I am ditching JDB + Hands , and also needing MID + HOK cover

Is Yeo + Mitch Kenny
better than say McInnes + Cheese/Koro

The 2nd player would be 19th man (unless Grant goes down, as they'd be my only hooker cover) so not essential that they are a 50 point gun. But with only 1 trade left, having playable options better than not having options, so have to think about potential injury cover

Shady2K wrote:

Idk, here's some stats about them anyway

Tapine

2022:
- Ave min 50.7, ave score 55.3
- 2 tries
- Average: 28.9 tackles, 3 busts, 1.5 MT, 1.5 OL, 190 metres

2023:
- Ave min 54.6, ave score 54.9
- 1 try
- Average: 33.7 tackles, 2.3 busts, 1.9 MT, 1.1 OL, 161 metres

Thoughts: Doesn't need tries to go big. Base is mostly similar to last year and he's actually getting MORE minutes. His increase in tackles offsets the loss in metres. Last year was obviously a great year for him with busts etc but still mostly matched this year

AFB

2022:
- Ave min 54.5, ave score 43.6
- 1 try
- Average: 24.9 tackles, 1.8 busts, 0.9 MT, 0.5 OL, 152.8 metres

2023:
- Ave min 58.3, ave score 57.2
- 6 tries
- Average: 28.9 tackles, 2.8 busts, 1.2 MT, 1.3 OL, 169.4 metres

Thoughts: He's having a career year with all stats pretty much up from last year. An average jump of 13.6 is huge. If you take only 'base' stats into account then in 2023 both Tapine and AFB have around 50 base (give or take) so it's the attacking stats that have given AFB a boost (so far). You'd be banking on him getting more attacking stats than Tapine for the remainder of the season, and vice-versa

Run home

Tapine: Tigers, Storm, Bulldogs, Broncos, Sharks (three top-8 sides)
AFB: Titans, Tigers, Sea Eagles, Dragons, Dolphins (zero top-8 sides)

We've learnt from years of fantasy that match-ups don't really mean much, but this is an additional narrative that might sway your decision

If Tapine vs more top 8 teams, does he get less attacking stats? Does he get more minutes because they need him on the field = more base?

If AFB vs lower teams, does he get more attacking stats? Does he get less minutes and/or less base because they're winning comfortably?

TL:DR

Both have solid base and both are playing in teams challenging for the top 4 so, logically, they should be getting minutes considering they're alpha props in their team

Just pick the one who you think will have the better end of the year - there's not much splitting them - and they'll honestly probably average within 1-3 points of each other anyway

sbr202 wrote:Anyone have a strong opinion on AFB vs Munster? Dont care about positions, just after the most points for h2h finals. Thinking Munster due these stats around Tevaga

robelgordo wrote:Simo Vs the Dragons hard to resist…

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

I'm gonna have to trade in and captain Campbell Graham for the meet up just for the banter

sbr202 wrote:Anyone have a strong opinion on AFB vs Munster? Dont care about positions, just after the most points for h2h finals. Thinking Munster due these stats around Tevaga

Milchcow wrote:

I wouldn't be spending your last trade this week unless you needed to to field a team.
Bula is a green dot who'll play every week and has a real possibility  of putting up a a good score. Latrell still has a bye to come, so no guarantee its even a points upgrade making that switch

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

Having a real purple patch for try scoring as well

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:If you can field a 17 this week is it fine to hold JDB for a week?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Screw your loops

Rabbits21 wrote:
I wouldn’t loop Munro mate he was at training yesterday in a red shirt and red generally means playing.