NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 77 - The Oprah Round

the_great_wobbler wrote:IPap to Trell to avoid having to play Avo and Te Whare this week? Only two trades remaining before this so it'd be cutting a fine line. Currently have IPap as 18th man and it feels like a bit of a waste

No way mate, wouldn't do that. IPap primed for a game back in NZ after a long time. I actually looked at him at current price.

Wouldn’t mind a Friz/Nikora/Bateman try scoring multi this weekend. Good for my fantasy team too

Does Koro keep goal kicking? Who did he take it from?

Wondering if Robson & Edwards to Koro & Kiraz is a better option than MoFo & Edwards to Matto & Rapana.

Ando wrote:Pfft look at you all discussing trades... Who else is joining the No Trade Crew after this week?

I'm using my last trade this week. A wholly uninspiring trade of Kris to Leo Thompson. Very little money in the bank and the Kris/Brimson injuries put me in a position where I need the extra player.

Tossed up whether to trade Brimson for someone a bit better than Thompson, but I think there is a non-zero chance he will be back next week.

Camo123 wrote:

Depending on my Edwards loop, I’ll be doing a thrilling last trade of HGraham to DRussell

As exciting as it gets

Would love to know more on Lomax's injury, dudes now at 721k
Could cashout Hands to Strange (ironically re 'The Stranger') and go Lomax to Cleary. To late ?

wolfking wrote:

You've all scared me into putting Garrick at 18 tonight now but saying that with all the talk, I'm looking forward to his 77 points tonight.

Haha, sorry mate. For what it's worth, I know a massive portion of nothing about nothing. And if it makes your decision any easier, so sure of Garrick tanking am I that I've actually used one of my last trades to bring in Schiller this week, to loop Garrick/Averillo. That by itself should guarantee that Garrick will score well.

But I still think he scores sub-20 or near to it.

manly will beat panthers tonight. cleary loves be dominated by DCE.

lukeayee wrote:manly will beat panthers tonight. cleary loves be dominated by DCE.

Neck > Chin

Actually, just on Garrick, something I was going to mention last week but forgot about it... what do folk think of his strapped up leg and how/if that has had much impact on his running game and kick conversions?

I found myself unsettled by it last week, kicking myself I'd actually traded Manu out before him. Last week's scores and each team's short term draw had me quite regretful about my choice, I confess.

Boozecluez wrote:

Neck > Chin

Double chin > neck

I'm envious of all those who are deciding whether or not to play Garrick, I have no choice in the matter.

I also have to play Simonsson for the first time since round 20 (against the Broncos) and Brad Arthur has rewarded me with the double whammy of benching Matterson and moving Simonsson to the wing for the first time since round 5.

I know I'm losing ranks this week, the only question is how far will I drop

No Worries wrote:Let's get some shit posting before kick off.

Who am I ? (Hint: circa early/mid 70's)

9yo Robs second favourite athlete (behind probably Alan McIndoe)

Edwards good to go, to play him or loop him hhhmmmm

Remember when Soni Luke was getting more mins than Kenny in preseason

Can’t even start over a debutant lol

I can't believe Australia's greatest murder mystery has been solved and the dude was playing reserve grade dummy half for the Panthers all these years.

NRL and RLPA come to agreement. Guessing both teams ripping sports tape off NRL badges as I write this

Camo123 wrote:Remember when Soni Luke was getting more mins than Kenny in preseason

Can’t even start over a debutant lol

Yeah crazy as

One would imagine Soni would be getting more min this week than previous weeks at least

Camo123 wrote:Remember when Soni Luke was getting more mins than Kenny in preseason

Can’t even start over a debutant lol

Finch wrote:

Yeah crazy as

One would imagine Soni would be getting more min this week than previous weeks at least

At the start of the season like many I was hoping Luke would start (mostly for his cheap price), but having watched Penrith more closely over the last few weeks since Cleary came back I can understand why Luke gets so few minutes.

Multiple times when going to dummy half he never even looks to see where his halfback is, which is especially crazy with Cleary as he changes which side of the ruck he's on all the time. There were numerous times in the last couple of games where the halves have thrown there hands up in exasperation as Luke has ignored them to just do his own thing.

Makes sense Ivan likes to use him as an impact player as even his own team don't know what he's going to do, Kenny has also been a much cleaner passer this year.

Another Thursday night reminder to fellow Cleary captainers to put the VC on Giraffe Neck, Yeo or anyone else in tonight's game.