NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 78 - Everyone is totally, absolutely, 100% alive

precursor wrote:@Teeth Eater

I'd probably play the guy locked in for 80 mins

Shady2K wrote:Does Preston throw away his rookie of the year hopes with the suspension as well?

mattnz wrote:

I expect he is willing to risk a potential minor premiership to rest players to win the only prize that matters to him.

mattnz wrote:

Will be amazed if Papy isn't back next week for Storm, when Meaney takes his wing spot.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Aitken in the second row is tempting even if just covering for Lemmy

Teeth Eater wrote:

Why not, out of curiosity?

Because of Ricky The Absolute Fucking Stewart, I'm going to have to make a call on either playing Harrison Graham or Dan Russell straight in my 17 this week.

Can't loop, because I brought in Schiller last week as my surefire loop option for H2H GF, should I make it. With Kris and Croker out, and still not even named in reserves last week, I was 100% sure Schiller would not be named again this season. If I said silly things, I'd say I was 110% sure! But Ricky, Fucking, Stewart. What a fucking thing...

Anyway, I wonder if I can try one of these. If you had to play one of these in a cash league H2H GF, who would you pick-

TU - Harrison Graham
TD - Dan Russell

My quick analysis is Graham vs Tigers could be a good match-up and a pretty loose kind of contest... could even duck over for a try. But how many minutes does he play?
Russell has been super reliable in recent weeks, but are Melbourne going to pulverise Saints this week and therefore reduce his opportunity to score well?

Gut probably says Graham, maybe? Any strong opinions either way?

mrbrownstone wrote:I need a centre for 392k or less.

Croker is 377k, playing the Dogs and surely due for a big one having just announced his retirement.

Dare I? One last time....

mattnz wrote:

Will be amazed if Papy isn't back next week for Storm, when Meaney takes his wing spot.

syn13 wrote:

Why not both? Almost every team to win a GF has played a full-strength team in Round 27, it’s not like 1 jeopardises the other, resting players in the last round hasn’t ever really been a thing in rugby league, the Panthers doing it last year was an exception to the norm and only because they had the shield secured

Snatchpato wrote:Can see some carnage for some teams with the following players out:

Lemuelu
Moses
Colquhoun
Preston
Boyd
HTF

Not all super highly owned but wouldn't be surprised to see a fair few teams copping 2-3 of these.

easytiger wrote:

TBF you also thought he'd probably be named this week, so it's all just guessing games really

standard-issue wrote:

Panthers might banner up.

mrbrownstone wrote:

Huh? Replying to the wrong post or am I just dense?

easytiger wrote:

TBF you also thought he'd probably be named this week, so it's all just guessing games really

rhinoceroo wrote:

My guess is that Papi comes back at 14, and stays at 14 for the finals series. Coming back to 80 minutes as a high-energy fullback in finals games after 16 months out is a big ask.