NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 80 - Oprah level red dots

rhinoceroo wrote:

Are real fans - as opposed to those with interests in fantasy teams or betting accounts - all that bothered by the restings?

If you've earned the right to rest key players and make a balanced assessment of what team you want to put out and what best suits your goals, then why shouldn't you play who you want.

The whole point of playoffs rather than ladder deciding who the champions are is that the fixture list isn't balanced anyway, so none of this is inconsistent.

*Edit* sorry, that was supposed to be a response to the idea of NRL doctors signing off on injuries, which is not a realistic idea.

mattnz wrote:

Need to captain a player that 2nd place doesn't have, so you are getting twice the benefit.

mattnz wrote:

or Murray in a huge match up playing 80 minutes off the bye to reach the finals.

Boozecluez wrote:Haha no point stressing over this, fill the starting team and will get a score on sunday arvo
I have heard the captain recommendations and will definitely follow through with it

Thanks everyone for the support. It was a good run but noone saw this coming
Next year choose bottom 8 team players that aren't good or vital to their team haha

multiple.scoregasms wrote:18 after trades might even run a loop

Chewie wrote:Well beavers is running out with Burbo.... so all is not lost.
70 points could equate to 3 players on an average round, so Booze still has a chance, add a nifty captaincy pick and it could all come up millhouse.

It's a long shot though

Boozecluez wrote:

Can you do me a favour and go and rub yourself against Beavers sitting in second this week

Also have updated my team name for a night

Milchcow wrote:
There's quite a lot of banners in the rotation now, DCE has been added from last round

Should we have max limit so that more recent winners get a bit of love, or just keep building them up during the season?

robelgordo wrote:Finally some good player news… JWH unsuccessful at judiciary, now suspended for 7 weeks

mattnz wrote:

Can't predict this level of carnage, holding 8 trades for the last 2 rounds, just in case they come in handy. The earlier they are used, the more points they provide.

Milchcow wrote:

Even if they give us more trades, I'm confident anyone who saves more than 4 trades for the last 2 weeks next year won't be ranked high enough for the saved trades to make a difference, even if the carnage repeats

Mulvy wrote:

A long shot, but as recently as last week Ramien got 10 points. And he didn't even suffer a concussion. Burbo has form for crap scores too. Anyone can score crap on the day, so there's a chance. Not many points of difference though unfortunately. In fairness to the other guy, appears to have brought in guys deliberately to negate any difference.  

rhinoceroo wrote:It may be reactive, but wouldn't be massively surprised to see R27 classed as a 13-player bye-style round next year. Has the advantage to fanhub of being a piss easy change to make.

robelgordo wrote:I’ve decided to spice things up this week

REAL TEAM: last trade is Benjamin Hunt. I may also captain him for what is likely his last Dragons game. It’s gonna be 30 or 70+

AUTOFILL:
I’m bringing in Lomax and Graham, and pairing them in the CTRs. Whichever one scores highest is the better player forever.

Boozecluez wrote:

Can you do me a favour and go and rub yourself against Beavers sitting in second this week

Also have updated my team name for a night

rhinoceroo wrote:
Are real fans - as opposed to those with interests in fantasy teams or betting accounts - all that bothered by the restings?

If you've earned the right to rest key players and make a balanced assessment of what team you want to put out and what best suits your goals, then why shouldn't you play who you want.

Milchcow wrote:

I think there are fans that will be annoyed that what should be a marquee fixture (with the minor premiershipon the line) of Broncos VS Storm has been reduced to a training run.

I don't blame the clubs, they do what they think is best. And the NRL shouldn't be able to have a say in which players get named. But they should structure the comp as best they can to encourage teams to take every game seriously. Whether that's having extra bye rounds, or a bigger reward for finishing first, or something else.

Milchcow wrote:

I think there are fans that will be annoyed that what should be a marquee fixture (with the minor premiershipon the line) of Broncos VS Storm has been reduced to a training run.

I don't blame the clubs, they do what they think is best. And the NRL shouldn't be able to have a say in which players get named. But they should structure the comp as best they can to encourage teams to take every game seriously. Whether that's having extra bye rounds, or a bigger reward for finishing first, or something else.

rhinoceroo wrote:It may be reactive, but wouldn't be massively surprised to see R27 classed as a 13-player bye-style round next year. Has the advantage to fanhub of being a piss easy change to make.

easytiger wrote:

Just to put it in context;

Total salary cap for the clubs; $205,700,000 (17 clubs * 12.1 mil each)

Prize for winning the Grand final: $800,000

Prize for winning the minor premiership: $200,000

Prize for winning the bizarre two-week pre-season challenge: $100,000

Prize for winning SuperCoach NRL: $50,000

Prize for winning NRL Fantasy: $2,000 + flights, accommodation for 2 people and 2 nights to see Magic Round (that runs over 3 nights!)


To my understanding, the prize money winnings are distributed between the club and players. $200k spread across a $12.1 mil cap moves the dial just over 1% if the players got all of it - like it's nice (and would make a difference to me), but for 27 rounds of hard toil, if I was a top 4 team, I'd be looking at what best sets us up for the title (and to a lesser extent, the prize money) that goes with it.