NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 1 - Gates are open, come on in

Hhhmmmm not sounding great re Jayden Campbell hasn’t even started training yet after off season surgery.

I may need to re jig my WFB now whether it’s going up to a Ponga or going with a Munro or Sivo along with Pap and the Raiders FB… hhhmmmmm

Rabbits21 wrote:Hhhmmmm not sounding great re Jayden Campbell hasn’t even started training yet after off season surgery.

I may need to re jig my WFB now whether it’s going up to a Ponga or going with a Munro or Sivo along with Pap and the Raiders FB… hhhmmmmm

Relieved that I won't have the chance to fall into the Campbell trap, really.

His injury was from the late rounds last year iirc.

rhinoceroo wrote:

Relieved that I won't have the chance to fall into the Campbell trap, really.

His injury was from the late rounds last year iirc.

So if fit you dont reckon he would’ve started? I reckon he would have.

Rabbits21 wrote:
So if fit you dont reckon he would’ve started? I reckon he would have.

Yeah, I think he'd have probably started. Not sure how long for.

Also, having the R2 bye would have meant you could have had look at him in R1 and be able to bring him in for R3 if he scored well and looked good. If he's injured then it takes the decision of whether to start him or whether to do that out of my hands, which is probably for the best.

rhinoceroo wrote:

Current "template" picks appear to be:

HOK: Robson, BSmith, Lussick/Hands, Levi

MID: Haas, Curran, Tatola, Leniu, Knight, Hughes

EDG: Piakura, Blore, Lane, Wong/Crichton, Schuster

HLF: Cleary, Hynes, Fogarty, Flanagan

CTR: Arthars, Strange, Iro, ???

WFB: Paps, Campbell, Munro, Stewart, Weekes

Cheers rhinoceroo,

The only locked in players I have ATM are Chin & Haas.
Everything else is wait and see.

I've checked out a cuple of the Raiders players, they look promising ... but, Stickey's gonna Stickey.
I still remember how he shafted Savage in and out of the team.

Bludger

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/two-police-officers-charged-with-assaulting-nrl-star-20240124-p5ezmg.html

#COPSINCRISIS again

That time Starling got arrested on the Central Coast, now the cops have been charged with assault

Tigers cheapie of most interest could be whoever partners Sezer in the halves (or potentially just get Sezer himself)

Assume it will be Sullivan or Latu Fainu. With no round 1 team list to go on, will have to hope trials make it clear which one it will be

if the winger isn't Alaimalo, it could be Alex Lobb (not currently in system, so assume base price)

Tigers forum had Toa+Staines training on the right and Tupou+Lobb on the left

That was before Olam joined, so he'd take one spot.

I suspect wings will be fairly bland in Tupou and Staines, with Sullivan at 6 - but I guess we're all hoping for a bolter to offer some fantasy value

Milchcow wrote:
Tigers forum had Toa+Staines training on the right and Tupou+Lobb on the left

That was before Olam joined, so he'd take one spot.

Would think that means Lobb gets the left wing and Olam pushes Tupou out of left centre.

Tigers also don't have a set goalkicker and his goalkicking may be the thing that pushes him over the line.

Bethany_B wrote:

Would think that means Lobb gets the left wing and Olam pushes Tupou out of left centre.

Tigers also don't have a set goalkicker and his goalkicking may be the thing that pushes him over the line.

Sezer was one of the best kickers in the comp before he went to the Raiders. Probably still got a knack

I've stuck an extremely alpha version of a team optimiser on yafss front page.

Basically, set your player projections in terms of points (or use my very poor projections), hit optimise and it will spit back the optimal team.

Bethany_B wrote:

Would think that means Lobb gets the left wing and Olam pushes Tupou out of left centre.

Tigers also don't have a set goalkicker and his goalkicking may be the thing that pushes him over the line.

Tupou could also shift out to a wing. Its annoying there's no round 1 team list to know for certain how they'll run, but it may be trials are enough.

I doubt that they will pick any player solely for goal-kicking though. When was the last time that happened? Luke Covell?
Sezer and/or Koroisau are good enough, ad they'll both be in the team if fit

Milchcow wrote:

Tupou could also shift out to a wing. Its annoying there's no round 1 team list to know for certain how they'll run, but it may be trials are enough.

I doubt that they will pick any player solely for goal-kicking though. When was the last time that happened? Luke Covell?
Sezer and/or Koroisau are good enough, ad they'll both be in the team if fit

Josh Mantellato

Pete Badel reporting that TPJ has met with the Broncos management with the aim to return to the Broncos this season

Nothing quite like the TPJ fantasy Rollercoaster
Hope he has his back fixed and is keen to train hard

rhinoceroo wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjkrNW4M8z4

He's certainly a big boy, although so is Tommy Talau.

Get him the EDG dual and he's the classic MattNZ pre-season pick!

(With the caveat that it's only Rugby Union, the highlights reel is indeed very tempting, but when are highlights reels not?)

Yeah a forewarning on highlights reels. I was sucked into the Jeral Skelton hype last season...

Ando wrote:

Yeah a forewarning on highlights reels. I was sucked into the Jeral Skelton hype last season...

He is such a cash cow at 3.724 million

get in early

Ando wrote:

Yeah a forewarning on highlights reels. I was sucked into the Skelton hype last season...

Humerus

Boozecluez wrote:

Humerus

The Skelton and Bird trade ins really derailed my season