NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 3 - Half the height we want

Mulvy wrote:

That reminds me of my January plan of selecting Grant, but downgrading to Koro if my 18th man jags a good score.

Edit: It was actually Grant to Ipap, and still might be, but you get the idea.

my tv broke wrote:Hunt was running as the main back up edge at training. But yeh they might just stick Carrigan there. He coped ok there at origin

Also maybe piakura is fine. Broncos match report just said he (and others) were given an early shower. Broncos dont usually hide things, but also maybe the social media person is unaware

WT Winfield wrote:

Is there something about Cooky I'm unaware of? Seeing Grant mentioned a bit, but not Cook. I'd be more keen on Grant, but with Pap and assuming Blore gets a start, having 3 Storm for the Rd 4 bye has swayed me to grab Cook instead. Spooked off JBrails now with the injury concerns.

Thanks for the codes Welshy I was hoping for L11 since it's my first time and I'd be the no-brainer Fantasy Fantasy pick, but L2 will have to suffice.

WT Winfield wrote:

Is there something about Cooky I'm unaware of? Seeing Grant mentioned a bit, but not Cook. I'd be more keen on Grant, but with Pap and assuming Blore gets a start, having 3 Storm for the Rd 4 bye has swayed me to grab Cook instead. Spooked off JBrails now with the injury concerns.

Thanks for the codes Welshy I was hoping for L11 since it's my first time and I'd be the no-brainer Fantasy Fantasy pick, but L2 will have to suffice.

mattnz wrote:

Hunt should be around $250k when he gets added.

Willison would be interesting on the EDG. Looks very mobile for a big unit.

Mulvy wrote:

I agree with this take, Robbo doesn't care about your fantasy team and you'd have to tread an extremely narrow path to figure out the best option if one even exists.

Mulvy wrote:

It's a good point about Pappy and Blore, which is possibly why January Mulvy was so keen to ditch Grant. I think Grant is on the up though, whilst Cook, solid and all, will come back down eventually. He's 32, and I think he'll be solid again this year, but will come down eventually. If he declines slightly that could however mean a boost over the origin period if he's not selected.

Alfie wrote:

I’ve locked him in at this stage; he’s the only hooker outside of the Eels starter that I see any upside to.

Grant might come off the bench after 15-20 like he did at the backend of last year, round 4 bye too (plus I want Blore and Pappy).
Brailey seems unlikely to play 80 for a good while if ever.
Robson didn’t pass 50 in his last 9 games; grim. Hated owning him through the byes last year.
Mahoney is just behind too weak a pack, impossible for him to avoid missed tackles.
Koroisau is too rocks and diamonds these days, no guarantee he plays 80 (which he needs to); couldn’t care less if he’s goalkicking or not (we’re talking about the Tigers here).
JMK was too reliant on attacking stats, struggled to pass 40 without a couple TAs.
Brandon is a career 40 scorer, outlier year in 2021 where he had a bucket of tries.
Egan’s probably 5-6 points undervalued, best of the rest imo, but won’t be a keeper so kind of irrelevant.

Cooky with a career average of 62 (80minute games), priced at 56. Hoping for a bounce back year.

Alfie wrote:

Cook should be coming into his prime right now. If Cam Smith can win the Dally M at 34, and hooker of the year at 36 and 37, a player of Cook’s fitness should be around for a lot longer.

Mulvy wrote:

Yep, fair.

Pappy, Blore and Cook then?

The Bludger#2 wrote:

The problem the Roosters have, and it's replicated year after year, is that they stockpile as much talent that they can afford (with Uncle Nick's business contacts and the Eastern Suburbs honey-pot making them attractive to most players). So they stack their team at the expense of balance and players just knowing and doing their role. I remember they had the 3 best half talents in the early 2000s and they all overplayed each other. This time it's fullbacks / back 5s, and forward depth. They'd be a better team with a couple less 'stars' and a couple of role players who roll their sleeves up and get on with it. The Storm have always been better at this than the Roosters.
The fact that Sualii and Manu are both headed to Union tells us what's wrong at the Roosters. They should both be first-choice FBs at other NRL clubs.
(Just my 2c worth of Sunday night shit-posting)

Chewie wrote:No idea how I ended up in League 3, I was expecting League 5(1)

WT Winfield wrote:

Is there something about Cooky I'm unaware of? Seeing Grant mentioned a bit, but not Cook. I'd be more keen on Grant, but with Pap and assuming Blore gets a start, having 3 Storm for the Rd 4 bye has swayed me to grab Cook instead. Spooked off JBrails now with the injury concerns.

Thanks for the codes Welshy I was hoping for L11 since it's my first time and I'd be the no-brainer Fantasy Fantasy pick, but L2 will have to suffice.

rhinoceroo wrote:The bonus with Cook has always been that he's indestructible. No time off for injuries either in-game or through weeks out, no HIAs, guy's a cyborg. Always think that streak is going to run out, but it never does.

Alfie wrote:

Cook should be coming into his prime right now. If Cam Smith can win the Dally M at 34, and hooker of the year at 36 and 37, a player of Cook’s fitness should be around for a lot longer.

rhinoceroo wrote:The bonus with Cook has always been that he's indestructible. No time off for injuries either in-game or through weeks out, no HIAs, guy's a cyborg. Always think that streak is going to run out, but it never does.