NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 4 - A spawning salmon appears

robelgordo wrote:

I think he's been bought to be in the MID rotation and add some experience. Probably offers a bit of relief for JdB, so he doesn't play huge mins every week, as well as meaning rookies like the Couches are just thrown to the wolves with 30-50 mins every week when they aren't ready.

Milchcow wrote:

Bigger question is whether the Tigers play with a utility on the bench or not. Arguably that is a bigger impact than the goalkicking (he already has ~1 goal a game priced in due to part time kicking last year)

Genderbender wrote:Lucy has been confirmed to the dragons on a 3 year deal.
Makes sense as to why he wasn’t named in the line up for the cows.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

That spoils eisenhuth as an option

WT Winfield wrote:

Yeah looks that way. Su'a and Lucy should be pretty solid. RFM might get a crack if one goes down and he's proven his fitness in the meantime. At least Dragons are looking to fill a weak spot with those acquisitions. Little bit WCW in the 90s-esque though.. had the guy, let him go and become a star elsewhere, then have to pay up to get him back.

robelgordo wrote:

We are in that down cycle rut where will we have to pay overs for journeyman to be competitive for awhile, and hope they build culture and some generational talent comes through the juniors. Talent attracts more talent and so on.

At least it feels like RFM is a tier up in journeyman from say BMM.

The generational talent was supposed to be the 2019 u20s but COVID f-ed their dev and the best one might now be at the Tigers.

SoylentGreen wrote:

Isn't $900k per year an absurdly high price to pay for Leilua though? I couldn't believe it when I heard that he was getting that much.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:
The better way to analyse this is to show his scores at the end of the season when kicking compared to his scores earlier in the season when not kicking

L-Jimmy wrote:This Salmon Curry malarkey has an Eels hooker feel to it - even if TLT'd there's precious little guarantee of future minutes.

Makes sense in retrospect, as Doggies did hire an awful lot of lock / utility / random back types. We were all taking the piss out of them for buying the same type of player over over again, and now surprised Pikachu face that we can't reliably start with them in fantasy.

That said, he's so cheap that I will probably get the weak gutted dog.

GreenSchist wrote:

Wasn't Wayne's preference to play 2x 80 min Edges last season?
From what I have read, Aitken gets the spot because he's been 'training the house down' and Wayne has been really appreciative of his effort (sounds like a Wayne thing to do). It's also helped that Null Null was injured through a portion of the pre season, which probably allowed Aitken to separate himself somewhat.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Aitken named to start the season, in an 80 min role. It's just whether it lasts. A few Phin's losses on the trot and I could see Null Null brought back in - In saying that, once Kaufusi cops a suspension, both guys will have a clear path to minutes).

For whats its worth (not much being a trial), both Kenny and Null Null are named outside the 17 in the Reserves for this weeks match (but so are Kodi, Stone and Wallace).

my tv broke wrote:Not sure if it was noted but J Hunt is not travelling to vegas, Piakura is likely good to go.

According to journo Ted Roker at training, Carrigan will play edge if Piakura is a late withdrawal. Willison and Baker win the bench spots