NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 5 - No one will miss him

Camo123 wrote:For those looking to loop Burbo what score would you bank to bring in Kris for another CTR

Thinking probably anything 30-35+

Seems reasonable and I would take that from a Round 1 CTR.

My concern with looping Burbo, is the possibility of a basement price CTR becoming available in TLT 1B.
If that happens, i'd be better off starting Burbo at CTR and having the basement CTR in my EMG. If no cheapie pops up, I just take Kris and loop my Reserves.

If I had to rate my confidence of Burbo getting to 30-35 points, I'd say I'm about 80% with the starting role locked in for this week and the Manly bench.

Which Eels EDG is value.

Three does not go into two..

CARTWRIGHT is a strong pick if he plays 80 again
LANE also if he plays 80, but I am much less confident of this
If TUILAGI plays decent minutes he could scupper both of their scores

Brad Arthur seems to have a love affair with all three of them and it cannot end well

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:Which Eels EDG is value.

Three does not go into two..

CARTWRIGHT is a strong pick if he plays 80 again
LANE also if he plays 80, but I am much less confident of this
If TUILAGI plays decent minutes he could scupper both of their scores

Brad Arthur seems to have a love affair with all three of them and it cannot end well

tuilagi always goes good in trials then he's shite when the proper games start i can't see him starting over lane & carty

GreenSchist wrote:

Seems reasonable and I would take that from a Round 1 CTR.

My concern with looping Burbo, is the possibility of a basement price CTR becoming available in TLT 1B.
If that happens, i'd be better off starting Burbo at CTR and having the basement CTR in my EMG. If no cheapie pops up, I just take Kris and loop my Reserves.

If I had to rate my confidence of Burbo getting to 30-35 points, I'd say I'm about 80% with the starting role locked in for this week and the Manly bench.

Don’t know if I’d say 80% confidence haha

EDG scores in his career including NSW cup:
NRL: 14 (42 mins, injury?), 29, 32, 64 (2 tries) (excluding 8 in 27 mins in 2023)
NSW cup (all 80 mins in 2021): 32, 10, 17, 28

White Lightning wrote:

tuilagi always goes good in trials then he's shite when the proper games start i can't see him starting over lane & carty

I can see him taking minutes of Lane though - which is what i meant by scuppering their scores

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/thats-not-true-anthony-seibold-fires-back-at-josh-schuster-training-claims/news-story/aef3ea5f3bd560b2b420932d802ad4fe

SIEBOLD (the coach) does not seem to have any concerns about Schusters fitness... I wish I felt confident enough to include him Round 1. I reckon all this shade about him not being ready for Round 2 is the news cycle.

Don't believe the HYPE?

Camo123 wrote:For those looking to loop Burbo what score would you bank to bring in Kris for another CTR

Thinking probably anything 30-35+

Yeah 30+ is good enough

I see no one is going Cleary & Hynes duo.

Do we think Hynes will drop in price or getting a better overall team (of middies)

or another keeper (Grant, tough draw / Ponga off perfect season)?

I think at least $100k in the bank will be a good idea.

Siebold is full of shit and has a tanky anytime someone questions him.

But hes also just trying to "protect" his squad from media BS. Hes not going to say 'oh yeah josh has been a bit lazy' etc

I have no issue with picking burbo BUT ill have cover and fully expect it to backfire. What are early rounds for if not for trading out duds?

But also its burbos year

It's probably madness to run; Strange/Weekes, Rapana, Fog, Smithies (starting) with Cotric (backup) and Kris (if burbo scores well enough) eh?

thelastdodo wrote:I see no one is going Cleary & Hynes duo.

Do we think Hynes will drop in price or getting a better overall team (of middies)

or another keeper (Grant, tough draw / Ponga off perfect season)?

I think at least $100k in the bank will be a good idea.

I've had them both from the moment the app came online and maybe that's the root cause for all my headaches.

Lemmy KGB wrote:It's probably madness to run; Strange/Weekes, Rapana, Fog, Smithies (starting) with Cotric (backup) and Kris (if burbo scores well enough) eh?

If there ends up 6 viable options from the Raiders I don't see why not to do it. Bye round 10 just means that you would be looking to move on 4 of them before then, and I don't think it's unreasonable to see 3 or 4 of those 6 to make some bank.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/thats-not-true-anthony-seibold-fires-back-at-josh-schuster-training-claims/news-story/aef3ea5f3bd560b2b420932d802ad4fe

SIEBOLD (the coach) does not seem to have any concerns about Schusters fitness... I wish I felt confident enough to include him Round 1. I reckon all this shade about him not being ready for Round 2 is the news cycle.

Don't believe the HYPE?

This article is nearly a month old and the interview was 2 weeks out from the first trial.
Siebold said he expected Schuster to be good for the first trial after picking up a calf niggle at training.... well that didn't happen.

I'd say everything in this article is irrelevant based on how the last 3-4 weeks have played out and it really comes down to how Schuster's calf rehab goes. If he wasn't close to making the plane for this weekend, I doubt he's a lock to start in Round 2.
If Burbo has a great hitout this weekend, their wont be much push to rush Schuster back from what are notoriously annoying injuries to rehab.

Obbeats wrote:

If there ends up 6 viable options from the Raiders I don't see why not to do it. Bye round 10 just means that you would be looking to move on 4 of them before then, and I don't think it's unreasonable to see 3 or 4 of those 6 to make some bank.

Load up

thelastdodo wrote:I see no one is going Cleary & Hynes duo.

Do we think Hynes will drop in price or getting a better overall team (of middies)

or another keeper (Grant, tough draw / Ponga off perfect season)?

I think at least $100k in the bank will be a good idea.

Also haven’t taken either out of my team since opening

Currently have Grant, Hass and Ponga too

Long live the Stars and Scrubs strategy

Camo123 wrote:

Don’t know if I’d say 80% confidence haha

EDG scores in his career including NSW cup:
NRL: 14 (42 mins, injury?), 29, 32, 64 (2 tries) (excluding 8 in 27 mins in 2023)
NSW cup (all 80 mins in 2021): 32, 10, 17, 28

OK, maybe 79% then

I love a good narrative and his combination with Brook's has reportedly looked good this preseason. That, along with the fact I expect Manly to tear apart the bunnies weakened edges in Vegas, I'm willing to bet the Overs on his historical average.

I have been giving some serious thought to Wayde Egan.

Would be looking at Egan and Lussick with Cheese Mid to cover Lussick if he is moved on early due to Hands taking his minutes.

The guy is a gun IRL, looks like he's sharpened his game over the off season. The obvious question is how many minutes will Lussick get and will he stay injury free. I think he would be an enjoyable own if he's not waking up on the field asking if he won the fight

thelastdodo wrote:I see no one is going Cleary & Hynes duo.

Do we think Hynes will drop in price or getting a better overall team (of middies)

or another keeper (Grant, tough draw / Ponga off perfect season)?

I think at least $100k in the bank will be a good idea.

Would love to but cant make it work. Moses could be a good stepping stone to Hynes after the sharks bye. You'd be banking on para having a fast start though

There is a good video on YouTube by the casual athlete about the good old guns/cow strategy. Ive always been a fan of this method. It used to work well back when we had the bigger squads.
He manages to fit in Cleary Hynes Haas Murray Grant.
Im not going that extreme but im trying to fit in both Haas and Murray with Cleary and also keep a gun ctr. Just dont like the idea of having so much cash tied up with Haas and Murray before the next team list

Honey Badger wrote:There is a good video on YouTube by the casual athlete about the good old guns/cow strategy. Ive always been a fan of this method. It used to work well back when we had the bigger squads.
He manages to fit in Cleary Hynes Haas Murray Grant.
Im not going that extreme but im trying to fit in both Haas and Murray with Cleary and also keep a gun ctr. Just dont like the idea of having so much cash tied up with Haas and Murray before the next team list

i have a draft that has a gun in each position except ctr...grant, haas, hopgood, cleary, ponga but i ended up with burbo strange as ctrs