2016 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 19

Mighty Fishes wrote:

I see no reason why M'bye can't keep it up. I think J-Rey is taking a lighter role is starting to go missing in games (or just being outshone completely) That's not a bad thing if their winning games why would the coach change it?

Milford.. Wow is all I can say. Can't believe that people were criticizing the length he was 'tried' in the halves last year and should be thrown back to fullback. People were actually saying it was a failed experiment?? I am sure no one will admit to that now. He is just on another level I can only see him getting better but I think will have more quiet games that M'bye would due to the kicking and goals that he has over Milf

Locky at 5/8 was getting knocked by everyone early on as well.

Archer wrote:Ok, in the interest of spicing things up (and because I'm thinking of taking another risk and looking for inspiration). What's one POD you have been tempted to try but backed out on due to risk (I won't say chickened out... Chicken)?

No need to give away some super secret POD you are sure on and are grabbing this week or next, just a 'hell if I had nothing to lose' kind of suggestion.

not quite in the bracket you are talking about but i was going to start the year with Gillet. No one said a word about him pre-season, though he's had a bit of talk lately. off contract year for him and i thought he could average 60, playing close to 80 mins. currently averaging 57 and i'm kicking myself a little, as it would have been merrin he took the place of in my team.

Krump wrote:
Locky at 5/8 was getting knocked by everyone early on as well.

IIRC people were calling for his head after his first game at fullback for Australia.

Welshy wrote:fuck it

DCE - Norman
Henry - Dugan

Even though Mann has was underwhelming at FB, he's meant to return rd 6. It's unlikely he's going to go back to FB but it's a possibility to consider before trading in Dugan. I'm going to wait a week and see what happens...

my tv broke wrote:

not quite in the bracket you are talking about but i was going to start the year with Gillet. No one said a word about him pre-season, though he's had a bit of talk lately. off contract year for him and i thought he could average 60, playing close to 80 mins. currently averaging 57 and i'm kicking myself a little.

has always played 80 minutes anyway hasn't he? and also been capable of a big score, a POD keeper below the elite tier over the season I reckon

I've got too many red dots in my team - Leuluai, bhana, green, feeney and Peats! I feel like I'm missing opportunities to make cash in the early rounds but can't see any stand out options except for Green - Hunt.

Welshy wrote:

has always played 80 minutes anyway hasn't he? and also been capable of a big score, a POD keeper below the elite tier over the season I reckon

yeah. very close to it. he avg'd 76 mins last year.

i just thought he could take it up a level from last year scoring wise, i guess. remains to be seen if he can maintain his current avg.

No trades again. 30 left. Running with this;

Smith, Friend
Burgess, Lawrence, Evans
Parker, Mannering, Taupau, Saifiti
Mbye, Hastings, Taylor
Hunt, Lawrence
Tedesco, Barba, Mitchell

Taylor will make his mark this week. Peeps trading out Smith for first year flukes are nuts.

Spuddies wrote:I've got too many red dots in my team - Leuluai, bhana, green, feeney and Peats! I feel like I'm missing opportunities to make cash in the early rounds but can't see any stand out options except for Green - Hunt.

I wouldn't be worried about Peats but there are too many there who won't be back. Get Bowen in for Feeney or green.

my tv broke wrote:

not quite in the bracket you are talking about but i was going to start the year with Gillet. No one said a word about him pre-season, though he's had a bit of talk lately. off contract year for him and i thought he could average 60, playing close to 80 mins. currently averaging 57 and i'm kicking myself a little, as it would have been merrin he took the place of in my team.

Gillett was my super secret Rd 1 POD - pretty much the only thing I got right

Rabbit wrote:No trades again. 30 left. Running with this;

Smith, Friend
Burgess, Lawrence, Evans
Parker, Mannering, Taupau, Saifiti
Mbye, Hastings, Taylor
Hunt, Lawrence
Tedesco, Barba, Mitchell

Taylor will make his mark this week. Peeps trading out Smith for first year flukes are nuts.

That's a solid team with 30 trades left (especially with Surgess and Taupau back)

Can someone talk some sense into me???

I've held Peats since he's rd 2 injury hoping it would be back in 3 weeks max. I'm already regretting not making the jump over to Parcell who looks to have solidified the hooker position and has been scoring well and making a ton of cash.

The eels site from yesterday is saying Peats still has another 1-3 weeks before he returns. http://www.parraeels.com.au/news/2016/03/30/eels_injury_and_unav.html

So, should I continue holding peats and continue to miss out on solid scores and massive Parcell price rises or should I jump over to Parcell??? I leaning towards trading.

Team currently is:

Smith, Peats
Graham, McGuire, Trbo
Surgess, Whitehead, Merrin (JSaifiti, Carter)
Walker, Hastings (Jnik, Taylor)
Gutherson, Clawrence (Au'vaa)
Barba, Gordan, RTS (Mitchell)

125k in the bank

Krump wrote:
I wouldn't be worried about Peats but there are too many there who won't be back. Get Bowen in for Feeney or green.

Cheers.

Peats is separate worry - I just made a post above about him!

I haven't consider bowen yet. Not a bad idea - thanks.

Krump wrote:
I wouldn't be worried about Peats but there are too many there who won't be back. Get Bowen in for Feeney or green.

Linnett's only meant to be gone for 3-5 rounds. I don't know if it's worth using up a trade for a few prices rises. It's too hard to tell if he'd even get a run over the origin period.

Rabbit wrote:No trades again. 30 left. Running with this;

Smith, Friend
Burgess, Lawrence, Evans
Parker, Mannering, Taupau, Saifiti
Mbye, Hastings, Taylor
Hunt, Lawrence
Tedesco, Barba, Mitchell

Taylor will make his mark this week. Peeps trading out Smith for first year flukes are nuts.

That team does look good for 30 trades. What's your plan for Evans?

Just realised there is a game tonight. I'm going to have to log in and look at my team

Welshy wrote:fuck it

DCE - Norman
Henry - Dugan

Even though I highly support your decision to forego BLaw and concentrate on backs, I want to distance myself from any blame for those particular trades. Corey Norman?

Pretty leery of Dugan too, dude looks like he's gonna break in half every tackle. He was a gun in the (fantasy) CE position last year though, so it's hard to argue with his price now. Even if Teddy gets FB duties for origin, I think Dugan can still find his way into the team though.

Roger T's where the biscuits are at imo.

Mighty Fishes wrote:I see no reason why M'bye can't keep it up. I think J-Rey is taking a lighter role is starting to go missing in games (or just being outshone completely) That's not a bad thing if their winning games why would the coach change it?

Milford.. Wow is all I can say. Can't believe that people were criticizing the length he was 'tried' in the halves last year and should be thrown back to fullback. People were actually saying it was a failed experiment?? I am sure no one will admit to that now. He is just on another level I can only see him getting better but I think will have more quiet games that M'bye would due to the kicking and goals that he has over Milf

Actually, I will be and have been the first to throw my hand up and say I was one of the many calling for Milf to be put back to fullback where he could chime in when he wanted and show his qualities. Hence why I am not an NRL coach.

Alot of people writing Dylan Walker off this year, but I'm not saying a word. Especially given how quickly Walker is improving. I've learned my lesson.

Team

Hodgson Peats
Fifita Paulo Evans Gavet
Surgess Mataora Cartwright Graham Rochow Safiti
Walker Hastings Taylor JNik
Aubbs Hunt PatMat Henry
Barba Gordon Mitchell Gutherson Copely

30 trades and 89k left

any ideas? Evans to Dugan? Gavet to Lawrence? Copely to Bowen? No trades?

29 trades & 10k in hand - putting the (c) on Tapau this week. Manly on a short week, I think he'l; be busy with his (relatively) fresh legs from a week off.

Garvey - KNik
Woods - Graham - JTurbo - Lawrence
Tapau - Fensom - Merrin - Rochow - Carter - Safiti
Johnson - Hastings - Taylor JNik
Aubs - BJ - Auvaa - Bhenry
Barba - Hymel - Tedesco - Feeney - Mitchell

Anybody see any trades I should make that Im too blind to see? Whose the hooker to target when Garvey gets dropped for Lichaa?

When will Carter peak in price?