NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 6 - The only time I make a thread this year

Lemmy KGB wrote:It's not the best case scenario let it go lol

Camo123 wrote:

In classic MS fashion I’d rather pay 250k for Burbo to be shit than pay the next minimum of probably Arthars to be just as shit

L-Jimmy wrote:

Well said @Aardvark, you clever burrowing mammal you. And whilst we're on it, my sympathies on being the only living species of the order Tubulidentata. Must be tough - fistbump.


But in terms of thought processes - thought it might be interesting to share some players I'm keen on who aren't so closely in the template (I've already said my piece on Leniu and Smithies)


Berry - in the shitty little highlight reels I could access, he seemed to be playing between SJ and DWZ, which seems a nice place to be. Runs well, good tackler. Great price

Metcalf - good player, good price, great chance to grow. A much better option than Hutch for ~50k more.

Liddle - not the most reliable player in terms of health, but cheap. Not a bad footballer. If Marschke/Mulheisen aren't on the bench I think I'll grab him over EelsHooker with EelsHooker bench.

EKatoa - would love to take him as he'll gun it up this year. Too many edges though, but he'll be my first target after the Storm bye.

Sloan - isn't very good. But may gain run metres from new rules, and could easily go on a 150k burst with a few tries. Job security great. Tempting despite him being not very good.

Brooks - I want to see the Eagles play a bit more, but he could have the time of his life playing in a good spine under a good captain. Great byes. Maybe an R7 target once the Eagles draw eases up and the combinations settle.

Egan - his 2023 average jumps 5 points when you remove games he was injured in. If he can stay healthy he's a great pick. I'm probably not that brave.

Cogger - Damn, he's just a little too expensive, and again new combos. Watching for when he kicks Gamble permanently out of the role in the early season - hopefully after a bench start or two.

Kikau - may drop a few points during a tough early run, but once the halves settle and the game opens could be a healthy mid season cash cow.

Sean O'Sullivan - hate the early bye, love everything else.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

The thing about Cheapies is that if their value if less than 250k, they are still priced at 250k. Ben has regularly returned 20 ish points from 80-minute games on the EDG. He has never averaged high enough to begin any season above 250k. His highest-ever value was 316k based on a one-off 2-try game, and this rapidly disintegrated back down to base price a few games later. There is no indication that Siebold plans to give him 80 minutes consistently - and everything the coach has publicly suggested that he is back to being a 20-minute-per-game benchie in Round 2.

Stick that in your pipe and smoke those FACTS unicorns

No Worries wrote:What happens with trades between the split round, are they counted or still free ?

No Worries wrote:What happens with trades between the split round, are they counted or still free ?

mattnz wrote:

Mikaele scored 61 in the first trial without any tries, in a reserve grade team against Broncos starters.

You are getting a 1 PPM guy without tries. Not relying on them to score well.

GreenSchist wrote:

Hopgood/Haas is the best choice and pray that we get enough cheapies in TLT2 not to cripple our team.
It's a lot more fun and you wont care about having to play Shoey and Weekes in your 17 cause Haas is going 80+ due to the smaller field size and Hopgood is a workhorse who could string together a few 70+ scores if given decent minutes.
Worst case, you cop a couple of 60's and live to fight another day.

You wont convince me otherwise, so leave your logic at the door.

Milchcow wrote:

I know Matt will pick Mikaele anyway, but bench guys with high PPM are very often not good fantasy picks.

The 61 in the first trial was off the back of 4 offloads. That is more offloads in 1 game than he made in 2022 + 2023 combined (7 games) and likely in a lot ore game time

Finefeuiaki scored 52 in the same trial, and he's just as likely to get minutes as Mikaele this year

my tv broke wrote:Burbo averages 64 when starting edge playing 80

No Worries wrote:What happens with trades between the split round, are they counted or still free ?

Rabbits21 wrote:
If Levi starts at hooker should play 47-50mins I’d say I would pay 28k more and take him over Mikaele.