Homemattnz wrote:I'm liking this season, it is more polarizing than normal, with the split round.
Yeah agree, like a challenge. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Hopefully I'm not the chaff.
NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 7 - Vegas, Baby
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Yeah agree, like a challenge. Separate the wheat from the chaff. Hopefully I'm not the chaff.
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Camo123 wrote:Antipodding is not picking Willison who is 42% owned
Jacob Gagai at 34% and Walsh at 30% are some other wild selections excluding the obvious autofill errors
Add Mam 20% and potentially Burbo at 50% if Schuster is back R2
Note that there is something wrong with ownership percentages on fantasy stats website. Gagai ownership is only 17%.
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If you have, don’t forget to set C/VC before lockout. Probably the only decision to make this week and not confident we’re getting 17 players out on the field
If you have, don’t forget to set C/VC before lockout. Probably the only decision to make this week and not confident we’re getting 17 players out on the field
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What's captaincy %s? What's that site with that info. I forget
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Shady2K wrote:Can someone convince me either way on Cotter or Tatola
Cotter’s 26% ownership is antipod territory
Wow, really? I haven't once looked at ownership %.
I don't have either of those.
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mattnz wrote:
If you happened to start with the right PODs in your initial team, other teams wouldn't be able to easily catch you, as they can only trade in at most 2 each week.
Lets say for example that there are 5 stand out players in week 1, and they happen to all be under 5% ownership and they are all in 1 person's team. They get a massive advantage for a few weeks, while others are spending time bringing them into their team and you can really separate from the pack.
If the top 5 performers are all high ownership, most players will have some of them and will be able to easily bring in the couple that they don't own.
A good example of Antipoding, is that likely 40%+ will have Cleary and captain him in R1. If he goes down with a 6 week injury ahead of next week, all those players have a massive handicap to start the season. Those that don't have him will have a great advantage.
This only works if that outcome actually occurs.
If Cleary doesn't get hurt and scores just his average, then all those teams are theoretically on the back foot right from round 1 (unless their alternative half/Captain goes above Cleary's average - but that's introducing a whole other variable).
It's a gamble plain and simple and if I were a betting man, I would rather go with Cleary hitting his average, rather than bank on someone over achieving.
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i wonder if footystats will work. there's usually some random issue for the first game of the year. i've got mates coming over soon for a bbq/drinks for the footy, so.. unfortunately it wont be getting fixed today if so. apologies in advance!
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Where is the group think sitting on captaincy?
The two themes seem to be Chin or Haas this week for safety.
Round 1 Captain-
TU: Haas (or a Vegas player)
TD: Chin
The two themes seem to be Chin or Haas this week for safety.
Round 1 Captain-
TU: Haas (or a Vegas player)
TD: Chin
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Stylebender wrote:My final piece of the puzzle… (for now)
TU: Fogarty, Suli, Rapana
TD: Flanagan, Penisini, Turbo/Teddy
Feel like the first option may score slightly better, however the latter locks in 2 probable keepers, which is convenient as a H2H player.
I was about to vote TU but then saw H2H, and voted TD
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What if Angus comes on to the bench? Even murkier..
Ideally I'd like to only go with one of Sitili or Wong but I've changed my mind on which one daily so probably just has to be both if team list stays the same
Ideally I'd like to only go with one of Sitili or Wong but I've changed my mind on which one daily so probably just has to be both if team list stays the same
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Looking at who we are playing too it’s a rival we have a strong dislike for yes we are playing Manly. We have had lots of fierce clashes with them over the years. We last beat them 13-12 last year so they will be stinging over that still and they’ll want to start well this year after not having the best year last year either. We are coming up against Seasnake too it’s always nice to get one over him. Looking at Manly they have a strong pack Haumole is a massive danger on the edge. Then of course they have DCE and Turbo who can tear any opposition side apart and they have lots of speed out wide that could trouble us. Then there is the addition of Luke Brooks who will be raring to start off with his new club with a man of the match performance he will be so hungry. So we need to defend really well and do the little things well. Winning that battle in the middle having a high completion rate and being patient in attack will be important. Make silly errors and give silly penalties away and we will pay.
For us we are weaker in the backline with Wighton, Campbell and Munro all out. Luckily we have Tassy to play right centre he will do a good job and it’s very handy we have him. Then we have Kennar at left centre he has a very tough ask in marking Koula which I’m a bot concerned about. J. Gagai has worked so hard for his opportunity I’m very happy for him making his debut second oldest South Sydney player ever to make his debut I hope he really takes this opportunity and has a great game. He has been in our system for years and he has earnt this opprtunity go well Jacob. If we win that middle battle I feel we can limit the chances Manly get out wide as well which will be important. Keppie against his former club will be emotional but we need him to keep his head and do his job for us.
Well I must say I think we all feel this that it has the feeling of a massive finals game this one with such an occasion. To all those that went over our Bunnies brothers and sisters do your best to get the boys home I want to hear that South Sydney chant going around Allegiant Stadium let’s show America how passionate we are about our Rabbitohs! I just hope our boys aren’t too overawed by the occasion we need to stick to our process as JD would say!
SO OK 6:30PM Las Vegas time I think it is and 1:30pm in Sydney tomorrow arvo wherever you are ALL RABBITOHS MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS ON YOUR FEET AS ONE AT 1:28PM TOMORROW SHOWING THE COLOURS CLAPPING YOUR HANDS AGAIN STAMPING YOUR FEET AND SCREAMING YOUR LUNGS OUT FOR OUR SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS! GO YOU GOOD THINGS LETS GO RABBBITOHS!!!
GLORY GLORY LETS GET THE SEASON OFF IN STYLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQLHbZYT5LE
SOUTH SYDNEY CLAP CLAP CLAP
SOUTH SYDNEY CLAP CLAP CLAP
SOUTH SYDNEY CLAP CLAP CLAP
SOUTH SYDNEY CLAP CLAP CLAP
ALL RABBITOHS STAND UP ALL RABBITOHS STAND UP AALLLLLL RRRAAABBBBIIITTTOOOHHSS!!!
THEIR IS ONLY ONE SOUTH SYDNEY ONE SOUTH SYDNEY WALKING ALONG SINGING A SONG SINGING GLORY GLORY GLORY ALL THE WAY!!!!!
SSTID SSTID I KNOW I AM IM SURE I AM SSTID!!!
GET EM ONSIDE ASHLEY BBBBOOOOOOOOO SECOND EFFORT LEG PULL
WHERE IS OUR SIX AGAIN BBBOOOOOOO
THEY ARE ALL IN FRONT OF THE KICKER WHERE IS OUR PENALTY WHAT ABOUT REFFING FOR BOTH TEAMS KLEIN
FORWARD PASS TOUCHIE HAVE A LOOK FAIR DINKUM
My Game Day preview with plenty of ooommopphhhh
There is no way I'm reading that.
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Welsh Mafia wrote:Where is the group think sitting on captaincy?
The two themes seem to be Chin or Haas this week for safety.
Round 1 Captain-
TU: Haas (or a Vegas player)
TD: Chin
If I had Haas, I would seriously consider captaining him for safety. Unlikely to ruin your season.
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I honestly don’t care about ownership %s. After Cleary, I try to pick people I think will score more points than their price with the goal of scoring the most points possible. That’s my R1 plan. Usually those players are well owned by people here and across informed fantasy circles. If they’re not, I’ll consider a bit more.
You don’t need to POD unless you are H2H player trying to win a matchup. Or at the pointy end of overall or club overall trying to gain ground. Or it could just be about fun.Everything else is nonsense.
FWIW I play fantasy premier league and this week I had a 86% template rating - which is a calculation of how commonly owned the players in your team are compared to other active players. Super high. But I also had no team exactly the same as mine in the top 1m ranked players. So it’s both cookie cutter and POD. Without worrying about either.
Same deal in NRL fantasy
You don’t need to POD unless you are H2H player trying to win a matchup. Or at the pointy end of overall or club overall trying to gain ground. Or it could just be about fun.Everything else is nonsense.
FWIW I play fantasy premier league and this week I had a 86% template rating - which is a calculation of how commonly owned the players in your team are compared to other active players. Super high. But I also had no team exactly the same as mine in the top 1m ranked players. So it’s both cookie cutter and POD. Without worrying about either.
Same deal in NRL fantasy
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rhinoceroo wrote:
Beat me to it!
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There is no way I'm reading that.
I just went straight to the part about ref bashing and who was the unfortunate soul this round.
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Snatchpato wrote:Okay so I'm pretty sure the only zig while everyone else is zagging thing I'm going to do to start the year is go with Api from round 1. This means I've got an awesome way to loop for the first round.
I'm curious as what people think about
a) me starting with Api (currently Cheese at HOK for R1) but more so
b) how I should be looping this round. I'm thinking of playing Wong at 18 with Api at 17. If Wong scores well, leave it. If Wong shits the bed, swap Shoes (19) and Api (17) to get Shoes' score. Alternatively, I could just run Wong at 2RF to give me maximum tinkering flexibility pending TLT2 as Luki won't be locked into a 2RF spot. Thoughts about which matters more please!
I'd back Wong to score well as long as he is starting. Might be better to lock him in starting, and see what next week throws up. It might be possible to put an outside back in spot 18 who gets lucky and scores a brace and play them over one of your more marginal picks.
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What sort of minutes are we expecting from Cheese?
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BCT05 wrote:What if Angus comes on to the bench? Even murkier..
Ideally I'd like to only go with one of Sitili or Wong but I've changed my mind on which one daily so probably just has to be both if team list stays the same
Does that change things for anyone?
If crichton doesn't make the 17 this week, what about every other week that follows? He's had his issues to deal with and may be off to rugby, but i don't think Robbo will just banish him to reserve grade for the year.
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All my Vegas players are forwards. With the narrower field, hopefully the games will be played up the middle