NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 8 - May we have a new Roosters forward

Milchcow wrote:

Because Weekes won't get named?  Or something else

easytiger wrote:


Thoughts on Cavendish vs. Plantain?

Cavendish seems to have the most JS

Bethany_B wrote:

That's what I'm doing, though I also have Niu and RTS at WFB who will likely get CTR dual as well

BENNETT RINGS CHANGES AT PHINS

Ok it looks like Kodi Nikorima (6) and Tesi Niu (centre) have won starting spots for @dolphinsnrl to play @nthqldcowboys

Max Plath training in the middle at 13 at moment as well so he could be Gilbert replacement

Stay tuned for teams @AAPSport

— Joel Gould (@JoelGould6) March 4, 2024

easytiger wrote:

My Actual thoughts;

Smithies;
Clearly, more of an unknown.
What we do know; has a good engine, will tackle anything that moves.
Brittish forwards have a good history of going well in the NRL. There are anecdotes from Elliot Whitehead that his running game & ball skills are surprisingly good.
In the trial game, I recall them saying that Canberra really went hard to get him, and that he is far better than what they had expected.
I think the pace of NRL week to week is higher than the superleague, so I'd expect any Brittish forward to get some PPM uptick playing here.
Seems worthy of a punt, with a chance he holds the 13 when Horse returns (who was an out and out prop prior to last year)
I've initially given him what feels like a fairly conservative 0.8PPM at 60 minutes initially for a 10 point upside.
0.8PPM is approx a Cotter, Elliott, Harris, Gilbert, (Flegler ironically)

The Bludger#2 wrote:

Han or Lando as the true owner of the Millenium Falcom??

ynot wrote:Kind of already knew this:

BENNETT RINGS CHANGES AT PHINS

Ok it looks like Kodi Nikorima (6) and Tesi Niu (centre) have won starting spots for @dolphinsnrl to play @nthqldcowboys

Max Plath training in the middle at 13 at moment as well so he could be Gilbert replacement

Stay tuned for teams @AAPSport

— Joel Gould (@JoelGould6) March 4, 2024

ynot wrote:Kind of already knew this:

BENNETT RINGS CHANGES AT PHINS

Ok it looks like Kodi Nikorima (6) and Tesi Niu (centre) have won starting spots for @dolphinsnrl to play @nthqldcowboys

Max Plath training in the middle at 13 at moment as well so he could be Gilbert replacement

Stay tuned for teams @AAPSport

— Joel Gould (@JoelGould6) March 4, 2024

robelgordo wrote:

Cavendish doesn't have as much JS as you think. Under the risk of extinction from a fungus. This happened to an earlier popular banana variety - ti got wiped out by disease and the Cavendish was resistant and took over dominant market share.

I know way more about bananas that I realised.

Archer wrote:I know its Sticky and I genuinely expect to see some head scratching shit come out of the team list but I thought most people that watched the trials had Strange well ahead of Weeks, or did people think it was closer/had Weekes ahead? Genuinely curious what neutrals had as our pecking order.

IMO Chevy looked too raw for rd 1 so Rapa at FB, then I'm hoping its Cotric + Savage wings with Schiller earning Kris's ctr spot for 1 week. Mariota hopefully in the 17 and I'd love to see one of Puru/Mooney but suspect they're just outside. Keen AF for our team list.

robelgordo wrote:

Thought it was red, yellow, blue for primary colours? Will ask my 7yo later.

My googling says some languages didn't have a distinct green colour, its on the blue spectrum. Other languages not only have green but also clear words for light and dark blue. So it's a bit arbitrary

Bethany_B wrote:

That's what I'm doing, though I also have Niu and RTS at WFB who will likely get CTR dual as well

Mulvy wrote:

Nah Obbeats is correct, Red Green Blue is the primaries for light, hence we had RGB monitor cables prior to HDMI for example. The human eye has three types of cone cells that are respectively sensitive to red green and blue.

The primaries for mixing paint is different though. Indeed they are blue yellow red. Mixing blue and yellow makes green.

Fun fact, the red LED was the first to be developed followed by the green. The blue one took them ages to figure out.

robelgordo wrote:

I'm tempted by both tbh

Niu if WFB and CTR are really dire, but tbf they are both shaping up maybe ok?

Plath the 500k price tag is outrageous but based on the 2 game sample size he's worth at least 6 pts over his BE

Shady2K wrote:Would run Kris Strange Burbo as CTRs. Cheap

mattnz wrote:

Plath is $278k in Supercoach.

robelgordo wrote:
Plath the 500k price tag is outrageous but based on the 2 game sample size he's worth at least 6 pts over his BE

Archer wrote:I know its Sticky and I genuinely expect to see some head scratching shit come out of the team list but I thought most people that watched the trials had Strange well ahead of Weeks, or did people think it was closer/had Weekes ahead? Genuinely curious what neutrals had as our pecking order.

IMO Chevy looked too raw for rd 1 so Rapa at FB, then I'm hoping its Cotric + Savage wings with Schiller earning Kris's ctr spot for 1 week. Mariota hopefully in the 17 and I'd love to see one of Puru/Mooney but suspect they're just outside. Keen AF for our team list.

robelgordo wrote:

People thought Savage was better but Weekes still had the inside line because he was playing the opposite side to where Fog usually does? Something like that.