NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 10 - Not enough Raiders

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:i want to for a quick minute... do a reality check about McInnes

how many minutes are we expecting with a four MID bench?

if you take out the big minutes games, 60+ when he played at LOCK last season, he priced just above his average - are we expecting more than 60 minutes on a regular basis?

Yes

Loomer wrote:

Legitimately my favourite wrestling gimmick of all time. I think this is peak Jericho. I've never enjoyed RAW more than when Jericho, his list, and his best friend Kevin Owens were on it.

Re: Chan and his 30 reserve grade avg.

I dunno if you can read that much into reserve fantasy stats for some position and players.

Chan came back from France straight into playing, would’ve been an acclimatisation period. Now had a full off season. Think will get some good bal, and more ball because the game is faster at NRL level. They obviously rate him highly

Probably going with Jackie at 17 over the weak gutted dog at this stage. As well as Kini over both.

my tv broke wrote:Everyone going to trade Sitili to May, myself included.

round 2
Sitili 55 in 80
May 38 in 40

hehe

The desire is real

But, I had Sitili as an 8 point upside
May as a 13 point upside (if what I "hope" happens actually happens), but May's upside drops to about 11 points after this weeks price wise.

Which means a trade to get a net 3 points in the event that things work out like I hope...

Better to be Zen like Mulvy I think
Although burning the trade is more fun

easytiger wrote:

Do they really get more minutes in the MID rotation though if JWH is back?

JWH who had 7 games of more than 50mins last year, compared to Leniu who has never played a 50min first grade NRL game... including last week

It was a comparison of having Whyte vs Leniu.

my tv broke wrote:Everyone going to trade Sitili to May, myself included.

round 2
Sitili 55 in 80
May 38 in 40

hehe

sitili only scores 55 if he gets a try he's below 40 usually with no try

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

I ended up with Cotter over Elliott.

Upside is he ends up playing like 2022 and averages mid 50s. Downside he is probably priced appropriately

He is also really fun to watch

Has pretty much been the reason I chose a lot of the players I did. Maybe Lolo, Jaifiti, Luki, McInnes and Api don't have the biggest upside, but the downside is minimal if not non-existant, and I enjoy watching them play.

easytiger wrote:

I doubt anyone on here thinks young rabbits is a sexist moron.
I personally have the utmost respect for rabbits21 and I know him to have great integrity, and I do agree that it wouldn't be his intention.  I also hope it just gives him (or anyone really) just an opportunity to pause and think about whether there's a better way to express disappointment without using an archaic stereotype.

It's when we let those insidious little remarks just slide by that by default we are saying we accept them and that they are okay and reflect how we view things.
It's pretty easy to have banter and light conversation without the need to drop into sexism, racism or any other demeaning stereotype.

100% agree.



Wait, I can still call Mulvy old right?

easytiger wrote:

Well that's an interesting way to mark international women's day.

Maybe next time before you use "girls" as some sort of negative floor for performance, you think about what would happen if you tried to run around Georgia Hale in a game, or maybe tried to tackle Mele Hufanga, Millie Boyle or Isabelle Kelly just as a few examples.

Yesterday I was fortunate enough to coach some kids playing rippa rugby for the first time.
On field the teams are 7 aside, but require to always have at leasts 3 girls on - because of lower participation, that means the girls have to work harder and play the whole game without a break. But they don't let that deter them, they don't drop in determination or effort, they work hard in defence and show speed and agility that is easily equal to their male counterparts.

They also have to deal with this kind of sexist bullshit, so in future can we please just be a bit better, and not go there?

Thanks, end rant

Thanks, saw that post before but you’ve saved me a retort! Great reply.

Also coach a U12 girls soccer team and the casual sexism they encounter all the time is really stark.

my tv broke wrote:Everyone going to trade Sitili to May, myself included.

round 2
Sitili 55 in 80
May 38 in 40

hehe

55 would be a surprisingly low score with two tries.

Reklaw wrote:also to make you all feel better, im 6/223. ranked 125k

That doesn't make me feel better because I'm only 60 points ahead but I've had two extra players!

I would like to report Reklaw for trolling me

robelgordo wrote:Re: Chan and his 30 reserve grade avg.

I dunno if you can read that much into reserve fantasy stats for some position and players.

Chan came back from France straight into playing, would’ve been an acclimatisation period. Now had a full off season. Think will get some good bal, and more ball because the game is faster at NRL level. They obviously rate him highly

Probably going  with Jackie at 17 over the weak gutted dog at this stage. As well as Kini over both.

I must admit that I haven't watched much reserve grade, but I imagine it's a bit like watching lots of Wests Tigers playing each other - smash it up the middle, hope someone misses a tackle they should make, put a kick in on the last (if you don't make an error before then).

Utilising the edges in attack (and thereby needing more defence on the edges) seems like something that might be a lot less than in first grade. I have no basis for this thought, and I can only handle watching one West Tigers per week (and even then it's a struggle)

easytiger wrote:

I didn't want to say it, but yeah why not


Is he really only 1.83m tall? - looks taller to me
Maybe he's not the new Haas after all

Saw him in person down at Keebra Park when we played them. Confirmed he's not that tall, actually looked kinda short (but probably just because he's thicc)

mattnz wrote:

It was a comparison of having Whyte vs Leniu.

haha, but why?
Wasn't Whyte already in the 17 last week? isn't JWH the change/replacement?

Welshy wrote:Cheers guys on the March input.

FTFY

Loomer wrote:

FTFY

Good one Camo

my tv broke wrote:Everyone going to trade Sitili to May, myself included.

round 2
Sitili 55 in 80
May 38 in 40

hehe

Unless confirmed injured, I am more likely to trade Piakura than Sitili. Cash gen is screwed for the next few weeks, will have a huge BE of something like 60 the next time he plays and only has a 40 average. Another knee injury or what is apparently an ongoing issue with HIAs the last couple of years, and his price really tanks. You either trade him this week, or hold and hope.

easytiger wrote:


I must admit that I haven't watched much reserve grade, but I imagine it's a bit like watching lots of Wests Tigers playing each other - smash it up the middle, hope someone misses a tackle they should make, put a kick in on the last (if you don't make an error before then).

Utilising the edges in attack (and thereby needing more defence on the edges) seems like something that might be a lot less than in first grade. I have no basis for this thought, and I can only handle watching one West Tigers per week (and even then it's a struggle)

i am certainly no expert, but my experience of watching a fair bit of Easts/Brisbane Tigers live, it is a mix and match of players every week that don't get a lot of training together. The team lists are different every week, the NRL players come back in and play without even having a training session together. A lot of the local players are part time footballers that work jobs full time. There's not a lot of fluidness about a lot of it, you get the little combo's from players who are there every week but a lot of the time an NRL squad player comes in and they just look a bit out of sorts. There's a lot of solo efforts in reserve grade.

its probably not the same for every team, brisbane tigers probably have it worse than others being a Storm feeder, but there were weeks where even the local players changed by like 6 or 7 players in the team week to week.

i remember Tino played a season for the Tigers and watching him live, he was a huge kid but there wasnt anything special to me about how he went on the field.

easytiger wrote:

haha, but why?
Wasn't Whyte already in the 17 last week? isn't JWH the change/replacement?

There are 2 scenarios that could have happened next week:
1. Whyte plays or
2. Leniu plays

Everyone already knew JWH was returning. This is the only change from what was expected to happen, that was frightening people off getting May.

Need your expert help lads & ladies…

So I have exactly 837K for either:

TU: Hopgood (other Mids are Haas + Tatola)
TD: Cotter + ~250k to upgrade duds for Rd 2 (probably Marriner or Tatola at this stage)