NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 12 - No need for a restart

The Bludger#2 wrote:

I hate to say it, as I chose SOS instead of Fog-god, but the way the Raiders team is set-up, he will be kicking 800m (ave) every freakin game. Nearly all TAs will go his way too.
Absolute mid-cow > sub-gun territory.
I'm looking at swallowing my pride and switching SOS to him ASAP.

I might do a little look at fantasy points for Halves vs receipts.

Kick metre average for a team per game is about ~550, so 800 is an outlier. Raiders have averaged 560 a game in the last 2 seasons.

So you can probably take 8 points off Fogs scoring for an "average" game.

Lolominutes

bloody hell, I just saw that Zazu (Honey Badger) is in L3
I might just aim for 2nd place

Anyone a bit concerned on Cotter mins and think he’s gonna be a mid 50’s mins guy rather than a low 60’s mins guy?

Sexton brained it in Cup. Wouldn’t shock me if he comes in for Hutcho in a few weeks.

Would it be idiotic to sure up my halves and go Cotter to Fog rather than just keep playing Hutcho/Flanno to partner Cleary?

If you want Fog then get Fog, but i dont think worrying about whether Hutch might or might not dropped in 3 or 4 weeks should be any part of that decision

Grant up to 49 tackle breaks paid. Flanno up to 36.

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my tv broke wrote:If you want Fog then get Fog, but i dont think worrying about whether Hutch might or might not dropped in 3 or 4 weeks should be any part of that decision

Well might be better to sort it now rather than panic in 3 weeks or so if I don’t have someone to trade out then I have to rip things apart a bit.

Rabbits21 wrote:Anyone a bit concerned on Cotter mins and think he’s gonna be a mid 50’s mins guy rather than a low 60’s mins guy?

Sexton brained it in Cup. Wouldn’t shock me if he comes in for Hutcho in a few weeks.

Would it be idiotic to sure up my halves and go Cotter to Fog rather than just keep playing Hutcho/Flanno to partner Cleary?

I think if the game was in the balance plus they didn't have a couple of HIA's, Cotter probably stays out there. I picked him, but I'm not concerned yet. But mate, there's no chance he's gonna average low 60's. I'd be stoked if he can creep to 50 the next few weeks.

Flanagan finally got his try save, up to 36

wolfking wrote:

I think if the game was in the balance plus they didn't have a couple of HIA's, Cotter probably stays out there.  I picked him, but I'm not concerned yet.  But mate, there's no chance he's gonna average low 60's.  I'd be stoked if he can creep to 50 the next few weeks.

Agree can’t see him getting 60mins avg an can’t see him quite avg 50. Don’t think it’s gonna hurt me if I go him to Fog….. mind you I probs do it and Cotter gets 52 next week and Fog 41

Toothlessshark wrote:How much weight do you put into the sharks rotations. McInnes with 2/3 of bugger all mins and Finucane the same boat. Makes me think it'll be different next week but maybe not better for mcinnes

I think McInnes was just a victim of the game flow and Williams getting more minutes than usual (100th game?)

The Warriors started ridiculously fast, Sharks made changes and the momentum swung so Fitzy ran with it.

That's my theory anyway, if he gets 40 minutes again this week though he can get yeeted

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quicksand wrote:

Clint Newton ?
So they wouldn't have to upgrade his contract for playing X amount of games !!

Nice example but doesn't quite fit the criteria

Was an already established player with a contract clause for 1 year extension after X games(maybe 20?)

Rather than drive his price down so he could be resigned for cheap it did the opposite, forcing him to be released so they wouldn't have to pay him

Must have had a new intake of stats recorders for the year, and having to teach them the system

Not usual to get this many large stats revisions this late in the day. Chan and Suli both getting an extra 4 TBs
Probably a bunch of other fantasy irrelevant changes too

Moses has been cleared of a groin injury. Not sure if I can trust him going forward but there are probably other fires to put out first.

Rabbits21 wrote:
Agree can’t see him getting 60mins avg an can’t see him quite avg 50. Don’t think it’s gonna hurt me if I go him to Fog….. mind you I probs do it and Cotter gets 52 next week and Fog 41

Sorry, misread your post, thought you meant points as opposed to minutes. I think he could possibly be 55-60 minutes when the games are tight. Who knows though.

TheWeapon wrote:Well. That was my worst round 1 in about 20 years of playing. 684 and about 65k overall. Wow.

And the funny thing is, my team didn’t really seem THAT bad….

Settled at 69k here. Yep worst ever

Rabbits21 wrote:
Well might be better to sort it now rather than panic in 3 weeks or so if I don’t have someone to trade out then I have to rip things apart a bit.

Yeah, why panic later when you can panic now (and also later)?

My team had a meh round. Don't really have anyone that's a must-trade (pending team lists), but plenty who performed under expectation.

The Good-ish:
Cheese, Haas, Wong, Rapana, Smithies, Luki, Burbo

The Bad:
Sitili, Piakura, Cleary, Pappy, Kini,

The Meh:
Hopgood, SOS, RTS, Chan, Levi, Salmon, Strange, Hughes

Could look at downgrading RTS and upgrading Sitili I suppose, or just sit on it for a week and see how things go next round.

Rabbits21 wrote:Anyone a bit concerned on Cotter mins and think he’s gonna be a mid 50’s mins guy rather than a low 60’s mins guy?

Sexton brained it in Cup. Wouldn’t shock me if he comes in for Hutcho in a few weeks.

Would it be idiotic to sure up my halves and go Cotter to Fog rather than just keep playing Hutcho/Flanno to partner Cleary?

Half who’s played a couple of seasons of NRL dominating at NSW Cup isn’t surprising.

Legitimately - how often do established players in key positions that have won their spot on merit actually get dropped in modern footy? It’s pretty rare outside of situations with time off for injury where the replacement goes well. The gulf between grades is massive, you can’t just plug in a new half because he had a nice run at Belmore or Henson, like you could 40 years ago when the  boys trained Tues and Thurs and had day jobs.

Can’t see Hutch getting dropped. Probably needs Ciraldo feeling likes he’s about to be sacked to make that king of hail Mary play