NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 33 - Don't listen to Your Guts, they have Sludge for Brains

This week has been the best start for the Bludgers all year - 5/305, with Chan's 33 to be looped in (unless I run the risk of Piakura outscoring him).


Thumbs up - take Chan's 33 and bank it
Thumbs down - go big or go home your season is already up the creek, roll the dice with Piakura.

Welsh Mafia wrote:Offt Blore's 48 in that pummeling isnt what new owners were hoping for.

Was on a danseels sized fence all week between AFB & Bateman or Tohu & Blore. Went the latter and feel it was definitely the wrong side.

Not enough hard work for him in a pummeling like that, plus got a rest at 72 mins.

He’ll be good in the long run.

Take Chans 33, Play Kris/Chevy?

Could also trade out a Salmon/Kris for someone around 500k and play them instead

Snatchpato wrote:4/183 feels very behind with lots of players going big yesterday. Hope it continues throughout the weekend!

the_great_wobbler wrote:

Hey there fellow Pap, May, Cheese, Angus owner.

The guy who sit in the number 1 spot in the Fog has the same four players so you're not in bad company

BBowler wrote:

Not enough hard work for him in a pummeling like that, plus got a rest at 72 mins.

He’ll be good in the long run.

If he keeps offloading like he’s Junior Paulo I’ll take it

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Take Chans 33, Play Kris/Chevy?

Could also trade out a Salmon/Kris for someone around 500k and play them instead

I would play Kris over Chan's 33 or jump on SFainu/Chester/Piakura

VC Angus.... how sure are we that Cleary is suiting up this week?

filthridden wrote:VC Angus.... how sure are we that Cleary is suiting up this week?

I left VC on Angus instead of first game rule of Fifi once he wasn't starting. Be lucky if Hynes outscores either

Chewie wrote:

I would play Kris over Chan's 33 or jump on SFainu/Chester/Piakura

I’ve already done Fog/Lussick to Plath/Grant this week and was really hoping to not make another trade in all honesty.

Especially with Cheese and May needing to go next week

Camo123 wrote:

Barely scraping 60 after try, TA, LB, LBA is not him

Yeah, I get your point, but then they registered him for just 30 tackles with 3 misses - which is especially low for HG.
Grant is definitely a heavily involved HOK, he's either making tackles or "missing them" in a fantasy sense - he's never not involved, and while Storm had more possession, it's still seems low.

I noticed that VSDT by comparison had him at 39 tackles with 1 miss - while they are different stats providers, they do seem to typically be within a couple of each other. 9 different is crazy.
So boosted by attacking stats, but very much down on defensive stats.

Demetriou is surely a dead man walking

Camo123 wrote:

If he keeps offloading like he’s Junior Paulo I’ll take it

Hah! Remember when Junior got nabbed playing grade union for a mate? Put on some headgear so no one would recognise the largest human alive. Fun times.

With TerMay and Cheese shitting it up, getting Cleary left me no flexibility to fix it next week, so went to reverse Bateman trade for a MID.

I’ve managed to lock all three trades out hahaha

Basic order of operations error that I would’ve not made if I wasn’t away camping but it is what it is

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Take Chans 33, Play Kris/Chevy?

Could also trade out a Salmon/Kris for someone around 500k and play them instead

If you're not trading, I'd take Chan's 33 over Kris / Chevy, not sure how the Raiders will score without Fog.
Trading? What about J.Brails?
Priced at 28, should be a 40 average scorer. Plays 2 of the big bye rounds and will be needed on the park a lot more as team captain now Pongdong's gone for 3 months.

466/9c
rank is 105 atm

Camo123 wrote:

Barely scraping 60 after try, TA, LB, LBA is not him

Not enough tackles for him to make in a drubbing. Only had to make 30, been averaging 45 this year.

Needs a tight game where he also cashes in with attacking stats to really hit a ceiling score.

If I look at it that May + Angus average 51 between them it feels a bit better...

Thank god I at least remembered to leave Cheese in the loop this week

Loomer wrote:

370/7 with May and Liddle. Fifi punt weeks ago finally paid off

365/6 Difita owner represent. Did you also captain Haas?

Saw this comment on the amateurs facebook Q&A regarding Trai Fuller's eligibility:

"The exemption rule isn't a rule anymore. With all the injuries and HIAs, they've made development players available from wk 1. No exceptions required, therefore rosters are now 33-36, not 30.
The only rule is that train and trials can't play before Rd10.
So Fuller won't be dropped for a top 30 player." - Matthew Lippiatt-Sidman

Some interesting information there, does this sound right?

The Bludger#2 wrote:

If you're not trading, I'd take Chan's 33 over Kris / Chevy, not sure how the Raiders will score without Fog.
Trading? What about J.Brails?
Priced at 28, should be a 40 average scorer. Plays 2 of the big bye rounds and will be needed on the park a lot more as team captain now Pongdong's gone for 3 months.

Yeah I’ve looked at Brailey. Getting rid of Cheese next week means I’ll have no HOK for Round 13 so Brailey fits that need. Only saved 2 trades so feel like I’m going to be doing this till the trades run out