NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 40 - This is Magic Round because it can make your trades disappear into thin air

filths rabble of a squad.

JBrailey
Haas (vc), Cotter, Moale
Crichton, KPP
Hynes(c), Weekes
Iro, Koula
Tedesco, Armstrong, Fa'alogo

Robson, Grant, Galvin, Burbo

SHughes, Cleary, Kris, Piakura

Holding trades is for losers, it's 2024 we don't do that anymore.

A post on the Knights forum saying Gagai and Friz in captains run photos. Not sure if that means anything either.

Squid wrote:Hey team apologises if this is the wrong section to ask this but looking for any assistance with my trades this week

Grant
Tohu, Tapine, Cotter
Crichton, KPP
DCE, Hunt
Iro, Garrick
Walsh, Armstrong, Fuller

Brailey, Matterson, Galvin, Strange
Piakura, Chevy, Waddell, Hughes

Thinking

Waddell + Walsh - Weeks + Drinky

Then either

Chevy to Dom Young or Piakura to Nikora

Thoughts

(If this is the wrong section please advise and i will delete and repost in the correct thread)

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Hello me old mollusc! Solid looking team.

I'd lean Piakura out before Chevy, but it's damn close. The deciding point would be who you're bringing in.

Both Dom Young and Nikora seem great buys, as does Weekes.

I don't love Drinky though - not a great bye schedule ahead, fully priced with a high BE, and isn't a guarantee of being in the top 4 scorers in his position come year end. Most folks are finding the cash for Yeo/Haas instead, and looking at your squad I'd go there first if possible.

But you could also use another WFB or /CTR flexible sort. So perhaps bring in Isaako, Koula, Meaney or punt on a no-Origin Teddy?


Edit: wait, is that Ben Hunt? Gotta be tempted to kick him out on the bye, and ahead of Origin.

my tv broke wrote:fwiw i don't know if getting through captains run (light session) definitely means he's playing

That’s good enough for me. Captain Hynes it is then. What could possibly go wrong!

L-Jimmy wrote:
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Hello me old mollusc! Solid looking team.

I'd lean Piakura out before Chevy, but it's damn close. The deciding point would be who you're bringing in.

Both Dom Young and Nikora seem great buys, as does Weekes.

I don't love Drinky though - not a great bye schedule ahead, fully priced with a high BE, and isn't a guarantee of being in the top 4 scorers in his position come year end. Most folks are finding the cash for Yeo/Haas instead, and looking at your squad I'd go there first if possible.

But you could also use another WFB or /CTR flexible sort. So perhaps bring in Isaako, Koula, Meaney or punt on a no-Origin Teddy?

There are already 6 Origin players in the team - Grant, DCE, Hunt, Cotter, Crichton, Walsh. Even after trading out Walsh, I wouldn't be bringing another Origin player in, unless playing head to head.

Yeah Ben Hunt, think he backed up all 3 games last year so bit of a POD here happy to roll and assess post origin.

May be getting sucked into Drinky a bit but with no gun WFB may fall behind since im trading out Walsh, would love Teddy but surely he makes origin and is captain with no Cleary?

Keeping Piakura and punting Chevy to Young instead helps a little bit with origin as can cover for halves

Randomly harking back to pre season discussion of importance of starting teams.

Of the top 10 money earners this year:

> 6 didn’t play in round 1
> 2 were/are non starting forwards
> 1 was Strange, who everyone got
> 1 was Eisenhuth, who no-one got

Some quality on the forums this morning

If Moses and Hynes both unfit, Jackson Hastings for NSW 7. You know it makes sense!

On that, someone should look into how the majority of Aus NRL players are from NSW yet the majority of creative/spine types are from QLD. Something very wrong with NSW pathways in the 2000s and probably 2010s

I’m also backing Luai to step up Maloney style and kick the ball now that he’s partnered with Cole rather than Schneider. Probably helps him get the 6 spot for NSW.

13CokeHeads wrote:Keary/Townsend/luai/walker probably gets in

Honestly just cancel Origin if Townsend is making the team

Jumping Marlin wrote:Randomly harking back to pre season discussion of importance of starting teams.

Of the top 10 money earners this year:

> 6 didn’t play in round 1
> 2 were/are non starting forwards
> 1 was Strange, who everyone got
> 1 was Eisenhuth, who no-one got

There’s players with the autofill team that are doing better than my actual team and I made that really bad to start.

Week to week trade decisions (supported by an element of luck/variance) are fair more important than starting team IMO

Why I basically don’t bother it until the 2nd week of trials at the earliest. And I reckon some weeks I spend more time thinking on 3 trades than I did for about 16 starting spots all offseason.

Hynes playing origin is more fun for fantasy
Makes for an interesting rd13 captaincy pick

Chewie wrote:Hynes playing origin is more fun for fantasy
Makes for an interesting rd13 captaincy pick

Brown or Matterson (if other Eels forwards in Origin probably my best options)

Chewie wrote:Hynes playing origin is more fun for fantasy
Makes for an interesting rd13 captaincy pick

Would you say that it would be so good for the game and would break the monotony?

mattnz wrote:

Is he your captain though? Downside risk seems too great for me.

Definitely will be for me.

Upside risk vs Downside risk says it's worthwhile for me, I say, with Weekes as my VC.

Teeth Eater wrote:

Definitely will be for me.

Upside risk vs Downside risk says it's worthwhile for me, I say, with Weekes as my VC.

You'd better hope that Hynes plays then.

Teeth Eater wrote:

Definitely will be for me.

Upside risk vs Downside risk says it's worthwhile for me, I say, with Weekes as my VC.

That seems a tad silly.

Captain Gus! Ride the hot hand and a half.

BCT05 wrote:

Would you say that it would be so good for the game and would break the monotony?

Yeah let's go captain Jolliffe!

StormTrooper96 wrote:Captain Gus! Ride the hot hand and a half.

Not worried about how sore his foot looked in the photo and the rumour he has a broken toe?

Rabbits21 wrote:

Not worried about how sore his foot looked in the photo and the rumour he has a broken toe?

Blokes playing with 9 and a half fingers. I think 9 toes doesn’t matter