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

White Lightning wrote:After walsh was ruled out lol & it could sum up this year

WT Winfield wrote:

I'd hold Strange for the bye now. Maybe flick to Koula or the next hotness for Rd 14

Aardvark wrote:Thinking about this some more as I'm bewildered but It's a desperate situation when Griffin Neame is being thrown up as a valid option. He is a poor man's Jaimin Jolliffe or an Aldi Flegler.

It may well be that he strings a few games together but anyone who has watched a Cowboys game will know he's a big honest toiler, prone to a dropped ball, not prone to an offload or TB who may barge over for a try from 1.5 meters out once every couple of seasons. He's a $500k FRF who is pretty much priced at $500k.


He's Aiden Tolman with half the minutes

Aardvark wrote:Thinking about this some more as I'm bewildered but It's a desperate situation when Griffin Neame is being thrown up as a valid option. He is a poor man's Jaimin Jolliffe or an Aldi Flegler.

It may well be that he strings a few games together but anyone who has watched a Cowboys game will know he's a big honest toiler, prone to a dropped ball, not prone to an offload or TB who may barge over for a try from 1.5 meters out once every couple of seasons. He's a $500k FRF who is pretty much priced at $500k.


He's Aiden Tolman with half the minutes

mickspicks wrote:

It's a fair call. I think I'm more hoping for a mid-40 output during the Origin period. Probably stupid to hang my hopes on that one.

WT Winfield wrote:

I'd hold Strange for the bye now. Maybe flick to Koula or the next hotness for Rd 14

Bethany_B wrote:


If you want a MID in that price range, Oregon Kaufusi is the guy, as I've said earlier.

Unlike Neame he actually looks like an attacking threat, has been busting tackles and offloading more recently, and the Sharks are a much better team than the Cowboys.

mickspicks wrote:

The two recent tries puts me off him, although the week prior to the tries he scored well, too.

Alternative options are jumping on Nikora now and hoping he keeps building. Or, Moale for a cheaper option with upside of cash gen.

Realistically I should be looking at WFB options but nothing jumping out at me besides the Turbo > Koula trade.

Bethany_B wrote:

His scoring has been pretty decent even discounting the tries, and he's in a team that'll give him a few. Brailey has been very good at passing short near the line.

He's stepped up a lot this year, and looks much more dynamic. Moale's an okay shout but seems a bit ploddy for my liking, and Souths also suck.

That said, if you don't need a MID and need a WFB instead, go that way. Could go for Dom Young if your round 14 numbers are decent enough, the Chooks draw is soft as baby shit for basically the remainder of the year.

mickspicks wrote:

Don't mind the Dom Young shout at all. He's on a bit of a run. Could be worth the gamble. Cheers.

mattnz wrote:

If you wait on Koula and get him in R14, he is likely to be significantly more expensive and you only have him at fullback for rounds 14, 15 and 16, with a bye in 17 and Turbo expected back in R18. Not sure he will be worth it then.

mattnz wrote:

If you wait on Koula and get him in R14, he is likely to be significantly more expensive and you only have him at fullback for rounds 14, 15 and 16, with a bye in 17 and Turbo expected back in R18. Not sure he will be worth it then.

WT Winfield wrote:

He'll probably be under 500k still after 2 rounds. Besides, can't have them all. Keep grabbing the latest must have and you'll be out of trades soon.

mattnz wrote:

With a 50 average he will be $508k in the price predictor. If he isn't getting at least that, you wouldn't want him anyway.

L-Jimmy wrote:So, last night we said it would be interesting to guess who the alleged QLD 'star' was based on changes to teamlists. I'm sure we weren't the only ones thinking this.

This morning Walsh withdraws due to a knee injury. That really is unfortunate timing for an injury, as lots of people will draw erroneous conclusions.

I hope his knee gets better soon.

mattnz wrote:

If it is just a 1 week knee injury, he may be a sell anyway. Will miss 5 rounds in the next 14 and is one less Origin player you need to worry about holding.

I might need to change my avatar just in case, lol.

The Bludger#2 wrote:

Would you trade Strange for Koula?