NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 43 - Measles

Anyone else seriously looking at paying top dollar for Aitken?
KPP probably needs to go so I can field 17 and Dolphins players are bye friendly. CTR keeper to finish the season, so not the worst trade.

Snatchpato wrote:
gun hooker, flog him to use him up

i could see that happening if they sign a 9 for 2025, but if they actually think Mamo is going to play first grade for them next year then it makes sense that he'll keep getting mins this season. Cook might keep playing 80 in the HYBRIDDDDDD role until Murray's back though.

Wishart vs Wighton..

I might grab Wighton but its pretty close.. basically the same price..

Wighton - slightly better byes. DPP ctr slightly more useful. shit team (maybe an upswing with coaching future sorted etc) . ~could play halves all season/at worst back to centre but still playable? important with how trades are flying out the door.
Wishart -  low BE. good team. would get 6 games if munster is back round 20, so plenty of time to make bulk cash, but a forced trade is annoying.

either way it will feel pretty good to punt Lussick, which means he'll get a double.

Rabbits21 wrote:
And re Lomax that’s why he’s not an origin player too many errors in his game and poor discipline

What poor discipline? There isn’t a NRL player alive that wouldn’t have made contact there. The errors came from effort - one of the few players who could hold his head high form that disaster half.

Lots of Origin players make errors and have poor discipline anyway.

Ultimately there are a dozen Campbell Graham types running around at CTR and WG in the comp at any time, and one guy who can do Zac Lomax things. Same with Latrell. Back the talent. You can instil discipline and control, you can’t instil talent like that

It's speculated all the time, but have we ever actually seen a player get reduced minutes after signing with another club? I can't think of one. I think most coaches will play there best team to get wins today. Especially someone like Hornby who is auditioning for a first grade job somewhere else

multiple.scoregasms wrote:It's speculated all the time, but have we ever actually seen a player get reduced minutes after signing with another club? I can't think of one. I think most coaches will play there best team to get wins today. Especially someone like Hornby who is auditioning for a first grade job somewhere else

cook hasn't been playing 80 at hooker though, its not like they would be 'reducing his mins' now because he's leaving. just continuing to play the shitty bench hooker they already have.

mamo dropping out of the team, or mamo continuing to get 20-30 mins a game, are both realistic possibilities i would think.

i'll grab cook if there's any sign Mamo is pissing off.

If Suaalii gets Origin he’s locked in as the most overrated player in the comp for me.

Talented player obviously but it feels like a selection driven by the child prodigy narrative plus being at a higher profile club. At best a marginal call, and with him going to rugby next year, just wouldn’t pick a marginal player

I haven’t been really seen anything like a Hayne, Inglis, Latrell where you say get the teenager in now. He’s not the best NSW winger in his club. He’s arguably not the best Kings school Union centre in the comp.

But it seems like Madge gonna make his picks like also getting in a plodder like McInnes, and hope to win with a club mentality. Time will tell whether it works or it turns out a 10 day camp isn’t the same as having a 5 month offseason

RECAP NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 42 - The Oof Continues Edition

- Taking the Rein train to the Carty Party (page 3,4)
- Munster out for 8-10 weeks, groin injury (page 5)
- Brad Arthur part ways with the Eels (page 5)
- Bradman Best out for 4-6 weeks, hamstring injury (page 6)
- Cheese & May video tape (page 8,9,11)
- Watson out, Cheese back on the platter? (page 12,13)
- Lucy Leilua to return (page 14)
- Nathan Brown to return (page 14)
- TLT (page 16)
- Nat Butcher dropped (page 17,18,20,24)
- Gutho & Moses return delayed to round 14? (page 22)
- Jolliffe to miss 12 weeks, pec injury (page 24)
- Return of the Lord of the byes (page 26)
- Galvin training with the reserves (page 31,34,38-41)
- nrlfantasyfanatics youtubers (page 32)
- footystatistics.com $3 per year, free access for regular nrlff members (page 33)
- IPap to Panthers in 2025 (page 34)
- Koula out, shoulder injury (page 34)
- vacuumstatistics.com (page 35)
- AFB out, stood down (page 35,36,41,42,45)
- Bateman back to EFL next year (page 43)
- Cody Walker out, calf strain (page 45)
- Hutcho out, Sexy in (page 48,49)
- "About time Salmon scored his first try this season" - Loomer (page 49)
- Party! (page 51)

GreenSchist wrote:Anyone else seriously looking at paying top dollar for Aitken?
KPP probably needs to go so I can field 17 and Dolphins players are bye friendly. CTR keeper to finish the season, so not the worst trade.

hats off to Aitken for being fantasy relevant since 2015

looks like i'll have to trade in wishart because i'm not taking hughes' score & piakura will go...i was hoping hughes would go better so i didn't need to trade

my tv broke wrote:Wishart vs Wighton..

I might grab Wighton but its pretty close.. basically the same price..

Wighton - slightly better byes. DPP ctr slightly more useful. shit team (maybe an upswing with coaching future sorted etc) . ~could play halves all season/at worst back to centre but still playable? important with how trades are flying out the door.
Wishart -  low BE. good team. would get 6 games if munster is back round 20, so plenty of time to make bulk cash, but a forced trade is annoying.

either way it will feel pretty good to punt Lussick, which means he'll get a double.

If we're both punting Lussick, he definitely is doing a Salmon.

I'm trading him for Matto at this stage but to avoid Hughes 22, I need to play Kris which I don't want to do, so might trade him to one of these now.  I shouldn't need Kris next week so might as well get another round 14 player.  I'm 50/50.  Wighton makes sense becuase if you're stuck with him the rest of the year, it won't be an issue as he has job security.  Wishart's low BE and playing for a top team might swing it for me.  Might get him this week and can grab Wighton in 14 if he looks good.  I don't think I'm opposed to grabbing both.  Don't see Munster getting rushed back either.

Although in a nutshell, I think if Hughes is out tonight, I might go Wishart, if he's in, might be enough for me to go Wighton.  An extra week of Wishart without Hughes is mighty tempting.

I'm on the Wishart train too... But, is there a chance Papy comes back at 6 to keep Faalogo in the side. Saw it mentioned as a possibility by a few journos that claimed Papi trained at 6 in preseason as well.

Worth noting Sua is signed till 2028 so he is certainly in their plans

mintotheimmortal wrote:I'm on the Wishart train too... But, is there a chance Papy comes back at 6 to keep Faalogo in the side. Saw it mentioned as a possibility by a few journos that claimed Papi trained at 6 in preseason as well.

Worth noting Sua is signed till 2028 so he is certainly in their plans

Interesting. They could always throw Meaney in the halves too, so it's not like Wishart is locked in until Munster returns.

Maybe better just to go Wighton.

robelgordo wrote:

What poor discipline? There isn’t a NRL player alive that wouldn’t have made contact there. The errors came from effort - one of the few players who could hold his head high form that disaster half.

Lots of Origin players make errors and have poor discipline anyway.

Ultimately there are a dozen Campbell Graham types running around at CTR and WG in the comp at any time, and one guy who can do Zac Lomax things. Same with Latrell. Back the talent. You can instil discipline and control, you can’t instil talent like that

Yeah bang on. Lomax till the end for me.

my tv broke wrote:Wishart vs Wighton..

I might grab Wighton but its pretty close.. basically the same price..

Wighton - slightly better byes. DPP ctr slightly more useful. shit team (maybe an upswing with coaching future sorted etc) . ~could play halves all season/at worst back to centre but still playable? important with how trades are flying out the door.
Wishart -  low BE. good team. would get 6 games if munster is back round 20, so plenty of time to make bulk cash, but a forced trade is annoying.

either way it will feel pretty good to punt Lussick, which means he'll get a double.

Strange to Wighton could be on the cards for me after Origin

mintotheimmortal wrote:I'm on the Wishart train too... But, is there a chance Papy comes back at 6 to keep Faalogo in the side. Saw it mentioned as a possibility by a few journos that claimed Papi trained at 6 in preseason as well.

Worth noting Sua is signed till 2028 so he is certainly in their plans

This was my other thought re wishart. Bellamy may tinker with lineup. Wishart wasnt next in line for a halves spot either, but pezet is injured

my tv broke wrote:

cook hasn't been playing 80 at hooker though, its not like they would be 'reducing his mins' now because he's leaving. just continuing to play the shitty bench hooker they already have.

mamo dropping out of the team, or mamo continuing to get 20-30 mins a game, are both realistic possibilities i would think.

i'll grab cook if there's any sign Mamo is pissing off.

Yeah this is a bit different to say iPap signing elsewhere, Cook is being phased out anyway. In that scenario I think there's a good chance they might want to give Mamo some starts near the end of the year if they plan on him being the starting hooker next year.

Not sure how much time Cook plays in a lock role now with Havili back to the bench to come on there.

If I didn’t need a WFB to get 17 on the park I’d probably go Wighton over Wishart.

Wishart seems the best option at the moment so will hope for some luck variance this year

my tv broke wrote:

This was my other thought re wishart. Bellamy may tinker with lineup. Wishart wasnt next in line for a halves spot either, but pezet is injured

Exactly. And we're paying a truck load for Wighton, he's our big marquee signing so it's crazy to think about that in reflection that we can trade him in for 400K.

GreenSchist wrote:Anyone else seriously looking at paying top dollar for Aitken?
KPP probably needs to go so I can field 17 and Dolphins players are bye friendly. CTR keeper to finish the season, so not the worst trade.

I payed medium dollar for him and am pretty happy about it.