NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 52 - Zero trade gang, rise up!

ForanAgainst wrote:

Is this before trading? I had exactly 5 coming into the round.

Honeysett wrote:I've got rid of Kelma for Fainu, the 250k variety. He's a cash out for me to fund better things, advantage for me is he plays this week so I'll get a couple points.

mattnz wrote:

Not that have job security, score decently and play at least 2 of rounds 16,17,19.

Brendan Hands:

Yoink:

Boozecluez wrote:

Brendan Hands

robelgordo wrote:

Was on my shortlist last week, I probably would’ve if he’d got DPP.

mattnz wrote:Have found a left field option as Kelma replacement - Tof Sipley.

With Jurbo, Aloiai, Lodge and Paseka out, they are having to play Bullemor as the other starting prop.

Averages 50 in 40+ minutes at prop.

Finished last season on fire, if he can return to anything at all close to that. Started the season at $622k, now $389k.

Had scores of 52 and 44 when getting decent minutes earlier in the season. Should be able to go back to that. Has the fitness for it, was playing 55 and 57 minutes in reserve grade earlier this season.

Rabbits21 wrote:
Sipley is carrying an MCL injury that flared up last week I’d be going nowhere near him.

mattnz wrote:
Thanks, good to know.

robelgordo wrote:

Honeysett wrote:I've got rid of Kelma for Fainu, the 250k variety. He's a cash out for me to fund better things, advantage for me is he plays this week so I'll get a couple points.

Is it your last trade?

L-Jimmy wrote:

I like the thinking, and agree we need something.

But let me (re?)introduce you to the Lucas Critique. Named after an utter wanker, but still valid, in essence:

"if rules change, people's actions might change too, so old rules might not always work the same way."

Given the amount of time we spend on assorted benchwankery (l**ping, late trades, red dots) it is fair to say we'd risk introducing a whole range of new fantasy game plans.

I'd want the team to spend a bit of time having folk like snatch/beth/mattnz think about all the ways to profit from this before even trialling it - not least because it may increase the gap between obsessives and casuals - which is never a good thing for a large-market game.

Honeysett wrote:

I got 7 left, because I'm *checks notes* a coward.

Bullbender wrote:Listening to the beers and breakevens (Supercoach) podcast with the Rugby League "Guru" and he was very keen on Rueben Porter. So either he reads the forum or MattNZ is in fact the Rugby League Guru