NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 55 - Make Mods Great Again

Milchcow wrote:
Having a little play, I think I a realistic final team for me looks something like this (bolded players already in the team)

Cook
Tapine Haas Yeo
Fifita Olakau'atu
Hynes Cleary
Iro Wighton
Tedesco Drinkwater Garrick

Grant
Murray
Galvin
? KPP/Lemuelu/Koula or perhaps someone in the $5-600k range

Strange
Hands
2 x Cashout (Starling/Simpkin? and whoever looks best R20/21)


Getting to that still leaves me 6 trades spare to deal with injuries, or nabbing cheap guns if they appear.
If the opportunity comes to upgrade guys like Galvin, Garrick, Wighton I will have room to act.

Other upgrades will be easier/harder based on how much Cleary's price drops (if at all) before I get him as well as other targets like Olakau'atu, Murray, Drinkwater who might drop a bit ore cash before I get them in.
And my tradeouts need to not lose too much cash before I ditch them too.

Its not a competition winning 17, but its not too bad.

ynot wrote:Sipley should be a 45ish guy if he gets 40 minutes. Only Paseka to come back. Hmm.

ynot wrote:Sipley should be a 45ish guy if he gets 40 minutes. Only Paseka to come back. Hmm.

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:Anyone at all risking starling?

BCT05 wrote:Sipley could go nicely but not sure about minutes after rd19, Seibold hasn't backed him this year.

With Jurbo playing 80, from rd20 on there's probably only the two prop spots to be shared across all of Aloiai, Sipley, Brown, Waddell, Bullemor.

No return date known for Paseka but believe nrlphysio said 1-2month range. 6 weeks would see him back rd21.

Here is the latest Sea Eagles injury news from NRL Head Physiotherapist Chris Bailey heading into round 18 of the Telstra Premiership.

Corey Waddell is out this week for the Cowboys game with an ankle injury.

Taniela Paseka (Rd 15 vs Dragons) has undergone successful repair surgery and has returned to field based running. He is expected to be fit to play in a number of weeks.

Lachlan Croker (Rd 9 vs Canberra) continues to progress in team training following an associated neck injury from the original concussion.

Matthew Lodge (Rd 11 vs Brisbane) is progressing his reconditioning running and upper body strength following bicep surgery. He remains on track to return to play 12 weeks post surgery.

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:Anyone at all risking starling?

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:Anyone at all risking starling?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Can do something like Faalogo/Salmon/Shoes to Starling/Murray/Bateman

Really eats into the Hynes/Cleary fund though.

Jele wrote:

How are your round 19 numbers looking? The big bye rounds are the best ones to make big moves up the rankings, and this is looking like the toughest to field 13 players. Both Starling and Murray on the bye.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Alright apart from WFB, the smart play is probably just to do something like Salmon/Shoes/Faalogo to two WFBs and be done with it. Or do nothing and sort it next week.