NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 62 - Avocado's, Coffee, and Scrota; No one has any trades left, do they?

Eliminator results - down to 16: https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t2507p80-eliminator-2024#809008

No Worries wrote:Getting quieter in here as people run out of trades

Been flat out with work the last couple weeks. Finished the project today so should be back on shitposting duties soon

Milchcow wrote:
Anyone tempted by a DCE trade in for Haas?

Not a bad run home. Have Cleary, Galvin, Fogarty, Brown so might be halves overload.
He should outscore Carrigan, given the bye

Other options, Olakau'atu, Hudson Young, also Harry Grant who I think will finish the year well

Yeah Shadowsabre and myself have jumped on DCE this week, hoping he can punch out a few big scores

Took out the minor premiership in my H2H cash league :-) Now for the run home for the big prizes

McInnes is going to be the Haas replacement for me, should play 80 starting at hooker (already have Yeo & Kolo as my other Mids)
Then also likely upgrading my boy Blaize to Fog.
2 trades left after that to cover injuries etc. and hopefully a week off next week too.

Going Issako May to Cherry McInnes.

Feels good. Real good.

Maybe part of the season turns out roses.

Hoping for a biggun.

I would go Soro to Ola but I’m reluctant to do it in case Curran aggravates his injury further meaning he is the one I need to trade out over Soro.

Haas to DCE for me.

Depending on Curran news may also swap him to Carrigan

Spoiler:

My Game Day preview loyal to the core I’ll be at the game tomorrow night with Dad.

Rabbits21 wrote:I would go Soro to Ola but I’m reluctant to do it in case Curran aggravates his injury further meaning he is the one I need to trade out over Soro.

Becoming less sure about Sorensen to Ola. It would be an upgrade no doubt but if Sorensen plays 80 again from here on and scores like he had been before this week he averages 48 playing over 70mins. So would definitely be unnecessary if he could manage that the rest of the way.

Not sure what the deal was with the reduced minutes last week though, would hate for it to happen again and get priced out of the move next week.

Itchy trade fingers and limited options playing their part in the thinking too.

Milchcow wrote:
Anyone tempted by a DCE trade in for Haas?

Not a bad run home. Have Cleary, Galvin, Fogarty, Brown so might be halves overload.
He should outscore Carrigan, given the bye

Other options, Olakau'atu, Hudson Young, also Harry Grant who I think will finish the year well

I've locked it in, but dont have the halves depth you have with only Cleary and Galvin my out and out halves.
Think there's big upside there and could easily match any of the big scorers for the run home, apart from maybe Cleary

i don't get the dce popularity with brooks stealing his points...manly always are hot after origin & dce usually hauled in previous seasons when he was the dominant half & everything went through him but this year dce & brooks are sharing & i can't see dce going large.

When Brailey was named at half vs Storm, he was still the dummy half, with McInnes play 80min as a ball playing forward. Atkinson doing most the kicking.

Khany wrote:When Brailey was named at half vs Storm, he was still the dummy half, with McInnes play 80min as a ball playing forward. Atkinson doing most the kicking.

Atkinson was top Sharks scorer that game

White Lightning wrote:i don't get the dce popularity with brooks stealing his points...manly always are hot after origin & dce usually hauled in previous seasons when he was the dominant half & everything went through him but this year dce & brooks are sharing & i can't see dce going large.

If I'm trading Haas out, I want a replacement that can score 60+.

2 most likely to do that IMO are Carrigan and DCE and Carrigan still has a bye.
DCE on a hot streak and with a decent schedule

Rabbits21 wrote:

Spoiler:

My Game Day preview loyal to the core I’ll be at the game tomorrow night with Dad.

Summary: After a few good weeks, the wheels have fallen off and we would be lucky to beat the Broncos. Watch the olympics instead.

No Worries wrote:
Summary: After a few good weeks, the wheels have fallen off and we would be lucky to beat the Broncos. Watch the olympics instead.

Additional summary: The ref tonight is called Todd

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wolfking wrote:

I would hold but if you're going to trade in a red dot, might as well get a basement shitto that at least plays.  

Thanks for the responses. I expected everyone would encourage trading to upgrade my 17, but the advice is to hold. My problem is that I have 4 guys from 17-20 all around $450k, and all averaging around 40. I have to play 1 of those in 17 each week (and no red dots this week to loop). I thought there would be merit in using 2 trades to try to get an extra 15-20 points per week from position 17 at the expense of reducing depth at position 20 and running a bit thin on trades. The idea of trading in a red dot was to facilitate looping. Knights seem to have the most Sunday games from here onwards so make good candidates to loop.

The collective wisdom on here means I need to reconsider.

3 trades left would you loop Isaako and Talau through Teddy?Or trade either one to ponga and loop the remainder with Gray? who is currently starting.
Cheers currently rank 443

Shumway wrote:

wolfking wrote:

I would hold but if you're going to trade in a red dot, might as well get a basement shitto that at least plays.  

Thanks for the responses. I expected everyone would encourage trading to upgrade my 17, but the advice is to hold. My problem is that I have 4 guys from 17-20 all around $450k, and all averaging around 40. I have to play 1 of those in 17 each week (and no red dots this week to loop). I thought there would be merit in using 2 trades to try to get an extra 15-20 points per week from position 17 at the expense of reducing depth at position 20 and running a bit thin on trades. The idea of trading in a red dot was to facilitate looping. Knights seem to have the most Sunday games from here onwards so make good candidates to loop.

The collective wisdom on here means I need to reconsider.

I would think most of us have 2 or 3 of those guys around the 450k mark.  Hit and miss I know, but last week my 19-21 outscored their counterparts that I gave the jersey to (because they are ungrateful flogs).

Last weekend was actually pretty horrendous for injuries and HIA's to lesser owned players and previously owned players.  It could have been so much worse from a Fantasy perspective.  I have to spend a trade getting rid of Haas, leaving me 3. I also lost Fermor and have Crangus and Ted on the Bye.  I have to loop Sipley and Fainu this week, I have to play Hands and Talagi and Strange.  I would rather take that chance then get to Round 26 with the Tigers bye and potential restings and whatever injuries we have accumulated by then.

Generally most years at this stage it's a save trades or go all out scenario and hope for the best.  This year however everything augers to the last couple of Rounds being absolutely disastrous for a lot of Fantasy teams.