2016 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 30

Bad news for the QLD team. Pearce has said he doesn't want to play Origin this year.

DarkKnight wrote:Bad news for the QLD team. Pearce has said he doesn't want to play Origin this year.

good news for qld is the options to replace dont offer much


fyi anyone that picked up kodi niko, macca has tweeted he is ahead of schedule.

Big Kev wrote:

I don't know the values, but it's clear with the extra cap this year and lack of corresponding rise in player starting prices chasing the cows has been less crucial.

I think a lot of people could well end up with an excess of cash in their banks without being able to make much improvement to their final playing 17.

To make the game more appealing strategically I'd like to see them go the other way. Doubt it will happen though.

Go Kiwis

Completely agree. As shit as I am going this year, I would love if the game mechanics developed to a point where you have a backrow of say Surgess, Papalii and Gav Cooper and that is seen as a very good backrow rather than just a top level gun and then say two PODs which it would be now. Pretty much everyone's squads tend to look pretty similar come round 20 or so bar 2 or 3 PODs in the 17. I think the injuries this year has changed it up a bit but would still like it to get to a point where half your side is different to the guy you face in a h2h rather than just 3 or 4

Pain wrote:Just to fill in some time at work I created a Test League if anyone wants to join.

The code is --- PVHRYKMU

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Beast From The Big East wrote:Pretty much everyone's squads tend to look pretty similar come round 20 or so bar 2 or 3 PODs in the 17. I think the injuries this year has changed it up a bit but would still like it to get to a point where half your side is different to the guy you face in a h2h rather than just 3 or 4

i think most serious players squads are already looking very similar, its basically pool of 40 - 45 or so players that would make up most teams (from guns to cows to cash outs).

my tv broke wrote:

Beast From The Big East wrote:Pretty much everyone's squads tend to look pretty similar come round 20 or so bar 2 or 3 PODs in the 17. I think the injuries this year has changed it up a bit but would still like it to get to a point where half your side is different to the guy you face in a h2h rather than just 3 or 4

i think most serious players squads are already looking very similar, its basically pool of 40 - 45 or so players that would make up most teams (from guns to cows to cash outs).

And then there's The Zeb!

Who fucking owes me one for last weeks performance

Just to further solidify how much trouble the kiwis are in tonight, here is a team made of players who are not playing tonight for various reasons:

Kiwi team minus the players who are actually going to play

1. Roger Tuivasa Sheck
2. Peta Hiku
3. Dean Whare
4. Shaun Kenny Dowall
5. Manu Vatuvei
6. Kieran Foran
7. Tuimoala Lolohea
8. Ben Matulino
9. Isaac Luke
10. Jared Warea-Hargreaves
11. Bodene Thompson
12. Sio Siua Taukeaho
13. Simon Mannering

14. Thomas Leulaui
15. Alex Glenn
16. Kenny Bromwich
17. Nelson Asofa-Solomona

18. Te Maire Martin

my tv broke wrote:

good news for qld is the options to replace dont offer much


fyi anyone that picked up kodi niko, macca has tweeted he is ahead of schedule.

I still have Macca & if he'll play round 12 I'll keep him as he'll play 80 & with a b/e of 68 for round 10 (which should be unchanged roughly by round 12) then I'll back him to get close to that. I'm burning trades so if he's a chance to come back early then I'll keep Macca.

filthridden wrote:Just to further solidify how much trouble the kiwis are in tonight, here is a team made of players who are not playing tonight for various reasons:

the forward pack is still leaps and bounds ahead of the team you have listed.

my tv broke wrote:

good news for qld is the options to replace dont offer much


fyi anyone that picked up kodi niko, macca has tweeted he is ahead of schedule.

This is hardly surprising. He'll probably be back next week knowing him.

filthridden wrote:Just to further solidify how much trouble the kiwis are in tonight, here is a team made of players who are not playing tonight for various reasons:

Kiwi team minus the players who are actually going to play

1. Roger Tuivasa Sheck
2. Peta Hiku
3. Dean Whare
4. Shaun Kenny Dowall
5. Manu Vatuvei
6. Kieran Foran
7. Tuimoala Lolohea
8. Ben Matulino
9. Isaac Luke
10. Jared Warea-Hargreaves
11. Bodene Thompson
12. Sio Siua Taukeaho
13. Simon Mannering

14. Thomas Leulaui
15. Alex Glenn
16. Kenny Bromwich
17. Nelson Asofa-Solomona

18. Te Maire Martin

Yeah a lot of players. Foran is a huge loss though, the biggest IMO. SJ is gonna have a heck of a time when it comes to the kicking game. Is there anyone else in our side that will kick? SJ gonna end up on his arse so many times tonight. Mannering may well be a big loss too.

That being said, I reckon the Kiwis still have a sneaky chance. If they can keep pounding up the middle the likes of JBrom, Taupau, Taumalolo etc may be able to generate enough go forward and 2nd phase ball we might have a chance. Gonna have to slow the Ozzies right up though and stop them getting too much space on the fringes. We are looking pretty fragile out there with all the changes. I hope its a close game at least!

I have a feeling there will be a SJ injury tonight. Mainly cause he's in my team.

wolfking wrote:

This is hardly surprising.  He'll probably be back next week knowing him.

Looked pretty good running on that long trampoline! I don't have an injury and I couldn't di that!

These one off test matches are always lopsided in favour of Australia so expecting the same. However in the last couple of years the Kiwis seem to have a new found confidence & believe in themselves.

games are won and lost in the forwards, the kiwis have the forward pack now to stand up and even get over the top of the aussies. lot of quality experience there too.

my tv broke wrote:games are won and lost in the forwards, the kiwis have the forward pack now to stand up and even get over the top of the aussies. lot of quality experience there too.

Only thing that worries me about the NZ forward pack is that we don't really have an "enforcer" or someone who is going to really going to get stuck into the rough stuff. Against a team of Gallen, Smith, Papalii, Tamou, Thaiday, McGuire...

Taupau for sure, Blair... is that it? Not really inspiring in terms of bite.

Then again Taupau alone fires me up when he's playing for the kiwis. Loved watching him in black so far.

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Good chance at a podium finish

my tv broke wrote:games are won and lost in the forwards, the kiwis have the forward pack now to stand up and even get over the top of the aussies. lot of quality experience there too.

That's right. Over the last couple of years our pack has dominated the Aussie pack & as they are young it could be an era of Kiwi success. It's a shame SKD has been ruled out because he offers the x factor out wide.

People predicting a big Aussie win, but not sure why.  I think it will be a close one. The last three games the Kiwi's have just been hungrier, simple as that. Hopefully some of that hungry from Origin 3 can be on show tonight.

wolfking wrote:People predicting a big Aussie win, but not sure why.  I think it will be a close one.  The last three games the Kiwi's have just been hungrier, simple as that.  Hopefully some of that hungry from Origin 3 can be on show tonight.

It because we historically don't do so well in these 1 off tests. But you're right in that the Kiwis are a different team now than the one that didn't perform previously.