2016 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 32

836 with Mitchell and Hastings to play. A lot of letdowns today, but should be my first 900+ score for the season and I've currently pushed up temporarily above 4000 in the rankings and finally above average in the official fanatics group! Hooray for above average me!

Well taking a look at most people above me I'm so low because everyone else seems to have picked up a few high scoring Canberra players like Leilua, Croker and Whitehead or they've got Tohu Harris and Milf.
Well I'm just shit out of luck there I can only hope the fact I think I'll be really hanging on this first bye round to get me back into contention in the League.

874 with Hastings and Mitchell to play. That's with holland and lamb in 17 due to carrying mannering, JDB and tedesco on the bench. Hoping for 950 which should have me in the top 25. Byes are going to kill me however

Also shoutout to Tohu Harris who I brought in this week for Hymel Hunt and killed it!! Now just to wait a few weeks for Mannering to bottom out to swap JDB for.

wolfking wrote:I'd be worried as fuck if I had Parker going into the origin period.  He's going to be rested big time I reckon.  Will be hell cheap post origin.

Not sure I would even want him in my final team. I mean you would have to prefer mannering, tohu, JDB, Gallen, whitehead with Fifita, graham and jbrom up front. Then there's jtrobjevic and Merrin also. If he's lost the kicking he is below all mentioned above

855 with Hastings and Mitchell to go. 107th.

Brought in Taupau for JDB this week, playing "safe" after considering Frizell and Bodene for days. Hey ho.

Is anybody thinking Gutherson may need to be cashed out in a few weeks before he starts losing cash again? His score of 14 will mean he probably will start losing value around first bye round I would think. It'd suck to lose a bye round player, but his scoring potential on the wing hasn't been great.

Warriors wrote:

Not sure I would even want him in my final team. I mean you would have to prefer mannering, tohu, JDB, Gallen, whitehead with Fifita, graham and jbrom up front. Then there's jtrobjevic and Merrin also. If he's lost the kicking he is below all mentioned above

True, he missed like 10 points just from not kicking anything. Probably will take a backseat. And really, both his 60 scores over the last two weeks had tries and both would have been 40 odd games without those.

Guess it depends how cheap he gets really, but much better options this year indeed.

Ben Hunt's Butterfingers wrote:Is anybody thinking Gutherson may need to be cashed out in a few weeks before he starts losing cash again? His score of 14 will mean he probably will start losing value around first bye round I would think. It'd suck to lose a bye round player, but his scoring potential on the wing hasn't been great.

He should be right for a few weeks. At least the first two byes he's worth keeping. Depends on how the Eels perform from now on really.

Marking my spot

Ben Hunt's Butterfingers wrote:Is anybody thinking Gutherson may need to be cashed out in a few weeks before he starts losing cash again? His score of 14 will mean he probably will start losing value around first bye round I would think. It'd suck to lose a bye round player, but his scoring potential on the wing hasn't been great.

He might pump out a 50/60 somewhere to keep his price ok. Will probably look to unload him after Rnd15, hopefully for a cheap Panther/Shark who plays 18/19.

Still, I don't think cows losing a bit from their peak is something to obsess over this year, because there've been so many good risers. Assuming a final squad will be something like 2x600k, 8x500k, 8x450k, 7x130k that's 9.7million and a lot of the more solid teams are not a massive way from that already. There'll be a lot of teams with spare bank left over by the run-in.

Ben Hunt's Butterfingers wrote:Is anybody thinking Gutherson may need to be cashed out in a few weeks before he starts losing cash again? His score of 14 will mean he probably will start losing value around first bye round I would think. It'd suck to lose a bye round player, but his scoring potential on the wing hasn't been great.

I'm tossing him this week for Aitken. They both play Rd 12 and miss Rd 13, except Aitken will probably score more next start than Guth over a number of weeks/months.

Bringing in Leilua & Aitken this week. Selling Hopoate & Aubs. However if Aubs scores 50+ tomorrow I might have to reconsider.

836 with Aubbs and Mitchell to play.
Up 500+ spots to 755.

780 with Hastings and Latrell to go. Treading water.

I hope Asiata and Bowen actually play over Origin, they've been sitting there in my NPRs doing rock all but flashing red for a month now.

Dreading my options if it looks like Peats' new role and/or minutes means he scores like crap.

With the Guth talk, what about Holland?  He's looked pretty shit the last couple of weeks IMO, could be good for a trade out next week or definitely after the first bye at least.

White Lightning wrote:Bringing in Leilua & Aitken this week. Selling Hopoate & Aubs. However if Aubs scores 50+ tomorrow I might have to reconsider.

Please have a 50+ point game Aubs!

Barba 54, Fifita 68, Lamb 37. Lewis 89, for those interested.

Well so now I have to wait on what happens to Taupau and replace Jaifiti.

Most likely I'll upgrade Jaifiti to a keeper and just have to watch Taupau sit on my bench for a few weeks because I can't afford to trade out any long-term injuries unless I'm making a big upgrade to a keeper.

Luck had to run out eventually. Been nice knowing you guys.

Warriors wrote:874 with Hastings and Mitchell to play. That's with holland and lamb in 17 due to carrying mannering, JDB and tedesco on the bench. Hoping for 950 which should have me in the top 25. Byes are going to kill me however

Woooooow, congratulations! Go hard bro!