2016 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 37

Finch wrote:

Losing was making some strong hits in D and some runs when we needed it. Honestly, there really wasn't a bad forward at all lol. Player we didn't really see much if was Manu, Kata doesn' like to pass the ball. But even Manu was making his customary big runs to start the set.

Awesome, fingers crossed they can keep it up. It's so disparaging year after year watching them not live up to their potential and it seemingly all to do with personal conflicts, attitudes, off field crap etc etc. If it just came down to unfold performance I think I'd find it easier. But to see them 90% of the time putting in sub-par efforts year after year is pretty gutting.

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

Yeah I think thats how it works. I've done the swap now for example, Surgess (c) subbed out for Ma'u, with J-Brom (vc) in the 17. Score hasn't changed.

On phone it shows 128 SJ but extra 64 not added to week score. On PC Surgess on bench still showing as C

Loomer wrote:

On phone it shows 128 SJ but extra 64 not added to week score. On PC Surgess on bench still showing as C

Oh, OK. I don't use my phone other than checking live fantasy score updates. Just had a look now and phone is saying J-Brom 144, but my total score is still the same as on the PC (so not including the double points). And the phone still has Surgess with the (c) but as NPR.

Does that help?

I'm pretty sure thats how it all was for me last week when I used the loophole too.

So...What am I missing from this strategy (apart from it being high risk....)

Purposefully have one less valid CTR/WFB (i.e. only one CTR or two WFB's) playing each time with the aim to always have a more relaible forward as an AE.
You'd be out of luck if one of your main players is injured but if you can avoid that you'd be getting a more consistent score as an AE rather than an unpredictable one from your backs....

What issues am I overlooking??

Bren wrote:Is Wallace now an option? Could be a sneaky POD.

I was considering bringing him in a month or two ago actually but held off because Segeyaro was due back and Wallace played a few 80 minute games at Hooker without scoring great but now that he knows for sure he'll be the permanent Hooker going forward his numbers could increase.
I sold Parcell, Friend could be out of my price range with improvements to be made in other areas and I'm stuck with Rein currently so I may just get Wallace in.

Do you make a killing off the fanfooty website MOnty ?

Neillo wrote:So...What am I missing from this strategy (apart from it being high risk....)

Purposefully have one less valid CTR/WFB (i.e. only one CTR or two WFB's) playing each time with the aim to always have a more relaible forward as an AE.
You'd be out of luck if one of your main players is injured but if you can avoid that you'd be getting a more consistent score as an AE rather than an unpredictable one from your backs....

What issues am I overlooking??

Kudos if you try it, but are you talking about after Round 19 as well? If so, won't you have to burn a few trades to get some backs out/bad forwards out?

Like you say it is high risk. Without thinking too much about it I would personally question whether the amount of luck you would need to not have injuries/withdrawals mid round would be any different to the amount of luck of getting a shit backs' score if you have your final team of 17/18 guns? Not sure that makes sense when I read it back

From memory I think a poster ran this a few years ago. And I'm thinking it may have been @Bren maybe? But I'm thinking it was more necessity due to trades situation.

Not saying it's a bad idea and it's definitely thinking outside the box and you have allready noted the risk. How many trades will you have afterRound 19 roughly; then how many trades would you need to get your team down to 16/17 actual playing players in the run home?

Yeah I ran with that strategy a year or two ago (something that I had planned from before origin started that year so my trades over the origin rounds took that final strategy into account). It worked quite well as I had the opportunity to loophole every single week from round 19 onwards however in most cases I always put the (vc) on the wrong player - I blame the KFP curse.

Bren wrote:Yeah I ran with that strategy a year or two ago (something that I had planned from before origin started that year so my trades over the origin rounds took that final strategy into account). It worked quite well as I had the opportunity to loophole every single week from round 19 onwards however in most cases I always put the (vc) on the wrong player - I blame the KFP curse.

Ahhh sweet, memories not that bad then.

SI wrote:

Ahhh sweet, memories not that bad then.

Must be the fish oil tablets bro.

ET sharing hooking duties with Halatau

Anyone captain him?

SI wrote:ET sharing hooking duties with Halatau

Anyone captain him?

Yep. :/

Neillo wrote:So...What am I missing from this strategy (apart from it being high risk....)

Purposefully have one less valid CTR/WFB (i.e. only one CTR or two WFB's) playing each time with the aim to always have a more relaible forward as an AE.
You'd be out of luck if one of your main players is injured but if you can avoid that you'd be getting a more consistent score as an AE rather than an unpredictable one from your backs....

What issues am I overlooking??

That's pretty much it. There is zero tolerance for unexpected circumstances . One random late withdrawl and you are stuffed.

Also, unless you are setting it up from the start, its going to take a lot of trades from this point to get a team ready for it. Have to make sure none of your NPRs are going to get a call up. Guys like Feeney, Curtis Scott, etc might get a sudden and unexpected recall and stuff you. 

Back in the days when they used to offer prize money for weekly highest score, people would set up one-shot teams just for a specific round (typically a bye/orgin round) and in that case playing 1 down in the backs was worth the risk.
I  don't think anyone has even gone close to an overall win with that strategy though

Teams are in;
Big changes to the Tigers side. M.Ballin and T.Grant also out with Farah rested. E.Taylor playing hooker..

B/L wrote:Do you make a killing off the fanfooty website MOnty ?

A few years ago you would have called it a killing, struggling a bit more these days since AFL fantasy comp registrations are down 50% since 2012 due to the increase in gambling. It's still my day job, which is more than just about everyone else can say.

SI wrote:ET sharing hooking duties with Halatau

Anyone captain him?

Yes I have. Not sure now but I hope he does 100 tackles.

Milchcow wrote:

Neillo wrote:So...What am I missing from this strategy (apart from it being high risk....)

Purposefully have one less valid CTR/WFB (i.e. only one CTR or two WFB's) playing each time with the aim to always have a more relaible forward as an AE.
You'd be out of luck if one of your main players is injured but if you can avoid that you'd be getting a more consistent score as an AE rather than an unpredictable one from your backs....

What issues am I overlooking??

That's pretty much it. There is zero tolerance for unexpected circumstances . One random late withdrawl and you are stuffed.

Also, unless you are setting it up from the start, its going to take a lot of trades from this point to get a team ready for it. Have to make sure none of your NPRs are going to get a call up. Guys like Feeney, Curtis Scott, etc might get a sudden and unexpected recall and stuff you. 

Back in the days when they used to offer prize money for weekly highest score, people would set up one-shot teams just for a specific round (typically a bye/orgin round) and in that case playing 1 down in the backs was worth the risk.
I  don't think anyone has even gone close to an overall win with that strategy though

Last week's top score was a sniper team by Katsaros from Renegades-aptly named RNGD Sniper.

Pacey's Best wrote:Teams are in;
Big changes to the Tigers side. M.Ballin and T.Grant also out with Farah rested. E.Taylor playing hooker..

Grant out fucks me off. Surely not dropped so must be injured.

ET may get a few more tackles but less minutes and run metres. Halatau will get a reasonable share of minutes going on history.

Is it still a tackle if you're swimming?