2016 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 43

So after three trades this week , my team will look like this with 7 trades and 54k in the bank.

Smith, Friend
Graham, Brom, Tolman, JWH
Thompson, Mannering, Surgess, Cartwright, Whitehead, Taylor
Pearce, Cleary, JLJ, Feeney
Aitken, Lolohea, Guth, Scott
Munster, Semi, Barba, Mitchell, Manu

Gives me a 19 man team, and next week im hoping to be rid of Barba or Mitchell (both have their audition this weekend) which will leave me 6 trades and 200k+ for the rest of the season.

I can go Holland to Merrin in 1 trade and have exactly $0 left. Hmmm...

EvenSteeden wrote:

Fine plays for the Dogs

Haha so he does! My bad

The first half was true, it was a knee-jerk trade for Holland lol it don't know how I crossed my wires there

Hoping to have the holy trinity of halves going into round 19..... Cleary, Carty, Pearce.

It will be quite rare me thinks

It would leave me no cash and 1 wasted trade but I have 13 to burn so;

Holland --> Merrin via Talakai
Talakai --> Manu

8K left and 11 trades and would leave me with this team this week;

Friend VC

Merrin C Lowe Carty ET SST Claw
Cleary Barba
BJ Copley Manu
Guth Semi Mitchell

Not bad.

It has been pointed out to me that all the hookers have been listed as WFBs in my BE sheet this week, so here is a properly sorted version

Is it worth going Taupau to Merrin this week? Im thinking after all my efforts I might not get Tedesco at all and just run with Mansour, Aitken Munster.

Would like a hand with my team though, Im stuck for trades this week with the only one bring a 100k cash out of Avua'a.

HOK: Smith, Hodgson
FRF: Graham, Surgess, McGuire, NPR
2RF: Bodene, Whitehead, Taupau, SST, ET, NPR
HLF: Johnson, Hunt, Norman, Cleary
CTR: CLaw, Leilua, NPR, NPR
WFB: Mansour, Munster, Aitken, NPR, NPR

Ideally Id like to turn Taupau SST and ET into Fifita and Merrin but that leaves me with 6 trades and two more to upgrade someone to Tedesco.

Should I bite the bullet this week?

code delta wrote:

He's already lost a ton of cash. Keep him in case he comes good again. Surely there's more important things happening with your team.

Not really. Upgrading ET and the concern of J Turbo's minutes are the only other problems I have and I personally think Barba's the biggest one for me. I let James Roberts go for Leilua who went to the shithouse so that's a trade that failed and has me concerned but in hindsight it seemed like a good idea with Roberts scores declining, Leilua in great form and about to play the Knights and Origin depleted Cowboys.
After last week's effort I'm expecting a 40 from Leilua will be a stretch while Croker grabs another double.

Don't doubt your BJ trade. As I explained earlier there were plenty of reasons for that poor performance. In fact I'm willing to avatar bet BJ will score above 40 this week if Rapa plays.

We're approaching the anniversary of the Origin streaker aren't we? One of QLDs best attacking ploys. Making him run on as NSW were going to intercept the ball and run the length of the field. Surprised there hasn't been more said about it, only been a few years

It's actually the reason I moved to London HS. They told me I'd be allowed to attend games again once I'd served my time over here, in a sort of reverse convicts situation. Despite the lack of good coffee and discovering the true meaning of 'unwashed masses' first hand, I still maintain it was worth it.

People need to remember BJ is a line breaking, tackle busting hard runner. But he's also on the outside of the field and relies on the ball coming out his way. Ctrs and WFBs are known as the inconsistent positions, but BJs a boss and will bust out a few more 70s before the end of the year.

Didnt that streaker bloke run more metres then Woods and Tamou combined or something

Lol ^

charliemurphy wrote:Would like a hand with my team though, Im stuck for trades this week with the only one bring a 100k cash out of Avua'a.

HOK: Smith, Hodgson
FRF: Graham, Surgess, McGuire, NPR
2RF: Bodene, Whitehead, Taupau, SST, ET, NPR
HLF: Johnson, Hunt, Norman, Cleary
CTR: CLaw, Leilua, NPR, NPR
WFB: Mansour, Munster, Aitken, NPR, NPR

Ideally Id like to turn Taupau SST and ET into Fifita and Merrin but that leaves me with 6 trades and two more to upgrade someone to Tedesco.

Should I bite the bullet this week?

Charliemurphy your plans are a lot like mine. I would bite the bullet on Merrin and do it this week. Taupau isn't on the same level as Merrin at the moment anyway. Your two trades next week cash out someone and upgrade ET to Fifita. Et will be on a bye so perfect timing. The only other player who isnt as expensive (yet) but going gangbusters is Bodene T.

I wish we knew more about T. Harris.

Would make this weeks trades so much easier this week.

I wish I had never traded in Milf, biggest regret of the year.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:I wish I had never traded in Milf, biggest regret of the year.

Keep saying that. He will bust a 60+ after the bye.

Bren wrote:
Keep saying that. He will bust a 60+ after the bye.

He absolutely will. Broncos will come good.