2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 1

Chewie wrote:Re: Vaughan.
I haven't looked at the FRF rotation in detail at the dragons, does anyone have an idea what minutes the starters got last season?

Aardvark Ratnick wrote:
Seriously having a squizzy at Peter Wallace.

Aardvark Ratnick wrote:I  might just pencil in Smith and Farah and go from there

Milchcow wrote:

Well the dragons top 4 props last year were 

Mike Cooper 52 minutes
Tariq Sims 44 minutes
Leeson Ah Mau 40 minutes
Russell Packer 40 minutes

That adds up to more than 160 minutes of prop time - 
They rarely had all 4 playing at the same time so would have guys like Will Matthews, Jake Marketo, Jacob Host, Dunamis Lui also in the prop rotation playing smaller minutes
Also Mike Cooper often played at lock.

As starting prop Mike Cooper averaged 55 minutes (and 44 points)

I guess if Vaughan can take over Cooper's minutes, and maintain his output then its a possibility. I guess something to keep an eye on over pre-season.

Chewie wrote:

Thanks Milch!
That puts the whole Vaughan argument into perspective. I remember we had a similar discussion about LAM last season who didn't end up getting the minutes. Wait and see with this one for me

White Lightning wrote:The problem at the Dragons is that they have plenty of middle forwards. Vaughan needs at least 55-60 minutes to be effective for fantasy. If you want to take a punt then maybe L. Leilua if JDB goes to the Knights which I think was a false rumour (but you never know). However if JDB does go to the Knights then Frizell might go to lock with Leilua to start on the edge.
Also someone on sc addicts posted that apparently Frizell has disc back problems so may not play big minutes in 2017. If anyone is considering him I'd reconsider.

filthridden wrote:

GL convincing Welshy not to have him as first picked.

Shanbon wrote:What is J Wallace priced at? Did he score well when playing bigger min over origin? I think he is underrated in real footy. Will have to have a close look at Titans with no Bird and Douglas while Shillo seems injured a lot

Milchcow wrote:

Vaughan being next year's LAM is my big concern. There's also always some big PPM king who scores at over 1 ppm in his 15-20 minute stints, and a bunch of people select him assuming he's about to go massive, but it pretty much never eventuates

if the Dragons do end up swapping JDB for KSims, then I think it does open up a gap in their middle forwards, and would make someone tempting, Vaughan, or maybe even LAM again.