2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 1

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

The simple answer to this problem for me is a reshuffle of the squad to make Elgey the 4th half and having 3 halves in the 17. Gotta work with the options we have been given until an injury pops up in all stars/trials/9s

Pookus McFly wrote:

Aha, how could I forget a sharpshooter like Croker!
I don't remember DCE taking too many conversions, thought when Lyon was out it went to Walker
Eels always a mystery what the fuck they doing

Honeysett wrote:What's Pearce priced at? I reckon he's in for a huge year.

Mighty Fishes wrote:Ben Hunt to the Dragons? A million a year is an awful lot.

Milchcow wrote:

My point is that unless he gets a starting spot, not only will he fail to generate cash slowly, he will actively lose you money. You will literally be better off buying someone who doesn't play first grade.

He'd need a lot more than jagging a try in a big scoring game to make any cash to be worth trading him out.

Milchcow wrote:

That's alright, the Broncos have up and comer Ash Taylor around to fill his ...    oh

Hi Benji

flasSId* wrote:Who is the Recruitment Officer at the Dragons?  Bloke has dropped the ball...

Milchcow wrote:

That's alright, the Broncos have up and comer Ash Taylor around to fill his ...    oh

Hi Benji

Bren wrote:I'm sure the Broncos can match that offer while only paying $600k on the books.

SoylentGreen wrote:Any info on Jordan Turner? Listed at centre but would assume he'll play in the forwards (off the bench?)

Milchcow wrote:

Players price is determined by their 2016 average * 9475, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Players that played less than 10 games are given a 3% discount for every game less than 10 they played
eg If someone only played 8 games in 2016, they get a 6% discount. 3 games = 21% discount

Minimum price is $138k for true rookies. $143k for guys who have played NRL before and $134k for guys named Joe Stimpson
(that last one may just be a typo on the Storm club profile)

Players that come from England are given some sort of score based on their Super League performance.
Exact pricing formula for these guys is hard to work out and there are factors other than Super League scores that seem to come into it. So there's not much that can be done to predict it.
eg Zeb Taia was more expensive than Elliot Whitehead last year, despite Whitehead having much better Super League stats. My best guess is that Taia's prior NRL experience was somehow counted in his price.


If you want to apply it in reverse just divide a player's price by 9475, and that is their "priced average"
In basic terms if they score more than their priced average they'll make money.



NRL.com has posted fantasy previews for all clubs with a list of player prices

You can find them here. All clubs main squads have been released. A few rookies and such not listed, nor guys like Segeyaro who are not NRL players yet

http://www.nrl.com/fantasy/insiderinformation/nrlfantasyfeatures/tabid/10985/default.aspx

Honey Badger's team selector lets you have a go at  making a team with all published prices so far
http://www.azwebsolutions.co.nz/teampicker.php



Guys who have been bumped in price.
Billy Slater, Dean Whare, Matt Ballin, Shaun Lane (possibly others)

All had good fantasy seasons in 2015 but had limited appearances in 2016. Lane/Whare/Slater played just 1 game, Ballin played 1 game and 5 minutes
They were all set to be minimum price but are instead in the vicinity of $200k instead


Guys who have been given a discount

Jonus Pearson , Josh Chudleigh, Reimiss Smith and Brodie Croft all played 1 game in 2016, scored well, and had their price reduced to $236k. All more than a 27% discount, their nominal prices were between $280k and $401k

Drew Hutchison played 1 game scored 64 and was given a 51% discount to be $296k (a 27% discount would have seen him at $442k)

Jahrome Hughes played 1 game, scored 52 and was given a 27% discount to be priced at $349k


No idea why Hughes and Hutchison were priced differently to their other 1 game wonder brothers.


Hope that helps.