2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 2

Well it all remains to be seen but i think ese ese will start at prop and glenn/ofa/TPJ will pick up the slack through the middle. Thaiday is working harder then ever on fitness, i believe they want him to play 80 on the edge so that bennett can keep the middle forwards fresh by rotating them more

my tv broke wrote:Well it all remains to be seen but i think ese ese will start at prop and glenn/ofa/TPJ will pick up the slack through the middle. Thaiday is working harder then ever on fitness, i believe they want him to play 80 on the edge so that bennett can keep the middle forwards fresh by rotating them more

Who was it that once stated that Sam Thaiday would be the highest scoring fantasy 2RF? Something along those lines, was it Goldenballs? Anyone remember that?

my tv broke wrote:Well it all remains to be seen but i think ese ese will start at prop and glenn/ofa/TPJ will pick up the slack through the middle. Thaiday is working harder then ever on fitness, i believe they want him to play 80 on the edge so that bennett can keep the middle forwards fresh by rotating them more

If Esesesee starts would not everyone have him in their side?

Welshy wrote:



Pretty much what Spectre said mate, expecting a big improvement from the knights and half is probably he easiest position to score fantasy points in, won't take much for Hodgkinson to increase his points total previous 3 years he has avg around 40, priced at 30

The knights did improve near the end of the season, and I've got a gut feeling that there will be a fair bit of improvement fantasy point wise from the Knights.

Think Barnett, Buhrer, Smat, Daifiti, and maybe Pythian

mulvy wrote:

Yeah but wasn't Farah out at the end of the season? And wasnt Brooks injured near the end of the season? Therefore could it not be one or the other having the effect or both?

Yeah, and what was the weather like in those games?

But on a serious note Moses avg has gone up every year and I don't think he has peaked yet

Is there a nickname for Phythian yet?

Chewie wrote:

Yeah,  and what was the weather like in those games?

But on a serious note Moses avg has gone up every year and I don't think he has peaked yet

dry with a wind chill of 20 degrees blowing north west

Bren wrote:Is there a nickname for Phythian yet?

I think I saw on some SC forum "the Python" but that may have been someone else

Bren wrote:Is there a nickname for Phythian yet?

Rookie Knights fullback?

I'm going with Feeney Mk2

No matter what nickname you give Phythian it still won't be as cool as Easy E.

I've got 3 mid to low range frf's I'm interested in:
Kasiano (frf) - plays round 12. Has lost a lot of weight suggesting he'll play more minutes in 2017. He averaged 30 mins in 2016. But will his weight loss reduce his effectiveness.
F. Kaufusi (frf) - doesn't play round 12. Has been 1 of the options put forward to replace Proctor. If he lines up in the back row in 2017 he'll also get dpp status. He averaged 29 mins in 2016 but if he secures the startiing 2fr spot he could go up to 50-55 mins in 2017.
Fonua-Blake (frf) - doesn't play round 12. Apparently he has been the standout performer in pre season training from reports & could have a break out year. Averaged 28 mins in 2016 but will he be rewarded with more mins in 2017 due to his pre season efforts.

So I'm thinking of going with this front row:
Fifita, Kasiano, Fonua-Blake, Ese'se (if MTV reckons he'll start that's good enough for me)
Then in my 2fr I will put F. Kaufusi there in anticipation of his dpp status.

Thoughts & thanks.

Always worried about bench props moving to starting spots/picking up extra minutes and being expected to maintain similar PPM. Been burnt before with DFifita, Klemmer, Evans etc. Seems like I have one of these guys every year

White Lightning wrote:I've got 3 mid to low range frf's I'm interested in:
Kasiano (frf) - plays round 12. Has lost a lot of weight suggesting he'll play more minutes in 2017. He averaged 30 mins in 2016. But will his weight loss reduce his effectiveness.
F. Kaufusi (frf) - doesn't play round 12. Has been 1 of the options put forward to replace Proctor. If he lines up in the back row in 2017 he'll also get dpp status. He averaged 29 mins in 2016 but if he secures the startiing 2fr spot he could go up to 50-55 mins in 2017.
Fonua-Blake (frf) - doesn't play round 12. Apparently he has been the standout performer in pre season training from reports & could have a break out year. Averaged 28 mins in 2016 but will he be rewarded with more mins in 2017 due to his pre season efforts.

So I'm thinking of going with this front row:
Fifita, Kasiano, Fonua-Blake, Ese'se (if MTV reckons he'll start that's good enough for me)
Then in my 2fr I will put F. Kaufusi there in anticipation of his dpp status.

Thoughts & thanks.

Pretty sure Keneath will have that 2rf spot done and dusted and will do really well.

As far as the other two are concerned, we will just have to wait and see.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Always worried about bench props moving to starting spots/picking up extra minutes and being expected to maintain similar PPM. Been burnt before with DFifita, Klemmer, Evans etc. Seems like I have one of these guys every year

Who are you worried about this yr?

White Lightning wrote:I've got 3 mid to low range frf's I'm interested in:
Kasiano (frf) - plays round 12. Has lost a lot of weight suggesting he'll play more minutes in 2017. He averaged 30 mins in 2016. But will his weight loss reduce his effectiveness.
F. Kaufusi (frf) - doesn't play round 12. Has been 1 of the options put forward to replace Proctor. If he lines up in the back row in 2017 he'll also get dpp status. He averaged 29 mins in 2016 but if he secures the startiing 2fr spot he could go up to 50-55 mins in 2017.
Fonua-Blake (frf) - doesn't play round 12. Apparently he has been the standout performer in pre season training from reports & could have a break out year. Averaged 28 mins in 2016 but will he be rewarded with more mins in 2017 due to his pre season efforts.

So I'm thinking of going with this front row:
Fifita, Kasiano, Fonua-Blake, Ese'se (if MTV reckons he'll start that's good enough for me)
Then in my 2fr I will put F. Kaufusi there in anticipation of his dpp status.

Thoughts & thanks.

I've warmed up to Fonua-Blake if he gets a starting spot, averaged about 10 points higher in the final 4 rounds starting.
Don't see any changes to Kasiano's scoring, no reason to suggest the Dogs pack rotation will change regardless of how much he is "training the house down"

samaael wrote:

Who are you worried about this yr?

Jarrod Wallace is one that worried me. Anytime you catch yourself saying one of these phrases I tend to be hesitant to pick those players "PPM beast" "training the house down" "increased responsibility"

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Always worried about bench props moving to starting spots/picking up extra minutes and being expected to maintain similar PPM. Been burnt before with DFifita, Klemmer, Evans etc. Seems like I have one of these guys every year

Not fantasy related but Eels have picked up a good player in Nat Brown , was sorry we couldnt keep him.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:
Jarrod Wallace is one that worried me. Anytime you catch yourself saying one of these phrases I tend to be hesitant to pick those players "PPM beast" "training the house down" "increased responsibility"

Wallace has moved clubs though. His workrate isn't as good as I thought it was.
I'm not a fan of all the subjective justification for picking players either.

samaael wrote:

Pretty sure Keneath will have that 2rf spot done and dusted and will do really well.

As far as the other two are concerned, we will just have to wait and see.

Apparently F. Kaufusi has been training a bit in the 2fr in pre season. Also I think Bellamy started F. Kaufusi in the 2fr a couple of times in 2016 over K-Brom when Proctor was out injured. So the vacant Proctor spot is not a done deal just yet. It seems it's out of K-Brom, F. Kaufusi & Stimson as a smokie.

Aardvark Ratnick wrote:

Not fantasy related but Eels have picked up a good player in Nat Brown , was sorry we couldnt keep him.

Bench props moving to starting roles/new clubs might perform well in real life but it's incredibly difficult to increase minutes and keep the same PPM. Andrew Fifita is the only one I can remember doing it in recent years