2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 2

Honeysett wrote:

I grew up in the water so I respect sharks, I don't fear them for some reason. Having seen my fair share of them you honestly can't fathom how big they are until you see them. We were just off Rottnest in a decent sized boat and a Great White popped up next to us, it would have been around 4 metres long I reckon. Absolutely massive. Also this summer I've been in the water twice when they've closed the beaches due to a Tiger Shark in the area (I didnt know the beach was closed) Spiders are nothing, they're not aggressive and I thnk every Aussie bangs their shoes together before putting them on out of habit. Crocs aren't around where I live but they would scare the shit out of me, they just hate anything around them and would attack for the sake of it. Snakes scare me a little bit, mainly because of my dog. I've seen quite a few danger noodles in the dunes at the beach so it scares me that my dog will run off and try and play with it thinking it's a chew toy.

I hate rats. They run too fast and they're too big to kill with a shoe.

Warriors wrote:Just had a play around with a few undervalued props.

                                                         

Games Over 40 Mins Price             Player                      Avg Score    Avg Mins          Played             Avg Score                 Avg Mins          Avg Score After Origin 388000         Paul Vaughan           40.9            39.8                   10                    47                           44.9                  44.5 253000         Addin Fonua Blake    26.7             27.9                   2                     42                           45.5                  26.42 323000         Matt Prior                34.0             42.4                  13                    39.77                       49.69                41.25 355000         Daniel Saifiti            36.4             43.7                   15                    39.27                      47.267              41 302000         George Burgess       31.9             38.8                   8                     38.125                      46.875               30 292000         Jarrod Wallace         30.8            36.4                   9                     37.89                         47.44                30.375

White Lightning wrote:

My daughter used to live in Brisbane & one day she saw a huntsman spider in the shower so she sprayed it with fly spray & the damn thing chased her. It sounded hilarious when she told me but she didn't think it was too funny lol.

SoylentGreen wrote:What's the Dragons backline likely to be this year? Is Milne going to get a CTR spot? Dugan FLB or CTR?

White Lightning wrote:I regard myself as a tough Kiwi bloke but how do my Aussie friends on here handle the sharks, snakes, spiders, crocs, massive cockroaches, crows & other freaky pests that inhabit your country. It would put the shits up me.
Also I'm playing supercoach this year & I heard the cash prize for first place can only be claimed by Australian residents. Is this true & if so what prize do non-residents get if they win it.

Honeysett wrote:

Hahaha classic. When I lived in Brisbane there was a Huntsman in the corner of the door in the crease - I was hungover as fuck and just wanted to sleep. So I threw my thong at it in anger and it killed it. To this day it's probably the best throw I've ever done, the chances of doing it again are very low. I didn't even bother picking it up I was that hungover when I woke up the ants had taken most of it and were dragging it away - I rewarded their behaviour by still not picking it up, they earned it.  

filthridden wrote:

I've lived in Aus for almost 4 years and I've never seen a shark, snake or croc in the wild.
Seen spiders but mostly in the house.

Had a manta ray chasing me on Saturday though, that had the heart going a bit.

Worst thing about the rows is their Aussie accent. Real twang as opposed to English crows.

Only thing I am legit scared of in the wild is Wombats. Those things will fuck you up.

Honeysett wrote:

I hate rats. They run too fast and they're too big to kill with a shoe.

SoylentGreen wrote:

You live in Melbourne right Filth? Come up to glorious Queensland and you'll come across the others a bit more frequently. Snakes especially, they're everywhere at the moment. Irukandji are what I'm most wary of at the moment (mostly concerned about the kids when their in the water, but I'm not real keen to get stung by one either) - there's been more reports of them around my area this year than in the past.

White Lightning wrote:

I'll have a crack:
Dugan, MacDonald, Aitken, Milne, Nightingale, Widdop, K. Mann (McCrone bench utility)

A lot of people hoping Duffy will get the f/b gig with Dugan to ctr so maybe Milne/MacDonald on wing. Dugan can't/won't pass the ball & isn't really a link f/b & he's only provided 3 try assists in the last 2 years.

bluetige wrote:

White Lightning wrote:

I'll have a crack:
Dugan, MacDonald, Aitken, Milne, Nightingale, Widdop, K. Mann (McCrone bench utility)

A lot of people hoping Duffy will get the f/b gig with Dugan to ctr so maybe Milne/MacDonald on wing. Dugan can't/won't pass the ball & isn't really a link f/b & he's only provided 3 try assists in the last 2 years.

I've seen NRL.com and Fox have the same 1-5, Lafai would have been a shoe-in 12 months ago but seems on the outer these day.

mulvy wrote:Those not starting Smith, when do you get him in? Rd 20?

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Back to fantasy talk?

Comparing RTS wing vs Holmes wing gives a pretty good showing of what to expect
stats are per game for easy comparison
RTS 2014 vs Holmes 2015 vs Holmes 2016:
Average: 36.3 vs 29.5 vs 31.7
Tackles: 2.6 vs 2.9 vs 3.5
Metres: 144.78 vs 127.09 vs 131.35
Tries+try assists: 0.53 vs 0.73 vs 0.86
Linebreaks+ linebreak assists: 0.82 vs 0.6 vs 0.91
Tackle breaks: 3.69 vs 2.34 vs 2.52

The stats seem to suggest that Holmes was way more reliant on attacking stats to reach his average, while this may suggest he has a nose for the try line it is not reliable production. RTS average was heavily based on base stats so when the increase in attacking stats came he reached gun status

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Back to fantasy talk?

Comparing RTS wing vs Holmes wing gives a pretty good showing of what to expect
stats are per game for easy comparison
RTS 2014 vs Holmes 2015 vs Holmes 2016:
Average: 36.3 vs 29.5 vs 31.7
Tackles: 2.6 vs 2.9 vs 3.5
Metres: 144.78 vs 127.09 vs 131.35
Tries+try assists: 0.53 vs 0.73 vs 0.86
Linebreaks+ linebreak assists: 0.82 vs 0.6 vs 0.91
Tackle breaks: 3.69 vs 2.34 vs 2.52

The stats seem to suggest that Holmes was way more reliant on attacking stats to reach his average, while this may suggest he has a nose for the try line it is not reliable production. RTS average was heavily based on base stats so when the increase in attacking stats came he reached gun status

flasSId* wrote:

It's a T-Rexish fall from grace. Can't believe how strong Lafai was in 2014, then you get what he has produced the last couple of seasons.

flasSId* wrote:

It's a T-Rexish fall from grace. Can't believe how strong Lafai was in 2014, then you get what he has produced the last couple of seasons.