2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 2

Archer wrote:I can't remember who first mentioned Austin (was it you SI?), but god damn you. I was thinking I'd have maybe a centre at most from them this year but now that the idea has wormed its way into my head I'm not sure I can get it out.

Looks to be running freely in all the training photos and I can't help wondering if his relatively quiet and injury effected 2016 will work in his favour as everyone focuses on the blokes outside who did all the damage and once again forgets about his dummy for the first half of the season....

I don't think it was me mate, not this year. My love for him has waned. What's he worth?

flasSId* wrote:

Booze was on Sportal mate since 2014, but a little more low key.  Now the bloke is associated with brilliance.

Thanks everyone, should be another good year, hoping to. It have the same start this time..Will also boot up the thread again this year, some more 'trials and tribulations' for those who enjoyed it.

Wouldn't say it was particularly brilliant unless you enjoy watching someone cutting off their arm with a Swiss Army knife...Like my season it was messy and took a while but got an acceptable result in the end haha

flasSId* wrote:

I don't think it was me mate, not this year.  My love for him has waned.  What's he worth?

335k according to http://www.azwebsolutions.co.nz/teampicker.php

BAustin 316 love fading!?!?! I hope you mean that purely in a fantasy way. Watching that man throw his 95th dummy of the game and glide through the line is a beautiful thing.

Archer wrote:

335k according to http://www.azwebsolutions.co.nz/teampicker.php

BAustin 316 love fading!?!?! I hope you mean that purely in a fantasy way. Watching that man throw his 95th dummy of the game and glide through the line is a beautiful thing.

Wasn't beautiful when you had BJ and Rapana outside his dummy.......

Boozecluez wrote:


Thanks everyone, should be another good year, hoping to. It have the same start this time..Will also boot up the thread again this year, some more 'trials and tribulations' for those who enjoyed it.

Wouldn't say it was particularly brilliant unless you enjoy watching someone cutting off their arm with a Swiss Army knife...Like my season it was messy and took a while but got an acceptable result in the end haha

Trials and Tribulations was one of the best threads from last year! Look forward to see how your run goes this year.

Boozecluez wrote:

Wasn't beautiful when you had BJ and Rapana outside his dummy.......

I had BJ & it still gave me half a Welshy* seeing it on the few occasions last season. When BJ wants to he finds points even if it means getting into dummy half on the other side of the field.

*A full Welshy of course being what the Friz does for our resident

Boozecluez wrote:

Wasn't beautiful when you had BJ and Rapana outside his dummy.......

Same goes for Whitehead.
Was a great fantasy player but would've been terrific if Austin would pass the ball.

Archer wrote:

flasSId* wrote:

I don't think it was me mate, not this year.  My love for him has waned.  What's he worth?

335k according to http://www.azwebsolutions.co.nz/teampicker.php

BAustin 316 love fading!?!?! I hope you mean that purely in a fantasy way. Watching that man throw his 95th dummy of the game and glide through the line is a beautiful thing.

Oh definitely only Fantasy wise! Still love watching him actually play. Looked better in the black, white, and gold though...I was going to say if he is only around 300 I'll have a look. Just not sure what type of 17 I really want yet. Halves have been less important the last couple of years. I have no idea where I want to save money yet.

WFB will be a cheap spot for most, and halves potentially with a 1 Gun and Elgey combo.

Chucky wrote:
Same goes for Whitehead.
Was a great fantasy player but would've been terrific if Austin would pass the ball.

Haha how could I forget Whitehead , great hole runner though no points if you beak it without the ball

Archer wrote:
I had BJ & it still gave me half a Welshy* seeing it on the few occasions last season. When BJ wants to he finds points even if it means getting into dummy half on the other side of the field.

*A full Welshy of course being what the Friz does for our resident

2nd.

Go piss up a rope

Got these in Prague a few weeks ago, perhaps these painters have been talking to Flanno.
Chris Heighington retweeted these so perhaps I am on to some 'positional changes' haha

Will mean an explosive dummy half and some defensive centres with Graham reverting back to a ball playing half again. Wonder if these Czech ladies play fantasy

Prague of all places

Or do you mean you had them custom made when over there?

flasSId* wrote:Prague of all places

Or do you mean you had them custom made when over there?

Just off the shelf in a store that does lots of sports teams.
Laughed when he told me they had been very popular recently with no idea about anything else or the sport

The tigers ones just had 5x Tedesco's in it

Not expensive and pretty random to see them there

Boozecluez wrote:

flasSId* wrote:Prague of all places

Or do you mean you had them custom made when over there?

Just off the shelf in a store that does lots of sports teams.
Laughed when he told me they had been very popular recently with no idea about anything else or the sport

The tigers ones just had 5x Tedesco's in it

Not expensive and pretty random to see them there

Just noticed Holmes is the heir to Ennis' throne as well

Noticed Ruben Wiki is coming out of retirement to play the 9's
Still looks a unit, would not want to mark him even at 43

my tv broke wrote:I have this feeling BJ is going to go gangbusters from rnd 1 and anyone that starts with him will be laughin and anyone who doesnt will be chasing their tails

Has he been training the house down this pre season though?

my tv broke wrote:I have this feeling BJ is going to go gangbusters from rnd 1 and anyone that starts with him will be laughin and anyone who doesnt will be chasing their tails

At his price he needs to.
If someone like Idris or Milne do it for a few weeks and it could be BJ 2017 all over again and only way get as a late year luxury.

At worst BJ maintains his 2016 form and you don't lose money and enjoy his scores.

my tv broke wrote:I have this feeling BJ is going to go gangbusters from rnd 1 and anyone that starts with him will be laughin and anyone who doesnt will be chasing their tails

Same reason I'm starting with Tedesco

Latest team with the AZ team picker. Not going to give it another look until much later.

Think I have got rid of all the trash.

I just can't help to think that this is going to be the year of the Aubusson, yet I feel discouraged by the hate for him.

HOK: Smith / King
FRF: McGuire / Saifiti / Matagi / Kaufusi
2RF: S.Burgess / E.Taylor / K.Bromwich / Bolton / Arrow / Stimpson
HLF: Norman / Cronk / Elgey / Hingano
CTR: S.Mata'uita / Idris / Scott / Olive
WFB Gutherson / Tuivasa-Scheck / Hayne / Phythian / R.Jennings

reserves 4 of these 5 (King / Bolton / Arrow / Matagi / Elgey)

seems like a good start



Think I have gotten rid of all the stoopid picks. Any holes?