2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread Part 3

lewis9966 wrote:Anybody else thinking about going with 3-4 underpriced FRFs like Gurgess, AFB, Musgrove, D Saifiti and those types with no real gun in there?

Also do people have a rule about how good reserves need to be? like sometimes i tweak my team and i think yass but then 2/4 reserves are rookies, is that normal?

Honey Badger wrote:

Last year quite a few people got caught out by mid range props like LAM, evans, grant etc. These players averaged around 30 points a game while your gun props were cracking 50.
Personally id like to start with at least one keeper in that position rather than trying to upgrade all those mid rangers but im on a crusade to save trades in the long run this season!

Warriors wrote:

The gun props all play 50+ mins, so there is a big discrepancy between a gun and a midrange prop and even a so called cash cow prop. Every year you get stuck with a cash cow prop averaging 20-25 mins who maybe makes 50-60K at best. Sometimes the midrangers can be worse, not even earning anything and scoring 30 while Fifita/Graham are scoring 60s.
I reckon it is the hardest position to make cash out of quickly, so will be locking in a few players at various price levels.
Fifita, Vaughan, AFB and ? (maybe a rookie but not sure).

Last year we had Jake Trobjevic, but he went to 80 mins at lock, Ryan James who killed it, Dylan Napa and David Klemmer(actually lost money in first third of season) and S Mataora (AFB will be his equivalent this year) as significant money makers. No1 else really comes to mind at the start of the season. Outside of these three the money was made on second rowers with an increased role/more mins/coming back from injury previous year. I reckon you can afford to gamble more on second rowers than props.

Chewie wrote:

I'm not sold on AFB... why do you think he will do well, and what scores do you expect of him?

Chewie wrote:

I'm not sold on AFB... why do you think he will do well, and what scores do you expect of him?

Milchcow wrote:
Kyle Lovett named in the Tigers 9s team.

Obviously not having the success they were reportedly after in moving him on (nor do they apparently care about his drug possession charge)

Warriors wrote:

Lussick is out for first five rounds.
Myles is another year older and a plodder.
Lawrence has been shopped around and has had history of injuries.
Lloyd Perrett would be 4th prop for first five rounds so chance he doesn't get many minutes.
No Buhrer taking 80 minutes, so two of Kennedy/Sironen/Brown/Lane will be in team
Brown has been shopped around.
Hastings/Api will share hooker/utility duties.

He just about becomes prop number 1 based on that and with a full pre-season could push on.
Only played two games over 40 minutes last year, but averaged 42 when he did. If he gets 40 minutes (which he should), given his potential for attacking stats I wouldn't be surprised if he averages 40, but il be happy to get consistent 35's from a player priced at $253,000. I just think there is less risk here than going with Gurgess, Wallace , Prior.

I prefer Vaughan and AFB than two of D Saifiti, Gurgess, Wallace or Prior. Each to their own though.

Scouter wrote:Also who is floating around to take minutes of Peats please?

Scouter wrote:With all this talk of Vaughan what do people think hes going to produce at the Dragons that he couldn't produce at Canberra?

my tv broke wrote:

Scouter wrote:Also who is floating around to take minutes of Peats please?

likely tyrone roberts will play as a utility if Taylor + Elgey are the starting halves.

I think there is a fair chance Roberts starts the season in the 6 though?

Scouter wrote:Also who is floating around to take minutes of Peats please?

Warriors wrote:He just about becomes prop number 1 based on that and with a full pre-season could push on.
Only played two games over 40 minutes last year, but averaged 42 when he did. If he gets 40 minutes (which he should), given his potential for attacking stats I wouldn't be surprised if he averages 40, but il be happy to get consistent 35's from a player priced at $253,000. I just think there is less risk here than going with Gurgess, Wallace , Prior.

Milchcow wrote:

Scouter wrote:Also who is floating around to take minutes of Peats please?

As MTB said, Tyrone Roberts is a chance at utility this year.

Karl Lawton I think is their next best specialist hooker.

Ryan Simpkins appears on their bench a lot and cal also play as hooker.

lewis9966 wrote:isaac de gois named as part of eels leadership group. be weird if he doesnt play at all then surely?

my tv broke wrote:i think King, Pritchard, and IDG will all get a go at hooker at some point.