2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread Part 3

So who are going to be the big round 1 TLT traps. Guys who look promising to start with but soon find themselves in dumpsville.

Nathan Green a prime example last year. Cody Walker could almost have been one but got a good run after ARey's injury.

Potentials:
-Brian kelly, and whoever gets the 2rf at manly.
-pythian

[quote="Milchcow"]
So who are going to be the big round 1 TLT traps.  Guys who look promising to start with but soon find themselves in dumpsville.

Nathan Green a prime example last year.  Cody Walker could almost have been one but got a good run after ARey's injury.



I reckon Jai Arrow actually

my tv broke wrote:Potentials:
-Brian kelly, and whoever gets the 2rf at manly.
-pythian

Good call. Manly forward pack will be full of temptation and traps

Milchcow wrote:

Is there anything more to this than people getting numbers from the testing site?
I wouldn't get my hopes up. Are the "new"  prices all still in proportion to last year's averages? Can't be arsed checking now but that would be a big clue as to whether they are legit or not

Correct me if i'm wrong, probs am, but according to your prices, bottom dollar players have changed from 130k to 138k. Shouldn't that convert the salary cap from 6.8 million to roughly 7.2 million not to 7 million. The test site has bottom dollar players at 134k, which almost perfectly explains the 7 million cap. 134/130 multiplied by 6.8 million gives roughly 7 million.

Milchcow wrote:
So who are going to be the big round 1 TLT traps.  Guys who look promising to start with but soon find themselves in dumpsville.

Nathan Green a prime example last year.  Cody Walker could almost have been one but got a good run after ARey's injury.

I reckon K Brom, Gurgess, Matt Prior and J Wallace. Just not sure they will improve as much as everyone thinks. In reality, going on previous years, only 1 or two at best of the four will improve enough to have warranted selection.

For starters, K Brom will not play 80 on an edge (it will be 60 mins). His PPM will be less on the edge than the middle. Average 40 at best.

Gurgess just won't get enough minutes to average more than 37 at best.

Matt Prior just doesn't have the attacking stats as well as Jarrod Wallace. Need 50 minutes to average 38ish and so will be a slow burn to get that 50-60K increase.

They all have the potential to be this years LAM or KEvans.

Milchcow wrote:

Good call.  Manly forward pack will be full of temptation and traps

AFB will be this years Mataora. I won't touch Sironen but maybe will go with Lane/Kennedy if they get the start.

Which teams have a relatively easy first five games?

Chewie wrote:Which teams have a relatively easy first five games?

Manly's opponents

Warriors wrote:

I reckon K Brom, Gurgess, Matt Prior and J Wallace. Just not sure they will improve as much as everyone thinks. In reality, going on previous years, only 1 or two at best of the four will improve enough to have warranted selection.

I think you have misinterpreted my question.

The guys I want to talk about are players who'll be named to start in round 1. Or perhaps be named hooker with no bench utility.

But come round 2 or 3 these guys are back to the bench or state league.

Manly last year had a rd1 team that changed heaps in the following weeks. That's the sort of thing I'm interested in what may happen.

I understand it's a little silly having the conversation this far out from round 1, but just trying to keep some things in mind.

Those guys don't fit that definition, although they may well not be good fantasy options.

If Gurges's starts round 1, them barring injury he should continue starting.
If he doesn't start then most people will jump off him.

[quote="Warriors"]

I reckon K Brom, Gurgess, Matt Prior and J Wallace. Just not sure they will improve as much as everyone thinks. In reality, going on previous years, only 1 or two at best of the four will improve enough to have warranted selection.

For starters, K Brom will not play 80 on an edge (it will be 60 mins). His PPM will be less on the edge than the middle. Average 40 at best.

Gurgess just won't get enough minutes to average more than 37 at best.

Matt Prior just doesn't have the attacking stats as well as Jarrod Wallace. Need 50 minutes to average 38ish and so will be a slow burn to get that 50-60K increase.

They all have the potential to be this years LAM or KEvans.


K Brom averaged 41-42 mins last year, if 60 is what you think he'll play, he will 100% improve

Matt Prior averaged 44 mins last year but averaged like 60 during finals so if he continues those minutes he will also definitely improve.

I agree with Burgess but

Scorchers

Quiet in here today.

Beepbeep_imajeep (if that is your real name ), welcome to the forum. What device are you on mate and are you hitting the quote button or copying? It doesn't seem to be quoting properly for you.

Honeysett wrote:Scorchers

Williams sisters > BBL.

Warriors wrote:

I reckon K Brom, Gurgess, Matt Prior and J Wallace. Just not sure they will improve as much as everyone thinks. In reality, going on previous years, only 1 or two at best of the four will improve enough to have warranted selection.

For starters, K Brom will not play 80 on an edge (it will be 60 mins). His PPM will be less on the edge than the middle. Average 40 at best.

Gurgess just won't get enough minutes to average more than 37 at best.

Matt Prior just doesn't have the attacking stats as well as Jarrod Wallace. Need 50 minutes to average 38ish and so will be a slow burn to get that 50-60K increase.

They all have the potential to be this years LAM or KEvans.

Matagi=Russell Packer
History of poor fantasy scores but some how people think he will improve at his 3rd club

Milchcow wrote:


I think you have misinterpreted my question.

The guys I want to talk about are players who'll  be named to start in round 1. Or perhaps be named hooker with no bench utility.

But come round 2 or 3 these guys are back to the bench or state league.

Manly last year had a rd1 team that changed heaps in the following weeks.  That's the sort of thing I'm interested in what may happen.

I understand it's a little  silly having the conversation this far out from round 1, but just trying to keep some things in mind.

Those guys don't fit that definition,  although they may well not be good fantasy options.

If Gurges's starts round 1, them barring injury he should continue starting.
If he doesn't start then most people will jump off him.

Last year I ended up with 3 fires to put out pretty quickly in Henry, Littlejohn, Green. Henry obviously due to injury but Littlejohn and Green were named to start from nowhere and then disappeared

Bren wrote:
Williams sisters > BBL.

Easy to say when your team don't make it.

[quote="SI"]Quiet in here today.  

Beepbeep_imajeep (if that is your real name ), welcome to the forum.  What device are you on mate and are you hitting the quote button or copying?  It doesn't seem to be quoting properly for you.[Cheers mate, I'm on my lappy T, I think I've just been quoting wrong]

Beepbeep_imaJeep wrote:

lol, still am

Beepbeep_imaJeep wrote:

lol, still am

Jut hit the quote button on the right hand side at the bottom.

Then from there make sure when you're typing you don't remove "]" which is what's happening