2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 4

mulvy wrote:Given the doubts surrounding the mid range props, are many people going with two guns and two cows/npr's and looking for value elsewhere?

A lot of those doubts will be cleared up over the next couple of weeks so I suggest not getting too attached to your team makeup and reassessing closer to rd 1

SoylentGreen wrote:Anyone care to rank these mid-range FRF's & 2RF's for me?

Lawrence, Gurgess, Wallace, Bolton, Liu, Kromwich

For mine..

G. Burgess (If 100%)
K. Bromwich
S. Bolton
J. Wallace
C. Lawrence
I. Liu

SoylentGreen wrote:Anyone care to rank these mid-range FRF's & 2RF's for me?

Lawrence, Gurgess, Wallace, Bolton, Liu, Kromwich

Wallace if he gets the 13 jersey but no1 else from that list I'm going anywhere near.

But if i had to list them

Wallace
K Brom
Gurgess
Daylight
Bolton
Liu
Lawrence

my tv broke wrote:Of interest- jarrod wallace named at #13 for titans trial in an otherwise weak forward pack.

There has been a few whispers that J Wallace will get the 13 jersey. If so, makes him very appealing.

Beast From The Big East wrote:

you going pretty top heavy atm JBG? What big guns are you running with? I like you am also liking the look of Gillett,but got burned end of last season by his drop in scores. Looking at him as an alternative to Buhrer POD or even paying the extra on ET if it seems like ET is getting too popular

I've got Smith, Fifita, JDB and Mannering in one of my team drafts. It makes me take a gamble in other departments and takes up a lot of money but 4 of the best keepers right off the bat.

McGuire & Lamb/Mortimer or

Musgrove/AFB & A-Reynolds

Cheers all.

mulvy wrote:Given the doubts surrounding the mid range props, are many people going with two guns and two cows/npr's and looking for value elsewhere?

Historically the best cash cows have not been in the prop position. Many coaches seem to blood young/inexperienced props slowly only playing them for 20-25 mins per game. I would be more inclined to go two guns/near guns and two midrangers with upside.

e.g something like McGuire, Vaughan, J Wallace, AFB - Its shaping that this will be my front row but I would like to fit Fifita in

White Lightning wrote:McGuire & Lamb/Mortimer or

Musgrove/AFB & A-Reynolds

Cheers all.

Either aye, but possibly McGuire and Lamb. You know what you will get with these two so less risk.

Wallace named at Lock for the Titans trial Interestingly Karl Lawton named in 14 so not completely off the radar.

Aardvark Ratnick wrote:Surprised there has been little talk of  Jason Taumalolo around these parts as I expect him to explode this year, what does everyone know that I dont or is he on the   QT

Don't think I've ever owned him but in my team atm. Looked sharp at the 9s

Firstly good to see you back around Loomer.

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Regarding Taumalolo, he is priced quite high, but he could easily outscore his current average of 49 points if his minutes where more consistent. If he was able to get an extra ten minutes that would make him a sweet pick up. However they already have two guys playing 80 minutes an Taumalolo looks great as a destructive runner that is effective in short stints. He is also priced around the same amount as guys like Jake Trbojevic, Martin Taupau, Jamie Buhrer, Mitchell Barnett and even teammate Ethan Lowe that all are capable of similar scores, and/or a similar looking bump.

Gurgess starting prop in Rabs trail, Rochow 11

Are any trials being streamed this week/anyone going to watch any of the trials?

Perret and AFB both picked to start over Brenton in sea eagles trial team

I still think we see someone like McQueen/Taia at lock for the Titans, Wallace most likely named there now to get some extra match fitness in the middle. Most locks play as frontrowers these days anyway.

Welshy wrote:Perret and AFB both picked to start over Brenton in sea eagles trial team

Lawrence looked very trim at the Nines. Would be nice if he got back to that line breaking form from 2014, he might have found a yard or two!

Shanbon wrote:I still think we see someone like McQueen/Taia at lock for the Titans, Wallace most likely named there now to get some extra match fitness in the middle. Most locks play as frontrowers these days anyway.

Did you get a good one or a bad one? As in, are you getting much sleep mate

Archer wrote:Travis Meyn is another guy you can follow. He's a mate from uni so i follow him anyway but he is also a sports writer for the Courier Mail and provides a bit of Titans news. Oh and I second the Gavel thing, he gets plenty of news from the club so is a pretty good source for Raiders info.

Cheers mate followING him now!

Anyone else think that RFM will hold down that spot when Eastwood is included in the side?
Surely if the rumors of Des under pressure are true, he isn't going to run out the same forward pack.
But to play my own devil's advocate, the forward pack was never really the problem.
Still think he might feel the need to inject some new blood, a bit more mobility to a big pack.
Kid is fantasy gold too- loves to tackle, breaks tackles, offloads- definitely one to watch if he gets any sort of minutes.

Only TLT will tell, that shit can not come quick enough, yo.

Pookus McFly wrote:Anyone else think that RFM will hold down that spot when Eastwood is included in the side?
Surely if the rumors of Des under pressure are true, he isn't going to run out the same forward pack.
But to play my own devil's advocate, the forward pack was never really the problem.
Still think he might feel the need to inject some new blood, a bit more mobility to a big pack.
Kid is fantasy gold too- loves to tackle, breaks tackles, offloads- definitely one to watch if he gets any sort of minutes.

Only TLT will tell, that shit can not come quick enough, yo.

A couple of points

- our forward pack is the least of our worries
- Eastwood just signed a new contract, and one of our best performers last season
- he is arguably our most mobile forward, even with his size
- if RFM does indeed start, he will not get the minutes he needs for good scores
- we have the worst bench in the comp, expect big minutes from the entire starting pack