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Plenty of value in L3
Up to pick 48 and Rapana still hasn't been selected

Jesus, someones a little touchy about baby sis growing up. If I knew I'd get that rise out of such an innocuous comment, if have said it years ago.

L3 draft so far for anyone interested

Pick Player Team
1.1 (1) Cameron Smith The Wombles
1.2 (2) Andrew Fifita Death From Above
1.3 (3) Jake Friend The Gumbies
1.4 (4) Sam Burgess Russ's Team
1.5 (5) Ryan James Muthaiga Lions
1.6 (6) Simon Mannering Last Tribe
1.7 (7) Jack De Belin Frank's Underwoods
1.8 ( Adam Reynolds The Aadvarks
2.1 (9) Josh Hodgson The Aadvarks
2.2 (10) James Graham Frank's Underwoods
2.3 (11) Andrew McCullough Last Tribe
2.4 (12) Paul Gallen Muthaiga Lions
2.5 (13) Johnathan Thurston Russ's Team
2.6 (14) Trent Merrin The Gumbies
2.7 (15) James Tedesco Death From Above
2.8 (16) Bryce Cartwright The Wombles
3.1 (17) Martin Taupau The Wombles
3.2 (18) Nathan Cleary Death From Above
3.3 (19) Ben Hunt The Gumbies
3.4 (20) Mitchell Pearce Russ's Team
3.5 (21) Shaun Johnson Muthaiga Lions
3.6 (22) Corey Norman Last Tribe
3.7 (23) Cameron McInnes Frank's Underwoods
3.8 (24) Cameron Munster The Aadvarks
4.1 (25) Jesse Bromwich The Aadvarks
4.2 (26) Daly Cherry-Evans Frank's Underwoods
4.3 (27) Josh McGuire Last Tribe
4.4 (28) Michael Lichaa Muthaiga Lions
4.5 (29) Issac Luke Russ's Team
4.6 (30) Bodene Thompson The Gumbies
4.7 (31) Nathan Peats Death From Above
4.8 (32) Jake Trbojevic The Wombles
5.1 (33) Cooper Cronk The Wombles
5.2 (34) Cody Walker Death From Above
5.3 (35) Boyd Cordner The Gumbies
5.4 (36) Greg Inglis Russ's Team
5.5 (37) Aiden Tolman Muthaiga Lions
5.6 (38) Joey Leilua Last Tribe
5.7 (39) Matt Gillett Frank's Underwoods
5.8 (40) Tohu Harris The Aadvarks
6.1 (41) Ethan Lowe The Aadvarks
6.2 (42) Roger Tuivasa-Sheck Frank's Underwoods
6.3 (43) Elliott Whitehead Last Tribe
6.4 (44) Josh Dugan Muthaiga Lions
6.5 (45) Aaron Woods Russ's Team
6.6 (46) Mitchell Barnett The Gumbies
6.7 (47) Jarryd Hayne Death From Above
6.8 (48) Clinton Gutherson The Wombles
7.1 (49) Sione Mata'utia The Wombles
7.2 (50) Tom Trbojevic Death From Above
7.3 (51) Robbie Farah The Gumbies
7.4 (52) James Tamou Russ's Team

I feel like I really underestimated the value of DPP in this comp. Selecting Walker and Trbojevic gives me the option to take a centre/half/wfb depending on which is best value

Rabbit picking up a second hooker rather early. Does he know that you don't have any reserves and you only need 1 starting hooker? Or is he doing a quicksand and drying up the market for trade bait later on?

Bren wrote:Rabbit picking up a second hooker rather early. Does he know that you don't have any reserves and you only need 1 starting hooker? Or is he doing a quicksand and drying up the market for trade bait later on?

The hooker market is too hard to corner tho - 16 starting hookers plus another half dozen DPP halves, with only 8 teams in the league, there's plenty to go around.

ryno_ wrote:

The hooker market is too hard to corner tho - 16 starting hookers plus another half dozen DPP halves, with only 8 teams in the league, there's plenty to go around.

I disagree somewhat...

Storm - Smith
Roosters - Friend
Broncos - McCullough
Raiders - Hodgson
Dragons - McInnes
Titans - Peats
Warriors - Luke
Bulldogs - Lichaa
Souths - Farah

After that the quality drops off significantly. Who knows how Wallace/Rein will share minutes, same for Koroisau/Hastings. Granville could be an option but only had an average of 33.8 last year in Ultimate. Then you have Sharks, Knights, Wests and Eels. Who knows who will get the bulk share of minutes from those clubs and the possibility of sharing minutes is extremely high.

Bren wrote:Rabbit picking up a second hooker rather early. Does he know that you don't have any reserves and you only need 1 starting hooker? Or is he doing a quicksand and drying up the market for trade bait later on?

Hasn't logged in once, all his selections are auto picks

Draft heating up now!

Had a few pre ranked players and they were all gone except one when my pick came around again

Bren wrote:

I disagree somewhat...

Storm - Smith
Roosters - Friend
Broncos - McCullough
Raiders - Hodgson
Dragons - McInnes
Titans - Peats
Warriors - Luke
Bulldogs - Lichaa
Souths - Farah

After that the quality drops off significantly. Who knows how Wallace/Rein will share minutes, same for Koroisau/Hastings. Granville could be an option but only had an average of 33.8 last year in Ultimate. Then you have Sharks, Knights, Wests and Eels. Who knows who will get the bulk share of minutes from those clubs and the possibility of sharing minutes is extremely high.

Im not saying that all hookers are of the same quality - most of your list were picked up in the first 2 rounds for a reason - just that there are too many possible options to effectively corner a market for a position each team only needs 1 of. Its hard to believe that each team wont have a hooker that plays 60-65 minutes a game, giving 16 decent options - just gotta figure out who those 16 players are.

Can't corner in that sense but because the drop off is so large having a decent backup in case of injury is huge

ryno_ wrote:

Im not saying that all hookers are of the same quality - most of your list were picked up in the first 2 rounds for a reason - just that there are too many possible options to effectively corner a market for a position each team only needs 1 of. Its hard to believe that each team wont have a hooker that plays 60-65 minutes a game, giving 16 decent options - just gotta figure out who those 16 players are.

It's more than just minutes. Some hookers could play 100 minutes a week and struggle to hit 40 points.
In an 8 team league there is probably enough to go around, but when you start getting 10 or more in a league then it becomes easier to deny others options.

In any case, I'd be surprised if whoever has 3 hookers in L1 gets a trade for them that's a better player than he could have just picked anyway.

Milchcow wrote:
In any case,  I'd be surprised if whoever has 3 hookers in L1 gets a trade for them that's a better player than he could have just picked anyway.

Here is an idea of who was selected afterwards..

9.8 (72) Issac Luke quicksand
10.1 (73) Robbie Farah quicksand
10.2 (74) Manu Ma'u EatSleepMilfRepeat
10.3 (75) Nathan Peats Kung Fu Pandas
10.4 (76) Konrad Hurrell Mearcats
10.5 (77) Dylan Walker Yorkshire Pudding
10.6 (78) Moses Mbye Trousers
10.7 (79) Mitchell Aubusson Spectre in the Scrum
10.8 (80) Solomone Kata The Secret Weapons
11.1 (81) Josh Reynolds The Secret Weapons
11.2 (82) Jack Bird Spectre in the Scrum
11.3 (83) Isaah Yeo Trousers
11.4 (84) Brett Morris Yorkshire Pudding
11.5 (85) Matt Moylan Mearcats
11.6 (86) Sione Mata'utia Kung Fu Pandas
11.7 (87) Apisai Koroisau EatSleepMilfRepeat
11.8 (88) Jason Nightingale quicksand
12.1 (89) Alex Glenn quicksand
12.2 (90) Gavin Cooper EatSleepMilfRepeat
12.3 (91) Paul Vaughan Kung Fu Pandas
12.4 (92) Bevan French Mearcats
12.5 (93) Chris Lawrence Yorkshire Pudding
12.6 (94) Lachlan Coote Trousers
12.7 (95) Kerrod Holland Spectre in the Scrum
12.8 (96) Kenny Bromwich The Secret Weapons
13.1 (97) Blake Ferguson The Secret Weapons
13.2 (98) Aidan Guerra Spectre in the Scrum
13.3 (99) Cheyse Blair Trousers
13.4 (100) Chad Townsend Yorkshire Pudding
13.5 (101) Josh Addo-Carr Mearcats
13.6 (102) Ben Matulino Kung Fu Pandas
13.7 (103) Bryson Goodwin EatSleepMilfRepeat
13.8 (104) Hymel Hunt quicksand
14.1 (105) Dane Gagai quicksand
14.2 (106) Justin O'Neill EatSleepMilfRepeat
14.3 (107) Latrell Mitchell Kung Fu Pandas

@SI - You are up lad!

wow, L1 is on fire. Can you believe we have made 8 selections in ONLY 10 hours ?

quicksand wrote:
wow, L1 is on fire. Can you believe we have made 8 selections in ONLY 10 hours ?

Wowsers @Random will get relegated again in the time you guys finish the draft

Where is L1 up to? L3 is about to start round 11 so should be finished before the seasons starts

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Where is L1 up to? L3 is about to start round 11 so should be finished before the seasons starts

still waiting on Mearcats to make selection 15.5