2017 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 6

my tv broke wrote:

do you think he'll start? Seems that Sue has been training right edge, Lawrence would presumably have left edge sewn up. Aloiai biding his time from the bench until next season perhaps

Spectre wrote:

If Sue plays on the edge who will be in the prop rotation? Tigers are pretty thin in that department

filthridden wrote:

I almost just convinced myself to switch Peats to Luke but I didn't realise he's already priced at $460k.
Thought he had a mixed bag of a season last year and am surprised he averaged 48.
Can't see him averaging more than 50 although it looks like Kearney wants 80mins out of him which is always a plus.

Personally think he's about $30k overvalued.

filthridden wrote:

On last year's averages I'm hitting 716. Obviously as with most people, I am expecting a lot of my players to improve their averages:

Sironen - 27
Ese'ese - 17
ET - 42
Lamb - 38
SiMat - 32
RTS - 33
Hayne - 25

etc etc

my tv broke wrote:

Woods + Ava starting, Tim Grant + JJ Felise/Edwards/one of the rookies being talked up for a spot.

Woods
Hooker
Ava
Lawrence
Sue
Taylor

Hooker
Aloiai
Grant
JJ Felise/Edwards/Marsters/Eisenhuth/etc

Spectre wrote:That's a terrible rotation. No grunt/go forward whatsoever when Woods gets taken off for a rest

Milchcow wrote:

Just because other people have rubbish teams doesn't mean you have to follow suit.

Its not having Phythian in your 17 that is itself the problem. Its that if Phythian is in your 17 that means you almost certainly have 2 rubbish players in your WFB NPRs. Its going to make it hard for you to make money, and provides no flexibility to handle injury/suspension

If Phythian gets dropped or produces rubbish scores its going to take you 2 trades to fix it. And whatever week you fix that up it means you won't be able to fix any other issues with your squad.

Spectre wrote:

That's a terrible rotation. No grunt/go forward whatsoever when Woods gets taken off for a rest

SoylentGreen wrote:

Good points. Because I value your bovine opinion, would something along these lines be reasonable?

Smith, Hodgson,
Daifiti, Gurgess, Ese Ese, Perrett
Surgess, McGuire, ET, Wallace, Sironen, Winterstein
Norman, Lamb, Elgey, Hingano
SMat, Idris, Scott, Kelly
Holmes, RTS, Hayne, Phythian, Rennings

No Worries wrote:A week ago when I mentioned Siro everyone was telling me he wouldn't start. Now you all have him in your side. Bunch of Lemmings

SoylentGreen wrote:

Good points. Because I value your bovine opinion, would something along these lines be reasonable?

Smith, Hodgson,
Daifiti, Gurgess, Ese Ese, Perrett
Surgess, McGuire, ET, Wallace, Sironen, Winterstein
Norman, Lamb, Elgey, Hingano
SMat, Idris, Scott, Kelly
Holmes, RTS, Hayne, Phythian, Rennings

my tv broke wrote:I keep looking at Holmes in my WFB's and thinking its a waste of money but I dont want to A) spend any more on the position, or B) take any of the cheaper options.

its him or roll the dice on french picking up heaps of attacking stats.

my tv broke wrote:that latest team of Soylents is incredibly similar to my squad.

SoylentGreen wrote:

Likewise - Kahu's really the only other player in the 200-300k range I'd consider, but I think that's an even riskier proposition (does have DPP though)

Haste wrote:Hey guys first time posting (except for in the registration thread)

Here is my first draft I would love some feedback on:

Smith, Pritchard
McGuire, Gurgess, Ese'ese, Hoare
JDB, Mannering, Surgess, Smata'utia, Wallace, Stimson
Norman, Lamb, Elgey, Hingano
Kahu, Scott, Idris, Kelly
RTS, Hayne, Slater, Rennings, Phythian

Depending on Slater playing or not, I may downgrade him to Uate and upgrade Kahu to Chambers.


Thanks guys and keen to get to know you all over the season!

Haste wrote:Hey guys first time posting (except for in the registration thread)

Here is my first draft I would love some feedback on:

Smith, Pritchard
McGuire, Gurgess, Ese'ese, Hoare
JDB, Mannering, Surgess, Smata'utia, Wallace, Stimson
Norman, Lamb, Elgey, Hingano
Kahu, Scott, Idris, Kelly
RTS, Hayne, Slater, Rennings, Phythian

Depending on Slater playing or not, I may downgrade him to Uate and upgrade Kahu to Chambers.


Thanks guys and keen to get to know you all over the season!

SoylentGreen wrote:

That's what i was wondering - I would always be looking at last years averages as the minimum you'd expect from any players you pick (otherwise why pick them).