Trials and Tribulations of an NRL Fantasy coach 2017 - Round 14 Trades update 08/06

Boozecluez wrote:

Yeah mate, things are ticking along ok and have a lot of players in tomorrow's game.
Might have messed things up with this weeks trades but overall it should hopefully be ok.

Not going with the original plan of CHN as a reserve and trading in Niko/Whitehead over Gutherson/Yates may not have been the best option but can't live in regret.

No footy tonight has wrecked the flow of things so will have to wait until tomorrow to get the fix.

How are you tracking?

Edited: Aubo out of the match so will get Frawleys ae . Not good

Going well mate, just hoping i hold it together through the byes and can sail just as hard in the back end.
Which bye planner is that ur using?

Up against you in L1 this week boozy.

Sik wrote:Up against you in L1 this week boozy.

Should be an interesting week that's for sure given all the recent injuries and selections.. Need to assess the damage still haha

Round 10 trades

This week there was a lot of questions marks remaining unanswered about who will play origin etc.
Decided it was all about consolidating and freeing up cash to give me options for the next 5 trades before RD 12 byes. Means I can focus on bye friendly upgrades and go from there.

Line in the sand, this is where I hold and make inroads back towards the top



497k in the bank and ready to play with


Malakai Watene Zelezniak
Bottom priced cash out with potential to secure a spot full time, if he keeps playing CTR will get DPP as well. Provides some basic cover in the centres and plays a few byes

Tyrell Fuimaono
Bottom priced cash out with potential to break into and stay in the 17.
Big body so will hopefully score alright in short minutes, potential to cover CTR.
Also if he hangs around will chip in with some bye points

Love the staunch Braveheart reference. HOLD !!!

Week 10 results

Well maybe it was the brave heart image or perhaps some of my players started performing but it looks like the Boozers are back, just in time for Byes.
Have been building the team to a solid 17 and while scoring consistently I have been taking a hit in the rankings due to not owning a few popular players.
Finally dodged a few injury bullets this week for a change and it feels good to have a decent week again, up 1575 places too.
Guess that's Fantasy in a nut shell, things can change fast.

Trade review
This week was about downgrades and it was bonus they both scored well and made a little coin.
What is better though was that Fuimaono played great off the bench and looks good enough to start, given the Rabbitohs found some form too then there is a good chance he hangs around
MWZ played alright for his tigers 'debut' and will hopefully score ok

H2H
Sorry boys, any other week this year and I was probably an easy 2 points for you but you caught me on the rebound this time.
Thanks for the game Sass Machines and also to Todd Carney's Gargoyles (Sik) who made it a tight game and with the difference being probably only one player in it (or an injury) deciding it.
I am sure you guys will bounce back and be among it come finals

Injuries
Continue to play the injury roulette, last week Idris and now Hayne.
Hoping he won't be out too long but may need to look at more of a solid replacement and use his as cover.
Aubo went off with an HIA, didn't look serious so he should be sweet you would think.

Form
Some of the guns who have been quiet went large this week which helped a lot.
Kaufusi had his minutes effected with Harris coming back and had a poor game too so this could be the end for him.
JWallace also had his minutes reduced and if he gets selected for Origin could also be a sell.
RTS had a bad week but he has high ownership so nothing to worry about.

Anyways not far from origin now, have the coin to make some more good trades and attack the byes hard.
Bring on round 11

Round 11 Trades

Remaining coin = 337K

Martin Taupau
Big,breaks tackles and can go huge on his day along with DPP.
While his byes are crap his BE is low and his low ownership helps too. big risk = big reward
Though this complements the good bye players by covering their byes
Kaufusi has done his job so can have a break from my team

Nathan Brown
Has DPP, loves to break a tackle and enjoyable to watch given his million miles an hour style while being a possible keeper
Best player from the team (eels) with the best byes

Good week mate. Are you going to write Obeid those bye rounds off and concentrate on the others or try and find a balanced number? You have 17 trades left is that right?

SI wrote:Good week mate. Are you going to write Obeid those bye rounds off and concentrate on the others or try and find a balanced number? You have 17 trades left is that right?

Spreading the bye players out in a balanced way but trying to get my best team together now.
So keepers/cash outs or players I want to finish with.

Have been playing with the bye spreadsheet most of the week and have done a u-turn to go back to my original plan.

Feels a lot better and attacks the byes abit harder as well
So should hopefully result in some movement up the ladder

This is the team going into the round 12 byes (failing injuries)
Blue shows next weeks trades

Boozecluez wrote:This is the team going into the round 12 byes (failing injuries)
Blue shows next weeks trades

Great work booze

love this set up, any chance you can forward me it?

Round 11 Results

Well it's the end of a crazy week of highs and lows, with it being the week that all the keeper 2RF went massive.
Basically if you didn't bye plan and had them then you scored massive and to rub salt in further the bye friendly players got wrecked with injury.
No point looking at the negatives, just have to keep your chin up and salvage what you can and move on.

Trade review
Still happy with the trades I made, just not what happened haha.
Can't plan for injuries and look back in hindsight with 'what if i traded in Elliot or Gallen like I intended'
Same reason I could have traded in J Graham or Munster, so no point pondering.
One positive was the score Taupau produced was his floor, so that is alright knowing he can go huge too.(Better than a floor of 20-30 from some other players)
Brown may become a keeper with less than friendly round 12 byes, will see how he pulls up

H2H
Tough week all around including in the H2H. I feel I got luck as any other time I probably would have got beaten.
Thanks to Loose Gooses and Bluetige for making it interesting, all these landmine injuries and it could have been the other way.
Good luck with the rest of your season

Injuries
Newly acquired Brown went down early, hoping he will be alright otherwise will be a trade out
C Walker was limping but appeared to run it off, Surgess too but should be fine.
Tetevano was meant to start but pulled out injured so await news on him too.

Form

All the big guns are firing while players like CHN is a worry.
I feel C Walker is alright as he is only a good run away from scoring 50, and it was wet with other backs scoring similar in the game.
Hayne playing Centre isn't ideal and RTS is a worry considering the way the warriors are playing.
Seems WFB is the new centre issue, but will look at a cheap Tedesco to come in perhaps over the coming weeks

Anyways look forward to seeing the Origin and TLT teams, thinking there may be some ??? thrown up

We're all in the same boat, but geez it's going to be hard to get enough players in for round 12 without worrying about rounds 13 and 15 also.

Pacey's Best wrote:We're all in the same boat, but geez it's going to be hard to get enough players in for round 12 without worrying about rounds 13 and 15 also.

Yeah 15 is a write off almost haha. With all the focus on round 12 people forget about the others.
Anyways Taumalolo, Cleary, Merrin (No origin) all appeal so may bring one in this week to ease the load on next.

You keep swinging with the best of them Boozy

Round 12 trades

426k remaining


Robbie Farah
Gives me an ex gun hooker at bottom price which is worth it's weight in gold over 3 of the big bye rounds.
Gambling Smith gets some rest and drops in price while Farahs work rate will lift and hope Cook remains on the bench or cut completely
Aim to bring Smith back after last bye

Paul Gallen
Scoring well in perhaps his last year with no origin, playing injury free and seems to be enjoying his football with the pressure off. Bye gold and potential captain material
With news of Brown being injured for at least 3-4 games this makes his appeal very limited.
Also the extra money helps free up some more for next week and allows me to turn a Nikorima into a Munster.

S Radradra
Has bottomed out and scored well in base stats last week
Gives me another scoring option at WFB and plays 3 of the big bye rounds.
Now that the court case is over hoping he can get back into some form and will ride his price rise up to a bottomed out gun

Revraiser wrote:You keep swinging with the best of them Boozy

Cheers mate, everyone loves a swinger........... Especially if your name is Corey or James

Updated:

Trade targets for next week

Niko to Munster
CHN to Taumalolo

Like the Farah punt mate. Good stuff.