2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 7

What upgrade option do you like:
(a) Gurgess out - McGuire in or
(b) Hess out - ET in or
(c) Talakai out - D. Walker in or
(d) Gutherson out - T-Trbo in or
(e) Gutherson out - Tedesco in
Thanks all.

B, definitely B.

I haven't rated Hess all this season and ET potentially a 55+ average this year.

well, he's honest

When asked about his form, Myles labelled it ''sh*thouse''.

''Am I allowed to say that?'' he said.

''I'm my own harshest judge and I'll be the first one to say that I wasn't good enough last year. And I don't think the year before that either.

''For myself, I'll be pressuring all avenues of my game this year to pick it up because it just wasn't up to standard.''

White Lightning wrote:What upgrade option do you like:
(a) Gurgess out - McGuire in or
(b) Hess out - ET in or
(c) Talakai out - D. Walker in or
(d) Gutherson out - T-Trbo in or
(e) Gutherson out - Tedesco in
Thanks all.

Gurgess and Gutherson should go alright. The bigger doubts are with talakai and Hess. Bunnies first three games are tigers, manly and kngiths. so I say B

White Lightning wrote:What upgrade option do you like:
(a) Gurgess out - McGuire in or
(b) Hess out - ET in or
(c) Talakai out - D. Walker in or
(d) Gutherson out - T-Trbo in or
(e) Gutherson out - Tedesco in
Thanks all.

B or E net you an extra keeper to start with.

mulvy wrote:Talakai (if named) or Elgey in your 17?

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my tv broke wrote:well, he's honest

When asked about his form, Myles labelled it ''sh*thouse''.

''Am I allowed to say that?'' he said.

''I'm my own harshest judge and I'll be the first one to say that I wasn't good enough last year. And I don't think the year before that either.

''For myself, I'll be pressuring all avenues of my game this year to pick it up because it just wasn't up to standard.''

Its a funny old game, last year every one was kicking themselves that they didnt start with Mbye and then those who did trade him in got shafted

mulvy wrote:Talakai (if named) or Elgey in your 17?

no real winner here but I'd probably prefer Elgey as you'd expect more consistency in scores from him. Don't think he's a great pick though, but in saying that he's my 4th reserve at the moment. Struggling to find a better option without weakening other areas. Talakai is currently in my 25 pending teamlists.

mulvy wrote:

mulvy wrote:Talakai (if named) or Elgey in your 17?

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I would personally start with Elgey in the 17 based on the fact he is a HLF so should get some KM stats. Also everyone else Week 1 will have Elgey in their 17 so unless you are sure of Talakai, then even if Elgey is a bust you won't be losing anything as he will be a bust for everyone else.

Random wrote:

Also everyone else Week 1 will have Elgey in their 17 so unless you are sure of Talakai

Starting talakai doesn't seem like a bad idea against the tigers if naiqama ends up playing centre again

mulvy wrote:

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I know it doesn't really matter what positon in the 17 they take but a low score at centre hurts a lot less then it does in the halves

Yeah I have both Talakai & Elgey in my 17. With the Bunnies opening draw Talakai could get some attacking points. I expect Elgey will be in most teams 17 in round 1 due to his price.

Most will run 1 cheap centre and Idris is no surer of scoring well at the start of the year imo. You could probably flip a coin on whether to play Idris or Talakai.. play it week by week on how well their team will perform.

Talakai may well be left out for Burns, have a back up plan.

[quote="mulvy"]Talakai (if named) or Elgey in your 17?[/quote]

Elgey seems to be at a weird price.

Not sure how much he scores so might not be in your scoring 17 and he's like 70K over minimum price.

As long as Idris & Talakai both score 25-35 I'll be happy. I'm not expecting much from them. Having said that I feel I need to bring in a reliable scoring option into my ctrs so I might move Sione there from the 2fr but there's no price comparative 2fr's around Sione's price that I like..

Aardvark Ratnick wrote:Talakai may well be left out for Burns, have a back up plan.

That's a easy swap & hope it happens but is the skinny Burns big enough to play ctr. I feel Talakai is built better for ctr.

Would think Burns would play wing, and Goodwin goes to centre. Burns is far less attractive.

FebruaryChamp wrote:

Elgey seems to be at a weird price.

Not sure how much he scores so might not be in your scoring 17 and he's like 70K over minimum price.

Exactly. My latest team doesn't have elgey at all. I might be losing the plot I think, no CS9 either. How's this look

McInnes Brailey
Fifita Gurgess Faufusi Hoare
Surgess Buhrer ET SMat Sironen Capewell
Norman Taylor Lamb Brown
Idris Talakai Scott Drew
Turbo Hayne RTS Ponga Python 23k

I could move Smat to centre and bring in Elgey for Brown but then I would need to find a second cheapie in the 2rf which aint gonna happen. drew is there in case i need to move turbo to centre and play python/ponga

Lone Scout ‏@lone_scout  17m17 minutes ago
Moses Suli, Matt Dufty, Joe Greenwood, Isaiah Papalii, Tyrone May among the new players added to #NRLFantasy

Greenwood added at 335k :/

SULI is DPP

Isaiah Papalii listed as a FRF - may be handy for those looking for a cheapie for the 4th FRF spot.. but as with others may struggle to get meaningful minutes..