2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 9 - TLT edition

Welshy wrote:

Really I was sure he played a load of games in the halves at the start of the season?

Spectre wrote:Klemmer/Pearce surely scores more then Fifita/Lamb?

So hard letting go of Fifita though

mulvy wrote:I'm off to bed but any comments on this appreciated:

Smith Brailey
Fifita Wallace Faufusi Papalli
JDB Gallen ET Smat Sironen Yates
Norman Lamb Elgey Hingano
Moga Idris Kelly Cotric
Turbo Hayne RTS Python Suli

Finch wrote:Are people selecting Ponga even if he doesnt play this week? (Looks like he wont be). Saves a trade for a bargain basement dude who will surely get a go soon.

Milchcow wrote:

4 games at halfback - they only drop his average by about 2 points. Not enough to excite me

Spectre wrote:

That's fair enough, but there is no one at that price or cheaper that I'm interested in and I don't want to reshuffle the whole team to fit in someone more expensive.

You'd think if Holmes was named on the extended bench that he's a chance of playing, so at worst I think next week he'll be back.

I'm comfortable benching him and hopefully getting a 30+ score from his replacement in the meantime

Welshy wrote:moved a few around and going like this barring any huge change before Thursday

Smith, McInnes
DSaifiti, Wallace, Leota, Perrett
DeBelin, Surgess, ET, SMat, Kaufusi, Yates
Taylor, Lamb, Elgey, Fogarty
Kelly, Idris, Moga Cotric
Tedesco, RTS, Hayne, Phythian, Uate

White Lightning wrote:

Your front row is a bit thin & 1 injury to either D. Saifiti or Wallace & you're in trouble.

Pookus McFly wrote:

What if Hayne is also out come gameday. You are playing Cotric and Pythian. Round 1 is hard enough to get good scores without doing that to yourself.

Trade Rage Tragic wrote:Fantasy down for anyone else?

White Lightning wrote:

Your front row is a bit thin & 1 injury to either D. Saifiti or Wallace & you're in trouble. I just saw F. Kaufusi in your 2fr. Are you happy carrying 3 cheapies in your frf & 2fr.

Honeysett wrote:

Milchcow wrote:Brailey averaged 56 fantasy points in U20s last year

That was playing 80 minutes each week
Included 38 tackles a week
Also included season totals of 31 try assists and 32 line break assists - the highest in the competition for both.

So if he plays 50 minutes a week and maintains his PPM, then that translates to a score of 35.

But its pretty hard to maintain U20s PPM in the actual NRL, where players can actually tackle and there aren't 18 tries a game.

So I would suggest anyone banking on 35 points for Brailey is at the optimistic end of things. Will probably hit it every now and then, but it will be the upper end of his scoring.

I agree with all of this, however as a rookie hooker he will be targeted in defence and be made to make more tackles - he's just another player in the U20s but now he's the target. I think his tackling numbers get a bump.

Spectre wrote:

Agree with this

Welshy wrote:

Better going Tedesco - Holmes and upgrading Leota - KBrom via Kaufusi?

Would run without Elgey as a reserve and go McInnes, Kaufusi, KBrom, SMat

Spectre wrote:JWH is at a very attractive price and there is no doubt he can be a 45+ scorer. I just don't know if it's enough to justify selection.