2017 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 10

Chit chat, chit chat.
Need more news on the Seggie signing.
I had my team set and now it's not.

I am thinking of sticking with Holmes and Gurgess and letting them ride the pine.  I think Gurgess will be back sooner then later, and it will allow me to pic up any cow that arises.

Smith, McInnes
CSG, DSaif, Gurgess, Yates
JDB, Surgess, KBrom, SMat, Sironen, FKaufusi
ATaylor, Lamb, Elgey, Field
Talakai, Idris, Kelly, Suli
RTS, Hayne, Phyth, Holmes, Cotric

I really want to get ET though

Thoughts?

Archer wrote:
I mean, i can keep mentioning how much of a bad idea i think it is to take Raiders forwards, but people seem pretty keen on Bateman and Co so i think i'm fighting a losing battle. Turned to easy wins  instead and L2 came straight to mind

I agree Raiders forward pack is a tough place to go, but some intriguing options if you can select he right one/ones.

Welshy wrote:

Here she is.

Let's not bother with this fantasy help lark and get straight into L2 sledging?

Just checked who I'm versing round 1 in L2. Easy win straight up. That pleb won't know what hit him.

danseels1985 wrote:Think I'm locking in this team:

Smith Brailey
McGuire Jbrom F.Kaufusi Esesee
JDB Gallen Surgess Smat Winterstein Yates
Johnson Lamb Elgey Hingano
Moga Talakai Idris Kelly
RTS Hayne Sio Cotric Phythian

Thoughts?

I take it you've heard that the Seggers to Sharks rumour is back stronger than ever. We will all be sweating on it over the next 24 hours.

Finch wrote:I have no idea what to do. I'm literally staring at an empty team.

Crack open a beer and relax. It's nice to get a good start but its not the be all and end all. You can recover throughout the season with good trading and bye planning, no need to give yourself a hernia before the seasons starts.

Can somebody please remind me how the prices work? Final 4 scores from last year get factored into round 2 price changes, correct?

I was looking at Jack Bird, but he bombed end of last year.

Bren wrote:

Just checked who I'm versing round 1 in L2. Easy win straight up. That pleb won't know what hit him.

Oof, want me to play with 13 players to make things interesting?

Bren wrote:

Just checked who I'm versing round 1 in L2. Easy win straight up. That pleb won't know what hit him.

Fantastic word is pleb! Highly underused and very well and correctly used in the above sentence

Welshy wrote:

Fantastic word is pleb! Highly underused and very well and correctly used in the above sentence

Its appropriate that the pair of you team up, both your scores combined may come close to mine  

Welshy wrote:

I have at points - reasoning FB gig fulltime so potential for more ball and better base stats from run backs and coming into the line.

I get what you are saying, some will pick player A for reasoning B but not player C who has the same game

So we speculate that Holmes is a dece pick this year because he'll play FB and get base stats from returning the ball. Fair, I'll give him that. You could also state that he'll see more traffic therefore having more potential for missed tackles etc (his defense is avg at best). We won't know how he'll go as he's an unknown really at FB. 

Do you think that's fair?

If so, how can you possibly write off TMM when we've only seen four games of him? For all we know, he doesn't get injured and nobody has yet heard of Clearly as we speak, the guy has brill organisation and kicking and tackles the house down. Unlikely but I'm not gonna say no.

Finch wrote:https://twitter.com/ChrisGarry7/status/836827551762886656

Nugget of gold ^

Edit: For the record, I was going to share it anyway

Chris Garry says Jacks trained at 5/8 today.

There is a comment on Garry's post (and from a bit of Googling I assume it is from the Storm's Head of Communications & Content) that says the Storm didn't even train today haha

Jordan McClean to the Cowboys in 2018 FWIW

Mr Fernando wrote:

Chris Garry says Jacks trained at 5/8 today.

There is a comment on Garry's post (and from a bit of Googling I assume it is from the Storm's Head of Communications & Content) that says the Storm didn't even train today haha

Check the time and date of Chris Garry tweet, then check the time and date of the chick saying they didnt train today...

Archer wrote:
Its appropriate that the pair of you team up, both your scores combined may come close to mine  

Captain Rapana is it?

Mearcats wrote:

So we speculate that Holmes is a dece pick this year because he'll play FB and get base stats from returning the ball. Fair, I'll give him that. You could also state that he'll see more traffic therefore having more potential for missed tackles etc (his defense is avg at best). We won't know how he'll go as he's an unknown really at FB. 

Do you think that's fair?

If so, how can you possibly write off TMM when we've only seen four games of him? For all we know, he doesn't get injured and nobody has yet heard of Clearly as we speak, the guy has brill organisation and kicking and tackles the house down. Unlikely but I'm not gonna say no.

Fair call on Holmes yes, risk with every pick we make where they haven't played a new position before but FBs generally score better than wingers so fair amount of data to support that, add to the fact Holmes is a superstar in the making and a decent shout he progresses in fantasy

I'm not doubting the talent of TMM I've said that all along, what I do know is for a half to have 6 games in the NRL and kick for a grand total of 8m then generally that is likely the case to assume going forward, base stats are critical to stop the shitty single digit scores and km to a half separates the elite from the also rans

if TMM wasn't awkwardly priced he would be straight in my team, but I prefer the safety of a Lamb who should get decent base stats with the occasional big game with decent attacking output

Did Johnson or Luke kick goals in the trials? Tossing up between him and Cody Walker as my gun HLF I can get in for Moses.
Coming around to Cody Walker as a POD option actually despite having my HLF's locked in for weeks. Can swap and change with Gutherson plus I think he'll be the goal kicker with Aeynolds out won't he?

I mean so many teams are all totally fucked if Segeyaro goes to the Sharks and makes this debate useless but still fun to ponder.

Finch wrote:

Check the time and date of Chris Garry tweet, then check the time and date of the chick saying they didnt train today...

Haha bizarre. Who knows

Johnny B Goode wrote:Did Johnson or Luke kick goals in the trials? Tossing up between him and Cody Walker as my gun HLF I can get in for Moses.  
Coming around to Cody Walker as a POD option actually despite having my HLF's locked in for weeks. Can swap and change with Gutherson plus I think he'll be the goal kicker with Aeynolds out won't he?  

I mean so many teams are all totally fucked if Segeyaro goes to the Sharks and makes this debate useless but still fun to ponder.

Sj kicked goals

Johnny B Goode wrote:Did Johnson or Luke kick goals in the trials? Tossing up between him and Cody Walker as my gun HLF I can get in for Moses.  
Coming around to Cody Walker as a POD option actually despite having my HLF's locked in for weeks. Can swap and change with Gutherson plus I think he'll be the goal kicker with Aeynolds out won't he?  

I mean so many teams are all totally fucked if Segeyaro goes to the Sharks and makes this debate useless but still fun to ponder.

SJ kicked early, can't remember if he did all of it but.