2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 18

sets wrote:

odds just dropped for dogs from $2.65 to about $2.50, so I am guessing you are right

odds dropped from $2.80 to $2.65 when foran was out

they were $2.50 this morning when i checked sportsbet.

If RTS is out, I get my first AE of 2017 - either Suli or Yates. Lol.

I was able to get a couple $$ on dogs at $2.65 this morning and a few $$ yesterday at $2.80


GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOGGIES

Feline wrote:

Your forgetting Hampton as the bench utility.

Does he drop out?

No I just ignored Granville and Hampton. 5 starting 2RF/FRF, 3 on bench. If 2 2RF play 80 on edge, 6 play middle and rotate.

Milchcow wrote:
OK, there is a certain practise that needs to stop.

Surgess, Gurgess, Turgess were acceptable.

Its is not a trend that is to be extended to other players.

Paufusi? Dalker!? There is no universe on which these are acceptable ways to refer to players.

Thank you.

Now everyone trade in the new dogs fullback.
Nobody leaves Babbey in the corner.

You cant stop progress Milchcow. I for one love it

Rabbit wrote:If RTS is out, I get my first AE of 2017 - either Suli or Yates. Lol.

More lol is that I'm having to play both these guys plus elgey, leaving winterstein and Kelly out. My team is disgusting, much like the Friz and his budgie smugglers.

Think most will be in the same situation with Hayne and RTS..

Norman also out hurts.

My 2 trades atm are:
Talakai out - R. Jennings in
Phythian out - Abbey in

Will give me:
Smith (c), Brailey
Fifita, Wallace, F. Kaufusi, Musgrove
JDB, Surgess, ET, Sione
SJ, Lamb
R. Jennings, Cotric
RTS, Gutherson, Abbey

npr's - Winterstein, Yates, Jacks, Field, Idris, Kelly, Hayne, Suli

If RTS is out I'll sub Suli in for him.

Thoughts & thanks.

I didnt quite catch the convo about the captains loophole but can you still use it this year in the same way you could last?

If RTS is out, along with Norman already out, I'll be playing, Kelly, Moga, Suli, Cotric and Elgey!

@Hayne and RTS owners (so pretty much everybody) - if RTS is out, are you going to trade one of them out? Would be tempting to go Hayne to RJennings.

Rippin and Tearin wrote:I didnt quite catch the convo about the captains loophole but can you still use it this year in the same way you could last?

If you have no more than 17 starters in the requisite positions and such as a bench hooker that hasn't played etc I don't see why not

Warriors wrote:

No I just ignored Granville and Hampton. 5 starting 2RF/FRF, 3 on bench. If 2 2RF play 80 on edge, 6 play middle and rotate.

So 400 minutes - 160 taken up by two 80 minute players

240 minutes shared by the remaining 6.

I would assume that this share would be fairly even right. There is nobody in that mix that screams big minutes?

A lot of teams will have RTS, Hayne, Pythian, Talakai, Idris, Jacks, Norman and Taumololo. And possibly a dud like Papalii, Leota, Capewell etc.
Some teams could be hit pretty hard and require two trades to make up a 17.

Ive been hit with RTS, Hayne, Norman, Idris, Papalii, Leota, Jacks. Those with Pythian possibly should have traded last week.

Cake Tiger wrote:@Hayne and RTS owners (so pretty much everybody) - if RTS is out, are you going to trade one of them out? Would be tempting to go Hayne to RJennings.

No sticking with Python and Koro as trade outs. Talakai could come back

Rippin and Tearin wrote:I didnt quite catch the convo about the captains loophole but can you still use it this year in the same way you could last?

This year is the same as last year.

If you only have 17 this week then setting up for loophole is a possibility

Cake Tiger wrote:@Hayne and RTS owners (so pretty much everybody) - if RTS is out, are you going to trade one of them out? Would be tempting to go Hayne to RJennings.

Assuming both are out I am now just looking at Pythian to Abbey and playing him.

It would give me, playing:
Moga, Cotric
Tommy T, Suli, Abbey

Terribly weak, but I also have Kelly available and could put him in for any of them.

I can't help but wonder if Hayne makes a miraculous recovery in a weeks time it will have been easy just to hold him.

I'm not too sold on Robert Jennings. Had two big plays that made up the bulk of his points.

The other conseration is Hayne to Holmes but it requires a downgrade in the top half (Moeroa -> Crichton most likely), but the order of hte games this weekend forces my hand early in the round.

Milchcow wrote:
OK, there is a certain practise that needs to stop.

Surgess, Gurgess, Turgess were acceptable.

Its is not a trend that is to be extended to other players.

Paufusi? Dalker!? There is no universe on which these are acceptable ways to refer to players.

Thank you.

Now everyone trade in the new dogs fullback.
Nobody leaves Babbey in the corner.

This is absolutely brilliant.

Loomer wrote:

No sticking with Python and Koro as trade outs. Talakai could come back

Could he really though? He had an alright game first up then got dropped after being named at centre an hour before kickoff. The whole thing seems a bit too iffy and Madge obviously doesn't rate him or something.

Gotta love all these 'wannabe' gossip/mail accounts on twitter. eg one account responding to another on RTS, with choice quotes like "we're hearing the same thing".

Yeah, because you all read the same post on facebook...