2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 19

If Talakai gets a bench forward role I'm thinking of switching him into the 17 for Kelly

TBO wrote:

No. If you don't have him already I think you're a bit too late to the party.

I would only bring him in if he became a regular starter and averaged at least 45 points per game after 5 straight games.

Why wait for 5 straight games averaging 45 that isn't a keeper in the 2RF and all his cash would of been made?

Pookus McFly wrote:Well to be fair, you can't walk around being an asshole to people and then ask them to respect your opinion. It would be a shame because if the guy actually gave good fantasy advice or constructive criticism (I wouldn't have a clue if he does or not, I only ever see him making fun of people for their choices), then he would be a great asset to this forum.

But if he wants to whinge that nobody take his advice which is essentially "Hoare over Hess- just believe me because I am great at this", I am going to call him out every time.

Don't judge me by critiquing me as a person, critique me by my performance in fantasy.

Do you take advice from someone's who is genuinely good at making predictions so far or just a nice guy that you know? You do want to win right?

Would also not want to be playing Kelly this week versus the cowboys. Where did you hear about this Talakai bench role? I had counted on Souths 1-17. I know he played a couple off the bench last year with injuries but I don't see Madge shaking up the winning side from last week

Pain wrote:If Talakai gets a bench forward role I'm thinking of switching him into the 17 for Kelly

I like this idea. I don't personally have Talakai (didn't trade him in since he was dropped for that one game) however if he does get a bench forward role he could still score 30 or so. Still cash to be made there if that is the case!

Welshy wrote:
Why wait for 5 straight games averaging 45 that isn't a keeper in the 2RF and all his cash would of been made?

Because I wouldn't bring him in as a cashie. How much more money do you really think you'd make by bringing him in now until you've decided to sell him? Do you think you'd make more money with Hess than bringing in a rookie instead? I would only bring Hess on purely based on future price increases AND being a potential keeper. That way I'm clear on my intentions and save my trades if it's not worth it.

TBO wrote:

SI wrote:

Hopefully TBO has given up making predictions, bloke has made some shockers.

Am I not entitled to an opinion?

My predictions are whomever I bring into my team and according to events last night I made gem predictions.

What shocker predictions are you referring to anyway?

Of course you are entitled to your opinion. I never at any stage said you weren't.

The difference with you as a poster on this forum verses everyone else however is that you are QUICKER THAN ANYONE ELSE to mock other posters predictions when they don't turn out how said poster thought. So in short, you are extremely negative about other posters opinions but are getting your back up now when your's are questioned.

You also have a history of shifting the goal posts as a defence mechanism to try to make your opinion more accurate than it is/was. Your Macca call from 2015 is a perfect example.

This is a serious question-do you not see how you are? If the softest of all soft cocks in myself is annoyed by this then no wonder so many other posters comment on it as well.

Oh, and for the record, it was your Keiran Foran call. You said "Keiran Foran will definitely be playing against the Bulldogs" two weeks ago. No problem with you getting that wrong. We all get stuff wrong. But the other call you made that week was that "Barnett would score 35-50 going forward". In true TBO fashion, you attacked Welshy's opinion about Barnett by shifting the goalposts on the Barnett call. Barnett scored 46 or whatever next game so you move the goalposts straight away-if you want to blow your own horn on Barnett than at least wait till he scores between 35-50 for the rest of the season, which is what you were originally predicting.

If you want to point out when you are right (and mostly do so by shifting goal posts), then maybe think about putting your hand up when you are wrong as well. Unless you are going to shift the goal posts yet again and say you really meant Foran would be playing by the time they play the Warriors again in Round 16-that I would not put past you.  That would be true TBO form.

Pain wrote:If Talakai gets a bench forward role I'm thinking of switching him into the 17 for Kelly

One of my examples.

Bren wrote:

Don't discriminate against me just because my new avatar is fabulous.

I am the last person to discriminate against people with higher or lower levels of fabulousness!

I'm still not convinced you're not eleven years old though :O

Pain wrote:If Talakai gets a bench forward role I'm thinking of switching him into the 17 for Kelly

Big call, but it definitely makes sense, and I might do the same. I'm super worried about playing Kelly too against the Cows, and TTurbo just quietly. I don't see Talakai squeezing into the 17 unless a late injury happens.

filthridden wrote:

I am the last person to discriminate against people with higher or lower levels of fabulousness!

I'm still not convinced you're not eleven years old though :O

Well I have started the same moisturizing routine as Honeysett, it must be working

Pretty sure Bunnies will go with 1 -17 with Talakai and Murray missing out, unless there is a pre game injury.

TBO wrote:

Because I wouldn't bring him in as a cashie. How much more money do you really think you'd make by bringing him in now until you've decided to sell him?  Do you think you'd make more money with Hess than bringing in a rookie instead?  I would only bring Hess on purely based on future price increases AND being a potential keeper. That way I'm clear on my intentions and save my trades if it's not worth it.

You said you would only consider bringing him in if he averaged more than 45 points after 5 games, all his cash would of been made by then so more expensive than he is now, so you are paying full price for a 45 point player which isn't keeper level in the 2RF?

TBO wrote:

Don't judge me by critiquing me as a person, critique me by my performance in fantasy.

Do you take advice from someone's who is genuinely good at making predictions so far or just a nice guy that you know? You do want to win right?

nobody would know if you are good at making predictions or not because you are just another poster in the sea. You earn a reputation for giving good advice by consistently giving good advice. You claim that you are going to give great advice if people would just listen to you, but how do they know when the Fantasy community is already littered by self-appointed "experts".

And in true UK rep fashion I won't be able to do anything about it since that game is at 4am.

If I bring in Hess for Talakai I can run SMat,Cotric,Turbo and Suli as my remaining backs.

Pookus McFly wrote:Would also not want to be playing Kelly this week versus the cowboys. Where did you hear about this Talakai bench role? I had counted on Souths 1-17. I know he played a couple off the bench last year with injuries but I don't see Madge shaking up the winning side from last week

I think Rabs mentioned it a couple threads ago. Or I dreamed it.

Centres playing against the cowboys this year have averaged 38. That's including Whiteheads insude job if 18.

Kelly is a good chance of scoring well i think.

I mean it's not the best Cowboys side out there, could be a few surprises.

TBO wrote:

Pookus McFly wrote:Well to be fair, you can't walk around being an asshole to people and then ask them to respect your opinion. It would be a shame because if the guy actually gave good fantasy advice or constructive criticism (I wouldn't have a clue if he does or not, I only ever see him making fun of people for their choices), then he would be a great asset to this forum.

But if he wants to whinge that nobody take his advice which is essentially "Hoare over Hess- just believe me because I am great at this", I am going to call him out every time.

Don't judge me by critiquing me as a person, critique me by my performance in fantasy.

Do you take advice from someone's who is genuinely good at making predictions so far or just a nice guy that you know? You do want to win right?

You haven't given us your Fantasy credentials yet. You've been around the forum what 4 seasons now? I don't even know your team name or any of your previous years rankings.

Welshy wrote:
You said you would only consider bringing him in if he averaged more than 45 points after 5 games, all his cash would of been made by then so more expensive than he is now, so you are paying full price for a 45 point player which isn't keeper level in the 2RF?

You are misunderstanding. If Hess averages 45 for 5 straight games, TBO would bring him in before the first of those 5 games.

Welshy wrote:
You said you would only consider bringing him in if he averaged more than 45 points after 5 games, all his cash would of been made by then so more expensive than he is now, so you are paying full price for a 45 point player which isn't keeper level in the 2RF?

Just my style: I either bring in a cash cow early or a keeper. For the sake of saving trades for later on, if there's an uncertainty about a players game time every week and points, I certainly wouldn't spend over $300k on a player unless I'm very confident that they will become a keeper.

I don't think Hess is a keeper neither a good option as a cash cow if you don't have him already.

Another reason is because I've been burned before with another Cowboys 2RF in the past with Ethan Lowe. I'm worried that the Cowboys will eventually use Hess as a dummy runner. Do me a favour and please quote me if this ever happens.