2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 27

wolfking wrote:I'm really leaning towards Dylan Edwards.  Surely if those other 3 weren't dropped, he would grab a wing spot with Peachy out anyway, especially over Hiku too.  So with Peachy out for at least a month, he could be worth a shot.

Might bring him in if SMat is ruled out.

I didn't think of the Peachey factor

Off to Asia for a fortnight next Thursday. Will miss three rounds of footy.
Was considering handing my team off to someone while I'm away but think I might leave it as is - best case scenario = I'll save some trades!

Hmmmn, looks like I'm up for wasting a trade. Should I keep Kelly or Moga?

Loomer wrote:

I didn't think of the Peachey factor

DWZ named at centre this week, so it could go something like;

1. Moylan
2. Edwards
3. Whare
4. Blake
5. DWZ

Edwards looked great in the one game and you'd be mad not to put him in over Hiku, especially after Hiku was back to the bench last week and now this booze blunder.

Pure speculation though and I may trade him in and that's the last we see of him.

Dananz wrote:Hmmmn, looks like I'm up for wasting a trade. Should I keep Kelly or Moga?

Trade both!

wolfking wrote:

Trade both!

Tempted!

Okay y'all have convinced me Hampton is a poor option to replace Brailey. For Elgey though is another matter. So what do I do with the HOK spot then?

Ride it out with Brailey another week and get another couple of K from him? Trade to K Pritchard who might grab a few cash rises but is also a poor tackler or take a chance on Cook and just hope he averages around 35 in that shared role with Farah?

Not planning any trades at this stage:

Smith Brailey
Fifita Faufusi Musgrove Yates
JDB ET Bodene Hess CHN Siro
Norman Lamb Jacks Elgey
Smat Cotric Idris Kelly
Turbo RTS Slate Hayne Abbey

Probably reserve my backrow + Musgrove. Idris on Standby for Smat, Jacks and Brailey on standby for Bodene and Hess. Might go Elgey to Frawley if named. Feels like there is a heap going on that I just need to wait and see on. Leilua, Whitehead, JBrom, Surgess and Brailey upgrade all on the agenda, but can they wait? Anything obvious stand out??

Johnny B Goode wrote:Okay y'all have convinced me Hampton is a poor option to replace Brailey. For Elgey though is another matter. So what do I do with the HOK spot then?  

Ride it out with Brailey another week and get another couple of K from him? Trade to K Pritchard who might grab a few cash rises but is also a poor tackler or take a chance on Cook and just hope he averages around 35 in that shared role with Farah?

I'm tempted to ride Brailey one more week, but Cook is very tempting. Would be better if Farah played to see exactly what the game plan is though. The guy is a gun as lone hooker and one more week might be worth waiting on, even though his value will rise. If Farah is ruled out, it's one of those situations were you take a punt and just hope he has a blinder to ensure he keeps that spot.

wolfking wrote:

DWZ named at centre this week, so it could go something like;

1. Moylan
2. Edwards
3. Whare
4. Blake
5. DWZ

Edwards looked great in the one game and you'd be mad not to put him in over Hiku, especially after Hiku was back to the bench last week and now this booze blunder.

Pure speculation though and I may trade him in and that's the last we see of him.

Peta Hiku is a Kiwi international who can cover just about every position in the backline including the halves. Coaches usually aren't too reactionary to good performances from boom rookies so I don't think Edwards will keep a spot over Hiku, my opinion though.

Johnny B Goode wrote:Okay y'all have convinced me Hampton is a poor option to replace Brailey. For Elgey though is another matter. So what do I do with the HOK spot then?  

Ride it out with Brailey another week and get another couple of K from him? Trade to K Pritchard who might grab a few cash rises but is also a poor tackler or take a chance on Cook and just hope he averages around 35 in that shared role with Farah?

I think ride it out another week at least. I'm going to try get enough cash this week from my trades to upgrade Brailey next week to McInnes.

Johnny B Goode wrote:
 

Peta Hiku is a Kiwi international who can cover just about every position in the backline including the halves. Coaches usually aren't too reactionary to good performances from boom rookies so I don't think Edwards will keep a spot over Hiku, my opinion though.  

Yeah, I'm being pretty optimistic I know.

Reckon its time to upgrade Kaufusi? According to his BE, looks like its soon to reach his ceiling. Next question is to trade him to Whitehead, Bodene, or KBrom

I think Farah will probably be out or at least play less than 30 mins for the next 3-4 games... Just a gut feeling

hymenbustas wrote:Reckon its time to upgrade Kaufusi? According to his BE, looks like its soon to reach his ceiling. Next question is to trade him to Whitehead, Bodene, or KBrom

wont be far off for kaufusi but i'd love if he could jag a try off a short ball or something and bust out a 60 or so and give his price a nice little bump before offloading.

hymenbustas wrote:Reckon its time to upgrade Kaufusi? According to his BE, looks like its soon to reach his ceiling. Next question is to trade him to Whitehead, Bodene, or KBrom

If you're going to upgrade him go for a real big gun in my opinion. Whitehead and Bodene still have a few question marks over whether they'll return to top form. James Graham, JDB and maybe Surgess are who I'll be targeting as an upgrade for him.

hymenbustas wrote:Reckon its time to upgrade Kaufusi? According to his BE, looks like its soon to reach his ceiling. Next question is to trade him to Whitehead, Bodene, or KBrom

Absolutely not. BE of 26 and averaged 42 in first 4 games. Do people only look at last score?

Let's say he scores his average of 40 that's 10k rise and I assume lower BE next week. Whitehead and BT have potential to lose more $$$ and that BT injury is a concern as sounds like something that could continue to flare up. Kbrom is mud and should be nowhere near your list of trade ins

Let's assume for a minute that Farah is fit and ready to play.
Does anyone want to have a stab at how the 2 hookers are managed now that Cook is named to start?

Why is Rochow is the reserves? Injured or dropped? Does he or Gurgess come in bumping Robbie? Good chance you would have to think

hymenbustas wrote:Reckon its time to upgrade Kaufusi? According to his BE, looks like its soon to reach his ceiling. Next question is to trade him to Whitehead, Bodene, or KBrom

How could bringing in KBrom for Kaufusi be an upgrade when Kaufusi averages more??