2017 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 30

wolfking wrote:Onthebeatpeat, do you think Hampton would be fine to bring in this week?  Not sold on him or how much more game time he'll get.  What if Thurston comes back early and Leary keeps the hooker role til Granville returns?

Fortitude wrote:

Whats the Deal with Jbrom?
Has he become this years Fensom?

WT Winfield wrote:Yeah I've dropped Jacks from the 17 for now.. Munster's slated for a Rd 8 return, so hopefully it's just Bellamy mindgames.. He named Munster a few times last year and ended up missing 3-4 weeks instead of 1.

I'm still tossing up where to burn my 2nd trade, 26 left currently after upgrading Yates to Whitehead with 7k to spare.

Looking at this sack of potatoes atm:

(C)am, Brailey
McGuire, James, FKaufusi
Manners, JDB, Whitehead, Merrin, Sironen
Lamb, Hampton
SMat, Idris
RTS, Slater, Cotric

NPR: Leota, Frankenstein, Jacks, Maloney, Kelly, Suli, Uate, Abbey.

Bummed that I can't fit Uate in somewhere, but he almost cost me 44 points last start, so he can sit in the corner and think about what he's done this week.

If Frawley makes a starting appearance, then I'll be torn on having to dump Jacks or Maloney for him. Maloney's so dirt cheap now at like 250k, I think I've gotta hold him until he recoups those losses somewhat. Jacks days look to be numbered barring injury.

Taking a shot on Hampton in the 17 this week. If Dragon's forwards dominate, then I'm hoping for a lot of KMs. Likely won't get the tackle counts of last week, but at least showed he isn't the worst defender. If Cowboys pull off the upset when down on troops, hopefully Hampton's able to cash in, but will probably be Morgan stepping up and leading the way. Either way, it's better than Maloney and probably Jacks.

If there's no Frawley, then I might kill off Kelly's spot with a DPP CTR/WFB.

Only 3 options: Jordan Drew, Justin Olam & Jamayne Isaako. Strike off Isaako since he's a Bronc and locks out early most weeks. Kind of a toss up between the other two.

Rush of blood maybe, but I desperately need one of Cleary or SJ in the halves to give some stability and Kelly's gotta go.

lukeaye wrote:

I don't know, is it injury? Internal issues? performance? I was hoping somebody here could provide clarity.

It's annoying because I can't really trade him out. Nobody in his price range worth getting and no decent rookies or cows.

Onthebeatpete wrote:

He had a back injury last week.

filthridden wrote:

Hope so! Lowe on the bench is probably more of a concern for Hess than anyone else but you can't ignore the attacking strength Hess has and the impact he's had in the Cowboys.

Lowe being a big-minute player is a worry though.

JT could move into the FRF rotation?

It's either

10. JT
11. Hess
12. Gooper
13. Lowe

or more likely

11. Gooper
12. Lowe
13. JT

14. Hess

lukeaye wrote:

Why was he called a sell last week then? Wasn't it a late withdrawal?

Onthebeatpete wrote:

Yeah true, I think I remember reading somewhere that Lowe could help cover a few positions as a ultility if Leary couldn't go the whole 80.

awanamafia wrote:If Crichton continues to get 80mins you'd have to think he'll average 50ish based on a PPM of 0.6 (averaged 0.75 PPM in 2016/2017 in shorter stints)

Based on this and the fact that he plays rounds 12 and 18 (two toughest bye rounds for me) I think I'm going to go Sironen > Crichton

Here's hoping he continues to get 80!

Finch wrote:@DansEels

What is your team? You shouldnt be having $650K in the bank. There must be upgrades you can do.

SI wrote:

Missed your original post completely, throw ya team up mate!

Onthebeatpete wrote:

I reckon he is a great option.
Green said he was only put at halfback because he fits in with the way they want to play as he has a good kicking game. He said Leary was tidy in defence and gave them some attacking options. I don't know whether that justifies him keeping Leary at hooker when the others return.

Onthebeatpete wrote:

I like k Bromwich to Whitehead. I really like Ponga ( I picked him up at the start) but not sure how many more games he might get once Coote comes back.
Hampton will get a few more games with Granville and JT out and now only has a be of -3.

surmo13 wrote: any basement price backs likely to play origin rounds?

danseels1985 wrote:



Well there is upgrades that I'm doing next week,would love to bring graham and c.walker in and I didn't want to miss the Crichton train so here it is:

Smith McInnes
McGuire F.Kaufusi Ese ese Yates
JDB Surgess Crichton CHN Winterstein Fuimaono
SJ Jacks Hampton LG
Aubusson Idris R.Jennings Kelly
RTS Slater Cotric Suli Phythian

At this stage I'm going either Kaufusi or Yates to Graham and either Kelly to Leilua or Jacks to C.Walker next week. How does my team stack up?