2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 39

Babou wrote:I still haven't made any trades, not sure the best way to go about the bye rounds coming up. I was thinking of trading out Idris for Fuimaono. Then having the 98k to do a bye trade.

Smith Pritchard
McGuire Fifita Wallace EseEse
Thompson Whitehead Debelin Kaufusi Crichton Stone
Norman Nikorima Hampton LittleJohn
Sione M Chambers Kelly (Idris to Fuimaono)
RTS Cotric Hayne Suli Burns.

Is trading McGuire to N Brown or Wallace to N Brown the way to go?

Dumping Idris for 1 of Fui/MWZ is a pretty popular cash out move this week.

Hard to predict which is the better move. Like the Abbey/Ponga decision from a few weeks ago - no doubt one will post up a few single figure scores before disappearing, and the other will post a month worth of 40+ scores.

In my opinion, Fifita is probably a better swap to Brown over Wallace/McGuire. Fifita misses 4 games over origin. Mcguire misses 3 and Wallace only 2 (assuming he doesn't play origin) Fifita more likely to be a season keeper but just a bit of a concern over origin.

Milchcow wrote:

Dumping Idris for 1 of Fui/MWZ is a pretty popular cash out move this week.

Hard to predict which is the better move. Like the Abbey/Ponga decision from a few weeks ago - no doubt one will post up a few single figure scores before disappearing, and the other will post a month worth of 40+ scores.

In my opinion, Fifita is probably a better swap to Brown over Wallace/McGuire. Fifita misses 4 games over origin. Mcguire misses 3 and Wallace only 2 (assuming he doesn't play origin) Fifita more likely to be a season keeper but just a bit of a concern over origin.

I'd have traded Fifita but he's my vice captain and forgot they get locked in. I honestly have no clue where to even start with byes. Is there anyone who might be a must trade this week? Or should i cash two people out and go nuts next week?

Anyone willing to give me some advice on my team? I would like to turn Cook and Lamb into a gun (either Norman or McInnes), then probably turn CHN and Idris into James Graham next week.

Team looks like:

Smith, Cook
Vaughan, Fifita, Faufusi, Hoare
JDB, Whitehead, Crichton, McGuire, CHN, Stone
SJ, CWalker, CNK, Lamb
Leilua, Croker, Suli, Idris
RTS, Hayne, Slater, Abbey, Brimson

Any advice is appreciated.

White Lightning wrote:Thoughts on buying M. Gordon for the byes. He's averaging 40.22% priced @ 350k & with a b/e of 52 for round 10 he could be 5-15k cheaper in round 11 if he scores at his average. The Roosters are 1 of the top 5 teams for bye coverage.

Ooh interesting option. Got my POD sense all tingly. Would free up cash trading Slater out for him too. I'll see how Cody Walker goes these next two weeks. If they don't improve I might give Flash a go

luckynumber8 wrote:Anyone willing to give me some advice on my team? I would like to turn Cook and Lamb into a gun (either Norman or McInnes), then probably turn CHN and Idris into James Graham next week.

Team looks like:

Smith, Cook
Vaughan, Fifita, Faufusi, Hoare
JDB, Whitehead, Crichton, McGuire, CHN, Stone
SJ, CWalker, CNK, Lamb
Leilua, Croker, Suli, Idris
RTS, Hayne, Slater, Abbey, Brimson

Any advice is appreciated.

Can lamb and idris get you anyone worthy? No to trading cook with farah playing origin

Warriors wrote:

Can lamb and idris get you anyone worthy? No to trading cook with farah playing origin

Guth or Milford

Fortitude wrote:

I don't think they'll pick JDB. The miracle man Merrin, hot Mrs and some how gets picked in rep squads. Irrespective of is head, and his skills

Yeah no chance of JDB starting lock in origin! The blues won't be picked by fantasy coaches

If either forward is more likely for a bench spot from the dragons, it would be Vaughan imo

Cook will be an 80 min gun if Farah is selected for origin which I suspect he will.

SI wrote:

I have never in 10 fucking years had a good start. So I have ended up doing this mostly. You make up heaps of ground, but tend to drop off a little Round 20 onwards. If you have enough trades and cash you can go on with it though.

The only time I have been in the top 1000 when byes have comes around I ended in the top 20 so this tends to be how my season plays out aswell

Babou wrote:


I'd have traded Fifita but he's my vice captain and forgot they get locked in. I honestly have no clue where to even start with byes. Is there anyone who might be a must trade this week? Or should i cash two people out and go nuts next week?

Nathan Brown, Corey Norman and Cameron Munster probably the best bye players to get this week.
Whitehead and Bodene Thompson are still cheap compared to output

James Graham and Cody Walker will be good in a week or 2

Few guys like Sam burgess, Paul Gallen are good for byes but not urgent trade ins - unless they get injured or have a massive game their price won't make massive changes in the next 2 weeks.

Maumalo out out of the warriors 19 so either Vatuvei or CNK onto the wing.
Surely that's an injury and you wouldn't name someone only to have them third in line for that spot come game day. :-/

filthridden wrote:Maumalo out out of the warriors 19 so either Vatuvei or CNK onto the wing.
Surely that's an injury and you wouldn't name someone only to have them third in line for that spot come game day. :-/

Someone posted earlier that it's Vatuvai in for Maumalo

Jai Field in final 17

Could be a bad AE possibility for some

Milchcow wrote:
Jai Field in final 17

Could be a bad AE possibility for some

Do we know how Filed will be used? any chance it affects McInnes?

Whose putting there hand up for suicide watch if the Sharks sign Dugan ?? I'll be ropeable

Milchcow wrote:
Jai Field in final 17

Could be a bad AE possibility for some

Yes I have him coming in for Talakai but he may not even take the field unless there's an injury so hopefully that's the case.

luckynumber8 wrote:

Guth or Milford

I'd be tempted to get fuimaono and guth

Anyone else going to trade out smith during origin, and then trade him back in week 20/21 depending on BE??

GreenMachine wrote:

Yeah no chance of JDB starting lock in origin! The blues won't be picked by fantasy coaches

If either forward is more likely for a bench spot from the dragons, it would be Vaughan imo

True guys. I overlooked Merrin for some strange reason. JDB greater defence, Merrin greater attack is how I see that one, but JDB still has a chance. Interesting one for me will be whether josh Jackson makes it, was best player for nsw last year or year b4. Can't remember but thought he stood out.

Spectre wrote:

Someone posted earlier that it's Vatuvai in for Maumalo

My point is that it's strange that Vatuvei is all of a sudden the number one option and Maumalo is out of the side.
I could understand if Manu was promoted to start and Maumalo in the 19 and CNK out but strange to me that it's gone this way unless there was an injury.