2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 40

danseels1985 wrote:Any thoughts on my team please:

Smith McInnes
McGuire FKaufusi Brown Ese ese
JDB Surgess Crichton Elliot CHN Fuimaono
SJ Norman Niko Hampton
BJ Aubusson Kelly Idris
RTS Slater Hayne Suli Phythian

18 trades and 220k left. Was thinking Norman to Walker and Suli to Munster. Anybody got any other suggestions?

Those two are solid choices.
With Niko's run about to end soon, hopefully CHN solidifies himself as a starter so you can use that as your 4th reserve. Otherwise you may need to free up some more cash to upgrade him too

BJ has been pissing me off. I'm benching him this week and using Moga until he shows he gives a damn. Everyone can thank me on Monday for a massive score from him

itsJay wrote:

Those two are solid choices.
With Niko's run about to end soon, hopefully CHN solidifies himself as a starter so you can use that as your 4th reserve. Otherwise you may need to free up some more cash to upgrade him too

BJ has been pissing me off. I'm benching him this week and using Moga until he shows he gives a damn. Everyone can thank me on Monday for a massive score from him

I was also thinking that I could leave Munster til next week and trade out Aubusson to Gallen but that would leave me with Kelly or Fuimaono as my 2nd centre. Too risky? Aubbs is pissing me off and losing cash quickly. Or should I just hold?

filthridden wrote:

I thought it was because it took you two days to rise again.

Dropped my phone laughing at this and cracked the screen cheers jerk

Trading Tommy T to Fui and Simpkins to Kapow. 154k left. May look at getting Smith in for Cook sooner rather than later

I'm keeping Norman. Not going to accept an injury the very week i brought him in, nope, put him in the team he can run it out. Instead I'll trade out Tturbo since i was considering doing that anyway prior to the injury. I'm actually thinking i might as well go all in on the heart-breakers in green and bring in Croker, although it's not great for byes I could do with the money and now I'm outside the top 5k you gotta take some risks.

Anyone thinkng if picking up James Roberts for t turbo? Nice pod with 4.5% ownership....

I'm tempted to hold on to Norman as well but it means playing Frawley in his absence, which wouldn't be too bad if the plan was for Frawley to do most of the general play kicking.
But based on last week it seems Hasler wants Mbye to get his hands on the ball for the last tackle

Chippy wrote:Anyone thinkng if picking up James Roberts for t turbo? Nice pod with 4.5% ownership....

Hasn't been in the papers for at least a month.... that means he's due to pop up at some club on the goldie with a wheelbarrow of blow, fighting a bouncer.

I'm thinking of doing the following trades this week & next:
This week:
Smith>CWalker via Hampton + CHN>Surgess
Next week:
Norman>ARey + McGuire>Graham + Slater>best available WFB/CTR/HLF/HOK (around 470k).

That would give me a squad that should score close to 700 in rd 12, low 600s in rd 15 and around 550 in rd 18, so potentially getting high 600's to low 700's with a few extra trades. 

Is ditching smith crazy?

What to do with Kelly?? Could bring in Fui but brought in MWZ last week so maybe overkill.

Also have Turbo and Normz to deal with

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:What to do with Kelly?? Could bring in Fui but brought in MWZ last week so maybe overkill.

Also have Turbo and Normz to deal with

What's your trades like LB, from memory you're on a real slats so far this season right?

danseels1985 wrote:Am I crazy for thinking of trading Smith to Koroisau? Gives me DPP with Niko and Hampton and frees up a lot of cash to upgrade elsewhere

Whobis your other hooker? It's an interesting scenario but are you going to have no hookrrs in some bye rounds?

Kaufusi and CHN to Graham and Brown. Leaves me with 20 trades, 123k and the following squad

Smith McInnes
Fifita Graham Tolman Tualau
Gallen Brown Whitehead Crichton Jwal Capewell
Norman Walker Frawley Hampton
Sione Suli Talakai Idris
Rts Hayne Cotric Jennings MWZ

Leaves me with 14 for round 12 if my garbage Rabbitohs centres manage to kick their way into a first grade jersey and Tualau comes in for Jackson/Klemmer. Norman/Idris gone next week for Arey and Semi gives me respectable numbers for the first bye. I'll have 18 in round 13 if Tualau grabs a starting spot after my planned trade of Fifita to JDB/Taupau/Cartwright/JTurbo depending on origin teams

Best hooker to pair with McCullough over bye period?

Pritchard? Friend? Cook?

I want Friend but that means zero hookers in R15

Welshy wrote:Best hooker to pair with McCullough over bye period?

Pritchard? Friend? Cook?

I want Friend but that means zero hookers in R15

Is it purely for the bye period and then you trade them back out again later?

[quote="Archer"]
Hasn't been in the papers for at least a month.... that means he's due to pop up at some club on the goldie with a wheelbarrow of blow, fighting a bouncer.[/quote

Ha ha. This is true but think I gonna take a gamble. Especially if he plays this weekend....anyone got any insight on him at all as in injury wise?

Chippy wrote:Anyone thinkng if picking up James Roberts for t turbo? Nice pod with 4.5% ownership....

He could be T-Trbo's replacement for origin.

Archer wrote:
Is it purely for the bye period and then you trade them back out again later?

Yea mate will swap Smith back in R19

Archer wrote:
What's your trades like LB, from memory you're on a real slats so far this season right?

Haha I'm doing a reverse slats. I don't een remember slats as a poster but he seems to be a legendary trade burner. Have 24 pre trading buddy

Reminder to those planning for round 12 that while you may have 16 players position matters aswell. Can only play 4 reserves so if you are in a situation like myself with Fualau Crichton Capewell Frawley and possibly a 4th WFB it takes away loophole possibility. This is the part of the year where DPP comes in handy shifting some NPR to fill out your starting 13 as best as possible