2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 40

Question. Someone mentioned earlier about byes with having enough players but in the wrong positions. But am I right in thinking that if I had 5 reserves in the forwards but say no centres, wouldn't I get that 5th reserve as an AE for one of my centres? And also if I wanted to loophole in this case would it work? I would say yes because if I swapped out my captain and took the R off him he would be my AE for my centre wouldn't he?

Panthers Suck wrote:Is replacing Brailey with Friend a good idea? I would assume Friend would score 10 points more every week and gives me a solid reserve for non-bye weeks. Also should get more minutes during the origin period. Only 87k to do the swap.

I'm considering the same trade. Friend ain't putting up keeper scores which is a worry but it's going to take a few trades for me to go Brailey to McInnes who is back up on the price rises while Brailey is peaking. Friend will probably outscore Brailey in 12 and he also plays Round 13 so there is that to consider.

It's just whether I feel the Origin period benefits of Friend outweigh the current better keeper status of getting McInnes. I do love me a good POD though

mulvy wrote:Question. Someone mentioned earlier about byes with having enough players but in the wrong positions. But am I right in thinking that if I had 5 reserves in the forwards but say no centres, wouldn't I get that 5th reserve as an AE for one of my centres? And also if I wanted to loophole in this case would it work? I would say yes because if I swapped out my captain and took the R off him he would be my AE for my centre wouldn't he?

Yes you would get your 5th forward reserve as you a.e. in that situation. The other day someone mentioned that they tried to move Smith (c) to the reserves as a trial dummy run in advance of using the loophole but he couldn't move him so maybe you can't use the loophole any more.

White Lightning wrote:

Yes you would get your 5th forward reserve as you a.e. in that situation. The other day someone mentioned that they tried to move Smith (c) to the reserves as a trial dummy run in advance of using the loophole but he couldn't move him so maybe you can't use the loophole any more.

Cool thanks. Currently it's letting me move my captain to NPR. Perhaps I'll try it mid round this week. You can always move him back again right?

Mearcats wrote:

Have you got ad blocker @wolfking?

Yeah, a couple of the boys earlier suggested that too. Will definitely give it a go, cheers Mearcats.

[quote="mulvy"]

Cool thanks. Currently it's letting me move my captain to NPR. Perhaps I'll try it mid round this week. You can always move him back again right?[/quote

Try it after lock out & if it still allows you to move your captain to the npr's then the loophole should still be able to be used. I think the poster said that both the captain & vice captain couldn't be moved but I could be wrong.

If Niko gets the starting gig again, I may hold Norman for the week, and play Lamb or Frawley.  I may then go Idris to Fui, and then Turbo to Munster via Cotric.

Don't like the look of Munster and Slater down there, but Walker I think isn't urgent, especially against the Storm who should bounce back with their D.

I can see myself holding Lamb all year haha.

Welshy wrote:
head knock with 15 minutes to go mate

cheers

Broncos saying Mead tackle on Trbo "a great play".

classy

Showbags wrote:Broncos saying Mead tackle on Trbo "a great play".

classy

I don't think fucking my fantasy team is a great play. I'm sure Manly wouldn't think so either.

wolfking wrote:

I don't think fucking my fantasy team is a great play.  I'm sure Manly wouldn't think so either.

I am just trying to pretend the last 2 rounds never happened...

they have apologised after the fact

SI wrote:

To sum Slats up:  traded every week; always reckoned his Cowboys got ripped in the draw; him and Rabs were best mates...

We're still great mates on FB where I constantly serve it up to him

Watching all the highlights and replays from the round on Matty Johns, I got thinking about how fantasy are being very picky with the try assist rule. The way they are weeding out the simple last pass gets the assit could hurt that position moving forward. I'm thinking, the halves were always are tricky position to nail but this could potentially make the position less attractive and gets me thinking if more money should be put elsewhere. In theory it could make a elite player like JT less valueable in fantasy.

Probably won't make a difference really, just got me thinking.

When I saw the Penrith Warriors game highlights, does anyone know if Carty got the TA for Yeo's first try I think it was? He has been credited with 2, so I'm not sure how many he set up.

Time to call in the supersubs this week. MWZ and CNK in for Norman and Hayne if they're both out. I think i'll trade Cook and Suli to Fui and McInnes and hope for CHN gets the start come TLT..

In the Bulldogs game did Frawley get given the ta when he grubbered the ball along the ground & Coote fluffed it & then someone scored. If so that's identical to Sione's 2nd try & Lamb got no ta.

wolfking wrote:Watching all the highlights and replays from the round on Matty Johns, I got thinking about how fantasy are being very picky with the try assist rule.  The way they are weeding out the simple last pass gets the assit could hurt that position moving forward.  I'm thinking, the halves were always are tricky position to nail but this could potentially make the position less attractive and gets me thinking if more money should be put elsewhere.  In theory it could make a elite player like JT less valueable in fantasy.

Probably won't make a difference really, just got me thinking.  

When I saw the Penrith Warriors game highlights, does anyone know if Carty got the TA for Yeo's first try I think it was?  He has been credited with 2, so I'm not sure how many he set up.

The problem isn't just the last pass ruling it, again much like the TB debates just isn't consistent in the way they got scored, some do, some don't

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White Lightning wrote:In the Bulldogs game did Frawley get given the ta when he grubbered the ball along the ground & Coote fluffed it & then someone scored. If so that's identical to Sione's 2nd try & Lamb got no ta.

Frawley did and so did Morgan. consistent in that game, not so much the others

I spend too much time on this game. I just spent a good 15 minutes running my eye over everyone else's team competing with me currently in the Top 5 and analysing what moves I might need to make to keep myself on top.

All for the sake of little more than bragging rights. I'm telling you the dilemma of whether to move on Brailey and/or Kaufusi which everyone else in the Top 5 owns as well is getting to me. I can nudge myself ahead with two good replacements but if I get them out and they go big then I'm putting myself behind.

Oh maybe the best move is to sit back and do bloody nothing. I'm telling you though Brailey to Friend is tempting and I can't imagine myself going to into battle in Round 12 without James Graham. Whether it's JWal or Faufusi that makes way I always aim to have Graham in my team.

White Lightning wrote:In the Bulldogs game did Frawley get given the ta when he grubbered the ball along the ground & Coote fluffed it & then someone scored. If so that's identical to Sione's 2nd try & Lamb got no ta.

I thought Lamb didn't get an assist for that.

luckynumber8 wrote:Time to call in the supersubs this week. MWZ and CNK in for Norman and Hayne if they're both out. I think i'll trade Cook and Suli to Fui and McInnes and hope for CHN gets the start come TLT..

So you'd trade out two fit players for two that one might play and the other is definitely out?