2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 41

Seeking Feedback and thoughts on these trades.

Option 1. Norman to Fui (via DPPs)

Leaves my Halves as Munster Cwalker. My WFB as Nofo, RTS, Cotric, and CTR as Fui and Moga

Whilst im happy enough with my halves, WFB and CTR are a worry. I can then choose to update anyone in my team to just about anyone else. The issue is there is no stand out CTR or WFB to buy that isn't impacted by Byes of SOO.

I could either hold the trade for Mass upgrades before BYES or upgrade Kaufsi, CHN or Stone to Surgess of Graham.

Other option.

Norman to SJ
Idris to Fui.

fairly straightforward trades just eats my war chest upup but leaves me with slightly (very slightly) depth in backs

KiwiWarriors wrote:Do you think I should trade Ponga to Munster or MWZ?

Love Munster, but the cash out of MWZ is so appealing.  Would mean playing Hayne in starting WFB though.

Planning on holding Kaufusi this week, hoping its just Bellamy playing mind games.

 

Got to consider what benefits the rest of your team. If the cash-out from MWZ means getting a 2nd gun HOK in for instance then that may be a higher priority.

Is it smart to have 2 raiders players in the centres? I have cotric amd turbo. Now at the moment I traded him for Roberts but scared he might play origin. Not sold on hoppa. I have fui and Kelly also. Any thoughts? Kinda thinking out aloud lol

Johnny B Goode wrote:


 

Kaufusi's BE is 55. Unless he scores a try, he doesn't put up those 50+ scores  

Yup, poorly worded from me, its lower than I was expecting. So what I was trying to get at was that while he is unlikely to hit his BE this week he probably wont lose that much value, less than I thought he would anyway (his BE is 86 in VSDT and so I had wrongly assumed it would be similar). It gives you a week to look at him this week with not a huge opportunity cost I guess.

It all depends on how confident you are he will be that 80 minute guy again!! I personally see the risk as too high and am willing to pull the trigger on it this week and use the cash rather than wait another 2 weeks to have a second look at him (and perhaps still come to the same conclusion) in which case you could have $450k sitting on the sidelines for 3 weeks straight and on top of that, the $450k may have become $400k.

Food for thought.....

Johnny B Goode wrote:
 

Got to consider what benefits the rest of your team. If the cash-out from MWZ means getting a 2nd gun HOK in for instance then that may be a higher priority.

Hadn't actually thought about that, thanks! I'm in the same dilemma that i have seen you post about, which 2nd gun HOK to bloody go for!!

wolfking wrote:

You're right mate, I'm obvioulsy thinking too much into it but two straight swaps is probably what I have to do.  Having Kaufusi and Ponga along with Norman and Turbo is just a fucker.  Anyone else got all four of those like I do haha

ugh!

I also have all 4.
At this stage I've traded Norman to SJ.
I can cover Tommy Turbo with Cotric.
Tossing up whether to trade Kaufusi to Graham, or Turbo to Munster or AReynolds (via Cody Walker).
Munster has a bye next week so I probably won't get him just yet.
Ponga can wait at least 1 more week.

Continuing with the Kaufusi talk,would it be better to hold him at least this week and trade out Ese ese for Graham instead?

danseels1985 wrote:Continuing with the Kaufusi talk,would it be better to hold him at least this week and trade out Ese ese for Graham instead?

Only reason id do the Ese Ese to Graham trade this week is if Ese Ese is in your 17. Graham BE is 70 odd (from memory). So will be cheaper next week. Don't see the rush to bring him in this week. In saying that, if you have no other trades to do this week, id be doing the trade because Graham will surely outscore Ese ese.

Chippy wrote:Is it smart to have 2 raiders players in the centres? I have cotric amd turbo. Now at the moment I traded him for Roberts but scared he might play origin. Not sold on hoppa. I have fui and Kelly also. Any thoughts? Kinda thinking out aloud lol

 

Well I finished rank 1521 last year and for the run home I ran with a Croker/Leilua CTR combo. Club combinations are not really good in bye rounds but if they're the best available scorers to you based on price then why not

Fortitude wrote:

Only reason id do the Ese Ese to Graham trade this week is if Ese Ese is in your 17. Graham BE is 70 odd (from memory). So will be cheaper next week. Don't see the rush to bring him in this week. In saying that, if you have no other trades to do this week, id be doing the trade because Graham will surely outscore Ese ese.

Only other trade I was thinking of doing this week was Suli to CWalker but I thought maybe I shouldn't rush it shouldn't rush it as his b/e is 43 and I'll most likely do it next week anyway. FKaufusi will be gone next week anyway into Gallen unless he has a blinder but I thought maybe upgrading Ese ese would make more sense this week?

So according to the daily telegraph, Walker is only on $200k a season and knocked back a $600k offer from the broncos?

Hmm..

@ Chippy. I see no problem in running 2 Raiders in your ctrs.

Do we get 3 trades next week?

yes and week 15 and 18 should be 3 as well. i dont believe we get 3 for week 19 however

pm888 wrote:yes and week 15 and 18 should be 3 as well. i dont believe we get 3 for week 19 however

Sweet.

Team for this week.

Smith, Mcinnes
Vaughan, Wallace, McGuire, Kaufsi
Gallen, Whitehead, JDB, CHN, Stone
Munster, CWalker, Field, Hampton
Croker, Moga, Fui, DPP
Nofo, RTS, Cotric, DPP DPP

With 200k in bank next week ill go

CHN >> Surgess
McGuire >> Brown
Kaufsi or Wallace >> Graham

OK.

This week:

Ponga ---> Walker (keeping Norman for now)
Leary ---> Fuimaono

next week:

Smith ---> McCulloch
Felise Navidad ---> Graham

That's theoretically trading 2 mid-rangers, a keeper and a failed cow to 3 keepers and a cow/bye coverage player.

I think I'm OK with that and also I am sorry in advance for destorying Walker and Fui - you have been warned though, that's the least I can do!

filthridden wrote:OK.

This week:

Ponga ---> Walker (keeping Norman for now)
Leary ---> Fuimaono

next week:

Smith ---> McCulloch
Felise Navidad ---> Graham

That's theoretically trading 2 mid-rangers, a keeper and a failed cow to 3 keepers and a cow/bye coverage player.

I think I'm OK with that and also I am sorry in advance for destorying Walker and Fui - you have been warned though, that's the least I can do!

Despite having Norman, Munster and Cwalker, im Devo that Norman has gone down and everyone is jumping on! wont matter at all if he breaks now, because he will break for everyone over the byes

filthridden wrote:OK.

This week:

Felise Navidad

Nice Filth.

White Lightning wrote:

Nice Filth.

We are so obsessed with adding the first initial to the last name that we miss the obvious puns.

BRING BACK TGM!

Spectre wrote:So according to the daily telegraph, Walker is only on $200k a season and knocked back a $600k offer from the broncos?

Hmm..

If Packer is on 700k he should be on 20 million