2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 43

zorasdomain wrote:
Yep. I think I'll trade him out this week. Maybe... If I knew he'd get the minutes he was I'd hold, but there's not much point holding for 15 points and a loss of $30k+.

Welshy wrote:McCullugh - JFriend?

with Hunt back potential for Niko to be coming off the bench for McCullough in the future rounds

worse case i gain 2 decent bye round scores

Mighty Fishes wrote:Anyone think Smith will back up after Origin? Storm play two days later and its against the knights

danseels1985 wrote:

SI wrote:

Advice was given based on the facts up till the point said advice was given.  Making trades based on potential injuries or potential teamlists or potential positional changes is, in general, a recipe for disaster.

Sorry,I didn't mean to offend. I was just saying that given Aubussons history of being shunted to CTR I'm not surprised that he has been moved there again

Vanish wrote:

I'm doing this. Macca won't play a singe major bye round, Hunt's return probably means the end of his days as #1 point scorer, and he's bleeding cash. Friend could go big with Pearce out.

Vanish wrote:Brown being named to start means one of two things:
a) He's good to go, or
b) Scans are still coming back on his potential injury

Brad Arthur has never really been one for mind games, so him being named to start is really positive for owners. If he plays I still think he's a must have for overall points.

Feline wrote:What does everyone think about Ofagenhaue.

Scored well in a non-origin depleted team last week.
Does he maintain scoring from the bench in non-origin weeks.

I reckon Fai may be good for a cash out this week, but will only play 1 game

Babou wrote:Who is the best choice WFB to trade in for Suli with 100k in the bank?

AL wrote:

To be fair to the senile old geezer, Wayne is really only responsible for 1 of those. Macca not being named is no real surprise after that horrible incident, and Milf is outside of his control.

Niko, well yeah that's a kick in the nuts but from a Broncos perspective I can see why they are going that way. I think Niko will still get good minutes (Waddell is mud, but at least he is a genuine hooker and he can take the early sting out) and if it is in the middle he might still rack up a half decent score. Here's hoping anyway and his BE is low enough he will still make a bit more cash. I never thought he would get to over $350k so he has done his job for my shit team.

Welshy wrote:
My only worry is I'm also going Smith - Kaysa so I'm losing the 2 top scoring hookers

Storm playing 48 hours after origin 1 means I'm slightly less worried about losing Smiths R13 score

Milchcow wrote:
The next fun thing around origin will be TLT next Tuesday


Teams are allowed to name a squad of 17, plus an extra 4 players. Anyone outside that squad technically can't play on the weekend.

Brisbane have 6 players in origin (plus McCullough who will be under an injury cloud)

What if Brisbane want to name all 6 of their origin players? They have to decide on who they think will/won't be backing up before the game they are backing up from is played.

I foresee TLT next week being a clusterfuck, and Brisbane especially could end up seeking dispensation to play players outside their 21 (depending on how many players they name to back up, and if their are injuries in origin)