2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 44

GreenMachine wrote:WHo is zazu knights on here?

I feel like I'm having a pretty strong season and he's got 300pts on me!

That's Honey Badger mate.

Up to 350th overall.

I had 15 this week and will have that many minimum for the remainding rounds however next week will be my achilles heal and will make or break my goal of making top 100 this year.

I will be without

Fifita Gallen Burgess Crichton Brailey Reynolds Fuimanono Walker & maybe Graham.

If I can still be in the top 1000 at the end of this round Ill be happy because I should charge back up.

Planning on having 15 for the last two big byes and a full 17 for the rest. Good numbers?

I didn't trade. Was sitting on 209 before the round started, on 346 I think it is now. 22 Trades left. Sweet

Feline wrote:This is a bit of humble brag, but reached the top 4,000 for the first time this season. I think in Round 3 I was out to 27,000th after a couple of 650 scores so I am treating this as a victory. Maybe a realistic goal by the end of the season is to crack to triple figure rank.

I am sure some people will give up their teams after a bit too, which should make it a bit easier

661 this week!!

Well done, Feline! You're doing great.
It's funny, the story of your season is identical to mine. I had a bludger of a start with 2 sub 700 scores in round 2 & 3. Only just cracked the top 10,000 a couple of weeks ago, and this week I'm up from below 5500th to 3700th. Have been making at least 1000 ranks every week. My initial goal was to get top 5000, but now I'm thinking top 2000 should be achievable. I don't expect to make the top 1000 but it would be nice.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Planning on having 15 for the last two big byes and a full 17 for the rest. Good numbers?

Really good. My plans see 13/17/12/17 for the last 4 byes (with a couple of those depending on cashouts playing) though that hopefully leaves me with a set final squad from the beginning of Rnd 20.

looks like i only dropped about 20-odd places to 180 overall this week after a 12/629.
Although the trade ins of Gallen and SJ paid off well, trading out Pearce gives me an uneasy feel about the balance of the team.

Smith, Hodgson
James, Wallace, Tolman, Hoare
Gallen, Surgess, Crichton, JDB, Elliot, CHN
SJ, Munster, KNik, Field
SMat, Cotric, Fuimaono, Isaako
Slater, Walker, RTS, Hayne, MWZ

I'm going to hold on Graham till he bottoms out - probably won't bring him in until needing numbers for r18. Might favour Wallace for Vaughan this week (with cashing out on CHN). Although that will make me take a hit on rd 13 players.

I'm buggered this week.

For those getting Munster in, do you see him as your playable second half? or a convenient 3rd half?

Just wondering if I'm going to need to upgrade KNik to a gun, or cash him out for other requirements.

BroncHose wrote:For those getting Munster in, do you see him as your playable second half? or a convenient 3rd half?

Just wondering if I'm going to need to upgrade KNik to a gun, or cash him out for other requirements.

Well for me he will be my second half along with SJ.

Still gutted with skipping Friend, I blame the alcohol and impulsive last minute decisions haha..
Nah all good, will put that extra cash to some good and overall it will hopefully be fine

Up about 1000 places to around 1464, so even with an average week it's in the right direction.
Didn't want to sacrifice my team too much for this one bye, so look forward to getting some reinforcements this week

Kodi > Munster and Hayne > Semi pencilled in this week.

Both handy 15/18 bye round players.

Do you guys think cam smith will play on Friday? Prob not hey?

Onthebeatpete wrote:Do you guys think cam smith will play on Friday? Prob not hey?

No longer concerned

I'm sure he'll play some part, wouldn't mind a sub 40 with a rest

SI wrote:

That's Honey Badger mate.

Thanks Mr Issue

Absolutely flying Gavin!

Finch wrote:

Well for me he will be my second half along with SJ.

he'll start off life in my team as a second half, but i'll move him to my WFB once i'm assembling my final team

Gonna be tough to resist the urge to go Cotric>Tedesco this week. Both have 15/18 byes and Tedesco should outscore him by 10 points a week for ~60k and I feel like Tedesco is about to explode watching him. Other trade will be either NBrown to JDB or Fifita to JBD if Brown is named

Teddy already had a bye this weekend. But agree. Him and a few other wfb highly tempting now

A lot of talk on here about Graham but I feel like Cody Walker is potentially an even bigger issue.

In line with a previous comment about fixing mistakes ASAP how are people feeling about walker? Anyone thinking of dumping him? I thought he looked disinterested at best last week and was barely sighted in attack.

I kinda feel like I am stuck with him, but for his price tag he is very underwhelming!

My first trade will be:
F. Kaufusi out - Taumalolo in
If N. Brown is out:
N. Brown out - Vaughan in

Will only have 16 players for round 13 unless Tualau, Field, R. Jennings or Abbey are named in the 17.

Rippin and Tearin wrote:A lot of talk on here about Graham but I feel like Cody Walker is potentially an even bigger issue.

In line with a previous comment about fixing mistakes ASAP how are people feeling about walker? Anyone thinking of dumping him? I thought he looked disinterested at best last week and was barely sighted in attack.

I kinda feel like I am stuck with him, but for his price tag he is very underwhelming!

I feel ya brother. I got him this week but as you know a week is a long time in football. It's a waste of a trade moving him on with his byes. You never know Madge could move him back to the halves or as we know with Souths being so hot & cold they could come out hot in round 14 & Walker goes large.