2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 45

mulvy wrote:Wackos Whispers‏ @WackosWhispers  26m26 minutes ago
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Eels Nathan Brown completed Captains run and is confirmed starter in #NRLEelsWarriors

I'm going to have to crunch the numbers tomo and how much money I need to get my final team

I'd finally gotten over the pre-emptive regret of going Kodi to SJ instead of Munster or DCE this week.. now this Cam news is fucking with me. Prick didn't even do anything last night and now wants a week off?

At least the Milf news somewhat lessens the urgency of trading Kodi.. Can either reverse it and go Brailey to McInn so I don't get stuck with Malakai, Hayne or Leota's AE.. or keep the SJ trade locked in and dump Smith for McInn with my 2nd trade..

If Smith misses this week, then at best he plays 3 of the next 7.. For H2H purposes, it's 3/5 though..

If Smith is out I'm screwed as my other hooker is Brailey. Hmmm....im temped to trade Smith to McInnes and then i would have 2 starting hookers for 15. Or just upgrade Brailey now and run with twin cam.

Hopefully it's Bellamy playing tricks. Smith has played harder games and backed up surely. Must be his ego that's sore, not his body.

Looks like Brown is staying put in my team. Sometimes you just gotta take the price drops i guess. If he can stay fit, the value loss won't matter.

10 most traded in so far - source nrl fantasy lounge
Edwards
Lolohea
Taumalolo
McInnes
Munster
SJ
Merrin
Vaughan
Cleary
Rapana

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:

Why is everyone so keen on keeping Hayne around?

For me it's just due to how bad I find the centre position

I think Hayne is an OK 18th man and because I will be finishing with Turbo/Aubbs/Hayne in my centres it allows me to play Hayne first 17 occasionally - such as when Tommy is injured or Aubbs is named at centre

10 most traded out so far
K-Nik
Brailey
Ponga
CHN
Idris
C, Walker
Surgess
Suli
J. Graham
Abbey

Im doing Cwalker to Nofo. Two byes to go, looks a little wobbly and after the bye bunnies have Broncos so not a perfect matchup for him, after which they only have one more game until the next bye. Its sort of stretching to suit my idea, but doesnt look like perfect few weeks coming up to justify keeping him.

White Lightning wrote:10 most traded out so far
K-Nik
Brailey
Ponga
CHN
Idris
C, Walker
Surgess
Suli
J. Graham
Abbey

Interesting. Thanks for both lists. Expect to see Milford end up on this list now his missed their important bye round game AND now the one to follow

Boozecluez wrote:So Friend owners will probably get lucky with another 80 minute effort again this week (With Pearce out)
Rubs that salt a little deeper haha

You mean you didn't get Friends 82 points last week?

Revraiser wrote:Im doing Cwalker to Nofo. Two byes to go, looks a little wobbly and after the bye bunnies have Broncos so not a perfect matchup for him, after which they only have one more game until the next bye. Its sort of stretching to suit my idea, but doesnt look like perfect few weeks coming up to justify keeping him.

Im starting to consider Cwalker out also.

Tossing up between teddy and Rapana or Cleary. Already have munster, SJ and Nofo.

Teddy, will miss three games. Rapana 2, Cleary 1.

GreenMachine wrote:

Interesting. Thanks for both lists. Expect to see Milford end up on this list now his missed their important bye round game AND now the one to follow

Surgess? WTAF? H2H players? Terrible bye planners?

Fortitude wrote:

Im starting to consider Cwalker out also.

Tossing up between teddy and Rapana or Cleary. Already have munster, SJ and Nofo.

Teddy, will miss three games. Rapana 2, Cleary 1.

Yeah it is slightly luxurious, but that's how I've rolled this year, the early gut feel has got me through. If not Nofo, i was going Cleary as u mentioned. I thnk Frawley will become Cleary for me, when it slots in soon.

Revraiser wrote:

Yeah it is slightly luxurious, but that's how I've rolled this year, the early gut feel has got me through. If not Nofo, i was going Cleary as u mentioned. I thnk Frawley will become Cleary for me, when it slots in soon.

I cant really justify going Clearly and the other trades muck up my balance a bit. Clearly has been solid without being spectacular this year.

As previously mentioned, im seriousl considering sticking my head in the sand the next two weeks. Hold off on the trades. My team isn't shit hot, but it ticks the scores over. Might wait till obvious trades come along.

Loomer wrote:

Surgess? WTAF? H2H players? Terrible bye planners?

Was thinking the same thing, some people have no idea lol

Anyone heard any late news on if Sammy Stone is a chance to start?

I'm still trading Brown out, Vaughan comes in. Just feels like a much safer bet. And like Revraiser said, get Nofo in. Tedesco can wait a week I think having a 64 be, and Munster can replace Niko next week.

wolfking wrote:Looks like Brown is staying put in my team. Sometimes you just gotta take the price drops i guess. If he can stay fit, the value loss won't matter.

Assuming he has regained full fitness, if you hold him until rd19 he'll make back any cash dropped anyway

graham + brown owners should be wary of round 19 when they both have byes so keep that in mind for upcoming trades.

On nrl fantasy lounge a poster said that Brandon Smith would debut this week. The source = his father is a member of the Warriors fan page & said his son would be debuting to give Smith some recovery time post origin. With the latest tweet from wacko it seems this will happen. On the team lists Griffin is there at no. 19 so if Smith2 debuts will the Storm still run with the current 4 forward bench or drop 1 of them to accomodate Griffin. So the back row & reserves are:
11. F. Kaufusi 12. Harris 13. Finucane 14. McLean 15. Stimson 16. K-Brom 17. NAS
I'm not sure if any of those guys can play hooker to spel Smith2 so maybe Griffin comes in for Stimson & Brandon Smith & Griffin share hooking duties. If they run with 1 hooker on the bench this could mean F. Kaufusi plays 80 minutes in this game.