2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 46

surmo13 wrote:actually... thinking about things, the Tigers are playing the Roosters this week... maybe i should reverse course, bring Cleary in for Frawley and give Lolohea one more week to prove himself...

I feel like Cleary is going to start surging back to the 500k mark as of now, though he does miss round 15.

Good pickups like Cleary, Merrin, Kapow, Mansour etc. annoyingly miss round 15 making it hard to jump on this week.

Ponga to Nofo next week should almost be a straight swap, but his scores lately have dropped off quite a bit. Need to see a big game from him again this weekend.

Is edwards or Lolohea a better trade in this week??

surmo13 wrote:actually... thinking about things, the Tigers are playing the Roosters this week... maybe i should reverse course, bring Cleary in for Frawley and give Lolohea one more week to prove himself...

Listening to the game on weekend.

Nothing about the call lead me to believe Lolohea would score above 20. Let alone 54. Sounds like he was a complete defensive liability and offered nothing in attack. Commentators kept banging on about him not being match fit, and not reading plays and being shithouse in general. Was shocked to see his score.

I get the impression his defensive reads were so bad, that he didn't even put him self in a position to miss tackles. which is probably why Nofo and MCK had 8 between them, as they were covering him.

Fortitude wrote:I get the impression his defensive reads were so bad, that he didn't even put him self in a position to miss tackles. which is probably why Nofo and MCK had 8 between them, as they were covering him.

I watched the game, and while i wasn't watching him closely, it blew my mind to see his score at the end of the game.

Thinking of getting rid of Whitehead. Should I go for Gallen or Taumalolo? Leaning towards Gallen as less people have him and so more of a differential, always plays around 65 minutes but he is also injury prone. Lolo's minutes are all over the place, sometimes play 50mins then plays 70mins. Not sure what to do.

The guy I'm really keen on this week is Taupau up against the Knights who will struggle to contain him.

Fortitude wrote:

Listening to the game on weekend.

Nothing about the call lead me to believe Lolohea would score above 20. Let alone 54. Sounds like he was a complete defensive liability and offered nothing in attack. Commentators kept banging on about him not being match fit, and not reading plays and being shithouse in general. Was shocked to see his score.

I get the impression his defensive reads were so bad, that he didn't even put him self in a position to miss tackles. which is probably why Nofo and MCK had 8 between them, as they were covering him.

He made like 28 tackles so that's where the points came from. I would imagine they kept running at him. Couple of palms helped too.

So Hayne set to play fullback at the Titans.
Pretty much means I have to keep him to see how he goes but I don't have to play him.

Yeah Lolohea is an interesting proposition. I can't see him scoring that well against the Roosters but then again I didn't think he'd score well against the Dragons. As Panthers Suck said playing up in the line & playing for a team like Wests means his tackle count will always be high. Also he's capable of several t/b's due to his speed, footwork & his change of direction at speed. I remember when he was at f/b at the Warriors he use to get a lot of t/b's because of this.

Lolohea's stats;

2 Goals
28 Tackles
5 TB's
1 Offload
64 Metres
129 Kick Metres
1 KD

Plus, 2 MT's an error and a penalty. Watching the game, they did run at him most of the time. He handled himself well when he did tackle but there was a couple of poor reads.

Should I get rid of Lamb. The last 3 weeks he's made modest price increases & seems to have really improved his defense. The last 3 weeks his score has been 20-30 points at h/t but has then proceeded to score 5-10 points in the 2nd half. The Knights seem to be a 40 minute team atm & this is impacting on Lamb. Surely they can turn this around although with the Sea Eagles away this week I would think that they will struggle.

Adam Elliot had a woeful round. 9 missed tackles. Is this due to the absence of Graham? Need to know if it's due to form or a team reshuffle to compensate the loss of graham yesterday

White Lightning wrote:Should I get rid of Lamb. The last 3 weeks he's made modest price increases & seems to have really improved his defense. The last 3 weeks his score has been 20-30 points at h/t but has then proceeded to score 5-10 points in the 2nd half. The Knights seem to be a 40 minute team atm & this is impacting on Lamb. Surely they can turn this around although with the Sea Eagles away this week I would think that they will struggle.

I have Lamb but haven't played him for the last few weeks, so I'm in no hurry and will try and hold for 18. He could be upgraded if you needed to get a better scorer in your 17 though. I keep getting the feeling a 50 point game isn't far away but as you say, the Knights just can't keep it going after half time.

Pain wrote:

18th man for Myles last year.  Playing much better this year...

He's totally in the mix I reckon. If Qld want a bigger body in the middle they could move Papalli into the middle, opening the door for an edge rower and you would think Kaufusi, Cooper, Lowe and Hess would be the frontrunners if they bring in a new backrower.

Edit: Or if they drop Guerra cause he's shit

wolfking wrote:Lolohea's stats;

2 Goals
28 Tackles
5 TB's
1 Offload
64 Metres
129 Kick Metres
1 KD

Plus, 2 MT's an error and a penalty.  Watching the game, they did run at him most of the time.  He handled himself well when he did tackle but there was a couple of poor reads.

2 MT's out of 28 isnt too bad for a half specially one that cant tackle lol. brookes back this week means he may lose some kick metres and teddy playing for nsw next week means he'll be at fb. tough decision. if reynolds is back for the dogs and frawley goes to the bench then frawley to lolohea will be a goer. graemes a definite hold with frawley on the bench

hymenbustas wrote:Adam Elliot had a woeful round. 9 missed tackles. Is this due to the absence of Graham? Need to know if it's due to form or a team reshuffle to compensate the loss of graham yesterday

Annoying I was 1k short of going Elliot to Taupau & Cook to Smith2. I actually think he's a sell due to the Bulldogs looking very bad. A lot of those missed tackles were him trying to save tries when players around him missed tackles & he was holding on when the Panthers scored e.g. when CHN scored the first try, Mbye missed the tackle & he tried to save the try but couldn't. I could go Merrin instead of Taupau but I think Taupau will blitz it against the Knights.

wolfking wrote:

I have Lamb but haven't played him for the last few weeks, so I'm in no hurry and will try and hold for 18.  He could be upgraded if you needed to get a better scorer in your 17 though.  I keep getting the feeling a 50 point game isn't far away but as you say, the Knights just can't keep it going after half time.

Yep we were robbed in round 11 against the Panthers. He could of got 3 tries in that game & the pass from Feeney at the start of the 2nd half which was ruled forward but wasn't could of led to big run metres.

Footballers aren't the brightest bunch and are creatures of habit, hence the high tackle count for Lolohea. Dragons players assume Moses was still there and ran that way.

Yeah I might keep Wallace & F. Kaufusi for the time being because as discussed both are possibilities for origin 2. I think Elliot to Merrin might be the go. Even if he's pick for origin 2 the Panthers have a bye anyway in round 15. Unfortunately Taupau is a bit too expensive & prices me out my 2nd trade. The plus for Merrin is he's playing big minutes now & more than Taupau.