2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 52 - Fantasy talk in here

Just interested to know what combination of 4 reserves people are going to be running with in their team? I have the option of bringing in Cleary and having McInnes and 2RFs as the others but I'm wondering if running with SJ and Munster is ok for the rest of the season? I might just go for broke in the 2RFs and have McInnes and 3 2RFs as my reserves. Opinions please people

danseels1985 wrote:Just interested to know what combination of 4 reserves people are going to be running with in their team? I have the option of bringing in Cleary and having McInnes and 2RFs as the others but I'm wondering if running with SJ and Munster is ok for the rest of the season? I might just go for broke in the 2RFs and have McInnes and 3 2RFs as my reserves. Opinions please people

I think you have it right.

Revraiser wrote:

Who did u let go for Eisenhuth ?

Graham took a punt as I only plan of having 2 FRFs in my final team

Smat has a new nickname floating around, "Red Back", The other "Black Widow" (Aubs)

Trajan wrote:The McManus case against the Knights in the NSW Supreme Court will have huge ramifications
concerning players with concussion issues. They will all be wearing headgear shortly and by the
looks of S.Mat that will not be enough.

To me all these cases & you've seen it in the nfl is all about money. These guys know they're playing a high risk physical impact sport but every week they lace up their boots & with full knowledge of the risks decide themselves to play. To turn around after their career & moan like a bitch & claim it's the ruling bodies fault is a farce when it's their own fault. But hey I forgot we live in an age where no one is accountable for their own actions & it's always someone elses fault.

danseels1985 wrote:Just interested to know what combination of 4 reserves people are going to be running with in their team? I have the option of bringing in Cleary and having McInnes and 2RFs as the others but I'm wondering if running with SJ and Munster is ok for the rest of the season? I might just go for broke in the 2RFs and have McInnes and 3 2RFs as my reserves. Opinions please people

Nothing wrong with Munster a in halves. I'm running with SJ clearly in halves with Munster at FB then have 3 2rf and 1 hok as reserves.

Ever since I've had Cook & now Brandon Smith my 4 reserves have been 1 frf & 3 2fr's. This combination has been scoring me good points but 1 of my 2fr's is Elliot & the last couple of weeks his scoring has been down a bit.

And on the topic of trades left from round 20, I'll have 3 or possibly 2 if I piss off JDB. I'm prepared to take that risk with merrin and hayne as 18th and 19th man. No point playing conservative when 300 points off the leader.

danseels1985 wrote:Just interested to know what combination of 4 reserves people are going to be running with in their team? I have the option of bringing in Cleary and having McInnes and 2RFs as the others but I'm wondering if running with SJ and Munster is ok for the rest of the season? I might just go for broke in the 2RFs and have McInnes and 3 2RFs as my reserves. Opinions please people

i like the 3 2rf's and McInnes, clearys 3 game average looks good at 52 but the panthers have avgd more than 30 points in the last 4 games i reckon theres more bang for your buck in the 2rf.

im personally going with 3 2rf's and a frf

White Lightning wrote:

To me all these cases & you've seen it in the nfl is all about money. These guys know they're playing a high risk physical impact sport but every week they lace up their boots & with full knowledge of the risks decide themselves to play. To turn around after their career & moan like a bitch & claim it's the ruling bodies fault is a farce when it's their own fault. But hey I forgot we live in an age where no one is accountable for their own actions & it's always someone elses fault.

I do not disagree with you White Lightning but this may force changes, liked or not, because of the financial ramifications to clubs if it is upheld.

[quote="chitmunkey"]And on the topic of trades left from round 20, I'll have 3 or possibly 2 if I piss off JDB. I'm prepared to take that risk with merrin and hayne as 18th and 19th man. No point playing conservative when 300 points off the leader.[/quote

I agree with your playing conservative comment. A few teams will only have 14-16 players so this round has the potential for people to catch up a bit so I'm getting rid of of JDB & C. Walker to get 17 players. I think it's possible to gain anything from 50-100 points on those teams who have an overload of Souths & Eels players & the red dots.

Trajan wrote:The McManus case against the Knights in the NSW Supreme Court will have huge ramifications
concerning players with concussion issues. They will all be wearing headgear shortly and by the
looks of S.Mat that will not be enough.

Going forward, cant something be setup so that sports stars accept this once entering into careers and contracts within there given sport.. ?  Surely.

Merrin called into Blues extended squad, therefore must be close to a full recall for origin 3 pending injuries

Thanks for your advice everyone. This is what my final team will look like by round 19(only 1 trade left unless I hold James but he's annoying me lately)

Smith McInnes
Taupau Fifita Eisenhuth Fai
Taumalolo JDB Surgess Gallen JTurbo Crichton
SJ Munster Hampton NuBrown
BJ Hayne Fuimaono Scott
RTS Tedesco Edwards 138k Phythian

anyone getting mansour? im tossing up between him and edwards. mansour @ 1.67% ownership but 130 k more expensive. id upgrade either rts or semi

Forgot how good of a scorer Buhrer was, Just imagine him without those injuries.

Garden Chair wrote:Forgot how good of a scorer Buhrer was, Just imagine him without those injuries.

Buhrer is an out & out gun when fit but the poor bloke is injury prone.

Revraiser wrote:

Going forward, cant something be setup so that sports stars accept this once entering into careers and contracts within there given aport.. ?  Surely.

Thats a good question Revraiser but I do not know of a sport like NRL which has this embedded into the contracts of players. As a fantasy tragic
I am interested in how the game will evolve because HIA is already having an effect on how we pick our teams. Gone are the days of picking
tackling machine forwards without now worrying will they survive the match i.e Graham, Taylor or Fensom in his Canberra years.

Its interesting as not more than a couple of years ago, sione would never have left the field nor missed a match for his head knocks this year.

Quiet in here for Origin day!

COME ON YOU BLUES!!