2017 NRL.COM Fantasy Thread 54

SI wrote:

Hmmm, Hastings last 5 round average is 6 and BE is 52. LeBrown last 5 average is 7.2 and BE is 71. You might be right. It is last 5 average only but weighted towards recent scores I think?

Hastings 3 round slightly higher than Brown's. Still doesn't seem right.

Hastings and Brown will both have "invisible" prices that they've dropped to below $138k and have to make those dollars back before they can start rising. Whatever his last five scores, Brown over season will have fallen to a lower "invisible" value than Hastings ($80k? $90k?)

I'm one of those who have lost 3/4 FRF this week. The week after I traded out Ryan James too. Thankfully I did Pritchard - King last week so now I can go Graham - Taupau and just hold Vaughan. Fui starting in the second row is a huge help

wolfking wrote:

Do you need to do any of these with only 4 trades left?

Definitely not D with 4 trades, that's for sure.

filthridden wrote:

Having only four trades left, I would be looking at creating depth.
I'd avoid Hunt/ARey because we don't know what's going to happen with them for the rest of the year (Bennett/injury).
Fai to Finucane might sound like the most left-field option but if it builds depth, get it done.

3 trades for the rest of the season at this point is simply not enough.
Which positions do you have the least depth in?

filthridden wrote:and I do agree with wolfy in part. Do you need to make any of these trades?

I suppose I don't really need to do any of them but Semi won't be in final 17 and my halves are SJ and Munster who we know will be playing game 3 so I thought bringing in Cleary would stock up my halves at least. I wasn't planning on doing any more trades until at least round 20 but now I'm worried after your advice. I'll throw my team up so you can have a look at my depth and see where I most need upgrading

Smith McInnes
Fifita Brown Eisenhuth Fai
Taumalolo JDB Surgess Taupau Gallen Crichton
SJ Munster NuBrown Hampton
BJ Fuimaono Scott Kelly
RTS Edwards Hayne Semi Phythian

rts to 138k npr
graham to surgess via kapow

Farah, Smith jr
Kapow, Fifita, Vaughn, nuff
Surgess, lolo, Manners, (gal crichton jdb)
Pearce, Sj, (munster) nuff
Fui, Hayne, Kelly, nuff
Rapana, Tedesco, Mansour nuff nuff

rd 18's a write off with 9 including mansour and munster
16 for rd 19

6 trades left

i have 3 options from round 20

option 1. farah to smith via vaughn or munster 4 trades left
option 2. keep farah sell kelly to npr 5 trades left and the ability to loophole
option 3. find a different option

thoughts and thanks

@Random, for starters I'd be tempted to give Fuimaono a run in your ctrs, don't know if thats at the expense of Hayne playing a pretty shoddy dragons or Smat playing a shoddy tigers though... 
After that I'd probably toss the VC on Gal against the Roosters as i see that being a grind and a bit of a forwards battle. With the C on SJ or Surgess/Crichton.

my tv broke wrote:Re fuimaono who has the balls to start him given souths play last? He does seem somewhat cemented in the 2rf for now but who knows with madge.. long list of potentials in the reserves..

Um I might have to. Graham out has forced my hand to trade him to Taupau. The only way I can get that cash is to sell Cotric and well Brown or Whare don't exactly inspire confidence.
Hopefully because Souths won and won well in their last outing, Fuimaono will stay a starter. May not play the whole game but he seems to be one of these gangbusters type players who scores a lot in a short amount of time similar to Vaughan.

Taupau, Gallen, Surgess, Fifita, Taumalolo in for Graham?

Smith
James Fifita Wallace* Taupau*
Mannering JDB Tolo Crichton* Merrin*
SJ Pearce
SMAT Hayne
RTS Munster Slater

Thoughts on this as my final 17 by round 20 with 4 trades left and NPRs of CWalker, Nathan Brown and Leliua for injury backups

my tv broke wrote:Re fuimaono who has the balls to start him given souths play last? He does seem somewhat cemented in the 2rf for now but who knows with madge.. long list of potentials in the reserves..

I don't see the risk. He was good in round 15 playing the whole 80 so I don't see why he'd be dropped. Turner and Rochow have been shit this year so there's no way they should start over Fui. If anyone gets dropped from the starting team it's Tyrell.

Klemhammer wrote:Smith
James Fifita Wallace* Taupau*
Mannering JDB Tolo Crichton* Merrin*
SJ Pearce
SMAT Hayne
RTS Munster Slater

Thoughts on this as my final 17 by round 20 with 4 trades left and NPRs of CWalker, Nathan Brown and Leliua for injury backups

Gallen > Merrin surely

Welshy wrote:Taupau, Gallen, Surgess, Fifita, Taumalolo in for Graham?

How the bloody hell can you trade all of those in for one player! ....I'd choose Surgess or Lolo personally.

rhinoceroo wrote:

SI wrote:

Hmmm, Hastings last 5 round average is 6 and BE is 52. LeBrown last 5 average is 7.2 and BE is 71. You might be right. It is last 5 average only but weighted towards recent scores I think?

Hastings 3 round slightly higher than Brown's. Still doesn't seem right.

Hastings and Brown will both have "invisible" prices that they've dropped to below $138k and have to make those dollars back before they can start rising. Whatever his last five scores, Brown over season will have fallen to a lower "invisible" value than Hastings ($80k? $90k?)

Thank you kindly mate.

If anyone could get me the BE's for Taumalolo, Merrin, ET, Wallace, JDB I will be very grateful, need to try carefully plan my trades up to round 20.

Leilua ---> Fogarty for cash
Vaughan ---> Taupau for points

Smith (McInnes)
Brown, Taupau
JDB, Gallen, Marsters (Surgess, Crichton)
Johnson, Walker (Cleary)
Hayne, Fuimaono
Tedesco, Dedwards, RTS

not selected: CNK, Moga (both will be traded out next round)

Ando wrote:If anyone could get me the BE's for Taumalolo, Merrin, ET, Wallace, JDB I will be very grateful, need to try carefully plan my trades up to round 20.

Lolo- 53
Merrin- 63
ET- 48
JWal- 41
JDB- 53

My WFB's this week are Edwards, Munster, RTS and King Guth. Who do I leave out? Obviously on recent form it comes down to RTS or Guth. Not sure which way to go to be honest.

Ando wrote:If anyone could get me the BE's for Taumalolo, Merrin, ET, Wallace, JDB I will be very grateful, need to try carefully plan my trades up to round 20.

lolo and jdb 53
merrin 63 et 48 wallace 41