2017 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 58

Bonanza15 wrote:

Would you suggest getting in Cleary or Pearce and holding off getting Smith for another week?

Depends on what Smith's BE is. For once it's relevant to consider that with him because it'll determine how likely he is to go up in price. I'd say if you have weak depth in the HLF's then strengthen that area first.
Presuming McInnes/Macca is your other HOK then you can probably survive another week without Cam.

wolfking wrote:

Why wait a few rounds to bring Smith in?

I've reversed my trades and will be looking at cashing out Gurgess and bringing in CS9 for King.... not this round though, I'll wait for King to make a bit more coin so I have a some emergency cash for the finals

Smith BE is 58. While I don't think it means alot, he has an avg of 69 against the raiders in 6 games according to nrl fantasy

I was going to post this on Reddit seeing as most here would likely have done such research but oh well since I took the effort to write it, I might as well post it here too.  

The handy guide to replacements for Shaun Johnson in NRL Fantasy

Pearce
Season Avg: 57.1
Recent 3/5 game Avg: 55.7/56.4
Run Home: Knights (H), Cowboys (H), Sea Eagles (A), Storm (A), Tigers (H), Sharks (A), Titans (H)  

Cleary
Season Avg: 54.3
Recent 3/5 game Avg: 78.3/70.2
Run Home:  Titans (H), Bulldogs (H), Tigers (H), Cowboys (H), Raiders (A), Dragons (H), Sea Eagles (A)

Cherry Evans
Season Avg: 49  
Recent 3/5 game Avg: 67/56.8  
Run Home: Dragons (A), Storm (A), Roosters (H), Tigers (A), Bulldogs (A), Warriors (A), Panthers (H)

Some factors to take into consideration
- How will Pearce be affected by the absence of Jake Friend?
- How long can DCE’s ‘screw you QLD’ form continue?
- Is there any conceivable reason Cleary isn't the best choice on paper?

POD Options
Hunt
Season Avg: 48.5
Recent 3/5 game Avg: 51.3/50.6
Run Home: Bulldogs (H), Eels (A), Titans (A), Sharks (H), Dragons (H), Eels (H), Cowboys (A)

Morgan
Season Avg: 40.9
Recent 3/5 game Avg: 55.7/51
Run Home: Warriors (H), Roosters (A), Storm (H), Panthers (A), Sharks (H), Tigers (A), Broncos (H)

wolfking wrote:

No, he didn't just look 10kg heavier......



I didn't know Gary from Masterchef played footy.

Needed a side job after George wasn't paying him at the award rate.

mango wrote:

SoylentGreen wrote:

George would struggle to slip through a chasm, let alone a crack.

That Manly jersey has a slimming effect on him, he looked 10kgs heavier with the St George jersey.

Haha, was just about to post this as well.

Johnny B Goode wrote:I was going to post this on Reddit seeing as most here would likely have done such research but oh well since I took the effort to write it, I might as well post it here too.  

The handy guide to replacements for Shaun Johnson in NRL Fantasy

Pearce
Season Avg: 57.1
Recent 3/5 game Avg: 55.7/56.4
Run Home: Knights (H), Cowboys (H), Sea Eagles (A), Storm (A), Tigers (H), Sharks (A), Titans (H)  

Cleary
Season Avg: 54.3
Recent 3/5 game Avg: 78.3/70.2
Run Home:  Titans (H), Bulldogs (H), Tigers (H), Cowboys (H), Raiders (A), Dragons (H), Sea Eagles (A)

Cherry Evans
Season Avg: 49  
Recent 3/5 game Avg: 67/56.8  
Run Home: Dragons (A), Storm (A), Roosters (H), Tigers (A), Bulldogs (A), Warriors (A), Panthers (H)

Some factors to take into consideration
- How will Pearce be affected by the absence of Jake Friend?
- How long can DCE’s ‘screw you QLD’ form continue?
- Is there any conceivable reason Cleary isn't the best choice on paper?

Great work mate!
Another thing to take into consideration is if you are playing H2H or Overall

I feel like you could flip a coin with Cleary or DCE. I'm wary of Pearce without Friend and Gordon (ie the roosters struggling) though pearce seems to score well regardless?

I'm still considering something a little left field like Ben Hunt, though I was disappointed in the way he played against the Knights.

If Reynolds is gone I need two halves anyway (or a half an a WFB, moving munster up into halves)..

I added some POD options to consider in my HLF's post. If there's any other left of field options you think should be considered, I'll add them to the list

Smith, Teddy and JTurbo

Or

Macca, Munster, Mannering??

The "any conceivable reason Cleary isn't the best choice on paper" is why I've gone Pearce.

StuDogg101 wrote:The "any conceivable reason Cleary isn't the best choice on paper" is why I've gone Pearce.

it will be interesting to see how many Cleary owners there are after trades this week

actually Pearce has higher trade in numbers on the 'top 10' lists at the moment. maybe everyone already had cleary

Matterson looking like a great POD in the halves if he can snag that second row spot with Friend and Gordon out. SST getting a few injuries and surely Guerra should be on the outer since he's off to the Knights.

my tv broke wrote:

it will be interesting to see how many Cleary owners there are after trades this week

That's pretty much it. Cleary's average went from 45 to 50 on the back of one game and that will probably be enough to sway a majority to go with him.

Edit: that's interesting. I'm just going with my original plan and maybe other people are too.

Johnny B Goode wrote:I added some POD options to consider in my HLF's post. If there's any other left of field options you think should be considered, I'll add them to the list  

I have both SJ and Reynolds, (as well as Merrin), with only 11k in the bank.
My other halves are CNK and Laybutt so I need to bring in 2 halves this week unless I run with an AE until I can cash out a centre.
Really keen on Pearce but that limits my 2nd option. Norman is one I was considering.
The other option would be Munster and DCE.
I don't have any DPP's elsewhere that I can use.
My other option would be to trade CNK to someone like Connor Watson if Reynolds was only going to be out for a week or 2.

Munster would be another option in the halves for those that don't already have him either there or at WFB.

So who else is stuck with Johnson & Reynolds....farkin kents.

I have SJ in my halves with no trades left, any suggestions lol

Showbag wrote:I have SJ in my halves with no trades left, any suggestions lol

Don't do anything and hope all your other players score well and don't get injured or dropped for the remainder of the year?

B/L wrote:So who else is stuck with Johnson & Reynolds....farkin kents.

Stuck with? Please don't say you haven't got trades left.