2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 7

Warriors wrote:I reckon there is enough value out there that it is quite silly to not have Smith in your side and as captain. He scores in every facet of the game so whatever is happening his score just keeps ticking over.

I have my eye on a Tigers backrower who if gets the position should be great value.

Lodge is a must based off price and trial form. Settling on a second prop is doing my head in. Have gone through Fifita/Vaughan/Taupau and value like Alvaro/JBrom/AFB etc along with Kikau/Nicholls (if DPP).

Good cut price options in second row with Merrin/Whitehead/Harris/Murray/RFM/Arrow/Cartwight looking great value.

Case for value in Thurston/CWalker/Croft/Townsend/Moses/JReynolds/Watson/LCroker - not sure where to go here either. Be good if AReynolds was injured and you could go Doueihi.

If Milne isn't named it's a bit of a kick in the guts. Kennar/Thompson/Katoa the obvious choices in the back 5. Hunt and Taka could be good value.

One fullback I haven't heard mentioned much is Tom Trbojevic. Great early draw along with Teddy and Ponga could be nice?

mulvy wrote:

I don't think that's entirely true. It's true if you are comparing Thurston, Croft, Townsend etc you can factor in another two points probably. It's unlikely to be true for other popular picks such as Watson, Cartwright, and even Cronk and Pearce are a lot further down the list of forced dropouts. Those two points are also worth considering if the comparison is not between two halves but a half and a different position depending on the make up of your bench.

Warriors wrote:

One fullback I haven't heard mentioned much is Tom Trbojevic. Great early draw along with Teddy and Ponga could be nice?

TheWeapon wrote:I have Taupau as my non-Lodge prop.

Where did the love for Latu come from? Trials? He certainly did nothing last year....

TheWeapon wrote:I have Taupau as my non-Lodge prop.

Where did the love for Latu come from? Trials? He certainly did nothing last year....

Dttragic2016 wrote:One guy that hasn't been in my team for a while but I guess everyone has to consider is Havili.
If he gets the starting gig (without Garvey on the bench). You'd think he'd be set for at least 50 minutes? Even if he was atrocious that should mean around 30 points right? I'd probably just slip him in as my 21st man instead of Nicholls if that was the case.

Thoughts?

Finch wrote:

Sezer supposedly hooker now, or at least on the bench hooker.

Dttragic2016 wrote:

Is there any confirmation he's going to be the starting hooker playing majority minutes with Williams and Austin in the halves?
Unless there is, I would've thought Austin and Sezer starting halves, with one of them playing 20-30 minutes at hooker to spell Havili?

White Lightning wrote:Apparently Gould gave Griffin a public serve in the tunnel as the first half ended in the Panthers v Bulldog trial & this was heard by several fans & the Bulldogs coaching staff. Gould was seen yelling words to the effect of "this looks like a reserve grade outfit....fix it" to Griffin & assistant coach Ciraldo.

my tv broke wrote:

ouch.

just went on a panthers forum and the first four threads are related to the coach.

White Lightning wrote:

I think the Panthers forums hate Griffin just as much as the Dragons forums hate McGregor.

Pookus McFly wrote:

Snuck your Non-Lodge Prop blues in before my post even hit!