2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 8

SI wrote:

I've had Niko for a month.  Mulvy posted stats last week and from memory when playing 80 he averaged 10 above his season of 37.3 at 47.  Don't quote me but was that right @mulvy ?  Niko's role is defined now so should be playing 80 week in week out so not cherry picking stats in any stretch of the imagination.

Orso wrote:Have got a similar dilemma. Am trying to decide who has the better value between Moses, Niko, and Watson. Can anyone give me. To help decide, what is their biggest disadvantage? Maybe that might shine some light.

Fortitude wrote:Is there a wags league?

SI wrote:Yep, that's true.  I feel the Storm have further to fall comparatively to the Broncos personally, and Croft had an average of 1 try per game in his 4 scores for his average last year.  Also with Munster at 6 week in week out now I can see Croft settling in to a genuine halfback role-lots of try assists but not so many tries.

my tv broke wrote:Here's an interesting thought, and may be worth its own thread so that we can refer back, but list two players you really wish you had the balls to start with but just cant do it/dont have the faith

Boozecluez wrote:Regarding Nikorima playing 80 last year



In the games he played 80 minutes the average is correct as mentioned (47)
Though 4 games where he didn't score tries he scored 27,27,28,31 (rounds 8,23,24,25)
Milford by contrast scored 37,56,70,40 in the above games so look at how you want
In those games Milford ran the ball twice as much, 6 try assists compared to none for Niko which tells me he let Milford run the show.

Anyways in base stats he averaged 19 tackles and 80 run metres for the games he played 80 minutes (don't have his kick metres on me)

So under priced by at least a few points but are we sure  he can keep his try scoring at 1 every 2 games or all the attack won;t be run through Milford?

Trajan wrote:

Rapana because the Raiders do not look on the ball at the moment without Hodgson and
Fifita because I have never had much luck with him and he may start slow and cannot play the ball!!

rhinoceroo wrote:For players who *might* have gun seasons but, yeah not confident enough to pick them over safer options - Wade Graham, Moses Mbye.

mulvy wrote:

SI wrote:Yep, that's true.  I feel the Storm have further to fall comparatively to the Broncos personally, and Croft had an average of 1 try per game in his 4 scores for his average last year.  Also with Munster at 6 week in week out now I can see Croft settling in to a genuine halfback role-lots of try assists but not so many tries.

True, but (yes I know small sample) Croft two worst scores from non-try scoring games were 46 and 41 much better than Niko's. Croft's Km's average was 246 vs Niko at halfback 112. Small sample though.

Redneck_hori wrote:these are old suspected team lists from dec last year. soward suspicions on that note.

mulvy wrote:

Seems like so long ago now but I watched that Sharks trial. Fifita's play the balls looked okay from memory, I was watching him like a hawk because he is in my team. They've possibly devoted half his training towards it!

SI wrote:

Yep, haha, they have passed them off as updated.  I think they just changed Carty's team and that was the extent of the "update"...

SI wrote:

I might just grab both then!  I don't know who I favour now but that is the beauty of this forum   .    I would expect Niko's KMs to increase a fair bit as the designated halfback now.

SI wrote:

Hmmmm, food for thought.  I was a way for a few weeks so think I missed where you linked these stats mate.  Any chance you could link again please?

StormTrooper96 wrote:Walker/Niko/Taylor/Townsend... who do I go???? Who’s got more potential this year