2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 9

Nrl4Life wrote:

Random wrote:

One of the only guys running without Lolo. I think he had a breakout year last year and can't necessarily maintain that average. If you have doubts about Smith it is a good option though. I just see Smith as more stable for $3k.

Other than that no real bad options.

Yeah ok thanks my group said we're not allow to captain CS9 so that's why I went LOLO

To make it more interesting

Chewie wrote:Teams listed here are starting to look even more similar after TLT...

my tv broke wrote:

there is definitely a group mentality that pushes alot of teams in one direction.

not saying its a bad thing, just that it exists. you feel more comfortable with a selection when others are doing the same thing, its human nature.

its kind of funny to watch the ebbs and flows of certain players. eg Croft came into everyones team. then there was a period where alot of people started onto niko. that seems to have evened back out a little (that or dif people are posting teams now).

L-Jimmy wrote:

Yeah, it was fun to watch that with TPJ too. Quickly in....... quickly out.....
Lots of reactions to TLT rumours and lists, less analysis of individuals. I do this too! Analysis is hard, and requires stats and guesses. Lists are easy.

Finger Puppet Mafia wrote:Couple of reshuffles but managed to sneak Kennar out of starting 17. What do you think.

Smith
Rochow Lodge
Whitehead Brown RFM
Croft Cartwright
Aubs BJ
Ponga Teddy Katoa

Cook
Lichea
Arrow
Nicholls

By putting Aubs in, i had to ditch Niko in the halves bring Cartwright off the bench and add Nicholls to the 17. What do you think. Basically Im punting Nicholls and Aubs to outscore Niko and Kennar.

Agree/disagree?

my tv broke wrote:

and one change (eg choosing to bin cam murray (still not sure if thats the right move)) - can cause a massive reshuffle in your deck. you start looking at all other sorts of options. then start questioning if you really need X player, etc.

my tv broke wrote:

there is definitely a group mentality that pushes alot of teams in one direction.

not saying its a bad thing, just that it exists. you feel more comfortable with a selection when others are doing the same thing, its human nature.

its kind of funny to watch the ebbs and flows of certain players. eg Croft came into everyones team. then there was a period where alot of people started onto niko. that seems to have evened back out a little (that or dif people are posting teams now).

Random wrote:

That ounds interesting. Are most running Lolol then?

ice_berg86 wrote:Hey guys, posted this a few pages back.

Finally put a team together, so much value in the 2rf and not enough spots for them all !
Not sure about arrow at this stage, i want to wait and see what happens when Wallace returns.

CS9
Rochow, Lodge.
SST, Whitehead, RFM.
Thurston, Croft.
Isaako, Hiku.
Tedesco, Ponga, Inglis.

Cook, Lichaa, Griffin, Cartwright.

Nicholls, Havilli, Croker, Katoa.

$107k remaining, should be enough money to upgrade any mid range 2rf's who flop.

Hoping Inglis gets dpp today and i can swap him into the centres for Isaako.

I reckon Thurston is in for a big year and i can't go without him.

Any glaring issues ??

Fortitude wrote:Smith
Rochow, Lodge
Friz, Merrin, Tohu
Cronk, Carty
Croker, Hayne
Teddy, Ponga, Katoa

Cook, Arrow, Griffin, Nichols

LLeilua, Havili, Croker, Isaako.

May bring Godinet in for Isaako. See how I feel. FRF are weak as, Hoping to get a few dollarydoos from Rochow and a few others to upgrade Arrow or Nichols.

L-Jimmy wrote:

Good looking side. Tohu is more popular than I'd be comfortable with, because Warriors. And Friz is a bit of a gamble with injuries, origin and and random Dragons bench. Maybe Tohu down to NAS/RFM and Friz up to Taupau (targeting DPP)?

wolfking wrote:So, I wasn't looking at round 13 players this early on as I never do but I'd thought I'd actually have a look and break down the potential players for every position a little more that I think would be worth looking at in each position;

Hookers: Griffin, Cook, Friend

The rest not worth noting so Cook and Friend the winners here, Griffin too if he can keep his spot.  Koro could be a smokie if he shows some form but Granville, King (probably not worth it) and whoever plays hooker for the Tigs that week not worth a trade.

Front Row: Alvaro, Ese, SST, Liu, AFB, Taupau, Rochow

Not much here.  Taupau looks the pick along with SST and possibly Liu.  Fifita will play origin too IMO, but if he doesn't for some reason he'll be a must have.  Rochow if he's still there by some miracle will be good and hopefully AFB can keep a spot too.  Ese might be an okay prospect moving forward too.  Not much else, Scott and McLean may be okay but can't see them really excelling.  

Second Row: Tolo, Gal, Lowe, Brown, Griffin, Surgess, Murray, Crichton, Aubbs.

A few here with Brown, Tolo, Gal and the Souths trio looking the goods, so lots of potential for round 13.  JTurbo will play origin.  Lowe could be a smokie.

Halves: JT, Moses, Walker, Cronk, DCE

A few good options here.  Others are Moylan, Townsend, Watson, JRey, but no one you'd really waste a trade on.

Centre: Moga, Aubbs,

Slim pickings.  Dugan will play origin, as will Hayne IMO.  This is where the rookies need to stand up.

WFB: Ponga, Guth, AJ,

Again, not much, Holmes, Teddy, Turbo all out for origin, so again need some rookies.

I don't know what that proved but I think it kind of shows it's hard to really get a solid starting team with round 13 in mind.  A lot is going to happen between now and then.

Pain wrote:

Who'll be your WFB in that case?