2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 9

my tv broke wrote:Guerra could play 80 but he could just as easily play 60. Lets not forget he was struggling to hold a starting spot at roosters.

I think Fitzgibbon is the 80 minute edge man at the knights

Guerra prone to some absolute howlers

Some people obsess too much over bench utilities

Friend averaged 70 minutes last year with Matterson on the bench
Friend averaged 75 minutes last year with Watson on the bench (ignoring the game where he got injured after 3 minutes)
Smith averaged 74 minutes with Griffin on the bench
Hodgson averaged 78 minutes with Baptiste on the bench
McCullough averaged 80 minutes with KNik on the bench (only 2 games)

Big minute hookers are big minute hookers whatever the bench.

Its been said before and will get said again. Coaches like winning games, and they don't do that by randomly subbing off their best players just to give someone a run. NRL is not "everyone gets a prize" day.

Adding to above

Godinet, Griffin and Havili are not necessarily big minute hookers, and it is fair to wonder about what sort of game time they will see

Is godinet even in the top 30?

Just read a nice article earlier about jeremy marshall king. Only got a top 30 spot when suli was sacked. Til that point he was preparing to go back to being a demolition worker. Then found out last friday he would be picked in the top 17 and couldnt believe it

my tv broke wrote:Is godinet even in the top 30?

Just read a nice article earlier about jeremy marshall king. Only got a top 30 spot when suli was sacked. Til that point he was preparing to go back to being a demolition worker. Then found out last friday he would be picked in the top 17 and couldnt believe it

Good story. Hope he goes well.

Welshy wrote:

I think Fitzgibbon is the 80 minute edge man at the knights

Guerra prone to some absolute howlers

Guerra's 80min 2RF scores from last year.
47, 81, 57, 48, 59, 65, 59

The catch is there's 5 tries in 7 games there.



His 2016 80min 2RF avg is 49.

Who would you drop out of Croker and Havili for Kikau (ignore covering a position or anything like that, talking purely score wise). Currently thinking drop Havili.

Syzy wrote:

Guerra's 80min 2RF scores from last year.
47, 81, 57, 48, 59, 65, 59

The catch is there's 5 tries in 7 games there.



His 2016 80min 2RF avg is 49.

If he plays 80 there is plenty of value there but with quality backrow options on the bench for the knights I'm not sure he gets it

Archer wrote:Who would you drop out of Croker and Havili for Kikau (ignore covering a position or anything like that, talking purely score wise). Currently thinking drop Havili.

A raider?

'twas the night before footy
and in fantasy town
I was way outta my depth
and feeling a bit down

having not looked at a player
or even a stat
and whole new game format
"what the fucks up with that!?!"

in need of advice
and a suggestion or two
who do I turn to
other than you?

what should I be doing
what players are hot
what's everyone's strategies
and what should I not?

these are my questions
and I hope you can help
else I'm up the provebial
WELP!

Mearcats wrote:'twas the night before footy
and in fantasy town
I was way outta my depth
and feeling a bit down

having not looked at a player
or even a stat
and whole new game format
"what the fucks up with that!?!"

in need of advice
and a suggestion or two
who do I turn to
other than you?

what should I be doing
what players are hot
what's everyone's strategies
and what should I not?

these are my questions
and I hope you can help
else I'm up the provebial
WELP!

The return....

Finch wrote:

Welcome back. I too got a new job and don't have as much free time now, so I know how you feel. Might quit it though so I can focus on the things that really matter in life, like Fantasy and NRL

Thanks! Yeah who knows why I chose to leave the cushiest 35 hour per week max job for the 48 hour per week minimum job plus unpaid overtime plus some weekends. It is certainly not fantasy friendly.

Chewie wrote:Cookie cutter team

CS9 (or Cook)
Lodge Fifita/AFB/SST/Arrow/Rochow
RFM, Whitehead, Merrin/Harris/Arrow
Croft, Cartwright/Cwatson/JT/Moses
you'll have to pick your own CTRs
Teddy, Ponga, Katoa/Turbo/Thompson

Bench: all the other Hookers, plus LCroker, Nichols and Kikau

My team is basically already this, even without being able to follow much of these threads (you all post way too much, I could never keep up). But I've picked too many expensive guys and run out of cash. There is so much potential value that I don't want to dump anyone.

raiders with a juicy opening draw. would love cotric. but cant afford him.

anyone taking a punt on williams? i have money sitting there that could fund him. not sure how he beat austin to start, and on top of that the rumours are that sezer will go to 9 if anything so he is likely to play 80

avg of 33 between 2014-16 priced at 20. feels like a trap, but so do many of these cheapies. wish the format was the same as last year. i would be watching more games with a keen interest

Syzy wrote:

Guerra's 80min 2RF scores from last year.
47, 81, 57, 48, 59, 65, 59

The catch is there's 5 tries in 7 games there.



His 2016 80min 2RF avg is 49.

I don't think its useful to look only at someone's 80 minute scores.

No forward plays 80 minutes every single week, so by discarding the weeks when they get a rest you are getting a false idea of what the reality will be.
Fair enough to ignore injury affected games, but if he just got a rest after 60 minutes, one week, that is the wort of thing that will happen sometimes this year so you should cater for it in your predictions.

Guerra played 10 games at 2nd row last year (including finals) for average of 54 points, invluding 5 tries in 10 games

2016 was 48 points.

Both better than his priced average of 43, but who knows if he can replicate at a new club

pm888 wrote:raiders with a juicy opening draw. would love cotric. but cant afford him.

anyone taking a punt on williams? i have money sitting there that could fund him. not sure how he beat austin to start, and on top of that the rumours are that sezer will go to 9 if anything so he is likely to play 80

avg of 33 between 2014-16 priced at 20. feels like a trap, but so do many of these cheapies. wish the format was the same as last year. i would be watching more games with a keen interest

Full disclosure.

I had Williams paired with Carty in the halves in order to get fifita into my FRF

but have now downgraded Rochow to Papalii, flicked Williams for Croft

Welshy wrote:

The return....

Pick Friz??? Isn't he a hack???!!!

Legit could use a little help lads that are online. Players worth looking at? Strategies? How does the new set up work etc?

Welshy wrote:

A raider?

Now i understand what my "feedback" feels like for others.....

But yes, i have 4 other Raiders so i think it would be safe to let this one go if its the better choice (besides Lachy is a former raider so its ok)

Mearcats wrote:Legit could use a little help lads that are online. Players worth looking at? Strategies? How does the new set up work etc?

Chewie did a very good cookie cutter team a few pages back mate.

Welshy wrote:

Full disclosure.

I had Williams paired with Carty in the halves in order to get fifita into my FRF

but have now downgraded Rochow to Papalii, flicked Williams for Croft

For just a second i thought this was big papa... had my blood boiling with that comment.
@pm888 i'm running williams on my bench, though im also running this guy