2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 11

Onthebeatpete wrote:As a Knights fan I hope Brown doesn’t put Lamb on the bench again and gives Levi a go. I understand that Watson has that utility value but Lamb kinda confused them a little when he came on, just use Buhrer as the utility.
I like the explosiveness of Levi around the ruck and tired forwards.

Yeah, Levi can be electric off the bench at Hooker. Makes me think he is n the outer, or Browny knows he shouldn't have promised Watson a starting jersey.

Welshy wrote:

He shouldn't being base price, but they fucked up Field last year

With failhub in charge, every chance Katoa loses money with the ceiling set at last years base price.

Although even if he stays at $212k for buying and selling, his background price will drop lower, and he'll have to make that money back before you will see any profit.

will be keeping a close watch on Gallen and McCullough over the coming weeks, think i read somewhere that Wayne said the latter would be coming of the bench for the first month, but that may be up in the air with the tripe Thaiday served up.

Milchcow wrote:

I am considering downgrading Murray to allow Dufty. But not sure who to. And probably not worth killing one position to allow another.
Katoa - Isaako might be a go

Only problem with Isaako is the gamble with his security and only seeing one games worth off him

surmo13 wrote:will be keeping a close watch on Gallen and McCullough over the coming weeks, think i read somewhere that Wayne said the latter would be coming of the bench for the first month, but that may be up in the air with the tripe Thaiday served up.

FAC looked very confident but didn't notice if he was gassed. Pieday certainly not the answer in any case.

cant even use katoa as a potential loopholer as the sharks have a thursday game and 3 fridays out of the next 5

Welshy wrote:

Only problem with Isaako is the gamble with his security and only seeing one games worth off him

The way Boyd was looking and Kahu playing Isaako to me looks a decent gamble Welshy.

SI wrote:

FAC looked very confident but didn't notice if he was gassed.  Pieday certainly not the answer in any case.

people are suggesting that Todd Murphy should come in and start at nine to replace Su'a while he serves his suspension, he was training in that spot all pre-season.

Trajan wrote:

The way Boyd was looking and Kahu playing Isaako to me looks a decent gamble Welshy.

Would he get the fullback role you reckon mate? If I have to replace Katoa, I will probably go the safer route of downgrading Whitehead and going for someone more substantial like Dufty/Croker

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:

Looks good to me Booze, how ya tracking?

Alright thanks, you?
Looking back at my earlier thoughts about a fun hooker team and think it is doable
Given I plan on trading early and with a bit of luck can have a bench of Cook/Lichaa/JFriend/Mcullough with Smith as Captain.
Then just run cheap 2RF for a bit until they make some cash

Going to be fun and a good experiment and push this system to its extremes

SI wrote:

Yeah, Levi can be electric off the bench at Hooker.  Makes me think he is n the outer, or Browny knows he shouldn't have promised Watson a starting jersey.

Yeah possibly. Maybe it was just the case of Lamb training a bit harder in the offseason or Brown a little unsure about the makeup of the team.
Was a great game to watch!

Katoa's performance up until he went off was probably one of the worst debuts I've ever seen. Instead of trying to get involved he just stayed on his wing. I think he was scared to do the dirty work because he didn't want to get smashed. He was half hearted & hesitant & because of this attitude he broke his jaw because he went in to contact half hearted.

Pookus McFly wrote:


Here is the real question. Are you making the downgrade before he plays to save the trade. Surely that is more important than the 30 odd points he might score more than Nichols etc. tomorrow?

Yeah will trade before any games tomorrow. That way its just 1 trade next week, Katoa to Dufty. Only have 5K so need to do something. Could just go Merrin to Harris so I can get a basement guy, but I think fetting a Kikau now for him to allow the trade next week would ve smarter.

Boozecluez wrote:

Alright thanks, you?
Looking back at my earlier thoughts about a fun hooker team and think it is doable
Given I plan on trading early and with a bit of luck can have a bench of Cook/Lichaa/JFriend/Mcullough with Smith as Captain.
Then just run cheap 2RF for a bit until they make some cash

Going to be fun and a good experiment and push this system to its extremes

Yeah doing alright pal. In the same boat as everyone else regarding Katoa, I'm just lucky he was nowhere near my 17. Hoping for another base pricer to pop up so I can make the jump

If Hiku does ok v Souths I will probably go Katoa to Hiku. Against Souths Hiku will be marking either GI or Gagai so that will be a big test for him. Katoa's ownership is 54% so I hope at least 50% played him to minimise the damage.

Anyone think Fifita might get a sneaky 4 point update to crack the 50? I would be happy with that as he didn't do much the whole game.. lmao

Either good or bad planning but Katoa is not in my squad - at all. Dodged one there

Anyone know what the price per point is?

Onthebeatpete wrote:Anyone think Fifita might get a sneaky 4 point update to crack the 50? I would be happy with that as he didn't do much the whole game.. lmao

Horrible second stint, finished his first on 29 points I think, few TBs 28 tackles with the odd error/PC

Finished the game with 33 tackles, pissed me right off, thing is everytime he did carry it he made massive inroads, just being a lazy cunt

Did just give the fantasy app an upgrade and looks a bit better than before. Has your overall score at the top and each players scores down the side on list view. Doesn’t show how much money I got though. When I go into the leagues it has the fixtures showing. Small step on the way to an A+ product