2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 17

luckynumber8 wrote:I think I'll give Latrell the flick with Croft and bulk up my bench. Thinking Tohu for starters. Who would be the best option under $716k? Apisai is tempting to play at half.

So what would ur centres look like afterwards ?

I like Easy E to.

My halves look so bad i think they'd qualify as an 'X-File'

Is it too late to pick up Thompson?

mulvy wrote:Is it too late to pick up Thompson?

Surely he has to keep his pace with Tui returns over MWZ?

If so then I think he still has some way to go, doubtful he remains in the FB role though and less opportunities on the wing

My only player losing money this week is Crichton. Did great outside Arey week 1, but didn't get the ball from Dough Boy. He plays round 13, so reluctant to trade him out, but concerned about his scores the next few weeks until Arey is back. Don't really need to free up money this week, as have what I need by getting rid of Leilua instead.

L Croker got a stay of execution with a decent week.

Welshy wrote:
Surely he has to keep his pace with Tui returns over MWZ?

If so then I think he still has some way to go, doubtful he remains in the FB role though and less opportunities on the wing

Should average at least 40 I expect.

Cheers lads, some good food for though, dunno about Ese but he is worth looking at, will have to run over some of the stats.

On a different note, this is the news re Tapine/Whitehead atm "Joe Tapine (dislocated thumb) will not be available for Round 3, and is a week to week proposition after that." according to the raiders site. Would be nice to have him back by week 4, need a bit of spark (especially to replace BJ) and i quite liked Whitehead at lock. As for BJ, apparently should find out by tomorrow what his scan results are.

mattnz wrote:

Should average at least 40 I expect.

I wouldn't expect Thompson to average 40 on the wing mate, 35 is achievable though long term but even that is tough

Archer wrote:Cheers lads, some good food for though, dunno about Ese but he is worth looking at, will have to run over some of the stats.

On a different note, this is the news re Tapine/Whitehead atm "Joe Tapine (dislocated thumb) will not be available for Round 3, and is a week to week proposition after that." according to the raiders site. Would be nice to have him back by week 4, need a bit of spark (especially to replace BJ) and i quite liked Whitehead at lock. As for BJ, apparently should find out by tomorrow what his scan results are.

Can't argue with Whitehead so far, don't always get lucky with a player moving positions and still bagging great points. The tries have obviously helped

I'm gutted about the injuries affecting his Lock role which looked so promising HT of R1, hopefully Tapine is back R4 and Whitehead finds himself in the 2RF for R3 with a proper CTR replacement for BJ

The desire to trade is strong in this group.

You don’t trade previously good players after two bad games, to an unknown player who pulls out two good  games. That’s just asking for misery.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Cool ya jimmy jets people it’s a long season.

Brodie Croft's BE is still less than his 2016/2017 average.

His base stats are about the same (he is losing a few points a week on kick metres) But he just isn't get the attacking stats of his early games.
Needs some tries/LBs/LBAs to get his score flowing.

Still might just trade him for Doueihi and bank some cash, or see if I can get funds for SJ or DCE

Fortitude wrote:The desire to trade is strong in this group.

You don’t trade previously good players after two bad games, to an unknown player who pulls out two good  games. That’s just asking for misery.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. Cool ya jimmy jets people it’s a long season.

Sometimes you have to take the risk mate, I was always on this line of thinking but sometimes players have off years and lose a tonne of cash and become tough to replace later

Cook
TPJ, Lodge
Harris, Arrow, RFM
Cronk, Cartwright
GI, Latrell
Ted, Ponga, Cody

Lichaa, Griffin, Rochow, Kikau, Croker, Havili, Nichols, Kennar

+390k

Questions:

1) If trading out Lichaa, do I go to DCE or AMc?

2) Do I cash grab Inglis to Hiku to allow Nichols (if DCE) or Rochow (if AMc) to Murray next week?

Basically:

1) DCE + Hiku + Murray + Rochow (3 trades)

2) AMc + Hiku + Murray + Nichols (3 trades)

3) (a/b/c) DCE/AMc/CS9 + Inglis + Rochow + Nichols (1 trade)

4) Lichaa + Inglis + Murray + Rochow (1 trade)

Welshy wrote:

Can't argue with Whitehead so far, don't always get lucky with a player moving positions and still bagging great points. The tries have obviously helped

I'm gutted about the injuries affecting his Lock role which looked so promising HT of R1, hopefully Tapine is back R4 and Whitehead finds himself in the 2RF for R3 with a proper CTR replacement for BJ

Yeah it helps that Whitehead is just a natural talent so he finds away to get involved and make an impact regardless of where you put him.  

It won't help me much in any of my teams but from a purely fan POV i'd LOVE to see Cotric named at CTR to partner Rapa (seriously imagine being the WFB/CTR that has to cover those monsters) in BJ's absence. The only concern i'd have with it is that we lose his kick returns and that likely means whoever we put there is targeted with kicks (which means i guess we lose some of Rapa's kick returns too).

Archer wrote:
Yeah it helps that Whitehead is just a natural talent so he finds away to get involved and make an impact regardless of where you put him.  

It won't help me much in any of my teams but from a purely fan POV i'd LOVE to see Cotric named at CTR to partner Rapa (seriously imagine being the WFB/CTR that has to cover those monsters) in BJ's absence. The only concern i'd have with it is that we lose his kick returns and that likely means whoever we put there is targeted with kicks (which means i guess we lose some of Rapa's kick returns too).

They almost never kick to Rapanas wing anyway, why you see him appear on the left wing sometimes to actually get some ball

mattnz wrote:

They almost never kick to Rapanas wing anyway, why you see him appear on the left wing sometimes to actually get some ball

Ehh maybe, I think at the moment we have Wighton, Cotric and Rapa who are all strong returners of the ball, so teams don't have a reason to target any one of those players over another, so I think they place their kicks based on other reasons/thinking, I'm not so sure they are avoiding Rapa. However if you replace Cotric with a smaller body then to me it stands out as a target is all I'm saying.

Broncos Weekly Twitter account reporting TPJ has turned down playing for the Blues to play for Tonga.... https://twitter.com/broncosweekly/status/975674745365528577

Goodnight Kiwi wrote:Broncos Weekly Twitter account reporting TPJ has turned down playing for the Blues to play for Tonga.... https://twitter.com/broncosweekly/status/975674745365528577

Love TPJ.

Revraiser wrote:

So what would ur centres look like afterwards ?

Poop (Hiku and Kennar) but centres fluctuate too much and I feel like Latrell is being skipped a lot on offense.

Just saying something so the bloody afl thread isn't at the top. Yuck.