2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 17

Mighty Fishes wrote:

Done!

1 week?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:What's happened to Pearce apart from club change. Kick metres down or something?

I believe its the lack of attacking stats, Ponga and Watson have had some influence.
His kick metres in round 2 were still over 300 but only 1 TA and 1 LBA I believe with 2 penalties conceded which would of put him over the 40 mark points wise.

StormTrooper96 wrote:Hopefully next week I can make one or two trades and then just sit back for a few weeks and watch my team make money. Then again this is fantasy and nothing ever goes to plan

That’s my plan too barring injuries

wolfking wrote:

Cheers mate.  Macca is definitely appealing and he's locked into 80 minutes every week.  SO hard to make these decisions.  I don't really see TPJ flopping but I see your thinking there.

Option C look pretty good to me. We're going into Round 3, and the future importance of serious coin is pretty massive, maybe more so than holding a gun non-R13-playing type for a couple more games.

Cheers Pete. Thinking of getting him in draft. He and Tolman are targets.

L-Jimmy wrote:

Option C look pretty good to me. We're going into Round 3, and the future importance of serious coin is pretty massive, maybe more so than holding a gun non-R13-playing type for a couple more games.

Yeah, that's my train of thought too. Get on the front foot early I say.

wolfking wrote:Can I have some opinions wise men?  What should I do;

Smith
Lodge Arrow
Murray Whitehead RFM
Croft Carty
Mitchell Kennar
Teddy Thompson Ponga

Cook Lichaa Griffin Kikau

Nicholls Havilli Croker Isaako

A) Lichaa - TPJ, Croft - Cleary (10K left over)
B) Lichaa - Macca, Croft - Doueihi (261K left over)
C) Lichaa - TPJ, Croft - Doueihi (615K left over for later upgrades)

I'm leaning towards C, then my team will be a a killer position to make money. Could also go Nicholls to TPJ and keep Lichaa I guess.

I like option A or C.
Option A is solid, not fussed on TPJ tho.

wolfking wrote:

Cheers mate.  Macca is definitely appealing and he's locked into 80 minutes every week.  SO hard to make these decisions.  I don't really see TPJ flopping but I see your thinking there.

TPJ played a great game for a team that got flogged by Dragons. Scored 51 points that game. Then next game he played the cows where broncos looked dangerous at times and has some flare. In that game he scored 60 and scored a try. Pretty small sample but he has the coaches appraisal with a starting spot and Thaiday said he is happy to take a minor roll behind him. I think TPJ is good for at least 40 each week, with the odd quiet game every month.

Me, in prior seasons

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Don't understand the TPJ Hess hype. If he doesn't score that try he gets a 40 odd and noone rushes to trade him in. He is one I will be giving a miss. Not enough cash left in him to bring in as a cow averaging mid 40s and scores not high enough to be a keeper.

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Don't understand the TPJ George Burgess hype. If he doesn't score that try he gets a 40 odd and noone rushes to trade him in. He is one I will be giving a miss. Not enough cash left in him to bring in as a cow averaging mid 40s and scores not high enough to be a keeper.

For the record I don't have TPJ

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Cheers Pete. Thinking of getting him in draft. He and Tolman are targets.

All good, yeah they seem to be sharing the load well, Ponga with 2 TA’s and 1 LBA, Pearce with 1 each and Watson with 1 each. He’ll only get better throughout the year once they start learning each other’s games and more attacking stats will follow.

Thanks for the opinions guys. As I mentioned before, TPJ was on my radar but I took him out a couple of days before kick off. Had a feeling this year would be his year to blossom.

Most obvious move for me, like others, is Lichaa to Murray. It feels dirty for some reason. Lichaa gonna put up a 50 if I trade him out.

wolfking wrote:Can I have some opinions wise men?  What should I do;

Smith
Lodge Arrow
Murray Whitehead RFM
Croft Carty
Mitchell Kennar
Teddy Thompson Ponga

Cook Lichaa Griffin Kikau

Nicholls Havilli Croker Isaako

A) Lichaa - TPJ, Croft - Cleary (10K left over)
B) Lichaa - Macca, Croft - Doueihi (261K left over)
C) Lichaa - TPJ, Croft - Doueihi (615K left over for later upgrades)

I'm leaning towards C, then my team will be a a killer position to make money. Could also go Nicholls to TPJ and keep Lichaa I guess.

No option D?

At least Bulldogs are first game Friday, if NU Brown drops off the bench for some reason, I'll hold Lichaa, but unless he's playing 80, he's just gonna be there in your team as a solid 35 pointer. Not making money and not putting up gun scores.

StormTrooper96 wrote:Who to captain this week, I feel like punishing CS9 but I bet he will get something like 70 if I do

Captain Dooku for me this week
Cameron Sith on the bench

Chewie wrote:

No option D?

Just for you;

D) Nicholls - TPJ, Croft - Doueihi (335K left over and keep Lichaa)

wolfking wrote:At least Bulldogs are first game Friday, if NU Brown drops off the bench for some reason, I'll hold Lichaa, but unless he's playing 80, he's just gonna be there in your team as a solid 35 pointer.  Not making money and not putting up gun scores.

tualau and holland aren't named in ISP so that may indicate a bench shuffle or may indicate nothing at all.

It's good to see a number of different trade options floating around this week.
I missed the TPJ train, and have jumped on Murray instead...similar price bracket, different ceiling. Murray plays round 13...TPJ doesn't.
Croft has been a liability, and won't be making money any time soon. I decided to change to cut-price JT, who will probably start going up in price onwards. JT is also a round 13 starter.
I already brought Doueihi in last week.

Looking at bringing JMK in next week if he does OK this weekend. The limited info we have on his base stats doesn't look bad. He has the potential to be good cover for WFB and HLF on the bench

Chewie wrote:

No option D?

*Option Penis

I didn’t realise how much Chewy liked D