2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 21

Ill be honest dugan is pretty bloody tempting.

Im now thinking about holding off on Merrin to Matterson for a week. I just dont know if its going to hurt me or not. Super frustrating one, feels like no matter which way i go, ill end up losing out

All the top teams have been hit by the key issues this week, pretty much all have Croker, Carty, Kennar, some also have Watson and Katoa still in their teams. Could shake things up a bit.

Bit of advice please guys,
Cartwright out, Dugan in, Kennar out, G. Jennings in
Or
Cartwright out, Inglis in, Tanginoa out, Marshall King in. Kennar stays in reserves.

Can’t afford to do anything else.. not too fussed on Inglis, don’t wanna get rid of Tanginoa and don’t want to get rid of Kennar hahaha

Does this loophole work?

James hooper reckons wayde egan is going to debut for the panthers.. if thats the case, who drops off? Only a two forward bench to start game?

Edit. Seems like wallace carrying injury and luai will actually miss out

Pain wrote:Does this loophole work?

You want the Non player in the 13.

Apologies in advance

Best way to go guys? This might get complicated

Smith
Fifita, Arrow
Whitehead, Griffin, Murray
Doueihi, Cartwright
Isaako, Inglis
Ponga, Tedesco, JMK

Cook, Lodge, RFM, Rochow

Kikau, Croker, Kennar, Havili


1. Croker - Hastings - $452,000 bank - play Hastings, keep Carty ticking over in EMG, keep Kennar and hop short term

2. Croker - Hastings + Kennar - Dugan - $290,000 bank - keep Carty ticking over in EMG. Switch JMK into halves with Doueihi, GI into WFB and Dugan CTR with Isaako

3. Croker - Matterson - $84,000 bank - Play Matterson in HLF with Doueihi - keep Carty ticking over in EMG - keep Kennar and hope short term injury

4. Croker - Hastings + Kennar - Matterson - $197,000 bank - Play Matterson in HLF with Doueihi - keep Carty ticking over in EMG, Hastings in EMG hopefully as new cow

i need to ask yet another question about the loophole (i know im a slow learner). if i put kennar into #17 and have kikau #18, does that mean i get a free look at kikau tomorrow night?

if he goes bad replace kennar with another 18-21 player. if he goes good leave it

Welshy wrote:Apologies in advance

Best way to go guys? This might get complicated

Smith
Fifita, Arrow
Whitehead, Griffin, Murray
Doueihi, Cartwright
Isaako, Inglis
Ponga, Tedesco, JMK

Cook, Lodge, RFM, Rochow

Kikau, Croker, Kennar, Havili


1. Croker - Hastings - $452,000 bank - play Hastings, keep Carty ticking over in EMG, keep Kennar and hop short term

2. Croker - Hastings + Kennar - Dugan - $290,000 bank - keep Carty ticking over in EMG. Switch JMK into halves with Doueihi, GI into WFB and Dugan CTR with Isaako

3. Croker - Matterson - $84,000 bank - Play Matterson in HLF with Doueihi - keep Carty ticking over in EMG - keep Kennar and hope short term injury

4. Croker - Hastings + Kennar - Matterson - $197,000 bank - Play Matterson in HLF with Doueihi - keep Carty ticking over in EMG, Hastings in EMG hopefully as new cow

I like 1 and 3. In option 2 it sounds like you are giving up on Inglis too early and trading Kennar with his BE of 0 is bad idea, what if he is back next week to make 40k? Also the reason I do not like option 4. I think keeping Kennar is a must if you can, and even keeping Carty is a good idea. He could easily end up playing 80 on an edge (Will Matthews, come on!), or even half. If Croker is indeed gone he needs to be traded to avoid playing Carty, so Hastings and Matterson seem the go, bank the trade. Of those two, I would go with Hastings because the risk is minimal at his price and it keeps you with a healthy bank balance in case something happens next week. Still not sold on Matterson- surely Cordner eventually gets the 80 and Matterson shares with Aubbs

pm888 wrote:i need to ask yet another question about the loophole (i know im a slow learner). if i put kennar into #17 and have kikau #18, does that mean i get a free look at kikau tomorrow night?

if he goes bad replace kennar with another 18-21 player. if he goes good leave it

That's how I intend to do it. Havili comes into 17 if Kikau sucks. I've just been trying to figure out if it's possilbe to loop both kennar and croker, not sure it's ideal for my team set-up.

AL wrote:@Revraiser
Sorry I missed your paypal callout bud - I've changed jobs and can't keep up with the thread anymore.....you fookers crack along at a great rate of knots.  I was so far behind I skipped about 40 pages (on top of skim reading 50 odd) so I could see the team news yesterday - I take it you have been sorted but if not let me know.

Also, I can't get that notification in the top right corner to do anything on my phone, I actually have to log in to my pc to see what they are for - anyone else have that problem or am I a bit too special? Any advice appreciated.

Also MTB, I've said it before but i'll say it again - loving your work and the updates. An awesome resource and some beers coming your way as thanks! Hope you haven't made your life too difficult creating that site!

Hey pal, yes all sorted as Krump stepped up threw some coin at MTB's donation point and i transferred to him. That makes two top notch blokes that have trusted Rev with funds now in short time...beautiful.

Notification ? You mean to tell u that you have a pm ?

The threads do fly along dont they, i think hakf this years threads are about Kennar/Hiku/Thompson though

The rumour mill is getting out of control .... if any truth to it, I have been saying the last couple of seasons that if Sezer and Austin were replaced by decent halves Raiders would be a great team. Not sure where they plan to find a great replacement half pairing from though.

Pookus McFly wrote:

I like 1 and 3. In option 2 it sounds like you are giving up on Inglis too early and trading Kennar with his BE of 0 is bad idea, what if he is back next week to make 40k? Also the reason I do not like option 4. I think keeping Kennar is a must if you can, and even keeping Carty is a good idea. He could easily end up playing 80 on an edge (Will Matthews, come on!), or even half. If Croker is indeed gone he needs to be traded to avoid playing Carty, so Hastings and Matterson seem the go, bank the trade. Of those two, I would go with Hastings because the risk is minimal at his price and it keeps you with a healthy bank balance in case something happens next week. Still not sold on Matterson- surely Cordner eventually gets the 80 and Matterson shares with Aubbs

Thanks mate think I will play it safe and go with 1 also, that was my plan after the Croker news, original original plan was Carty - Matterson

If Hastings can score 35s I will be happy, here's hoping LBrown stays away 

Croker and Nicholls out for Hastings and Rochow. Leaves 181k itb or just do Croker to Hastings leaving 310k itb and fix other issues next week?

Welshy wrote:Apologies in advance

Best way to go guys? This might get complicated

Smith
Fifita, Arrow
Whitehead, Griffin, Murray
Doueihi, Cartwright
Isaako, Inglis
Ponga, Tedesco, JMK

Cook, Lodge, RFM, Rochow

Kikau, Croker, Kennar, Havili


1. Croker - Hastings - $452,000 bank - play Hastings, keep Carty ticking over in EMG, keep Kennar and hop short term

2. Croker - Hastings + Kennar - Dugan - $290,000 bank - keep Carty ticking over in EMG. Switch JMK into halves with Doueihi, GI into WFB and Dugan CTR with Isaako

3. Croker - Matterson - $84,000 bank - Play Matterson in HLF with Doueihi - keep Carty ticking over in EMG - keep Kennar and hope short term injury

4. Croker - Hastings + Kennar - Matterson - $197,000 bank - Play Matterson in HLF with Doueihi - keep Carty ticking over in EMG, Hastings in EMG hopefully as new cow

Agree on 1 as well, shit going downhill quick smart and a big kitty might be handy.

SI wrote:

Agree on 1 as well, shit going downhill quick smart and a big kitty might be handy.

Chhers mate @SI please send me the link via dm now please and thank you

mattnz wrote:The rumour mill is getting out of control .... if any truth to it, I have been saying the last couple of seasons that if Sezer and Austin were replaced by decent halves Raiders would be a great team. Not sure where they plan to find a great replacement half pairing from though.

Didn’t they miss the 8 last year? Seems weird they’d have a clause in his contract that is only if you miss the 8 on your third year.

“Miss the 8 on your 1st, 2nd and 4th year but don’t you dare even think about it on your 3rd year”

Mighty Fishes wrote:

Didn’t they miss the 8 last year? Seems weird they’d have a clause in his contract that is only if you miss the 8 on your third year.

“Miss the 8 on your 1st, 2nd and 4th year but don’t you dare even think about it on your 3rd year”

might be a 'consecutive seasons' thing? who knows if any of this mess is true though

mattnz wrote:The rumour mill is getting out of control .... if any truth to it, I have been saying the last couple of seasons that if Sezer and Austin were replaced by decent halves Raiders would be a great team. Not sure where they plan to find a great replacement half pairing from though.
*some rumour*

Hahahhahaha
ahahahhahahaa
hahahahah.

Anyone they miss in that list? I think we had someone in reserve grade they didn't mention.

ps: apology not accepted @Welshy

surmo13 wrote:

might be a 'consecutive seasons' thing? who knows if any of this mess is true though

I dunno, the part about Paulo and Papa being upset if the halves are moved on definitely sounds legit to me