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hymenbustas wrote:
Playing Katoa in my 13. If Kennar gets over 40, I do nothing. If not, then I swap Thompson back into my 13 and move Katoa to #17

If Kennar gets the score you want you will need to swap Thompson with Croker, so that Kennar will AE sub into your team at the end of the round rather than Thompson.
You will have to make any necessary changes as soon as the Rabbitohs vs Raiders match finishes so your Tigers players don't get locked into their positions when the Tigers vs Knights match begins at 5.30 pm.


If you see Havilli scoring 50 points as an acceptable score to activate his part of your double loop then you will be wanting Kennar to score that (or better) to make his loop worthwhile. You'd be duding yourself 10 points if you chose Kennar's 40 over Havilli's 50.

If it was me I'd want 55 or better from Kennar to use this part of the double loop

hymenbustas wrote:
If Havali gets a 50, I do nothing. If not, I move Rochow to #17 and Katoa back to #21:

This part is all good. Just bear in mind the lockout for the Tigers vs Knights match at 5.30 pm again.

Good luck

Cookie Monster wrote:
If Kennar gets the score you want you will need to swap Thompson with Croker, so that Kennar will AE sub into your team at the end of the round rather than Thompson.
You will have to make any necessary changes as soon as the Rabbitohs vs Raiders match finishes so your Tigers players don't get locked into their positions when the Tigers vs Knights match begins at 5.30 pm.


If you see Havilli scoring 50 points as an acceptable score to activate his part of your double loop then you will be wanting Kennar to score that (or better) to make his loop worthwhile. You'd be duding yourself 10 points if you chose Kennar's 40 over Havilli's 50.

Ah yep, I knew Ive forgotten something. Good point on the Kennar scoring higher than Havili. Thanks mate.

Bench setup for this week:

Smith
Havili
Maloney
Murray

Isaako
JMK
Thompson
Gos

Who should be 18 out of Isaako/JMK

If whoever I choose shits the bed I either hope Murray is in or I replace him with Thompson or Gos

Thoughts loopholers?

G'day mate

This sounds like more of a player advice question rather than a loopholing question. If you want to take advice from a guy with double digit posts who has had Takarangi, Ramien, Katoa and Maloney in his team, I'll give it a go.

Of Isaako and JMK, I would say Isaako has the best potential to post a massive score (even though they are playing the Storm) so I would leave him in Position 18.

Assuming that Murray's hamstring is good to go, I don't think he will have lost too much match fitness and he could well get close to his regular minutes and his regular score. Ideally, you would want him to be named and you just take his score and not worry about doing any looping.

If Murray is named, but Seibold tells the media that he is going to be eased back in with reduced minutes, then wait until Isaako posts his score. If his score is below 40, I would probably take a punt on Thompson outscoring that and would therefore swap Thompson into Murray's position.

I hope this makes sense. I don't want to give bad advice to a fellow Bulldogs supporter.

Cheers

Cookie Monster wrote:G'day mate

This sounds like more of a player advice question rather than a loopholing question. If you want to take advice from a guy with double digit posts who has had Takarangi, Ramien, Katoa and Maloney in his team, I'll give it a go.

Of Isaako and JMK, I would say Isaako has the best potential to post a massive score (even though they are playing the Storm) so I would leave him in Position 18.

Assuming that Murray's hamstring is good to go, I don't think he will have lost too much match fitness and he could well get close to his regular minutes and his regular score. Ideally, you would want him to be named and you just take his score and not worry about doing any looping.

If Murray is named, but Seibold tells the media that he is going to be eased back in with reduced minutes, then wait until Isaako posts his score. If his score is below 40, I would probably take a punt on Thompson outscoring that and would therefore swap Thompson into Murray's position.

I hope this makes sense. I don't want to give bad advice to a fellow Bulldogs supporter.

Cheers

No worries mate. Makes complete sense and pretty much along the lines of what I'm going to do this week. Appreciate the input.

Hope your week is progressing well

Can someone please tell me how to loophole?

It looks like SJ is out. What do I do!!!!!???? Sorry for a really silly question - I've not even looked at using this before.

Current bench

Cook
JFH
Gosie
SJ
Nicholls
Isaako
Crichton
Godinet

Edit - hang on, I'm just reading the OP now

Edit again, looks like I cant - boo!

@Verbal

If you still need help with this, just post your full team and I'll see what can be done.

@Liverpool

Sorry mate. It looks like I've screwed you already.

Who would have thought that JMK would score 57.

Cookie Monster wrote:@Liverpool

Sorry mate. It looks like I've screwed you already.

Who would have thought that JMK would score 57.

No worries mate. I had a last minute change of heart and put JMK in the 18

If Arrow is out (only heard rumours) will this setup work.

Cook
Havili
Arrow
Murray

JMK
Isaako
Maloney
Thompson

In my eyes I get JMKs score regardless now, then if Issako goes big again I leave as is.
If he goes average I can choose Maloney/Thompson to take Arrows place??

Or on second thought move Thompson to Issakos spot, have more confidence in Thompson doing well against the Knights

Need some help with how to arrange my team this week now that SJ is out.

Smith(c)
Arrow TPJ
RFM JFH Rochow
SJ(vc) Maloney
Cotric Mitchell
Teddy Ponga Thompson

Cook Kikau Rein Havili

Doughy Murray Isaako Katoa

Hey mate,

I think the best scenario for you given the circumstances would be:

#17 Katoa
#18 Isaako
#19 Havali
#20 Murray
#21 Doughy

If Issako does really well (i reckon set the target for 40+), leave as is. If not, swap Havali with Katoa.

Doughy too risky to loop. If he does play, he prob only get <10 points and screw up the loop. So best to just leave in EMG

Thanks mate

Fraser wrote:Need some help with how to arrange my team this week now that SJ is out.

Smith(c)
Arrow TPJ
RFM JFH Rochow
SJ(vc) Maloney
Cotric Mitchell
Teddy Ponga Thompson

Cook Kikau Rein Havili

Doughy Murray Isaako Katoa

Since SJ is your red flag, Doughy will be brought into the squad due to being the only HLF on your bench. If he scores terribly you have to take it. Even if he gets a DNP then I'm site you still get a 0 due to there not being another HLF on your bench.
I don't see why bringing Katoa into your squad is useful as you already have 3 perfectly fine WFBs

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
No worries mate. I had a last minute change of heart and put JMK in the 18

Haha It looks like you are outrageously lucky mate

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
If Arrow is out (only heard rumours) will this setup work.

Cook
Havili
Arrow
Murray

JMK
Isaako
Maloney
Thompson

In my eyes I get JMKs score regardless now, then if Issako goes big again I leave as is.
If he goes average I can choose Maloney/Thompson to take Arrows place??

Yes, this is correct assuming that Arrow and Murray are scratched

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Or on second thought move Thompson to Issakos spot, have more confidence in Thompson doing well against the Knights

This one will work as well and I like it a whole lot better than the one above. IMO Thompson will score better than Isaako and you would be better off using him in a loop with Maloney (Disclaimer: my previous post regarding Isaako and JMK)

Your emg line-up would be:

JMK
Thompson
Maloney
Isaako

If Thompson scores well do nothing
If Thompson gets a poor score swap Maloney with Arrow.

As the Tigers vs Knights match will finish at about the same time as the lockout for the Cowboys vs Titans match begins you will need to make any necessary swap before the end of the Tigers vs Knights match. This will involve keeping tabs on Thompson's score for 60-70 minutes and estimating what his final score will be. If it's a bad score make the swap before 6.55 pm AEST. In the UK I guess that would be 9.55 am

Good luck

Yeah I think I've got my head around it mate. Cheers

Fraser wrote:Need some help with how to arrange my team this week now that SJ is out.

Smith(c)
Arrow TPJ
RFM JFH Rochow
SJ(vc) Maloney
Cotric Mitchell
Teddy Ponga Thompson

Cook Kikau Rein Havili

Doughy Murray Isaako Katoa

With SJ out, Doueihi will be scoring for you, as your only other half.
If you want to loop will have to be using Murray or Katoa

So can someone just confirm. I get JMK's score, and then if Lodge/Su'a (Unsure who to play) go huge. I also get theres, if they bust I can move Griffin up for one of the guys out and get his score instead.

Yep, spot on

what to do here? im not really expecting fifita to play so will i get gosie's score if he fails to play or will it be lowest of the two?

Stinkbug wrote:

what to do here? im not really expecting fifita to play so will i get gosie's score if he fails to play or will it be lowest of the two?

Yeah bud nice and straight forward. If Fifita is ruled out you will get Gosie