NRL Fantasy 2018 Thread Part 24

GreenMachine wrote:

Not for me. The second trade is a little irrelevant run of mill move, unless it’s a vital 14-17 45pt player you’re lacking.

this is basically cam Smith to Edwards which is worse than sideways and I’m an advocate for trading cam in a 2 for 1 gun move scenario.

At fullback we have Ponga already there and assume you probably have someone like Tedesco too.

Cam is more interesting as a way to get Koroisau/Friend +1 gun other position or using Cam to fix a half (SJ, DCE) which is a diabolical position this year, unlike WFB

My team is

CS9
Arrow TPJ
Murray Jurbo RFM
DCE Croker
Mitchell Isaako
Turbo Ponga Thompson

Cook Rochow Kikau Lodge

Doui Havili Kennar Katoa

108K ITB

I am thinking of CS9 to RTS/Edwards/Teddy. Storm play first so I cant see if Turbo gets the run before storm play.

With Turbo at 19 this week and Kennar still out I need another WFB to cover.

Need some help team! In a similar position to @Blain, too many forwards, now stuck with Doueihi, Carty, and JMK..

Option A: N. Brown + Carty OUT - DCE/SJ/Koro + JFH IN (91-222k)

Option B: NAS + Carty OUT - Koro + JFH IN (28k)

Option C: Carty OUT - Any half under ARey... Maloney is same price and miss the same tackles lol

I need a half but can't get a gun without double trading N Brown or NAS

I also have put myself in the situation of too many forwards. Smith, Cook, Griffin, Lodge, Arrow, Kikau, TPJ, Murray, Whitehead, RFM, Rochow. Can't even play one of them that's how many I've got. Saying that, I can't justify trading any out at this stage though. I can see the premise in trading Whitehead come to think of it, but he's been great in a poor team. May get better again if the team actually improves.

That's why I'll probably just trade Carty to Maloney for the short term and hope he can average around 25.

Rapture_NRL wrote:Need some help team! In a similar position to @Blain, too many forwards, now stuck with Doueihi, Carty, and JMK..

Option A: N. Brown + Carty OUT - DCE/SJ/Koro + JFH IN (91-222k)

Option B: NAS + Carty OUT - Koro + JFH IN (28k)

Option C: Carty OUT - Any half under ARey... Maloney is same price and miss the same tackles lol

I need a half but can't get a gun without double trading N Brown or NAS

Definitely NAS out before Brown. I'd be keeping Brown.

@StormTrooper96 nice team man. Maybe bring in Hiku/Crichton via Havili. Hiku gives you cover long term and won't need to rush to trade out, but Crichton is super cheap

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

Hey man, like your team, but I think its a mistake to plan to trade a player out, and then back in the week after. Is there another way you can compile your team without burning two trades like that?

cheers for the insight yes your right its not the best idea and a waste of 2 trades .good advice thanks mate i guess i was just thinking of the points i could make at the cost of the trades ,sitting 417th and just feeling like i need to do something drastic to gain ground from here

@Wolfking Cheers. Yeah,only reason I'm thinking him is Eels are getting pumped and Brown is barely averaging 45, so frees up cash. Alternatively, Brown and NAS out i can get Koro + DCE or Friend haha wasting trades is too easy

Cook
Rochow Vaughan
Crichton JDB Murray
Douey Croker
Hiku Kennar
Teddy Ponga Thompson

Griffin Sao Carty Godinet
Nicholls Lui Havilli Papalii

30 trades left with 690k

Is Kikau worth getting if you didn't start with him?

My trades JDB>Koro and Carty>Kikua and Douey>DCE

StormTrooper96 wrote:

My team is

CS9
Arrow TPJ
Murray Jurbo RFM
DCE Croker
Mitchell Isaako
Turbo Ponga Thompson

Cook Rochow Kikau Lodge

Doui Havili Kennar Katoa

108K ITB

I am thinking of CS9 to RTS/Edwards/Teddy. Storm play first so I cant see if Turbo gets the run before storm play.

With Turbo at 19 this week and Kennar still out I need another WFB to cover.

As Expected, not Tedesco but Turbo. Turbo Ponga Thompson is completely fine WFB. That is not where I’d be focusing a cam smith downgrade. Just use your money in the bank to get a reasonable CTrWFB in for Katoa. That will cover your Turbo (short term) and Kennar situation.

Let Havili peak in price if you can. Every free dollar helps and your 14-17 is fine.

You already hve DCE so in a much better position than the average one of us.

In your spot if fed up with Smith I’d be looking at Friend like for like or even a versatile Koroisau for more money in the bank to service a second gun move soon. In other words another hooker for my smith.

Hear from Welshy or others though. I’ve seen he and others keen on a WFB for Cam. Just opposes the way I’ve always played the game and even if getting a gun WFB I’d also want a second gun somewhere for him. It’s cam smith after all, even if a duddier one today

@GreenMachine good feedback, I would up vote but I'm on my phone, so here's a thumbs up

GreenMachine wrote:

As Expected, not Tedesco but Turbo. Turbo Ponga Thompson is completely fine WFB. That is not where I’d be focusing a cam smith downgrade. Just use your money in the bank to get a reasonable CTrWFB in for Katoa. That will cover your Turbo (short term) and Kennar situation.

Let Havili peak in price if you can. Every free dollar helps and your 14-17 is fine.

You already hve DCE so in a much better position than the average one of us.

In your spot if fed up with Smith I’d be looking at Friend like for like or even a versatile Koroisau for more money in the bank to service a second gun move soon. In other words another hooker for my smith.

Hear from Welshy or others though. I’ve seen he and others keen on a WFB for Cam. Just opposes the way I’ve always played the game and even if getting a gun WFB I’d also want a second gun somewhere for him. It’s cam smith after all, even if a duddier one today

Hey man, thanks for the info. My thoughts is I may as well keep Katoa for one more week and see if he gets named next week. Apparently was pretty close this week. Going off of MTB's site Croker and Havili's BE are starting to get pretty close to their average. I might just sit tight on Cam this week and wait and see if any news comes up on Turbo Playing or not before Saturday (when Storm play) and then reassess from there.

With Surgess and TTurbo now out I've had to rethink my week.

Looking like I'll have to keep Carty this week and hope he plays a few more minutes.

Does anybody have any thoughts on:
Thurston > R.Rochow
L.Sao > JFH

This leaves 52k ITB

People going on about the uselessness of Maloney probably don't realise that from 2013 - 2016 he averaged over 40 points.

epic winning tiger blood wrote:

cheers for the insight yes your right its not the best idea and a waste of 2 trades .good advice thanks mate i guess i was just thinking of the points i could make at the cost of the trades ,sitting 417th and just feeling like i need to do something drastic to gain ground from here

No worries. As someone pointed out, the difference between 400th and 100th is bugger all, so I wouldn't worry about doing anything drastic at this point. Your team looks good to me and you have all the key guys IMO. Trades look good this week. Hopefully Havili can score ok, or perhaps even you could take a punt on Croker (he's playing the Titans from memory in a day game, could score ok). Then yeah, next week as you say, cash out Havili and start building a war chest for upgrades.

Fuck it, Whitehead to Johnson for me. Carty to Maloney. Will hopefully jump from Maloney to a rising guy like Moses or Morgan once they sort themselves out in 3-4 weeks, just as Maloney peaks

Milchcow wrote:
People going on about the uselessness of Maloney probably don't realise that from 2013 - 2016 he averaged over 40 points.

And without he's base stat of -15, it's more like 50

Milchcow wrote:
People going on about the uselessness of Maloney probably don't realise that from 2013 - 2016 he averaged over 40 points.

2016 avg 34
2017 avg 28

Are you getting him out of interest?

No Worries wrote:

And without he's base stat of -15, it's more like 50

People always bang on about his negatives, but there are another 10 scoring categories that allow him to add to his score.

A score of 40 that includes 16 negatives is worth the same as a score of 40 that includes 2 negatives.

Loomer wrote:

2016 avg 34
2017 avg 28

Are you getting him out of interest?

Undecided. But being the same price as Carty makes him look convenient.

I was considering Maloney in pre season. 2017 was a down year for him, and he has done well when moving to a new club in the past.
The loss of goal kicking made him a no go, but now that he has it back, and will be the main general play kicker, then he is back on the table as an option