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2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 30
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Milchcow wrote:
If he is going to continue with a bench role, of course we can. He's not going to score 30 point tries every week. If you trade in any old guy with a negative BE you'll end up running put of trades and having a squad full of average Joes who managed one good score all season.
Didnt he just get put through a hole? Wouldn't of thought 30 points.
Was gonna go big again if not called back for a penalty
But fair play, can only hope he starts
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There has been a lot of talk of trading out TPJ and Lodge this week and I'm a little concerned they are very reactionary. Last week's minutes seemed very strange and I don't think we can just assume that "worst case scenario" of it being that way going forward.
For me at least, I think holding them for one more week is the way to go. Most trades I would do with them are sideways and I would prefer them to maybe lose 11k each and me be wrong then waste two trades only for them to go back to more sustainable minutes.
I'll be moving Surgess and Gosi back into the 17 this week and banking the trades (FINALLY).
Happy to be proven wrong though.
For me at least, I think holding them for one more week is the way to go. Most trades I would do with them are sideways and I would prefer them to maybe lose 11k each and me be wrong then waste two trades only for them to go back to more sustainable minutes.
I'll be moving Surgess and Gosi back into the 17 this week and banking the trades (FINALLY).
Happy to be proven wrong though.
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Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Didnt he just get put through a hole? Wouldn't of thought 30 points.
Was gonna go big again if not called back for a penalty
But fair play, can only hope he starts
It was like a 10m run, line break and broke 3 maybe 4 tackles.
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You do a good analysis and I find it helpful.Cap'n Ranta wrote:
No worries. Glad I could help.
Please just take anything I say with a grain of salt though. My team is 2378th overall and generally I tend to play more for H2H (once my overall hopes are in tatters).
I look at stats and try to make my decisions based on them, but I don’t go to the level that you do.
Don’t be concerned with your rank, at this stage of the season 100 points can make a huge difference to that.
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Squad before trades:
Smith
Kikau, Arrow
NBrown, Murray, RFM
Maloney, JMK
Kennar, Dugan
Ponga, Tedesco, Dufty
Cook, Lodge, Havili, JFH
Croker, Inglis, Gosieski, CThompson
Lodge, Croker and Inglis on the chopping block.
Murray and NBrown out for the time being, still managed 800+ without them this round.
Thinking Lodge ---> Su'a if he's named to start.
How are people seeing Widdop and Brooks?
Smith
Kikau, Arrow
NBrown, Murray, RFM
Maloney, JMK
Kennar, Dugan
Ponga, Tedesco, Dufty
Cook, Lodge, Havili, JFH
Croker, Inglis, Gosieski, CThompson
Lodge, Croker and Inglis on the chopping block.
Murray and NBrown out for the time being, still managed 800+ without them this round.
Thinking Lodge ---> Su'a if he's named to start.
How are people seeing Widdop and Brooks?
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Brendos1er wrote:There has been a lot of talk of trading out TPJ and Lodge this week and I'm a little concerned they are very reactionary. Last week's minutes seemed very strange and I don't think we can just assume that "worst case scenario" of it being that way going forward.
For me at least, I think holding them for one more week is the way to go. Most trades I would do with them are sideways and I would prefer them to maybe lose 11k each and me be wrong then waste two trades only for them to go back to more sustainable minutes.
I'll be moving Surgess and Gosi back into the 17 this week and banking the trades (FINALLY).
Happy to be proven wrong though.
For me trading Lodge out fits into my strategy...
If I want to upgrade some of my cows to keepers I need the cash to fund these upgrades.
Lodge to Gosie this week is a +230K ITB, and Manly is playing round 13.
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filthridden wrote:Squad before trades:
Smith
Kikau, Arrow
NBrown, Murray, RFM
Maloney, JMK
Kennar, Dugan
Ponga, Tedesco, Dufty
Cook, Lodge, Havili, JFH
Croker, Inglis, Gosieski, CThompson
Lodge, Croker and Inglis on the chopping block.
Murray and NBrown out for the time being, still managed 800+ without them this round.
Thinking Lodge ---> Su'a if he's named to start.
How are people seeing Widdop and Brooks?
Both Widdop and Brooks have been irratic fantasy scoring players in the past, but with their teams having a good start to the season they have had a more consistent output.
Whoever started with Brooks made a gutsy move that paid off. Benji seems to be the right partner for Brooks.
They are both scoring at keeper level at the moment... and their current price reflects that. If they keep going like this, they can even make it to some peoples final 17
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I will have to choose to punt 2 of Griffin, Rochow, TPJ and Lodge this week.
Secretly hoping Brown learns that Levi is shit and punts him to reserve grade again.
Secretly hoping Brown learns that Levi is shit and punts him to reserve grade again.
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Cap'n Ranta wrote:
60 minute games:
30 tackles, 75m,
80 minute games:
40 tackles, 100m
His tries have mostly been scooping up a deflected ball so no LB, no TBs. 8 points is nice but its hardly the big play you think it might be. Shows he backs up to support / has good game sense (or is super lucky) but his more normal 1TB and 0.5 an offload would be what we expect based on average.
Has averaged 1.5 MT a game and almost 0 penalties/errors.
Take that in and you get a 37 point guy in 60 minutes or a 50 point guy in 80 mins. Obviously he has been great at finding the line so far (4 tries in 6 games) which has helped his average to be 55 points a game.
Looking ahead if he averages 45 points which I think is fair you can expect him to peak at around 780k (+39k). Average of 52 gets him to 818k (+77k) so even in an optimistic scenario there is not enough cash to justify a trade so you'd really want him to be final 17 material.
Personally I have him in a similar boat to Koroisau who is reliant on getting closer to 80 mins (for the tackle stats) they need to be considered a gun player in the HLF position. They both have DPP but their non HLF spot isn't exactly great. Both also "likely" play rd 13 (pending origin selections). Both also excel in more defensive game scripts due to their high workrate (Api makes more in the middle but misses a few more too). In an attacking game (i.e. rd 3 vs the knights Matterson got 43 in 80 mins) he doesn't get enough work and isn't so much of an attacking threat so if the roosters find some form he'll likely have some poorer scores than you'd like.
Without being able to guarantee his minutes (lots of injuries for the chooks so far in game) he's a real risk buying at this point. Well done to those that got in previously but I can't see the upside for him to be a HLF or 2RF keeper. Scores should be fairly consistent if you'd just like a high floor (40+) HLF player.
For those reasons I'm not considering trading him at this point but if I had him I'd be happy to hold till rd 13 at least to see what I have.
My attitude is also helped by the fact that even if I'm wrong a 52 average hardly makes him unaffordable later. Just think there is more risk than upside bringing him in this week.
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I'm keeping Griffin and Rochow for the time being, just because they play round 13wolfking wrote:I will have to choose to punt 2 of Griffin, Rochow, TPJ and Lodge this week.
Secretly hoping Brown learns that Levi is shit and punts him to reserve grade again.
I don't have TPJ, but I would expect him to bounce back with a big score soon
Lodge is on the outer for me...
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Is still worth getting Maloney in with his be -6, or should I just go with jetski and sua
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Klemhammer wrote:Is still worth getting Maloney in with his be -6, or should I just go with jetski and sua
Depends if you need a half, but probably not imo. He still had -24 in negatives on the weekend. Expensive risk imo
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Chewie wrote:
I'm keeping Griffin and Rochow for the time being, just because they play round 13
I don't have TPJ, but I would expect him to bounce back with a big score soon
Lodge is on the outer for me...
Im thinking about trying to keep those two for round 13 too, but probably not really worth it.
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Makes me feel sick watching Maloney scores and prices come in, and I own him. I was very doubtful.
Think the only trade out for me this week is Doughie. Knock him down to Su'a. Despite wanting to rage trade cronk out, I don't wont to wipe my bank on SJ or Matterson, or want to be forced to play Maloney.
Same goes for a desire to trade Isaako or Hiku out. They might not be pumping out significant scores on the reg, but they doing a job with out costing me to much. That and there isn't anyone scoring consistently enough to warrant rushing them into CTRs or WFB.
If Surgess get the DPP I might look to bring in this week for Lodge, if not ill do it next week. TLT will be interesting to hopefully confirm a few changes. With Surgess back, might look to punt Nichols next week.
Think the only trade out for me this week is Doughie. Knock him down to Su'a. Despite wanting to rage trade cronk out, I don't wont to wipe my bank on SJ or Matterson, or want to be forced to play Maloney.
Same goes for a desire to trade Isaako or Hiku out. They might not be pumping out significant scores on the reg, but they doing a job with out costing me to much. That and there isn't anyone scoring consistently enough to warrant rushing them into CTRs or WFB.
If Surgess get the DPP I might look to bring in this week for Lodge, if not ill do it next week. TLT will be interesting to hopefully confirm a few changes. With Surgess back, might look to punt Nichols next week.
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Klemhammer wrote:Is still worth getting Maloney in with his be -6, or should I just go with jetski and sua
I would rather a Jetski then a sewer but a sewer is more important, I hope that helps
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Yeah it's on a round by round basis... One of them will probably get an upgrade in the next few roundswolfking wrote:
Im thinking about trying to keep those two for round 13 too, but probably not really worth it.
My upgrade targets are Fifita, Surgess, and NBrown
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hmm, fisher-harris getting DPP means i can place him into my final plans instead of Taupau and save more money on my final team