NRL Fantasy 2018 Thread Part 38

Pookus McFly wrote:...and whilst I am clogging up the feed anyway.

Anybody else considering JMK if you don't already have him?
Even 60 mins at dummy half should see him score 40+ (kid is a terrific tackler) which would put him amongst the higher ranked WFB for the season. If Mbye (my current 3rd WFB) loses goalkicking, he probably won't make the cut anymore and JMK could be a terrific replacement.

Wait and see a week?
You always want to wait and see a week, lets go balls to the wall fellas!

Pookus McFly wrote:Im considering taking the punt on Martin without a look first. The main reason being im trading in Kennar whose value isnt huge, so this trade will yield me ~150k, which probably only just makes it worthwhile. If I wait a week and Martin goes bananas (as debutants tend to do) and scores 60, my trade suddenly yields less than 100k and it becomes almost pointless from a revenue point of view. I need that cash yo.

Martin killed it in the WC, one of those players I remember promising myself at the time I will grab if he found his way into first grade. Now starting on an edge, for mine his only issue is job security but I doubt Pay gives him this chance just for one week, I think the experiment will go for 3-4 weeks at least- probably enough to earn 150k even if he did get axed again. Cant see him messing this up though, he is such a weapon.

I had been crying out for a basement priced tradeout and when nobody appear on TLT I was filthy. I would be silly not to grab this chance with both hands.

WT Winfield wrote:With Manly losing 4 in a row, this is about the time that Taupau has a brainsnap and gets himself suspended for the bye round, fucking over anyone that bought him after the tonne

danseels1985 wrote:4th reserve out of Sua,Lane,Cogger or JMK?

Rippin and Tearin wrote:@Iceman82 if it were me I'd be trading both McGuire and N Brown out.

And if you can afford it I would grab Fifita and Taupau. Both play 13, both looking really good fantasy wise and should make a big difference to you overall scores. You would effectivly be swapping G Jennings and Isaac's scores for 2 50+ guns...

Then next week I'd look at getting some cows. Martin could be a good option if its true he's getting an edge starting spot. But theres a number of others including, as you say, Cogger. From memory Isaako
's BE is quite low too, so you can wait a week on him and I think Hiku's is too? Hike is actually going fine though and with SJ and Harris back I think he's a very serviceable C for a bit yet, until you deal with the other issues anyway!

WT Winfield wrote:With Manly losing 4 in a row, this is about the time that Taupau has a brainsnap and gets himself suspended for the bye round, fucking over anyone that bought him after the tonne

Loomer wrote:What's the site for detailed reserve grade stats. nswrl only gives scoring summary. Not sure about Martin certainly not picking up this week

WT Winfield wrote:

I went for Rapana over RTS this week personally.

RTS averaged over 50 at Roosters in 2015, but a 44 last season at Warriors with 1 injury affected 4. Priced at 557k now and would get up to 675k if getting back up to a 45 average.

I have Su'a and tossing up whether to play him over JMK this week, depending on if JMK's the 6 or the 9. I view both around the 35-40 mark, but willing to see if JMK can handle the defence at HK. Sua's PPM isn't spectacular and not sure if he would've played 80 last game without McGuire getting injured.

Lane I'd give the edge too mainly because you're after a non-player and he's the only one scheduled to play Rd 13. Gosie would be due back that week, great news if he's not, but could jag another 30 odd points from Lane that week even if Gosie's back and RTS and Su'a take the bye.

I'd estimate them all to go up roughly the same in price.. RTS averaging 45, Su'a 35-40, Lane 35-40.. Maybe Lane makes the least, but provides an additional 30-50 in Rd 13?

Iceman82 wrote:

Looks like solid advice. I haven't kept up to date with how Fifita is going after that injury scare a couple of weeks ago. Last week wasn't a brilliant score, not terrible, but I'd want him to be healthy and doing extra to carry the team with the injuries around him.

Pretty confident with Taupau, he came good for me last year in my rookie season of Fantasy... and then WT Winfield says this :



Thanks mate! LOL. You have successfully put doubt in my mind.

Seeing the chat about Martin ... interested in giving him a go. Get one gun forward this week, and get the most out of a new cow. Repeat next week with another gun and cow?

Don't know the long-term implications of missing points for one week but earning enough for another gun upgrade in a month?