2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread part 42

Despite being a round 13 player, I think I'll turf Murray this week. Souths seem to have found the
right formula in their forwards, so he will continue to come off the bench and play an awkward 45 mins or so.

Thinking my other trade out will be Inglis, or Isaako. Isaako's place in the broncos side may come to an end with Kahu back soon. Inglis keeps saving his scores with late tries.. however I didn't even play him this week, and he'll play origin which means he's no use over the byes. Without his tries he is a 20pt player, which is not useful at all.

JMK can probably hang around for now. He may grow into the 9 role. At least with the Dogs winning he should hold the spot for a few more weeks. Won't be in my 17 anyway.

I'll keep Maloney another week.

So many trade out options. So little trade in options (that I can afford)

In the OUT options I have. Rein, Maloney, Smith, Murray all in my 17. Then Hiku, Isaako, Nichols

Don't consider Havilli a trade out at the moment.

I really want to bring in Reynolds. Was tossing up bringing in Surgess or Crichton, Bunnies pack needs to be thinned out a bit I reckon. One of those players will go large each week, Just no guarantee which one.

Othr options is I'll just bury my head in the sand and not trade. See what damage Cleary and Peats have on Maloney and Rein.

This week is where my failure becomes apparent.

Still got Inglis and Thompson in my 17, and no money left to upgrade them.

Going to have to bring in someone like Brimson just to give me some cash.
Upgrading RFM/Murray seems a long way off.

My squad after trades

Cook (c)
Fifita, Kikau
Taumalolo, Martin, RFM
Matterson, DCE
Inglis, Mitchell
Ponga, Thompson, Teddy

Arrow, Murray, JFH, Havili

CSmith, Kennar, Cogger, Gosieski

so I am really hoping Arrow plays this week and would be nice if Kennar was back too.
Cogger probably the current one I want out of my squad as he won't be back barring injuries.

Inglis and Thompson; I can live with for now.
Arrow and Murray; giving them some more time

Murray is a tough one. He could be upgraded instead of Havili. Scared to get rid of him though

Anyone tempted to play Brimson in their 17? Some of his runs looked quite dangerous. Might jag a nice 40

Getting rid of Murray is a dream for me. Griffin, Rein, Maloney, Havilli, Thompson, Isaako.....yeah Murray stays.

My 2 cents:

Maloney- Even if Cleary comes back, he won't be 100% so Maloney likely to at least float around his BE

Rein- If he plays off the bench he could still hit 20s so he isn't a rush to get out until the next round

McCullough- Underwhelming. Without that try he's only in the 40s. He's not playing like a keeper and he doesn't play 13

Jurbo- Massively inflated score. I don't think he matches that but he does have a keeper average. He's about priced where he should be. I'm not going to trade him in until he drops.

Turbo- Finding form because of a dominant Manly performance. He'll get picked for NSW regardless as he can play back 5.

Murray- He's a trade but can wait 1 week. His minutes and PPM will mean he hovers there for now.

TPJ- Not very involved and hardly any impact. But Broncos were pretty flat across the board.

ARey- genuine option again. If I could make a 3rd trade this week, he'd be in. Can't predict injuries but he's looking fit

wolfking wrote:Getting rid of Murray is a dream for me. Griffin, Rein, Maloney, Havilli, Thompson, Isaako.....yeah Murray stays.

Hope he does well for ya.

Unrelated but Martin has been a lovely earner so far

Do we think that Havili is only getting decent minutes as a result of injuries? Fortunate for those who held, or are his scores about right? He is so far down my list of trade outs atm. With Austin out for a month potentially. Havilli has more dollarydoos to make.

Id sooner get rid of rein, Maloney, murray.

Okay so dropped quite a few ranks so that means people did really well congrats to you all!

How does this team look?

Cook
Fifita* Kikau
Harris Taumalolo Arrow
Maloney DCE
Mitchell Isaako
Ponga Trbjovic* Phillips

Smith JFH Martin Rein/Murray
Murray/Rein JMK Sorensen Cogger

$457k

*Traded in

Fortitude wrote:Do we think that Havili is only getting decent minutes as a result of injuries? Fortunate for those who held, or are his scores about right? He is so far down my list of trade outs atm.  With Austin out for a month potentially. Havilli has more dollarydoos to make.

Id sooner get rid of rein, Maloney, murray.

He doesn't seem to get 70+ minutes unless injury requires it. But these days looks to be good for around 60. Hard to say as the subs rotation changes every week for the Raiders.

Certainly no urgent tradeout, but I have doubts about his ability to make consistent 50s in the medium term.

Verbal Kint wrote:Anyone tempted to play Brimson in their 17? Some of his runs looked quite dangerous. Might jag a nice 40

I'm hoping he kicks start that earning this week. If it wasn't for a cheeky Welch shoulder grab he would be looking at some nice rises

Milchcow wrote:

He doesn't seem to get 70+ minutes unless injury requires it. But these days looks to be good for around 60. Hard to say as the subs rotation changes every week for the Raiders.

Certainly no urgent tradeout, but I have doubts about his ability to make consistent 50s in the medium term.

I would have thought he's ability to make 50s in the medium term is far better than the long term. With Austin out, they wont be full strength, bringing in Williams will mean they have less options to cover Havili in the way they did with Austin in the team.

But I guess that's more of a difference in opinion/view of the crystal ball.

Craig Garvey might get a callup for the Raiders with Austin out.

I know that using an actual hooker on the bench to rest your starting number 9 is crazy talk. But when all your halves are injured sometimes risks have to be taken.

With Cleary expected to be back this week? Are people bringing him in? Is it safer to go for someone who's cheaper right now like ARey or DCE and wait and see on Cleary?

Kearney has said any of the Warriors players that play in the Denver test will not play against the Sharks on the following Friday.

Remember to factor in how many points a player is going to score, some people are trading players out because otherwise they'd need to play them in their 17, eg Rein.

Rapture_NRL wrote:Okay so dropped quite a few ranks so that means people did really well congrats to you all!

How does this team look?

Cook
Fifita* Kikau
Harris Taumalolo Arrow
Maloney DCE
Mitchell Isaako
Ponga Trbjovic* Phillips

Smith JFH Martin Rein/Murray
Murray/Rein JMK Sorensen Cogger

$457k

*Traded in

So you obviously think it's still not too late to bring in Fifi mate? I still want to get him this week.

Playing Isaako and Maloney risky mate but yeah Maloney still won't drop to single digit scores right away. We need to pray Smith fights and gets off.

Milchcow wrote:
Craig Garvey might get a callup for the Raiders with Austin out.

I know that using an actual hooker on the bench to rest your starting number 9 is crazy talk. But when all your halves are injured sometimes risks have to be taken.

*insert 300 meme*

Gravey: "This is madnesss"

Ricky Stuart: *kicks Garvey into the pit* "THIS IS RAIDERS!!!"