2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 48

Blain wrote:Yeah I wouldn't go sideways on trades to get points for round 13, you'll lose them anyway in round 17. With 10 trades, you'll want solid low/mid range cows who you can play, or keepers really.

Soro to Radley, don't see the merit. Maybe Olive is a better choice, but he won't get you any points this round. Friend instead of Koro would give you $100k to actually upgrade Lamb, and get a Wade Graham or whatever if you need an 18th/19th man.

That's honestly how I've felt this week. A lot of sideways trades to grab some points, but without the trades I have 6 playing including Gosi who may as well not be playing... If my trades look desperate it's because they are...

my tv broke wrote:The coach said they had to make Arrow leave the field. He wouldn't come off. They wanted to look after his niggles. Conspiracy theory in me says it was because of Origin... but who knows.

I thought this right away after he come off when the game was already gone for the Titans.

Having six going into the bye is bad luck for both of you guys.

I'm not really sure what the best strategy for you guys is here. Trades are gonna be hugely important

Id be tempted to just get your final teams together regardless of byes?

I have 12 players this round after 2 trades but only 4 for round 17.............oh dear.

Anyone else in the same boat?

I need to clear something up before this post. This is in no way a dig at Liverpool Bulldog in any shape or means. Mate, I think you are one of the best contributors in this joint and generate much needed discussion about a multitude of players, which is exactly what this forum needs. I am happy to see you going so well this year and don't want anything in this post to scare you off being your regular self. But I also have an unholy devil’s pact to point out funny when I see it.

So without further adieu, I present to you all a copy of Liverpool Bulldog’s trades and trade-in players (since Monday).

RFM > Surgess
JFH > Gallen
Kikau > Guerra
Havili > Korosau
Twal
Terepo
Liu
AFB
Alvaro
Guerra
Koro
Kikau > Taupau
JFH > Korosau/Guerra/Surgess
Havili > TMM
Douehi
MCK
RFM/Kikau > Taupau
JFH > WGraham
Havili > TMM
Hiku > MCK
RFM/Kikau > Surgess
JFH > Guerra
Havili > Friend
Hiku > MCK
TMM instead of MCK
Taupau
JFH > Taupau
Havili > WGraham
Hiku > TMM

(At this point he declares he is "done and dusted")

Havili>Douehi
Fitzgibben
Brown
Havili > 212k
Hiku > Dugan
JFH > Surgess
MCK

Mainly I just love the way he does circles and keeps coming back to the same few players. Pretty sure we all do this in our heads through the week.
If I can inference anything from this, that lad better gets himself some MCK!
    Well done LB, sorry I could not resist making this. Don't ever change!

   

wolfking wrote:

I thought this right away after he come off when the game was already gone for the Titans.

Yeah haha, it was right after the Roosters went 14 points up.

wolfking wrote:I have 12 players this round after 2 trades but only 4 for round 17.............oh dear.

Anyone else in the same boat?

Im in the same boat, except ill have 11 and 6. After 4 trades this week.

Thinking I might follow my own advice (very rare) and not go JFH for Alvaro.

Is there any news on if NBrown is back? I thought I read somewhere he played ISP last week? or is that not true?

Pookus McFly wrote:I need to clear something up before this post. This is in no way a dig at Liverpool Bulldog in any shape or means. Mate, I think you are one of the best contributors in this joint and generate much needed discussion about a multitude of players, which is exactly what this forum needs. I am happy to see you going so well this year and don't want anything in this post to scare you off being your regular self. But I also have an unholy devil’s pact to point out funny when I see it.

So without further adieu, I present to you all a copy of Liverpool Bulldog’s trades and trade-in players (since Monday).

RFM > Surgess
JFH > Gallen
Kikau > Guerra
Havili > Korosau
Twal
Terepo
Liu
AFB
Alvaro
Guerra
Koro
Kikau > Taupau
JFH > Korosau/Guerra/Surgess
Havili > TMM
Douehi
MCK
RFM/Kikau > Taupau
JFH > WGraham
Havili > TMM
Hiku > MCK
RFM/Kikau > Surgess
JFH > Guerra
Havili > Friend
Hiku > MCK
TMM instead of MCK
Taupau
JFH > Taupau
Havili > WGraham
Hiku > TMM

(At this point he declares he is "done and dusted")

Havili>Douehi
Fitzgibben
Brown
Havili > 212k
Hiku > Dugan
JFH > Surgess
MCK

Mainly I just love the way he does circles and keeps coming back to the same few players. Pretty sure we all do this in our heads through the week.
If I can inference anything from this, that lad better gets himself some MCK!
    Well done LB, sorry I could not resist making this. Don't ever change!

   

Hahaha MCK it is

Well done mate

Fortitude wrote:Is there any news on if NBrown is back? I thought I read somewhere he played ISP last week? or is that not true?

There was suggestion that he would play NSW Cup, but he didn't.

He trained with main team yesterday? i think it was, and has to get through captains run on Friday to play this weekend.

Welshy wrote:

Gone Cook - Surgess mate I don’t want Kapow at his price going to bypass him this year, McInnes and SJ in next week then Harris and Cleary the following week

I'll give it to you, without him its a nice reverse POD

Good luck mate!

If you don't cover all options you aren't doing your team justice. Bloody glad I don't post all of my trade ideas

Blain wrote:Yeah I wouldn't go sideways on trades to get points for round 13, you'll lose them anyway in round 17. With 10 trades, you'll want solid low/mid range cows who you can play, or keepers really.

Soro to Radley, don't see the merit. Maybe Olive is a better choice, but he won't get you any points this round. Friend instead of Koro would give you $100k to actually upgrade Lamb, and get a Wade Graham or whatever if you need an 18th/19th man.

Agree. Actually IMO there's enough keepers/potential keepers to bring in this round anyway. I don't see the need to go sideways/mid ranger at all.

So guys like Fifita, Taupau, Fitzgibbon, Matterson, Tolo, Ponga I think will probably be in all the top teams by the start of this round.

Then there are the next tier down guys like Gallen, Surgess, DCE, ARey, Walker, Dugan, MCK etc who are potentially all worth of carrying through to the end too that you can grab if you can't quite afford the top tier guys.

An to afford 3 of the above theres several cheap downgrade options that can enable that AND who play 13: Doueihi and TMM spring to mind, but of course you could also go absolute bottom dollar and bring in a red dot, or alternatively try and take a punt of a cheapie who might play in round 17 due to Origin...

For me the only problem I have is in choosing the combination of those 3 guns above. So far I've got Matterson, Surgess, and MCK + Doueihi but am considering Gallen instead....

In terms of trade outs many teams are carrying the likes of JMK, JFH, Kikau, etc who all look like their time is up to be honest so as long as you;ve been planning ahead to this round and have a bit of cash in the bank the above trades should be doable.

Thats the way Im approaching this round anyway!

Brendos1er wrote:

That's honestly how I've felt this week. A lot of sideways trades to grab some points, but without the trades I have 6 playing including Gosi who may as well not be playing... If my trades look desperate it's because they are...

If you only have 6 going into this round then I would have thought there are a number of guns you can bring in. Why not just grab the well preformed guys and turn 6 (presumably ~350 odd points in total) into 10 (~520 points) That would put you on about par with most I reckon. Anything less and you will fall off the pace IMO and be relying heavily on making up ground in round 17. The problem with that is there aren't many guns to bring in that play 17, so you'd be going sideways to grab points there anyway, wouldn't you???

wolfking wrote:I have 12 players this round after 2 trades but only 4 for round 17.............oh dear.

Anyone else in the same boat?

13 this round

5 for round 17 (bringing in CS9 and Jarome Luai next week to bring the total up to 7)

wolfking wrote:I have 12 players this round after 2 trades but only 4 for round 17.............oh dear.

Anyone else in the same boat?

Everyone is going to be in a similar boat mate. We have 21 players in our squads, most people will have anywhere between 3 to 7 Origin guys I'd imagine so when you add your round 13 and 17 players together people will have 14 to 18 give or take. I'd much rather have a split like you that is skewed toward round 13, cause you will actually be able to do something about that over the next 4 rounds and add to the 4 you currently have in 17.

I currently have 12 in round 13 and 5 in 17 - so one less Origin player!

I'll be aiming to bring in Harris, SJ, McInnes and maybe someone like Mannering + 1 or 2 cashouts who play 17 to bring that total to around 9,10 or 11.

I think if you can manage a strategy similar to that you will move up the rankings.

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

If you only have 6 going into this round then I would have thought there are a number of guns you can bring in. Why not just grab the well preformed guys and turn 6 (presumably ~350 odd points in total) into 10 (~520 points) That would put you on about par with most I reckon. Anything less and you will fall off the pace IMO and be relying heavily on making up ground in round 17. The problem with that is there aren't many guns to bring in that play 17, so you'd be going sideways to grab points there anyway, wouldn't you???

That makes a lot of sense, cheers. Maybe I'll just go

JFH --> JT13
Havili --> Ponga
Lamb --> TMM

That will give me 10 players for this round with 2 keepers being brought in and 11 trades to go. It does burn my bank I was hoping to use for Cleary and SJ but with Cleary playing origin I don't think he is as pressing a buy as I was probably going to do.

Pookus McFly wrote:I need to clear something up before this post. This is in no way a dig at Liverpool Bulldog in any shape or means. Mate, I think you are one of the best contributors in this joint and generate much needed discussion about a multitude of players, which is exactly what this forum needs. I am happy to see you going so well this year and don't want anything in this post to scare you off being your regular self. But I also have an unholy devil’s pact to point out funny when I see it.

So without further adieu, I present to you all a copy of Liverpool Bulldog’s trades and trade-in players (since Monday).

RFM > Surgess
JFH > Gallen
Kikau > Guerra
Havili > Korosau
Twal
Terepo
Liu
AFB
Alvaro
Guerra
Koro
Kikau > Taupau
JFH > Korosau/Guerra/Surgess
Havili > TMM
Douehi
MCK
RFM/Kikau > Taupau
JFH > WGraham
Havili > TMM
Hiku > MCK
RFM/Kikau > Surgess
JFH > Guerra
Havili > Friend
Hiku > MCK
TMM instead of MCK
Taupau
JFH > Taupau
Havili > WGraham
Hiku > TMM

(At this point he declares he is "done and dusted")

Havili>Douehi
Fitzgibben
Brown
Havili > 212k
Hiku > Dugan
JFH > Surgess
MCK

Mainly I just love the way he does circles and keeps coming back to the same few players. Pretty sure we all do this in our heads through the week.
If I can inference anything from this, that lad better gets himself some MCK!
    Well done LB, sorry I could not resist making this. Don't ever change!

   

Haha, that's brilliant, Im glad someone took the time to do this cause I know its what many of us have been thinking.

Good on you for being a good sport too BullDog! Thumbs up to both of you!

Brendos1er wrote:

That makes a lot of sense, cheers. Maybe I'll just go

JFH --> JT13
Havili --> Ponga
Lamb --> TMM

That will give me 10 players for this round with 2 keepers being brought in and 11 trades to go. It does burn my bank I was hoping to use for Cleary and SJ but with Cleary playing origin I don't think he is as pressing a buy as I was probably going to do.

Looks good. do you have the cash and a logical 4th trade out guy to do 1 more? 11 trades left I think you can afford it to be honest!

Pookus McFly wrote:I need to clear something up before this post. This is in no way a dig at Liverpool Bulldog in any shape or means. Mate, I think you are one of the best contributors in this joint and generate much needed discussion about a multitude of players, which is exactly what this forum needs. I am happy to see you going so well this year and don't want anything in this post to scare you off being your regular self. But I also have an unholy devil’s pact to point out funny when I see it.

So without further adieu, I present to you all a copy of Liverpool Bulldog’s trades and trade-in players (since Monday).

RFM > Surgess
JFH > Gallen
Kikau > Guerra
Havili > Korosau
Twal
Terepo
Liu
AFB
Alvaro
Guerra
Koro
Kikau > Taupau
JFH > Korosau/Guerra/Surgess
Havili > TMM
Douehi
MCK
RFM/Kikau > Taupau
JFH > WGraham
Havili > TMM
Hiku > MCK
RFM/Kikau > Surgess
JFH > Guerra
Havili > Friend
Hiku > MCK
TMM instead of MCK
Taupau
JFH > Taupau
Havili > WGraham
Hiku > TMM

(At this point he declares he is "done and dusted")

Havili>Douehi
Fitzgibben
Brown
Havili > 212k
Hiku > Dugan
JFH > Surgess
MCK

Mainly I just love the way he does circles and keeps coming back to the same few players. Pretty sure we all do this in our heads through the week.
If I can inference anything from this, that lad better gets himself some MCK!
    Well done LB, sorry I could not resist making this. Don't ever change!

   

WhiteLightning where you at?