2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 53

Beat me to it WT2K

White Lightning wrote:So why are people buying Warriors international players when they won't back up in round 16 as per Kearney's statement in the press. Does this philosophy apply i.e. I'll buy SJ & ignore what SK said because I bet SJ plays in round 16.

3 reasons for me:
1) I don't think SJ, Harris, and RTS will go to Denver
2) Even if one or two of them did I could cover them.
3) The Warriors also said that some players going to Denver wouldn't play round 15 at that looks like BS now. My point is that the Warriors coach and CEO are playing mind games and saying what they think they need to. What eventuates could be very different from what they are threatening....

Verbal Kint wrote:Im seeing that Manly have been refused the use tha rookie hooker

For reals?

Manly not allowed to play Fainu because they still have others in the 30 man squad who can play Hooker, was just on Fox

EDIT. I typed this as soon as I heard it but have been beaten to the post.

bluetige wrote:Manly not allowed to play Fainu because they still have others in the 30 man squad who can play Hooker, was just on Fox

EDIT. I typed this as soon as I heard it but have been beaten to the post.

So surely if the NRL are doing this to Manly they couldn't have let Martin slide for as any weeks as he played...3 was it?

If the NRL would kindly go fuck itself, that would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Hastings I can understand, but using wright as an example of an extra hooker is a bit rough...

If fainu isnt allowed to play, might have to Mann up

Mann might be my cashout this week by the looks

My trades for the week..


Kikau - Taupau
Guerra - SJ
Surgess - Mcinnes
Joseph Manu - Fainu

Keeping Murray. Surgess just isn't getting the scores this year. Probably score good now this week. FWIW, I think Arrow might be scoring 35-45, over the Origin period at least.

Edit: Oh wtf Fainu cant even play. Lol

Just saw an article that said Blair would be named on Sunday but wouldn't be the Captain for the game. Same article seems to suggest RTS won't go due to injury.

Also Kearney on the news yesterday saying RTS is not a sure thing for this weekend.

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

So surely if the NRL are doing this to Manly they couldn't have let Martin slide for as any weeks as he played...3 was it?

Yeah, thats why I'm thinking Martin IS in the Dogs top 30

Can actually do Murray to Harris in one trade hmm

StuDogg101 wrote:

It's the whole top tier/lower tier contracts and who can/can't play first grade thing. I don't know the ins and outs but I know teams have been caught out before with regards to players being pulled from first grade because of their contract - if they add up all the lower tier players, the fact he plays first grade would breach the lower tier salary cap

Edit: Pretty sure it happened to the Titans once

Gus went through the Panthers situation on one of his podcasts. Basically if fit you have to name a player from your top 30 before you can name someone outside the top 30 (assuming you have someone in that position) once you have exhausted top 30 you can go with players that are outside that

Over 4000 payers have already traded Fainu in, mass rollback coming, I wonder if the platform can handle it.

Matt Wright is a winger. He'd probably played 5 minutes of hooker his whole career before last week.
It's nonsense if the NRL are saying he has to play hooker before Fainu can.

I mean, the NRL, are effectively forcing inferior team selections on Manly, can we investigate them for match fixing

Lewis Brown was the other name bulldog ritchie mentioned that manly can name at hooker. So, Wright, Hastings and Brown.

WT2K wrote:Lewis Brown was the other name bulldog ritchie mentioned that manly can name at hooker. So, Wright, Hastings and Brown.

Which only serves as more evidence that the NRL admin know nothing about Rugby League...

I would have thought Joey Lussick was in Manly's top 30, he played Hooker for a game last year and is still playing Hooker in Ressies.

Did people see martin was dropped for disciplinary reasons? Might be back soon hopefully. Sorry if already been covered

To be fair it's not the NRL's fault Manly have 30 players and can't carry a backup hooker.........