2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 57

Milchcow wrote:
The most amazing thing about the basketball was the Philippines players taking a selfie afterwards.

And that the game continues until Philippnes only had 1 player left because everyone else had been ejected/fouled out.

Yeah the selfie and the guy high-fiving his team mate after pointing to his cheek after the fight.... just a different world these guys are living in.

The 5 on 3 then 5 on 2 was bizarre to watch. Neither team really knew what to do for a minute before the friendly foul out.

zaggo1 wrote:

Thank you - long time listener, first time caller!

I have 7 left, so figured if I made 3 or 4 this week it'd leave me in a relatively good position for the home run to cover any injuries.

Welcome zaggo and your post here brings up a good point I've been meaning to make - how many trades are people thinking after their team is 'complete' (protip: your team is never complete).

5-6 trades for 9 rounds remaining is my aim. I'm still not sure that's going to be enough given recent injury history!

Haha I'm going to have 3 I hope

my tv broke wrote:Tohu update:

NRL PHYSIO
‏@nrlphysio
Tohu Harris suffered a meniscus tear this past weekend and will have arthroscopic surgery, expected to miss 4-6 weeks. Usual return in the 3-6 week range

Oh bloody hell.

Right then. Aitken lad, don't forget to lift with your knees, get plenty of rest, hydrate properly and don't touch Dugan in case his glass is contagious.

Bunty Afoa will also miss around 6 weeks after dislocated elbow. I wonder if that brings mannering into reckoning.

Additional, re tohu, from nrlphysio

Jamie Buhrer recently returned from a meniscus tear that required surgery after missing only 2 weeks of footy. Buhrer was initially expected to be out for 6-8 weeks. Shows recovery can sometimes be accelerated in these cases

filthridden wrote:

Welcome zaggo and your post here brings up a good point I've been meaning to make - how many trades are people thinking after their team is 'complete' (protip: your team is never complete).

5-6 trades for 9 rounds remaining is my aim. I'm still not sure that's going to be enough given recent injury history!

If you've got 5-6 left you'll be a mile in front of the majority. I've got 7 but will likely use four this week.

zaggo1 wrote:After his outing last week, what does everyone feel about Niukore?

In terms of trades - Jensen to Tolman, too lateral?

Don't see any benefit in Tolman/Jensen swap. I'd be looking for an upgrade/downgrade instead.

Niukore looks good. Only issue is Moeroa back from suspension in a couple of weeks. Does he replace Niukore, Taka or does Moeroa come back on the bench?

I have 2 trades after this week.

1 trade to bring in a CTR to complete my final 17 (up to $596k in value)

Then 1 trade for injuries.

Have depth down to 19 so can handle a few short term injuries, but could well be limping home.

I regret nothing

Initial thoughts -
Ponga and Harris out

SJ and Aitken in.

WT2K wrote:Initial thoughts -
Ponga and Harris out

SJ and Aitken in.

I'm keeping Ponga. Need 1 loop anyway. I'm looking at Milford over SJ I like his run. Aitken had season best 10 tbs last game and previous 5 avg was 32. I might take my chances with Holland this round

WT2K wrote:Initial thoughts -
Ponga and Harris out

SJ and Aitken in.

How many trades have you got left?

Is anyone looking at holding Harris for a few weeks to see what happens? Not advocating that but there could be some merit in it.

Do I hold Ponga and have to play Hiku for the length of his injury? OR do I drop him for RTS knowing I wont be able to bring Pong back. With Ponga back in 5 weeks (give or take), im not sure that he will outscore RTS over the length of that period.

But it does save me a trade.

filthridden wrote:

How many trades have you got left?

Is anyone looking at holding Harris for a few weeks to see what happens? Not advocating that but there could be some merit in it.

Im tempted to hold Harris this week and trade out Alvaro instead, as I was always planning on doing that next week anyway. But it doesn't seem logical to trade out a player who is scoring (not well last week) and hold someone who 100% wont be. But, I want to bring in James.

So far Im looking at this team with 2 trades left after Rd18

Cook
Fifita, Arrow
Taumalolo, JTurbo, Surgess
SJ, DCE
Aitken, Hopoate
Teddy, RTS, Walker

Smith, McInnes, Farah, Martin
Kikau, WGraham, Holland, Lewis

Think I can manage the last 8 games with two trades and these guys??

Any thoughts appreciated

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Think I can manage the last 8 games with two trades and these guys??

if it helps, there are only 7 games left after round 18.

filthridden wrote:

How many trades have you got left?

Is anyone looking at holding Harris for a few weeks to see what happens? Not advocating that but there could be some merit in it.

I'd be holding Ponga before holding Harris, and you'd need a lot of depth in your team to hold both.

Fortitude wrote:

Im tempted to hold Harris this week and trade out Alvaro instead, as I was always planning on doing that next week anyway. But it doesn't seem logical to trade out a player who is scoring (not well last week) and hold someone who 100% wont be. But, I want to bring in James.

I got James last week because I was filthy at reversing the week before with RCG news. Cost me 55k more. He seemed to stick on 60pts for the last 20-25 min. Now he's another 47k more absolute top dollar.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Finding it hard to choose between Holland and Lewis.

Hollands DPP surely has to be the clincher? Even at the 60k premium on Lewis?

No kicks spud territory I thought?   

Final team after from rd 18. with 3 trades left and about 100K and sitting around the 60th

Smith
Fifita, James
Taupau, Jturbo, Tolo
SJ, DCE
Aitken, JCroker
Teddy, Cotric, RTS

Cook, Arrow, Tapine, Martin

Hiku, Tmm, Fainu, perret