2018 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 63

Random wrote:So I am bringing in T. Trbojevic for Mbye. Is Cotric a better option?

Hell no. Turbo puts up great scores even when they're getting pummeled.

White Lightning wrote:

Coach N. Brown has publicly stated if Ponga is not 100% they won't play him as they don't want to risk a long term injury to their star player.

Might have to sit on bringing Ponga back in till we hear more news

Cheers

I read a few comments last night directed at Danseels that I thought were a bit unfair. Basically criticizing him because he posts a lot & changes his mind quite a bit. I used to be exactly the same as him when I would post 100 trade combinations a day when I first started playing fantasy. If you read this Danseels I think you should post as much as you like & don't worry if people don't like it.

Phantomx wrote:

Might have to sit on bringing Ponga back in till we hear more news

Cheers

Yeah I think wait until the final team is named & if Ponga is in then buy him.

White Lightning wrote:I read a few comments last night directed at Danseels that I thought were a bit unfair. Basically criticizing him because he posts a lot & changes his mind quite a bit. I used to be exactly the same as him when I would post 100 trade combinations a day when I first started playing fantasy. If you read this Danseels I think you should post as much as you like & don't worry if people don't like it.

Hear Hear. Tell them to take a long walk...

White Lightning wrote:

Coach N. Brown has publicly stated if Ponga is not 100% they won't play him as they don't want to risk a long term injury to their star player.

That was regarding his hammy though.

He wasn't 100% last week and still played. He'll be closer to 100% this week than he was last week.

White Lightning wrote:I read a few comments last night directed at Danseels that I thought were a bit unfair. Basically criticizing him because he posts a lot & changes his mind quite a bit. I used to be exactly the same as him when I would post 100 trade combinations a day when I first started playing fantasy. If you read this Danseels I think you should post as much as you like & don't worry if people don't like it.

Good on ya bro! Haven't read the comments my self - but pretty shitty if that's the case!

Even as a ponga owner, I wouldn’t mind if he was out, just to shake things up a bit. Him being in, helps everyone, him being out fucks a lot of people, and provides more POD options.

White Lightning wrote:I read a few comments last night directed at Danseels that I thought were a bit unfair. Basically criticizing him because he posts a lot & changes his mind quite a bit. I used to be exactly the same as him when I would post 100 trade combinations a day when I first started playing fantasy. If you read this Danseels I think you should post as much as you like & don't worry if people don't like it.

Didn’t look like there was much in it to be fair. I wish I had the luxury of even thinking about trade options.

wolfking wrote:Trading MBye to a forward up to 716K to relegate Arrow to 18th man.  Who do you like lads?

Surgess
Kikau
Macca
Gallen
Vaughn
Matterson
Friend
JDB
Alvaro
Harris

So many options plus more I havent listed. I think Ive narrowed it down to Surgess or Gal.

Surgess or Tohu. I have Surgess as my 18th man but i brought him in while Tohu was injured. With both available to you its a coin flip but i would probably still pick Surgess.

Thanks everyone for the input on Trbojevic over Cotric. So I am going to lock it in.

Random wrote:Thanks everyone for the input on Trbojevic over Cotric. So I am going to lock it in.

Just me as an outlier on the advice. Probably wise to ignore me though

I'm not going to bet push ups on it! Hell no

Podtric and Fitzpodden to go large this week

With 4 trades left and h2h becoming close battles i'm leaning towards trading cotric to Ferguson or Marsters. Would you do it and if so which one? Or should i look to upgrade elsewhere?

Current team:
Cook(c)
Fifita Taupau
Taumalolo Jurbo Martin
DCE Arey
Mitchell Cotric
Ponga Teddy Turbo

Smith Farah Surgess SJ

Arrow Lewis Isaako Olive

Now that i've written it down maybe i should hold in case arrow doesnt come good so i then have spare trade for other injuries.

3 trades left, looking to make 1 this week to get rid of people I can see going downhill over the next few weeks and saving 2 for injuries.

Thinking of going Papali'i > Cleary, T.Turbo or Hess. Leaning towards Cleary now that he has the goal-kicking back, but tough to look past Tommy. Any thoughts on this? Also open to getting rid of Isaako but that leaves my CTR backup non-existent.

Current team:
Smith (c)
Surgess James
Taumalolo Papalii Martin
Moses SJ
Cotric Marsters
Teddy RTS Isaako

Farah Guerra Papali'i Niukore

Lewis Brimson L.Leilua Gelling

someone asked earlier about Matterson in the halves

Averaged 47 from 6 games in 2016

White Lightning wrote:I read a few comments last night directed at Danseels that I thought were a bit unfair. Basically criticizing him because he posts a lot & changes his mind quite a bit. I used to be exactly the same as him when I would post 100 trade combinations a day when I first started playing fantasy. If you read this Danseels I think you should post as much as you like & don't worry if people don't like it.

I would definitely rather people posting here a lot rather than not at all!

As long as you're not being abusive or discriminating against anyone or any group, post for your life!
We all started out as newbies at some stage and just because you're doing well in your first or second season, doesn't mean you yet have the confidence to advise others.

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

Good on ya bro! Haven't read the comments my self - but pretty shitty if that's the case!

It was nothing major & the posts weren't mean or anything but I've noticed Danseels hasn't posted anything today so I wouldn't want him scared away.

Stuffness wrote:

Surgess or Tohu. I have Surgess as my 18th man but i brought him in while Tohu was injured. With both available to you its a coin flip but i would probably still pick Surgess.

Thanks mate. Surgess looking like my preferred option at the moment.

White Lightning wrote:I read a few comments last night directed at Danseels that I thought were a bit unfair. Basically criticizing him because he posts a lot & changes his mind quite a bit. I used to be exactly the same as him when I would post 100 trade combinations a day when I first started playing fantasy. If you read this Danseels I think you should post as much as you like & don't worry if people don't like it.

I apologise to him and everyone if my comment contributed to this.  I think the point was asking multiple times is fine, but sometimes helping others out with their own questions goes a long way too.