2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 65

Captain options for this week.

Option 1: Captain Cook.

Option 2: consider going for POD captain briefly, then Captain Cook.

Option 3: for those who don't have Cook. Trade in Cook. Captain Cook

Rippin and Tearin wrote:

I guess this would be THE week to go out on a limb. Every man and his dog will be on Cook you'd think. You'd make some good ground if you went against the tide and got it right.

Gotta play it safe. Can't run the risk of coming 109th and losing all of my non-existent credibility.

Krump wrote:
Gotta play it safe. Can't run the risk of coming 109th and losing all of my non-existent credibility.

Haha,. yup, Cook for me too - from the guy that captained Smith the last 2 weeks!

I wont be picking Mitchell this week. Tired of rolling the dice so much.

Step up..... PONGA!

By the way, had the forum ever considered pushing for its members to include NRLFF in their team name (like a few of the other groups do)? If you wanted to increase the amount of people on this forum you'd think that'd be a good way of going about doing it...

I presume this has come up before and its been a conscious decision not to?

I'm not doing that. My 'The Usual Suspects' is a personal brand, well known in fantasy and online gaming circles

Rippin and Tearin wrote:By the way, had the forum ever considered pushing for its members to include NRLFF in their team name (like a few of the other groups do)? If you wanted to increase the amount of people on this forum you'd think that'd be a good way of going about doing it...

I presume this has come up before and its been a conscious decision not to?

I'd do it if that was the consensus but I see it as a bit of dick measuring to be honest. I guess without the ranked leagues we do need to show off how much better than the others somehow

Actually, if Zora does it then I'll do it for the season run in. I assume I can name change during the season?

Chewie wrote:I picked Smith last week

I went Smith the last two weeks.  Cook it is for me.  He got 75 I think last time they met.

Knights have said Ponga and Pearce both definite starters tomorrw.

my tv broke wrote:

Should we talk about SJ at home verse the Knights ?


I don't even know what to do about SJ. He's currently my 18th man this week. I have Milford and Reynolds who I'm pretty confident in, but SJ scares me. Could go low or  could go huge, especially this week.

Im looping SJ with Farah.  But Im expecting Farah to be benched.

my tv broke wrote:Knights have said Ponga and Pearce both definite starters tomorrw.

I hope they tear the Warriors up.

Am I an idiot for thinking about Smith to Hess? Based totally on a gut feeling and nothing more.

wolfking wrote:

I hope they tear the Warriors up.

Such a key game for the Warriors. I reckon the Warriors put their best foot forward this week. SJ and RTS to go big.

my tv broke wrote:

Should we talk about SJ at home verse the Knights ?


I don't even know what to do about SJ. He's currently my 18th man this week. I have Milford and Reynolds who I'm pretty confident in, but SJ scares me. Could go low or  could go huge, especially this week.

He's my VC but only because he's the earliest half-decent player to lock out this weekend.
I'd be more tempted to Captain RTS to be honest, could be a big game up against Pong.

Fortitude wrote:Captain options for this week.

Option 1: Captain Cook.

Option 2: consider going for POD captain briefly, then Captain Cook.

Option 3: for those who don't have Cook. Trade in Cook. Captain Cook

Option 4: Be absolutely certain you are going to captain Cook and then forget to select a captain for the week

Krump wrote:How good is it to have the QLD derby and the Roosters and Rabbits in the same week. Mouth watering.

You can add Storm v Sharks to that, who have been building a nice little rivalry in the last few years.
It's a triple header this week and I am keen!

Very tempted to use my last trade to turn Lewis into Fainu.
This would make Farah/Surgess my 18th man (/poolhoop).
But would leave me with only Brimson and Tuala covering my Hlf/ctr/wfb positions for the remaining 3 rounds.

Pull the trigger?

Rippin and Tearin wrote:By the way, had the forum ever considered pushing for its members to include NRLFF in their team name (like a few of the other groups do)? If you wanted to increase the amount of people on this forum you'd think that'd be a good way of going about doing it...

I presume this has come up before and its been a conscious decision not to?

In 2015 there was an inter page/forum Comp set up in honour of the passing of Gareth Lafsky, a long term DT player from across pretty much all the groups. It was a GoFundMe and everything was donated to GL's family.

Everyone had a second team entered with your prefix denoting your allegiance:

SPTL Sportal (us)
LGND Legends (Gareth's group)
RNGD Renegades
OTLS Over The Line Sports (defunct)
WPNS Weapons (defunct)

Renegades had made it a rule in the few years leading up to this that to be a part of their cash leagues/banner comp etc that you had to 'rep' the Renegades name. When the Renegades marriage broke up Rogues starting the same idea. So that's why you see a lot of both groups names. Some of the Legends guys still use their prefix nowadays as well.

Anyone still got a copy of the "For Sportal" piccy for old times sake 

SI wrote:
In 2015 there was an inter page/forum Comp set up in honour of the passing of Gareth Lafsky, a long term DT player from across pretty much all the groups. It was a GoFundMe and everything was donated to GL's family.

Everyone had a second team entered with your prefix denoting your allegiance:

SPTL Sportal (us)
LGND Legends (Gareth's group)
RNGD Renegades
OTLS Over The Line Sports (defunct)
WPNS Weapons (defunct)

Renegades had made it a rule in the few years leading up to this that to be a part of their cash leagues/banner comp etc that you had to 'rep' the Renegades name. When the Renegades marriage broke up Rogues starting the same idea. So that's why you see a lot of both groups names. Some of the Legends guys still use their prefix nowadays as well.

Anyone still got a copy of the "For Sportal" piccy for old times sake 

Cheers mate, very interesting!