2019 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 2

Cowboys

8. McGuire 45
9. Granville 60
10. McLean 45
11. Cooper 80
12. Hess 80
13. Taumalolo 60
14. Baptiste 20
15. Asiata 30
16. Scott 35
17. Jensen 25

No one of interest fantasy-wise this year for me. While Lolo will apparently add an offload to his game, I think his minutes will decrease now that McGuire is signed and McLean and Scott are at full fitness.

Eels

8. Alvaro 45
9. Mahoney 80
10. Paulo 40
11. Lane 65
12. Ma’u 80
13. Brown 60
14. Terepo 30
15. Mannah 30
16. Moeroa 30
17. Niukore 20

If the rumours are true and the Eels run a four forward bench then Reed Mahoney should be very popular as an 80 minute hooker priced at 34 who averaged 47 from three games playing more than 70 minutes. The other side of that coin is that last years guns like Alvaro and Brown become much less appealing

Panthers

8. RCG 50
9. Egan/Katoa 55
10. Leota 35
11. Kikau 80
12. Yeo 80
13. JFH 65
14. Katoa/Egan 25
15. Ellis 20
16. Hetherington 30
17. Tamou 40

If rumours materialise, Wayde Egan would be an excellent cash cow if he starts given he’s prices at 289k. If the panthers continue last years strategy of splitting up Tamou and RCG, whoever starts could be reasonably tempting if they’re cheap. James Fisher Harris could also possibly continue improving on his fantasy output now that Merrin is gone

Rabbitohs

8. TBurg 45
9. Cook 80
10. GBurg 45
11. Sutton 80
12. Burgess 80
13. CM13 70
14. Douehi 0
15. Tatola 30
16. Knight 30
17. Britt 20

After being the best player last year, you can’t go wrong with Captain Cook again this year I think. Cameron Murray should be wildly popular after Bennett’s declared intention to carry a utility and Crichton moving on. Priced at 40.7 when he averaged 54.6 playing more than 55 mins, Murray should be an underpriced keeper. Finally, the curious case of Sam Burgess’s fantasy decline will be of interest again this year as one of the few high averaging players with DPP. Does he go back to averaging 55+ like he used to or will his publisised split affect him on the field?

King Assassin wrote:Is there a way to edit the planner on the first post with my own players? Can someone help me out

Are you talking about the spreadsheet (done my me) or the nrlfantasy.com.au website (done by user @my tv broke)

If it's the spreadsheet. Assuming you are using excel, and not Google docs or some other substitute, you should just be able to overtype the players name and refresh the calculations (shift + f9 is the windows default, if you are on mac/Android other it might be a different button)
If you can't edit it at all you've probably opened it in read only mode or something, and should be able to save your own copy to make it editable.

Any further questions just fire away

Loving Alfie's stab in the dark with forward minutes.
You should have spread them out over the next two weeks to get considered comment on what you propose for each team as I can't keep up.

Thanks mate, nothing better to do. Big Bash definitely isn't providing any entertainment this year compared to years previous

I think I'll just churn them out though and add a few comments

Dragons

8. Graham 50
9. McInnes 80
10. Vaughan 55
11. Frizell 65
12. Sims 80
13. De Belin 65
14. KSims 30
15. Leilua 25
16. Latimore/Lawrie 30
17. Dufty 0

Alfie wrote:Thanks mate, nothing better to do. Big Bash definitely isn't providing any entertainment this year compared to years previous

Feeling the same, it's gone off the boil.

SI wrote:

Feeling the same, it's gone off the boil.

With Lynn out for fuck all, I would have to agree.

Roosters

8. JWH 40
9. Friend 65
10. SST 45
11. Cordner 80
12. Tearaway 80
13. Liu 50
14. Radley 45
15. Collins 25
16. Aubo 20
17. Tetevano 30

Despite the likelihood that SST will start, he was a shocker for people that started with him last year. Friend will be popular next year but I think Radley will fill in for a small portion at some stage in the game, could be wrong. Crichton will be one of the most popular buys this year for sure but I don’t think he’ll improve drastically personally on the basis that the Roosters didn’t hit up their backrowers much more than the Rabbitohs and as a Chrichton owner he was a shadow of his 2017 self. Radley could easily start over Liu but I think Radley has a lot more impact than Liu

The fielding is the biggest indicator. Schoolboy stuff compared to other T20 leagues around the world. CA should have just let Smith and Warner play, would make the tournament so much more appealing

Milchy wrote:

Are you talking about the spreadsheet (done my me) or the nrlfantasy.com.au website (done by user @my tv broke)

If it's the spreadsheet. Assuming you are using excel, and not Google docs or some other substitute, you should just be able to overtype the players name and refresh the calculations (shift + f9 is the windows default, if you are on mac/Android other it might be a different button)
If you can't edit it at all you've probably opened it in read only mode or something, and should be able to save your own copy to make it editable.

Any further questions just fire away

yeah that works mate thanks. Big help

Alfie wrote:Dragons

8. Graham 50
9. McInnes 80
10. Vaughan 55
11. Frizell 65
12. Sims 80
13. De Belin 65
14. KSims 30
15. Leilua 25
16. Latimore/Lawrie 30
17. Dufty 0

I think they will start sims and bring graham of the bench to bring that fire and lift the team when they start to get tired.

Alfie wrote:Dragons

8. Graham 50
9. McInnes 80
10. Vaughan 55
11. Frizell 65
12. Sims 80
13. De Belin 65
14. KSims 30
15. Leilua 25
16. Latimore/Lawrie 30
17. Dufty 0

Just wondering why Dufty is getting 0 minutes. Like the rationale behind that. Was it something the Dragons did a lot last year?

Random wrote:

Just wondering why Dufty is getting 0 minutes. Like the rationale behind that. Was it something the Dragons did a lot last year?

Hes doing forward minutes when dufty (or norman in my opinion) comes on they will play in the backs

I'd expect Dufty to snag a spot on the bench. They benched him for a couple of games to keep him on his toes last year. I don't think he'll join the forward rotation on the basis of how small he is and how easily he gets ragdolled

Tigers

8. Packer 40
9. Farah 60
10. Matulino 40
11. Lawrence 70
12. Matto 80
13. Huth/Twal 60
14. JRey 20
15. Taylor 40
16. Huth/Twal 40
17. Aloiai 30

With Marshall or JRey to likely get a bench spot, Farah likely loses his appeal if anyone was considering him. While Matto described some disturbing concussion-related symptoms, he’s priced at 46 and could be very tempting if he plays 80 where he averaged 53.5 last year. If the whispers WL heard about Madge and the 13 spot are true, Huth or Twal would be good pickups. Starting at lock playing 55+ minutes, Huth averaged 49.9. While Twal hasn’t yet started a game at lock, his phenomenal workrate would see him smash his 39.3 price

Wouldnt dufty play on the wing?