2019 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 3

King Assassin wrote:
lomax and ravalawa are fighting for the same winger spot i believe. dont think they both play

Who would be on the other wing? I doubt itd be Pearson

King Assassin wrote:
lomax and ravalawa are fighting for the same winger spot i believe. dont think they both play

I thought Lomax was favoured for a centre role, and the others fighting for the wing spot? Hmm, Dufty misses out with Widdop at FB, but Nene's gone, Aitken on the outer, nightingale retired, I'm forgetting someone?

King Assassin wrote:
lomax and ravalawa are fighting for the same winger spot i believe. dont think they both play

With Aitken apparently on outer and Nightingale and Nene gone, 3 spots up for grabs

Welshy wrote:

With Aitken apparently on outer and Nightingale and Nene gone, 3 spots up for grabs

Yeah this is what I thought

Mighty Fishes wrote:


Yeah this is what I thought

Technically 2 because of Norman, but both start R1 I reckon

Welshy wrote:
Technically 2 because of Norman, but both start R1 I reckon

But Lomax first dibs on centre right???

Mulvy wrote:

But Lomax first dibs on centre right???

Lafai's still there too is he?

Aitken was in origin talks last season. i think he will be there. lafai grabs the other centre spot. then jordan pereira will most likely be on the left wing, which leaves lomax and ravalawa fighting for the last spot.

For me dragons side is;
Dufty
pereira
aitken
lafai
lomax/ravalawa
widdop
hunt
graham/Korbin
Mcinnes
vaughn
frizzel
tariq
JDB (if all goes well)
Bench
Graham/Korbin
Leilua
Lawrie
Norman( Only on bench cause i think he brings more utility value then someone like dufty)

The debate i see is between norman, widdop and dufty and where they play. I think mary will look to bring graham on as an impact forward to boost the team around the 20 minute mark. the team really lifted last year when graham was fresh onto the field. I think aitken is more safe then lafai. aitken could switch sides pshing lomax onto right centre and ravalawa and pereira on the wings.

I'm not excusing what Barba has done & he deserved to get the boot but we've all done & said things on the piss that after waking up the next day we truly regret although probably not to the same degree. I feel sorry for the bloke because this morning he's woken up & realised he's destroyed his nrl career & probably his league career, his partner has probably left him & he's looking like being charged by police for assault. But actions have consequences & Barba will have to own up to what he's done & try to improve himself as a person. If he asked me for advice the first thing I would say to him is....give up the alcohol because you can't handle it.

On the Dragons don't try & second guess what McGregor will do because even Dragons fans don't understand the logic of his selections at times. He usually goes with what he knows & always takes the ultra conservative route & doesn't seem to have any imagination at all. He'd rather keep playing the incumbant even if he's in poor form e.g. Lafai/Aitken rather than picking some talented young player with potential to start e.g. Lomax. That's why Dragons fans want him to get the sack just about every week.

Welshy wrote:

Both in for big seasons after losing Mcguire I reckon, both potentially could be logging around 55/60 minutes, so both should improve on last years average I think mate

Ofa averages 51 when playing over 50 minutes as well (11 games last year)

Was just going to mention I see both having value with the loss of McGuire, Sims and Thaiday. Good chance I end up with both of them

Welshy wrote:

My Barba alts would be Watson but more expensive, Edwards, Drinkwater/Hughes, Hampton

Looking at Watson's run metres and tackle busts from his previous fullback stint he looks to have a fantastic base with potential to explode. Off chance the experiment fails and Ponga ends up back at 1 but I certainly have an eye on Watson

White Lightning wrote:I'm not excusing what Barba has done & he deserved to get the boot but we've all done & said things on the piss that after waking up the next day we truly regret although probably not to the same degree. I feel sorry for the bloke because this morning he's woken up & realised he's destroyed his nrl career & probably his league career, his partner has probably left him & he's looking like being charged by police for assault. But actions have consequences & Barba will have to own up to what he's done & try to improve himself as a person. If he asked me for advice the first thing I would say to him is....give up the alcohol because you can't handle it.

100% my advice to him as well. Obviously he has other issues that needs dealing with but removing booze will have the biggest positive impact on his life.

Source: gave up alcohol = life is better

Apparently J.Oneill and TMM was with him. Surely if they really had a good team culture those boys would be first to say, look mate, settle the fuck down, look where you are mate! Instead they just let it happen

StormTrooper96 wrote:Apparently J.Oneill and TMM was with him.

Well to be honest, they were probably blind drunk too. I'm not defending them, but it's easy for situations to escalate in the blink of an eye.

Obviously I don't know what actually happened, but it wouldn't be the first time the events that actually occurred are a little less sensational than the way the media have reported it.

StormTrooper96 wrote:Apparently J.Oneill and TMM was with him. Surely if they really had a good team culture those boys would be first to say, look mate, settle the fuck down, look where you are mate! Instead they just let it happen

Apparently they just stood back & did nothing while Barba was attacking his partner. Someone posted on here or fb a statement from the mother of one of the bouncers which confirmed this. She also said when the bouncers told him to bugger off, Barba used the old......don't you know who I am line. As you said I don't know why O'Neill or TMM didn't intervene & calm the situation.

Pain wrote:

100% my advice to him as well. Obviously he has other issues that needs dealing with but removing booze will have the biggest positive impact on his life.

Source: gave up alcohol = life is better

Agree, just ask Matt Lodge.

Re Dragons, Norman will definitely be 6 in my opinion.

There seem to be a fair few people convinced that Aitken has lost his place in the side. That would surprise me.