NRL Fantasy 2019 thread part 7

At centre, Suli averaged 32 at the Tigers in 2017, and 33 at Manly in 2018

Priced at 29 not sure there is a tonne of value there. Especially as CTR seems to have an unusually good amount of value this year.
I'd much rather Holland/Capewell for the same price. Or go cheaper

StormTrooper96 wrote:Some taking points coming out of the NRL app!
- Moses Suli has shed ANOTHER 12kg in the space of 12 months. The kid must be solid, surely he has a spot on the team. Stats gurus where you at for this one?
- Seebs, Payne won’t be walking back into the team. Could suggest longer than a 4 week layoff.

1 SULI < 1 GI

Milchy wrote:
JKust another random point.

A lot of people are waiting for TLT to "confirm" things before finalising their team

Last year in round 1 there were
4 starters in jerseys 14-17
2 starters in jerseys 18-21
5 interchange players named in numbers 18-21

8 players named in jerseys 1-13 who started on the bench
4 players named in jerseys 1-13 who didn't play at all.

Will be fun come TLT trying to decide who is going to miss out this year

Certain coaches are known for inaccurate team lists.
It would be interesting to see which team's teamlist was accurate, and which one was rubbish

Here is a list of everyone who played in a jersey not matching their position

Blake Austin 14 Five-Eighth
Te Maire Martin 14 Five-Eighth
Benji Marshall 14 Five-Eighth
Ryan Matterson 16 2nd Row
James Fisher-Harris 17 2nd Row
Kurt Capewell 18 2nd Row
Matthew Dufty 18 Fullback
Sam Thaiday 10 Hooker
Corey Jensen 18 Interchange
Matt McIlwrick 18 Interchange
Jeremy Latimore 19 Interchange
Hymel Hunt 20 Interchange
Sam Kasiano 20 Interchange
Aidan Sezer 6 Interchange
Junior Paulo 8 Interchange
Andrew McCullough 9 Interchange
Ben Matulino 10 Interchange
Reagan Campbell-Gillard 10 Interchange
Viliame Kikau 11 Interchange
Boyd Cordner 11 Interchange
Paul Gallen 13 Interchange


McCullough not starting was known (or at least strongly suspected) beforehand due to coming back form big injury.
Josh Reynolds got injured at training for Tigers forcing a reshuffle, can't remember how much notice there was.

I remember being surprised by Kikau going to bench, causing me to trade rage him out of my team minutes before kickoff (and then trade him back in the next week)

Don't remember what caused the other changes.

If Luke departs do you think the Warriors will make a play for Segeyaro. They could pay him peanuts because no other club wants to sign him so Segeyaro would have no bargaining power. His style of play would probably suit the Warriors.

Mulvy wrote:mahoney out sucks mainly because he's my back up hooker. There's plenty around that price I could put in instead but leaves me without a second hooker, so could be a big reshuffle for me.

If Egan is named should be an easy fix

White Lightning wrote:If Luke departs do you think the Warriors will make a play for Segeyaro. They could pay him peanuts because no other club wants to sign him so Segeyaro would have no bargaining power. His style of play would probably suit the Warriors.

Segeyaro cant get a contract anywhere. If ANY team wants him, they would have him already.

Milchy wrote:
Here is a list of everyone who played in a jersey not matching their position.

Don't remember what caused the other changes.

Sticky saw a pigeon flying east after noon and felt the omens weren't right.

StormTrooper96 wrote:- Seebs, Payne won’t be walking back into the team. Could suggest longer than a 4 week layoff.

Classic coach fluff. That is 8 weeks away. The whole debacle will be forgotten by then and Haas will have torn up Q Cup for four weeks in the meantime.

my tv broke wrote:

Segeyaro cant get a contract anywhere. If ANY team wants him, they would have him already.

There must be even more to his off field history than is widely known for him still to be out of a job.

Chewie wrote:Would BA play Luke for 80 mins though?

Is Luke currently / or still an 80 min hooker ?

Krump wrote:
There must be even more to his off field history than is widely known for him still to be out of a job.

That is certainly a possibility i.e. he's more trouble than he's worth but I remember reading a Sharks forum & the general consensus was that he plays for himself (selfish), refuses to play to the game plan & ignores the coaches instructions. They basically were sick & tired of his bs.
But we're talking about the Warriors. They can't attract the prime targets & the only way they can get average players is by paying overs e'g. Foran. Segeyaro is perfect because he has no other options & no other choice.

Krump wrote:

Did you read the story about the new Australian sports integrity commission asking AFL for positive drug tests of players, even those not recorded as a strike due to mental illness because it could uncover links to bikie gangs opening players up to extortion and potential Ryan Tandy type activities.

StormTrooper96 wrote:Sorry just had a thought - if Luke is on 150K, Million Dollar Man SJ is gone, Manners retired surely they have some big money? All that money can’t be tied up in Harris, RTs and Green. Half the team plays for peanuts because they are all local home grown. Correct me if I’m wrong but do NZ have a stash of cash laying around?

Yep, bit of a war chest at the moment, hence why I think Luke's agent is making a play for some of it because it has to go somewhere.

What percentage of the salary cap MUST be used each year?

White Lightning wrote:

That is certainly a possibility i.e. he's more trouble than he's worth but I remember reading a Sharks forum & the general consensus was that he plays for himself (selfish), refuses to play to the game plan & ignores the coaches instructions. They basically were sick & tired of his bs.
But we're talking about the Warriors. They can't attract the prime targets & the only way they can get average players is by paying overs e'g. Foran. Segeyaro is perfect because he has no other options & no other choice.

Warriors won't go near that type of player these days.
They've really drawn a line in the sand over the last 18-24 months in terms of only signing players with a very good work ethic:

Adam Blair
Tohu Harris
RTS
Burr
Adam Keighran
Blake Green

All known to be team players who put in the extras at training.

I know the Eels basically played a Raiders reserve grade side in the trial last week but apparently Mahoney made 58 tackles, none missed & didn't play the whole game. Now why do they need Luke.

White Lightning wrote:I know the Eels basically played a Raiders reserve grade side in the trial last week but apparently Mahoney made 58 tackles, none missed & didn't play the whole game. Now why do they need Luke.

Leadership.

Personally, I think the Eels are going backwards if they sign Luke. Seems pretty typical of the type of signing they make though.

White Lightning wrote:I know the Eels basically played a Raiders reserve grade side in the trial last week but apparently Mahoney made 58 tackles, none missed & didn't play the whole game. Now why do they need Luke.

I think they just want to make it harder for fantasy coaches

filthridden wrote:

Yep, bit of a war chest at the moment, hence why I think Luke's agent is making a play for some of it because it has to go somewhere.

What percentage of the salary cap MUST be used each year?

I'm 90% sure it's 90%.

my tv broke wrote:Personally, I think the Eels are going backwards if they sign Luke. Seems pretty typical of the type of signing they make though.

Agree with this.