NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 12

Iron Mike wrote:

So what you are telling me is that he is pretty much as good as Angus Chricton. Case closed. Good luck.

Sorry, I wasn't trying to come across as having the definitive answer or anything. But I do think he has a lot of upside. The stats do indicate that he at least has the potential to be as good as (2018) Angus Crichton.

Daily Tele is reporting that Bailey Simonsson will play wing for the Raiders.

my tv broke wrote:Daily Tele is reporting that Bailey Simonsson will play wing for the Raiders.

Oldfield is out, could be back as early as week 2. I don't know enough about the Raiders to know if he will be straight back into the side or if Simonsson could keep him out.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:I remember wanting to buy Niukore last year but didn't do it.

I regretted that hugely

He's pretty tempting at 450k, but that pack is a bit of an unknown.. would Niukore get 65 mins? Does Mau have a mortgage on a starting position or is Niukore a chance to stay there?

Does Lana play 80 or no?

Weiland wrote:Papali'i stood down for the Warriors for Round 1 for unknown reasons.

Welcome to my team Burr. Only need a few good scores and he will do the job. Blair likely to start on an edge.

Iron Mike wrote:

So what you are telling me is that he is pretty much as good as Angus Chricton. Case closed. Good luck.

I think the lengthy time off for concussion is a legitimate concern.

He's not super cheap either so there might be better value out there. but certainly he is worthy of consideration

Weiland wrote:Papali'i stood down for the Warriors for Round 1 for unknown reasons.

Hello Burr

Weiland wrote:Papali'i stood down for the Warriors for Round 1 for unknown reasons.

Really?!?
burr 4 president

4 Warriors in my team - this is only going to go one way isn't it

Hopefully Alex Corvo weaves his magic in the early rounds

More tempted to do RTS and Matterson to Hughes and Lolo now

James.....”mid 40’s”.

my tv broke wrote:

He's pretty tempting at 450k, but that pack is a bit of an unknown.. would Niukore get 65 mins? Does Mau have a mortgage on a starting position or is Niukore a chance to stay there?

Does Lana play 80 or no?

A team the moment I have squeezed Mahoney/Lane/Niukore into my team haha

Burr for 1 round??

Adds Milford: "What's good with the coach is that I think we're going to be a lot more hands-on with the ball which will suit us ball-runners. He'll bring my running game into play a lot more. We're getting our hands on the ball first up instead of playing out the back of our ruck which I think will benefit us and help to bring Kodi and myself into the game."

Siebold said the same thing on NRL360 last night. Sounds like they are cutting out the "link forward" stuff on backline moves.

Probably meaningless, and will be interesting to see if it is even noticable on the field.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Burr for 1 round??

He's in my team anyway so the only difference is that I'm putting him in my 17 now.

Vanish wrote:

Sorry, I wasn't trying to come across as having the definitive answer or anything. But I do think he has a lot of upside. The stats do indicate that he at least has the potential to be as good as (2018) Angus Crichton.

I'm just trying to point out that his good scores came from either tries/try saves etc and high tackle counts. He will not get those same high tackle counts at the Tigers, due to being on the edge for the whole 80 minutes. There is no Aubo coming off the bench to replace Matterson on an edge for him to move into the middle of the park. The Tigers have a lot more middle depth. Now I expect his average to be somewhere between 46-48 points which is not bad but probably not quite keeper. Doesn't play round 12. Not trying to talk anyone out of a good player but I'm just saying don't expect the 55 average that some are believing.

Hmmm I got rid of him ages ago. Spose there is always a opening

White Lightning wrote:

He's in my team anyway so the only difference is that I'm putting him in my 17 now.

will he stay in the 17 tho?

Burr is the Mark Nicholls of 2019

rhinoceroo wrote:I'm more worried about Matterson taking months to come back from being hit in the head by a football than I am by his scores over 70+ minutes, tbh.

Yeah it is a risk. Tbh I think he didn't give the first concussion enough time to recover which meant the kick to the head did more damage. It's hard to sit out though. I got concussed in a pre-comp game last year and then concussed again during the comp. Stupid af. But you don't wanna let your team down. Matterson taking that time off was the smartest thing to do. I'm either taking a gamble on him or Lane, but the Lane+$$ might be the deciding factor

Milchy wrote:

You'll have Morgan + Brown in your squad anyway

So who would you have instead of Munster in the first option?

I would like Matterson, or another value second rower.

Currently have Arrow, Murray, Lane, Niukore, Garner.

So basically adding Matterson to that crew or perhaps a Whitehead/Radley/Sironen and spend a bit more at WFB.