NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 17

Is Holland and Whitehead to Bird/Lawrie (already have Host, just short of B Smith) and Bateman sideways

Whitehead and Bateman playing for same side - Bateman more tackles and base stats but over the season will Whitehead possibly have greater chance of attacking stats and in game it looks like Bateman is prioritised as moving to CTR/wing for injuries

Otherwise probably going to stick with my current team with underperformers (Holland and Teddy) having good fixtures

Ash Taylor and Tyrone Roberts both outs for this weeks Sharks game

BUMP

Early trades thoughts are Holland and Kahu to Lawrie and Niukore leaving my team looking like this

Cook
Fifita Tolman
Murray Lane Arrow
Morgan Keighran
Nikora Capewell
Hughes CNK Ravalawa

Mahoney
Gillett
Garner
Niukore

Lawrie
Brown
Sivo
Flegler

Thoughts anyone?

Breakevens

Notes, 18 AVG is their priced average from last year, not their actual average.
3 game average is their round 1 score, plus 2 games at priced average

First BEs for the year, could well be issues, please let me know if you spot something

Sorry Milchy, but for me the print is so small that I can't see it. Nothing I do helps me to see it.

GoingNuts wrote:Would love some advice I am stuck between two options.

Option 1
Radley -> Mahoney
Garrick -> Lawrie   $16k ITB

Option 2
Radley -> J.Bateman
Garrick stays for now $19k ITB for HAAS trade in a few weeks.

Current team

Cook
Fifita, tolman
Arrow, Gillett, Murray
Morgan, Keighran
Nikora, Hollland
Ted, Burns, Edwards

Radley, Garner, Host, Burr
D. Brown, Garrick, Sivo, Ravalawa  
$141 ITB

Which option do you like, Or what other trades do you think are required?

bump

my tv broke wrote:

my version of them (i used milchys formula though we tend to have slightly different numbers)  are up on www.nrlfantasy.com.au/breakevens.php

Thanks mate.

So our average round points is half of our round one points.

Where's that a+ thing at.

I like Option 1 mate @GoingNuts

So Frizell lacerated his testicle instead of rupturing it. Both sound pretty horrendous lol he expects to miss 4 weeks

Rapture_NRL wrote:

That's why I said I'm not talking stats. His best days 'were' on the edge. He does SFA on the edge for 80min stints. He got 100m which going on your measure is the same output. He's lazy on D when he's on the park for those minutes. His real asset is his defence, and I don't mean he makes a mountain of tackles. Defenders around him are more confident and comfortable. His comms on D has also improved our middle defence. He likes to put pressure on playmakers which he did multiple times last season. But his defence isn't as strong on the edge anymore because hard-running edge players with late footwork get the best of his lateral movement. I was watching him in the first round. By the 50th minute he was getting lazy and I saw him multiple times as the last player back to the line. I guarantee once coaches notice it they'll exploit it.

You know stats are based on real things right? Like when he plays prop and runs the ball 4 times, watching him doesn't somehow change that.

Not that I just monitor stats, particularly for the Warriors, since I'm a member and watch them intently each week. Not that I've really been quoting stats either, as you did.

Not all 100 metres are the same. Lillyman was great at putting up 100 empty metres.

"were" because basically any time in his career that he was at prop in his career he has been average. With the ball in hand Blair is more of a finesse player than a grunt work type guy. Basically any time he has gone to prop he has not delivered with the ball.

I'm well aware of his ability on defense, hence why I pointed it out. I'm not advocating for him to play 80 minutes either so....

But I'm definitely not advocating the guy who doesn't like carting the ball up, doesn't bend the line, and loves putting the handbrake on to play prop because he's been shit at it basically his whole career. If you're a prop, it's kind of expected that you cart the ball up. He doesn't. When he was a star he didn't either, at his best he was utilising his offload and was more of a finesse player with the ball. He has never been a consistently strong carrier of the ball in the middle.

For the first time since we had the likes of Rapira, Muts, Packer together the Warriors look like they might have a decent prop rotation. We don't need to ruin that by forcing Blair into a position where he has shown constantly he doesn't belong.

OK, that should be better

Thanks Milch

Milchy wrote:
OK, that should be better

Thanks Milchy.

And here I am adding Mitch Moses to my watchlist. What a time to be alive.

At $350k what are the chances that Te Maire Martin makes $200k more as a cash cow downgrade for Watson?

This would enable me to move Radley on and bring in Josh Bateman (keeper @ centre) for Watson and eventually have him as one of three permanent centres Holland, Nikora and Bateman, while still having decent HLF coverage.

This is pretty well-thought out? No?

Regulator wrote:

You know stats are based on real things right? Like when he plays prop and runs the ball 4 times, watching him doesn't somehow change that.

Not that I just monitor stats, particularly for the Warriors, since I'm a member and watch them intently each week. Not that I've really been quoting stats either, as you did.

Not all 100 metres are the same. Lillyman was great at putting up 100 empty metres.

"were" because basically any time in his career that he was at prop in his career he has been average. With the ball in hand Blair is more of a finesse player than a grunt work type guy. Basically any time he has gone to prop he has not delivered with the ball.

I'm well aware of his ability on defense, hence why I pointed it out. I'm not advocating for him to play 80 minutes either so....

But I'm definitely not advocating the guy who doesn't like carting the ball up, doesn't bend the line, and loves putting the handbrake on to play prop because he's been shit at it basically his whole career. If you're a prop, it's kind of expected that you cart the ball up. He doesn't. When he was a star he didn't either, at his best he was utilising his offload and was more of a finesse player with the ball. He has never been a consistently strong carrier of the ball in the middle.

For the first time since we had the likes of Rapira, Muts, Packer together the Warriors look like they might have a decent prop rotation. We don't need to ruin that by forcing Blair into a position where he has shown constantly he doesn't belong.

I'm not saying he's a great prop either lol you're right, he's not dangerous as a ball runner. I'm just saying he doesn't contribute more at 2RF more than at FRF. I personally feel he's better for the team in the middle, because we have the likes of baby Papi, Burr, Pulu etc who can attack edges better than he can. But on your point of carting the ball up, Burr and Tevaga run the ball hard playing at Lock. So just because Blair doesn't fill the "Prop runner" role, there's a bunch of great players to fill that.

Another wet weekend forecast