NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 18

my tv broke wrote:

Yeah I think I'll still play Brown. Dont see Keighran picking up points so easily this week. I'm not terribly confident in eiether of them getting much more than 30.

I am considering trading Edwards to Morgan so I don't have to play either of Keighran/Brown, but it means I'd have to play Ravalawa. Rava potentially matches the cheap half anyway. Unfortunately I didn't see the Dragons game so I don't really know what to expect from Rava, will he maintain a decent amount of TB's? Afterall, its only been one game.

VERTiiGO wrote:Bateman is at such an awkward price.... i want him bad but literally cant do it without trading out Mahoney and Holland... so gonna go with

Garrick>Lawrie
Kahu>Staggs/Host/Mikaele??

wolfking wrote:

Thanks mate, considering I'm just inside the top 14000 after round 1..........I'm not holding my breath this year hahaha.  Probably why I might as well go with it.  Yes, there's nothing worse on being persuaded (not by fault by anyone) and talking yourself out of a pick and watch them go well and watch the player you talked yourself into go shit.  Overthinking is a fucking bitch too that brings things unstuck sometimes.  I don't think I'll worry too much with ranking and will probably have more fun going with the players I think and try and enjoy the game more instead of agonize over it.  That's why someone like Holland, I'm really keeping the faith with and gonna ride him strong.  

Loomer wrote:

Keighran 32pts from tackles, metres, and kick metres

CubanMafiaSandSlugs wrote:I wouldn't be surprised to see Meaney come in at fullback for Dogs and Hoppa move back to centre to firm things up a bit. Montoya was awful and caught out numerous times, but admittedly so was Holland. I think 3 out of his 5 missed tackles was RTS shimmying and leaving him in his dust, to set up a try!
Holland is a definite hold though. And maybe RTS score was overstated due to the ease in which he scored his points.

I'm not surprised to see the various ludicrous annual pre-round-2 trades being thrown around as people jostle and knee-jerk after 1 round and not much context. Re-shuffling entire team and sacrificing guns to bring in relatively unknown players who've hit a good score.  

There are a couple of obvious trade ins and outs. But aside that, I think we all need to remember it's round 1 where almost every game was played in the pouring rain. One score isn't enough to make season long decisions off. We need at least 3-4 weeks to see how things pan out.

In saying that, it's vitally important to make quick cash early on to progress your team towards 18/19 guns as quickly as possible ready for the run in. So there is a balance which needs to be met.

Anyway, my two bobs.

Crazy trade out suggestions I've seen IMO:  Edwards, Arrow, Taupau, Cherry Evans, Johnson, Tedesco, Burns, Lane, Holland.

Breathe everyone. It's round 1.

Rapture_NRL wrote:

Me neither Wolfie. Only cracked sub 1000 once lol who am I to give advice

I like those trades. I have Sivo for your Garrick, but I'll probably keep Radley for now. Bateman is a solid option and if I wasn't going for cows I'd bring him in too.


Just on Lawrie v Host, Lawrie just needs the minutes (1PPM). I think for the next few weeks he'll get  (40ish). I read Friz said he'll be out up to 4 weeks, and Sims isn't back till next game, obviously JDB out. I think he'll eke out $150k at least until Frizell comes back. *Disclaimer: I need to play Lawrie in my 17*

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Radley > Lawrie
Sivo > Bird

If Sele isn't named to start/bench I'll put him in instead of Sivo.

Thoughts? Or just give Radley about her chance and sit tight.

Chewie wrote:

Highs and lows of fantasy. I know it can all fall apart this coming weekend so I'm taking it into my stride while it lasts.

Yeah Rabs and Wolfie got dunked hard last weekend

wolfking wrote:

Thanks mate, considering I'm just inside the top 14000 after round 1..........I'm not holding my breath this year hahaha.  Probably why I might as well go with it.  Yes, there's nothing worse on being persuaded (not by fault by anyone) and talking yourself out of a pick and watch them go well and watch the player you talked yourself into go shit.  Overthinking is a fucking bitch too that brings things unstuck sometimes.  I don't think I'll worry too much with ranking and will probably have more fun going with the players I think and try and enjoy the game more instead of agonize over it.  That's why someone like Holland, I'm really keeping the faith with and gonna ride him strong.  

Milchy wrote:Holland is a player priced at 29 who we think might average 40-45

Bateman is a player priced at 41 who looks like he could average 50-55

If Holland fires from this week (entirely possible) then he could end up keeping the price difference between him and Bateman fairly constant. So waiting until you have the cash might work, but you will likely be forgoing points whilst you wait. 10 extra points a week is not to be sneezed at.


If you think Bateman will average less than 50 and/or Holland will get more than 45, you should hold off.
If you have to downgrade too much elsewhere to get the cash for Holland -> Bateman, then hold off.


If you have Brown/Radley/Twal/Ofa I would trade them to Bateman, but that is mostly because I ended up deciding that none of those players were prime initial options.

Some specific options for getting Bateman in might be a bit crazy, but it is not trade rage to try and bring in what looks to be the best option in a difficult position whilst he is the cheapest he will be for the rest of the season.

my tv broke wrote:

Yeah I think I'll still play Brown. Dont see Keighran picking up points so easily this week. I'm not terribly confident in eiether of them getting much more than 30.

I am considering trading Edwards to Morgan so I don't have to play either of Keighran/Brown, but it means I'd have to play Ravalawa. Rava potentially matches the cheap half anyway. Unfortunately I didn't see the Dragons game so I don't really know what to expect from Rava, will he maintain a decent amount of TB's? Afterall, its only been one game.

GreenMachine wrote:
No great rush on Radley.

His break even if 37 is hittable if you have other priorities. I might sit him outside my 17 this week, but might also regret that too. He SHOULD be cam Murray like in contribution! (on ability) but just isn’t quite doing it. Early days

Milchy wrote:

My personal opinion is that Radley wasn't good value in the first place. Maybe 5 points underpriced. Week 1 has done nothing to change that. Radley will no doubt improve on his round 1 fantasy output, but by how much?

Round 1 has also exposed some players who look to be better value than Radley, if you can switch, the sooner the better.

The exception would be if you thought Radley to step even more thus year (which obviously you do to some extent because he's in your team) and you think he will get there short term. In that case keep the faith.