NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 19

Welshy wrote:

Why mate, still well below the 35 he has career wise at CTR

Remember his 40+ average in his half days

A base price guy making 35's is in for a big rise. If he goes 35 for the next 3 rounds he only makes just over 100k and without another good score it slows right down. I didn't think him or the Broncos looked very good. If I'd started with him I'd be happy but he has to hit his career average at centre to make $150k when he's already got the bump of a big score. If I thought there'd be another 45-50 in the near future I'd grab him but I think a 15-20 is more likely.

Actually I vaguely remember reading somewhere that B. Hunt was a hooker in the younger grades but could be wrong.

bluetige wrote:Corey Norman just said on NRL360 that McInnes will goto lock when Dufty comes on

Dufty to 1
Widdop to 7
Hunt to 9
McInnes to 13
13 to bench

Fantasy aside, do mid-game spine changes like this ever work?

I have already got Host so is Radley to Lawrie a good idea? I am thinking Carrick to Bird as well for my NPRs.

White Lightning wrote:

But they usually only give Dufty about 10 minutes at the end of the game. They have been training in that formation quite a bit in pre season because it was part of a no JDB contingency plan. If they adopt this tactic I'm intrigued about B. Hunt playing hooker but it would have to be decent minutes. He's a natural hooker & probably a better dummy half than he is a half.

I just repeated what I heard. Posted it because it may affect the Lock's minutes, i.e. Lawrie.

White Lightning wrote:Actually I vaguely remember reading somewhere that B. Hunt was a hooker in the younger grades but could be wrong.

Only remember him being a half in lower grades
But he spent most of first 100 or so NRL games in the middle

I think One of my trades will be Kamikamica to Bird but the second one i'm not so sure on.

Should I grab Bateman for Radley or pick up Lawrie for Kahu to make cash?

Crichton is definitely the next gun I am picking up once he bottoms out.

White Lightning wrote:Actually I vaguely remember reading somewhere that B. Hunt was a hooker in the younger grades but could be wrong.

Half of the rugby league universe thinks Bunt is a hooker me included. Could've been the real FAC

Didn’t Hunt used to spell Wallace before he became a full time half! Can remember starting him that year at $179,000 and he went ballistic

Mr Fernando wrote:

Fantasy aside, do mid-game spine changes like this ever work?

The coach also confirmed it

Mr Fernando wrote:

Fantasy aside, do mid-game spine changes like this ever work?

Not that I can think of. Certainly not long term.

bluetige wrote:

I just repeated what I heard. Posted it because it may affect the Lock's minutes, i.e. Lawrie.

Appreciated bro.

Hi all
Current team:
Cook
Fif Mart
Arrow Murray Lane
Morgan Keighran
Holland Burns
CNK Edwards Kahu

Capewell Nikora Garner Lawrie
Brow Bird Rav Sele

The only trade im considering is sele to host - really undecided on this one, thoughts. Cheers.

bluetige wrote:

The coach also confirmed it

It'll work for Hunt if he gets enough time to prove himself to Walters. In purely footy terms he'll be amazing.

Johnny B Goode wrote:Teddy has gone down 1.86% in ownership. lol well no easier way to identify fantasy rookies than that.

The ownership % also changes from new users signing up and foregoing Teddy. More teams, less Teddy selections. Probably been a few thousand new teams just from last week to this week.

There's usually just under 60k teams for Rd 1, but will be over 100k towards the end. I'm playing Supercoach this year, so haven't checked the numbers for FailHub fantasy.

White Lightning wrote:Actually I vaguely remember reading somewhere that B. Hunt was a hooker in the younger grades but could be wrong.

It wasn't just in lower grades, Hunt literally spent years spelling Macca for small stints from the Broncos bench at NRL level before he started appearing in the halves

bluetige wrote:Corey Norman just said on NRL360 that McInnes will goto lock when Dufty comes on

Dufty to 1
Widdop to 7
Hunt to 9
McInnes to 13
13 to bench

So could be halfway through the first half?

B. Hunt is so creative from dummy half & his acceleration off the mark catches out any lazy markers or defenders.

luckynumber8 wrote:I think One of my trades will be Kamikamica to Bird but the second one i'm not so sure on.

Should I grab Bateman for Radley or pick up Lawrie for Kahu to make cash?

Crichton is definitely the next gun I am picking up once he bottoms out.

Crichton likely takes longer to bottom out than some other cut priced guns.

White Lightning wrote:B. Hunt is so creative from dummy half & his acceleration off the mark catches out any lazy markers or defenders.

He'll be a gun. With time I'd bet on McInnes leaving or playing 13.
It's nice that nobody has mentioned lawrie yet.