2016 NRL.com Fantasy pre-thread Part 2

Those prizes are a joke. I'm not likely to win but I'm thinking about playing VSDT instead, fanhub are really turning it to shit.

DarkKnight wrote:OPEN!

But for real last I heard it is open late next working week.

I'm in now, prices and players not updated though.

Army Reserve advertising.

Says I'm 0/150 so I guess thats how many have signed up so far.

http://uat-fantasy-nrl.fanhubmedia.com/landing/index.html

I keep getting logged out of this site, it's unusable.

DarkKnight wrote:I'm in now, prices and players not updated though.

Army Reserve advertising.

Says I'm 0/150 so I guess thats how many have signed up so far.

Fool me once, shame on you...

fool mr twic.....aahhh fuck!!

Yeah only real use is looking at some of the new features.

Prizes tab has nothing about weeklies.

DarkKnight wrote:Yeah only real use is looking at some of the new features.

Prizes tab has nothing about weeklies.

We could always set up a weekly prize draw here. Ill start, Weekly prize winner will win a Nintendo 64 with mario kart.

Milchcow wrote:Pretty sad for fanhub when Bren can organise better weekly prizes than they can

Round 2 can be a copy of Metal Gear Solid. Bitches be scrambling to join the forums Leagues

JAKE TRBOJEVIC
Trbojevic played 22 games in his break out campaign, taking the league by storm with his huge motor and low tackling technique. Trbojevic averaged 39.2 points in 46.7 minutes including 26.2 tackles and 111 metres per game leaving him priced at 348k to start 2016. However when given the chance to play big minutes at the back end of 2015(round 19 onwards) Trbojevic thrived. From round 19 onwards Trbojevic averaged 48.3 points in 55 minutes including 29.7 tackles and 125 metres per game. However Trbojevic suffered a concussion in round 23 forcing him to play only 27 minutes for 16 points. When this game is removed from the stats, Trbojevic average jumps to 53 points in 59 minutes. All of these games occurred with 3 props on the bench(Sao, Sene-Lafao and Starling. If Trbojevic can manage to keep these stats up in 2016 he could easily join the next tier of guns. But will Manly’s increased depth prove to be a problem?

LEESON AH MAU
Ah Mau started 2015 as the no nonsense mid-range prop none of us would ever consider averaging 39.9 in 43.7 minutes including 26 tackles and 112 metres per game. When Merrin was suspended for rounds 17-21, Ah Mau was forced to step up and lead from the front, boosting his average to 48 points in 49.4 minutes including 32.6 tackles and 137.2 metres. However upon Merrin’s return from suspension Ah Mau kept these numbers at a near identical pace. From round 17 onwards Ah Mau averaged 49.1 points in 50.7 minutes including 29.9 tackles and 143.3 metres per game. Priced at 357k, Ah Mau is nearly 100k cheaper than the likes of Woods, Bromwich, Graham etc. but has shown the potential to match their scores. Will Ah Mau be the main benefactor from Merrin’s departure?

multiple.scoregasms wrote:JAKE TRBOJEVIC
Trbojevic played 22 games in his break out campaign, taking the league by storm with his huge motor and low tackling technique. Trbojevic averaged 39.2 points in 46.7 minutes including 26.2 tackles and 111 metres per game leaving him priced at 348k to start 2016. However when given the chance to play big minutes at the back end of 2015(round 19 onwards) Trbojevic thrived. From round 19 onwards Trbojevic averaged 48.3 points in 55 minutes including 29.7 tackles and 125 metres per game. However Trbojevic suffered a concussion in round 23 forcing him to play only 27 minutes for 16 points. When this game is removed from the stats, Trbojevic average jumps to 53 points in 59 minutes. All of these games occurred with 3 props on the bench(Sao, Sene-Lafao and Starling. If Trbojevic can manage to keep these stats up in 2016 he could easily join the next tier of guns. But will Manly’s increased depth prove to be a problem?

LEESON AH MAU
Ah Mau started 2015 as the no nonsense mid-range prop none of us would ever consider averaging 39.9 in 43.7 minutes including 26 tackles and 112 metres per game. When Merrin was suspended for rounds 17-21, Ah Mau was forced to step up and lead from the front, boosting his average to 48 points in 49.4 minutes including 32.6 tackles and 137.2 metres. However upon Merrin’s return from suspension Ah Mau kept these numbers at a near identical pace. From round 17 onwards Ah Mau averaged 49.1 points in 50.7 minutes including 29.9 tackles and 143.3 metres per game. Priced at 357k, Ah Mau is nearly 100k cheaper than the likes of Woods, Bromwich, Graham etc. but has shown the potential to match their scores. Will Ah Mau be the main benefactor from Merrin’s departure?

Great write mate, Ah Mau currently in my side atm, can you do a write up on Junior Paulo? He picked up some big scores towards the back end of the season, SI alluded me to some info which made me think twice about his potential, perhaps one of these write ups will put it into black and white for me haha

I know it's been said before, but I gotta say it again. MASSIVE THANKS to Milchy for his spreadsheet, it is such a great resource to have to tinker around on before the fantasy site opens. Cheers mate!!!

And also to the site creators and mods, so cool to be able to have this site to chat with everyone weeks before fantasy/season even starts.

Bren wrote:

We could always set up a weekly prize draw here. Ill start, Weekly prize winner will win a Nintendo 64 with mario kart.

Could have some sort or internal reward system. A trophy/flair that would get added onto your profile stats whenever you post something. Just for forum bragging rights

Bren wrote:

Round 2 can be a copy of Metal Gear Solid. Bitches be scrambling to join the forums Leagues

Throw super smash bros in and you've got yourself a great prize pool there

Beast From The Big East wrote:

Throw super smash bros in and you've got yourself a great prize pool there

Sorry I dont have that bro but how about Wii Sports Resort

Remember that although we want as many guns in our side as possible the aim of this game is having a good scoring 17. You need a good balance with your side because having 14 good scorers & 3 guys scoring 10-20 each will cost you.

Welshy87 wrote:
Great write mate, Ah Mau currently in my side atm, can you do a write up on Junior Paulo? He picked up some big scores towards the back end of the season, SI alluded me to some info which made me think twice about his potential, perhaps one of these write ups will put it into black and white for me haha

I had a look at Paulo but he only seemed to increase his average by ~4 points and only received an extra ~5 minutes a game so didn't think he was worth covering as not much room for growth

Read through this thread last night and did a bit of research - ended up with the following to work with:

J Friend, Koroisau
Woods, Douglas, Lawrence, nuffie
Mannering, Tapau, Rochow, Ah Mau, Henry, nuffie
Milford, J Reynolds, Taylor, Hastings
Lafai, Copley, Auva'a, Chee-Kam
Mansour, Gordon, Slater, Gutherson, Anderson

59k to spare