2016 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 5

mcqueen/bird/taia/james/paasi. where do they all fit in. do james or even taia play some prop? or paasi? too many questions

EDIT just found an article where taia says he's been training on the left with ash taylor inside him and josh hoffman outside. mcqueen taking the right side.

Milchcow wrote:

Tariq Sims is suspended for the first 5 rounds.

Tapine played 65+ minutes twice last year for scores of 51 and 65.  He is priced at an average of 30.

if Tapine gets Tariq's starting spot, the odds look quite good of him scorign well and making cash.

Against him is the fact that he is being linked with Canberra, and Nathan brown has threatened to play him in reserve grade if he signs there.


Paasi also priced at a 30 average.
He finished last year with scores of 37, 57, 50 in 3 80 minute games.

he needs to keep playing 80 minutes (or close to it) in order to be value. If Taia and McQueen start ahead of him I would avoid.

Would you be able to hazard a guess at Tapine's price after 5 rds if he averged 45?

Api Koroisau arrested for entered someone else's property. I'd assume an ex girlfriend

my tv broke wrote:The start to the NRL season has been rocked by yet another pre-season scandal with Manly star recruit Apisai Koroisau charged with illegally entering a property in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/manly-sea-eagles-star-recruit--apisai-koroisau-charged-by-police-20160208-gmo5u2.html#ixzz3zX9eFhl6

Wouldnt be a proper pre season without yet another incident...

koro's gf committed suicide late last year. im not sure what this situation relates to but i don't think its a simple thing

Josh Massoud ‏@josh_massoud 2m2 minutes ago
The Api Koroisau story is infinitely more delicate & complicated than anyone can imagine. Young man in need of support. @SeaEagles

Manly on Koroisau: "The incident follows some extenuating circumstances in Apisai’s personal life."

Sounds like instead of reporting about his arrest they should have kept this one quiet for the kids health

my tv broke wrote:koro's gf committed suicide late last year. im not sure what this situation relates to but i don't think its a simple thing

Josh Massoud ‏@josh_massoud  2m2 minutes ago
The Api Koroisau story is infinitely more delicate & complicated than anyone can imagine. Young man in need of support. @SeaEagles

As far as not automatically assuming all footballers are cunts goes Massoud is the best journo in the country.

yeah it sounds like this story would of been better off left un-reported. cant do any good for anyone.

its a shame the average muppet will just see the headline and just use it as more ammo to 'hate' on league/etc

my tv broke wrote:yeah it sounds like this story would of been better off left un-reported. cant do any good for anyone.

its a shame the average muppet will just see the headline and just use it as more ammo to 'hate' on league/etc

My comment was not hating on the NRL or Api for that matter, rather just pointing out how the media go ape shit for anything even remotely negative that happens in the pre season.

Bren wrote:My comment was not hating on the NRL or Api for that matter, rather just pointing out how the media go ape shit for anything even remotely negative that happens in the pre season.

yeah all good, my comment wasnt in reference to yours.

my tv broke wrote:

yeah all good, my comment wasnt in reference to yours.

All good MTB, just thought I would clarify is all. Seems like a very delicate situation involving Api. No doubt Gus will get to the bottom of it and do whats right for all. He genuinely has the players welfare at heart, he is a good bloke Gus.

I hope Wilson goes off half cocked and gets exposed for the total kent that she is.

Bren wrote:

All good MTB, just thought I would clarify is all. Seems like a very delicate situation involving Api. No doubt Gus will get to the bottom of it and do whats right for all. He genuinely has the players welfare at heart, he is a good bloke Gus.

He's at Manly now.

Krump wrote:
He's at Manly now.

Haha so he is. To be fair Ive had a few drinkies over SB.

Scouter wrote:

That sounds like the same kind of logic that everyone who has picked him in the past has used.

Picked him twice and never regretted it. (To your defense, picked him once and did ) But if he starts, the only thing that will keep him out (barring a temporary stint at centre for injury cover during a single game) is Cordner returning early. I don't see that happening with a pec injury. People like to call somebody a trap because they will score lower than you assume. Aubbs was always a gun who didn't get the gametime in the 2nd row. Spotting how long he will likely get when he covers for injury is the key to riding him successfully, as I have done in the past.

People who say he is a trap are probably the same believers in NRL hoodoo that think 'ooo don't captain Cam Smith on a Monday night'.
You people will never be the best, like no-one ever was.

j niko named at 6. aubbo named at backrow.

at last minute, j niko benched. aubbo plays "6". some other bloke runs on in back row.

Chewie wrote:

Thanks! Appreciate the rundown! Tapine looks more promising if he secures the spot

As long as he doesn't sign with the Raiders in the first 5 weeks no reason he wont.

worst case scenerio Aubbo becomes the first casualty of my trades and I downgrade him to whichever one of Lafai, Hurrell, Lawrence, Brown etc is doing well. I still think that is unlikely to happen, and the boon of having a centre score 50's and increase to 400k over 6 weeks far outweighs the risk of losing a trade.