2016 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 5

Vestid wrote:

Thanks.

Yep, Hastings is fourth reserve.  My assumption are as the same as yours on Sue/Holmes/Whitehead.  Looks like Whitehead and Pauli are the only real concerns based on your predictions, although I'm hoping Whitehead is more 40-45 than 35-40.

Whitehead will go big if he starts, just tough to get the start in that Raiders backrow with Papa, Soliola and Fensom so i put a realistic avg if he jags 60mins. if papa shifts upfront and he takes his 80mins he will go mental but more likely Fensom takes those and Whitehead takes Fensoms minutes

Whitehead has been in and out since the start for me, he was class in the SL, offloads, great line runner and has a big ticker only problem is he misses a fair few tackles all depends on TLT for me

Still need 3 more guys for an NRL Draft Competition.

https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t138p100-ultimate-footy

Can anyone see any benefit to the 'Fantasy Pulse' feature where you ask for advice from the other people competing in the same competition? I mean who the hell would give honest advise to some random who you are competing against in a competition? I can understand it on here as there is a sense of community and we all want Fanatics to do well. But yeah, weird idea, can't see any point in it.

Random wrote:Still need 3 more guys for an NRL Draft Competition.

https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t138p100-ultimate-footy

When is the actual live draft time?

Speedball Deluxe wrote:

Random wrote:Still need 3 more guys for an NRL Draft Competition.

https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t138p100-ultimate-footy

When is the actual live draft time?

Starts Monday but will have 12hr window to make picks. (So the draft will be over the week or so.)

Random wrote:

Starts Monday but will have 12hr window to make picks. (So the draft will be over the week or so.)

EDIT: moved this question to the correct thread over at draft thread.

Not the thread to ask in I'm sorry, but anyway. Is there a forum thread with regards to NRL betting? Like a thread where people can post up what they might think are good bets for a coming round etc? Might be worth creating one if there is enough interest?

Welshy87 wrote:
Welcome mate!
Can't see Farah playing 80 anymore, certainly not for the Tiger, his prblems with JT well documented and Ballin signed  although currently out injured!
Cant see Granville playing 80 mins yet either

Love Cooper and will consistantly get you 50-60 points, guy is a machine. Burgess might start slow but can see him returning to his form of old after a few rounds

Any reasoning behind the Guerra and Harris inclines mate? Guerra might take on more responsibilty in an attacking sense with Cordner seemingly out for a fair few months, SST i like to benefit the most from that

Agree with the 2 halves selections, Hastings a must have be at starting half or as a ressie

I have been looking at Fergo to shore up the tough CTR spot, Hurrell, Lafai potential to return to gun stats and both have a decent starting price

love Mansour and hasn't left my team since i started making teams,a nother im backing to return to GUN status in the WFB

Thanks for the welcome mate.

Yea that's the problem with the hookers (Farah/Granville) I won't pick them if they're not getting 80. Farah I could see myself picking if he gets minutes like he did last year, but really I don't like non-80 hookers. The variance in TOG can get annoying. With Granville there is some speculation he could play 80, I've read he wants to, whether they keep Kostjaysin (spelling?lol) in the 17 with reduced interchanges is the point of articles I've read. But they won a premiership with that set up so it's very much hype at this stage. Seg is someone I am keen on value wise, he was so dominant until injured. Cam Smith/Seg would be my hookers if Farah/Granville don't look promising.

Guerra had a really good start last year from memory, he also got injured once/twice which lowered his average (I need to check nrlstats for TOG). Definitely has the game to average 50ppg and I like him as a player. For Harris it's purely dependent on him playing back row and not centre, he had a few games in centres last year that stifled his run in the back row (and average). He was a keeper when he was in the fwds. I've been looking for some of the value premiums in the 2RF, and maybe a mid-priced player who might get more minutes. I'd really need to look into these value guys with more detail before committing that amount of money.

Yea I got Hastings, he'll be in my 17 too.

Hurrell would be in my team if I was confident on his fitness and playing weight. I haven't heard anything bad so must be doing okay. Has the potential to go on huge runs of 50+.

Mansour couldn't get into a rhythm last year so I don't mind backing him in, he's fairly priced.

Looking forward to hear nines/preseason reports to get more of a feel for the players, and trying to find the guys who are getting the TOG boost.

So my Premier sports subscription has by the looks of things expired, cannot re acitivate online as i already have an existing account and the contact number is closed for the night!

What a shower of fucking shite!

Welshy87 wrote:So my Premier sports subscription has by the looks of things expired, cannot re acitivate online as i already have an existing account and the contact number is closed for the night!

What a shower of fucking shite!

Ouch.

SI wrote:
Ouch.

Furious!

I would sign up for the nrl pass for a free trial, but im worried it will effect my free annual pass which I'm giving to Honeysett

Welshy87 wrote:

SI wrote:
Ouch.

Furious!

I would sign up for the nrl pass for a free trial, but im worried it will effect my free annual pass which I'm giving to Honeysett

Can't find a decent stream?  If it's any consolation I am at work even though I had planned to be laying on the couch watching the Nines.

My take from the Roosters v Rabbits 9's game:

Latrell Mitchell has put on weight (was a bit of a string bean in NYC last year), kids obviously going to get bigger, but he's big enough for the NRL now.

Auv'a is good to go.

Sutton looks too fat to play 80 minutes. There is a Souths 2nd rower with potential out there (Grehv, Carter, Turner???)

Joe Burgess has some serious speed.

SI wrote:
Can't find a decent stream?  If it's any consolation I am at work even though I had planned to be laying on the couch watching the Nines.

No mate, nothing!

http://livestream.com/nrl

May need Hola if it isn't available in your region.

When/how do we get nrl digital subscription for filling the leagues?

Random wrote:http://livestream.com/nrl

May need Hola if it isn't available in your region.

Just downloaded Hola, how do i run the link through it?

So open up the website and you should have the little flame beside your url. Just click on that and choose a country (Sweden) and it should reload that page.

you just turn hola on and set it to germany or something in chrome. and go to the livestream link. works great.

my foxtel was dead. had to call em. on hold for 20 mins, but they sorted it straight away. footy!

Random wrote:So open up the website and you should have the little flame beside your url. Just click on that and choose a country (Sweden) and it should reload that page.

my tv broke wrote:you just turn hola on and set it to germany or something in chrome. and go to the livestream link. works great.

my foxtel was dead. had to call em. on hold for 20 mins, but they sorted it straight away. footy!

Working now lads, thanks!

and thanks to speedball who also sorted me a link, set the country to uk first but when reset to Germany worked lovely