2016 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 6

"Roosters coach Trent Robinson confirmed Nikorima and fellow teenager Latrell Mitchell would play round one."

http://www.news.com.au/sport/sydney-roosters-too-good-for-st-helens-in-world-club-series/news-story/08acca7ad6ac938f0e889c6543650389

Latrell in Round 1 team. Well the guy's probably got better job security than Greg Eden right? Into my team you go mate although now I'm really stacking up on Rooster players.

Honeysett wrote:"Roosters coach Trent Robinson confirmed Nikorima and fellow teenager Latrell Mitchell would play round one."

http://www.news.com.au/sport/sydney-roosters-too-good-for-st-helens-in-world-club-series/news-story/08acca7ad6ac938f0e889c6543650389

Wow on the Latrell call.  Excellent for Fantasy.  So does anyone know what the go is with Joe Burgess then?

SI wrote:
Wow on the Latrell call.  Excellent for Fantasy.  So does anyone know what the go is with Joe Burgess then?

For what it's worth I attended a Roosters fan event late last year where they held a Q and A. In it Steve McNamara said that Joe Burgess wasn't a walk in to the team and that they wanted him to fight for his spot since they felt he hadn't experienced that feeling of really knuckling down and working hard because he always had a secure spot at Wigan.
At this rate I'd say the Chooks think Mitchell is ready and want to give him game time. Burgess will just have to wait until Mitchell has a few shockers or Tupou keeps making errors and ragdolled coming out of the 20.

Johnny B Goode wrote:

SI wrote:
Wow on the Latrell call.  Excellent for Fantasy.  So does anyone know what the go is with Joe Burgess then?

For what it's worth I attended a Roosters fan event late last year where they held a Q and A. In it Steve McNamara said that Joe Burgess wasn't a walk in to the team and that they wanted him to fight for his spot since they felt he hadn't experienced that feeling of really knuckling down and working hard because he always had a secure spot at Wigan.  
At this rate I'd say the Chooks think Mitchell is ready and want to give him game time. Burgess will just have to wait until Mitchell has a few shockers or Tupou keeps making errors and ragdolled coming out of the 20.

Cheers for sharing mate.  I assumed Burgess was a walk up, but stands to reason.  What are you paying Burgess do yo know?

Maybe latrell plays some FB with Ferguson back in the centres. Copley would be the one likely to drop out in that scenario

Feeney Mitchell Gutherson backline anyone?

GreenMachine wrote:Feeney Mitchell Gutherson backline anyone?

If that worked then imagine your pack!

GreenMachine wrote:Feeney Mitchell Gutherson backline anyone?

Playing around with Feeney and Mitchell backline at the moment to see what I can come up with haha

oo, i dibs first place in the latecomers league. I was bawking of whether I will play, and I just now decided to. I will await your post!!

Too many Roosters come round 1. In all the years of DT and fantasy I never saw another team with so many potential cashies available

Pookus McFly wrote:oo, i dibs first place in the latecomers league. I was bawking of whether I will play, and I just now decided to. I will await your post!!

What better username to lead the League off with 

SI wrote:

Cheers for sharing mate.  I assumed Burgess was a walk up, but stands to reason.  What are you paying Burgess do yo know?

No clue but probably not a whole lot. I'd say maybe 100-150k at most, he's a promising talent from Super League but unproven in the NRL so wouldn't be in high demand on the open market.

So let's play devils advocate for a second.

If I replace Soward and Blake with J-Nik(NPR) and put Mitchell in the 17 it means I can bring in LAM.

Leaves me with a very top heavy team.

Smith (Lichaa)
Woods, LAM (Evans, Stockwell)
Surgess, WGraham, Tauk (JDB)
DCE, Hastings
CLaw, Auva'a
Mansour, Feeney, Mitchell.

Honeysett wrote:So let's play devils advocate for a second.

If I replace Soward and Blake with J-Nik(NPR) and put Mitchell in the 17 it means I can bring in LAM.

Leaves me with a very top heavy team.

Smith (Lichaa)
Woods, LAM (Evans, Stockwell)
Surgess, WGraham, Tauk (JDB)
DCE, Hastings
CLaw, Auva'a
Mansour, Feeney, Mitchell.

50/50 call on whether it is worth the risk.  If we get a genuine indicator of the Pearce situation and his likely return before Round 1 that would be extremely helpful.  Can't help but think Pearce will be back sooner rather than later.

It was painful to watch JNik around this morning, ive had massive raps on him for the past 2 years and havent been quiet about voicing it.

Kids a talent, will be as good as Milf in a few years I reckon.

He is always in the play and will always go looking for the ball. I know the nrl is a massive step up from the 20's but attacking wise he will always be busy.

B/L wrote:It was painful to watch JNik around this morning, ive had massive raps on him for the past 2 years and havent been quiet about voicing it.

Kids a talent, will be as good as Milf in a few years I reckon.

He is always in the play and will always go looking for the ball. I know the nrl is a massive step up from the 20's but attacking wise he will always be busy.

You and me both BL. Didnt hurt so much seeing Copley in another jersey though.

This is driving me mental haha.

So many combinations, I settle on a team and say to myself "oh, let's see what happens if I do this.... oh! I like that better!"

Rinse, lathe, repeat.

Bren wrote:Didnt hurt so much seeing Copley in another jersey though.

Don't talk about your favourite player like that, but in all seriousness he didn't do much. I wonder how many points he would have scored without the try. I might have to re think buying him, he was disappointing in a Rooster side that gunned it.