2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 8

Ben Hunt's Butterfingers wrote:

I don't have any stats but I think he has huge ability to improve his average playing in the halves, and can produce some monster scores. Should be undervalued given the amount of time he spent on the wing last year?

Bren wrote:Is anybody else playing it safe to start the year or just going all out balls to the wall?

SI wrote:

I have had a team where I could tuck that half a million away in the bank again. I pretty much got rid of it yesterday and have spent most of the cap now.   Allthough I would love to take the road less travelled again this year.

Milchcow wrote:

Gutherson played 8 games at five-eighth last year and averaged 43.
He is priced at 36.5

He will add goal kicking this year, sop potenital for another 5 points there and getting close to a 50 point average


His games in the halves he was paired with Jeff Robson. 
They split the kicking averages Gutherson 120, Robson 200m a game

Gutherson will now play alongside Corey Norman who averages 360 kick metres a game, so it is reasonable to assume he might drop a few kicking points. 

My belief is that this drop in kick points will be made up for by the goal kicking, and the extra points he gets at five-eighth over paying centre/wing.
That, along with his DPP flexibility, means he'll very likely be in my team

FebruaryChamp wrote:

At the end of the day, what's the difference  between finishing 200th and 2000th?

Finch wrote:

Position in the leagues next year

Bren wrote:

SI wrote:

I have had a team where I could tuck that half a million away in the bank again. I pretty much got rid of it yesterday and have spent most of the cap now.   Allthough I would love to take the road less travelled again this year.

500k left over? Shit. Would love to see that line up? Must have been some homebrand no frills type of shit going on.

Bren wrote:Is anybody else playing it safe to start the year or just going all out balls to the wall?

Chewie wrote:

Bren wrote:Is anybody else playing it safe to start the year or just going all out balls to the wall?

No Maubs in my team...

Yep, I'm playing it safe

wolfking wrote:I've rejigged my team around a bit as I'm not that sold on French either just going back a couple of pages.  I've found 100K and gone Turbo.  I'm not the biggest fan of him, but I think he'll put up some monster scores.  If we got certainty that Macca would be an 80 player for a while I'd probably go him as Brailey is a concern, but the potential is too big at the moment.  Running as of half an hour ago;

Smith Brailey
Fifita Gurgess FKaufusi Papalli
Surgess ET Carty Sironen SMat Stimpson
Lamb Norman Elgey Hingano
Talakai Idris Cotric Kelly
RTS Hayne Turbo Suli Phythian

Might stick with Hingano as I can see Field becoming a Niko coming on for 15 minutes and his BE just keeps climbing.

Milchcow wrote:

Waqa Blake?

If it is him, what makes you think he is underpriced? Just don't see it.