2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 17

ET could have stayed with the well earned 49 he forged through (a lot of) blood, swear and tears. But that last flurry of broken tackles bringing him down to 43 might seal his fate, he better hope he updates. I made a promise to myself he would be cut if he went sub 45. And really- if we can't keep our promises to ourselves, then how are we to stand tall as men?
Thinking ET-> Hess (if starting) and Hayne -> Holmes (if playing)
TRADE TRADE TRADE TRADE TRADE!

SI wrote:

Hard to work out which one is in the right.

doesn't really matter much. I joined both groups, and I assume they will fill my news feed with equal amounts of frivolity and entertainment. I come here for my fantasy advice...
....So then why didn't you bastards stop me from captaining JDB over Cam? I hold you all accountable!

wolfking wrote:

SI wrote:

Bloke is sailing close to the wind with his pseudo-cannonball tackles though.  May never happen, but I think they need to have a word to him before he fucks someones knees up or breaks a leg.

There was one that he put on close to their own line on someone who I can't recall in the last 5 minutes or so.  Ref called held and he flew in and attacked the legs and IMO it was pretty fucking pathetic.  I was stunned that it wasn't penalised.  Guy is a 3rd man flopper everytime, shit footballer IMO.  He must have himself in his own fantasy team he loves himself that much.

The bad one I saw was in the first half, but same thing. Bloke was wrapped up by 2 Dragons and not going anywhere and DeBellin came flying in from a good 5 metres away as hard as he he could and hit him square in the knees. It was an outside back too, just can't remember who.

my Ranking updated to 183

Im still losing my L5 and L7 match-up with a score of 783

SI wrote:

Wet off at 54th minute and back on 68th or thereabouts.  Only scored 5 points or something in the second stint.

With your rank, sounds about right.  Average score this week seems to be around 730.

Thanks SI, thought I was going to lose ground, was 4000 odd this morning.

Looks like the top ranked team has no Hayne or TVS.

Shanbon wrote:my Ranking updated to 183

Im still losing my L5 and L7 match-up with a score of 783

Well done mate.

Rabbit wrote:

SI wrote:

Bloke is sailing close to the wind with his pseudo-cannonball tackles though.  May never happen, but I think they need to have a word to him before he fucks someones knees up or breaks a leg.

I agree totally. Said the same thing to the missus. He will play for NSW and Australia like his grandpappy soon though. Great player. Not just fantasy wise. Disclaimer - I don't have him but wish I did.

I don't have him either. Kudos to the way he prowls along the defensive line-he follows the play like he is a fullback-that is fucking hard enough to do when you are actually a fullback, let alone being 20 kilos heavier than one and ACTUALLY making those tackles.

Shanbon wrote:my Ranking updated to 183

Im still losing my L5 and L7 match-up with a score of 783

It's a tough gig this year in pretty much every league.

thinking i might go for Walker ->Ponga/Abbey/whoever, then Buhrer -> Hess, was going to be Walker -> Holmes, Taylor -> Hess but now McInness will start to pull away from Pritchard and the sooner i pool the money to make the upgrade the better

SI wrote:

It's a tough gig this year in pretty much every league.

Talking about the leagues...
It looks like the Renegade leagues have gained some ground on our leagues in the rankings

Finch wrote:Anybody else score less than 700?

*Shamefully raises hand*

Billy Slater cleared to return round 3.

Bren wrote:Billy Slater cleared to return round 3.

Hayne to Slater?

SI wrote:

Bloke is sailing close to the wind with his pseudo-cannonball tackles though.  May never happen, but I think they need to have a word to him before he fucks someones knees up or breaks a leg.

I noticed that today particularly - there were a couple that were totally unnecessary

Chewie wrote:

Hayne to Slater?

Nah I think when I eventually trade Hayne out I'll switch Gutho back to FB and bring in a half. Norman or ARey most likely.

Bren wrote:Billy Slater cleared to return round 3.

Isn't he marked "fragile"

Bren wrote:Billy Slater cleared to return round 3.

belly ache seems pretty happy with Jacks. I'm hoping Munster goes to the centres for Blair even though hes been playing well

Munster is a machine at the back I don't see why you would move him. Made like 28 hit ups this week and looked dangerous with every touch

Chewie wrote:

SI wrote:

It's a tough gig this year in pretty much every league.

Talking about the leagues...
It looks like the Renegade leagues have gained some ground on our leagues in the rankings

Totals aren't right mate, I just did the math. Not sure if they haven't updated today's results yet but L1 is on nearly 25000 points for the two rounds but the Rankings have us on 22748. Won't know properly till tomorrow after Lockout.

To be honest, just happy for our Leagues to be up there and competing again this year like year's past, after a very lean 2016. But yeah, would be nice to smash it out this year like we do in VSDT every year.