2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 52 - Fantasy talk in here

Laybutt and Scott gives me 16 players for the week. If JDB hadn't got his ass suspended I'd have a full complement but hey better to take the hit for the week than run with 6 trades for the next 11 weeks.

Kinda stuck on what trades to do for this week

Smith Brailey
Graham Wallace James Brown
Merrin Crichton JDB ET Taumalolo Elliot
SJ Munster NPR NPR
Hayne BJ Smat Moga
Slater RTS Walker Cotric Ponga

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Klemhammer wrote:Kinda stuck on what trades to do for this week

Smith Brailey
Graham Wallace James Brown
Merrin Crichton JDB ET Taumalolo Elliot
SJ Munster NPR NPR
Hayne BJ Smat Moga
Slater RTS Walker Cotric Ponga

Punt Ponga and upgrade Brailey.

Not comfortable captaining/vice-captaining Smith after how gassed he looked again last night.

(VC) Johnson
(C) Gallen

What's the magic number for VC switcheroo for everyone?

Any chance Cleary outscores SJ over the remaining rounds (given he has 1 extra game)?

filthridden wrote:What's the magic number for VC switcheroo for everyone?

Personally I would probably loophole with 60 or more, maybe even 55. It depends on your captain, but at least then you are locking in a score rather than risking your C going under 50

If my captain was Gal this week I'd probably loophole anything over 55 just for safety.

Paul Green must be pissed. Got Laybutt last week, but not gonna play him.

I am totally at a loss if a Brailey to Smith trade is worth it this week while the money is there.

Is anyone NOT loopholing this weekend, ie has 18 or more players lining up?

filthridden wrote:Is anyone NOT loopholing this weekend, ie has 18 or more players lining up?

If Laybutt and Scott play I have 18 (or 19, if I trade in taupau).

If Laybutt doesn't play and Scott does, I still can't loophole due to scott being outside of my reserves.

filthridden wrote:Is anyone NOT loopholing this weekend, ie has 18 or more players lining up?

I will have 19 if Laybutt plays, so yeah, just gonna have to punt on probably Lolo or even McInnes. If Friz don't play and with JDB out, McInnes gonna do some tackles. Even Fifi might be fired up after last night.

Cordner in doubt to play this weekend. Good for those Tetevano owners needing numbers to field 17

My team looking pretty average this week even with a full squad. Still not sure to go Brailey to Smith. Not playing Kelly and Laybutt at this stage.

McInnes Brailey/Smith
Fifita Kaufusi Yates
Elliot Tolo SMat
SJ Munster Lamb Laybutt
Cotric Croker Kelly
RTS Slater Edwards Lolo

Is JDB to Vaughan too sideways & a waste of a trade.

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filthridden wrote:What's the magic number for VC switcheroo for everyone?

Personally I would probably loophole with 60 or more, maybe even 55. It depends on your captain, but at least then you are locking in a score rather than risking your C going under 50

If my captain was Gal this week I'd probably loophole anything over 55 just for safety.

Agreed. It's not every bye round we are going to see the popular choices score like last week. And it's been said heaps over the last month, but that bird in the hand thing...look at Friends donut from a couple of weeks ago for example.

White Lightning wrote:Is JDB to Vaughan too sideways & a waste of a trade.

Yeah mate.

Got too many players to loophole this week, not exactly saying that it's an amazing team though

McInnes (Friend)
Vaughan Fifita
Taumalolo, Gallen, Whitehead (Marsters)
SJ, Munster
Leilua, Hayne
RTS, Edwards, Mansour (Tedesco)

Plus got 4th reserve headaches from Laybutt, Suli, Tetevano and Frawley.

White Lightning wrote:Is JDB to Vaughan too sideways & a waste of a trade.

I don't hate it. Was thinking of this trade. 3/4 games Vaughan scores a try +70 points