2017 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 57

ty22 wrote:First year with fantasy so rank not great at 2619, but 2nd in h2h ladder so just getting that team prepped for finals! Looking for potential options for the team with only few trades left-

33k ITB w 6 trades left and thinking/looking at bringing in Pearce, Turbo, Mannering

Smith, Mcinnis
Fifi, Kapow, Wallace, Collins
Crichton, Lolo, Burgess, JDB, Gal, L.Brown
Sj, Munster, f.Brown, laybutt
Bj, S mats, scott, tyrell
RTS, C.Walker, Mansour, Hayne, MWZ

Thanks for any help in advance

Well you've got decent depth so you might have to consider cutting someone surplus to requirements from your CTR or WFB's to fund some upgrades. Someone in your CTR's out for a nuffie would nab you at least 150k+ You've got room then to move on another CTR to Tom Turbo or even to Mannering via Lewis Brown's DPP
I mean looking at your team and without specifying who your reserves are I'm assuming you're running McInnes, Wallace, JDB and Gal so you got a lot of cash tied up in NPR's even if they are good depth options.

Pearce can be done but only if you're willing to cut say RTS or Walker and move Munster so you can grab him.

I'm 3k off making a Crichton -> JDB and Elliot -> Mannering trade. I could actually easily go Chricton -> Kaufusi instead. It seems crazy but at 620k I think Crichton will revert to scoring in the 50's or at least in line with JDB or Mannering's scores. It seems a bit sideways or even a downgrade but I could use the 100k+ cash from the downgrade. This would also allow me to maximise points for this round.

Someone smack some sense into me.

Team with 5 trades and 320k, any ideas lads

Friend, McInnes
Fifita, Kapow, Nuff, Nuff
Crichton, Gallen, Surgess, Lolo, JDB, ET
Cleary, DCE, Nuff, Nuff
Croker, SMat, Hayne, Kelly
Turbo, Edwards, Mansour, MWZ, Nuff

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Team with 5 trades and 320k, any ideas lads

Friend, McInnes
Fifita, Kapow, Nuff, Nuff
Crichton, Gallen, Surgess, Lolo, JDB, ET
Cleary, DCE, Nuff, Nuff
Croker, SMat, Hayne, Kelly
Turbo, Edwards, Mansour, MWZ, Nuff

Any ideas would be appreciated.

For this week I'd look at moving Turbo to the centres for SMAT and bring Teddy into WFB. The other trade I'd consider making is ET for Mannering.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:Team with 5 trades and 320k, any ideas lads

Friend, McInnes
Fifita, Kapow, Nuff, Nuff
Crichton, Gallen, Surgess, Lolo, JDB, ET
Cleary, DCE, Nuff, Nuff
Croker, SMat, Hayne, Kelly
Turbo, Edwards, Mansour, MWZ, Nuff

Any ideas would be appreciated.

With that much cash why not try something crazy like SMat out for Rapana. Better guns in the WFB position than Turbo available but they just don't play this round or might not back up.

Spuddies wrote:I'm 3k off making a Crichton -> JDB and Elliot -> Mannering trade. I could actually easily go Chricton -> Kaufusi instead. It seems crazy but at 620k I think Crichton will revert to scoring in the 50's or at least in line with JDB or Mannering's scores. It seems a bit sideways or even a downgrade but I could use the 100k+ cash from the downgrade. This would also allow me to maximise points for this round.

Someone smack some sense into me.

Crichton is averaging 59.4 despite having 4 sub-40 scores to start the year. He averages 75 playing 80 minutes in the back-row.
Is that really what you're willing to let go based on a hunch he's just a 50 point scorer in disguise as someone on a hot streak?

Trades = 4
Ranking = 3085

Johnny B Goode wrote:
 

Crichton is averaging 59.4 despite having 4 sub-40 scores to start the year. He averages 75 playing 80 minutes in the back-row.  
Is that really what you're willing to let go based on a hunch he's just a 50 point scorer in disguise as someone on a hot streak?  

Hence why I said, smack some sense into me!

It's dodgy stats but if you take out the crazy 121 he scored - a score I don't think he's going to get close to for the rest of the season the average drops to 56.5. Even with the 59.4 average, it's on par with Mannering and JDB but with a 100k+ cash bonus (and the expense of one trade).

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Change of plans with Sione injury
JBrom to Fifita with Tolman a keeper
Sione to nuffie that plays this week
If Fifita doesn't look like playing it will be Sione to nuffie and Scott to TTurbo with Fifita in next week
6 trades left and ranked 399 before the grand plan goes to hell
Need MWZ and NuBrown to get a run along with a CTR nuffie to have 17

Ive been a Tolman owner since the first bye round and he is gold when klemmer and/or graham are out. But when they are at full strength his scores suffer.

SI wrote:

Sorry Spuddies, would love to have you in there but we made a blanket rule a couple of years ago that everyone had to be in by 1st Lockout, it started causing dramas.

It's all good, I'm not worried at all - I thought it might have helped the forum.

Honey Badger wrote:

Ive been a Tolman owner since the first bye round and he is gold when klemmer and/or graham are out. But when they are at full strength his scores suffer.

Thats a lesson for me this year. I got him before the bye rounds, but then traded him to Graham to fund some other upgrades thinking that a bargain priced Graham will net me the same points. Known risk, but it didn't pay off.

I've got DPPs throughout all positions except HOK (where I have twin Cams).

With good (not great) backups, how many trades should I keep for the run in? i.e. with bulk DPP, do I need to save a couple of injury trades?

Trying to avoid keeping trades for just in case. I could cashout some duds to fund some much better upgrades, but I'm down to 4 trades.

Is it looking likely that Watson will get a run at FB ?

Revraiser wrote:Is it looking likely that Watson will get a run at FB ?

Robinson said something along those lines.

SI wrote:

Always good to have a couple up till Round 24 ish.  Hard to put an exact number on it.

How much cash have you got mate?  You have a strong 17 plus extras to make some ranks back up this week.  Elliot to another gun 2nd rower would just about complete your team.  If Vaughan is out for a bit longer than maybe Fifita in.  But I can't see any reason for you to not have 2 of those 4 trades on hold for the next month.  

Thanks SI,

I'm holding cash to bring Pearce back in next week, but very tempted to use it on Manners. But that would take cashing out Fui or the like to fund.

Might just hold it and get Pearce and Slater back in to make the 17.

Trajan wrote:

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17th

Totally missed your name went I went through the players in the top 25 teams earlier, I should have known better. Great team, looks like you're pretty set for this week too mate, well done.