2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 1

Mighty Fishes wrote:Can I say that Foran will be a rubbish signing for the doggies!

Every time he switched clubs I see that he headlines the clickbait sites "biggest signings for your club"

I saw it for the eels he did fuck all I saw it for the warriors he did even less. I really can't see the love affair for him. Even when he was at Manly I always thought that DCE was the superior player I just don't get it.

Mighty Fishes wrote:Can I say that Foran will be a rubbish signing for the doggies!

Every time he switched clubs I see that he headlines the clickbait sites "biggest signings for your club"

I saw it for the eels he did fuck all I saw it for the warriors he did even less. I really can't see the love affair for him. Even when he was at Manly I always thought that DCE was the superior player I just don't get it.

Goodnight Kiwi wrote:If Fatality-Mariner is named to start Round 1, he goes in my team. At 389 I'm happy to take the risk he keeps his spot (if no injuries to 2RFs for the Dogs at the time).

Welshy wrote:

WOW!!

Mate i love you and your contributions but this is a hell of a statement!

Foran is incredible, injuries have bad the best of him lately and a sometimes his head isn't in the right place but he is an immense talent, one of the best 6s i have seen play no doubt

Mighty Fishes wrote:

I know its hard to judge a/any player with the mental anguish he has gone through but in the last three years I don't remember once thinking to myself. "Wow Foran had a cracker of a game"

To be honest Welshy I hope he proves me wrong but I think the dogs and their fans will put too much pressure on him to perform and it'll mount up again

rhinoceroo wrote:Couple of players I think are undervalued but haven't been discussed:

Cooper Cronk (plenty of attacking stats on offer at the Roosters, no reason he doesn't replicate/better Pearce's scoring, plus points for forced drop-outs and no SOO)

Elliott Whitehead (about five points underpriced from 2017 2RF average, and ten points under 2016 average, due to a couple of games in centres last year

rhinoceroo wrote:Couple of players I think are undervalued but haven't been discussed:

Cooper Cronk (plenty of attacking stats on offer at the Roosters, no reason he doesn't replicate/better Pearce's scoring, plus points for forced drop-outs and no SOO)

Elliott Whitehead (about five points underpriced from 2017 2RF average, and ten points under 2016 average, due to a couple of games in centres last year

rhinoceroo wrote:Couple of players I think are undervalued but haven't been discussed:

Cooper Cronk (plenty of attacking stats on offer at the Roosters, no reason he doesn't replicate/better Pearce's scoring, plus points for forced drop-outs and no SOO)

Elliott Whitehead (about five points underpriced from 2017 2RF average, and ten points under 2016 average, due to a couple of games in centres last year

mulvy wrote:

I mentioned him about 25 pages ago but got crickets. I'm not convinced he gets back to 50 but certainly undervalued I think.

Welshy wrote:

Problem with Foran is last few years he has had injuries and off field issues, kid is still only 27 and been playing full time in the NRL since he was 18, minus the last 2 years that's almost 7 years where he was one of the best 6s in the game, funny the latest issues can mask just how good he is, he has everything.  

Mighty Fishes wrote:It seems Raiders will be on the back foot more this year compared to the last couple so maybe they'll be defending more and Whitehead can pick up more tackles. Also his average would be down a touch from those games at centre and 5/8 wouldn't they?

mulvy wrote:

I could be mistaken, but I can't help but feel opposition sides always went down the other side last year, whether to exploit the the new guy Cotric, Whitehead when he was there, coming back from injury Crocker or just trying to avoid the Leipanahead. Maybe the first season was Whitehead's aberrant one? So those reduced tackles will be the norm?

Mighty Fishes wrote:It seems Raiders will be on the back foot more this year compared to the last couple so maybe they'll be defending more and Whitehead can pick up more tackles. Also his average would be down a touch from those games at centre and 5/8 wouldn't they?

mulvy wrote:

Actually I can't tell from Milchy's sheets which positions he played when. There were several games when he missed 5,6,7 tackles. Playing out of position will do that. From memory he played centre the first three or four games but after that I can't recall.

Welshy wrote:

Whitehead is a quality defender, suffers from sometimes trying to make 2/3 in a row and falling off the last one

Can never fault his effort, great player