2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 4

manlybeaver wrote:my current team thing I'll leave as is unbtill TLT since im going more for a balanced team

lichaa
mcquire lodge
harris brown murray
jreynolds watson
milne aubs
ponga inglis walker

cook cartwright arrow gurgess

4 nuffies

White Lightning wrote:

5 Souths players including glass jaw Reynolds is interesting.

Buramada wrote:

Early on the season it is all about value I reckon. He is starting prop and priced well for that. Has made some decent scores in the past.

Korosau, should go close to playing full minutes and score 40+ consistently and most other hooking options have question marks around them. M'bye should also be fairly consisent at full back. I think Hayne will do well in the centres, despite what others think. I think K. Nikorama will score a bit above his average and playing 80 minutes at half in a competitive side. C. Walker has potential to be a gun in the halves and with DPP.

I also think that Aubusson should be one of the first picked on the bench for almost every team. There is no need to have a WFB/CTR in your 18 to 21 not earning cash or making shit scores. You can easily cover the role with DPPs and put bottom priced forwards who are likely to play consistent minutes there and ride them up to better scoring players

Welshy wrote:

Its Josh Reynolds lad

Honey Badger wrote:

The touble with koro is he has a high miss tackle rate, which really affected his scores last season

mulvy wrote:By downgrading Kevans (who is in my emergencies) to a rookie I have enough cash to turn Harris into Fifita. Would still have three scoring props Fifita, Lodge, and NAS on the interchange. Seems a no brainer right? But I did really like the Harris pick. Both Fifita and Harris are guns that are underpriced but have risk that they won't get back to their former glory. Harris doesn't play origin but that's not such a big deal this year. Fifita though even if he doesn't get back to 60's is still likely to be the best player in his position, a claim Harris is unlikely to achieve. Do people rate Harris this year? Will Fifita end the year no1 FRF?

mulvy wrote:Also, this year, who makes the better captain, Fifita or Brown?

Welshy wrote:

Fifita has the highest potential having averaged more over 3-4 previous years (62) than Browns highest ever avg (58 when starting lock)

Weigh up if Brown continues at 58 or elevates vs if Fifita stays pat vs returning to N0.1 fantasy prop

mulvy wrote:

According to nrl fantasy stats, in the last four games against the cowboys, Fifita has averaged 72 with low of 60 and high of 85. Think I might captain Fifita for round 1 and go from there. Although huge Cowboys pack this year......

Welshy wrote:

The only upper echelon FRF with as much starting VALUE as Fifita is Graham I reckon, But in a new team with another GUN FRF and injury problems I'm unsure if he can get back to his 55 point days. Could argue James but his role is uncertain and I'm not interested in James in the 2RF, Mcguire a few ticks underpriced. But still if Fifita returns to form no other FRF will get near him (60+ points avg)

Harris is undervalued by around 6-8 points, but a few more 2RF who can get near him in terms of his upper scoring potential ...Murray, JBrom, Lowe, Whitehead etc

mulvy wrote:

According to nrl fantasy stats, in the last four games against the cowboys, Fifita has averaged 72 with low of 60 and high of 85. Think I might captain Fifita for round 1 and go from there. Although huge Cowboys pack this year......

White Lightning wrote:

But what rounds did those 4 games happen. As a big man Fifita takes 3-4 games to get going. His first 5 games of 2017 he averaged 50 when if you compare him to McGuire who averaged 52.

mulvy wrote:

By the look of it, 11, 24, 1, 14. Can't imagine Fifita will enjoy the trip to Townsville in early March either! Mind you, the round 1 game was in Townsville and he scored 60.