NRL Fantasy 2018 Thread Part 38

Krump wrote:
Murray.

Probably. Murray could always beat it but with HIAs these days and dodgy hammys, seems like a no brainer.

Krump wrote:
Broncos fans wonder why everyone hates their team...

Who cares if fans from other clubs hate your NRL team? Can't say it is something Ive ever concerned myself with.

Moose wrote:
Who cares if fans from other clubs hate your NRL team? Can't say it is something Ive ever concerned myself with.

Moose, the *only* thing you concern yourself with is how other people feel about the Broncos.

WT Winfield wrote:
Angus Crichton on my radar for next week now. Poor man's Taumalolo and the better option over my initial target of Jake Trb.

BE of 59 this week, playing 80 and still scored well in Rds 2-4 alongside Murray and Burgers.

I'm also looking at Crichton for a possible trade in next week. Should be bottomed out. Was going to go Taumalolo this week, but meh, I'm just not convinced by him and his minutes would annoy me.
Apologies for taking the thread off topic.

zorasdomain wrote:

I'm also looking at Crichton for a possible trade in next week. Should be bottomed out. Was going to go Taumalolo this week, but meh, I'm just not convinced by him and his minutes would annoy me.
Apologies for taking the thread off topic.

hahah nice Zora.

What's the attraction of Crichton apart from the fact he is a former gun?

filthridden wrote:

hahah nice Zora.

What's the attraction of Crichton apart from the fact he is a former gun?

I feel the same about Taumalolo.

Last year he went nuts, not 100% convinced he'll sustain scoring at that level again this year. Could well live to regret it not having him in though

filthridden wrote:

hahah nice Zora.

What's the attraction of Crichton apart from the fact he is a former gun?

Former? He's averaging 51.5.. good enough for me to still consider him a gun.

Around 36 tackles, 127 run metres, 3 TBs and an offload per game. 60 points worth of output there and copping about -10 in negatives on average.

Plays Rd 13, and I'm super short on Rd 13 players.. 6 if Cook somehow misses origin selection.

WT Winfield wrote:Damn Boozey, thought I had a partner in crime with you and Rapana this week.

Couldn't wait any longer after missing him last year when his price dropped. Bottomed out and vs. Titans kinda swayed me not to wait any longer

Angus Crichton on my radar for next week now. Poor man's Taumalolo and the better option over my initial target of Jake Trb.

BE of 59 this week, playing 80 and still scored well in Rds 2-4 alongside Murray and Burgers.

Yeah the Titans really has me tempted on him but I have gone Marsters in my Centre this week instead (due to the lower break even and thinking JMK would outscore Hiku this week).

Crichton I was interested in along with Surgess but I am worried having 3 Rabbitohs (With Murray) is too much haha so will have to possibly pick between these two.
Brown when he returns may also be an option,  Harris is pretty much locked in over the next 2 weeks
So a few planned moves

Still will probably bring in Rapana at this rate so won't leave you hanging, though if he came in now he would have to be played over JFH in my reserves and would mean I have to run Hiku too
I dont know if I have balls that large so you see the predicament

Marsters + JFH I reckon is safer than Hiku + Rapana

@Wt Winfield
Edited: If it makes you feel better, give me a few drinks after work to help me into the decision and will go the rapana option (play him over Maloney with some rejigging of Matterson to the halves)
Will be a fun ride if I can gain the courage haha

I will bypass LoLo and grab Surgess next week to partner Fifita and move Arrow down to 2RF.

Surely Sammy has the suspensions out of his system now

Milchcow wrote:

I feel the same about Taumalolo.

Last year he went nuts, not 100% convinced he'll sustain scoring at that level again this year. Could well live to regret it not having him in though

Early days but 3 game average is 67 (prior 5 games were at 45)
Average minutes up about 3 over those two periods.
And I think he is playing better, both in league and fantasy terms...

Im happy to have brought him in, but as you say Im also not confident. The recent uptick is encouraging though!

Usual disclaimer: small sample size, one big number, one small number, a try...and all that but it is what it is!

Milchcow wrote:

Same back 3 here. I'm trying to time it for when the price gap between Thompson and TTrbo is at its lowest, and make the switch then.

Other options are Rapana or RTS and hope they get back to their best

That's a good strategy mate re Turbo. The thing is atm for the wfb's it's only Tedesco & Ponga that are getting the big scores. Turbo has been affected by his ankle injury but will come right. I was interested in D. Edwards but he's gone. After Tedesco, Ponga & Turbo the cupboards pretty bare.

Sorry to keep this going but I recall Keary vs Dragons I think last week tipping ball forward with one hand then swatting it backwards into the ground and was called knock on

Spoke about it last night, is it worth trading Kennar to Marsters or get Isaakos points and keep the 300K to upgrade MBye next week to giraffe neck or Matterson? Not sure but Isaakos score is solid for a centre but would then have to use him a bit more going forward if i skip on Marsters.

Crichton is appealing in terms of his output but there's no value there. He's priced above his average with no obvious signs of that changing.

So to be a good buy, IMO, you either see something there which suggests his fantasy output will change and/or you can't find any better value elsewhere.

I'd argue Surgess and Lolo offer better value as round 13 players at this stage.

filthridden wrote:

hahah nice Zora.

What's the attraction of Crichton apart from the fact he is a former gun?

Yeah, what the cow says. I'm not really convinced by anyone. The 2nd row is a wasteland of trash this year. But I've got to get someone. Murray is also an option if he improves but him hamstrings and minutes are a concern.
Is there anyone better you have in mind?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:I will bypass LoLo and grab Surgess next week to partner Fifita and move Arrow down to 2RF.

Surely Sammy has the suspensions out of his system now

This belongs in the big call thread

Crichton will bust out an 85 sooner or later, probably tonight.. and everyone will wish they had him and make him prime trade target #1 next week

Two highlights for me this week:
(1) Mighty Liverpool reaching the Champions League final &
(2) Klemmer making Haas his bitch. Welcome to the big time young Payne.

Rippin and Tearin wrote:Crichton is appealing in terms of his output but there's no value there. He's priced above his average with no obvious signs of that changing.

So to be a good buy, IMO, you either see something there which suggests his fantasy output will change and/or you can't find any better value elsewhere.

I'd argue Surgess and Lolo offer better value as round 13 players at this stage.

cricton is a bit a of a pod. even though it says he has 15% ownership my guess is its less than 5% in the top 1000. 

hasnt had the same 50 metre gallops this year though. not sure what has changed, maybe hes taken over georges vegan diet?

Krump wrote:
This belongs in the big call thread

Which part?