2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 66

Krump wrote:Rank Cleary, Taupau, Crichton and Macca.

For me Cleary, Crichton, Macca, Taupau.

If be fun shy on Taupau personally, might have a niggle.

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:I hope it's Cook

Haha, that's evil.

Loomer wrote:I've got CS9 vs Cook wrong the last 3 weeks. Time for a punt on Cleary?

Reposting. 37 behind in cash league. I think he'll C Cook. We've matched each other last 3 weeks Smith Smith Cook. He doesn't have Cleary. 

Take punt on Cleary C?

Krump wrote:Rank Cleary, Taupau, Crichton and Macca.

Crichton, Taupau, Cleary, Macca

Macca will score 70 tonight.

Loomer wrote:

Reposting. 37 behind in cash league. I think he'll C Cook. We've matched each other last 3 weeks Smith Smith Cook. He doesn't have Cleary. 

Take punt on Cleary C?

I think Cleary busts out a safe 50. How much higher, jeez, who knows, but hopefully will tear it up against the Knights.

my tv broke wrote:Macca will score 70 tonight.

I'm a Bunnies supporter, but I think Broncos will win tonight.

I see Cook scoring 70 too. Especially if we turn up and play like shit.

I don't see the Bunnies inexperienced three quarter backline as a problem at all because they are all talented & if your pack is dominating then all they have to do is fall over the try line. If there's any problem it's Gagai's move to f/b where is isn't familiar with his role in terms of knowing the plays & timing his runs but a week training at f/b would of helped.

Captaincy options are pretty straight forward to me, no matter where you're ranked.. just gonna lose ground in the long run if you're gambling on who might score a try or two on any given week.

If not Cook (66.3) then Cam (61.2)

Loomer wrote:

Reposting. 37 behind in cash league. I think he'll C Cook. We've matched each other last 3 weeks Smith Smith Cook. He doesn't have Cleary. 

Take punt on Cleary C?

What other differences do you have?

WT Winfield wrote:Captaincy options are pretty straight forward to me, no matter where you're ranked.. just gonna lose ground in the long run if you're gambling on who might score a try or two on any given week.

If not Cook (66.3) then Cam (61.2)

This is a good point, with the consistently high scores, the vast majority of people in the higher ranks will captain the safer bet. By doing the same you basically are ensuring that a captaincy pick isn't the reason you fall behind. Its a defensive move, but it has a lot of merit.

Team this week.

Cook
Fifita, James
Martin, Jturbo, Arrow
SJ, DCE
Cotric, Aitken
Ponga, Tedesco, Tturbo

Smith, Mcinnes, Farah, Rapana

Tolo, Alvaro, Lewis, Perret

having Alvaro and Tolo back next week, and ill have a solid team.

Fortitude wrote:Team this week.

Cook
Fifita, James
Martin, Jturbo, Arrow
SJ, DCE
Cotric, Aitken
Ponga, Tedesco, Tturbo

Smith, Mcinnes, Farah, Rapana

Tolo, Alvaro, Lewis, Perret

having Alvaro and Tolo back next week, and ill have a solid team.

No trades left?

MilfordTheMagician wrote:

No trades left?

Ive decided to close the borders, protectionism will take the under pants gnomes to victory.

No more trading.

Fortitude wrote:

This is a good point, with the consistently high scores, the vast majority of people in the higher ranks will captain the safer bet. By doing the same you basically are ensuring that a captaincy pick isn't the reason you fall behind. Its a defensive move, but it has a  lot of merit.

I'd rather plummet from making stoopid attacking decisions though.

Edit, I don't mind if my captaincy pick is the reason I fall behind. That's 100% on me.

Spoiler:

WT Winfield wrote:Captaincy options are pretty straight forward to me, no matter where you're ranked.. just gonna lose ground in the long run if you're gambling on who might score a try or two on any given week.

If not Cook (66.3) then Cam (61.2)

This is a good point but it is really fun to take a gamble on someone who might bust out a massive score rather than just watch Smith or Cook because you know everyone has them as (c)

Jordan Rapana giving Nick Cotric a big wrap in an article on NRL.com makes me very excited and now i expect Cotric to score a double.

Krump wrote:
What other differences do you have?

Me:

Cleary
Arey 
Kapow
Hess
James
Holland
RTS

Him:

Fifi
SJ unless Arey scores poor and I loop and match SJ
Jtrbo
Arrow
Masters
Aitken
Stimson or Lolo replacement if trades left

StormTrooper96 wrote:

This is a good point but it is really fun to take a gamble on someone who might bust out a massive score rather than just watch Smith or Cook because you know everyone has them as (c)

I find it more fun when Cook busts out 85 tonight and a bunch of people say "why did I captain random 50 avg player instead of the obvious choice"