NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 64

If Drinkwater somehow tables an average of 45-50 for R15 and R17, I may grab him as a half at about 617K

StormTrooper96 wrote:Lawton resigned to end of 2021 season

Thats a long way to put off your resignation haha

In reply to Stormtrooper from the last thread. I will grab Coates too for Dearden if he's an in. Seems like he could just secure a spot out of nowhere.

Who should be my final 17th gun? This is all according to plan which never happens but hypothetically.

Milford, DCE, J Turbo, T Turbo, Munster, Hunt, N Brown, Maybe Klemmer if he regains form?

I'll have 2 trades for the run home so do I consider a position I'm weak in like HLF so I can cover for it easier or do I just go for the most consistent option like J Turbo? My HLF's are going to be Moses/SJ lol

I wouldn't be able to afford Milford until after R16 so that rules him out as an obvious choice.

wolfking wrote:In reply to Stormtrooper from the last thread.  I will grab Coates too for Dearden if he's an in.  Seems like he could just secure a spot out of nowhere.

Broncos tend to make pretty good use of their wingers too. Doubt he will be in my 17 a part from R16 but could be a nice WFB cover for the run home... in case. Needs to be added first.

Johnny B Goode wrote:Who should be my final 17th gun? This is all according to plan which never happens but hypothetically.  

Milford, DCE, J Turbo, T Turbo, Munster, Hunt, N Brown, Maybe Klemmer if he regains form?

I'll have 2 trades for the run home so do I consider a position I'm weak in like HLF so I can cover for it easier or do I just go for the most consistent option like J Turbo? My HLF's are going to be Moses/SJ lol

I wouldn't be able to afford Milford until after R16 so that rules him out as an obvious choice.

If you have SJ you will want some backup considering his injury history.
As for your list above I pick Turbo due to his red hot form.

Johnny B Goode wrote:Who should be my final 17th gun? This is all according to plan which never happens but hypothetically.  

Milford, DCE, J Turbo, T Turbo, Munster, Hunt, N Brown, Maybe Klemmer if he regains form?

I'll have 2 trades for the run home so do I consider a position I'm weak in like HLF so I can cover for it easier or do I just go for the most consistent option like J Turbo? My HLF's are going to be Moses/SJ lol

I wouldn't be able to afford Milford until after R16 so that rules him out as an obvious choice.

Who can you afford before round 16?

Coates has been added to the system. WFB @ 212K.

StormTrooper96 wrote:

Broncos tend to make pretty good use of their wingers too. Doubt he will be in my 17 a part from R16 but could be a nice WFB cover for the run home... in case. Needs to be added first.

Who would he keep out realistically for the rest of the year? Isaako? Shibi?

wolfking wrote:Coates has been added to the system.  WFB @ 212K.

I don't know why but I was expecting dpp ctr/wfb. Wishful thinking maybe

wolfking wrote:

Who would he keep out realistically for the rest of the year?  Isaako?  Shibi?

Yeah, I'm not sure Coates is going to lock down a position, if he gets a game.

Isaako was given personal leave apparently (father is sick), so not actually dropped.

I think Coates would take Shibas position if anything though.

Normally we get journos with info from training, but its been super quiet out of BroncosHQ of late... maybe they all needed a few mornings off after origin though.

my tv broke wrote:

Yeah, I'm not sure Coates is going to lock down a position, if he gets a game.

Isaako was given personal leave apparently (father is sick), so not actually dropped.

I think Coates would take Shibas position if anything though.

Getting named straight at 18 is pretty promising though.

Ben Marlin wrote:
Who can you afford before round 16?

Probably Twal. 225k in the bank and the most expensive player I own that I could sell is Havili lol

I mean I could sideways trade Farah in R16 to someone like Milford instead of buying SJ. Kind of seems like a waste though.

Just because I like putting my plans on paper and having the recognition and approval of those around me this is my 3 round plan;

R15: 0 trades (will do Dearden to Coates if he is a late in)
22K, 7 trades remaining
R16: OUT Martin (about 455K) CNK (about 490K) Dearden (348K)
IN RTS (about 607K) 212K 212K
284K, 4 trades remaining (11 players for R16)
R17: OUT Mann (about 402K) Watson (about 710K)
IN HLF [x] 17th man [y]
2 trades remaining
SJ (about 548K) 848K
DCE (about 715K) 681K
Milford (about 774) 622k
Drinkwater (about 600K) 796K
Arey (about 703K) 693K
Munster (about 737K) 659K

This would leave my team as:

HOK: D.Cook
FRF: A.Fifita P.Haas
2RF: J.Taumalolo C.Murray M.Taupau
HLF: N.Cleary [x]
CTR: J.Bateman B.Nikora
WFB: J.Tedesco K.Ponga R.Tuivasa-Scheck
BENCH: C.McInnes C.Smith S.Taukeiaho NPR
EMG: [y] Xerri NPR NPR

2 Trades remaining for R18-25.

Thoughts?

Johnny B Goode wrote:

Probably Twal. 225k in the bank and the most expensive player I own that I could sell is Havili lol

I mean I could sideways trade Farah in R16 to someone like Milford instead of buying SJ. Kind of seems like a waste though.

Twal is great. If not Twal then SST, Crichton, McInnes, Tevaga, Brooks, Johnson all look like decent options

And I don't think Farah is a final 17 player, he can be sold after round 16 if not earlier.

White Lightning wrote:I was listening to the radio last night & apparently the Warriors have tabled a massive offer for Lodge. At least now the Warriors are starting to target the 1 area i.e. the front row that has been a big weakness in the last few years. They got LAM last year which was great, they just signed that young Roosters prop yesterday & they reckon he's pretty good so now if they got a top echelon prop like Lodge it would be awesome. One thing is for sure though the Warriors will have to pay him overs to get his signature.

Not sure how I feel about that. Has he really rehabilitated? If so, good for him. Hopefully he can do a lot of work with at risk youth.
If he's just putting on a facade for the NRL then he can fuck off.

Warriors have to be very careful not to pick up any further players with toxic issues. We've done so well lately in that regard and we're moving forward as a club.

Verbal Kint wrote:

I don't know why but I was expecting dpp ctr/wfb. Wishful thinking maybe

He played centre on the weekend so I thought he might have been DPP also. but don't know anything about him though.

filthridden wrote:Not sure how I feel about that. Has he really rehabilitated? If so, good for him. Hopefully he can do a lot of work with at risk youth.
If he's just putting on a facade for the NRL then he can fuck off.

Warriors have to be very careful not to pick up any further players with toxic issues. We've done so well lately in that regard and we're moving forward as a club.

From what I've seen and heard, I think he has legitimately turned a corner in his life.

Warriors recruitment manager is the father of Lodges wife (who is Sean O'Sullivans sister)

StormTrooper96 wrote:Just because I like putting my plans on paper and having the recognition and approval of those around me this is my 3 round plan;

R15: 0 trades (will do Dearden to Coates if he is a late in)
22K, 7 trades remaining
R16: OUT Martin (about 455K) CNK (about 490K) Dearden (348K)
IN     RTS (about 607K) 212K 212K
284K, 4 trades remaining (11 players for R16)
R17: OUT Mann (about 402K) Watson (about 710K)
IN     HLF [x] 17th man [y]
2 trades remaining
SJ (about 548K)  848K
DCE (about 715K)  681K
Milford (about 774)  622k
Drinkwater (about 600K) 796K
Arey (about 703K)  693K
Munster (about 737K)    659K

This would leave my team as:

HOK: D.Cook
FRF: A.Fifita P.Haas
2RF: J.Taumalolo C.Murray M.Taupau
HLF: N.Cleary [x]
CTR: J.Bateman B.Nikora
WFB: J.Tedesco K.Ponga R.Tuivasa-Scheck
BENCH: C.McInnes C.Smith S.Taukeiaho NPR
EMG: [y] Xerri NPR NPR

2 Trades remaining for R18-25.

Thoughts?

A very quick eyeball. It doesn't make sense to me that you're bringing in a r16 player in r17. With a rejigg, can you target player x (a r16 half?) or player y in r16 instead of r17?

I probably need another look tbh.

Ben Marlin wrote:
Twal is great. If not Twal then SST, Crichton, McInnes, Tevaga, Brooks, Johnson all look like decent options

And I don't think Farah is a final 17 player, he can be sold after round 16 if not earlier.

Farah is who I'd be selling for the final gun. Might as well keep him for 40 extra points in the bye round though.