NRL Fantasy 2019 Part 68

Planned trade for this week is Watson -> Tedesco (if Teddy plays). Annoyingly, Watson plays Friday night, and the Roosters don't play until Sunday. Gonna be a tough call to make on Friday afternoon. Even if Tedesco is named, Robinson could easily make a last min decision to rest tedesco if he has pulled up sore on the weekend.

wolfking wrote:I need Fifita back, but I don't know how.  Any ideas;

Cook
Taupau Haas
Murray Tolo Bateman
SJ Ponga
Xerri Nikora
Teddy CNK RTS

Smith MC9 Mahoney Fainu

Watson Lomax Coates Brittain

6K and 6 trades.  Cashing out Lomax and upgrading Watson seems the move, but will probably need Watson this week with Ponga more than likely out.

You could sell Mahoney or Xerri instead of Watson

StormTrooper96 wrote:

Thoughts of Xerri/Martin > Burns/Arey

50K left.

Nice trades
How many would you have left after those two?

Ben Marlin wrote:
Xerri/CNK > Bateman and hold the other trade is the best way to go imo

If I had the money mate I would

StormTrooper96 wrote:DCE saying he is finally back to 100% and has been playing hurt for the last 2 months. Subsequently, his average in the last 2 months is 38.5 compared to 67 before that. Says this week he has completed every training session, which he has not done since being back from injury. Maybe him being back to 100% will see his scores lift and possibly take the kicking back? DCE will come in to my halves next week for the run home I think.

https://www.nrl.com/news/2019/07/08/cherry-evans-fully-fit-after-putting-little-white-lies-to-bed/

Just keep in mind that he has lost goal-kicking duties where he got a lot of his points from at the start of the year

Kyle Flanagan charged with only grade 1 contact and free to play with early plea, Lodge gets no charge

What a joke, how can kneeing someone in the head not get suspended

Johnny B Goode wrote:I'll keep an eye out for DCE as I won't be making any trades until R18 and finalizing my team. Until then the great decision looms on my final gun with 2 trades for the run home.  

J Turbo
Pro: Very consistent
Con: 2RF is a position I'm well covered for

T Turbo
Pro: High ceiling
Con: Low floor

Hunt
Pro: Massive POD
Con: Massive risk

Munster
Pro: One of my favourite players
Con: Likely to be rested

Klemmer
Pro: Very affordable and consistent
Con: Brown could possibly reduce his minutes heading to the finals

Definitely Jake Trbojevic for one of the guns
I’d have to look at the rest of your team to see which position is lacking the most for the other gun

Ben Marlin wrote:
You could sell Mahoney or Xerri instead of Watson

Thanks mate. Xerri doesn't fund much though but Mahoney definitely can make was for Fifi.

Camo123 wrote:Kyle Flanagan charged with only grade 1 contact and free to play with early plea, Lodge gets no charge

What a joke, how can kneeing someone in the head not get suspended

SJ a real worry now with Flanno cleared.

wolfking wrote:

SJ a real worry now with Flanno cleared.

Yeah, I feel so dumb having gone Milf to SJ. Was always a risk. But he looked so shit against a team he should have been keen as mustard to play. It’s not often you play such an inexperienced team. Should be taking those opportunities.

Funny now all this talk of jurbo starting up. Considering his quality he has been the least spoken about gun this year. I understand why, SOO and byes made him hard to justify unless u started with him. He has been super consistent, no monster scores I can think of though.

@StormTrooper96

Forgot about Friend. Would guess he’s dropping back to 45-50 mins when that happens.

If Milford plays this week, he might be back in the halves, only because they might not want him having to cover so much distance with a dodgy knee.

Fortitude wrote:

Yeah, I feel so dumb having gone Milf to SJ. Was always a risk. But he looked so shit against a team he should have been keen as mustard to play. It’s not often you play such an inexperienced team. Should be taking those opportunities.

Funny now all this talk of jurbo starting up. Considering his quality he has been the least spoken about gun this year. I understand why, SOO and byes made him hard to justify unless u started with him. He has been super consistent, no monster scores I can think of though.

Yeah mate, feel silly going Morgan to him too.

Fortitude wrote:

Yeah, I feel so dumb having gone Milf to SJ. Was always a risk. But he looked so shit against a team he should have been keen as mustard to play. It’s not often you play such an inexperienced team. Should be taking those opportunities.

Funny now all this talk of jurbo starting up. Considering his quality he has been the least spoken about gun this year. I understand why, SOO and byes made him hard to justify unless u started with him. He has been super consistent, no monster scores I can think of though.

I don't know what would be going through Morris's head but you can't go and chuck all the blame on SJ. Moylan isn't the best fullback, they couldn't kick a goal to save themselves, the forwards were pretty hopeless. Other than the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half the Sharks actually looked pretty woeful all across the park. SJ will go missing in games, its the last 5 minutes where he will grab the ball by its nuts and try some steppy, linebreaking shit to win the game and Morris hooked him in the most crucial part of the game. Morris took his hooker off and put a 20yr old halfback in at hooker in such a crucial time of the game. SJ won't be missing any game time. He will be shattered he was hooked. He will go away this week, ask himself why, get mentally ready for the Storm game and come out ready to play. If SJ cops the shit and gets dropped for that game than Morris shouldn't be a coach.

EDIT: Also those feeling silly for trading in SJ. He was a previous 50+ season avg scorer at less than 580K. That is a bargain. He is also the streaky player who will put together a couple 60's than give you a 30 like that and then come out with a 55 and a 40 and then smash out an 80. Rocks and Diamonds guys... rocks and diamonds. I don't know anyone who would've brought SJ expecting him to get 53,52,54,51.... Thats not his game.

Johnny B Goode wrote:I'll keep an eye out for DCE as I won't be making any trades until R18 and finalizing my team. Until then the great decision looms on my final gun with 2 trades for the run home.  

J Turbo
Pro: Very consistent
Con: 2RF is a position I'm well covered for

T Turbo
Pro: High ceiling
Con: Low floor

Hunt
Pro: Massive POD
Con: Massive risk

Munster
Pro: One of my favourite players
Con: Likely to be rested

Klemmer
Pro: Very affordable and consistent
Con: Brown could possibly reduce his minutes heading to the finals

I'm pretty much looking at the same deal options in the same way... have the same reservations about Jurbo and Turbo. I sold Klemmer at SOO1 as I think there's 3 clear better FRF options and I had them all.

So really looking at halves to partner Arey, especially since I don't trust Johnson and would rather have him 17th/18th. I'm looking at Hunt v Cleary (if fit) but might revisit DCE too. Munster I'm guessing is getting rested at least one game.

Mann - Burns this week for myself. Sounds good?

StormTrooper96 wrote:

I don't know what would be going through Morris's head but you can't go and chuck all the blame on SJ. Moylan isn't the best fullback, they couldn't kick a goal to save themselves, the forwards were pretty hopeless. Other than the first 15 minutes of the 2nd half the Sharks actually looked pretty woeful all across the park. SJ will go missing in games, its the last 5 minutes where he will grab the ball by its nuts and try some steppy, linebreaking shit to win the game and Morris hooked him in the most crucial part of the game. Morris took his hooker off and put a 20yr old halfback in at hooker in such a crucial time of the game. SJ won't be missing any game time. He will be shattered he was hooked. He will go away this week, ask himself why, get mentally ready for the Storm game and come out ready to play. If SJ cops the shit and gets dropped for that game than Morris shouldn't be a coach.

EDIT: Also those feeling silly for trading in SJ. He was a previous 50+ season avg scorer at less than 580K. That is a bargain. He is also the streaky player who will put together a couple 60's than give you a 30 like that and then come out with a 55 and a 40 and then smash out an 80. Rocks and Diamonds guys... rocks and diamonds. I don't know anyone who would've brought SJ expecting him to get 53,52,54,51.... Thats not his game.

As long as he stays playing then I don't really have a problem with the trade. It was more him getting hooked. That's the main concern.

Camo123 wrote:Kyle Flanagan charged with only grade 1 contact and free to play with early plea, Lodge gets no charge

What a joke, how can kneeing someone in the head not get suspended

If the next knee to the head is identical expect it knocks a player into next week, they'll serve out a 9 week suspension.

Need some help lads. My halves are a shitfight atm. Traded Milf to SJ last week and my other half is Ponga who is injured atm.

$431k itb and 7 trades

Can use xerri to upgrade or CNK but woukd have to play To'o in my wfb
Who would you bring in?

Fortitude wrote:

Yeah, I feel so dumb having gone Milf to SJ. Was always a risk. But he looked so shit against a team he should have been keen as mustard to play. It’s not often you play such an inexperienced team. Should be taking those opportunities.

Funny now all this talk of jurbo starting up. Considering his quality he has been the least spoken about gun this year. I understand why, SOO and byes made him hard to justify unless u started with him. He has been super consistent, no monster scores I can think of though.

You freed up a bunch of cash going Milf to SJ and a bonus 31 points. As an SJ owner for many years, he's put up those scores plenty of times before, as have many other halves.

If Milf does play, it's under an injury cloud and confirmed to require surgery. As a former Milf owner, he's had his share of low scores too.

Nothing wrong with the trade imo. Community team unanimously agreed on that too.

I think everyone that didn't start with Jake had this round or next to target him. Can only afford a handful of guns to start and I had to strike him off because of origin and kept him in the back of my mind until now.