NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 6

Camo123 wrote:

I'll be honest I had no interest in him before the 9's

But he won't be playing FB where he had 29.3 AVG and will be 5/8 assuming Holmes is fit to start. Will have higher base from tackles and RM and will be closer to the ball

I brought him in, but not purely based off his performances, but also due to fact Mann pick doesn't fill me with confidence with how Lino returned from injury

Cheers. Maybe I’d be interested if he was a cheapie but at his Price there is way too much risk for the (apparent) upside. Will be interesting to see how he goes though

Mighty Fishes wrote:

RandomSil wrote:

Going to use that as your excuse when you lose this year?

Hello Random

Wonderful reference

standard-issue wrote:

Wonderful reference

Milchcow wrote:Drinkwater was priced at $583k last year, and at this point in pre-season he was in almost as many teams as Papenhuyzen is in now.

So now he's down at $400k he is very tempting. He carved it up in 2018 and was one of the best players in QLD cup. 
Last years scores weren't great, but assuming he plays in the halves, he'll get his hands on the ball a lot more and have better opportunity to rack up some stats

He has also been the best half in his age group all the way through juniors. Kid can play no doubt about it, how that translates into fantasy points remains to be seen

Loomer wrote:

If he's playing in the halves priced at 28pts he's virtually risk free if not a steal with added bonus that you can put in WFB

I have been looking for a Brimson alternative, he is in a nice price range

pingu lives in our hearts wrote:What am I missing with the drink water love? Played 7-8 eighty  minute games for an average of 29 in 2019 didn’t he? Why will he be any better this year? I think he is shit but would like to be Convinced otherwise

For me personally it is a change of position.

Playing in the HLFs he should increase his overall base stats such as tackle count and kick meters. (Ignore the fact his one game at Halfback he only made 1 tackle and 39km in 80 minutes). I think everyone is expecting a much bigger role this year as he is alongside Morgan. Last year Morgan averaged 294 kick meters. His average kick meters with Thurston were 118km (2018), 225km (2017), 87km (2016), 72km (2015). The only other stand out year was 2017 in which Thurston was injured for the majority of the year and only played 7 games (The first 6 games of the year with Thurston, Morgan averaged 73km). Morgan has become a dominant kicking half more by necessity, and when he has been the dominant kicking Half the Cowboys haven't looked great.

Drinkwater isn't a dominant kicker by any means, but averaged 65km as a Fullback in the Intrust Supercup between 2017 - 2019, while Clifford last season averaged 150km when playing with Morgan. If Drinkwater bumps his kick meters up to even 100km per game on average that will boost his score by a 4 point average in just one statistic. Add the fact he looked quite explosive and controlled the game (albeit was the 9s) over the weekend, and will have an actual offseason training with the Cowboys and the system, instead of being dumped into what was a mess of a team last year that was chopping and changing HLFs and FBs all year. I can easily see him outscoring his average from last year by 10 - 15 points and having the odd game that he blows up in. (Don't get me wrong, I get there will be dud 30 point games most likely) but an increase in his tackle count (Clifford and Morgan last year averaged 16 and 17 tackles per game respectively which is a 13 point bump in average) as well should help him build a really stable floor and allow him to get good attacking stats of the back of Holmes, Morgan, Taumalolo, and Hess (Who looked solid). With the potential addition of Robson to the side as well. The Cowboys just look strong and Drinkwater can benefit.

Playing around after the 9s with some fellas.

Friend
Haas MoFo
Kikau Hess Su’A
Moses Brimson
Best Lomax
Papy Drinkwater Cotric
Knight Koro Stimson Walters
Kerr Luai Magoulias Lelei

standard-issue wrote:

Mighty Fishes wrote:

RandomSil wrote:

Going to use that as your excuse when you lose this year?

Hello Random

Wonderful reference

Now I am sad I didn't get the reference, but I figure the 47 yr age gap between Fish and I. I probably wouldn't have.

For me, it's still the 2nd FRF position doing my head in.

RandomSil wrote:

standard-issue wrote:

Mighty Fishes wrote:

RandomSil wrote:

Going to use that as your excuse when you lose this year?

Hello Random

Wonderful reference

Now I am sad I didn't get the reference, but I figure the 47 yr age gap between Fish and I. I probably wouldn't have.

The correct response was:

Hello Mighty.

Milchcow wrote:
Chewie was the first one to publicly pick Drinkwater this year, he should win the points

https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t1121p140-nrl-fantasy-2020-part-1-offseason-edition#348055

Milchcow wrote:
And mtb has been poo-pooing him from the start

https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t1125p220-nrl-fantasy-2020-part-2#349205

standard-issue wrote:

The correct response was:

Hello Mighty.

I am still entirely lost... I feel this reference is as bad as MF's team.

RandomSil wrote:

I am still entirely lost... I feel this reference is as bad as MF's team.

RandomSil wrote:

I am still entirely lost... I feel this reference is as bad as MF's team.

You wish you had a team such as mine

Me too

Mikaele for me at moment

Mulvy wrote:For me, it's still the 2nd FRF position doing my head in.

Oh Daryl, you've lost your mojo

THEGAME wrote:Me too

Mikaele for me at moment

I keep rotating Merrin, Mofo and Molo and don't really like any of them. Don't care for Mikaele either tbh. What are you expecting from him??

Mulvy wrote:For me, it's still the 2nd FRF position doing my head in.

Yeah thats why I am trying to go bargain basement for it and find value in other positions.

Just need a base price FRF averaging 30 per week, or close to it.