NRLFF 2006 Fantasy thread - Round 2, Trade Rage!

No Worries wrote:

He was the widest playing 2nd rower in the history of the game. Never made a tackle in the middle or got his jersey dirty. He only wears 11 to save the embarrassment of being called a center..

I thought he was good. I have many other people to worry about but is he worth trading?

wolfking wrote:

I thought he was good.  I have many other people to worry about but is he worth trading?

Scored a lot of tries in his career. Probably priced about what he worth but will likely be close to a keeper pending this year's form.

Empyreal wrote:

Scored a lot of tries in his career. Probably priced about what he worth but will likely be close to a keeper pending this year's form.

If he starts centre next week again I'll toss him. If he's back to the second row, I'll just keep him I think.

It seems Steve Menzies was the black widow of his era.

My Trades:

Johnathan Thurston in for Craig Fitzgibbon
Matt Sing in for Steve Matai

Starting 17:
Karmichael Hunt
Brett Stewart
Hazem El Masri
Greg Inglis
Matt Sing
Jamie Soward
Andrew Johns
Ben Jones
Steve Menzies
Jacob Lillyman
Bryce Gibbs
Matthew Scott
Cameron Smith
Craig Stapleton
Michael Ennis
Riley Brown
Johnathan Thurston

EMG:
Shane Perry
Benji Marshall
Reece Simmonds
Shane Shackleton

By my count I now have $0 of cap left; might just want to confirm for me that I didn't mess something up.

My new trades. The league back on is brilliant.
Shillington out - Hannant in
Webster out - Darren Albert in

CS9
Asotasi, Hannant
Kennedy, Dallas Johnson, Scott Hill
Andrew Johns, Sherwin
Gasnier, GI
B. Stewart, El Masri, Albert

Tony Puletua, Steve Turner, Luke Douglas, Stapleton
Jones, Purtell, Martin, Shane Perry

Andrew Johns for Corey Parker
Ben Hannant for Darius Boyd

Should leave me with 123,000 I think

Greg Inglis
Hazem El Masri
Tony Martin
Mark Gasnier
Jerome Ropati
Cooper Cronk
Jonathan Thurston
Steve Price
David Shillington
Alan Tongue
Ben Hannant
Matthew Cross
Cameron Smith
Andrew Johns
Jamie Soward
Antonio Kaufusi
Riley Brown
Lee Hookey
Jacob Lillyman
Josh Cordoba
Michael Luck

Tony Martin getting another go as playing centre this weekend And $100,000 cheaper than Boyd, if/when he fluffs I’ll jump on Two Try, Turner or Albert next week

@ Welshy - why don't you sell Shillington instead of Boyd to get Hannant.

White Lightning wrote:@ Welshy - why don't you sell Shillington instead of Boyd to get Hannant.

I like the value in Shillington mate, I think the bench forwards I have can out average Boyd

Screw playing the long strategic game, I think my team may be average in the long run with my initial picks anyway, so double gunning right away.

Benji Marshall out for Andrew Johns
Braith Anasta out for Greg Inglis

Cameron Smith
Shane Webcke
Petero Civoniceva
Steve Menzies
Craig Stapleton
Dallas Johnson
Jamie Soward
Andrew Johns
Greg Inglis
Lee Hookey
Anthony Minichiello
Hazem El Masri
Darius Boyd

Casey McGuire
Ben Hannant
Tony Martin
Michael Luck

Adrian Purtell
Neville Costigan
Bryan Norrie
Tom Learoyd-Lars

42K left I think. I hope I listed the names right.

@ Milchy - I will submit my final team & trades later on today before the deadline as I'm still tinkering. You know I like a tinkle haha.

Hi Milchy,

My trades are:
Aaron Gorrell in for Steve Price
Kurt Gidley in for Steve Menzies
I think that leaves me $173K ITB

Team line-up is:
Greg Inglis
Hazem El Masri
Lee Hookey
Mark Gasnier
Steven Turner
Andrew Johns
Johnathon Thurston
Alan Tongue
Steve Simpson
Ben Jones
Craig Stapleton
David Shillington
Danny Buderus
Kurt Gidley
Aaron Gorrell
Jamie Soward
Matthew Cross
Luke Douglas
Tony Martin
Andrew Emelio
Reece Simmonds

Thanks!

Full team PM’d

Trades are Thurston/Albert in and Fitzgibbon/Norton out

INS
Originally had Johns in at his lower price, but Thurston night never get to a lower price. I think someone said they don’t remember him scoring lots of tries in here. My memory is he scored 10-12 tries a season a lot in his early career... just have to hope this is one of those years, plus all the kicks and try assists. Won’t tackle as much as Joey though.

Also originally wanted Kingston instead of Albert but I have a lot of hookers already, mostly overpriced it seems, and with Schif out for 1-3 weeks I need to get lucky with WFB cheapies jagging some tries.

OUTS
Based on two team lists listed as FRF I’m guessing Fitz is done as a reliable keeper. Could be way wrong. 

My halves were fantasy NRL picks - Norton and McGuire. The thing is I don’t think either would be scoring well in that format either. Held McGuire over Norton because he’s more likely to score a try listed a centre this week, and also had less cash to lose.

Other worries:
McGuire - see above
Schif - gambling its one week out as had other problems to trade out, but not great having that much cash in reserves
Simmonds - still hoping 2006 is the one season he scored a lot of tries
Martin - think he might still come good! Almost put him in my 17 again this week. But he needs to come good soon otherwise will have to move.
Luck - I thought Luck tackled a lot back in the day, then he scores 13 as a starting 2RF. Maybe limited minutes due to a knock? Will see this week if he can turn it around

I got a bunch of other players that didn’t set the world on fire but you can only track so many problems.

hi Milch,
new trades are;
Fulton to Inglis
Stuart to El Masri

team now
H. EL MASRI
STEVE TURNER
BRIAN CARNEY
GREG INGLIS
LEE HOOKEY
BRENT SHERWIN
ANDREW JOHNS
NATHAN HINDMARSH
CRAIG FITZGIBBON
DAVID STAGG
ANTHONY LAFFRANCHI
LUKE DOUGLAS
CAMERON SMITH
BRYAN NORRIE
BEN JONES
ANDREW PRICE
ADRAN PURTELL

PAUL GALLEN
MARK O'HALLORAN
LUKE DAVICO
FETULI TALANOA

$230k itb

robelgordo wrote:Full team PM’d

Trades are Thurston/Albert in and Fitzgibbon/Norton out

INS
Originally had Johns in at his lower price, but Thurston night never get to a lower price. I think someone said they don’t remember him scoring lots of tries in here. My memory is he scored 10-12 tries a season a lot in his early career... just have to hope this is one of those years, plus all the kicks and try assists. Won’t tackle as much as Joey though.

Pretty sure you don't get any points for Try Assists, but hopefully jags some more try's