NRLFF 2006 Fantasy thread - Round 3+4 El Magic round

Yep. Half a round too... get it in the veins

R.I.P. Brian Dennehy. A great actor & people probably recognise more for playing the sheriff in First Blood.

Hi Milchcow, trades and 21 submitted to you via PM. Thanks

@ Milchcow - Final team & trades for rounds 3 & 4 sent. Cheers mate.

Will do a few games tonight

Rest of round 3 Saturday night (including Newcastle vs Bulldogs and a highlights video)

Round 4 on Sunday (highlights video)

Fox showed the Rd6 Nth Queensland v Newcastle game last week as one of their classic matches. I managed to get the 2nd half recorded onto my IQ box
If I can figure out how to offload it off IQ that will be next week's mini game

Milchcow wrote:
Will do a few games tonight

Rest of round 3 Saturday night (including Newcastle vs Bulldogs and a highlights video)

Round 4 on Sunday (highlights video)

Fox showed the Rd6 Nth Queensland v Newcastle game last week as one of their classic matches. I managed to get the 2nd half recorded onto my  IQ box
If I can figure out how to offload it off IQ that will be next week's mini game

I watched the whole thing and already can't remember what happened.
Don't know how I convinced myself that I could remember any of what happened in 2006.

Milchcow wrote:
Will do a few games tonight

tonight??! That's days away!!!

Milchcow wrote:
Will do a few games tonight

Rest of round 3 Saturday night (including Newcastle vs Bulldogs and a highlights video)

Round 4 on Sunday (highlights video)

Fox showed the Rd6 Nth Queensland v Newcastle game last week as one of their classic matches. I managed to get the 2nd half recorded onto my  IQ box
If I can figure out how to offload it off IQ that will be next week's mini game

Sunday is going to be awesome.

Ok sent Milch my trades Weds and *haven't* changed them. Amazing!

Somewhat heartened by some of the "advanced metrics" posted here showing my team isn't quite as shit as it appears - would be 17th if I could pick the right 17 each week, and most other teams with so few PODs are doing really well.

In conclusion, I'm due...

This week:

OUTS: Farah, Young
I did consider keeping Farah because at least while injured he won't lose money. But decided the alternative of another player losing some money but also getting some points was preferable.

I'm not sure what I was hoping for with Young. Even in NRL Fantasy scoring I feel it would be like picking a 40-45 player to score 40-45 at best i.e. no value. In this format, just a waste of 700k. Worse when you consider I had no memory of whether he'd play lock or hooker. The answer being both and also 5/8. Eww.

INS: Merritt, Douglas, a lot of cash in bank
I've missed all the big scoring popular backs so far - Gaz, El Maz, Sing, M Gidley, even Turner - so rather than chase points I thought I'd take a punt on who will go off next. I feel like Merritt scored 15-20 tries pretty much every year so let's have them early in the season please!

Douglas everyone is getting - should be a solid 30ppg cow.

I now have almost 600k in the bank and a shortlist of about 15 guns I like. Ideally will get one in R5 then Hindmarsh and/or Smith in R7 following team byes. Then might have a passable team, only 6 weeks after the leaders.

Will send my team and trades in the next couple of hours. have to wait until I'm on my own in the office.

robelgordo wrote:Ok sent Milch my trades Weds and *haven't* changed them. Amazing!

Somewhat heartened by some of the "advanced metrics" posted here showing my team isn't quite as shit as it appears - would be 17th if I could pick the right 17 each week, and most other teams with so few PODs are doing really well.

In conclusion, I'm due...

This week:

OUTS: Farah, Young
I did consider keeping Farah because at least while injured he won't lose money. But decided the alternative of another player losing some money but also getting some points was preferable.

I'm not sure what I was hoping for with Young. Even in NRL Fantasy scoring I feel it would be like picking a 40-45 player to score 40-45 at best i.e. no value. In this format, just a waste of 700k. Worse when you consider I had no memory of whether he'd play lock or hooker. The answer being both and also 5/8. Eww.

INS: Merritt, Douglas, a lot of cash in bank
I've missed all the big scoring popular backs so far - Gaz, El Maz, Sing, M Gidley, even Turner - so rather than chase points I thought I'd take a punt on who will go off next. I feel like Merritt scored 15-20 tries pretty much every year so let's have them early in the season please!

Douglas everyone is getting - should be a solid 30ppg cow.

I now have almost 600k in the bank and a shortlist of about 15 guns I like. Ideally will get one in R5 then Hindmarsh and/or Smith in R7 following team byes. Then might have a passable team, only 6 weeks after the leaders.

And had never traded. So it's really a comparison of ourselves against ourselves to see how much more we score by trading vs just sitting.

code delta wrote:



Let's see if this works then.
Gibbs and Whatuira out.
Hindi and Douglas in.

I'll use this team for both round 3 and 4. (unless I get told again that it's not within the cap.)

Ben Kennedy                      
Cameron Smith                
Steve Menzies                    
Anthony Minichiello            
Petero Civoniceva    
Nathan Hindmarsh        
Brett Finch
John Skandalis                  
Greg Inglis                        
Matt Gidley                          
Jamie Soward                              
Darius Boyd                    
Frank Puletua                          
Brent Sherwin                    
Steve Turner                      
Darren Albert
Luke Douglas                    
Michael Henderson  
Mickey Paea                            
Bryan Norrie      
Antonio Kaufusi

Sorry Code Delta,

This is what I have as your wew team and cap values

Ben Kennedy 844000
Cameron Smith 814000
Steve Menzies 731000
Anthony Minichiello 600000
Petero Civoniceva 644000
Nathan Hindmarsh 851000
Brett Finch 583000
John Skandalis 549000
Greg Inglis 607000
Matthew Gidley 542000
Jamie Soward 478000
Darius Boyd 351000
Frank Puletua 363000
Brent Sherwin 368000
Steve Turner 338000
Darren Albert 274000
Luke Douglas 273000
Michael Henderson 289000
Mickey Paea 246000
Bryan Norrie 255000
Antonio Kaufusi 324000
10324000
-67000

No trades from Wolfking or Shadow Sabre

If you have sent me something please repost or resend as I've missed it

Otherwise you've got all afternoon to do it

Clack Bocks wrote:

And had never traded. So it's really a comparison of ourselves against ourselves to see how much more we score by trading vs just sitting.

In my case, I'm scoring less by trading so far

Milchcow wrote:

Sorry Code Delta,

This is what I have as your wew team and cap values

Ben Kennedy 844000
Cameron Smith 814000
Steve Menzies 731000
Anthony Minichiello 600000
Petero Civoniceva 644000
Nathan Hindmarsh 851000
Brett Finch 583000
John Skandalis 549000
Greg Inglis 607000
Matthew Gidley 542000
Jamie Soward 478000
Darius Boyd 351000
Frank Puletua 363000
Brent Sherwin 368000
Steve Turner 338000
Darren Albert 274000
Luke Douglas 273000
Michael Henderson 289000
Mickey Paea 246000
Bryan Norrie 255000
Antonio Kaufusi 324000
10324000
-67000

Righto, this seems to by telling me not to make any trades.
So I'll stick with my round 2 team,

Ben Kennedy
Cameron Smith
Steve Menzies
Anthony Minichiello
Petero Civoniceva
Bryce Gibbs
Brett Finch
Paul Whatuira
John Skandalis
Greg Inglis
Matt Gidley
Jamie Soward
Darius Boyd
Frank Puletua
Brent Sherwin
Steve Turner
Darren Albert
Michael Henderson
Antonio Kaufusi
Mickey Paea
Bryan Norrie

code delta wrote:

Righto, this seems to by telling me not to make any trades.
So I'll stick with my round 2 team,

Ben Kennedy                      
Cameron Smith                
Steve Menzies                    
Anthony Minichiello            
Petero Civoniceva    
Bryce Gibbs
Brett Finch
Paul Whatuira                        
John Skandalis                  
Greg Inglis                        
Matt Gidley                          
Jamie Soward                              
Darius Boyd                    
Frank Puletua                          
Brent Sherwin                    
Steve Turner                      
Darren Albert
Michael Henderson  
Antonio Kaufusi              
Mickey Paea                            
Bryan Norrie                            
 

I thought you were already over the cap so now to get some cheapies in to become compliant?

Watching a replay of a game from 2015 and Rabs mentions how he can't tell the Cronulla players apart.

He's talking about Holmes linking up with Leutele and Feki on the right side.

I am so glad I don't have to listen to him anymore.

filthridden wrote:Watching a replay of a game from 2015 and Rabs mentions how he can't tell the Cronulla players apart.

He's talking about Holmes linking up with Leutele and Feki on the right side.

I am so glad I don't have to listen to him anymore.

Yeah it was around that time he started complaining about difficult Polynesian names and stuff too. Really should've been quietly retired then, but five years on he's still out there.

code delta wrote:

Righto, this seems to by telling me not to make any trades.
So I'll stick with my round 2 team,

Ben Kennedy                      
Cameron Smith                
Steve Menzies                    
Anthony Minichiello            
Petero Civoniceva    
Bryce Gibbs
Brett Finch
Paul Whatuira                        
John Skandalis                  
Greg Inglis                        
Matt Gidley                          
Jamie Soward                              
Darius Boyd                    
Frank Puletua                          
Brent Sherwin                    
Steve Turner                      
Darren Albert
Michael Henderson  
Antonio Kaufusi              
Mickey Paea                            
Bryan Norrie                            
 

I think if you get Tongue instead of Hindy in your two trades you'll just be under?

A reminder of your H2H for rounds 3 & 4, Good Luck everyone!