NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 60 - Less trades than rounds left edition.

Bethany_B wrote:Thoughts on the following two trades?

Croft - Niu, raises money for the other trade. I have lots of halves cover, still got Mann, Luai and Field as well (plan would be to sell Luai and Field to get either Moses or Munster)

Young - A Crichton, gives me that 3rd gun back rower that I desperately need, gets rid of a plodder. Only downer is that Crichton is pretty pricey but I'm willing to pay it considering just how insanely good the Chooks are.

This leaves me with 9 trades left, $29k ITB and the following squad:

Grant
Haas, Fotu
A Crichton, Lolo, Yeo
Mann, Flanagan
Lomax, S Crichton
Ponga, Papy, Teddy

Api, Carrigan, Luai, Niu

Field, Talau, Averillo, HTF

multiple.scoregasms wrote:Nothing official from the club, but trust the source on this one.

If Whare isn’t a go this week that Yeo would go to centre and May into lock with Kenny coming into the bench.

Honey Badger wrote:

Im chasing Critchon too. Have been trying to get him into my team for the last 2 weeks. Hating having to pay that much for him now but I hate having no Roosters in my team

Welshy wrote:
Not a new role though is it? Always an excuse. Can pick shit loads of examples on players going amazing in 2/3 games then falling off in fantasy. OMG Cotric averaging 56 over first 3 rounds! That's now his average moving forward? No its the ups and downs of a fantast WFB! Latrell was horseshit in first 2 rounds, he didn't just change his game in lockdown.

mattnz wrote:
Yes he did, he went from unfit, unable to play 80 minutes, to being fit enough to run the ball back while playing 80 minutes.

Welshy wrote:
So he's unfit again then? Because hes been shit last few rounds? Is he only fit when he scores well?

mattnz wrote:
Yes he did, he went from unfit, unable to play 80 minutes, to being fit enough to run the ball back while playing 80 minutes.

Mulvy wrote:

Dude, just admit you were wrong.

I traded in Magoulias. I'm an idiot and made a stupid mistake. Easy.

mattnz wrote:
No, has been lazy the last few weeks, instead of taking hit ups in their first few tackles, which is where he got most of his TBs, he isn't running them any more. He was doing fine a few weeks ago, taking his fair share, and had demonstrated already he was fit enough to do it.

If all he had done was the work that we see from most fullbacks each week, as he was doing, his scoring would have been significantly higher the last few weeks. It wasn't a high bar that was set for him.

mattnz wrote:
This whole discussion started because I called Latrell a lazy, overpriced prick. Where does that not indicate a mistake in bringing him in. Doesn't mean that the thought process of bringing him in was incorrect at the time though, as many others did when he was showing that if all he did was the work of a normal fullback, as he had been, he was going to score well.

Welshy wrote:
Latrell picks and chooses when he wants to be involved, EXACTLY what everyone said. his RM from FB have always been shit, but you said it was because he was young. What's changed now?

mattnz wrote:
The change from first 2 rounds of shit to him scoring well was that he got fit. If he had just continued playing as he was, he was a steal. He didn't continue to play that way. It was also a valid argument that 18 year old Latrell isnt a good benchmark. We have seen time and again people on here judging players by who they were at 18 and it isnt their potential. The game is about making calls on how players are performing. You can't predict that they will suddenly stop doing the basics of their role, when they are already showing they are capable of it.

Welshy wrote:
This is where you are failing your own argument. He was a great buy at the price, that bit is right. Just because his scoring is rubbish last 2/3 rounds doesn't mean he still isn't the player you got in. Papy is best case and point. You can't crow when he goes well after the trade in then throw them under a bus when they go shit for a bit, especially in WFB and especially with a player like Latrell who has ALWAYS BEEN ROCKS and DIAMONDS. That has never changed

mattnz wrote:
Ok, this is where I think we may really differ. I see reasons to bring players in, if they don't show that the reason I brought them in is validated by what I see from them the next few weeks, then I trade them out.

I traded Latrell in primarily on the basis that:
- He continues to take early tackle hit ups
- That he gets TBs from those hit ups
- He shows that he has learned a work ethic in his role

None of those things happened, so it was time to cut him loose. If he continued playing as he had, then he scores well and you keep him. He didn't so you drop him.

Teeth Eater wrote:Sorry doods, just spilling my mind particles onto the page.

I can punt Latrell this week and bring in either RTS or Edwards. Ideally they'd become keepers, but worst case scenario they could actually become Ponga in a few weeks if things got ugly. Very short term and probably stupid, but is that fair enough reason to go to either RTS or Edwards this week? Gives me someone to play in WFB rather than relying on Niu and Talau too.

Edwards has lower BE and should pounce up in price with two delectable upcoming match-ups (Cowboys, Titans and then Manly after that too) but why do I still find myself leaning towards RTS, in a struggling team? I still feel like RTS probably has potential to go bigger?

OR! Do I forget both of them and just wait for when I can get Ponga?