NRL Fantasy 2020 Part 80, Oh Aubbs, we hardly knew ye

Plan was Butcher to Haas next week, but I need a FRF this week with Mofo out.

Currently considering:

A: McIntyre to Wallace this week and Butcher to Haas next week per original plan.

B: McIntyre to AFB and Butcher to Barnett both this week.

Will have 1 trade left.

Which do you guys prefer? Team def looks more solid with option B once Mofo comes back as I don't have to play Luai in my 17. With option A I would need to play either Luai or Wallace in the 17, but obviously Haas is a big boost for the last few rounds especially as captain...

BCT05 wrote:Plan was Butcher to Haas next week, but I need a FRF this week with Mofo out.

Currently considering:

A: McIntyre to Wallace this week and Butcher to Haas next week per original plan.

B: McIntyre to AFB and Butcher to Barnett both this week.

Will have 1 trade left.

Which do you guys prefer? Team def looks more solid with option B once Mofo comes back as I don't have to play Luai in my 17. With option A I would need to play either Luai or Wallace in the 17, but obviously Haas is a big boost for the last few rounds especially as captain...

A. Easily.

Grant
Fotuaika Carrigan
Taumalolo Tevaga Fifita
Cleary Johnson
Talau Croker
Ponga Tedesco Brimson

Hunt NBrown Papenhuyzen Starling

Sironen Haas Niu Wiliame

2 trades + 13k

I am currently more focused on H2H and my opponent this week has 14 players with one trade left so i am happy running with 16 this week and will get Haas and Fotuaika back next week for finals. So I just need to trade Taumalolo to any second row other than McInnes. I could get someone who isn't a SRF but that would leave me with only Carrigan to cover SRF and FRF

my options are:

Taumalolo -> Bateman, probably wont with better options IMO

Lolo -> Matterson, cheapest he will be and good scoring

lolo -> Twal, gives me 100k for final upgrade as well as DPP

FalconSloth wrote:Grant
Fotuaika Carrigan
Taumalolo Tevaga Fifita
Cleary Johnson
Talau Croker
Ponga Tedesco Brimson

Hunt NBrown Papenhuyzen Starling

Sironen Haas Niu Wiliame

2 trades + 13k

I am currently more focused on H2H and my opponent this week has 14 players with one trade left so i am happy running with 16 this week and will get Haas and Fotuaika back next week for finals. So I just need to trade Taumalolo to any second row other than McInnes. I could get someone who isn't a SRF but that would leave me with only Carrigan to cover SRF and FRF

my options are:

Taumalolo -> Bateman, probably wont with better options IMO

Lolo -> Matterson, cheapest he will be and good scoring

lolo -> Twal, gives me 100k for final upgrade as well as DPP

I definitely like Matterson out of those three options.

british88 wrote:hey guys wht are your thoughts? 2 trades left

mcinnes
koloamatangi, taupau
yeo, fifita, brown
clearly, hunt
talau, mitchel
pap, rts, tedesco
starling
sironen
munster
lolo
haas
htf
niu
wiliame

59k in bank. i was thinking lolo to either grant or matterson? then holding one trade for remainder....

For those that held Grant, the times are good. But no way I'd be bringing him in with Liddle on the bench.

I expect Grant will still score very well, but for peace of mind I'd be going with Matterson as he doesn't have a Liddle on the bench that might affect his scoring.

wolfking wrote:

A.  Easily.

Sweet thanks mate

Teeth Eater wrote:

I definitely like Matterson out of those three options.

Yeah, I'm liking Matterson.

Camo123 wrote:

It might just be a GK thing, Ponga's GK has left a lot to be desired recently and F/A will be crucial for Knights in run to finals

Oh I understand I just don’t think it’s the right call

Yeah doesn’t matter if you don’t score and/or let in more as a result

The wind was ridiculous on Sunday arvo at the game

Ponga Yeo the Mann wrote:

Oh I understand I just don’t think it’s the right call

Yeah doesn’t matter if you don’t score and/or let in more as a result

The wind was ridiculous on Sunday arvo at the game

Agree mate. Lino is shit.

mrbrownstone wrote:Just had a quick look through the top 20 for how many red dots each team has, here's the breakdown:

3 red dots: 2 teams
4 red dots: 6 teams
5 red dots: 8 teams
6 red dots: 3 teams
7 red dots: 1 team

Carnage all round. Hope they've saved some trades.

Not in the top 20, but a decent TLT for me, still 17 green dots, but this week includes (hopefully) SJ rather than HTF.

mrbrownstone wrote:Just had a quick look through the top 20 for how many red dots each team has, here's the breakdown:

3 red dots: 2 teams
4 red dots: 6 teams
5 red dots: 8 teams
6 red dots: 3 teams
7 red dots: 1 team

Carnage all round. Hope they've saved some trades.

Hopefully this is a similar trend across the top couple of hundred.

I'm stuck here, matterson or cook?

Team for this week

Cook
Haas, Carrigan
McInnes, JTurbo, Leilua
DCE, Hunt
Crichton, Talau
Ponga, Teddy, Pappy

Murray, Munster, Butcher, Sironen
Mofo, Randall, HTF, Niu

3 trades remaining and intentionally going with 16 this week.

Good luck all

Raudonikis's Wet Ciggies wrote:I'm stuck here, matterson or cook?

Matterson for me mate. Cook has been shite lately.

Raudonikis's Wet Ciggies wrote:I'm stuck here, matterson or cook?

On form probably Matterson, similar players in that they both have a good floor and big ceiling. I still suspect Cook has a big score in him before the end of the regular season though....only because I don’t have him

White Lightning wrote:

Matterson for me mate. Cook has been shite lately.

Agree.
Bunnies flogged Manly last week and Cook ‘only’ managed 60.

FalconSloth wrote:Grant
Fotuaika Carrigan
Taumalolo Tevaga Fifita
Cleary Johnson
Talau Croker
Ponga Tedesco Brimson

Hunt NBrown Papenhuyzen Starling

Sironen Haas Niu Wiliame

2 trades + 13k

I am currently more focused on H2H and my opponent this week has 14 players with one trade left so i am happy running with 16 this week and will get Haas and Fotuaika back next week for finals. So I just need to trade Taumalolo to any second row other than McInnes. I could get someone who isn't a SRF but that would leave me with only Carrigan to cover SRF and FRF

my options are:

Taumalolo -> Bateman, probably wont with better options IMO

Lolo -> Matterson, cheapest he will be and good scoring

lolo -> Twal, gives me 100k for final upgrade as well as DPP

I’m tossing up the same trades, with Klemmer and Papalii also in the mix.
I think I’m leaning towards Matterson at present, just ahead of Twal.

mrbrownstone wrote:Just had a quick look through the top 20 for how many red dots each team has, here's the breakdown:

3 red dots: 2 teams
4 red dots: 6 teams
5 red dots: 8 teams
6 red dots: 3 teams
7 red dots: 1 team

Carnage all round. Hope they've saved some trades.

TLT wasn't kind with Hamiso and Averillo being "rested" on top of popular players like Tolo, Mofo, Koro & Haas on the sidelines.
Definitely testing the depth of teams and still 5 rounds to go

Had look through trade history to see extent of how season has panned out as I'm down to 0 trades:

Forced trade (injury/dropping/compassionate leave): 19 trades (13 injuries, 2 leave, 4 dropping)
Trading perceived peaked cow/upgrade to gun: 8 trades
Luxury trade (trading fit player still scoring well): 3 trades

Hannay says Drinkwater will go back into the halves and Holmes fullback in coming weeks. HTF has a slight hamstring strain so is being rested. Opacic dropped due to form.