NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 5 - There was no party.

Wiliame does something 1 year too late

@my tv broke wrote:Maybe its the white shirts but do a lot of the dragons look a bit chunky ?

I agree.

Soft try but I always thought Opacic was underrated by Green. Eels could do worse than start him.

We got a google tv not long ago and i just thought to try chromecast the stream to the tv. Looks fantastic for a trial

Ramsey what's doing with that effort on opacic

@my tv broke wrote:We got a google tv not long ago and i just thought to try chromecast the stream to the tv. Looks fantastic for a trial

Yep Kayo on Chromecast here, looks just like watching fox pretty much.

Ford hasnt really looked like a first grader from what ive seen of the trials. Thoughts ?

@my tv broke wrote:Ford hasnt really looked like a first grader from what ive seen of the trials. Thoughts ?

Agree. His fantasy stats aren't great either even if he's picked. Looks like coach was happy with 20min from Macca and he looks fine. Bird looks like he's trying not to do another ACL. Ramsey looks like a talent but seemed to be blowing a bit like a lot of the Dragons and that defence of Opacic was ordinary. Sims is miles ahead of everyone and it's obvious.

Taumalolo said Payten’s plan to reduce his game time would not only help his own game, but elevate the responsibility on young players coming through like Frank Molo.

“It doesn’t bother me, but I can go harder for shorter minutes and I’m happy with that,” he said.

“A bit more explosiveness rather than drag it out and save myself.”
https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/02/18/taumalolo-primed-to-explode-as-payten-targets-quality-over-quantity/

@WT2K wrote:Taumalolo said Payten’s plan to reduce his game time would not only help his own game, but elevate the responsibility on young players coming through like Frank Molo.

“It doesn’t bother me, but I can go harder for shorter minutes and I’m happy with that,” he said.

“A bit more explosiveness rather than drag it out and save myself.”
https://www.nrl.com/news/2021/02/18/taumalolo-primed-to-explode-as-payten-targets-quality-over-quantity/

Well you know what I'm gonna say right?!


You gotta be made of MOLO!

@Mulvy wrote:


Well you know what I'm gonna say right?!


You gotta be made of MOLO!

You get an upvote for that. But I hate myself for laughing at it. Don't do it again please

@StuDogg101 wrote:

You get an upvote for that. But I hate myself for laughing at it. Don't do it again please

@Mulvy wrote:

Well you know what I'm gonna say right?!


You gotta be made of MOLO!

Well played

Ramsey looks a little weak in first contact in defence to be FB

Liked what I saw from Ramsey in attack in the first half.

Playing a reserve grade trial isn't enough to pick him but I had this to say in my 2021 planning and he has talent in spades

MS wrote: - Outside backs, in particular centres, are incredibly inconsistent and it's not worth paying for the "guns". I will be looking out for a high base (lot of tackles defending next to a shit half, goal kicking or lots of work in yardage sets). Trust talent when you see it in the young guys, otherwise go with job security

@Camo123 wrote:Ramsey looks a little weak in first contact in defence to be FB

Definitely better suited to centre or wing until he bulks up over next few years

Just trying to work out how beneficial it is to start in RD1 with a non-origin player over an origin one, so I made the following table for comparison. It includes Haas's suspension (3 games) and Ponga's injury (4 games) and I did an extra column for if origin players are rested for 2 games. Not sure how useful it is, but thought I'd share.
         

			2020			2021
	PRICE	PLAYER	TOTAL PTS	RDS	AVG	ORIGIN	RDS WITH ORIGIN, BYES, INJ & SUSP	TOTAL PTS	RDS WITH ORIGIN, BYES & IF RESTED FOR 2 MORE GAMES	TOTAL
HOK	856	COOK	1277	20	63.9	Y	23	1469	21	1341
	823	GRANT	921	15	61.4	Y	23	1412	21	1289
	805	KOROISAU	1022	17	60.1	N	24	1443	24	1443
	738	HUNT	1047	19	55.1	Y	23	1267	21	1157
	724	MCCULLOUGH	540	10	54	N	24	1296	24	1296
	682	MAHONEY	968	19	50.9	N	24	1223	24	1223
MID	967	HAAS	1228	17	72.2	Y	20	1445	18	1300
	833	CRICHTON	808	13	62.2	Y	23	1430	21	1305
	827	TAUMOLOLO	987	16	61.7	N	24	1481	24	1481
	807	HARRIS	1204	20	60.2	N	24	1445	24	1445
	807	CARRIGAN	1143	19	60.2	Y	23	1384	21	1263
	781	YEO	1107	19	58.3	Y	23	1340	21	1224
	746	JURBO	1114	20	55.7	Y	23	1281	21	1170
EDG	833	CRICHTON	808	13	62.2	Y	23	1430	21	1305
	807	HARRIS	1204	20	60.2	N	24	1445	24	1445
	807	MATTERSON	1024	17	60.2	N	24	1446	24	1446
	742	FRIZELL	1108	20	55.4	Y	23	1274	21	1163
HLF	973	CLEARY	1306	18	72.6	Y	23	1669	21	1524
	866	CHERRY-EVANS	1291	20	64.6	Y	23	1485	21	1356
	766	MOSES	972	17	57.2	N	24	1372	24	1372
	738	HUNT	1047	19	55.1	Y	23	1267	21	1157
	698	REYNOLDS	1042	20	52.1	N	24	1250	24	1250
CTR	627	LOMAX	935	20	46.8	N	24	1122	24	1122
	595	BEST	444	10	44.4	N	24	1066	24	1066
	580	GRAHAM	823	19	43.3	N	24	1040	24	1040
	559	MANU	792	19	41.7	N	24	1000	24	1000
	528	PEACHEY	788	20	39.4	N	24	946	24	946
WFB	850	TEDESCO	1078	17	63.4	Y	23	1458	21	1332
	804	PONGA	1080	18	60.0	Y	19	1140	17	1020
	667	BRIMSON	462	9	51.3	Y	23	1181	21	1078
	669	EDWARDS	549	11	49.9	N	24	1198	24	1198
	667	NOFOALUMA	996	20	49.8	N	24	1195	24	1195
	658	PAPENHUYZEN	834	17	49.1	Y	23	1128	21	1030
	635	GUTHERSON	947	20	47.4	Y	23	1089	21	994
	626	TUIVASA-SHECK	840	18	46.7	N	24	1120	24	1120

@WT2K wrote:Ramsey what's doing with that effort on opacic

Not just that, also sloppy forward pass from him off the drop out and an error under the high ball.

He has looked good running the ball though.

@my tv broke wrote:Ford hasnt really looked like a first grader from what ive seen of the trials. Thoughts ?

In defence I thought he was soft mate. Missed a few tackles he shouldn’t have.

Ford is back on just now!

@Holy Moly

Interesting stuff mate

Obviously a few drawbacks in that average includes whole season and not necessarily drawn from specific position and that average may decrease/increase for some but still awesome effort

What I draw from that is:

Teddy & Cleary still above the pack (and in Teddy's case still well above the pack even with 2 less games)

Bit tougher in MID/EDG with ???? around non-Origin guns & their mins (Harris, Lolo)

Koroisau is interesting, but still unsure if he'll provide any real upside on price to start season, but very good shout for byes