NRL Fantasy 2021 - Part 9 - ‘Twas the weekend before TLT

mattnz wrote:
Job security and injury history are definitely part of it, but only worthwhile if also outperforming their cost. The funny analysis last season was that Darius Boyd would have been one of the very best centers to have started with, for those reasons.

rhinoceroo wrote:Centre strategy: Get two/three cheap guys you hope stay fit (more a luck than judgement call) and stay in team and can knock out 30+ until round 13 and then trade (if necessary) to the two round 17 players you think are going to score highest for the rest of season (eg Staggs, Manu, Aitken, Cotric... could be someone else by then)

Jumping Marlin wrote:With thanks to Milch's spreadsheet and MTBs data, here's my current pre TLT take on Hookers.

Projected scores are my estimates.  The players are listed in order of points / cash upside based on that.

The column "risk" is a my current take on certainty - eg job security, injury, new coach etc.

[And duals who have HOK listed as their second position are excluded].

Rabbits21 wrote:

Couldn’t fit in Hopoate? He’s 21k more than Bird and has DPP Centre/WFB....

I got him into my draft a few mins ago draft 30 that was!

mattnz wrote:
There arent any decent cheap options either. If I can set and forget, without spending a lot, I am ahead of everyone else. Keep in mind we value a trade around $150k. Makes a huge difference to get it right to start with and center is a position that you can fill without it costing tonnes to get a potential keeper.

Mulvy wrote:

Don't like any of them. I'm considering Milford for the same (presumably) 14-17 role.

my tv broke wrote:I like when Mulvy gets on the wines.

Another night of matthewnz vs the world it seems!

Hope everyone is being good to the other half on the last weekend without NRL. Just got home from the pub and not even in trouble, big win

Mulvy wrote:

Exactly. I remember people actually saying "fuck this, I'm picking Darius!"

My intention this year was to just pick the best job security cheap boring centres that I could. Someone like Jarrod Croker if he was available.  484k doesn't qualify. I'd rather kelly for slightly less. But if I did, it would be because of good job security, good injury history, gut feel with the better Titans team, rather than cherry picking stats.

Jumping Marlin wrote:With thanks to Milch's spreadsheet and MTBs data, here's my current pre TLT take on Hookers.

Projected scores are my estimates.  The players are listed in order of points / cash upside based on that.

The column "risk" is a my current take on certainty - eg job security, injury, new coach etc.

[And duals who have HOK listed as their second position are excluded].

Holy Moly wrote:


Does your other half know or care about your fantasy skills?

The Pascoe Fiasco wrote:
I don’t have the money! I can if Faamausili starts as prop for Saints. Does anyone know much about him or what his job security is like?