NRL Fantasy 2021 Part 35 - Cheers, Slug

Interesting that a 2pt field goal scores the same in fantasy as a 1pt field goal.

Leniu and Riki out next week. Atleast it’s straight forward

Erin Moleman wrote:Leniu and Riki out next week. Atleast it’s straight forward

Easy peasy trades

SoylentGreen wrote:Interesting that a 2pt field goal scores the same in fantasy as a 1pt field goal.

Was thinking the same last night, this will change for next season I’d say. Just too late for this year now

SoylentGreen wrote:

I wouldn't be trusting the one that can't get the number of tries right...

Yes, agree. That said, it does appear as though the stats providers are either now different, or they are collecting multiple stats on essentially the same measure.

The try is obviously a F-up, but the other stats are consistently different, which to be fair was one of the points MF was making and seemed to get a bit shot down on.

robelgordo wrote:

Didn't watch Souths last week, but I think Host is usually on the side that will be coming at Nofo-Roberts-Ofa. That's the side where Souths attack 75% of the time anyway, so there will be fantasy points

Thanks - was planning on playing him, but will be doing so with more confidence if the above is the case !

I guess Milf and Riki become Cleary next week. Seems pretty futile and just going through the motions now, but beats licking the underside of my scrotum for the next 15 weeks, I guess.

Loomer wrote:Feel dirty saying it but is Croft an option? 55 average playing 80 this season and 590m as dominant kicker vs Panthers

I bought that up last night myself but it was a busy thread.

Honestly I'd say there is a good argument for it. The Broncos played very well against the Panthers. Croft flourished as the dominant half and it looks like he'll get those massive kick metres as a base.

There is the risk Milford comes back that's for sure but that is the type of performance that should see him stay in reserve grade for the time being.

Mr Snrub wrote:

I bought that up last night myself but it was a busy thread.  

Honestly I'd say there is a good argument for it. The Broncos played very well against the Panthers. Croft flourished as the dominant half and it looks like he'll get those massive kick metres as a base.  

There is the risk Milford comes back that's for sure but that is the type of performance that should see him stay in reserve grade for the time being.

With his massive BE from bench appearances will he even make much cash before R13

Camo123 wrote:

With his massive BE from bench appearances will he even make much cash before R13

You’d think with that base and scoring around 55-60 he starts making cash from next week.
Too risky for me though.

If Croft is playing 80mins every week he'd be a great pick up. But if you'd seriously take that chance after this week and knowing Kevin Walters is their coach for the rest of the year, you are far more testicularly blessed than I.

bigbruno wrote:

Was thinking the same last night, this will change for next season I’d say. Just too late for this year now

SuperCoach reflect the changes in their scoring. No reason failhub couldn’t

I wonder if this season will at least lead them to changing points for KM. I get that fantasy isn't and will never be an accurate way of assessing players IRL performance, but I'm not sure any format of weighing up the halves should place so much weighting on the distance they kick. We might as well rename it kickers/punters.

Points for 1 on 1 tackles, less points for KM a must IMO. "Nice to have" would be distinguishing between the various severities of "missing a tackle", which is pretty tricky so maybe just distinguishing the difference between missing a tackle that leads to a LB/LBA/T/TA vs one that doesn't.

Edit: Just before people assume this is another Cleary whinge its not (he benefits from the KM sure, but he'd score well anyway), its when I look at things like Milford (and potentially Croft if last night continues) averaging pretty much the same as Wighton, Luai and Williams .

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:

You’d think with that base and scoring around 55-60 he starts making cash from next week.
Too risky for me though.

Just plugged 60 average on MTB's site (which is probably ambitious) and it's around 50k over next 3 weeks, so it'd still be a while before cash starts coming in

BEs also probably a little higher in reality as well.

Camo123 wrote:

With his massive BE from bench appearances will he even make much cash before R13

Oh didn't think about that.

Well he just appeals to me as a POD option who can put together some good scores at a cheap price that is also going to play R13. Not saying I'll trade him in but I do love the idea of playing mental gymnastics to justify picking a player nobody else is.