NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 1 - fire up the spreadsheets

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

and the other 11 games? I am a long long way from a coach, but I think this small lock position may be better described as a hybrid LOCK / 2nd 5/8 (or third half) kind of position. It is not too much of a leap for that person to start taking minutes of a starting HLF who is being eased into a role towards the end of the game. Anyway, as Lchy said, this may be too out-of-the-box to make sense, but I would not be surprised, if Ilias plays less than 80 for some of the season, without wasting a sub. At the very least, he could be a risk of pumping out mundane scores. It is not like Souths are short of players who cannot play big minutes. Thet were also one of the number one teams last year for minutes played by bench players

robelgordo wrote:

Decent team for a trial against a QLD cup side.

And Tyrone Roberts! So just the 6 options potentially for 5/8 at R1 then

Pookus McFly wrote:

Nah, you will fuck up a rookie halfback by pulling him off at the end of games, he needs to learn to play a full 80 and get experience closing down games to be a complete player. Ilias is the groomed replacement for Adam Reynolds, not just some schmuck thrown into the 7 because Adam walked- they certainly won’t play silly buggers with his development.

mattnz wrote:

He is the reason they allowed Reynolds to walk

Milchcow wrote:

How many NRL teams have ever had a game plan that involves regularly using trades on their starting halfback.

If Ilias isn't playing 80 its because he's been dropped, not given a mid game rest

Pookus McFly wrote:

Nah, you will fuck up a rookie halfback by pulling him off at the end of games

Rabbits21 wrote:Schuster injured syndesmosis. My Manly mate tells me it’s a bad one. Gonna be out for 10 weeks or so could be early May when he’s back.

Croker likely to miss early rounds too. Well hello Karl Lawton I say. Davey could be in the mix too.

They have no Aloiai the first few rounds either.

mattnz wrote:
Lawton is likely hooker round 1.

Makes both edge and hooker simple now. Suddenly have lots of cash to play with.

Magic round:

Rabbits21 wrote:Schuster injured syndesmosis. My Manly mate tells me it’s a bad one. Gonna be out for 10 weeks or so could be early May when he’s back.

Croker likely to miss early rounds too. Well hello Karl Lawton I say. Davey could be in the mix too.

They have no Aloiai the first few rounds either.