NRL Fantasy 2022 Part 20 - Tear your team apart for Cleary

Trades:

Round 2
Smith - Tago

Round 3
Tuilagi - Thompson
Vailea - May

Round 4
Lolo - Starling
Bully - Jones*

Focused purely on generating cash for the first few weeks. Will look to bring in Cleary in the next week or so. Although already have Ben Hunt so may hold off till post origin - not sure if I am that brave. Wait and see.

The Bludgers will hold off on the Chin for this week - Lolo is a definite out, Watto is a sad but necessary trade to afford Haas (it's killing me watching him keep on keeping on).
Decision is between Jones (assuming named) and May (for extra backs cover as Coates is a spud) as second trade in. 

Fifita has been given the Tigers game to show he can go 60+ 
Moses / Clifford are in a direct shoot-out for which half has the honour of being the sacrificial lamb for the Great One next week.
Hoping Cleary scores below 60 to allow the trades to work.

Storm team list will be interesting. Does King start at prop, NAS bench, does Grant start at 9 and Smith at 13 or does Grant come off the bench and Smith start at 9

Honey Badger wrote:Storm team list will be interesting. Does King start at prop, NAS bench, does Grant start at 9 and Smith at 13 or does Grant come off the bench and Smith start at 9

Grant doesn't look to be fit enough to play 80 yet. Hit a wall at 60 minutes in round 2. Can't see them doing anything other than Smith 9, King 13.

Honey Badger wrote:Storm team list will be interesting. Does King start at prop, NAS bench, does Grant start at 9 and Smith at 13 or does Grant come off the bench and Smith start at 9

I'm picking one of Smith and Grant to start and one bench, King at 13, NAS starting and then King either off for one of them or into the prop rotation when they come on

King will start at 13. Smith will come off bench at 20th minute and play in the middle until Harry needs a rest at 55th minute. Short 10 minute pitstop for Harry back on for last 15. Just my guess.

Round 2

Welch > Sexton

And that is it

Rd 2:
Vailea -> M King

Rd 3:
Lolo -> Tago

Rd 4:
Bully -> Jones (if named) and either hold the 250K ITB and have a look at Cleary this week or
Walters -> Gilbert/Starling

I'm a little bit worried about not jumping on Starling but spending that kitty makes getting Cleary in r5 really hard.

A more extreme option is to do something like Wilton + AFB -> Cleary + Jones this week which leaves me weak through the Mids (Mann, JKing, Thompson) and I cop Bully bleeding cash for another week plus value from Wilton.

Been trying to bank trades as much as I can but really regret not dumping Bullemor last week.

Grant will come off the bench.

Round 2 no trades

Round 3 Tuilagi to Starling and Koula to Leo Thompson

Round 4 Bully to May and maybe Ilias to Jones but leaves me with no money spare and only 3 halves in my 21 is that a concern?

the_great_wobbler wrote:Rd 2:
Vailea -> M King

Rd 3:
Lolo -> Tago

Rd 4:
Bully -> Jones (if named) and either hold the 250K ITB and have a look at Cleary this week or
Walters -> Gilbert/Starling

I'm a little bit worried about not jumping on Starling but spending that kitty makes getting Cleary in r5 really hard.

A more extreme option is to do something like Wilton + AFB -> Cleary + Jones this week which leaves me weak through the Mids (Mann, JKing, Thompson) and I cop Bully bleeding cash for another week plus value from Wilton.

Been trying to bank trades as much as I can but really regret not dumping Bullemor last week.

X2 feel ya pain - bloody Des

Needless Sabre prediction based on my track record:

Angus named on bench this week again, only to start on game day and score a handsome 83 points and go on to average 59 for the season making my trading him last week hurt every week I watch him

ShadowSabre wrote:Needless Sabre prediction based on my track record:

Angus named on bench this week again, only to start on game day and score a handsome 83 points and go on to average 59 for the season making my trading him last week hurt every week I watch him

Even if this is true I will have no ragrets

R2 Vailea to Mann

R3 Bullemore and JTB to Thompson and Starling.

R4 not sure. Maybe no trades. Maybe Paulo to a cashout, don't really like the options though. Maybe TLT throws a curve ball.

Just wishing to put this out there, no need to check your PM's, I haven't contacted anyone to check my team for me.

Khany wrote:Just wishing to put this out there, no need to check your PM's, I haven't contacted anyone to check my team for me.  

I’m confused Khany, granted it doesn’t take much, but confused nonetheless.

Iron Mike wrote:King will start at 13. Smith will come off bench at 20th minute and play in the middle until Harry needs a rest at 55th minute. Short 10 minute pitstop for Harry back on for last 15. Just my guess.

I disagree, they won't use 2 interchanges on Grant.

I think they'll have NAS, Cheese and King at prop, hooker and lock respectively, then take NAS off at 20 mins, move King to prop, Cheese to lock and bring Grant on.

* Grant would play the rest of the game at hooker, having played 60 mins

* King would play the first 20 at lock, the rest of the first half at prop and come off early in the second half having played 45-50 mins

* NAS would play the first 20 at prop and then come back on to play the last 20-30 mins

* Cheese would play the first 20 at hooker, then at lock for the rest of the first half, come off at ~50 mins and come back on at ~70 mins if needed.

standard-issue wrote:

I’m confused Khany, granted it doesn’t take much, but confused nonetheless.

No malice mate

I confuse myself too