Round 5 Review Points 929
Overall Rank 9927 (prev rank 6586)
The second week in a row of plummeting Rank, and a below par score, however another week where I am not too despondent,
Firstly what a weekend of footy, if fantasy gets in your way of the enjoyment of NRL, then youre doing it wrong because there were some spectacular games and finales to matches
Trades Cam Murray and Brayden Trindall out for Hosking and Sean Johnson, so honestly watching murray dominate like he was supposed to from round one on friday was a kick in the teeth, I did say when trading him that I knew eventually he would "punish" me by scoring a 90, it just didnt have to be so immediate, but I am actually very happy with this weeks trades from an overall theory, firstly it netted me more points, 2ndly I didnt have a half and now I have a gun one in Sj, 3rdly I have hosking who I expect to be a keeper edge and is primed to make alot of money in a relatively short space of time, so I know when all is balanced out I made a good trade, one keeper to possibly 2,
TEAM REVIEW
Korosiau 27 Simpkins return to the bench was never gonna be good for api, playing the broncos was gonna be difficult, playing for the worst team in the comp was gonna be hard, amazingly no missed tackles this week, but still rubbish, he either becomes brailey this week to take advantage of his solid scores and decent bye round or i run boyd at hooker, unsure yet but no more Api for me, hes not gonna be passable as a fantasy player this year
Carrigan 35 a very disappointing one, was loving the start of the game when he decided to start offloading, but he spent too long on the pine and with such a onesided game didnt have to make many tackles, an abberation in his scoring, but esepcially annoying when payne was ripping it up
Hopgood 51 decent enough score from Hopgoat, i still don't think we have an accurate idea what he will be in fanatsy, in terms of his minutes, running style, expected offloads, or how much he will average. I expect this will be about what we should expect, meaning hes just a tier below true elite players, if brad athur could remind him how effective an offloadeer he is that would be good
Tapine 48 the raiders are bad, tapine is good, but witha lack of possession and the time spent watching nathan convert tries was hard for him to get a good score, still contributed a couple of offloads to save his score, I don't see canberra improving this year at all, so I wonder what will become of Tapine, no immediate plans to shelve him as I look down the track to origin and the middle bye rounds but I havent been enthused by him all year
Wilton 45 he got his Try this week, but unfotunatly that coincided with way less tackles and runs, sharks are a funny one, I predicted them to win it all but I cannot see them doing so with such poor defence. He runs a lot of straight line and the ball avoids him, whereas nikora on the other side is used and finds the gaps, still Ive been very happy with wilton all year and no reason to panic, I see a hug score one week from him soon,
Hosking 59 be interested to know how many people brought him in this week, a lot less tackling to do this week, but did what I like from back rowers, ran a hard line often, evcentually got his rewards crashing over, great score, plenty of money made and a low break even for next week, lets ride this for as long as ivan selects him
Reynolds 53 ok score, had a good game, Ive no real complaints but he didnt blow my socks off, not that he ever should I suppose, wests were that bad that he didnt have many base points, after SJ's performance this week, its reynolds that will most likely make way for Hynes in round 7, so it could be his last hurrah against canberra this week, hopefully he goes out with a Big one
SJ 89 Amaxzing game, playing for a gutsy reborn team, scored everywhere, looked awesome, won them the match, congrats mate, very pleased I bought him in as he's no doubt risen in price yet again, must congratulate those on him early, not much more to say, great stuff
Alamoti 47 in real life for a 19 year old he shows some very nice touches and impressed me, for fantasy he picks up nice points all over, one of the better base price players and he will continue to play for me, I do think bulldogs can improve, so when they do he might even rack up a few more attcking stats, that try assist today showed what nice hands he has
Staggs 28 just when he was off my shit list, he goes and gets a two try 28 point disgrace of a game! indulge me, if I said you can buty a centre for 529k and after 5 rounds he would have 6 tries and average 127m and 2.5 tackle breaks you would be happy, if I look at his 39.4 average this year its good, If i think that his team is 5 wins zero losses, youd be happy, but I'm not, he is my POD, he should be killing it, Ive made my broncos bed, with the locyer pillow cases and the corey parker poster on the wall, so I will cheer him on against the raiders again this week, but that amount of points is very frustrating
Miller 71 well he totally redeemed himself from that shocker from oluakuta try, 13 tackle breaks, 282 running metres, guy is all action, all work rate, all desire, the knights have a good one, and we all have a great fantasy FB
Trbojevic 56 good score with no tries from Tom, I'm huge on getting fantasy players with an appetite to work hard, and this guy absolutely puts it in, the amount of extra touches he has compared to other superstar fullbacks (mitchell) is astounding, I'm enjoying owning him and would hate to watch manly not owning him, has a fairly tough run of games coming up but manly have points in them and he'll be around it when they do
Walsh 108 (c) so I didnt announce it on the forum, just because I already had enough scrutiny on my love affair with reece, but I did captain the boy wonder, another great performance and another near miss, broncos had it too easy if anything and took the foot of the gas, they also failed to be clinical. If i didnt own him I would hate watching him play, he sniffs out every chance and is so electric and skilful, the big score is around the corner, dont say I havent warned you
Interchange
Ford 43 just love watching my players make multiple tackles in one set, 80 mins again, 31 tackles, the odd error, but for the price hes great, if he continues to score and play like this I'll be happy
Preston 82 how can it be that this is only his 5th game in first grade, 47 tackles , 2 tries and 116 metres, bulldogs have a good one and anyone who has paid attention has him in already, gus was right, future leader, hope his injury doesnt keep him out next week, they need him
Perham 47 his best score for the season, and a welcome bonus of points, I wasnt impressed by him in real life, and if I was the bulldogs Id definitley play averillo at FB, but he is a decent runner, solid under the high ball and has good work rate, he got this score despite any attacking stats so that isnt bad for a fantasy player
Utoikamanu 40 started on the bench and played less minutes, I am seriously considering cashing him out, mainly because I dont believe he is gonna do much more than he is, the tigers are an atrocious team, and their only strength is middles, so he is in the fight for his life with minutes, my only problem is there might not be many other mids around, but i see a low score in his future and i want to maximise his gains so i have the bank for hynes in two rounds
Emergency
Warbrick 33 took his try well, happy to keep him on emergencies, he has a low break even so he will make a little more cash, and hes never in danger of playing for me, as I have what I believe is the best back 3, and an able deputy in perham, will look to forum advice as to when to cash him down, think he plays well enough that his job secuirty remains,
HSS 4 my centre cover I pray I never need, he might ened up dropped by raiders tbh, crap score, and not making money, pretty useless in fantasy terms, not much better in real life
doorey 30 he actually has impressed me in real life as a impact player, i believe lane is back imminently so I could see him not being selected, I have lots of edges, so I'll happily trade him away for the next cashcow if needs be, cant fault 30 points in 36 mins, good on him
Boyd (bye) Titans bye round, be interested to see if hes named on the left next week, and also if I decide to run with just him at hooker,
Overall it must go down as a bad week, as I went down in ranks, however there are things I really like about my team, mainly that back 3, points galore,
The obvious reason I am sliding is no cleary or hynes, which will be rectified in round 7, it seems foolhardy to get rid of reynolds when he is playing the atrocious raiders this week,
scores in the twenties from koro and staggs also rained on my parade, but alot to like,
Id be lying if I didnt enjoy seeing a few of the highly owned players I dont have finally coming unstuck,
Plans for this week are ditch Koro, for most likely brailey, but i'll be on the look out for some cash downs when TLT comes around.
Any comments, critsicms etc are more than welcomed,
after two weeks sliding, I hope to bounce back with a big one this week!!
Thanks for reading, Gaz