NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 28 - Eels in crisis, no minutes for gun cheapies

easytiger wrote:

Boring that scores 60+ and will likely put up the first banner, is like good quality plain salted chips... the older you get, the more you feel happy pass on the latest flavour and just enjoy an old classic

Don't start the chip thing again

FaringdonSwirl wrote:Buggered if I know who to play out of Uto, Loiero, Carty and Boyd.  Need to play 2 of them.

Anyone want to sway me one way or another?

I would play Boyd and risk Carty against the hapless Tigs. But if you want a safe option Boyd/Loiero.

FaringdonSwirl wrote:

Don't start the chip thing again

I value our friend chip

Nothing wrong with Popcorn. Instant/unheralded/tries its best to be a chip. Hardworker.

What average would people be expecting from Matto playing in the middle?

He had that great run of 5 or 6 games last year where he beasted it but outside of those he also had quite a lot of low 40s as well. Just not sure if he's worth it at $777k.

easytiger wrote:

Something must be in the air, as I was just working out my trades (away from the forum) and noticed I could turn Carty + Doorey into Matto + Nikorima

63 average with "only" 2 offloads so far and 1 TB - against Panthers & Roosters, but then looking back at '22 it seems he likes goes better against the better teams

Definitely tempted

These are my trades this week (Well Carty + Chee kam out, Matterson + Nikorima in)
So either I am doing something wrong or right here
Got to laugh that those two players cost 250k each as well, no way I would have believed that in 2022 that they would be that good

FaringdonSwirl wrote:

Answers in bold

my tv broke wrote:

If a purely Matto vs Murray discussion, I think i'd rather grab matto at the moment. There isn't much in it, but Matto plays rnd 13 and Murray might get his mins chopped back a little according to Souths coach.

Aardvark wrote:

As per @FaringdonSwirl except I think I like Matto more than Murray at this stage (but holding Hopgood this week)

FaringdonSwirl wrote:Yeah fair. I'd probably take Matto over Murray too, but basically a 50/50.

Thanks for the replies fellas I appreciate the feedback.

I think grabbing Matto is a really SnatchPato kind of move. It's a move where it loses about 5-10 points per week on average (based on previous years), but it locks in a round 13 gun, has upside potential, and streamlines the future (not having to trade out Murray between 13-19).

It also leaves me $96k in the kitty, so I like that a lot as well. Will probably mean I won't get Murray at all until end game, which I hate, but you can't have em all I guess!

Considering I have two Eels (last game) and Trindall in the trade, I don't have to decide until Friday night when the Dolphins (Katoa trade in) play. Thinking I'll take a breather, ponder it over the course of tonight, and hope something comes up tomorrow when I can decide.

So I have the opportunity to get a look at Warbrick's score and then decide if I want to:

a) take the score, not trade BMM to AKP
b) trade BMM to AKP and get AKP's score

What's your over/under for Warbrick's score?

[quote="easytiger"]

Something must be in the air, as I was just working out my trades (away from the forum) and noticed I could turn Carty + Doorey into Matto + Nikorima

63 average with "only" 2 offloads so far and 1 TB - against Panthers & Roosters, but then looking back at '22 it seems he likes goes better against the better teams

Definitely tempted[/quote



Pull the trigger mate I would

Also if you told me at the start of the year I could do Hopgood + 47k to Matto I would've been laughing. It's the equivalent of being able to start this year with Matterson priced at 510k - bargain!

Team for the week, 24k itb

Robson
Haas Carrigan Ford
EKatoa Loiero
Cleary Moses
Bird Lemuelu
Miller HTF Warbrick

Matterson, Hopgood, Hosking, Preston
Alamoti, Lawton, KNiko, IKatoa

Ando wrote:

Cowboys playing early helps, if he switches to the edge think I’m going to pull the trigger unless I need to loop Warbrick out. Hoping he can jag a 30.

Sensible mate

Contrastinghobby wrote:Team for the week, 24k itb

Robson
Haas Carrigan Ford
EKatoa Loiero
Cleary Moses
Bird Lemuelu
Miller HTF Warbrick

Matterson, Hopgood, Hosking, Preston
Alamoti, Lawton, KNiko, IKatoa

Absurdly good interchange

BCT05 wrote:What average would people be expecting from Matto playing in the middle?

He had that great run of 5 or 6 games last year where he beasted it but outside of those he also had quite a lot of low 40s as well. Just not sure if he's worth it at $777k.

Feel with no iPap this year that Matto gets used between mid and edge. Allows for more offloads which seems to be his style. Also allows for Matto to move wide and HopGod to play 13.

Average I think will be high 50s to low 60s. He is the dynamic player in the forward pack, the link man etc. Brad trusts him in any forward role so expect him to play 70+

Who would you be chucking in the loop along with Boyd out of the two Dolphins halves?

filthridden wrote:So I have the opportunity to get a look at Warbrick's score and then decide if I want to:

a) take the score, not trade BMM to AKP
b) trade BMM to AKP and get AKP's score

What's your over/under for Warbrick's score?

This is what I'm doing.

I'll probably trade him in anyway but if he gets 40, I may save the trade.