NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 39 - Host is still playable, right?

Scott Bailey on Twitter

Have spoken with Penrith and they say Nathan Cleary is in no doubt for Saturday and will play, and nor will there be mass restings.

Also, Tyrone Peachey on why he can rediscover his 2018 best now he is starting again for Penrith. On @AAPSport #NRL

Great to see the forum doing well. Thanks for all of the insights.

Only Hynes feels safe as a Captain this week, even though he is capable of a lowish score. Can only trade DCE or Cleary to do it though. Tough decision. DCE is a gun keeper with two 90s this year, and it feels wrong to sell Cleary, even with a niggle, loss of goal kicking and a rumour floating around that he mightn't play.

DCE to Hynes is currently where I'm at.

Mando wrote:

https://twitter.com/ScottBaileyAAP/status/1651499525763391488?t=eysxHloutDKbK0WrYvgp9w&s=19

You son of a…

mattnz wrote:

Lolo 4 weeks away, then Cotter plays Origin.

Luki plays EDG, so they can dump Gosi

MattNZ --- Olaopu is such a MattNZ move - jump on!!!

Granville is a Mutalakai kind of move also very MattNZ but not gonna fly

Mando wrote:

https://twitter.com/ScottBaileyAAP/status/1651499525763391488?t=eysxHloutDKbK0WrYvgp9w&s=19

The King lives!

Now ask him whether he's goalkicking.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

MattNZ --- Olaopu is such a MattNZ move - jump on!!!

Granville is a Mutalakai kind of move also very MattNZ but not gonna fly

I already have 6 halves, don't need a 7th that isnt even named to play and the rest of his team mates are playing in the last game of the round.

rhinoceroo wrote:

The King lives!

Now ask him whether he's goalkicking.

20 points extra if he does

Camo123 wrote:
The classic could be out which is translated as “we have no idea and want to generate clicks”

MF wrote:Scott Bailey on Twitter

Have spoken with Penrith and they say Nathan Cleary is in no doubt for Saturday and will play, and nor will there be mass restings.

Also, Tyrone Peachey on why he can rediscover his 2018 best now he is starting again for Penrith. On @AAPSport #NRL

Hmm it’s as if I’ve figured it out it’s pretty easy to pick holes in NRL journalist’s writing style

Manu a bigger priority than Teddy hey

mattnz wrote:

I already have 6 halves, don't need a 7th that isnt even named to play and the rest of his team mates are playing in the last game of the round.

I say this in the best of jest

Why would you have 6 halves already? Sound like poor team management to me

mattnz wrote:

Granville averaging 40 in his big minute role the last couple of weeks. Robson more 30s and 40s than 70s. Wouldnt want to be paying $700k+ for a guy that is going to have lots of 30s and 40s when I can get that for $300k.

And you just traded in one of these types of players at his peak price and poster boy of the 30/70 club
Though if you want your 60 averages going to need him to go 40/80

2022 Nelson Asofa Solomona:

Don't even start to explain Sami and Cobbo, you pay the average as these are boom bust players too.......

Khany wrote:Manu a bigger priority than Teddy hey

I bought Manu last week, but with Tupou injured I'm a bit worried that one more injury to the backs and Manu will *have* to go back to centre. It's not like he's fantasy mud there either, but it's not the same as 5/8th.

Roosters have gone from Tupou/Latrell/Manu/BMoz to Allen/Suaalii/Momirovski/Paulo in the space of a couple of years, smh. So much for the magic cap.

Robson has a career average of 58 in 70+ min hooker games. And the last time he didn't play 70+ mins was R7 last season, over 1 year ago now.

Granville has just scored 38 and 42, which as an owner, seems like his absolute ceiling. The last time he went 50+ was R13 2020

116 average less 80 ceiling does not get you to 10 points difference.

Just some alternative facts for consideration.

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

I say this in the best of jest

Why would you have 6 halves already? Sound like poor team management to me

I have 8 halves, or do we call it 4?

Dylan Walker free to play this week and only has to pay a fine

Beat you to that one Mando!!

mattnz wrote:

Its a similar situation to Eels at the start of the season, Payten plays the guys he can trust.

Take out his last two week scores and he's an awful pick. I'm happy to cop it if he averages 40 moving forward but I don't think a 34 year old utility is the key to the Cowboys success.

Think I've settled on Sipley and Bird in, just need to work out Teddy vs Drinkwater. Drinkwater obviously better for byes, but Teddy is an actual gun.

I think Teddy misses 1 extra round (3 for origin and assume he backs up twice missing 1 more) vs Drinkwater just missing his 3 bye rounds in 15/19/24. That assumes I hold both of them, though I'd probably trade Drinkwater out at some point.

Obviously a lot of guesswork in there, but I'd take Teddy every time in that scenario.

Anyone done the math on those two?

The Dolphin Conspiracies wrote:

I say this in the best of jest

Why would you have 6 halves already? Sound like poor team management to me

Crossland
Boyd
Hynes
Sj
Nikorima
Oloapu

Easily done for me