NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 48 - Dragons when you buy your coach on Wish

easytiger wrote:

Shit, I don't have a clue which way is up right now, my team feels like it's gone from solid-as to beached-as

Here are my problems;

Robbo - jumped on too early, but it is what it is, Origin call-up would put an exclamation on a bad early get

Ford - I was looking at him as a luxury trade-up prior to the HIA, now he's suddenly my only R13 edge

Lane - basically dead for the next 2 months

Manu - Minor injury. The Roosters are genuinely the worst team in the comp right now if you compare their performance to expected performance going into the season.
I have a lot of time for Trent Robinson, it will be interesting to watch how he steers this ship around.

Tedesco - someone needs to inject him with a vial of unicorn blood so that he can get a bit of power and energy back into his game. I'm no coach, but if I were TR part of my change would centre around getting Teddy involvements up. I wonder if the burden of Captaincy is distracting him in a weird way, and he just needs to focus on his own game.

Miller - Ponga killed him, has gained $170k but also lost $90k. Too close to R13 to sell, just a bit of an irritation

Hosking - Who knows what coach Cleary has planned for his edges each week. If he's playing 80 edge minutes, he's a keeper, but it's always going to be an IF...

Brandon Smith - Another Rooster struggling to find his game in a team struggling to find their game, and keeps picking up little injuries.

Drinkwater - He's a roulette table for scoring - No one to blame here, but when his team scores 40+ points, you'd normally hope he gets amongst it

Probably my biggest problem overall are the headaches of not owning Hynes, Fifita, Haas, (Hopgood, Horsburgh, Walsh etc), some weeks it's going to hurt


At the moment I'm probably not heading down the Luki path, but love him as a player and can well-imagine that at some point in the future he could be an elite fantasy edge. I'll have a look when I figure out what my plan is for the next 2 rounds

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
He’s very try dependant but it seems to come with the position at the Cowboys.
His price is a bit awkward, if he averages 40 then he makes 60k then stalls, if he averages 50 then he gets up to 110k.

50 average would need tries to maintain looking at his past scores?

wolfking wrote:

Not a bad shout after a solid 50 point game last week.

EDIT:  Actually, I really like this pick, especially now Lane is out.

Bethany_B wrote:

Given that BA loves to fuck with his forward rotations, who's to say Davey isn't just as much a potential trap as Luki is?

Liverpool_Bulldog wrote:
Lawton is who we want surely at 300k. Very consistent scorer when he gets the minutes on the edge

Bethany_B wrote:

How long is Kelma out for? Can't imagine it'd be long enough for Lawton to be worthwhile

BCT05 wrote:

The old "extended period". Should be long enough

Seibold also said that the club expects to be without Kelma Tuilagi for an extended period after he played out the match with a suspected facial fracture that will require surgery.

No Worries wrote:No context and irrelevant but Jarrod McKracken just came up on my FB as people I might know. He must be doing it tough. That's enough internet for me today.

Bethany_B wrote:

Facial fracture requiring surgery is an interesting one, pretty sure Manu had a facial fracture earlier in the year (I forget if his one needed surgery) and missed one game

wolfking wrote:

I dunno, straight transfer and straight into the starting edge role.  Lane out only helps his cause.  I think it's a really good shout by Mr Minto and actually might grab him too.  40K less than Luki too.

lk22 wrote:Also on a side note, just got blocked from footystats on my work computer, never had an issue until today.

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Bethany_B wrote:

Yeah fair enough, seems better than Luki at least. I think I'll definitely trade Russell to Davey, but to fund that (and get a centre to play this week), I need to do one of the following trades

* Hosking to Ramien

* Teddy to Billy Smith

Which one do we think is better? First thought is Hosking since Teddy is capable of bouncing back and Hosking's probably at his peak, but the Roosters really suck. I also much prefer Ramien to Billy Smith.

easytiger wrote:I see Bob Jane is off to the Cowboys effective immediately - seems like the sort of player that will be a good fit with Payton

Might not be so good for Granville maybe... but probably shouldn't make too much difference till after the bye you'd guess (if at all)