NRL Fantasy 2023 Part 53 - Back to the footy!

AL wrote:Am I the only idiot still hodling Trbo whilst his stocks plummeted?

Bastard finally comes good after all this time, has a BE of 2 and is going to be MIA for the best part of 2 months. My big brain play was he’d miss origin selection and THEN get the banner this week for Hal’s Haasholes.

Can someone please tell me he is a definite trade out - I seem to be irrationally wed to him.

WT Winfield wrote:

I'm trading Carrigan and holding Haas.

NSW hasn't needed Haas to play big minutes in the past and I think Young + Friz will be EDG with Murray, Martin, Paulo and whats his name.. TPJ playing in the MID rotation. Haas can still bang out big scores even with reduced minutes when backing up.

I was always planning to trade Carrigan this week, but the big score made me pause for a moment. A couple of 50s peaks at +30k after 2 games. 55s is +45k over 2-3. So I don't like that as a reason to hold. I think both he and Haas will have some reduced minute games, with Carrigan's scoring more affected between the two.

Mulvy wrote:

I see that. Would you play Crossland or Niko? Note Niko plays first. I could loop, but I'm really scared they'll fuck it up, even though they say auto-replacements apply.

wolfking wrote:

Haven't looked that far ahead but probably Robson and JFH are first thoughts.

GreenSchist wrote:
Go for it, it’s the exact move I am making this week.
Don’t get caught up looking at the past and the missed value. He’s cheaper than Haas, likely to score more points than Haas over the next 7 weeks, still has a low BE and the new coach has faith in him as an 80 minute player and team Captain.

It’s not sideways. It’s logical.

Welsh Mafia wrote:

If you're going to target Robson, is it worth not just bringing him in now rather than Cook?

Jele wrote:

Those same numbers would see Haas losing significant coin.  So while Carrigan might only make a bit, Haas may lose a lot.

rhinoceroo wrote:

Does it matter if Haas loses money if you've decided you're going to keep him all season? If you have enough trades to play "sell high, buy low" then fair enough, but think I'll only sell him if he's missing games rather than losing coin. A Round 14 decision.

Jele wrote:

Agreed, but I've got 20 trades (16 after making four this week), so I'm hoping to buy him back later.  I didn't get on Miller, Hosking, Loeiro early in the season, so feel like I need to make up for some lost cash generation.

I'm still not sure which way I'll go between Carrigan and Haas. Like others, Carrigan was a sell for me before he put up 97, on the basis that he wasn't necessarily an end of season keeper unlike Haas.

Jele wrote:

Agreed, but I've got 20 trades (16 after making four this week), so I'm hoping to buy him back later.  I didn't get on Miller, Hosking, Loeiro early in the season, so feel like I need to make up for some lost cash generation.

I'm still not sure which way I'll go between Carrigan and Haas. Like others, Carrigan was a sell for me before he put up 97, on the basis that he wasn't necessarily an end of season keeper unlike Haas.

Mulvy wrote:

I have similar concerns for whichever Eels forward I bring in. Seems a bye rounds play and worry about it later, the rd27 bye is awkward. I expect whoever I pick will be serviceable but unless I jag the right one, will be a trade out in rd 20/21ish for someone better like Yeo, but probably won't be able to afford it, and end up holding which wouldn't be the worst.

I think I'm holding Hosking this week, for the same reason you are looking to hold Loiero, rd16 is tough ay? Boyd doesn't play it though, has peaked.. offers value in rd19 but that's ages away, I'm not sure it's worth the hold?

Haas, as I said, could go either way. Massive motor. I can see a world where you trade him out because of origin and he backs up and banners. Unlikely, but that's what we said about Cook being available...

wolfking wrote:

Similar thoughts.  I have 2 less trades than you but think I can do it. I mean, 3 out of the last 4 games he hasn't hit 60 so while he can banner, on any given day there is loads of players hitting similar number for less coin and will be scoring more points over the next 7 weeks.

Jele wrote:

Yep, making money is all well and good, but the main goal is scoring the most points. So I guess the question is whether we can score more points with the Haas money elsewhere.

my tv broke wrote:I feel like there are a lot of sideways trades being posted, some people are trading in multiple mid range guys while not having many trades left.