NRL Fantasy 2024 Part 9 - I can't even restart my whole team anymore

all this Hunt talk is really making me look at flanno again, and not as a joke

Teeth Eater wrote:

Milchcow wrote:
Also, some of Lolo's worse scores last year were playing with a knee injury, that he tried to battle on with before having surgery.

Anyone, he isn't the worry in my team. Its everyone else I'm struggling with

You suggesting you've locked him in without concern?

His name and that price. It certainly stands out as I scroll this price range...

I wouldn't say without concern. Who knows if him and Payten really don't get on well or not. But the bigger concern for me is the possibility that the knee issues last year have ongoing impacts that mean he won't ever get back to near his peak.
He's cheap enough though that I am willing to risk it.

Probably an unpopular opinion, but just watching the Vegas games again, did Murray get the TS when Brooks dropped it? What a load of bollocks.

Mulvy wrote:Probably an unpopular opinion, but just watching the Vegas games again, did Murray get the TS when Brooks dropped it? What a load of bollocks.

Yeah I had to talk Camo off a cliff over it, and he has Murray.

Reklaw wrote:all this Hunt talk is really making me look at flanno again, and not as a joke

I've locked in Hunt because Flanno is such a spud.

Mulvy wrote:Probably an unpopular opinion, but just watching the Vegas games again, did Murray get the TS when Brooks dropped it? What a load of bollocks.

People complaining about Try Save stats?

This is how we know the footy is back for real

Honeysett wrote:

I've locked in Hunt because Flanno is such a spud.

Maybe it's just bad soil? Dragons keep spewing fire and shit all over the field and still nothing grows.

Mulvy wrote:

I had both in my team yesterday. I still think they are great picks. Can't have them all. I still think Fog elevates a few because of GK and retains bulk KM, with upside of primary playmaker and downside of Raiders potentially being shit finely poised. Luki could be anything, he's a weapon. Could be my biggest regret. but most times he was subbed off last year, Finefuki got the balance of his minutes. He'll make money with 60 minutes, but I was hoping for a slam dunk.

Yeah, I do agree. I think both are decent picks and I also think both will make some money. I guess I'm now just thinking that it probably won't be a large amount of money. And Luki definitely won't be a keeper, so I am a bit more comfortable culling him.

Fogarty is a bit awkward because he could make a bit of coin, but possibly more importantly, he could be a cheeky keeper at 17/18th man in one's final team. But he's worth a lot more and that money could arguably be used in a better way elsewhere at this stage. Plus, he definitely seems no stranger to a 30-odd score, meaning his price could possibly not really change much at all through the course of the season.

I do think he's a good pick. I think both are solid. Just not sure I need to keep hold of them if an undisputed keeper is calling from elsewhere, which is where I've landed tonight.

Honeysett wrote:

He hasn't left my team since I put him in there. Set and forget.

I have Moses but Hunt frees up cash for an upgrade elsewhere

mattnz wrote:

The bench named this week could support big minute Lolo.

Finefuiaki - small minutes on the EDG
Neame - shares a role with McLean
McIntyre - apparently going to be ball playing lock
Granville - no one knows, but hard to see him playing big minutes at prop

Is anyone going to be surprised if Mikaele gets the 17 over Fine I hour pre kickoff? The natives are apparently very upset!

Milchcow wrote:

People complaining about Try Save stats?

This is how we know the footy is back for real

Hahahahah....Quiet!!

You don't have an opinion? Try saves should just be removed as a stat imo, but that one is bollocks and I challenge you to disagree instead of just making a sarcastic post about it!

Milchcow wrote:

I wouldn't say without concern. Who knows if him and Payten really don't get on well or not. But the bigger concern for me is the possibility that the knee issues last year have ongoing impacts that mean he won't ever get back to near his peak.
He's cheap enough though that I am willing to risk it.

I'd kind of passed on him without really thinking about it but now I find myself intrigued. In light of just punting Luki, though, for 30K more, and probably more likelihood of going alright, I'm not sure.

So I swing back around to Palasia. I know he's been generally shunned, but I can't help but be a little swept up by the price and possibilities. I acknowledge his pretty poor PPM, but if he has overtaken Liu in that pecking order, it's hard to at least not consider him.

Ando wrote:TU: FlanaGUN
TD: Cleary

I know this is a joke but based on value alone Flanno probably only needs to score low 30’s to justify picking him up over Cleary. This is based on the theory that Cleary doesn’t get close to a banner. My only concern is that I don’t think Flanno will get near it.

Honeysett wrote:

I've locked in Hunt because Flanno is such a spud.

I very much like this thinking. Hunt and Burton are very different players, but that'd be my main concern with this train of thought; that Flanno's spud-ness didn't help unlock Burton.

I like Hunt, and I like that price too. But he strikes me as the kind of player that will be him, regardless of who's standing beside him. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing - just how I see it. A nice POD, though.

mattnz wrote:Also worth noting that Cotter had scores of 86 and 87 in that finals series. Is a big game player.

Does Rd 1 qualify as big game then?

Honeysett wrote:

I've locked in Hunt because Flanno is such a spud.

I've been on and off the Hunt train all pre-season, but playing with a shit second half isn't a new experience for him. Still, expecting the Dragons to be marginally better this year which might lead to Happy Ben scoring a few more points?

This season is doing my head in

Grant (I don't trust Robson)
Haas/Sitili/Cotter
Luki/Piakura
Cleary/Hutch
Kiraz/Burbo
Turbo/Rapana/Pap

Smithies/Lussick/Salmon/Chan

Kini/Strange/Hughes/Mikaele (at this point I don't see any other cheapies worth taking and figure he'll be in shortly)

Mulvy wrote:
You don't have an opinion? Try saves should just be removed as a stat imo, but that one is bollocks and I challenge you to disagree instead of just making a sarcastic post about it!

Probably should be removed.

The criteria for awarding them seems quite opaque at times, and I think they generate more confusion than any other fantasy stat.

I don't generally comment on individual stats during a game because although I keep an eye on fantasy scores during play, I generally just look at score totals, and don't keep a close eye on stat breakdown

Nearly had a disaster there

Took Morgan Smithies out of my team, and when I out him back, accidentally added Morgan Harper (who is only $2k less, so one of them at least is badly mispriced)

Glad I spotted that before he locked out