HomeWhats the story with Kalyn Ponga? Any chance he gets a start with the Cowboys?
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Rippin and Tearin wrote:Whats the story with Kalyn Ponga? Any chance he gets a start with the Cowboys?
He is not in their first choice lineup.
Whether he gets a run for injury/origin replacement depends on how pissed off the Cowboys are at him bailing, but in theory he'd be one of the first in line should one of the backs go down.
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Warriors wrote:If you were to pick one player out of Adam Reynolds, Shaun Johnson and DCE who would you pick?
Reynolds had injury last year and I assume Farah may take some of his points, but I don't think he will play Origin. I think Pearce will be ahead of him so assuming it will be Pearce and Maloney/Moylan game 1.
Shaun Johnson finished the year busted, but tends to also start the year slowly, and has the Foran effect.
DCE has Blake Green come to the club which could be good or bad for the club.
Its a toss up atm, and I've gone for DCE at this stage provided Tom Turbo is at fullback.
Fwiw I'm deciding between sj and dce and will probs go sj. 5 out of the first six games are in nz and those six games include knights and dragons so hoping for a good start.
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mulvy wrote:
Fwiw I'm deciding between sj and dce and will probs go sj. 5 out of the first six games are in nz and those six games include knights and dragons so hoping for a good start.
Was thinking the same just now provided Johnson has the kicking tee. Plays the first big bye against the broncos as well so that helps, probably a 50 nil scoreline and 100 points there if he scores a few tries. Take out McGuire, Gillette, Thaiday, Boyd and possibly oates and maybe 1 of hunt/milford they could be in for a hiding.
Looks like my halves will be Johnson, Norman, Moses and Elgy at this stage provided nothing else changes. Have warmed to the idea of Moses.
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Warriors wrote:
Was thinking the same just now provided Johnson has the kicking tee. Plays the first big bye against the broncos as well so that helps, probably a 50 nil scoreline and 100 points there if he scores a few tries. Take out McGuire, Gillette, Thaiday, Boyd and possibly oates and maybe 1 of hunt/milford they could be in for a hiding.
For a guy with the username "Warriors" you don't seem to know how the NRL Warriors operate.
Warriors vs origin-depleted Broncos has upset written all over it. Or perhaps scraping a 12-10 win.
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Haven't seen many teams with Fifita. Any reason for that? Personally I am scared of a huge score any time he steps on the field and I don't own him. For that reason I will be doing my best to get him into my final team along with Smith
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multiple.scoregasms wrote:Haven't seen many teams with Fifita. Any reason for that? Personally I am scared of a huge score any time he steps on the field and I don't own him. For that reason I will be doing my best to get him into my final team along with Smith
After Smith he is the best scorer in the game over the past few years, so its a little surprising he's not in more teams
Personally not sure its realistic to afford both him and Smith at the start and Smith wins out for me. If I ditch Smith for whatever reason before round 1, Fifita will come in as captain.
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Here is a Smith + Fifita team
Smith King
Fifita Gurgess Ofahengaue Fonua-Blake
Surgess ETaylor Sione Lane Faitala-Mariner $143k
Norman Moses Elgey $143k
Idris Hurrell $143k $138k
RTS Hayne Slater $143k $138k
$118k left for upgrades.
I think there should be enough rookies/cheapies available to fill the NPR CTR and WFB slots.
Cheapie half may have to be a non-starter.
Would rely on having some good mid-ranger options in FRF/2RF to be viable but its not as bad as I thought it might be.
In Smith/Fifita/Surgess should have 3 reliable captaincy options.
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multiple.scoregasms wrote:Haven't seen many teams with Fifita. Any reason for that? Personally I am scared of a huge score any time he steps on the field and I don't own him. For that reason I will be doing my best to get him into my final team along with Smith
as milchow said, smith wins out over fifita for me.
I've often not had fifita til late in the year just because I am pursuing other upgrades and fifitas price is so high.
death riding fifita is the hardest work in fantasy. he will be sitting on 31 with 5 mins to go in a game and youre thinking, yes!, he's going to finish up with a low score. next minute, 10 tackles, 3 more tb's, a line break assist, etc etc and he finishes on 61.
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Milchcow wrote:
For a guy with the username "Warriors" you don't seem to know how the NRL Warriors operate.
Warriors vs origin-depleted Broncos has upset written all over it. Or perhaps scraping a 12-10 win.
Was just referring to 56-18 win at Suncorp round 12 vs the Broncoes in 2013. More than likely what you said though.
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as milchow said, smith wins out over fifita for me.
I've often not had fifita til late in the year just because I am pursuing other upgrades and fifitas price is so high.
death riding fifita is the hardest work in fantasy. he will be sitting on 31 with 5 mins to go in a game and youre thinking, yes!, he's going to finish up with a low score. next minute, 10 tackles, 3 more tb's, a line break assist, etc etc and he finishes on 61.
As a Fifita owner last year he definitely started slow at the start of the year, and in each game you shit yourself for 70 mins praying he will justify the price tag, then 1 run and 5 tb's later you are happy with his score going from early 40's up to around 60. I would rather be pissed off with his tackle breaking run with 5 mins at the end of the game (non owner) than cursing for pretty much the whole match.
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Fifita is a much better C/VC option than anyone other than Smith and I'm a fan of having 2 options in case of suspension or minor injury so he'll more than likely be in my team.
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I've made two different teams using the picker site, and both times I was $7000 over budget.
That's just weird.
That's just weird.
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I agree Fifita seems to get out to a sluggish start but even his lower scores are better than most other players. Also the heat is a factor with Fifita. In day games with a 2pm or 4pm start he scores lower than in night games which is only logical for such a big man. The Sharks first 4 games in 2017 are night games (the earliest being 8pm) & in round 5 it is a 5pm game.
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as milchow said, smith wins out over fifita for me.
I've often not had fifita til late in the year just because I am pursuing other upgrades and fifitas price is so high.
death riding fifita is the hardest work in fantasy. he will be sitting on 31 with 5 mins to go in a game and youre thinking, yes!, he's going to finish up with a low score. next minute, 10 tackles, 3 more tb's, a line break assist, etc etc and he finishes on 61.
One of the few players in fantasy that has the base stats to back up the attacking upside. Can have 100 metres and 30 tackles in with 5 minutes to go then suddenly have a run that produces 3 tackle busts and a linebreak. Would definitely prefer him over the tacklebots likes Mannering and JDB. May even start with Fifita over Surgess as a POD
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alright, so 2016, the teams that shot to front (eg top 50ish) after 4 or 5 rounds. was there a clear strategy or commonality amongst those sides? were they stacked with guns + cashies that went well, filled with wildcards (eg wingers that kept scoring tries), etc?
I have deadset never had a good start to the year. always trying to make up ground. i need to change things up this year.
I have deadset never had a good start to the year. always trying to make up ground. i need to change things up this year.
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What am I missing with the Slater picks. In 2016 pre season his reports were good but come round 1 he got injured. For 2017 there have been reports in pre season he's still struggling with his shoulder hence all the speculation on the Storm hlf/wfb starting options. To me Slater is old & injury prone & if he's in your team you'll have to waste a trade replacing him when he gets injured. Also he's cheap enough so you can just wait & see how he goes before trading him in.
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Slater hasnt even started contact training yet. Someone i know met him at a function in December and mate reckons that billy told him "yeah, i'm done" in regards to NRL. but that might just have been banter/etc (and why would a player say that to a random).
Either way, i am not going near him.
Either way, i am not going near him.
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I know not many on here really consider Moylan but I am. Apparently he has been doing extra training over Xmas to increase his explosiveness plus the Panthers have nice opening games where Moylan has the potential to score well. The only negative is origin but 2017 might be a breakout season for him & he could become more consistent.
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White Lightning wrote:I know not many on here really consider Moylan but I am. Apparently he has been doing extra training over Xmas to increase his explosiveness plus the Panthers have nice opening games where Moylan has the potential to score well. The only negative is origin but 2017 might be a breakout season for him & he could become more consistent.
Moylan is too much of a playmaker for my liking in fantasy. I'm sure he will get plenty of TA and a decent amount of trys, but he lacks those explosive attacking stats like TBs LB and from memory even his metres are lower then your other fbs.
This year could be different but atm I'm not interested