2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 8

SoylentGreen wrote:Surgess + Sezer VS Gillett + Ash Taylor VS Aubbs + Norman?

multiple.scoregasms wrote:The two worst starting fulltime halves last year were Sezer with 29.86 and Robson with 27.38. Even if Elgey doesn't manage to beat those scores he is still 60-90k under priced. Is anyone not considering him?

Beast From The Big East wrote:Macca + Sironen

or

Brailey +Gun forward (already have JDB and McGuire)

Milchcow wrote:

in 2015 Elgey averaged 29.75  in his 16 games (rises to 31.8 if you exclude games he didn't finish)

So its entirely possible he won't beat the scores of Sezer/Robson.  He is proced at 20.8 so should at least make money, but I don't trust him to score well enough to be in my 17.

silvertop wrote:

Aah that is you old dog! Yeh thats me, had a good streak that one year aye? Not as big as DK though.  Good to see ya bloke. See i read a couple of posts by someone callin themself Rabbit and Im like nah, surely that salty old souffs man couldnt actually be being civil?!

What the years (and a couple bans on multiple sites   ) can do aye?

multiple.scoregasms wrote:

I'll try and touch on a few of these since I've had some similar thoughts.

Looking at the trial Buhrer was defending in the middle and attacking on the edge. Should be set for 80 minutes in this role so a bit of upside if he stays healthy. Barnett looks like he will be playing in the middle for all minutes he is on the field. Expecting around 60 minutes. Had a huge work rate on the edge so not sure if there is much room for improvement but surely less decision making and more tackling anything that moves will reduce his missed tackles.

With Moa gone I think Evans steps straight into his bench spot. Until Taukieaho gets back I think the lock position will be used for a backrower(Guerra/Carter) unlike previous years when it was used for Tauk and Liu. This leaves the prop rotation as JWH, Napa, Liu and Evans. JWH gets 45-50, Napa gets 45-50, Liu and Evans gets 30-35 weekly depending on match ups and game flow. When Tauk gets back Carter probably loses his bench spot and lock becomes 3rd prop.

Not going to attempt to work out what Madge will do with Cook and Farah.

Coopers you can pretty much lock in for 80 week in week out. Lolo should see 50-60 in the middle. Lowe probably gets 20-30 on the edge and 20-30 in the middle for around 50 minutes total. Hess will pick up the extra minutes on the edge. I'm expecting Fensom to slot into the Hannant role of 40-45 minutes in the middle running forward and tackling.

Thaiday doesn't have the conditioning to play 80 on the edge so I think he starts there, comes off for Glenn and then returns and has a stint at prop. Gillett is a smokey as a second tier gun defending next to Hunt. Could do a lot worse as a POD.

Croker played left centre and was leading the NRL in tries for a while last year. The Raiders spread the ball pretty evenly but BJ and Rapana did a lot more when they got the ball last year.

At this stage it looks like Lichaa, Smith and maybe Luke are locked in for 80. The rest will rotate week to week.

Gutherson didn't do a lot of kicking at 5/8 (6 points a week) and now adds goal kicking so if he can keep his attacking stats relatively similar he is slightly undervalued. Been in and out of my team.

I'm planning to do Fifita>Surgess and Smith>Cook(assuming Farah plays origin) in round 12. No back up plan at this stage but we will see how things shake out.

Both Morris brothers seem to be topped out unless Brett goes to fullback then he is slightly under priced.

Uate should make some money unless he gets dropped. I prefer Sio for the extra 13k who had a similar average to Uate and has a much more secure spot.

Can't pick a team based on who will/won't get injured. I am currently starting with Gallen and if he gets injured it's an easy trade to another gun.

Proctor averaged 70 minutes a game at the Storm so there is a little upside if he becomes an 80 minute player. Ash Taylor isn't as good at those short crash balls yet so he should see a few less tries. Is the extra workload enough to offset the lost attacking stats?

Regulator wrote:Howdy chaps,

Ready to lock and load, though TLT will probably change all sorts of things

Keen to pick some brains on this group

Smith, Brailey
J Bromwich, Gurgess, Ese'se, Tetevano (depending on the nuffie props named on TLT)
JDB, Mannering, Soliola, Mata'utia, Sironen, Stimson
Johnson, Lamb, Elgey, Field
Tom Turbo, Idris, Scott, R Jennings (depending which cheapo centres get named)
Hayne, RTS, Holmes, Phythian, Ponga

Realise Holmes might miss round one but I think he's a must and don't want to be trading him in in one or two weeks.

Wondering whether I should try push say Siro and Soliola into someone like McGuire + nuffie instead.

dreamers wrote:If your running with four cheapies in the CTR position. What two are you playing in your 17 if all named to start?

i.e. Talakai, Idris, Kelly, Suli, Cotric, Scott, any others I missed.

SoylentGreen wrote:Surgess + Sezer VS Gillett + Ash Taylor VS Aubbs + Norman?

Milchcow wrote:

I'll be playing Idris.

Talaki probably next in line after that 

I am not at all convinced Cotric and Suli will score well enough to be in your 17

I am not sure I want Kelly and Scott in my 25, let alone 17. I guess if Kelly can crack it for round 1 his job security might be OK, but I wouldn't necessarily trust Scott to be around long term

dreamers wrote:If your running with four cheapies in the CTR position. What two are you playing in your 17 if all named to start?

i.e. Talakai, Idris, Kelly, Suli, Cotric, Scott, any others I missed.

Shanbon wrote:

800k for half and backrower. I think there are better combos then what youve got there. Moses and Taylor comes to mind, i even like JT and Moeroa