2017 NRL.com Fantasy Thread Part 30

Scouter wrote:So long as Musgrove hovers around 25-30 he shouldn't lose too much money. All it takes is one injury in the Souths pack for his stocks to potentially rise again, and if hes in your squad as a NPR i don't think holding him is such a bad idea. The option is always there to downgrade him later closer to the byes when there is a clearer picture, instead of rushing a trade now for an unknown which could end up been a dud. I think people often focus too much on the $ instead of the 'opportunity value' a member of your squad might have.

tl;dr, if your not desperate for cash right now, trade Yates to Crichton instead of Musgrove. Its only a 40k difference anyway.

lewis9966 wrote:cannot decide between suli to ponga or musgrove/yates to chrichton

wolfking wrote:Actually, what do people think of KNik?  Any potential value in him over the next 6-8 weeks?  Could also play round 12.  Going Elgey to KNik gives me just enough to go Yates to Crichton. 8 points in 31 minutes though isn't encouraging.

Just saw his BE is 34, meh.

Warriors wrote:

I wouldn't be trading anyone out now who plays round 12. Musgrove stays. Yates to Chricton I like a lot.

Also, someone mentioned Aaron Gray out until round 19 on Rabbitohs site, so Jennings and Burns probably stay in the team with Talakai missing for Hymel Hunt.

Gutted I trade Moga out given he plays round 12, really should have been Suli and Kelly to go first. Don't make the same mistake with Musgrove.

Also, the other trade of Ponga looks good, hearing Coote could be out another three weeks (no source, just rumour so maybe just ignore until you hear something concrete).

wolfking wrote:

Good advice mate, but I'll need to do a second trade to get the funds to get rid of Yates.  Frawley is a no brainer if starting but not sold on Hampton, but looking at Elgey to Hampton anyway.

Warriors wrote:

Knik = NO

Scouter wrote:

My interest in Knik is how he will affect Milford in terms of kick meters & general involvement. Milford is on my radar but i see him as quite a risky pick.

Scouter wrote:

I think you should roll the dice and trade in Frawley anyway even if he plays on the bench..so long as you don't have to play him in the 17 if thats the case. I think he is too good to leave out of the starting lineup and its only a matter of time before he gets a shot. If the Bulldogs lose on Friday night with Frawley on the bench then Des will be under a huge amount of pressure. Looking at the big picture i think Frawley has better upside then Hampton, just my 2c.

Milchcow wrote:
I think with the return of Gurgess, and Turner moving to the front row, Musgrove will find more competition for minutes and his points may suffer.
He'll still have high and low scores as things vary due to HIA, game situation, etc but overall scores will dip I think.

So, souths have no origin forwards so he won't get a score bump come bye rounds

Scouter wrote:

My interest in Knik is how he will affect Milford in terms of kick meters & general involvement. Milford is on my radar but i see him as quite a risky pick.

wolfking wrote:

Exactly what I was thinking of, there certainly is no opportunity for his minutes to increase over that origin period. I think Musgrove owners like myself have to weigh up if keeping that 290K on the bench just for the security of the extra player in those bye rounds is worth it.

Loomer wrote:

I've done Lamb>Milf but may grab Frawley if named starting and have a look at Milf without Bunt. Had planned on getting Milf for fixtures before Bunt got injured so not sure how he'll go.
I think this is my 5th season and never owned Milf as usually avoid high risk high reward players

Loomer wrote:

I've done Lamb>Milf but may grab Frawley if named starting and have a look at Milf without Bunt. Had planned on getting Milf for fixtures before Bunt got injured so not sure how he'll go.
I think this is my 5th season and never owned Milf as usually avoid high risk high reward players

Loomer wrote:Have got Crichton but is he in danger of losing 80 mins if Farah back injury clears up?

Milchcow wrote:
Crichton won't play 80 every week. The question is if he plays 80 more often than he doesn't. And of course what sort of score he puts up in the time he gets