2017 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 63

NRL.com has started listing their top 50 players in the NRL this year and I already disagree with them. IMO Cleary should be ranked higher then 50th. The start of their list is as follows...

50. Nathan Cleary
49. Josh McGuire
48. Will Chambers
47. David Klemmer
46. Angus Crichton
45. Martin Taupau
44. Josh Dugan
43. Paul Vaughan
42. Clint Gutherson
41. Valentine Holmes

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When did Billy Slater play in the NFL?

Moose wrote:NRL.com has started listing their top 50 players in the NRL this year and I already disagree with them. IMO Cleary should be ranked higher then 50th. The start of their list is as follows...

50. Nathan Cleary
49. Josh McGuire
48. Will Chambers
47. David Klemmer
46. Angus Crichton
45. Martin Taupau
44. Josh Dugan
43. Paul Vaughan
42. Clint Gutherson
41. Valentine Holmes

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Nathan Cleary is currently the most expensive player in fantasy... he definitely deserves better than number 50

I think Fantasy clouds a lot of judgment from the actual games being played. Panthers were horrible at the start of the year and Cleary wasn't playing great footy either - so let's not go OTT.

Honeysett wrote:I think Fantasy clouds a lot of judgment from the actual games being played. Panthers were horrible at the start of the year and Cleary wasn't playing great footy either - so let's not go OTT.

Fair comment...

maybe they should start their top 50 after round 26

I agree with that - however a couple weeks isn't going to make all the difference at the end of the day.

If the top player isn't Cam Smith the list is a joke.

Honeysett wrote:I think Fantasy clouds a lot of judgment from the actual games being played. Panthers were horrible at the start of the year and Cleary wasn't playing great footy either - so let's not go OTT.

Fair, bu I would have Cleary ahead of Taupau, whose had a "meh" year by his standards. Same for Chambers, whose had a belter of a year sitting behind Dugan. If you were picking a team from scratch, would anybody pick Duges over Chambers?

Obviously a lot will come down to whether Munster,Surgess and BJ play but what should I do with my team this week?

58k,1 trade

Smith McInnes
Fifita Taupau Brown Eisenhuth
Taumalolo JDB Gallen Surgess Crichton Fai
Pearce DCE NuBrown Hampton
BJ Scott Fuimaono Kelly
Munster Mansour Edwards Hayne Phythian

fucken munster!! he is likable enough in fantasy but will quickly get a bad rep with these short term injuries..

same number of games as dugan this year with only 15/21 played

ryno_ wrote:

Fair, bu I would have Cleary ahead of Taupau, whose had a "meh" year by his standards. Same for Chambers, whose had a belter of a year sitting behind Dugan. If you were picking a team from scratch, would anybody pick Duges over Chambers?

It's a NSW centric website mate. They're going to think that way. However didn't Chambers miss a large chunk of this year? Isn't that why Blair was playing? I could be wrong.

In regards to Dugan over Chambers, that's tough to answer as I believe Dugan adds a lot coming from FB as well.

danseels1985 wrote:Obviously a lot will come down to whether Munster,Surgess and BJ play but what should I do with my team this week?

58k,1 trade

Smith McInnes
Fifita Taupau Brown Eisenhuth
Taumalolo JDB Gallen Surgess Crichton Fai
Pearce DCE NuBrown Hampton
BJ Scott Fuimaono Kelly
Munster Mansour Edwards Hayne Phythian

Depth everywhere! Might be time to use that trade, I know you've been itching   . Maybe look at Ted? I was wrong about him a few weeks ago, figured the Tigers would fade away really badly but they are playing allright.

SI wrote:
Depth everywhere! Might be time to use that trade, I know you've been itching   . Maybe look at Ted? I was wrong about him a few weeks ago, figured the Tigers would fade away really badly but they are playing allright.

Yeah I'm thinking Teddy too but for who? Only options are Fifita or Munster

Honeysett wrote:

It's a NSW centric website mate. They're going to think that way. However didn't Chambers miss a large chunk of this year? Isn't that why Blair was playing? I could be wrong.

In regards to Dugan over Chambers, that's tough to answer as I believe Dugan adds a lot coming from FB as well.

Fair call. NswRL strikes again. Just feels like Taupau and Dugan are both living off cheques they cashed in 2015.

ED: in the context of the top50 of 2017.

SI wrote:

danseels1985 wrote:Obviously a lot will come down to whether Munster,Surgess and BJ play but what should I do with my team this week?

58k,1 trade

Smith McInnes
Fifita Taupau Brown Eisenhuth
Taumalolo JDB Gallen Surgess Crichton Fai
Pearce DCE NuBrown Hampton
BJ Scott Fuimaono Kelly
Munster Mansour Edwards Hayne Phythian

Depth everywhere! Might be time to use that trade, I know you've been itching   . Maybe look at Ted? I was wrong about him a few weeks ago, figured the Tigers would fade away really badly but they are playing allright.

If Munster not named I'd be tempted, but your uncertainty is BJ.  Bloke might be named and they play Sunday so if he is a late scratching you cop an AE maybe?

Hey @Chewie, you weren't at Thredbo on the weekend by any chance?

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Moose wrote:NRL.com has started listing their top 50 players in the NRL this year and I already disagree with them. IMO Cleary should be ranked higher then 50th. The start of their list is as follows...

50. Nathan Cleary
49. Josh McGuire
48. Will Chambers
47. David Klemmer
46. Angus Crichton
45. Martin Taupau
44. Josh Dugan
43. Paul Vaughan
42. Clint Gutherson
41. Valentine Holmes

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How they rank these will always be questioned and scrutinised and it's hard to comment until you see the whole list, but I will.

McGuire, Chambers, Klemmer and to a lesser extent Taupau, Dugan and Holmes haven't really set the world on fire this year and I'm sure there would be players above them that could make the list, but yeah hard to judge until we know the rest.

I think Vaughn should be higher, he's been massive for the Dragons this year and easily one of the best forwards in the game this year and it's hard to see a prop at his level getting ranked low. Will be interesting to see which front rowers get ranked ahead of him.

Guth and Cleary could be a bit higher too. Cleary has only come good lately which would hurt his ranking but Guth has been massive, I think he could have gone higher.

Crichton is an interesting choice at 46. As a fantasy owner and a Rabbits fan my judgement is clouded. He's been massive for that team though and breathed new life into them at times. I think he could have cracked it a lot higher.

wolfking wrote:

How they rank these will always be questioned and scrutinised and it's hard to comment until you see the whole list, but I will.  

McGuire, Chambers, Klemmer and to a lesser extent Taupau, Dugan and Holmes haven't really set the world on fire this year and I'm sure there would be players above them that could make the list, but yeah hard to judge until we know the rest.

I think Vaughn should be higher, he's been massive for the Dragons this year and easily one of the best forwards in the game this year and it's hard to see a prop at his level getting ranked low.  Will be interesting to see which front rowers get ranked ahead of him.

Guth and Cleary could be a bit higher too.  Cleary has only come good lately which would hurt his ranking but Guth has been massive, I think he could have gone higher.

Crichton is an interesting choice at 46.  As a fantasy owner and a Rabbits fan my judgement is clouded.  He's been massive for that team though and breathed new life into them at times.  I think he could have cracked it a lot higher.

Don't need to go much further after seeing Cleary at 50. List is a joke

That kid is immense

Players I'm praying finish the season quietly so I can get them on the cheap next year

Fifita
Surgess
ARey
Walker
Graham
Tohu
McGuire

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Kapow, Man

Walker isn't gonna keep scoring tries in a poor Rabbitohs team. In comes Pearce who should be the driving force behind the Roosters push for a top 4 finish. 1 trade left with Lane, NuBrown, MWZ and Semi outside the 17