2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 1

if you're looking for stats...

this is not a bad website: www.totalfootystats.com.au

That's what I'm using while I'm waiting for @Milchcow's new teamplanner

Yeah it is hard to plan anything though without knowing what the actual make.up of teams and the reserve list will be.

Yeah there are a few options to make up a squad of 21
I think it's either
the starting 13
plus 1 reserve for each position
plus 2 on an open bench
Or
The starting 13
plus a bench of 4 similar to the real game,
plus an open bench of 4
Or
Similar to last year's format minus 1 reserve FRF, 2RF, HLF, CTR, and WFB

Chewie wrote:if you're looking for stats...

this is not a bad website: www.totalfootystats.com.au

That's what I'm using while I'm waiting for @Milchcow's new teamplanner

Cheers. It's interesting they don't have kick metres. Maybe it's more for supercoach.

White Lightning wrote:

Cheers. It's interesting they don't have kick metres. Maybe it's more for supercoach.

I was looking up some stats for Mr Arrow, if he gets the starting spot at 13 he should be able to get 50 odd points. Definitely one of the promising fantasy players this coming season...

Chewie wrote:

White Lightning wrote:

Cheers. It's interesting they don't have kick metres. Maybe it's more for supercoach.

I was looking up some stats for Mr Arrow, if he gets the starting spot at 13 he should be able to get 50 odd points. Definitely one of the promising fantasy players this coming season...

I really like Arrow and he is a must pick if he gets a starting lock position but it will be hard to press for it with. He is 22 and I know he probably signed for increased time in a similar fashion. To Jarrod Wallace last year. But I could see him missing out on a starting position. Although rumours are Greenwood is being offloaded as well.

On the new "Forced drop out" scoring here is a list of all players who forced 10 or more dropouts last year

Blake Green 25
Gareth Widdop 24
Chad Townsend 21
Corey Norman 20
Nathan Cleary 19
Daly Cherry-Evans 19
Adam Reynolds 19
Michael Morgan 18
Mitchell Moses 18
Ashley Taylor 15
Shaun Johnson 14
Ben Hunt 13
Matt Frawley 13
Anthony Milford 12
Cooper Cronk 12
Mitchell Pearce 11
Mason Lino 10

These nrl.com predicted round 1 teams are a bit off. The latest one is Manly & they don't even have Thompson in there. Also apparently Walker is going to be out until about round 6 & they have him at ctr. Some of the previous teams have some errors as well.

Milchcow wrote:
On the new "Forced drop out" scoring here is a list of all players who forced 10 or more dropouts last year

Blake Green 25
Gareth Widdop 24
Chad Townsend 21
Corey Norman 20
Nathan Cleary 19
Daly Cherry-Evans 19
Adam Reynolds 19
Michael Morgan 18
Mitchell Moses 18
Ashley Taylor 15
Shaun Johnson 14
Ben Hunt 13
Matt Frawley 13
Anthony Milford 12
Cooper Cronk 12
Mitchell Pearce 11
Mason Lino 10

Thanks Milch!
Another 2 points per game for most of the top halves. Not a massive game changer, but every point helps I guess. And Widdop does deserve more fantasy points, he had a great 2017.

White Lightning wrote:These nrl.com predicted round 1 teams are a bit off. The latest one is Manly & they don't even have Thompson in there. Also apparently Walker is going to be out until about round 6 & they have him at ctr. Some of the previous teams have some errors as well.

They probably did the write up for these teams a few weeks ago... Just releasing them one day at a time... Looks like they added Thompson in there now...

Chewie wrote:Yeah there are a few options to make up a squad of 21
I think it's either
the starting 13
plus 1 reserve for each position
plus 2 on an open bench
Or
The starting 13
plus a bench of 4 similar to the real game,
plus an open bench of 4
Or
Similar to last year's format minus 1 reserve FRF, 2RF, HLF, CTR, and WFB

Having just seen an updated layout for the new design, it looks most likely to be that second option

filthyklean wrote:

Having just seen an updated layout for the new design, it looks most likely to be that second option

That kinda makes sense, having the Fantasy game resemble the real life game.
Curious to see what parameters they are going to put on the Interchange selection.

Was only able to auto-fill a team, but here's how the bench turned out in terms of positions. (Excuse the watermark )

Any word on how many trades we get?
Won't be able to carry as many bad picks and not playing injured I"d think.

filthyklean wrote:Was only able to auto-fill a team, but here's how the bench turned out in terms of positions. (Excuse the watermark )

Nice screenshot. That gives us a bit of an idea of what we're working with... Thanks

Notice that there is no CTR on the Interchange or the bench

filthyklean wrote:Was only able to auto-fill a team, but here's how the bench turned out in terms of positions. (Excuse the watermark )

I always appreciate your posts as they have good info.

So confirmed it is a 13 man roster, with 4 playing reserves and then 4 emergencies.

so is that the actual lay-out? if so, i'm very interested by the 18-21 being called 'EMG' instead of 'NPR' along with the numbering down the side, might we be looking at a change in the auto-emergency rule where you can prioritise players as your AE instead of just taking the lowest scorer?

NPR has never been a term seen on our teams before.

Given that the screen print uses last years prices it is not necessarily the final version.

But the numbers next to the player names is a good sign for ranked subs rather than AE system

Won't that be completely and easily open to abuse? (Name a base price centre who's never going to play, put a strong HOK or 2RF as 1st emergency)