2018 NRL.com Fantasy thread part 8

StormTrooper96 wrote:I heard lots of things about butcher/Flanagan/maghoulias/leauisao a few months back when fantasy had just started. Now I am hearing nothing about them

Butcher is someone we have been waiting for in Fantasy, in a similar vein to Jai Arrow. I have Butcher in my 18-21 from a couple of months ago. He will go though as no hint of him getting a crack at this stage.

Hey lads, there will be a few places potentially available, and also an L9 if there is enough interest. So everyone can continue to register until Monday midnight for the Latecomers League. If we do open up L9, then you will be required to join both Leagues by Wednesday night midnight. Anyone who isn't in BOTH Leagues by then will be replaced.

Again, L9 may not go ahead, depending on interest. Apologies in advance if you are not put in a League, but positions are not guaranteed at this late stage. If you are new to the forum, we generally open the Leagues registration about a month out from 1st Lockout if you want to guarantee a place for next year.

I have posted the above in the Rego thread.  No guarantees on anything as stated.



https://www.nrlfantasyfanatics.com/t610-2018-nrl-fantasy-leagues-registration-thread

rhinoceroo wrote:I like Isaako because - even with Bird back - he's first reserve across the backline and Darius's hamstrings are fucked. Certainly would put him ahead of Kennnar in position 21.

TPJ is one of two players (the other NAS) who I've always thought would absolutely kill like Taumalolo at fantasy if they got the minutes. Hasn't been in any of my teams so far but going to be hard to resist as a starter.

Bird is struggling isn't he? Back round 6 or something?

Welshy wrote:Apparently the donkeys R1 team

http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/teams/broncos/brisbane-broncos-reveals-the-starting-team-for-clash-with-st-george-illawarra/news-story/b9f60e95227562d9af7a1e5e77314ced

God I hope this is wrong. I don't rate Su'A and he proved nothing in the games he played last season. No where near best 17 and can't believe he might get picked for round 1.

Rabbit wrote:Here’s the team pre TLT. I think Fitzgibbon, King and Eisenhuth are going to be this year’s Crichton/JDBs. They may not start as, but will end up as 65-80 minute edge forwards. I’m building my team around them and Murray. Last year I kept trading in blokes I thought would be good players pre-season but didn’t include them originally and ran out of trades way to early......again. So I’m trying something different this year. Pick ‘em and stick. I also think McInness is a good POD. He’ll only improve and I think Saints will be top 4. I’m leaving Smithy out early weeks. I don’t like Lodge as much as the hype. Nor Arrow with Cartwright and a heap of other back rowers there. I think Nikorima will relish the full time HB spot and come of age. Cotric will go next level. Anyway, I’m sure things will change between now and next week.

McInness
Eisenhuth, MCGuire
Murray, Fitzgibbon, Cartwright
Nikorima, Croft
Kennar, Cotric
Ponga, Tedesco, Hiku

Cook, Griffin, Nicholls, Croker, Kikau, Leilua, Isaako, Katoa



My must haves are Cook,

Like the cotric pick. Im sure i read somewhere that Brown is going to rotate his backrowers mins around so might be bad news for fitz

Mighty Fishes wrote:

Bird is struggling isn't he? Back round 6 or something?

Struggling to stay away from Milton Maccas with Milf?

Mighty Fishes wrote:

Bird is struggling isn't he? Back round 6 or something?

Yeah something like that. Isaako might find his way on my bench.

Isaako will probably be this years Feeney. Admittedly he has only played 1 game so its a small sample size but he did play a full game at fullback against the Knights and only managed 13 points. He'll play a couple of weeks then disappear, replaced by Bird (if ready) or Opacic.

If Fanhub had previous stats and history available instead of concentrating on projected scores (which I doubt any serious player uses) then we would know more how Isaako accumulated his stats

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thoughts on GI for a POD

bluetige wrote:Isaako will probably be this years Feeney. Admittedly he has only played 1 game so its a small sample size but he did play a full game at fullback against the Knights and only managed 13 points. He'll play a couple of weeks then disappear, replaced by Bird (if ready) or Opacic.

If Fanhub had previous stats and history available instead of concentrating on projected scores (which I doubt any serious player uses) then we would know more how Isaako accumulated his stats

Oh man Amen to that !! Projected scores are the least mooked at stat by myself. So uninteresting and pointless.

bluetige wrote:Isaako will probably be this years Feeney. Admittedly he has only played 1 game so its a small sample size but he did play a full game at fullback against the Knights and only managed 13 points. He'll play a couple of weeks then disappear, replaced by Bird (if ready) or Opacic.

If Fanhub had previous stats and history available instead of concentrating on projected scores (which I doubt any serious player uses) then we would know more how Isaako accumulated his stats

I wouldnt completely write him off just for having a quiet debut. In last years qcup he averaged 44 with 9 tries in 23 games. Note he was also goalkicker. 104 tackle busts so around 4 per game.

That said, I think it probably wouldnt translate to NRL. I think an average of 25 would be on the cards..

He is a good footy player though and I do expect him to end up in our side long term, eventually

Updated predicted teams are up on nrl.com for what it's worth, which isn't much.

Here is the new predictions from NRL.com for the lazy among us.
A few glaring surprises that make me think they have no idea- don't have their ear low to the ground on Cootes supposed injury; Ryan James not on an edge; Easy E not even making the 17; Afoa on the edge for Warriors and Pulu not making the cut; Pritchard rather than King as hooker for Eels; Moera taking the edge over Taka for Eels; JFH beating out Kikau and CHN for edge at Panthers; Rabbitohs probably wrong for almost every position possible.

Broncos
1 Darius Boyd, 2 Corey Oates, 3 Jordan Kahu, 4 James Roberts, 5 Jamayne Isaako, 6 Anthony Milford, 7 Kodi Nikorima, 8 Tevita Pangai, 9 Sam Thaiday, 10 Matt Lodge, 11 Matt Gillett, 12 Alex Glenn, 13 Josh McGuire. Interchange: 14 Jaydn Su'A, 15 Korbin Sims, 16 Andrew McCullough, 17 Joe Ofahengaue. Reserves: 18 Todd Murphy, 19 George Fai, 20 Patrick Mago, 21 Payne Haas.

Bulldogs
1 Moses Mbye, 2 Brett Morris, 3 Josh Morris, 4 Will Hopoate, 5 Marcelo Montoya, 6 Kieran Foran, 7 Matt Frawley, 8 Aaron Woods, 9 Michael Lichaa, 10 David Klemmer, 11 Josh Jackson, 12 Raymond Faitala-Mariner, 13 Adam Elliott. Interchange: 14 Fa'amanu Brown, 15 Danny Fualalo, 16 Aiden Tolman, 17 Francis Tualau. Reserves: 18 Clay Priest, 19 Josh Cleeland, 20 Reimis Smith, 21 Rhyse Martin

Raiders
1 Jack Wighton, 2 Nick Cotric, 3 Jarrod Croker, 4 Joey Leilua, 5 Jordan Rapana, 6 Blake Austin, 7 Aidan Sezer, 8 Junior Paulo, 9 Siliva Havili, 10 Shannon Boyd, 11 Josh Papalii, 12 Joseph Tapine, 13 Elliott Whitehead. Interchange: 14 Craig Garvey, 15 Sia Soliola, 16 Charlie Gubb, 17 Luke Bateman. Reserves: 18 Sam Williams, 19 Dunamis Lui, 20 Liam Knight, 21 Brad Abbey

Sharks
1 Valentine Holmes, 2 Sosaia Feki, 3 Josh Dugan, 4 Ricky Leutele, 5 Sione Katoa, 6 Matt Moylan, 7 Chad Townsend, 8 Andrew Fifita, 9 Jayden Brailey, 10 Matt Prior, 11 Luke Lewis, 12 Wade Graham, 13 Paul Gallen. Interchange: 14 James Segeyaro, 15 Ava Seumanufagai, 16 Jayson Bukuya, 17 Kurt Capewell. Reserves: 18 Joseph Paulo, 19 Braden Uele, 20 Jesse Ramien, 21 Scott Sorensen

Titans
1 Michael Gordon, 2 Philip Sami, 3 Dale Copley, 4 Konrad Hurrell, 5 Brendan Elliot, 6 Kane Elgey, 7 Ashley Taylor, 8 Leilani Latu, 9 Nathan Peats, 10 Ryan James, 11 Kevin Proctor, 12 Jai Arrow 13 Bryce Cartwright . Interchange: 14 Mitch Rein, 15 Joe Greenwood, 16 Will Matthews, 17 Morgan Boyle. Reserves: 18 Jack Stockwell, 19 Max King, 20 Keegan Hipgrave, 21 Tyronne Roberts-Davis.

Manly
1 Tom Trbojevic, 2 Jorge Taufua, 3 Matt Wright, 4 Brian Kelly, 5 Aku Uate, 6 Lachie Croker, 7 Daly Cherry-Evans, 8 Marty Taupau, 9 Api Koroisau, 10 Addin Fonua-Blake, 11 Curtis Sironen, 12 Joel Thompson, 13 Jake Trbojevic. Interchange: 14 Lewis Brown, 15 Lloyd Perrett, 16 Jack Gosiewski, 17 Frank Winterstein. Reserves: 18 Shaun Lane, 19 Jackson Hastings, 20 Kelepi Tanginoa, 21 Tom Wright

Storm
1 Billy Slater, 2 Suliasi Vunivalu, 3 Curtis Scott, 4 Will Chambers, 5 Josh Addo-Carr, 6 Cameron Munster, 7 Brodie Croft, 8 Jesse Bromwich, 9 Cameron Smith, 10 Tim Glasby, 11 Ryan Hoffman, 12 Felise Kaufusi, 13 Dale Finucane. Interchange: 14 Nelson Asofa-Solomona, 15 Kenny Bromwich, 16 Sam Kasiano, 17 Ryley Jacks. Reserves: 18 Joe Stimson, 19 Patrick Kaufusi, 20 Cheyse Blair, 21 Christian Welch.

Knights
1 Kalyn Ponga, 2 Nathan Ross, 3 Tautau Moga, 4 Sione Mata'utia, 5 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 6 Connor Watson, 7 Mitchell Pearce, 8 Jacob Lillyman, 9. Slade Griffin, 10 Daniel Saifiti, 11 Aidan Guerra, 12 Lachlan Fitzgibbon, 13 Mitch Barnett. Interchange: 14 Danny Levi, 15 Chris Heighington, 16 Jacob Saifiti, 17 Jamie Buhrer. Reserves: 18 Brock Lamb, 19 Herman Ese'ese, 20 Luke Yates, 21 Ken Sio.

Warriors
1 Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, 2 David Fusitu'a, 3 Peta Hiku, 4 Solomone Kata, 5 Ken Maumalo, 6 Blake Green, 7 Shaun Johnson, 8 Adam Blair, 9 Issac Luke, 10 Sam Lisone, 11 Tohu Harris, 12 Bunty Afoa, 13 Simon Mannering. Interchange: 14 Agnatius Paasi, 15 Albert Vete, 16 James Gavet, 17 Nathaniel Roache. Reserves: 18 Ata Hingano, 19 Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, 20 Leivaha Pulu, 21 Jazz Tevaga.

Cowboys
1 Lachlan Coote, 2 Antonio Winterstein, 3 Justin O'Neill, 4 Javid Bowe, 5 Kyle Feldt, 6 Michael Morgan, 7 Johnathan Thurston, 8 Matt Scott, 9 Jake Granville, 10 Jordan McLean, 11 Gavin Cooper, 12 Ethan Lowe, 13 Jason Taumalolo. Interchange: 14 Coen Hess, 15 Scott Bolton, 16 Ben Hampton, 17 John Asiata. Reserves: 18 Shaun Fensom, 19 Te Maire Martin, 20 Sam Hoare, 21 Corey Jensen.

Eels
1 Bevan French, 2 Josh Hoffman, 3 Michael Jennings, 4 Jarryd Hayne, 5 Kirisome Auva'a, 6 Corey Norman, 7 Mitchell Moses, 8 Tim Mannah, 9 Kaysa Pritchard, 10 Dan Alvaro, 11 Manu Ma'u, 12 Tepai Moeroa, 13 Nathan Brown. Interchange: 14 Will Smith, 15 Brad Takairangi, 16 Kenny Edwards, 17 Kane Evans. Reserves: 18 Beau Scott, 19 Suaia Matagi, 20 Cameron King, 21 Peni Terepo.

Panthers
1 Dylan Edwards, 2 Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, 3 Dean Whare, 4 Waqa Blake, 5 Josh Mansour, 6 James Maloney 7, Nathan Cleary, 8 James Tamou, 9 Peter Wallace, 10 Reagan Campbell-Gillard, 11 James Fisher-Harris, 12 Isaah Yeo, 13 Trent Merrin. Interchange: 14 Viliame Kikau, 15 Tyrone Phillips, 16 Corey Harawira-Naera, 17 Tyrone Peachey. Reserves: 18 Tim Browne, 19 Moses Leota, 20 Tyrone May, 21 Sione Katoa.

Dragons
1 Matt Dufty, 2 Nene Macdonald, 3 Euan Aitken, 4 Tim Lafai, 5 Jason Nightingale, 6 Gareth Widdop, 7 Ben Hunt, 8 James Graham, 9 Cameron McInnes, 10 Paul Vaughan, 11 Tyson Frizell, 12 Tariq Sims, 13 Jack De Belin. Interchange: 14 Leeson Ah Mau, 15 Hame Sele, 16 Jacob Host, 17 Kurt Mann. Reserves: 18 Mitchell Allgood 19 Blake Lawrie 20 Jeremy Latimore 21 Jai Field.

Rabbitohs
1 Greg Inglis, 2 Alex Johnston, 3 Tyrell Fuimaono, 4 Dane Gagai, 5 Braidon Burns, 6 Cody Walker, 7 Adam Reynolds, 8 Thomas Burgess, 9 Damien Cook, 10 Zane Musgrove, 11 Sam Burgess, 12 Angus Crichton, 13 Cameron Murray. Interchange: 14 John Sutton, 15 Kyle Turner, 16 Tyrell Fuimaono, 17 George Burgess. Reserves: 18 Robbie Farah, 19 Mark Nicholls, 20 Jason Clark, 21 Robert Jennings.

Roosters
1 James Tedesco, 2 Daniel Tupou, 3 Latrell Mitchell, 4 Joseph Manu, 5 Blake Ferguson, 6 Luke Keary, 7 Cooper Cronk, 8 Jared Waerea-Hargreaves, 9 Jake Friend, 10 Dylan Napa, 11 Boyd Cordner, 12 Mitch Aubusson, 13 Sio Siua Taukeiaho. Interchange: 14 Ryan Matterson, 15 Isaac Liu, 16 Zane Tetevano, 17 Victor Radley. Reserves: 18 Nat Butcher, 19 Eloni Vunakece, 20 Lindsay Collins, 21 Chris Smith.

Tigers
1 Corey Thompson 2 David Nofoaluma 3 Taane Milne 4 Kevin Naiqama 5 Mahe Fonua 6 Josh Reynolds 7 Luke Brooks 8 Russell Packer 9 Matt McIlwrick 10 Ben Matulino 11 Chris Lawrence 12 Chris McQueen 13 Elijah Taylor. Interchange: 14 Alex Twal 15 Sauaso Sue 16 Matt Eisenhuth 17 Jacob Liddle. Reserves: 18 Benji Marshall 19 Tim Grant 20 Josh Aloiai 21 Michael Chee Kam.

No Brandon Smith and Jacks on the bench. No Cameron King with Kaysa at 9 and Will Smith 14.

They've still got Fonua on the wing and no Marsters, so yeah, maybe they just did a quick skim and made a couple of changes.

yeah found a few more questionable choices to their lists, at the top of my original post. How does NRL.com get this so wrong, I think the average fantasy player could predict more accurately

my tv broke wrote:

I wouldnt completely write him off just for having a quiet debut. In last years qcup he averaged 44 with 9 tries in 23 games. Note he was also goalkicker. 104 tackle busts so around 4 per game.

That said, I think it probably wouldnt translate to NRL. I think an average of 25 would be on the cards..

He is a good footy player though and I do expect him to end up in our side long term, eventually

I hope your right because he may end up in my side if there are no other basement price players to chose from.

Fair enough he had a quiet debut but most debutants have good solid games, hence scores, but for him to play against a wooden spoon side at fullback and score as shitty as he did has me think "Feeney 2.0". At least Isaako is in a good team which should translate to a few tries.... hopefully.

Fuimaono has a twin. Named twice in the Rabbitohs 17.

Thoughts on Adam Elliot if picked at lock? Seems value right?

First crack at a team this year:

HOK C Smith
FRF P Vaughan, D Alvaro
2RF J McGuire, B Cartwright, S Burgess
HLF C Munster, J Thurston
CTR T Milne, P Hiku
WFB B French, M Dufty, K Ponga

Interchange: S Havili, V Kikau, L Leilua, L Croker
Rest of squad: N Butcher, J Isakko, B Hampton, C Thompson

Might be too light in the 2RFs, still working on what best tactics will be for the new 21 man squad setup. I'm thinking you want almost all of your 21 playing - can't afford to carry nuffies from the start this year.

matterson a genuine chance of starting 2rf or all a bit of fluff in the nrl.com article?