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When it comes to H2H, its just as important to focus on your opponents teams as your own. Without knowing who your opponent has, its hard to provide decent advice on what you should do.
Without knowing your PODs as I don’t have your opponents full team to determine your differences to his, I think you can hold off on making decisions until at least after game 3 this round. Replacement if any for Fifita, Murray and Crichton will have played. If in front you could match Nofoaluma / Wighton, if behind you can create further PODs bringing in players with potential to go large – any Panther or Munster if you need someone for the final match of the round as a POD. Another option is to sub out Lomax if you both have… Read more »
Somehow managed to make 3 H2H finals after playing C Turbo and having Kikau and Lomax as my NPR’s. What a round of carnage, actually, year of carnage!
Zero trades left so hoping for some good TLT news.
grantyraider(@grantyraider)
3 years ago
#1007696
Lost two H2H’s by 2 points!!
Opposition had Cody Walker who somehow managed to jag a linebreak however on Nrl.com he doesn’t have one? I understand some stats will vary such as tackles etc. But surely a linebreak is clear cut across the board?
you’re 8 places behind me cowspanker. Anyone else on here higher?
We could have a nice little competition for NRLSupercoachTalk Cup… then again there’s probably someone on here much higher
PerthWestTigers(@perthwesttigers)
Borderline keeper
3 years ago
#1007698
My possible 17 this week.
Smith.Cook
Carrigan.Klemmer.Haas
Matto, Harris, Bateman, Kikau, Mciness
Cleary
Munster
Too, Lomax, Yeo, Rapana
Ponga, Papi
Will have to Leave 1 out obviously
Also have nofo and SJ injured.
Any suggestions on last reserve? Definitely want to play papi if named vs Dragons and haas
SkiddMarx(@skiddmarx)
Keeper
3 years ago
#1007700
One trade left – Turbo back out for Teddy – boring……
That is terrible play from 1st. Leaving Lomax v Newcastle out who have been more than poor defensively this year at times is a bad decision.
Masonic Knights(@masonic-knights)
Sleeper
3 years ago
#1007704
Expecting TLT to be absolute carnage for everyone but especially head to head players – at the moment have 18 to select from, but have to bring back in Haas which is a pain. So really only 1 trade left.
Keep a record of trade ins and outs over the course of the season. Requires a spreadsheet and around 15 minutes a week. Strongly recommended for serious H2H players, as well as tracking opponents cash balances.
Sally M(@sally-m)
Gun
3 years ago
#1007705
This weeks magic number is 8205, up from 8145 last week.
The magic number started the year at 9294.
The magic number has increased the last few weeks from a record low of 7943.
I won’t bother with the formula for calculating the breakeven this week as its irrelevant to buying or selling for the final round.
Good luck for overall players and h2h grand finals.
Early mail for all those speculating on the carnage to come: Hunt almost guaranteed to miss R20 (means McInnes should be in no danger of being rested) Vuni, Tino, Kaufusi, KBrom to sit out (means Munster and CS9 are less likely to be rested) Nofo has escaped serious injury and could be right to go for R20 (especially with Mbye out for the season) Su’A has accepted one-match ban (means Murray is less likely to be rested) Haas expected to be available for R20 Best expected to be available for R20 Staines and MWZ unavailable, and Edwards in doubt (means… Read more »
“Melbourne Storm could be almost unrecognisable on Sunday against St George Illawarra, as the NRL heavyweight plans to make up to 10 changes for its pre-finals dead-rubber. Brandon Smith is likely to start at hooker, with Storm captain Cameron Smith a strong chance to be rested along with Jesse Bromwich, Josh Addo-Carr, Cameron Munster and Jahrome Hughes. Queensland Origin backrower Felise Kaufusi (knee) will be assessed on Tuesday, along with Maroons prospect Tino Fa’asuamaleaui (calf). Centres Justin Olam and Brenko Lee could make way with Storm super coach Craig Bellamy desperate to get minutes into Paul Momirovski and late-season recruit… Read more »
If it does come to fruition, it’s an interesting gamble by Bellamy. They win next week they get a week off anyway… means going into a prelim having played 1 game in a month.
Nah MK rank 30k
Just hoping to get a viable rnd win team for the last round. Only need 17 and i dont need 40pt scores for that. Also following his HIA hot Toddy should sit him out and give a young blood a shot
Last edited 3 years ago by CoG
Tommy Smurf Sangsta(@tommy-smurf-sangsta)
Gun
3 years ago
#1007730
Odds are that a lot of us aren’t going to have full teams, but I’d reckon it’s 1.01 on many teams being 2-4 players down if reports are true. Plus surely Panthers rest several of their players. Crichton, Cleary, Luai, JFH, Edwards, Mansour etc. Probably not all, but I’d say 3 to 4.
More so than ever I guess theres not much point going through the ‘what ifs/ what should i do’ before TLT carnage. Hopefully its not as bad as we’re all anticipating ?!
Everyone just have a nice, calm, lovely night with loved ones before the rage and panic sets in tomorrow 😉
I agree BG. No point even contemplating trades until TLT carnage knocks us for 6 tomorrow arvo. I am expecting the worst (but hoping for the best). I still have 2 trades but think I might need a half a dozen (prob more) to field a half decent 17 for the big dance. Hopefully my opponent is in a similar position (but without the trades).
If I have 17 playing I’ll be stoked and that includes a immortal Williame lol.
bigduke6(@bigduke6)
Rookie
3 years ago
#1007751
Don’t panic. Cam smith will take the field , with no origin and internationals this season has been a cake walk for him and he’ll complain to Bellamy.
Will Haas be back after losing his brother? He needs a rest just like Bateman, nofo and luai….
OTB .. made your league GF this week…
Know idea how I made it into that ..
Everyone must be struggling in there..
Can I come through as the “hold my beer champ”
See you made the prelim..
I have something to aim at this week after all.. lol
2 trades $290.800k in the bank.
SMITH – Cook
KLEMMER/PAPALLI – Maguire/Bailey
MCINNES/MATTERSON/JAZZ – Barnett/Fermor/Hopoate
CLEARY – Gamble
BRIMSON – Johnson
MANSOUR/YEO/STAGGS/LOMAX – Sivo/Williame/Anderson
PONGA- Teddy.
Thoughts guys? In 2 cash head to head comps.
When it comes to H2H, its just as important to focus on your opponents teams as your own. Without knowing who your opponent has, its hard to provide decent advice on what you should do.
Opponents POD’s are Murray, Fifita,, Crichton, Wighton, Nofu and Bateman.
Do you mind me asking who your PODs are?
Teams above.
Without knowing your PODs as I don’t have your opponents full team to determine your differences to his, I think you can hold off on making decisions until at least after game 3 this round. Replacement if any for Fifita, Murray and Crichton will have played. If in front you could match Nofoaluma / Wighton, if behind you can create further PODs bringing in players with potential to go large – any Panther or Munster if you need someone for the final match of the round as a POD. Another option is to sub out Lomax if you both have… Read more »
Trade Ins in the last 2 weeks… Last week Tupou (138, 74) and CS9 (119, 80), this week Moses (82) and Manu (102).
Unfortunately only left my run about 10 weeks too late!
No trades left for me anymore… time to hold on and hope TLT is kind.
So if you had a trade left who would you bring in this week?
Haha my ins this week are Teddy and Haas 😉
Somehow managed to make 3 H2H finals after playing C Turbo and having Kikau and Lomax as my NPR’s. What a round of carnage, actually, year of carnage!
Zero trades left so hoping for some good TLT news.
Lost two H2H’s by 2 points!!
Opposition had Cody Walker who somehow managed to jag a linebreak however on Nrl.com he doesn’t have one? I understand some stats will vary such as tackles etc. But surely a linebreak is clear cut across the board?
Went from 257 to 120 – my highest place ever but no trades left argh.
you’re 8 places behind me cowspanker. Anyone else on here higher?
We could have a nice little competition for NRLSupercoachTalk Cup… then again there’s probably someone on here much higher
My possible 17 this week.
Smith.Cook
Carrigan.Klemmer.Haas
Matto, Harris, Bateman, Kikau, Mciness
Cleary
Munster
Too, Lomax, Yeo, Rapana
Ponga, Papi
Will have to Leave 1 out obviously
Also have nofo and SJ injured.
Any suggestions on last reserve? Definitely want to play papi if named vs Dragons and haas
One trade left – Turbo back out for Teddy – boring……
someone’s got the poops!
Tim Williams in to 2nd overall, wowza. He might actually win it. How dirty would the DT be about letting him go?
Sometimes I listen to the podcasts, see how they are going and think “why am I listening to these guys?”
And first overall brought in Tommy Turbo and left Lomax on the bench!
That is terrible play from 1st. Leaving Lomax v Newcastle out who have been more than poor defensively this year at times is a bad decision.
Expecting TLT to be absolute carnage for everyone but especially head to head players – at the moment have 18 to select from, but have to bring back in Haas which is a pain. So really only 1 trade left.
At least my H2H opponent has no trades left!
Hey Sally how did you work that out?
Keep a record of trade ins and outs over the course of the season. Requires a spreadsheet and around 15 minutes a week. Strongly recommended for serious H2H players, as well as tracking opponents cash balances.
This weeks magic number is 8205, up from 8145 last week.
The magic number started the year at 9294.
The magic number has increased the last few weeks from a record low of 7943.
I won’t bother with the formula for calculating the breakeven this week as its irrelevant to buying or selling for the final round.
Good luck for overall players and h2h grand finals.
Should i hold Gutho or trade? My other fullback is Teddy.
TU: Ponga
TD: Papy
Comment : Gutho
Thanks.
I don’t think the titans will be easy beats this week..
They are on a roll .
4 straight .
They are on a roll, but they are still giving up SC points.
Gutho for me
Gutho Vs the Tigers….I’d play him and maybe make a trade elsewhere
Trade elsewhere pending TLT carnage
Early mail for all those speculating on the carnage to come: Hunt almost guaranteed to miss R20 (means McInnes should be in no danger of being rested) Vuni, Tino, Kaufusi, KBrom to sit out (means Munster and CS9 are less likely to be rested) Nofo has escaped serious injury and could be right to go for R20 (especially with Mbye out for the season) Su’A has accepted one-match ban (means Murray is less likely to be rested) Haas expected to be available for R20 Best expected to be available for R20 Staines and MWZ unavailable, and Edwards in doubt (means… Read more »
And just as I thought Munster and Smith might end up playing:
“Melbourne Storm will look “unrecognisable” with Craig Bellamy to rest their biggest superstars as he makes up to 10 changes”.
Just saw that headline myself..
Anyone able to post the contents of that article? I assume that means Munster & CS9 out.
“Melbourne Storm could be almost unrecognisable on Sunday against St George Illawarra, as the NRL heavyweight plans to make up to 10 changes for its pre-finals dead-rubber. Brandon Smith is likely to start at hooker, with Storm captain Cameron Smith a strong chance to be rested along with Jesse Bromwich, Josh Addo-Carr, Cameron Munster and Jahrome Hughes. Queensland Origin backrower Felise Kaufusi (knee) will be assessed on Tuesday, along with Maroons prospect Tino Fa’asuamaleaui (calf). Centres Justin Olam and Brenko Lee could make way with Storm super coach Craig Bellamy desperate to get minutes into Paul Momirovski and late-season recruit… Read more »
Well damn.. I’m absolutely screwed in my cash H2H final.
I REALLY need Cleary & Luai to both play to stand a chance, but I’m also expecting at least one of them to be rested. =/
Imagine resting a winger (JAC). Wingers are people who hang around footballers…..geez
If it does come to fruition, it’s an interesting gamble by Bellamy. They win next week they get a week off anyway… means going into a prelim having played 1 game in a month.
In Horse racing terms Melb are specials first up from a spell.
Lomax a buy
Might take a small piece of the $9.00 on the Dragons to beat the Storm and the 17.5 points start at the line.
Guess I don’t need to think about sitting Lomax this weekend after all (assuming I even get close to having more then 17 players).
At least every team is in the same boat, albeit with 0-2 trades.
My NPRs this week could conceivably be:
18. Haas
19. Fermor
20. Bateman
21. Nofoaluma
22. T.Trjobevic
23. Tevega
24. Smith
25. Munster
With all the likely outs I’ll be playing Williame also haha
Didn’t he do this a few years ago?
Lost 15 pts in downdates for 1171
Pre tlt trades SJ + jazz > Moses +Cook
Might have to unsell Jazz Fmsc
Jazz? Surely his a keeper if fit, if his your worst issue your slaying it.
Nah MK rank 30k
Just hoping to get a viable rnd win team for the last round. Only need 17 and i dont need 40pt scores for that. Also following his HIA hot Toddy should sit him out and give a young blood a shot
Odds are that a lot of us aren’t going to have full teams, but I’d reckon it’s 1.01 on many teams being 2-4 players down if reports are true. Plus surely Panthers rest several of their players. Crichton, Cleary, Luai, JFH, Edwards, Mansour etc. Probably not all, but I’d say 3 to 4.
Lucky for me I have Musgrave, t. Ale, b trbo, Williame to score 15pts each
Will Tyson Gamble play this week? He has been a nightmare (playing him last week and got his 0 score) but if Munster is out I need him to play 5/8
Almost no chance.
Dearden and Staggs trained in the halves today, and I’d imagine the only change there will be if Croft recovers from his head-knock in time.
Need 2 reserves from this lot.
– Cook
– Klemmer
– Jazz
– Yeo
– Lomax
Thinking Cook & Klemmer.
Wait for TLT. You might be playing them all
Anyone thinking they have a full list of reserves this week before TLT may be in for a rude shock.
I think we’ll all struggle to field 17
Lol
*crickets churping* …
More so than ever I guess theres not much point going through the ‘what ifs/ what should i do’ before TLT carnage. Hopefully its not as bad as we’re all anticipating ?!
Everyone just have a nice, calm, lovely night with loved ones before the rage and panic sets in tomorrow 😉
GL ALL
I agree BG. No point even contemplating trades until TLT carnage knocks us for 6 tomorrow arvo. I am expecting the worst (but hoping for the best). I still have 2 trades but think I might need a half a dozen (prob more) to field a half decent 17 for the big dance. Hopefully my opponent is in a similar position (but without the trades).
How does trade a holic still have trades left
If I have 17 playing I’ll be stoked and that includes a immortal Williame lol.
Don’t panic. Cam smith will take the field , with no origin and internationals this season has been a cake walk for him and he’ll complain to Bellamy.
Will Haas be back after losing his brother? He needs a rest just like Bateman, nofo and luai….
OTB .. made your league GF this week…
Know idea how I made it into that ..
Everyone must be struggling in there..
Can I come through as the “hold my beer champ”
See you made the prelim..
I have something to aim at this week after all.. lol
Two hail Mary’s to finish the season.
JFH > Kamikamica (Will be getting big minutes this week)
To’a > Best
Although that could change on TLT but hopefully not!
Outside backs are better than a 69