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Wenin is one of the founding fathers of the NRLSCTalk website who's Tuesday Teams Analysis has been a feature post on the site for close to a decade. He also loves a good steak bet!

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Markus10

Burton over dbrown as the backup 5/8 for the run home post r18? Burton and dogs in form and has the goal kicking. Thoughts?

The Pretender

Burton has a 7 round average of 77. Dogs run home is really really nice. I dont mind it at all.

LateRingIn

Burton is 2022’s Doueihi. He’s going to keep putting up huge scores and you’re just gonna have to bite the bullet and get him eventually.

KillerCumberland

Have a look at the Parramatta draw . It’s just as enticing , even more imo

red

Parramatta does have a nice draw but also has more point scoring mouths to feed. Moses and Brown in a good team share points and Burton has no one taking points in a crap team.

LB13

Can only get one, so who do we think scores more for the rest of the year:

TU – To’o
TD – Tapine

Current FRF’s are Hass, IPap & JT
Current CTW’s are CGraham, Ronaldo, Garrick, May (also have Talakai & Tago in 2RF ready to be shifted down)..

Really torn on this but can’t find a way to get both and Paps..

chooks

sell haas obviously

DCE2011
hasbeens

Was thinking of holding Cotter, but my hand maybe forced now that likely both Haas and Munster look like sitting out round 16

Tommy Smurf Sangsta

May not be much difference in haas and cotter if haas misses this week.

MonsterH

Hi Guys

I have Grant & Cotter as my 2 hookers. I want to sell Cotter.

Who would be the best replacement hooker option for the run home?

  1. Api
  2. Cook
  3. Reece
  4. Brailey

I have $147k in the bank

Thank You

The Pretender

Why sell Cotter? Hes a hold I think. If you do want to sell, Cook is the clear option for me.

MonsterH

I love cotter but I’m force too as he doesn’t return to round 20, i’m playing H2H,

The Pretender

I wouldnt say you are forced too, especially H2H. Unless you only have 17 players, or 17 guns, I wouldnt be selling him.

TheChampsHere

I agree he’s gotta go. Back rd 20 and will then have reduced mins. Cook a clear pick

DCE2011

Cook

MonsterH

Thank you

bulldogs808

5.Garlick

MonsterH

was this supposed to be joke?

bulldogs808

Not at all

bulldogs808

To expand on this – flick an underperforming 2FRF, move cotter to 2FRF and buy Garlick as a nuff.

He is then interchangeable with Cotter whilst the additional funds can be used elsewhere

MonsterH

Oh Ok, thank you for the information, this time of the season i need a gun hooker for the run home. Maybe I’ll buy cotter from rd 22 once he’s bled back into the team.

Sell cotter for Cook & sell Bturbo move Tago to 2FRF & buy Nuff in the centres like G.Anderson

Tommy Smurf Sangsta

Looks like no Munster but I reckon Hurry Grunt will play. He didn’t do much last night so backing up shouldn’t be a problem. Plus he had his worst game in a long time so will want to erase that asap. You’d think all the rep round non origin Panthers back up due to a bye the week after.. wonder what cleary will do with origin players? They play the chooks. Might depend on Melbourne and if they win against Manly. Haas seems a bit dodgy and was seen in a moon boot after the game. Billy Slater was a… Read more »

kegs kings

Agreed I think he backs up with a point to prove. I don’t have any stats but to me in actual rugby league he appears to be missing more tackles one on one and making more handling errors than last year. I think he’s a good player but definitely his errors are up this year.
Haas is a real query now with the foot injury. Team lists will decide if I sell or not

Shlapper

I am worried more somewhat by the fact he has done injuries now to both shoulders and a foot in a single season. Given his size and role I can see these all meaning he will be managed more for the rest of the season, less mins or the odd resting. I had tentatively already sold him this week but I am thinking I shall lock that that one in!

AJW

I really like Billy. Looks like a nice, genuine type of bloke. Evenif he is a Qlder!

DCE2011

Don’t forget those sliding fullback tackles (boots first) that he perfected. 😉

AJW

Defensive creativity they call it down Mexico way (sorry, Melbourne!)! 😉

stef96

Hey guys coming first in a cash comp ranked 5k overall I’m low on trades with only 12 would you hold tight or make trades thank you

12 trades 105k itb h2h
Grant(mciness)
Papalii,Ofa(mking,momoseia)
Ola,angus,talakai(TAGO,butcher,tuilagi)
Cleary(mam)
dbrown(Cwalker)
Garrick,to’o,lomax,may(suaali,Kiraz,
Anderson)
Hynes(drinky)

The Pretender

You are only really missing Pap and Munster in my eyes long term, so unless you can get Pap and a nuff via Butcher and Tuilagi/Suaalii/Kiraz, I would hold.

bulldogs808

Id be using R17 trades to clear some dead wood. As pretender says, bulk of team is good but flick some of those AE risks.

Keepers only from now

Mr Perfect

Are both Haas and Munster sells? Do we have news on length of munster injury yet?

TU: klem+dbrown
TD: Papy+nuff

The Pretender

Haas is going to play this week.

Mr Perfect

Really? I thought he had a bung shoulder and ankle

DCE2011

Even if he plays, how effective will he be?

The Pretender

million dollar question – I wont play him this week regardless, but I will be likely to hold him for the run home.

Tommy Smurf Sangsta

Problem with haas and cotter is finding decent replacements if u already got grant cook papalii and no dual flexibility. To shift a 2nd rower up for haas to bring in a matto for example.

Sheldon

I might be late to the party here but my side was lined up

Half – Clearly – Hynes
5/8 – Munster – Mam
Fb – Drinkwater – Kennedy

Now I wanted to move Drinkwater to 5/8, Hynes to fb, mam to half.
What I need to do was trade Munster out, move the players around the trade Munster back in for no trades. Everyone probably knows that but might help someone out.

AJW

Yeah as you said – Munster out, Drinkie to 5/8, Hynes FB, Mam up to HB, leaving a hole to instantly trade back Munster. But apparently there is a much simpler function. Forget what it implies. See yah! 😉

LoneWolf5498

Grant/Cotter
Ipap/Haas/MacDonald/Thompson
Yeo/Olak/Matto/Talakai/Tago/Garlick
Cleary/Mam
Munster/Brown
Mulitalo/Graham/May/Cobbo/Kiraz/Koula/Tass
Hynes/TMM

After TLT, looking at going

Tago > Tapine
Cobbo > To’o
TMM > Ganderson

Thoughts?

nugget

16 trades left
2 boosts left

Out
JTB koula Aitken
In
Too pole Anderson

I’m well short of cash needed to round out the team and a heap of trades

Banking on guys like Anderson Tass peoples burbo getting another run to make some quick cash to help bring in papi
Pole is there for a number next week and if he keeps play I might make some cash out of him too

Thoughts

weebs

Burbo very unlikely to make much more with his last score of 7. Would need to be starting ea week.

Professor Fate

So if Pap comes in the big question is we are sure Anderson makes way or Ierema ? Being the first game we may find out.

nugget

I’m banking on Anderson playing the next week in round 17 with papi maybe 18th man?

Professor Fate

Doubt they will replace Hynes but you never know. Only change barring injury may be Wighton onto bench for Talakai.

The Pretender

I dont think Pap will jump both Hynes and Wighton/Burton for the 18th man role.

James

Hard to go past Nicho as 18th man, IMO he’s the only person that can be considered both a top 5 fullback and a top 5 half in the comp.

The Pretender

I reckon he would be just fine in at centre, and in spot minutes at 9 or 13 too.

James

Yeah agree. Also what’s crazy to think is if everyone is fit next year and NSW sticks with a 2nd hooker in #14, they have 2 centre spots to fill with:

  • Turbo
  • Latrell
  • Hynes
  • Papy
  • Wighton
  • Burton

Excluding players that actually play centre for club.

kegs kings

A big issue is left or right centers and club combos.

weebs

Likely Munster out this week and meany goes to 5/8 and Papz to FB. Not sure how many more games Anderson will get though..

Professor Fate

Well if Meany does go to 5/8 then Anderson should play r17 then

weebs

Yep you would think so! So maybe 2 more games or at least round 17

trentmark

I was always of the opinion Nikorima/Wishart would be the backup 5/8 to Munster, they are the only halves named in the squad. Meany has never really been a half.
Pap will not be selected for Origin, might get an invite into the camp, but won’t make the 18

red

I think Latrell has more chance of a Blues call up than Papi .

polarbear

Which trade?
TU: Ilias>Averillo
TD: Nat Butcher>Josh Curran
Thanks

polarbear

Better Trade In?
TU: Curran
TD: Koloamatangi

Mr Perfect

kolo for bye cover and a potential R play in final team.

red

Not sold on either to be honest , but if you want 1 I would go Kk for the extra rd player.

Adam

Better trade out?
TU: Tago
TD: Aitken

Mr Perfect

Aitken was a trade our post R13, copped a HIA now shifted to centre to cover an injury. sell sell sell.

jnrglover

Mr Perfect is right. But I also think that he is a play in your 17 this week at home in NZ against my woeful Tigers.

I’ll prob sell him next week as part of my trade 3 mid range players for Papi strategy lol.

weebs

Better trade in this week?
Tago&Koula > To’o/Nuff or Manu/nuff
Tago&Burbo > Matto/Nuff or Murray/Nuff
Tago&JTB > Klemmer/Nuff or Tapine/Nuff

Team is:
Api-Cheese
Haas Lolo-Ming JTB
Ipap Olak KK-Talakai Tago Burbo
Cleary-Hynes
Munster-Mam
Garrick May Ronaldo Graham-Kiraz Koula Tass
Teddy-Drinky
15 trades left

trentmark

why Nuff? At least wait til next week to Nuff, and you might find someone who plays rd17 and then vanishes for the rest of the year

The Pretender

I think Nuffing now is fine, if its the right nuff with the right DPP.

trentmark

But he already has Burbo and Tass, that will be 3 NPRs already. That is super thin for the run home. Even the Burbo trade, i couldn’t use a trade at this stage just to make open up 100k for no points

The Pretender

I am already running 3 nuffs in Garlick, VFifita and SHarris (all for dual purposes) but it has allowed me to already own 20 guns + Kiraz and Mam.

weebs

Got to get rid of some of my dead wood at some stage. May as well Nuff someone now and bring in a duel Nuff to allow for better movement between positions. JTB is a bit of an ae atm and if Burbo is back soon coming off the bench he’s gonna be an ae and loose everything he has made. Tass could potentially get another run or even string some games together with more bad performances/injuries to the bunnies. He could possibly be a 6th CTW for the run home if your lucky.

Phil

Talk of Eels’ Matto missing this week due to rib injury.

kegs kings

Murray it is if that’s the case

trentmark

He also copped a few knocks, last time he backed up he scored 30. Hopefully he gets 2 more of them and he is a rd 19 buy

red

I heard Matto was in doubt but didn’t no reason so thanks Phil for shedding some light on injury

KillerCumberland

That’s just FB an social media scuttle but . I can’t find anywhere that says that officially . (On an injury )

chooks

Lodge to sign with chooks rest of the year……daily telegraph

vertigo

Hahahaha and the NRL just rubber stamps it, no problem.

trentmark

He is valued at 20k a game via the auditor, so he will play 5 games

red

Will get more games if Roosters manage to make the finals .

red

It’s for the last 5-6 games of regular season, same thing that happened with TPJ last year with Panthers.

zooperdooper32

tago or haas as a sell

Never walk alone

I see a lot of comments about selling Tago. A 59 average and only 4 scores under 50 this year, we can be a fickle bunch. Or just cannot resist the trade button…

ch00nz

he’s a level below to’o, manu, Garrick, Graham, lomax, mulitalo etc

Never walk alone

Agree he is 5 or 10 points behind, but when we get to R22 with minimal trades and a growing injury toll, the value of his DP will become gold.

DCE2011

Interestingly, Lomax doesn’t average much more than Tago (61.7 vs 59.3).

red

I have owned Lomax from the start DCE and every game I am pulling my hair out waiting for him to get a run. If he wasn’t kicking he would have been sold a long time ago. I think he is a great player but STI know how to get him into the game and get the best from him and the bloke outside him Rava.

KillerCumberland

Lomax has some extremely juicy matchups coming up . So he does have pod value if your a top 500 guy ATM.. other than TOO an Ronaldo who are around 40% owned by the top 1000 ./less top 100 respectively. Lomax is owned by 25% of top 1000 coaches..

Last edited 1 year ago by KillerCumberland
bulldogs808

His DPP is overrated at this point of the season. You should have enough gun ctw you don’t need him in the centres or at all really. Definite sell

The Pretender

For mine, hes a great 5th CTW/2RF covering both. No issue with people holding him as injury cover and saving a trade.

red

I would rather have Tago than Graham ,Lomax and Muli everyday. I don’t think he is a level below them.

red

I can’t see the point in selling a player that can score big in the best attacking team .

ch00nz

depends on the makeup of your CTW. i traded Tago for To’o this week, already have may. to me, to’o is a genuine upgrade from tago. I already have manu, garrick, mulitalo and may, so i have 5 guns in the CTW, tago is just excess

ch00nz

having said that, you have talked me in to trading haas instead now lol

trentmark

Both are fine as a hold, both highly owned too though, so if you want to go against the crowd you can go a point of difference

clarkinators

Thoughts on Barnett post TLT? Looks as though he will have the GK duties the next few weeks or am I missing someone?

chooks

Hoy?

clarkinators

Has hot kicked previously?

trentmark

Rd17 purchase maybe. I wouldn’t go early on him. Get 3 trades next week

red

Barnett is an interesting buy playing on the edge but Fitz is hanging around on the bench and could take that spot . On the edge Barnett gets good mins but if moved to lock minutes and scores drop.

Euman

Ok first dumb question

Do state of origin players pkay round 17, even if the system says they are playing?

I guess system doesn’t know if they are selected for state of origin

So if not then my 9-10 I thought we’re playing round 17 almost half are not so I may as well stop now trying to maximise those playing that week

Let me know cheers

trentmark

No, they will be in SOO camp when the games are played

Euman

Cheers