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[Irish Saint]

Not a good week to bench Koula, Kiraz , Damien Cook and Max King.  Also transferred in Herbie Farnworth.

[Graham]

5 hours ago, Irish Saint said:

Not a good week to bench Koula, Kiraz , Damien Cook and Max King.  Also transferred in Herbie Farnworth.

Sod’s Law eh?

[Graham]

Payne Haas, keep or not? He’s been a good ‘un to have so far, but he’s due to lose money and his fitness is in doubt. Sell or hold?

Edited June 14, 2022 by Graham

[Spotty Herbert]

5 hours ago, Graham said:

Payne Haas, keep or not? He’s been a good ‘un to have so far, but he’s due to lose money and his fitness is in doubt. Sell or hold?

I sold him before Origin when he first had his shoulder problem. Its one of the few transfers that I think I have got right this year. Hope to get him back in post Origin at a lower cost. However, if you still have him I would be keeping him because you need the guaranteed points he brings in the big games at the end of the season and it might be seen as a waste of a precious trade.

[Graham]

Round 14 Results:

Some great scores this week. It’s hard luck when you score over 1200 points and lose your head to head. It’s the luck of the draw.

So after those matches here is the latest H2H Ladder:

[Graham]

Total Points After NRL Round 14 2022

 

[Graham]

2 hours ago, Spotty Herbert said:

I sold him before Origin when he first had his shoulder problem. Its one of the few transfers that I think I have got right this year. Hope to get him back in post Origin at a lower cost. However, if you still have him I would be keeping him because you need the guaranteed points he brings in the big games at the end of the season and it might be seen as a waste of a precious trade.

Very sensible suggestion. I’m tempted to move him on despite him being a top scorer. He’s got a breakeven of 94 and it is predicted he’ll drop in value by $33.7k. 

He’s in the side on paper this weekend, but there may be just a chance he may not play?????

If he is fit I suppose he’ll be in the Origin side again.

Having said that it’s who to replace him with. Lolo has picked up his form and is affordable… other good options cost more than him…

It’s a quandary. 
 

The other temptation is to do nothing and possibly slip backwards. 

Origin 3 is a factor too.

Edited June 14, 2022 by Graham

[Irish Saint]

I would have sold him this week but had to get Cleary in that meant moving Hynes down to fullback and with Farnworth gone for the season he had to be moved out.

Haas will be a non-playing sub  this week that is both shoulders he has now injured.

 

[Spotty Herbert]

28 minutes ago, Graham said:

Very sensible suggestion. I’m tempted to move him on despite him being a top scorer. He’s got a breakeven of 94 and it is predicted he’ll drop in value by $33.7k. 

He’s in the side on paper this weekend, but there may be just a chance he may not play?????

If he is fit I suppose he’ll be in the Origin side again.

Having said that it’s who to replace him with. Lolo has picked up his form and is affordable… other good options cost more than him…

It’s a quandary. 
 

The other temptation is to do nothing and possibly slip backwards. 

Origin 3 is a factor too.

Really struggling to find a front row to replace him with who will play Round 17. It may have to be Klemmer, assuming you already have I. Papalii (sp). Taumalolo hasn't let me down this year, bar the odd poor week.

[Railway End]

Kiraz & Koula have given me a headache this week.  They were both on the chopping block but their big scores last week (when on my bench) means they should both make a fair bit more money.

 

Either Haas or Koroisau will have to make way for Campbell Graham instead.

[Graham]

44 minutes ago, Railway End said:

Kiraz & Koula have given me a headache this week.  They were both on the chopping block but their big scores last week (when on my bench) means they should both make a fair bit more money.

 

Either Haas or Koroisau will have to make way for Campbell Graham instead.

I got Campbell Graham in a couple of weeks ago. Haas had to go. There are various doubts about him so I followed my instincts. 

[Graham]

Well, what do you reckon? Round 15 seemed to me an okay ish round but with some underwhelming performances by a few too many of my players.

What are your thoughts on the way ahead negotiating the fast approaching R17?

We have an extra week to consider our options as next weekend is a stand alone rep week featuring Origin 2.

Let’s have a look at our positions after Round 15 then.

Our head to head matches:

so then our h2h ladder reads…

Head2Head After Round 15

No movement at the top or bottom , but a shuffling of the pack a little in between.

[Graham]

Total Points After Round 15

David scored highest with a very respectable 1350 points. Well done, David and your Gutho’s Champions.

[Graham]

Round 16 was an absolute disaster for me! My predicted score before the round was about 1200 points I ended up getting the lowest score I’ve ever had in a regular round. It wasn’t my choice of captain so much as a lot of my average and better players all conspiring to score very poorly. 
Oh dear! Ah well …

R16 H2H Fixtures

These results mean:

Head2Head League After Round 16

 

[Graham]

Total Points After Round 16

 

Onwards and well hopefully upwards, but after this week who knows?

[Irish Saint]

Points wise this is my best year although after origin 3 it usually all goes pear shaped. 

Unlike previous years I have only a few trades left

The league shield is virtually done and dusted  as I can see Penrith resting players toying with the idea of trading out Cleary to get Papenhuyzen in  for the run in tho maybe also be able to do it by sacrificing a forward and Meaney. 

[Graham]

1 hour ago, Irish Saint said:

Points wise this is my best year although after origin 3 it usually all goes pear shaped. 

Unlike previous years I have only a few trades left

The league shield is virtually done and dusted  as I can see Penrith resting players toying with the idea of trading out Cleary to get Papenhuyzen in  for the run in tho maybe also be able to do it by sacrificing a forward and Meaney. 

Trouble with Paps is his 900k+ price tag. Hopefully??? that will fall quite quickly. I hope he keeps fit.

[Spotty Herbert]

13 minutes ago, Graham said:

Trouble with Paps is his 900k+ price tag. Hopefully??? that will fall quite quickly. I hope he keeps fit.

But dare we take the risk of not having him with an average of 100.1 despite not having been fully fit all season? I like the idea of sacrificing Cleary's 87 points per match (on the basis he won't play every week), or possibly Tedesco's 73 (given the run in the Roosters have, specially during the Supercoach play offs).

[Graham]

Another tough week.

Head2Head was very much a case of the luck of the draw, or lack of it.

Any road up, here’s the results of our labours with R17 results factored in.

Fixtures:

Head2Head After Round 17

[Graham]

Total Points After Round 17

 

[Graham]

What a different round that was. I was spurred into action on the transfer market. That worked out well and the perceived big names generally did live up to their potential.

Hope it went well for you.

Here’s how the fixtures played out.

Round 18 Fixtures

Five teams scored over 1,400 points.

As a result:

HEAD2HEAD AFTER ROUND 18

[Graham]

The points are piling up.

Have you still got Papenhuyzen? 
Check too on Josh Addo-Carr. He’s apparently in a moon boot awaiting the results of scans.

TOTAL POINTS AFTER ROUND 18

 

Hope you have a good week.

Just seven rounds left and plenty to play for.

Good luck.

Edited July 18, 2022 by Graham

[Graham]

Current injury list and suspensions.

Edited July 18, 2022 by Graham

[Irish Saint]

Not only Pappy but Ketoa gone for the season. I have three trades left and with Penrith so far ahead can see them resting quite a few in the final couple of weeks.

[Spotty Herbert]

8 minutes ago, Irish Saint said:

Not only Pappy but Ketoa gone for the season. I have three trades left and with Penrith so far ahead can see them resting quite a few in the final couple of weeks.

That's almost literally the million dollar question. Who do you replace Papenhuysen with? There's a temptation to use Nicho's double positioning to bring Cleary back, but will he play every game? Ditto Lattrell with his temper.