Fantasy Amateurs

THE NQ COWBOYS UNPACKED

Six games (exactly one quarter) into their NRL season, and the average punter still has absolutely no idea what the Cowboys rotation is going to be on a weekly basis. It hasn’t helped that there have been a steady stream of injuries so far, but lets unpack it and see what we know and whatContinue reading “THE NQ COWBOYS UNPACKED”

IN FOCUS – DALY CHERRY-EVANS

With the news of Tom Trbojevic gone for a month, I asked myself how does this effect the long necked school captain as he’s currently one of only 3 halves averaging more than 56. My first thought would be this likely negatively impacts him as Manly become less potent attacking wise and will be startingContinue reading “IN FOCUS – DALY CHERRY-EVANS”

THE RULE CHANGE YOU MISSED

At this point in the season, much like a person who has won the lotto, Fantasy coaches are burning through trades trying to grab every single cheap player that pops up. This week, coaches are rushing out to buy Nathan Cleary at $1.05M, selling keepers like David Fifita in the process. It is with thisContinue reading “THE RULE CHANGE YOU MISSED”

ROUND 4 RAPID REACTIONS

The Good The big chinned messiah returns with fantasy coaches desperate to get Nathan Cleary in immediately. Personally, I’m happy to wait a week priced at 81 with attacking stats and base stats down. I find it unlikely he’ll average more than 80, though he is the king and I wouldn’t put it past him.Continue reading “ROUND 4 RAPID REACTIONS”

ROUND 1 RAPID REACTIONS

Penrith Panthers v Manly Sea Eagles Ethan Bullemor got his price rises rolling in a less than convincing performance that was bolstered by Manly’s lone try. Luckily they don’t play Penrith every week so hope for an improved performance in Rd2. Tom Trbojevic had a rough start with about 19% coaches wishing they’d opted forContinue reading “ROUND 1 RAPID REACTIONS”

THE “JOHNSON EFFECT”

Two of the more recent In Focus articles that dropped this past week were on POD mid range edge players Eliesa Katoa & Briton Nikora. In those two articles, we highlighted that Katoa has the potential to become a keeper but is likely a very solid mid range cash cow with about 10-12 points ofContinue reading “THE “JOHNSON EFFECT””

IN FOCUS – JUNIOR PAULO

We have saved our biggest in focus for last, with new Eels captain Junior Paulo coming under the microscope as a POD option at only 4.3%. Paulo has moved into the elite middle forwards in the NRL since his departure from the Raiders, but had some regression from his stellar 2020 season statistically. So whatContinue reading “IN FOCUS – JUNIOR PAULO”

IN FOCUS – KURT CAPEWELL

Origin Hero Kurt Capewell was one of our early obvious buy options for 2022, but it seems as though he has lost some momentum since last year. Lets have a look closer at Capewell to see if maybe we have unnecessarily written him off… Capewell looks to be a walk up 80 minute player atContinue reading “IN FOCUS – KURT CAPEWELL”

2022 FINAL SHORT LIST

ROUND 1 CAPTAINCY OPTIONS PAYNE HAAS – BRISBANE BRONCOS (PROJECTED AVG 65+)https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/02/21/payne-haas/ DAMIEN COOK – SOUTH SYDNEY RABBITOHS (PROJECTED AVG APPROX 60-65)https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/02/07/damien-cook/ POTENTIAL “KEEPER” LEVEL SCORES WITH SOME VALUE HARRY GRANT – MELBOURNE STORM (PROJECTED AVG 55+) https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/01/28/harry-grant/ TEVITA PANGAI JR – CANTERBURY BULLDOGS (PROJECTED AVG 55+)https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/01/16/tevita-pangai-jr/ CHRISTIAN WELCH – MELBOURNE STORM (PROJECTED AVG 50+)https://amateursfantasysports.com/2022/01/05/christianwelch/Continue reading “2022 FINAL SHORT LIST”

IN FOCUS – TOM STARLING

Ever since Tom Starling burst onto the scene in 2020 with his scintillating running game, coaches have been begging Sticky to unleash him ever since. Some coaches were quick to take the punt last year after the reported falling out between Stuart and Hodgson, but unfortunately that shut quicker than the Raiders premiership window. WeContinue reading “IN FOCUS – TOM STARLING”