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Connoisseur · 21 Jan 2020

Connoisseur · 21 Jan 2020

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upthetiggies · 21 Jan 2020

Well then. Scratch Billy Smith out of my side lol. Poor kid. Horrible timing for him.

Connoisseur · 21 Jan 2020

N Cleary (HFB):
2019 Games Played: 21
2019 Minutes Played: 1668
2019 Avg Minutes: 79.43
2019 Avg Points Per Minute: 0.86
2019 Total Points: 1427
2019 Avg: 67.95
2020 Price: $631,500

Pre Bye: 59.23 from 13
Post Bye: 82.18 from 8
80+ minutes: 66.47 from 19
40+ minutes: 67.95 from 21
<40 minutes: 0 from 0

2016-2018 SC Avg: 66.62 from 52

Connoisseur · 21 Jan 2020

V Kikau (2RF):
2019 Games Played: 18
2019 Minutes Played: 1304
2019 Avg Minutes: 72.44
2019 Avg Points Per Minute: 0.81
2019 Total Points: 1052
2019 Avg: 58.44
2020 Price: $543,200

Pre Bye: 62.64 from 11
Post Bye: 51.86 from 7
80+ minutes: 69.38 from 8
40+ minutes: 58.44 from 18
<40 minutes: 0 from 0

2018 SC Avg: 60.96 from 23

Connoisseur · 21 Jan 2020

K Ponga (FB):
2019 Games Played: 20
2019 Minutes Played: 1569
2019 Avg Minutes: 78.45
2019 Avg Points Per Minute: 0.87
2019 Total Points: 1365
2019 Avg: 68.25
2020 Price: $634,300

Pre Bye: 77.27 from 11
Post Bye: 57.22 from 9
80+ minutes: 64 from 17
40+ minutes: 68.25 from 20
<40 minutes: 0 from 0

2019 Avg at FB: 73 from 17
2019 Avg at 5/8: 41.33 from 3

2017-2018 SC Avg: 62.26 from 27

Connoisseur · 22 Jan 2020

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1219741503674863617

NRL SuperCoach 2020: The Mastermind picks his five must-have forwards
It’s aliiiive! NRL SuperCoach 2020 is aliiiiive and The Mastermind’s lab is in overdrive. The summer is no time for Bali brawls, Christmas or cricket. NRL off-season is for cracking the code and finding the formula for NRL SuperCoach success. My 2019 efforts took me to a top 1000 finish but there’s no satisfaction there. So let’s start with some FORWARD thinking. Here are five players I’m locking in for the season ahead

PAYNE HAAS
Paul Gallen and his glorious ball-hogging ways slowed into his eventual retirement, Corey ‘SC God’ Parker can only tease us with a return in the 9s.
The days of SuperCoach gods seemed long gone until teenager Payne Haas smashed out an amazing 78.3 points per game average in 2019. No player had a greater gap to his positional rivals last year. The next best front row options David Klemmer 66.4PPG and James Fisher-Harris 66.3PPG well off his pace.
Haas’s incredible average comes with just four meat pies, including that barnstorming run against the Panthers on his way to his top score of the year of 112. Usually the top scoring SuperCoach prop is someone who hits a purple patch of try-scoring form.

Who can forget these classic seasons from big men who found the line again and again: Paul Vaughan 8 tries, 67.8PPG in 2017; Ryan James, 11 tries, 72.9PPG, 2016; Andrew Fifita 7 tries, 73.4, 2015; and Sam Burgess 10 tries, 89.3PPG, 2014.
Haas bettered all but Burgess 2014 with an amazing consistency and minutes from a player who only turned 20 in the off season. While most young props are eased into the NRL, Haas played 80 minutes twice and averaged 63.5 minutes per game and his lowest score was 51.

He started last year at $181,100 and finishing at $686,200. This year he’ll cost you $728,200 and he’s worth every cent.
The only thing that could make Haas a more compelling selection is goalkicking. Give him a go coach!

JASON TAUMALOLO
My first picked player every year. Taumalolo has emerged from a battle with rival JT, Jake Trbojevic, as the undisputed top backrower in SuperCoach.
While Trbojevic lost his attacking spark in 2019, Taumalolo showed improvement in a couple of attacking areas with a career best 10 line breaks and 23 offloads in 18 games. Valentine Holmes had a field day feeding off the offloads from Andrew Fifita at the Sharks.
The Cowboys are surely looking for more of the same.
The Cowboys’ engine room has lost a lot of experience with Matt Scott and Scott Bolton moving on expect nothing but another stellar season following on from 77.8PPG in 2019, 70.3PPG in 2018, 75.3PPG in 2017. His 2019 average could have been 81.2 if you discount the injury-affected 19 he had against the Broncos. He’ll cost you $723,400.

DAVID FIFITA
Fifita’s form in the last 8 rounds suggest he could rival Haas and Taumalolo as the best SuperCoach forward in the game. It’s a small sample size but once Fifita had that 80-minute edge backrower spot secured he scored 615 points at 76.8PPG, including back-to-back scores of 121 and 116. His powerful defender-swatting fend is SuperCoach gold and in those centuries he had more than 30 points for tackle busts each time. Luckily for SuperCoaches he spent the first two thirds of the season playing limited minutes off the bench, so you’ll get a top tier player for just $501,900.

RYAN JAMES
James gets a massive discount after his 2019 started with some shoddy form and ended with an ACL injury and score of 9 in Round 6.
At his best, James finished as the second best prop in 2016 with 11 tries at 72.9PPG. I doubt we’ll see anything like that from him again but his 2018 form of 62.6PPG and 2017 average of 59.7PPG show he’s a reliable scoring option.
James has dual front-row/second-row so can help cover injuries and suspensions. The Titans play the first bye round, so he has the potential to hang around into the tricky part of the season and be upgraded for the run home.
He’ll cost you just $354,700 and should steadily climb close to his starting price of last season of $585,800.

BLAYKE BRAILEY
Cameron Smith or Damian Cook for your number one hooker spot? Mull it over in your mind, swap them in and out with every revision of your team and when the first game kicks off toss a coin, you’ll be OK either way.
For now, lock in Cronulla Sharks cheapie Blayke Brailey for spot No.2.
He played back-up to his brother Jayden last year and looked good in a couple of longer opportunities presented including 58 in 58 minutes against the Broncos.
The Sharks hooker role is his to grab with Jayden moving to the Knights. Expect him to at least double his starting price of $201,000 if he gets 60 minutes per game.

Connoisseur · 22 Jan 2020

upthetiggies said:

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Woosie · 23 Jan 2020

Ive put a first draft together. This will be my very first season of NRL SC
Let me know your thoughts. Thanks

EDIT: Sorry its not very clear

The Myth · 23 Jan 2020

Woosie said:

It’s an okay place to start. You’ve got the concept of guns and rookies to start.

One rookie we do know that is a lock is Blayke Brailey at hooker. I’d switch your bench hooker for him.

Other cheapies you can change as you learn more.

I’d avoid bench players (Flagler, Harris-Tavita) unless they are bottom dollar cheapies - even then they are iffy. If you think they start that’s a different story.

Your 13 is strong but your last 4 not so much. I’d look to downgrade one of your big guns to try and get 2 more value players - James, DFifita, Papenhuyzen, Sua type.

Sideshow Bob · 23 Jan 2020

Looking forward to this year, last year was my first attempt at any fantasy / supercoach so took me a while to get up to speed. Only joined after rd1 so it was always a learning year finished around 27K which I though was ok considering I missed a round and it felt like it took about 7-8 rounds to get the team cleaned up as I learnt the method. Also did AFL but I dont follow it much and that was a very good lesson that you really do need to follow closely or its not worth doing.

Connoisseur · 23 Jan 2020

Woosie said:

Great picks in S Johnson, C Murray, J Taumalolo, D Cook and K Ponga.

An option could be:
Out: B Smith, B Walters, C Harris-Tavita, K Maumalo, D Klemmer, T Flegler, J Gagai, J Collins, S To'a, C Tulpolutu,
In: R Paperhuyzen (via B Best), B Brailey, G Williams, W Blake, A Fifita, F Molo, P Crossland, B Magoulias, G Leleisiuao, J Sua (via B Trbojeivc)

Woosie · 23 Jan 2020

This is tough. But your help is appreciated.

I have implemented suggestions. Let me your thoughts and how it looks now.

I wasn't sure if to leave Ponga on bench at full back. It seems to leave the CTW wanting

Connoisseur · 23 Jan 2020

Woosie said:

How much cash do you have remaining?

Only played 1 season but the usual recommendations offered were to go weak in the CTW and usually fill them with rookies/mid pricers allowing a bigger spend in the other positions.

Woosie · 23 Jan 2020

Connoisseur said:

ITB: $20,300

Connoisseur · 23 Jan 2020

Via: https://www.nrlsupercoachstats.com/2020drawWithFigures.php

https://www.nrlsupercoachstats.com/2020turnarounds.php

The Myth · 23 Jan 2020

Woosie said:

Side looks significantly better. Dual gun fullbacks is a must imo, player scores just as much as a reserve as they would on field.

Cheap ctw are good because all they need is some attacking stats to get an okay score and make cash. The common approach is 1 gun, 1/2
Mid pricers and cheapies in the CTW position.

Woosie · 23 Jan 2020

Connoisseur said:

Thanks for these stats and the links. Will those BE's take effect from round 1?
Have just seen Darius Boyd's 36 Ave, but BE is 12. I think this year could be improved. Meaning price rise is almost guaranteed first round. Am I looking at it right?