Round 0: Vegas takes + left-field Supercoach POD targets


<p>How good is it to get footy back!&nbsp;</p>



<p>The Las Vegas experiment looked like a raging success.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The footy was great also despite the constraints of a smaller field and the rust of the early games of the season.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Check out my takes from the first 2 games of the NRL season and six point of differences (POD’s) to consider bringing into your side.  </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Sea Eagles v Rabbitohs</strong></h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Big Ticks </strong></h3>



<p>Turbo (bit unlucky), Latrell Mitchell and Haumole Olakau’atu</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Wait &amp; See </strong></h3>



<p>Brooks (61 with a try &amp; LB), Davvy Moale </p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Can he keep his spot?  </strong></h3>



<p>Ben Trbojevic – as long as Burbo staves off Josh Schuster he is going to give a lot of Supercoaches plenty of joy.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Overreaction Monday! </strong></h3>



<p>Blow-up your team to get Garrick in!&nbsp;</p>



<p>Supercoaches might be tempted to bring in Reuben Garrick off the back of a score of 99, but it’s important to remember he had a very favourable match-up against Richie Kennar who is not a noted NRL standard centre and has played most of his footy on the wing.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Wait and see if Garrick can replicate that scoring performance before really considering the buy.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Broncos v Roosters </strong></h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Big Ticks </strong></h3>



<p>Joey Manu, Reece Walsh, James Tedesco, Terrell May (strong and offloads), Jesse Arthars&nbsp;</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Wait &amp; See </strong></h3>



<p>Sam Walker, Siua Wong (bit unlucky with ankle injury costing him 10 mins) </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Just plain unlucky </strong></h3>



<p>Brendan Piakura – owned by 41% of supercoaches and just unfortunately ran into the hip of Brandon Smith.&nbsp;</p>



<p>If its any consolation he looked good in his one and only run and recorded a tackle break. </p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Overreaction Monday! </strong></h3>



<p>Manu must come in next week!&nbsp;</p>



<p>Let’s be honest, we’d all love to have him in our side particularly after that display but many of us have built our side with maybe one or no CTW guns.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Manu is only owned by 4.5% of Supercoaches. Well done to them for having him to start the season but stay calm and stick to your plan if you don’t.</p>



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<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>5 PODs (Point of Difference players) to consider </strong></h3>



<p>A POD is a point of difference player that is not owned by many other Supercoaches.&nbsp;</p>



<p>I classify a player owned by 10% or less of Supercoaches as a <strong>POD</strong> <strong>player</strong> and if they are owned by 2% or less than they are a <strong>SUPER POD!</strong></p>



<p><strong>Shaun Johnson</strong> – owned by only 8.8% of Supercoaches, SJ provides a real alternative to the favoured combo of Nicho Hynes and Nathan Cleary.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Penrith have a tough start to the season and SJ loves matching up against his old team the Sharks scoring 100+ Supercoach points in both games against them last year.&nbsp;</p>



<p><strong>Cameron Munster</strong> – owned by only 8.2% of Supercoaches, Australian 5/8 Munster is maybe a case of out-of-sight out of mind.&nbsp;</p>



<p>No trials and not a lot of talk about Munster, plus a tough starting draw for the Storm are deterrents.&nbsp;</p>



<p>However the fact Munster is basically fixture-proof and arguably the best in the world in his position are pretty decent advantages.&nbsp;</p>



<p>He’s currently under an injury cloud so watch the space to make sure he’s good to go this week.</p>



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<p><strong>Scott Drinkwater</strong> – 8% of Supercoaches own Drinky. I’d hazard a guess that most of that 8% owned him last year when he went on an absolute tear and finished statistically as the best averaging player in Supercoach when goalkicking points were taken out of the equation.&nbsp;</p>



<p><strong>Terrell May</strong> – at 4.6% ownership I know there are question marks over his minutes in the rotation with the return of JWH, but I saw enough to pull the trigger and bring him in for Round 2.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Big, strong, explosive and a great offloader of the footy May is set for a big season. SC Spy I think you’ve found one here old mate!</p>



<p><strong>Griffin Neame</strong> – at less than 1% ownership Neame is a real SuperPOD.&nbsp;</p>



<p>With the season-ending injury to Hess it’s hard to know who will benefit the most Supercoach wise from his absence.&nbsp;</p>



<p>Maybe the middle forwards at the Cowboys collectively take up the slack.&nbsp;</p>



<p>I’d say Neame could be the biggest beneficiary with an increase in minutes but I’m being purely speculative. Proceed with caution…</p>


Round 0: Vegas takes + left-field Supercoach POD targets

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