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NEWCASTLE FALCONS

WELCOME TO THE CHAMPIONS

AVIVA PREMIERSHIP CHAMPIONS 2011, 2012

HEINEKEN CUP WINNERS 2010


Main site: https://www.606v2.com/f41-fantasy-aviva-premiership-season-4


Current Budget: 5.5m

Head Coach:PoolyPunk
Assistant Coach: John Bentley
Director of rugby: Declan Kidney
Forwards Coach: Fran Cotton
Backs Coach's: Johnathan Edwards
Attacking Coach: Jason Robinson
Kicking Coach: Neil Jenkins
Defense Coach: Mike Ford
Conditioning Coach:Craig White
Newcastle A Coach: Tony Underwood

Retired(Not released): Richard Blaze, William Servat

FORWARDS: 23

HK Rory Best (Ireland)
HK Lee Mears (England) - Available Dec 17th
HK Agustín Creevy (Argentina)

TH Paul Doran-Jones (England)
TH Owen Franks (New Zealand)
TH Clement Ric (France)

LH Fabien Barcella (France)
LH Soane Tonga'uiha (Tonga)
LH Alex Waller (England)

LK Paul O'Connell (Ireland)
LK Juandre Kruger (South Africa)
LK Brad Thorn (New Zealand)
LK Yoann Maestri (France)
LK Ed Slater (England)

BS Juan Smith (South Africa)
BS Tom Croft (England)
BS Kelly Brown (Scotland)

OS Richie McCaw(c) (New Zealand)
OS Heinrich Brussow (South Africa)
OS Chris Robshaw (England)

N8 Kieran Read (New Zealand)
N8 Toby Faletau (Wales) (12/11/90)
N8 Chris Masoe (New Zealand)

BACKS: 17

SH Ben Youngs (England)
SH Jimmy Cowan (New Zealand)
SH Luke Burgess (Austrailia)
SH Jean-Marc Doussain (France) (12/02/91)

FH Toby Flood (England)
FH Aaron Cruden (New Zealand)
FH Colin Slade (New Zealand)

IC Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
IC James O'Connor (Austrailia)
IC Scott Wiliiams (Wales) (10/10/1990)
IC Ben Williams (England)

OC Jaque Fourie (South Afica)
OC Adam Ashley-Cooper (Austrailia)
OC George Lowe (England)

WG Drew Mitchell (Austrailia)
WG Alex Cuthbert (Wales)
WG Miles Benjamin (England)
WG Tommy Bowe (Ireland)

FB Alex Goode (England)
FB Jared Payne (New Zealand)


Academy: (01/09/90)

PR Luke Cowen-Dickie (England) (20/6/1993)
LK Jonny Gray (Scotland)
LK Will Carrick Smith (England)
BR Josh Beaumont (England)
BR Joel Conlon (England)
BR Hugh Blake (New Zealand)
BR Euan Dods (England)
FH Joel Hodgson (England) (1/8/1992)
FH Grant Connon (England)
FH Henry Slade (England) (19/3/1993)
CE Luke Marshall (Ireland)
CE Andrew Forsyth (England)
CE Chris Harris (England)
CE Sam Jones (England)
CE Francis Saili (New Zealand) (2/2/1991)
WG Raymond Rhule (South Africa)

Junior Academy

HK Nathan Morris (England) (3/3/1993) - season loan at Wasps
HK George McGuigan (England) (30/3/1993)
PR James Halam
PR Scott Wilson (England)
BR Joe Robinson (England) (6/3/1993)
WG Zach Kibirige (England)

Injuries:(Available week in brackets)

AP R12 - Will Carrick-Smith
AP R13 - Scott Williams
HC/AC R5 - Toby Flood
HC/AC R6 - James O'Connor
AWC R3 - Rory Best

You were willing to listen to offers with Luke...

Need top class in lineout and top class EQ.

Maybe something with Parling, but id need an improvement. See anything?

Anything for McCaw? Bismarck is probably the only player I wouldn't consider selling.

Fair enough mate. Not sure I am in a position to go stupid for him right now.

He's my best centre mate, would take a seriously good offer for me to let him go.

NFS

That definitely interests me, but my main problem is I am light on numbers in the centre and have JD covering 12 at the moment, so need to pick up someone to play there. If I can do that, then there's potential for a deal here.

Not sure he's rated mate, let me see what I can do elsewhere and I'll come back to you.

Scott Williams is at Wasps isn't he on loan?

Who do you have available? I wouldnt let go of Lawes, Launch of Clark, but others all available in right deal.

Croft + Ellison (tonight....)
For
Parling + AAC?

Wouldnt want to lose any of those players as will all be in my starting XV, where as only one of the guys you have would start.

Got a few other players that I have my eye on, but wouldnt want to lose my starting XV when I have Bonnaire who can lead the line at the moment.

Have you thought anymore on Henry for Mitchell?

£3.5m for Joel Hodgson?

Got anyone for p/ex. Got cash to fund your Figallo bid

AAC for Rougerie + ?m

I could but I need to look at releasing a few players first mate, at forty as it is.

Anyone else possibly available?

Parling & ?
for
Croft & ?

Are you interested in getting something done here?

I'm torn mate, so think I will stick with what I've got.

Give me some options - if we're gonna do it keen to get it sewn up asap.

I think Croft has more quality than Parling, but am aware of his injury - although he's due back within a month.

I'll do the straight swap.

It's on confirms, confirm when you're ready.

Just incase your back row isn't stacked enough you thought you'd add another one

Croft McCaw Read
Smith Brussow Falateu
Brown Robshaw Wray

£2m for Barclay?

Kennedy for mears?

Can't do George or Robson. Vital eq for me. Have a fee youngsters about a year away from being 1st team like stookes and mills so can't sell any eq until then.

Stookes in particular is a really exciting second row.

Croft and masoe ? You have a mental Backrow set up. Could always take mccaw or Brussow off your hands

Burger and ousthuizen for McCaw enq

What would you be looking at for juan smith ?

Yer but I need EQ or just quality gain. No interest in Slater though

Tempted by burger for smith . Going to have a think on it
Both top top players

Mate you might want to add Sam Miller to your junior academy , 17 year old plays for West Hartlepool. Meant to be a animal at hooker. He's in Falcons academy.

First senior game was yesterday and was straight in for West.

Sorry mate, both not for sale.

AAC????

AAC

What positions for AAC?

Can't really see a Mullen deal as it would cripple me at 1.

Bowe was injured yesterday, not taking a risk on a bad injury so he will have no form for months and might not come back the same player

Wouldn't do it anyway.

North is still academy, would need to release just to do the offer. Academy age and one of best wingers in world already. Not selling really.

North/Whitelock/Pocock are my pretty much unsellables

Upfront I'd say Jenkins, Ivaldi and Kubra are a little overrated. Jenkins mostly due to his dire form at the moment. I thought I had the stronger front row with Marler, Brits and Afoa.

Suta for me isn't as good as Borthwick. Back row pretty beastly but only JMF plays international rugby.

Michalak not a great 9 for me, much better at 10 as he showed today.

Smith, Martin and Basteraud I don't think are all that. Gits only just finding something like his best of late as well.

As a side I think they are someway behind Clermont. But that's part of this game is that it is individual quality which makes the difference and Toulon do have that in abundance.

Clermont better for me michalak as a player flaky.

Back 3 not great and Bruno on way out.

Rest of team mint. Maybe line out not best.


I had warbs and houghaard killing michalak but not big fan of houghaard at 9 with burns.

Burns great but needs to learn when to attack and when not. Burns will be lions bolter maybe. So so good at moment

Not sure there's anyone I'd lose Cole for. Maybe Manu in a deal, but that's about it.
Mermoz would need a too int 12 which you don't have (wouldn't take SBW).

Don't see anything for either TBH.

None available at the moment sorry mate. Might change come summer though.

I find doing deals mid season has me making calls on form rather than quality. More of a chance to think about them in summer.

Although have to say I am unlikely to let the guys you have mentioned go, we have a better chance of success come summer.

Cowan?

I do really like Croft, one of my favourite players - do have the issue of having too many 6's though. What English of mine do you like?

Would normally snap your hand off for Croft, as really do rate him, but if I get him it would mean a giant reshuffle of my team and having to balance up my backrow better as I can't have Croft, Lydiate, Messam and Bonnaire to cover there.

It would be for Ashton, but might need to wait a bit whilst I sort out my squad properly!

Would do Ashton and de Villiers for JOC

I do really like Croft, but I can't do the deal as he isnt a lineout leader and that is what my team needs more than another good jumper. A shame as I really like Croft and think he's a cracking addition to your team.

He's back this week for Tigers isn't he?

Would also have done the deal if I didnt have Messam, Lydiate and Bonnaire, also Clark looks as though he's coming through well now.

Well done Like a challenge !! Yeah just could not get tactics in may have made a difference but then again predos weird on here anyhow. Had them kind of done but on home pc. Biggest challenge is now having in laws for Xmas day at my folks!! There house is completely uninhabitable due to flooding.

I always do Xmas at my folks and the new dynamic may be my Everest.

Interestingly at glos game today they bought on Robson for Cowan with 15 to go in a nail biter so shows how they trust him.

Think he will be a world beater and maybe the surprise star of glos. think financials may scupper a long term Burns Robson half back pairing.

Burns is ready for England starts. Never seen a player mature so much. He is best I have seen at glos. his kicking out of hand is way better than any other ten in England.

Still plays a bit too much but gets away with it. JeeZ Steenson has some boot. Haydn Thomas was top at Sh. First bad game Cowan has had and all due to Thomas

Love wet weather games!