Fantasy Aviva Premiership season 4

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'tis a serious Barbarians team Pooly, England will have their work cut out today. Great test for the younger players though, will give us a glimpse of whether or not they can make the grade hopefully.

It was the other side Pete, Periguini went down

Sgt_Pooly wrote:It was the other side Pete, Periguini went down

Think you mean stnick

What a cracking start, need to get at them straight away. Good finish Trinder

Pereguini down again and Ba Ba's pen?!?!

brown and trinder shown up for baby's try though.

A little but you have to take these kind of games with a pinch of salt, defensive structures are very loose after a weeks work. Banahan impressive though.

JSD makes some mental calls in defensive sometimes. He needs to keep it tight to get in England squad.

banahan really impressing me.
think browns gotta be 4th choice fb though.

your right pooly but he's one hell of a finisher!

I prefer him over Goode.

Cracking finish from JSD

Yea Nick he's really impressive in the tight situations. I worry about his defence but would like to see him involved for England for def.

i prefer goode to brown
delon is most definetly the best back up for foden, just needs to sort out his temper.

Marler getting a pasting and fronts up really well 2nd scrum, great effort.

PDJ struggling aswell as marler but not to worried about it

Yea PDJ went down there but to be fair we're down to 7 in the scrum, great battle. Game like this could be the making of Marler

Crazy first 40 minutes there, typical Barbarians game!

seen the best and worst of JSD today

JSD's defence? I've always said it...it's just not good enough.

JvN still class. Best South African number 8 in my book still. If he played in SA he would be in their team ahead of Pierre Spies.

Marler not looking good, hope he's ok.

on current form i agree pete. but spies on top form is better, he was incredible around the lions tour.

Me and Luke Watson think Vermeulen is better than them both

Gibson's done pretty well since he came on.

Agree not looked out of place at all. Fearns was disappointing, Micky Young looks in good nick too. Nice finish by Johnson, been a little quiet but put in a decent shift.

he'll be a quality player in a couple of years and i hope he is a regular for irish next season. not sure if he is better at 6 or 7.
good try johnson.
banahan has been very good.
jth disappointing.
young lively, not sure why he's gone to tigers, will be 2nd choice.

he has. pleased with gaskell as well

I think Gibson is a 6 who will eventually end up at 8.

He'll be starting ahead of Youngs if he doesn't book his ideas up soon. I'm really worried by his dip. Johnson looking confident now, who did Gadkell come on for?

Good to see PDJ do well at LH too, gives us real options. Great tackle Hodgson.....damn.

JvN to Visser for the wining score!!!

Now who do they play for in this game....

anyone thinking of taking a punt on willie mason??

pleased with erik lund from a quins point of view

Lol...be good to see how they do in a proper International match too

dont need mason, I've got the real deal SBW
erik lund's a good player.
Visser's a good winger, just doesnt get the credit he deserves as he doesnt play for a good side (edinburg or holland!)

Saints players available for transfer

PR Dave Wilson (E) (1 or 3) - good English option
PR Mike MacDonald (USA) (1) - most capped US forward
PR Matias Aguero (IT) (1) - not looking for much
LK James Phillips (E) - good English option
FL Liam Messam (NZ) - would take a very good offer
FL Apolosi Satala (Fiji) - good option for someone during WC
N8 Ryan Kankowski (South Africa) - too many no8s in my squad!
N8 Luke Watson (South Africa) - not looking for a lot
SH Charlie Davies (E) - good English option for someone
CE Shane Geraghty (E)
WG Sitiveni Siviatu (NZ) - would need a world class player in return
WG Tom Arscott (E) - good English option for someone?
FB/FH Christian Lewis-Pratt - good English option for someone?

How do people rate Charlie Hodgson on here

I rate him highly mate, think he's a very good player.

good player solid fh, but not up there with the top quality fly halves in this league.

Wasps players for sale:

HK Damien Varley (Ireland)
PR Benn Robinson (Australia)
LK Kristian Ormsby (New Zealand)
FH Rory Clegg (England)
FH Nicky Little (Fiji)
CE Will Chambers (Australia)
CE Anthony Fainga'a (Australia)
WG Bruce Reihana (New Zealand)

Just watching the England game , Trinder's try was more of a result of poor scramble defense by the Baa - Baas. There number 11 steps up out of the line Narraway steps into the gap stands the last man up and puts Trinder over in the corner.

Joe Marler will be the best tighthead in the world in the next 2 years

Loosehead...lol. He fronted up pretty well as did the front 3 against a world class scrummaging unit. Though Brookes did ok too when he came on.

Sorry had a chris moment lol , I'm only 11 minutes in and looks to be a good game!

It was ok, bit disjointed. Hard to judge people in Barbarians game.

How Paul Hodgson gets near an England shirt i'll never know!

Pecking order has got to be

Ben Youngs
Danny Care
Micky Young
Joe Simpson
Dave Lewis
Haydn Thomas
Paul Hodgson

You forgot Wigglesworth and Dickson! I'd have Care above Youngs at the minute I think and Wiggles level with Simpson (Wiggles better basics, Simpson for impact). I wouldn't have Young ready for that list yet, same with Lewis.

Alright lads...after the following:

Top class 9
Good 13
Decent FB
Decent WG

Will put together a good deal for the 9 esp with top players and/or cash for foreigns.

Driver - RIP 606 wrote:How Paul Hodgson gets near an England shirt i'll never know!

Pecking order has got to be

Ben Youngs
Danny Care
Micky Young
Joe Simpson
Dave Lewis
Haydn Thomas
Paul Hodgson

Dodge gets an England shirt because he is a very good scrum half. He is not of the same style as some of the other English players and is not at all flashy. What he brings is good game management, leadership and good defence.

He does not bring a threat around the fringes and great pace like some of the others you have listed, but the point for the World Cup is you need options. There is no value in taking Youngs, Care and Simpson as the three scrum halves. Where are the options there, the balance, there is none.

For the WC squad there are some simple choices for me. Youngs will go barring injury, that is certain, then behind him you take either Care or Simpson, and one of Hodgson, Dickson and Wigglesworth.

Young and Lewis are not yet ready, and Haydn Thomas is not international class.

Conrad Smith good enough Pete

Good enough but I suspect you may want the earth for him, I can do you Scott Mathie and £10 for him, what do you say?

I'd want a pretty decent deal for the best 13 in the business lol....think Nick would fancy outbidding you too!