Fantasy Aviva Premiership season 4

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Teams
Bath RFC
Manager:- 207bars

Exeter Chiefs
Manager:- RugbyDriver

Gloucester
Manager:- Anonmattyt

Harlequins
Manager:- Steve_sharks

Leicester Tigers
Manager:- LukeLovesLuka

London Irish
Manager:- stnick88

London Wasps
Manager:- Arry

Newcastle Falcons
Manager:- PoolyPunk

Northampton Saints
Manager:- Dammit_Chris

Sale Sharks
Manager:- SirJohnnyEnglish

Saracens
Manager:- LDCPete]

Worcester Warriors
Manager - Prop_Lyd

Agree with you Pete, don't think Waldroum should be picked for England - he wasn't good enough for NZ so why should he play for England. Its the same with Botha and I dont think we should ever have capped Flutey or Hape.

He only plays FB though...Armitage gives us options

commentator on T14 final says Caucau has been very good this season.

has he been back to his best? don't get to see that much of the top 14

No he's been pretty average. Kind of comes and goes in games, makes loads of daft errors nut has showed the odd glimpse of magic.

He's still too fat really.

Goode can play 10 and 12 too, though completely untested at Test level, he does seem to have that touch of class about him though.

Steven if you visit www.rugbydump.com then they always have clips of him. He's been playing really well, got two tries in the semi-final of the Top14, including a 60metre sprint. He's still a tubby gi t but I doubt there is a more naturally gifted rugby player in Europe than him.

Could have been one of the all time greats.

Pooly, wouldnt say he's been average, has played well in the games he's had and hasnt let Toulouse down, apart from when he did his famous rooly pooly dive over the line and forgot to take the ball with him. He's just very fat.

Watched Toulouse loads mate, he's not been anything special. Medard, Heymans and Poitrenaud have been playing well though.

i would be worried if we england ever had goode at 10 or 12.
whereas armitage can do a job at 11,13,14.

Did you miss Cau Cau dropping the ball under his own sticks in the same game Chris? He's been average, I watch more T14 than other rugby and Toulouse are my fav team.

Goode is no 10/12 Int class, not even Prem class yet. Armitage is tested at centre and wing and also a damn good Int FB.

If people havent seen

Wales preliminary squad for the World Cup: Forwards: H Bennett (Ospreys), L Burns (Dragons), R Hibbard (Ospreys), M Rees (Scarlets), S Andrews (Cardiff Blues), R Bevington (Ospreys), P James (Ospreys), G Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), A Jones (Ospreys), C Mitchell (Exeter), J Yapp (Cardiff Blues), L Charteris (Dragons), B Davies (Cardiff Blues), AW Jones (Ospreys), L Reed (Scarlets), G Delve (Melbourne Rebels), T Faletau (Dragons), R Jones (Ospreys), D Lydiate (Dragons), R McCusker (Scarlets), A Powell (Sale Sharks), J Thomas (Ospreys), J Tipuric (Ospreys), J Turnbull (Scarlets), S Warburton (Cardiff Blues), M Williams (Cardiff Blues)

Backs: T Knoyle (Scarlets), D Peel (Sale), M Phillips (Ospreys), R Rees (Cardiff Blues), S Jones (Scarlets), R Priestland (Scarlets), J Tovey (Dragons), J Hook (Perpigan), A Bishop (Ospreys), J Davies (Scarlets), G Henson (unattached), J Roberts (Cardiff Blues), G North (Scarlets), A Brew (Dragons), M Stoddart (Scarlets), Scott Williams (Scarlets), Shane Williams (Ospreys), L Byrne (Clermont Auvergne), L Halfpenny (Cardiff Blues)

Suppose Dan Biggar looks to be the suprise omission. Maybe Ian Gough and Nicky Robinson had decent cases.

Anybody after tweaking a English options in their squads?

Armitage has turned into a liability with his temper - how many games has he been banned for this season? One mistake in a world cup and we are an important back down.

Still a blo ody good player, just not sure he has a very good temperament.

He hasn't been an issue at Int level though, just seems a bit of an idiot lol

When was his last good game!? For me brown has moved ahead prefer Goode though! Never thought I would praise brown but he has worked hard at his weaknesses to be commended

I'd have the order as

Foden





(BIG GAP)
Goode
Brown
Armitage

I don't doubt they're in better form but Cueto can do a good job at FB and Armitage can cover other positions. Brown or Goode won't go I don't think

Foden is a very good player, but it's not that big a gap from him down to the others Chris. I'd be happy with any one of Foden, Armitage, Goode or Brown in the England team at 15.

Think he will need to prove himself again in at least one of the remaining warm up games for England, but its vital to have a player who can cover a few positions during the WC.

Shame Tait is injured would have liked to have seen him get another chance.

For me there's a massive gap. Foden a class above the rest but Armitage the next best. after that iId take Cueto

Still looking for deals

bar armitages stupid mistakes he is a damn good player. made more metres than anyone in the prem despite his bans. much better than brown who is a solid ap player but not an international.

If anyone is interested here is a short 4 minute clip of the place I'm making a film on. Getting closer to finishing it all now.

Armitage is the best second fullback when on form, no doubt about it, but his temper is a real concern. At international level I think this will be targeted quite a lot, which levels the playing field.

Brown has come on leaps and bounds this season, he's a solid option but doesnt have the attacking spark needed, been impressed with Goode - he does seem like he could eventually be moved to the 12 shirt though, very clever rugby player

I should really have posted the clip...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nsTbssZzP0

Looks really good bud

Keep me posted about other ventures, may try to save up to go on one now!!

Looks like Sonny Bill won on points and Chisolm is out of the Workd Cup.

Who do we think would win...


https://www.606v2.com/t6368-world-club-championship-1996

Cheers Prop, am very tempted to do something similar with the Great Barrier Reef - would love to go out there and get some filming done! Just looking to see whether we have discovered some new species now or not.

SBW is some athelete, be interesting to see what happens when he comes up against a proper boxer instead of 43 year olds though.

I'd love that chris!! Just finding the pennies to join on something like that, would love to go travelling at some point!

Juan Smith on track to return for World Cup

Bummer

Prop it is so worth it - enjoyed every second in South America, although having guns pointed at us was pretty hairy! I had about $20,000 on me and around $70,000 of equipment on me at the time and if I'd have been caught I'd still be in a Venezuelan prison now - fortunately I was wearing bright pink and red board shorts, a bright yellow top and a cap with goldfish on it, so managed to slip through the armed guard as a tourist.

Travel anywhere apart from Venezuela...

Guys

With regards to the summer tournament i think we should actually all just play each other once instead of having groups then finals.

So i'm going to move forward with that idea then everyone is playing every week and teams are gelling better

What are people's thoughts on the little situation Chris has got himself into on the transfer page?

Due to some squad changes planned these are some players that I am looking to get rid of on the cheap - with the exception of Dave Wilson and Ryan Kankowski. Fair few English there - I'm particularly looking for a FB, WG, HK and 2nd Rower.

PR Dave Wilson (E) (1 or 3)
LK James Phillips (E)
FL Apolosi Satala (Fiji)
N8 Ryan Kankowski (South Africa)
N8 Luke Watson (South Africa)
SH Charlie Davies (E)
CE Shane Geraghty (E)
CE Luke Eves (E)
CE Ben Jacobs (Australia)
WG Tom Arscott (E)
FB/FH Christian Lewis-Pratt (E)

Just add some new players to your squad Chris

Pooly I really think you should drop it mate, its really wrong to accuse someone of cheating when they didn't - if you want to continue to bring others into it then fine, but I know I didnt cheat at all, there is absolutely no reason to cheat etc and you've called me it 3-4 times now when I have done nothing wrong.

I'm not going to comment on it anymore, get others involved - so just take Ben Gulliver in your squad. But in future I would really look at when other players make bids for Championship players, as no one trumped my bid for him within a 24 hour period he was a Saints player.

You've made your point, he's out of my squad - now please do not go round calling me a cheat again, it really is quite unfair mate

Hang on guys i'm gonna have to lay down the law here and tell you both to kiss and make up.

Over the past 2 seasons you have both been competitive managers in the league and it would be a shame to lose either of you.

This is a good solid league which has stayed strong and not gone down the route of other leagues with people accusing each other of cheating. The last thing i want to long onto is something like this.

dammit_chris wrote: I have to leave because pooly keeps picking on me

Ok Chris, no hard feelings.

- You need to confirm players after the 24hr period

- you can't then just then add them after somebody else bids and reminds you forgot to put them in your squad

The second part could be deemed as cheating in future cases!!! Lol

I'm about for some deals lads. Am looking for a hooker, openside, number eight, centre and full back.

I'm kicking about for some deals

FDP can leave if I improve in the front row, openside flanker, wing

Man it is getting tough to get any deals done in this game.

Tell me about it!!! Lol..

It's interesting for me seeing how people rate their own players. I know we all probably overate our own, but I have seen some really unrealistic valuations recently, it makes me laugh.

You talking about me Peter....

I wasn't to be honest.......




But if the cap fits and all that

Lol...I think we all have a slight bias of our own players a bit, but I've seen some crazy ratings, especially when we were talking world class

There have been some deals that I have seen people reject and them say that their player is worth more, and I've thought are you nuts, I'd have taken that deal in a heartbeat.

It's interesting to see other deals, people just rate players differently I guess. Matt though Luke's offer to me the other day was totally to me but it was no good for my side imo.

Spill the beans then...lol