NORTHAMPTON SAINTS - banfan-aka-hon

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LINKS
Main Site: https://www.606v2.com/f116-euro-rugby-league-season-4
Last Years Foreign Transfers: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A73938955

SQUAD (25/32)

HOOKERS
Dylan Hartley HK - not for sale
Dimitri Swarzeski HK - not for sale
Aled de Malmanche HK/LH/TH

PROPS
Soane Tonga’uhia 1LH/3TH - injured returns week 16
Brian Mujati 3TH - injured returns week 17
Jannie Du Plessis 3TH
Duncan Jones 1LH/3T

SECOND ROW (LK)
Paul O'Connell LK
Donncha O'Callaghan LK
Ryan Jones LK/N8/FL

BACK ROW
James Haskell N8/FL
Willem Alberts N8/FL
Johnnie Beattie N8/FL
Nick Easter N8/FL6

SCRUM HALF
Mike Phillips SH
Luke Burgess SH

FLY HALF
Colin Slade FH/FB/WG/CN
Damien Traille FB/FH/CN - injured returns week 18

CENTRE
Felipe Contepomi FH/CN
Mathieu Bastareaud CN
Mike Tindall CN

BACK THREE
Chris Ashton WG
Matt Banahan CN/WG - injured returns week 15
Bryan Habana WG (on loan to stade - return week 16)
David Strettle CN/WG
Topsy Ojo WG (on loan returns to Stade week 16)

Strongest line up:

tbc

INJURIES
Matt Banahan returns week 14
Soane Tonga'uhia returns week 15
Brian Mujati returns week 16
Damien Traille returns week 17

BUDGET
£15m

Starting budget May 2011: £10.5 mil
New manager bins: £10 mil
Predo Bonus: £12 mil
Monthly Bonus: 10 mil
Pulls extra bonus: 10 mil
Players sold: £74.5 mil
Players Bought: £111 mil

TRANSFERS IN
Duncan Jones transfer £9 mil
Johnnie Beattie from Highlanders
Chris Ashton from Highlanders
Mike Tindall for £20 mil
James Haskell (& £ mil) from Toulon
Dimitri Swarzeski from Touon
Nick Easter for £23 mil
LEigh Halfpenny (& £3 Mil) from Saracens
Donnacha O'Callaghan £22 mil
Mike Phillips (& 9mil) from Clermont
Jannie Du Plessie (& £18mil) from Bath
Nick Abendanon - from Bath
Butch James - from Bath
Aled de Malmanche - £18 mil
Francois Louw - £20 mil
Andrew Hore - £20 mil
Felipe Contempomi from Clermont
Mathieu Bastareaud from Bath
Matt Banahan from Bath
Jerome Thion from Bath
Willem Alberts from Saracens
Gavin Heson from Saracens
Andries Bekker from Saracens
David Strettle from saracens

TRANSFERS OUT
Nick Abendanon to Worcester
Imanol Harinordoquy to highlanders
Leigh Halfpenny to highlanders
Andrew Hore to Toulon
Francois Louw to Toulon
Andries Bekker to Saracens
Butch James to Clermont
Lee Dickson to Clermont
Owen Franks - to Bath
Stephen Myler - to Bath
Phil Dowson - to Bath
Sam warbutrton to Clermont
Ben Foden to Bath
James Gaskell to Bath
Shontayne Hape to Bath
Rocky Elsom to Saracens
Leigh Halfpenny to Saracens
Brad Barritt to Saracens
Jerome Thion to Saracens
Gonzalo Canale to releases
Christian Day to releases
Billy Twelvetrees to releases

Offfer to take place on Thursday!
Franks/Hari + ???????
4
Hayman/Barclay + Lydiate
ENQ

Could add cash depending how good ????? is

Read the offer properly :L

Hore + ?
4
Dixon + ?

Want to improve my back up hooker. You have ridicolous strength there already, with DM as back up

Yeah mearsy is a good shout to be honest. Think its unlikely that I'll be doing much dealing until next injuries are announced to be honest. Need to save up some cash, in case Evans or BDP gets injured

Not sure the guys on here would agree though! Can safely assume that Mearsy wouldn't be a weakness though, whereas Dixon would be. So annoying, have got a good squad and good players available to trade, but really concerned about upcoming injuries, these next 6 games are crucial for my move into the top 4

Haymna is better than Mooj

Don't particularly fancy losing out in my front row. Offer above still stands so if you'd rather lose Franks

Franks + ?????
4
Hayman + Lydiate
add maybe cash

to take place on thursday

Think Lydiate improves your back row

He's better than Louw

You not keen on the Saints front row? Two offers that improve your backs, one leaves with the Saints front row, the other with none of them.

Szarzewski + Zirakashvilli + Pape + Hook
for
Hore + Franks + Day + Contemponi

Szarzewski + Zirakashvilli + Roncero + Pape + Hook
for
Tonga'uhia + Hartley + Mujati + Day + Contemponi

Let me know

Dunno Lydiate seems quite well rated

POC + Burgess + Dowson
for
Russouw + Genia + Spies

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Not a bad enquiry but really not keen on the Dowson/Spies part. Too much of a drop down and although Dowson is a top AP player I wouldn't want to start him every week.

Anything else along the lines of:

POC + Burgess + ?
for
Russouw + Genia + ?

I guess I could stretch to:

Russouw + weepu
=
poc + Dickson.

Improve at 9 and get the SA engine room. Could include Castro for franks as well if you prefer Castro..

No thanks mate.

Sorry for the delay.

I see Moore > Hore in the same way Genia > Burgess so wouldn't be keen on that.

It would be two gains for you and one for me - a bit biased.

Russouw, Weepu
4
Dickson, POC

is one gain each. Both of mine are internationals, one of yours is. Not going to be able to add anything else mate!

It might be best to go for DOC then..

I appreciate you need to get the best deal possible but I think the one I put forward was fair (1 gain each), so I won't go any further.

Hore, Jones, Myler, dickson or Dowson - not really keen on those either.

Cole + Roberts
=
Franks + Contepomi

Your offer was pants!

And I offered Roberts not Hook?

Wilkinson >> Myler
Cole < Franks

Don't get me wrong I like Myler. But he's not going to win me any games on here, Wilkinson has.

Sell me franks!!!!!!

JDP + £20m for Franks + Dowsen?

Got quite a big br already and have pienaar and sexton sorry bud!

I'd give you a few mil for Dowson....you can give me 5m and I'll take Myler off your hands

Franks + Myler + Dowson
for
JDP + James + Bendy

Is the offer i will do

As it stands

Franks > JDP
Myler<<James
Dowsen = Bendy

Still plenty of cash floating around, I'll do them in a few weeks

Go on then lol

What's your budget after the releases and Franks deals?

Pretty sure your DOC bid will get rejected - may want to up it to guarentee he'll play this week..

POC & DOC - bekker on the bench

:wink:

Really, what took you there? Job? I would love to do it some point, spent a bit of time down that way surfing whilst on exchange as a kid.

Top 14.......

Scelzo, the prop at Clermont. Any good? Any better then the likes of Somerville, CJ VD Linde, Tialata?

Im looking for a fourth prop, but not that keen on Scelzo. Its going to take a lot to convince me that its worth it, but interested to hear your opinion anyways.

Scary that you reunited the franks! Bath on the up pretty pronto, but your DOC/POC combo will be brilliant and i reckon the deal you did was much better then the first one from bath you were considering. Getting rid of dowson and myler was a good move. Butch rated highly on here and rightly so, especially as his form has picked up instantly for the lions! Might have to make a move back for bekker, was probably my fav foreign signing, i miss him!

Census is at Toulouse? Same with Human but he isn't rated. Slipper I like somerville isn't better than Sclezo, same imo with Campbell J.

thanks mate, much obliged, backed up my thoughts.

He's been there since the start. Human is alright imo but not rated check sarries page at start of season. I don't rate Johnstone. Afoa only good cos covers hook IMO. Slipper I give you but Sclezo > Somerville imo

tialata would be my target to be honest and afoa lost his ab future with move to ulster, but thanks again.

Roberts + Carriza
=
Traille + R Jones

Enq

Thought he played Hooker might be wrong. Don't rate Johnstone :L you love Biarritz players :L

Afoa converted to hooker a few seasons back as an experiment, pretty sure suggested by graham henry as at the time strength in props greater then hooker, as somerville and tialata and franks were at TH

Ngwenya has been rotting in reserves since you left

Might as well forget Wilko mate, you won't offer enough to get him off me.

Otherwise we will continue with other players.

I might consider;

Wilko + Williams + Rees + Roberts
=
Slade + Habana + Hartley + Traille

I can't really consider much less.

Not interested in cash, unless it's a lot. And would only consider Wilkinson for Slade in any offer

I'd much prefer the offer above.

phillips is an international mate and a v.good back up for me, but i do like butch. so i'll deal at 8mil?

Butch+Dickson
4
Phillips+8m?

split the difference, 9?

you drive a hard bargain! i'll confirm it now

"hard, but fair"

thats what she said!

Still sniffing round some of your front rowers mate.

For your next set of musings on the Top 14, I would like to know your opinions on some french flt halves!

Beauxis - show pony and inconsistent, lets hope it doens't backfire on Toulouse
Skrela - i like him, think top 10 fly half
Brock james - same as above, would love bath to sign him!
Estebanez and Wisniekwi i havn't seen play much, thoughts?

Had Bosch before, but was injured until game 12, so released him. I liked him and had great cover at 10 12 15, but no one really agreed with me!