Leicester Tigers

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The Squad (41/45):
 
* = NOT FOR SALE
 
Leicester Tigers
Manager – Sgt_Pooly
 

01. Thomas Domingo	09. Ben Youngs
02. Bismark du Plessis	10. Toby Flood
03. Martin Castrogiovani
04. Richie Gray	11. Christian Wade
05. Geoff Parling	12. Berrick Barnes
06. Willam Alberts	13. Manu Tuilagi
07. Sam Warburton (c)	14. James O’Connor
08. Sergio Parisse	15. Rob Kearney

16. Tom Youngs 17. Dan Cole 18. Marco Ayerza 19. Joe Launchbury 20. Maurie Fa’asalavu 21. Karl Dickson 22. Jordan Turner-Hall 23. Miles Benjamin
 
Tactics
 
 
Forwards:
 
HK Bismark Du Plessis (South Aftica)
HK Jamie George (England)
HK Tom Youngs (England)
 
PR Dan Cole (England)
PR Martin Castrogiovani (Italy)
PR Phil Swainston (Eng)
PR Aaron Jarvis (Wales)
 
PR Thomas Domingo (France)
PR Alex Corbisiero (England)
PR Luke Cowan-Dickie (England)
 
LK Richie Gray (Scotland)
LK Geoff Parling (England)
LK Luke Romano (New Zealand)
LK Ed Slater (England)
LK Joe Launchbury (England)
 
BS Willam Alberts (South Africa)
BS Dan Lydiate (Wales)
BS Maurie Fa'asalavu (Samoa)
BS Siya Kolisi (South Africa)

OS Liam Gill (Austrailia)
OS Ardie Savea (New Zealand)
OS Sam Warburton (Wales)
OS Luke Wallace (England)
 
N8 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
N8 Jacque Cronje (South Africa)
N8 Alex Gray (England)
 
SH Ben Youngs (England)
SH Karl Dickson (England)
SH Sam Harrison (England)
 
FH Toby Flood (England)
FH Ian Madigan (Ireland)
FH Owain Williams (Wales)
FH Danny Cipriani (England)
 
CE Berrick Barnes (England)
CE Matt Scott (Scotland)
CE Jordan Turner-Hall (England)
CE Manu Tuilagi (England)*
CE Matt Smith (England)
CE Andrew Forsyth (England)
 
WG James O'Connor (Austrailia)
WG Christian Wade (England)
WG Miles Benjamin (England)
WG Digby Ioane (Austrailia)
WG Marlon Yarde (England)
 
FB Rob Kearney (Ireland)
FB Niall Morris (Ireland)
 
 
 
The Academy (19): - TBC
 
HK Charlie Clare
PR Alex Hepburn
HK Nathan Morris
HK Jimmy Stevens
PR Fraser Balmain
PR Kyle Sinckler
PR Ryan Bower
LK Tom Price
FL Jacob Rowan
N8 Richard De Carpentier
 
FH George Ford
CE Dante Mama
CE Mitchell Tamiau
CE Liam Holder
CE Luke Bowler
WG Josh Bassett
WG Will Hurrell
WG Charlie Walker
WG Stephen Macauley
FB Alex Lewington
 
INJURIES:
 
Leicester
 
R15 – James O’Connor
R16 – Alex Corbisiero
R17 – Richie Gray
R18 – Willam Alberts
R19 – Ed Slater

Having a punt here...

Crane + Croft
=
Gibson + £21 mil

enq.

I think he'd rip your arm off for that...

Sgt_Pooly wrote:Lol....that's just a nasty offer! You know I like cash!

Throw in Danaher and it's a deal

No!

Ha!

I think I'll leave it for the meantime, get in a strong 8...

Pooly - if I have players in Saxons, will they be unavailable to me during Saxons games and/or training? What about players in the EPS who don't make the 22 or are released?

I'm not considering to lose Servat?

Not sure mate, not the biggest fan of Waldrom or Crane. It would need a gain my way.

Not really interested in Crane. Not getting much game time. But if you can give me a good gain, I'd consider

What you looking at for Ford mate? Could do 3m cash? Im a fan but not overly keen to pay out big just for potential similar to yourself

Worth a try! What you want for him mate and I'll see what can be done

Yeah its difficult putting a price on these youngsters heads. Might be back when I have a bit more cash see if I can persuade you then!

Thats not a bad offer to be fair, but the thing with Tait is that he has been playing top level rugby for ages now and still hasn't nailed down a position, as his best and because of that he is a risk for predos.

I'm really looking for a tighthead so Castro or Cole i would be very interested in.

Thomas and 20 mill
for
Castro/Cole

I rate Thomas at around 5 mill. So that deal in my mind is worth 25 mill. Which in my mind is a very fair price for a player of Castro/Cole's ability.

Thats fair enough to be fair. Being a bit out of touch with how people rate certain players now, who would you suggest i go for in the foreigns?

Mas is the obvious choice, but will be expensive.
Do people in teh other game rate Kubriahsvillie (Toulon) or Zirakashvilli (Clermont). Or am i better off sticking to a player who plays for a top rugby nation?

I'll leave it. While White is a good scrummager, he rarely plays and doesn't train as much. He would only be a very short term option and even then he will be seen as a weakness in predictions. And i've got £60+ million so don't need the money at the moment

cheers will bear that in mind

Smit
For
36?

NFS mate

Crane and big gain elsewhere

Cheers mate, I was actually going to change it.
I just forgot to do and copied and pasted my team and forgot to change the backs!


Although Hodgson plays nine and ten.

great talent, rate him highly.

Annoyed seriously no about not changing my backs line up, I checked everything else as well!

Not possible then I need a big gain

Castro/cole/Deacon

I'm finding it difficult to come up with a realistic proposition.
You've paid big for young players who you won't want to lose, the players are better than my players or players who are not worth gaining to sacrifice the potential of Miller and Thomas.

They're both saxons as well now, so i am reluctant to let them go.
I'll have a think about a possible deal and get back to you.

Have you had a chance to look at my foreign bid as yet? Its just i want to try and get another player in before they close

Cheers.

How much would i need to pay for Crane then??

Its a difficult one.
I'd say 15 mill is probably a fair price. Considering he is injured at the moment and Waldrom has replaced him as first choice at Tigers even before his injury.

Meet half way and call it 16 and we have a deal.

Aha its not tight, its just trying to get the best deal

I'd do him for Scott Hamilton????

what for 36 mate

Tempting but going to say no for now........

So do I!! Hence why I want to keep him for now!!

Aye season 4!!

Yeah it could be....give me time to ponder and look at reviews!

Been swamped at work so not been able to think sorry bud....did ponder maybe testing it as a loan deal and seeing what reviews we got!

Problem is that, with Morgan out for the season it could be May's chance to grab the 15 shirt and get a lot more game time!

Put my team up mate, but probably won't be able to do tactics until, saturday afternoon. Will try to get them up asap though so we can both have a go at pulling each others tactics apart!!

Clark, Haywood and Waller could all go for the right offer but would prefer to hold on to the rest for now unless the deal is ridiculous
36 and Ford interest me

Make an offer mate, would t be looking to weaken my back three though.

After a gruelling first AP game your squad has picked up the following injuries:

Week highlighted is the week they become available.

Week 7 - Marco Ayerza
Week 8 - Dan Cole
Week 9 - Rob Webber
Week 10 - Christian Wade
Week 11 - Tom Croft

Pooly what happens in regards to the team who finishes bottom at the end of the season?? I just want to know before i rush into any deals.

Erm its a toughie without Manu. Will try and think of something. Are there any other players completely off limits because there's no point in me thinking of a deal if you're completely against losing that player

Possibly something like

Fourie and Myall
for
Ayerza, Kitchener and 36

just a very loose enquiry, need to have time to think whether its worth letting Fourie go

Totally missed it mate , I'd deal but could i keep York on loan till Skinner and Kvesic are back fit?

Anything for 36 and M Smith?

The level between Fourie and 36 is huge. While i am guessing you probably saw my offer of Fourie for Farrell, i beleive Farrell is a better player, is a good kicker and would fits alot better into my plans for my backline. I have to admit Farrell is still miles away from Fourie in terms of ability, so i'm still not convinced i'd do it even if Luke thought about it.

Twelvetrees and Ayerza, talk to me

Ayerza?

hawkins, 12T, stankovich ??

Can't do Attwood with Shaw injured

lindsay has potential to be better than hawkins so wouldnt add vunipola too and lose two good young english players.

what about including the other two?

so what would be the deal you're proposing then?