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Waiting List
1. pullthestrings
2. Bathite

Palmer was Int class. Big Palmer fan (tried ages to get him of you) But he's 33 and looking past it tbh. Wasps move final throw of dice as dire in T14 and lost it at Int.

He has had good wc when on and was great vs Ireland


After front row England have no guaranteed starters.

Bloke next to me asked a great question today he said who will be glos captain next year.

We
Have 2 options wood or Hamilton. There are zero options after that which shows we lack leaders and why we are bad

The following who are all eligible to be in next seasons academy are avialable. I am looking for as player swaps an academy aged tighthead, lock and blindside, or will do them for very small amounts of cash (£1-2 million)

SH Luke Baldwin (15/09/1990)
FH Jake Sharp (07/05/1991)
HK Harry Allen (19/12/1991)
HK Rupert Freestone (23/04/1991)
PR Jared Saunders (18/09/1990)
FB Ben Ransom
WG Marcus Watson (27/06/1991)

Bath deny Donald going back to NZ:

http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/story-15818180-detail/story.html

Would not surprise me. He needs a preseason and to get confidence back. He was shocking last week

personally don't think Parling, Botha or Robson are international class, couldnt see any getting into the Welsh, Scottish, French or Irish starting lineups.

they should concentrate on finding the best partner for Courtney Lawes, you can build you whole defence around him and the hits he puts in definitely makes flyhalfs worry - the closest we will get to having a modern day enforcer!

think the trouble with English rugby is that after 2003 WC we thought that we would win games by being the biggest, strongest etc, so put all emphasis on being big and less emphasis on skills and basics - this has only changed in the last few years.

anyone watch Cockerill's interview on ESPN yesterday? Found it really interesting when he said that Ford already had a better kicking game than Flood!

Ford's future problem is his size.

There was a poll on main boards about Lions locks for next tour. Welsh and Irish generally rate Parling as our best lock. He would walk in Welsh team.

https://www.606v2.com/t26916-lock-choices-of-the-home-nations

1. Richie Gray
2. POC
3. Lawes
4. Parling/Evans

Seems some think Parling is Int class. I'd personally go for a 4 of Lawes, Parling, Garvey, Botha for SA tour.

On that poll Parling is about 7th choice and with 50% less votes and behind Ian Evans and level with donnacha Ryan which about says his level for
Me.

To have a 2nd row with zero carrying ability is not the way forward. He had an ok 6 nations and did not let us down but long term he is not the solution.

Second row is our weakest position along with our
Midfield balance

He isn't 7th he's 4th, are you reading the right bit?

Parling has 21 votes, Evans 20 & Ryan 19.

Parling outstanding lineout lock and best we have. Doing something right if people generally think he'd make Lions.

wouldnt have parling ahead of bradley davies (when on form) or wyn jones. he had a good 6nations, like Botha did but have a feeling that they will both struggle when they come up against the Boks this summer.

there's no concern at all about Ford's size - he has a rugby league background, very good tackler, mike ford has taught him how to defend and when you play international u18 rugby from the age of 15 and u20 from the age of 16/17 you've got no worries about tackling bigger people.

hopefully he'll get England the JWC this year!

Going forward his size could hold him back I think, bright prospect.

Parling different to Davies. Davies a carrier, Parling a lineout specialist and work horse.

My 4 Lions locks would be Paul O'Connell , Richie Grey , Bradley Davies and Luke Charteris.


Incidently i'm changing my game plan next year to a power based game similer to Wales so i'm after players who fit that mold.

Funny you'd pick 2 Welsh locks who can't get in Welsh side Driver lol

Davies has been banned lately and Charteris injured Pooly

Aye they can't get in the side! Lol

Only POC & Gray nailed on I think. Pretty wide open like the backrow.

what do people think about getting Alex King in the England setup?

Unsure, it'll only be temp if he does. Think they're lining up Smith

dammit_chris wrote:what do people think about getting Alex King in the England setup?

He's masterminded Clermount's attack this season and it's been pretty impressive.

My giant backline for next season coming along nicely

9.Jimmy Cowen
10.Ronan O'Gara/tba
11.Tim Visser
12.James Downey
13.Mike Tindall/TBA
14.Matt Smith
15.Lee Byrne

If Wayne Smith could get England's backs playing like the Chiefs did against the Cheetahs yesterday then we would be awesome. Sadly I am not convinced that he will be able to get Farrell - Barritt - Tuilagi playing like Cruden - Sonny Bill - Kahui.

Their offloading game was ridiculous yesterday.

that's what I thought Driver - he definitely has an eye for attack - apparently the RFU are looking at Wayne Smith, Alex King, Will Greenwood and Brian Ashton for attack position. Guess they have to find someone who fits in with Lancaster and Rowntree.

Driver - I would look to try and bring in a top class winger to replace Matt Smith, or get someone a bit more creative at 13 as with big backs you need someone who can put them through the gaps etc and a lot of your attacks when it isnt bucketing down with rain might die with Tindall...

Sgt_Pooly wrote:He isn't 7th he's 4th, are you reading the right bit?

Parling has 21 votes, Evans 20 & Ryan 19.

Parling outstanding lineout lock and best we have. Doing something right if people generally think he'd make Lions.

When I checked he was behind Evans and level with Charteris and Ryan. Obviously it's a poll so is subject to change!!!

Heard great things about king SCW thinks he is a great coach

It must have changed since I read it this morning then as Parling was 4th when I posted link.

They were all hovering around 7-8%

Going to be interesting to see if the rfU back lancasters choice of coaches or force people on
Him

It has the vote numbers on right, I'm guessing that's were the parling 7th thing came from as you automatically put him behind other players on 7/8%.

Interestingly no Palmer in list, little surprised he didn't make posters cut above some of other the locks on there.

He was on 7% and Evans 8% I am no Parling fan but even I think he is better than Evans who is toss in my opinion.

I like Bradley Davies as a player

He was on 21 votes at 8% and 4th, I checked before posting. No dramas anyway.

Our lineout was shambles before Parling came in, deserves praise for that even if not a fan.

Sale to unveil Redpath anytime soon apparently

Yes been doing rounds. They are welcome to him. He has lost the team at Gloucester. Glos have sale next week so think they will wait until after

He is a smart lineout operator and is a work horse. Just lacks class. Deserves to be in squad we have a paucity of options unfortunately.

South Africa tour will let us all know more

Gold to Gloucester?

This weeks match thread is up.

I would love gold to glos apparently bath is more likely

Have the following available for cash or small deals:

PR Oliver Tomaszczyk (TH)(England)
PR Grant Shiells (LH) (England)
CE Dan Hipkiss (England)
WG Charlie Amesbury (England)
FB Tom Arscott (England)
BR Will Welch (OS/BS) (England)
FB Tom Catterick (England)

Also have these availble for deals:

CE/FB Jared Payne (New Zealand)
N8 Duane Vermeulen (South Africa)
LK Flip van der Merwe (South Africa)
PR Rodrigo Roncero (LH) (Argentina)
PR Craig Mitchell (TH) (Wales)
CE Brad Barritt (England)
WG Sean Maitland (New Zealand)
FL Heinrich Brussow (South Aftica)
LK Juandre Kruger (South Aftica)
HK Marius Tincu (Romania)
PR Boris Stankovich (England)
LK Ed Slater (England)

I'd rather have no locks than Charteris.

Gray, POC, Davies and Ryan for me, in that order.

Lawes gets in with a big season next year.

Think you could be right there steve with lawes easily in if fit and playing well

Listening to offers on most players. Notably butch James, bastereaud, tiesi, basson, jp pieterson, kirchner, mumm, Kennedy, poux

Exeter to finish 4th?

Would be a shock if they did. They are virtually guaranteed a HC spot though.

I think they will beat Saints next week and if they deny them the LBP as well then that will be 4th secured.

Hope they do it

Me too mate. Went to watch their A side against Quins at The Stoop a few weeks back with 2 Chiefs fans and 2 other neutrals. There was one other Chiefs fan there as well, and between the 6 of us we made more noise than the 500 odd Quins fans. Was great craic.

anyone see this - olly barkley taking out the pitch invader, he can tackle, who knew!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGYGTbCzM0s

I'll have to check that out, didn't show it on Friday. Would have been better than game

i loved Andy Powell's reaction during the game when it happened - just started laughing his head off.

Just watching highlights, Tigers look well tasty.

Benjamin's try Worcester was a bit freaky

Was jammy as anything, he couldn't do that again if he tried

Tommy Hayes has had a great season.

I think I have Benjamin don't I??? He def played for that lol

Awful attempt at tackle from Jonny May for Hogg try. Great work Gopperth (passing!!!)

Can't believe Vickers awful darts actually got us win!