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Bath RFC	InTheFastLane
Exeter Chiefs	Driver - RIP 606
Gloucester	Anonmattyt
Harlequins	Steven_Sharks
Leicester Tigers	LukeLovesLuka
London Irish	stnick88
London Wasps	Arry
Newcastle Falcons	Sgt_Pooly
Northampton Saints	Dammit_Chris
Sale Sharks	SirJohnnyEnglish
Saracens	Ozzy3213
Worcester Warriors	prop_lyd

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Waiting List
1. pullthestrings
2. Bathite

Stankovich, Mercer, York, Vermeulen available for cash/trade

anonmattyt wrote:

anonmattyt wrote:Add to my for sale list Tuitopu, Hanks, Fourie,, Dave Lewis and paul Diggen


AAAAGGGHHHH all my depth going walkabout.

Dawiduik and Casson gone.

Stephen Donald can be added to the list also but will need a good offer and Fasival would need a top offer but is available as i rarely play him

Also add Szarseski to that list.

Hopefully we start younger guys in this game to give them a chance to see how they could go in SA.

We won't learn anything about the likes of Hodgson, Dowson, Strettle that we don't already know.

Barritt/JJ could be some midfield...

Prop think about keeping russouw - rumoured to be starting 6 for saffers with smith, burger, vermeulen etc all injured.

In order to make the Heineken/Amlin Cups more competitive in terms of foreign teams being able to compete with the teams from this league I am contemplating these rules changes for next season (solely for those competitions).

1. If a player is in yours and your opponents squads then they will be unavailable to you for that match and will instead play for your opponent.

2. A minimum of 13 EQ players in your matchday squad with 8 of them being in the starting line up.

I think that will make it much more competitive and make it tougher for our teams which is more realistic.

What are peoples thoughts?

I have also made a slight edit to the foreign transfer guide prices to include uncapped academy players....

https://www.606v2.com/t4627-foreign-transfers#97729

Think its a good idea to try and even out the HC pete - only issue really for me is that if say you have 6-7 Leinster players in your team then you kind of lose half your team quite easily - maybe not let either team play them - say they are cup tied or something?

Do many teams in the game have that many players from one single other T14 or Rabo side? I will have a look at squads once we are down the 40 in July before making any final decisions.

Have quite a lot of Toulouse players personally.

Just think each side should have their team selected by another manager.

i think 8 starters is too much. i dont have bags of english players like some so would make it much harder for me.

i think you should pick the opponents line up.
for example if BOD, Healy and Sexton got injured for a month and when you got the Leinster team from the week to play someone in the HC you should put them in regardless.

also to anyone that asked delon isnt for sale

pete - i havent personally got that many players from any one club, but just aware that others do. think it's very difficult to alter the balance of HC games as this league is so strong now.

not sure if anyone is interest but I've got Max Evans available - would be very good in smaller squads as can play in a number of positions.

stnick, I do generally do that anyway. As a rule it is the side that team put out in their last Heineken Cup match, but if big players were missing through injury I do put them in.

The defence isn't great but some of the offloading for this try is unreal...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1FMH40sJiI&feature=related

One for Steve...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd7m5iZBJUM&feature=related

the cross field kick to Ioane in his own in goal area is just mental!!!

Two of my favourite reds tries here.

I miss Hynes being fit so much

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT2aglvl5Io&feature=related

Yes to 1 no to 2 unless we were guaranteed to have no injuries to our English players over Heino period.

If u has to injured first pick English it could be rough

Sgt_Pooly wrote:England squad for Ba's game:

Forwards (14)
Mouritz Botha; Alex Corbisiero; Paul Doran Jones; Phil Dowson; Carl Fearns; Jamie Gibson; Dylan Hartley; Tom Johnson; Joe Launchbury; Lee Mears; Ben Morgan; Matt Mullan; Tom Palmer; Matt Stevens
Backs (13)
Chris Ashton;Brad Barritt; Freddie Burns; Lee Dickson; Owen Farrel;l Ben Foden; Alex Goode; Charlie Hodgson; Jonathan Joseph; David Strettle;Haydn Thomas ; Christian Wade; Richard Wigglesworth

ALL THOSE WHO CRITISED BEHOLD HAYDN THOMAS IN A ENGLAND SQUAD


3rd choice but it's not the point!

dont think we need to do 2. toulouse still got to hc semi this season on this game

also, with squads trimmed down to 40, rotation will be more important so people wont target all comps and will most likely rotate in 1 or the other

All valid points about the Euro competition rules folk. cheers.

I like them Rules pete , i do ofton feel bad about taking all of El Salvadors key players from them

Love some of the youtube clips, Cooper has some crackers. This is why JOC is my fav player:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR6kUzhvt9o&feature=related

1.11 is pure magic ans 2.20 is pretty good.

Rene Ranger got mad skills...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XiRlmSF7Mw&feature=related

The offload 53 seconds in is superb.

Think this was my favourite bit of skill this year - the reverse pirate pass by Matt Hopper versus Toulouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DORfm2pm3A4

And my favourite BOD moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2gy0sfFOFA

Bone collector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47WS6qMtdsI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Ouch at 8 he gets to pick his hits

I still love this hit by Tuilagi on Tom Williams

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnJUhpGvkaI&feature=fvwrel

Anyone see this year's Tigers v Bath game where the Tuilagi brothers keep on smashing Abendandon - I think Barnes at one point said give him man of the match for keeping on getting up!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/mobile/rugby-union/18076697

Never been a fan but will quite happily eat my words.

Some players thrive on the big stage and develop out of sight like JD for pete. Just never seen it in visser. Big, great chaser but want to see him score in big games and defend well in big games.

Most people rate him so I may be being difficult

anonmattyt wrote:Bone collector https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47WS6qMtdsI&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Ouch at 8 he gets to pick his hits

It's a big hit for sure from Alberts, but with a swinging arm to the head and he gets pinged for it and costs his team 3 points. I love big tackles even more than fancy tries, but prefer players who hit legally and hard and gain an advantage for their team that way. A good example for me is Fa'asavalu. That bloke is a monster tackler.

He's back He's back He's back He's back He's back He's back He's back He's back

Steven_Sharks wrote:He's back He's back He's back He's back He's back He's back He's back He's back

?????

Steve's boyfriend Quade!
Starting for the Reds this weekend!

Cooper starts at 10 on saturday

Just to let you know that I'm not here from Thurs eve-Monday afternoon so won't be able to rpedict sorry!!

In some ways that might be a good thing prop, as it means that we cannot have a situation where each team gets 5 winning predictions each making a draw unlikely.

Ozzy3213 wrote:In some ways that might be a good thing prop, as it means that we cannot have a situation where each team gets 5 winning predictions each making a draw unlikely.

Don't worry pete it will not be that close. My men are looking frightening

anonmattyt wrote:

Ozzy3213 wrote:In some ways that might be a good thing prop, as it means that we cannot have a situation where each team gets 5 winning predictions each making a draw unlikely.

Don't worry pete it will not be that close. My men are looking frightening frightened

Fixed that for you mate.

Ozzy3213 wrote:In some ways that might be a good thing prop, as it means that we cannot have a situation where each team gets 5 winning predictions each making a draw unlikely.

Fine...I won't come back then

Summer tournament will start at the beginning of July and there will be 7 rounds (including the finals) of matches which will take us close to the start of the season. This is the format that it will take and I will knock up a home page for it once this season is over.


Format

- Two pools of 6 teams with each team playing the other teams in their pool once
- Top 2 from each pool go into the cup semi finals
- 3rd/4th place from each pool go into the shield semi finals
- 5th/6th place from each pool go into the plate semi finals
- All games are to be played at neutral venues

Rules

- No EQ player requirement, free reign to select whoever you choose in your teams
- No tactics
- Predicitons to be based solely on teams to give managers an idea of what combinations people feel work
- Predictions with comments to assist managers will receive £1.5 million bonus
- Predictions without comments to assist managers will receive £0.25 million bonus

Pool A

Newcastle Falcons
Saracens
Gloucester
Leicester Tigers
Harlequins
London Irish

Pool B

Sale Sharks
Northampton Saints
Bath Rugby
London Wasps
Worcester Warriors
Exeter Chiefs/London Welsh

Prize Money

Cup
Winners - £6m
Runners Up - £5m
3rd - £4m
4th - £3m

Shield
Winners - £5m
Runners Up - £4m
3rd - £3m
4th - £2m

Plate
Winners - £4m
Runners Up - £3m
3rd - £2m
4th - £1m


With prize money and prediction bonuses, if you predict on every game with comments and win the cup you can earn £16.5 million which will go some way towards getting you another top foreign player in as the foreign transfer window will be open until 31st August.

great I'm in with the big boys!

Top half/bottom half split to make all games as competitive as possible.

yeh I got that!

good opportunity to test players and combos.

To confirm, when will Int. players be missing next season?

When does tri nations finish?
Is there A.I's and do they include Tri nations sides?

We could only see full strength sides next season right towards the end.

Does it count towards next season ie. will new players be 'bedded in' by the end of the tournament if they feature heavily? As can we play players who are on int duty?

good idea. can we leave predos open until sunday on this one?? i know i have lots of commitments in the day on SAturdays during the summer

stnick88 wrote:To confirm, when will Int. players be missing next season?

When does tri nations finish?
Is there A.I's and do they include Tri nations sides?

We could only see full strength sides next season right towards the end.

The Rugby Championship (4 Nations) finishes on 6th October, so if your players are selected you won't get them until then. The SH sides are also then involved in the AI's so potentially you may not have your SH internationals much before December.

LukeLovesLuka wrote:Does it count towards next season ie. will new players be 'bedded in' by the end of the tournament if they feature heavily? As can we play players who are on int duty?

Yes players who feature can be considered bedded in as these games can be used as pre season friendlies. In this tournament you can play players who are on international duty as it is there for you to get a feel of where your squad is rated/not rated. However once the real season begins players on international duty will be unavailable.

anonmattyt wrote:good idea. can we leave predos open until sunday on this one?? i know i have lots of commitments in the day on SAturdays during the summer

Yes, predictions can remain open until sunday evening for this competition.

Will players be unavailible if they are in the SH nations squad but not in Matchday 22, or will it be like the World Cup where they are considered 'on tour'

I imagine its just match day squads Steve, like the 6N.

It will be matchday squads as the 6 Nations is, however it is entirely for you whether you are going to play a player who would potentially have to travel halfway across the globe to play in a game.

The following are all available for cash.

SH Luke Baldwin (15/09/1990)
FH Jake Sharp (07/05/1991)
HK Harry Allen (19/12/1991)
PR Jared Saunders (18/09/1990)
HK Rupert Freestone (23/04/1991)
FL James Phillips (England)
FL James Scaysbrook (England) - SOLD
HK Scott Lawson (Scotland)