Saracens

Aviva Premiership Round 20 - Robbie Freuan
European Semi Final - Morgan Parra
Aviva Premiership Round 21  - Alex Waller
Aviva Premiership Round 22 - Ed Slater

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Squad size - 40
 
HK Guilhem Guirado (France)
HK Richard Hibbard (Wales)
HK Scott Spurling (England)
 
PR Alex Waller (England)
PR Mohamed Boughanmi (France)
PR Dylan Smith (South Africa)
PR Ben Franks (New Zealand)

PR Dan Cole (England)
PR Paul Hill (England)
PR Tomas Francis (England)
 
LK Sam Whitelock (New Zealand)
LK Ed Slater (England)
LK Geoff Parling (England)
LK Bradley Davies (Wales)
LK Patrick Tuipultou (New Zealand)
LK Marcos Kremer (Argentina) - 30/7/97

FL Akira Ioane (New Zealand)
FL James Haskell (England)
FL Guy Thompson (England)
FL Sam Underhill - 22/07/1996
FL John Hardie (Scotland)
FL Hamish Watson (Scotland)
 
N8 Dave Denton (Scotland)
N8 Nathan Hughes (England)
 
Current - 19
 
SH Baptiste Serin (France)
SH Morgan Parra (France)
SH Henry Taylor (England)
 
FH Nicolas Sanchez (Argentina)
FH Pat Lambie (South Africa)
FH Tom Taylor (New Zealand)

CE Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand)
CE Francis Saili (New Zealand)
CE Ollie Devoto (England)
CE Rohan Janse van Rensburg (South Africa)
CE Lionel Mapoe (South Africa)
 
WG George North (Wales)
WG Nathan Earle (England)
WG Teddy Thomas (France)
WG Telusa Veainu (Tonga)
 
FB Stuart Hogg (Scotland)
FB Delon Armitage (England)
FB Aaron Morris (England)

Academy - 16
 
HK - James Fish - 15/07/96
LK - Nick Isiekwe - Saracens U18
LK - Jack Nay - 29/7/97
BS - Joe Batley - 27/06/96
BS - James Thacker - Saracens U18
OS - Ethan Waddleton - Saracens U18

SH/WG - Thomas Chapman - Can't locate but Saracens U20
SH Max Green - 13/06/96
FH Damian Willemse - 7/5/98
WG George Perkins - England U20
WG - Charlie Kingsman (Unknown. Sat his A Levels this year)
FH - Josh Sharp U18s
CE - Tyrese Johnson Fisher - 15yo
FB - Gervais Codin - 18yo
 
Saracens
Manager – Pooly
 

01. Alex Waller	09. Morgan Parra
02. Keven Mealamu	10. Morne Steyn
03. Jannie du Plessis
04. Patricio Albacete	11. Juan Imhoff
05. Victor Matfield	12. Jonathan Davies
06. Thierry Dusatoir	13. Malakai Fekitoa
07. Heinrich Brussow	14. Chris Ashton
08. Dave Denton	15. Matt Tait

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16. Jamie George 17. Max Lahiff 18. Luc Ducalcon 19. Flip van der Merwe 20. Nathan Hughes 21. Henry Taylor 22. Freddie Burns 23. Scott Williams
 
Tactics

Look who's back  

Haha previous bloke did decent job. Tough team to beat. You'll be ok

Ben Smith?

What for Morne Steyn mate?

Id be in for Ben Smith & Matt Mullan if you see anything

Some could go mate. Mostly interested in some of your forwards and some wingers.

Crane, JvN, Thompstone and Varndell

Can't see anyone that really matches webber. And wouldn't need a hooker in return.

Just said I couldn't do webber as I don't see anyone of his calibre.

Nope.

Could only really lose Masoe and Scott Williams from that list, Could loan you Pitatau?

Confirm it dude and i know crazy times.

Joel Tomkins?

Don't really see a lot tbh

Burrell and Henry for Robinson and Tomkins

Bet your glad to have your favourite player Tomkins in your squad !! Not sure if you are aware you have to name your side by tomorrow night with the new rules.

Don't rate Simmons at all lol

AWJ could be available.

who you got available.

Could come back with something different. Let me have a little think over it.

You can add Jano Vermack and Robins Tchale-Watchou to your squad. DHL signed them but never updated his squad page.

Am interested in Steyn, and are any of your fullbacks available?

We'll leave Steyn then as Farrelll is going nowhere.

What position you after someone in and I'll see what I can do for Byrne.

What for Mullan and du plessis

Tomkins, Mullan, Lahiff, Crane, Visser, McFadden, Smith, LCD, Jackson interest me

Sorry mate, can't lose a prop. I will be without 6 props during the AI's so Mercey will get game time for me through that period.

Jdv for ebersohn and Rhule

Allen > Tomkins. Something with Burrell perhaps
Lahiff what EQ? Rimmer? reeves?
Crane and Mullan too much.
Visser and McFadden just suggesting people could be novices in bigger deals maybe.
Smith deal could include Hogg/Davies with a gain elsewhere potentially.
Lobbe I just can't see anything for
Jackson in deals with Horne/Beck/Biggar?

Interested in Ben Smith mate. What would you be after for him?

I'm struggling to see anything mate. I'd like Byrne, but don't want to weaken elsewhere for him, particular as I have other players who can play at full back. Sorry.

Same difficulty as it has ever been mate. People rate their own players higher and nobody wants to get the short end of a deal. It's always been tough for the lower placed sides, which I guess is what you are finding now.

I disagree. The squads have been small for some time now, and people have got deals done, including some big ones. It's just difficult doing deals when people have got squads they are happy with, or when the level of quality is very different in the two squads. Luke is up for a big deal, but you will struggle as his squad is a championship winning one so tough to find something equal for both teams.

You said you were interested in JJ and Murray any chance of getting JDV involved for him ?

Mullan?

EQ I have Catt, Waldrom, Percival, Botha, Dowson, Williams, Hudson, Sturgess, Barkley, Casson

Thanks for your opinion mate.

I've already got an EQ 8 and I like Fearns. So no real interest now sorry buddy.

Only one of those I would consider offloading is Siviatu, but not sure who for as I'd need wing/centre cover but wouldn't really gain with a swap for a winger from you.

These are the main players I have available

HK Motu Matu'u (New Zealand)
PR Sona Taumalolo (Tonga) (1)
LK Cadeyn Neville (Australia)
LK Franco Van Der Merwe (South Africa)
OS/BS/N8 Ed Quirk (Australia)
N8 Opeti Fonua (Tonga)
CE/WG Tomassi Benvenutti (Italy)
WG Sitiveni Siviatu (NZ)
WG/CE Noa Nakaitaci (France)

I'm ok with Bonnaire leading the line tbh, and like keeping players who are younger in the squad and have two good prospects in my adacemy there.

Will have a think about what I could do for Siviatu, but now the season is underway I am not overly keen with swapping players and changing the squad.

No problem - happy with a lot of my squad so not trying to change that much.

There are some good young players in sarries academy that you haven't got in here - if you are under 20 players and no one has bid on them, I think you can just call them straight into the setup.

Just to say as well but think you have 41 players in your squad atm.

He's looked good whenever I've seen him play for Clermont - quite happy that Lawes is now leading the Saints lineout, helps me out especially as Hartley's throwing is very accurate.

Will be interesting, has had good reviews for Saints so far this season in first two games and pre-season. Led the England line pretty well in Argentina tour too, so hopefully it will be a good move. Never be as good as Parling in that though.

I'd need a gain on the Tomkins + Smith deal tbh

How about Patchell involved in a Jackson deal

Henry is more useful to me than McFadden so don't fancy that

Sorry mate just saw your offer. Will actually pass just googled j d v did not realise he is 33 in feb. must be near retiring in that position.

Don't see my midfield as an issue but would like JDV. Did not
Think you liked Scott.


With Barnes and kahui likely to be released centre is where I need depth that's for sure.

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Don't think that close tbh. Think you are tryna oversell Tomkins too much

My lineup gets worse though

Henry and Burrell only two that I can see leaving from that list.

Tomkins and ? For Henry and Burrell

See that as too much tbh

I can't see how you can get much bigger than the last offer tbh

At the moment I just can't see it working

I think Burrell is better than Hopper so would need a gain.

Don't see it as a gain

Crane and Hoops for Burrell and Guest

Just seen your post. I am over stocked at tight head so would maybe look at
Mullan for
JJ if you wanted to