London Irish 2015/16

only just saw your comment sorry fella, i'm jhappy with you to go a.i's. I'm mainly using this tournament to get views on players.

Any of:

BdP, Vermeulen, Armitage, Yarde, Watson available?

Throw in Wilson & Marler too

Steffon

Would need a significant gain or EQ elsewhere, he's my starting 10

Kaino?

Looking to keep hold of them and See how they fare start of the season

Pete, majority of your side picks itself I think. Lock & 13 your weakest areas, world class players everywhere else.

1. Marler
2. BdP
3. Wilson
4. Timani
5. Willemse
6. Kaino
7. Armitage
8. Vermeulen

9. Smith
10. Cruden
11. Habana
12. Nonu
13. JJ/Ioane???
14. Yarde/Watson
15. Armitage

Looking to offload him so I can have space for a 2nd row yeah.

Happy to sell for cash or academy

Happy with that but can we confirm once my foregin has been accepted today please! Cheers!

I like Speight but he'd be well down the pecking order for me, I'd need better for Matfield

I wouldn't start Speight.

No need for any cash and couldn't lose Matfield for Speight, different category of player. You know who I like lol

Is agree on that, I wouldn't neccisarily need BdP involved.

Wilson, Marler, Kaino, Vermeulen, S Armitage, Yarde, Watson, T D Toit

I'm happy to keep him

I'd be looking at similar kinds of player back for those two, especially Fekitoa who looks very special.

And Matfield is only 37! He's a spring chicken

Could lose Ryan in the right deal, is Wallace and Speight available?

Hey mate genuinely don't mind had a go with all the international periods so if theres something your leaning towards I'll follow suit   

Thanks for your thoughts mate, are you still interested in Ryan?

I'll follow suit so mate

Moon available?

Thacker and Vaahamaahina
For
Dunn and Charteris

TNW and Botha/French Lock
For
Charteris and Cave
Enquiry

Don't know if these are on the list but:

Wilson, Marler, Coetzee, Habana, D Armitage

Alright mate, 

T Youngs, Marler, AWJ, Coetzee, B Youngs and I know you said you wouldn't really listen to offers on him but Watson as well. Let me know if we can do something for a couple of lads

Ben Youngs interests me?

What for Nanaui Williams Pete

All of them could be sold in a deal for Youngs

Deal on de Jongh for nanai Williams

Do what works for you Pete. I want nanai Williams but not bothered if I keep de Jongh. Confirm when you are ready and have everything sorted

Highly unlikely to sell Whitlock mate. Id need something massive, think he is the best lock in the world. You'd need to go into your unsellable list

BDP, Armitage, Vermuelen, Smith, Cruden, Yarde, Slade and Watson all to some extent

Yeah I'm happy to go big. Still not sure if you'll be able to tempt me to part. Who else you want In this then. So far we've got

Youngs, Steffon
for
Whitelock, Scrum Half

Sam Hill is another one who is not leaving unless you put in a young EQ talent back. Think he is in an England starter in a few years mate. Don't have much quality young EQ so similarly for him Id want Watson/Slade/Yarde

Precisely what I'm trying to do

I am happy to include other EQ but Hill is one I'm not really looking to sell especially with Whitlock

I'd be releasing half my squad haha. It's a good offer mate but I'm just not prepared to lose them both at the same time unless it's unrejectable. It's a difficult one to try and make deals around. Players like Wiggles and Nalaga could be involved to give you an EQ and then a borderline starter but depends what I got back

Again it's a good offer, it's just not tempting me. Is it possible to use someone else on the list rather than Armitage. How would Vermuelen fit into a deal?

Healy Hibbard Ben T
Romano Kitchener
SOB Messam Armitage
Youngs Hodgson
Wade LLF Campagnaro North
Hogg
Subs: Slipper Haywood Faumina Gaskell Kolisi FDP Beale Goode

Don't think that's a good as my current side. I could see Armitage losing a bit of rating if he comes home. Then I'm reliant on one of the younger players developing into a quality player. Not what I want to be doing in a deal based on one of the most proven players in the world.

Is a Youngs deal possible without Whitlock?

Sam Whitelock, Tom Dunn, Richard Wigglesworth and Benn Robinson
For
Ben Youngs, Steffon Armitage, Tom Youngs, Jesse Kriel and Scott Sio

Do croft for wade?

Could do mate, any chance we could incorporate a bit more into a deal?

Just a thought;

POC + Burrell + ?
=
AWJ + Nonu + Marler

Fair offer but think I lose out overall, especially when Cole returns.

I'd need something else or lose Cole in the deal.

How about:

Bosch + Shields

Habana + Coetzee

No bother, nearly got there

Nonu, AWJ, Steffon?

no worries, just thought as he is probably my best EQ it balanced the offer. 

Let me know on any offer you have in mind, for the players I have mentioned, I could lose JOC, in the right offer.

Marler, Coetzee, Steffon, habana, Slade, Watson.

Let's smash something out

TNW available?

Could maybe base something around that, what are you thinking EQ wise?