Rugby Union Legends Game

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1.Week One Predictions Now Open

Teams
Marlborough Devils - Banafan-aka-hon (Budget £7m)
Cookie Monster 15 - GloucesterBear (Budget £40m)
Stevie's Wonders - Steven_Sharks (Budget £85m)
Sandhurst Exiles - LDCPete (Budget £0m)
Golden Oldies - Bathite (Budget £17m)
Seaton Carew Sex Kittens - Driver (Budget £120m)
Luke's legends - Lukelovesluka (Budget £37m)
Mitcham Morbakkas - Inthefastlane (Budget £150m)
Trys R Us - Pullthestrings (Budget £27m)
Shark Bite Cider - Prop_Lyd - (Budget £19m)

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maybe swap Cohen for Roko? - it's a good looking side that mate.

Think I have the same problem with my 2nd and back row plus my centers!! can't decided who to play and who to bench and who to leave out!! TOOOOO MUCH TALENT@!

heres my issue for your thoughts, mainly catt or contepomi at 12 and what should be my starting backrow

Marlborough Devils

1. Os Du Randt
2. Kevin Mealamu
3. Pascal Ondarts

4. Brad Thorn
5. Chris Jack

6. George Smith
7. Olivier Magne
8. Lawrence Dallaglio (captain)

9. Nick Farr-Jones
10. Johnny Wilkinson (kicker)

11. Jonah Lomu
12. Mike Catt
13. Stirling Mortlock
14. Va'aiga Tuigamala
15. Josh Lewsey

16. Federico Mendez
17. Greg Somerville
18. Abdelatif Benazzi
19. Olivier Magne
20. Byron Kelleher
21. Carlos Spencer
22. Sitiveni Sivivatu


squad left out!!
Mark Regan
Kees Meeuws
Rocky Elsom
Stephen Jones
Waisale Serevi
Felipe Contepomi
Breytpn Paulse
Jason White

would have sivivatu and paulse ahead of inga. inga was a much better league player.

you have smith and magne the wrong way round and magne features twice!

smith plays 6 or 7 as does magne??

sivs ahead if inga - really - ok might do that, Inga was an imense union player as well!

magne one of the best blindside of his generation
smith one of the best opensides of his generation

both play both positions, but why mess around? a truly great set of flankers, complimenting each other beautifully.

you seem to get your flankers and props mixed up quite a bit fella!

i do - i do .

dont get me started when people talk about burger!!!!

BANAFAN-AKA-HON wrote:i do - i do .

dont get me started when people talk about burger!!!!

what do you mean mate?

Has everyone updated there sides from yesterday and this mornings transfers?

Pete think you said something about a media page, I will get one drawn up later, but it might not last.

south africa have their numbers round the wrong way don't they? or thats what i was led to believe!

Any way I thought that smith played loads at 6?

Marlborough Devils

1. Os Du Randt
2. Kevin Mealamu
3. Pascal Ondarts

4. Brad Thorn
5. Chris Jack

6. Olivier Magne
7. George Smith
8. Lawrence Dallaglio (captain)

9. Nick Farr-Jones
10. Johnny Wilkinson (kicker)

11. Jonah Lomu
12. Mike Catt
13. Stirling Mortlock
14. Sitiveni Sivivatu
15. Josh Lewsey

16. Federico Mendez
17. Greg Somerville
18. Abdelatif Benazzi
19. Rodney So'oailo
20. Byron Kelleher
21. Carlos Spencer
22. Breytpn Paulse


squad left out!!
Mark Regan
Kees Meeuws
Rocky Elsom
Stephen Jones
Waisale Serevi
Felipe Contepomi
Va'aiga Tuigamala
Jason White

yeah the sa swap numbers round and often play left and right flankers as well! french do it sometimes as well. the modern day flanker is typically much more mobile anyway, so the difference between 6 + 7 isn't much. george smith was a typical openside though i would have said, sure he moved to 6 quite a lot, probably mostly to allow waugh to play as well. Waugh was also an out and out 7, but too good to leave out! he would have been a shoe in in other int teams, if it wasn't for smith!

Everyone has good sides, it's anybody's to win.

But think players like Meeuws, Elsom should be on the bench for you Banafan.

Not starting Spencer is a hard call aswell, but Wilkinson is amazing.

so that explains why smith played 6 so often then.!
yeah the french back rowers move about all over the place, take Hari he's everywhere for Biarritz including 2nd row depending on whats going on on the field! mind you at the moment he's playing 7 a lot due to lakafia at 8, whos amazing.

GloucesterBear wrote:Everyone has good sides, it's anybody's to win.

But think players like Meeuws, Elsom should be on the bench for you Banafan.

Not starting Spencer is a hard call aswell, but Wilkinson is amazing.

Spencer/wilkinson, there isn't a game situation on this planet that between them, that can't be addressed! Wilko to start and build a lead, Carlos to weave magic in the gaps late on! or Carlos to attack from year dot, get a lead, wilko to punish team into submission late on. Or play both!!! Catt to bench to cover FH/IC/WG/FB!

BANAFAN-AKA-HON wrote:so that explains why smith played 6 so often then.!
yeah the french back rowers move about all over the place, take Hari he's everywhere for Biarritz including 2nd row depending on whats going on on the field! mind you at the moment he's playing 7 a lot due to lakafia at 8, whos amazing.

s h i t! thats who i wanted to sign on ERL and forgot! went for Palu instead. c rapsticks!

oooo do yo not think that
10. Wilkinson
12. Spencer

or

10. Spencer
12. wilkinosn

might be a little bit greedy?? catt is a good 12 but i was thinking about felipe at 12 instead?

I wouldn't play Spencer at 12. If you are going to play him and Wilko has to be Carlos at 10 and Jonny in midfield.

think i will leave it as johnny 10 & catt 12 - it's a good combo

spencer as quality off the bench! might even rotate spencer & wilkinson

where do people think I might need to strengthen in my side? have possibly 1 more player to buy?

Nobody needs to strengthen just buy and buy is the motto of this game, improve in positions and buy whoever you want and win games.

Has any of you had Heavy rain and thunder today yet?

kinda of thunder in the distance, a few showers as well

Who has Mat Rogers?

Me Luke.

Teamsheets please guys.

4-5 lines of tactics are allowed if you want to do them.

what time do the team sheets have to be in Bear, so I can then make a not to put them in at least a couple of hours before the deadline . . .

For research into old legends: at 7.30 tonight on ITV Wales there's a half hour documentary about the Welsh Lions on the 1971 tour to N.Z!!

Teamsheets in today please.

By 12.00 tonight.

Predictions now open.

PREDICTIONS PLEASE ONLY HAVE ONE SO FAR.

Predictions Please guys!!!

Bear

How many injuries a week is it mate?

LDCPete wrote:Bear

How many injuries a week is it mate?

i assume that the injuries are coming this week as well bear?

so how are the injuries working mate and when do they happen?

DO you want me to do them and you do mine if you haven't got the time at the moment?

Can't see me keeping this up tbh with you guys.

Have to let you down, have too much on elsewhere and too much to sort out on this game.

You got the ERL aswell, and a new football game I really want to play, this takes up too much time doing on thing then another.

Been having tension stress aswell and something like this certainly won't help that.

Really sorry guys.

Bear

That's a bit of a let down mate, but not entirely surprising if I am honest.

If people want to continue to play the game, I am happy to take over running it.

You going to finally admit your blogs? That should save some stress and lighten your work load!

Im out of my depth just too much to do on a game like this, just when it comes to tables and scores and stuff just takes up too much time and I don't have a clue on how to calculate those.

Tables I will even struggle on doing them, just wanted to give it a go but tension headaches have been coming on about once a year and now there back again and if I keep doing things on here it will just become a whole lot worse.

blogs is back then . . .

Why does everyone think as I have just said this that im instantly blogs.

I doubt it would of run through anyway, it's just a bit too much to handle would be better doing a football game if im honest with you.

And yes it gives you a lot of stress to be honest and tension changing this and that and I need a rest from all of that.

Wanted to give it a go and just got a gut feeling it wouldn't of gone on much longer, both other Rugby league's are better run than this one.

What's the consensus then folks, do we want to carry on and I will run it, or does everyone want to give up?

Wow well this lasted a long time then! Why start something you'll finish so soon?! Pointless.

Well after we have put so much effort into it already seems a shame for it to be spoiled now - I don't mind carrying on - what about the rest of you?

I'd love it to carry on, guessing your peeing off though bear?

I'm not too bothered either way. If Pete wanted to carry it on I would be willing to help out.

I'm struggling to resist the 'I told you so' comments. Blogs criticised my league on a weekly basis and yet can't run one for more than two weeks.

The reasons I know you are Blogs:

- You have exactly the same writing style. Unfinished sentences, always seems like you're in a rush to write something.
- Initially, the log ins would switch throughout the day - eg. Blogs AM Bear PM. Now Blogs has been outted we haven't heard from him for toffee. Seems unlikely to me that someone would go from being on here every day to not at all.
- Your team name is Cookie Monster. The same as the team name on the AP fantasy league we set up through the ERL - when 'Bear' did not exist. Your real name is Gavin Hugill.

and PULL don't forget . . . because your a pain the the A***



Right I think that this has finally made my mind up - as much as I love these fantasy games, and as much as I certainly enjoy the banter with you lot - I just realised that spending my time and effort creating a team and on these games only for the game to start failing after 2 weeks shows me what a waste of time it is for me at the moment, when I have so much more to be doing . . . .

on that note I resign from this league - I will try and pop on every now and then for some banter but it's time to get myself in check -


cheers guys and girls

I am guessing from what has been said that carrying on is not going to be likely as Hon is out, Bear has gone and that only leaves us with 8, the majority of whom haven't commented.

Real shame, such a good concept for a game. Ah well onwards and upwards and all that.

Hon noooooooo to be honest, and no disrespect to the others, I would love to stay with this league simply because it looks at the history and development of rugby.

if people really want to continue - I will caretake the devils until someone comes along - but I will be on a lot less if thats ok?


let me know

Stay Hon!!! Ah blogs you really are a class a.....

I am happy to keep going