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       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: honkytonk
       Date: August 26, 2018, 6:55 am
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       Agreed, ive got no doubt (and am sure the club confirmed) that
       we spend up to the cap, but I was talking more in regards to the
       back up to the internationals/first 15.  Im not sure the quality
       is there.  I think currently we may be trying to spread the cap
       too far over the squad.  At SH we have Care, I would then rather
       get rid of Lewis and Mulchrone and bring in 1 quality SH cover.
       We then have Saunders and Waters to step up.  Both of whom look
       good players to me.
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       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
       Date: August 26, 2018, 7:53 am
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       Set me thinking about the old chestnut of Club v Country. You
       can see a Prem DOR wanting international standard players that
       are not playing for their countries during our season. You
       obviously want International Honours possible for your aspiring
       players to help drive them to improve but you don't then want to
       lose them for big chunks of your season. To me, there is an
       argument for increasing the Salary Cup in accordance with number
       of EQP's you have or are likely to have, so you can buy in
       cover.
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       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: raedarius
       Date: August 26, 2018, 8:09 am
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       Fine until the player is dropped and you have to release another
       player due to the reduced cap.
       #Post#: 4131--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: JammyGit
       Date: August 26, 2018, 10:38 am
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       --- Quote from: Fearless Fred link ---
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       > For us at Fly Half, I would have placed them in this order:
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       > Catrakilis, Lang, Smith, Swiel.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Based on Lang's occasional cameo at 10 and Smith's run of games?
       I hope I'm really badly wrong about Lang but I really think he's
       being massively overrated here.
       #Post#: 4144--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: deadlyfrom5yardsout
       Date: August 26, 2018, 12:53 pm
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       Well a Scottish team mullered us and he has been selected by
       Scottish selectors so......
       #Post#: 4203--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: Mayor West
       Date: August 27, 2018, 9:06 am
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       Do we know how many of our signings are for injury cover thus
       not count in the cap.
       #Post#: 4204--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: honkytonk
       Date: August 27, 2018, 9:18 am
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       I do not think any of them are
       #Post#: 4240--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: RodneyRegis
       Date: August 28, 2018, 4:01 am
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       Great piece of work.
       #Post#: 4243--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: Fearless Fred
       Date: August 28, 2018, 4:23 am
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       --- Quote from: JammyGit link ---
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       > [quote author=Fearless Fred link=topic=292.msg4092#msg4092
       date=1535280663]
       > For us at Fly Half, I would have placed them in this order:
       >
       > Catrakilis, Lang, Smith, Swiel.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Based on Lang's occasional cameo at 10 and Smith's run of games?
       I hope I'm really badly wrong about Lang but I really think he's
       being massively overrated here.
       [/quote]
       Based on Lang's experience not just with us but with RGC, on
       loan to Esher, and with Scotland, his better kicking (at least
       in my view), and his physicality.  He's played a lot more
       non-age group rugby than Smith has. He may not be the mercurial
       talent that Smith is, but he can certainly steer a game well.
       Remember he was at 10 for the majority of the game against
       Sarries.
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       Re: Premiership Squads 2018/19
   DIR By: T-Bone
       Date: August 28, 2018, 4:40 am
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       Very useful thread, thank you, and I like the colours.
       Very hard to rank players in some positions, and some players
       are hard to pigeonhole in one position, especially back row.
       We do have a very large squad now but there are a few in there
       who I can;t get that excited about. No longer the highest EQP %
       either.
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