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Quote:hasta
Oh yeah Matt Scott is quality. Wonder what's gone on there.
Quote:Which Tyler
He also doesn't really fit the Ackermann sterotype of "biggest is bestest" - there are rumours afoot that Glos are after Van Rensburg going fowards
Quote:He's also being "rejected" in favour of Billy TwelvetreesBathMatt53
Crikey, he's not small!
Height 1.85 m (6' 1")
Weight 101 kg (15 st 12 lb)
But he does give up over a stone to the brick outhouse that is Van Rensburg at the same height.
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Spencer off to Tigers - [www.bbc.co.uk]
Quote:ROLLO
Spencer going is very disappointing. He hardly played a game for the first six months upon joining Wuss. Along with his effort we spent time, expertise and money to get him fit and as soon as he can he is off. What rankles most is that two weeks ago he was saying how happy he was as Sixways etc., Why can't players just be honest and say we think we have better prospect elsewhere or they have offered more money rather than taking us for fools. Maybe he isn't that bright?
Quote:dcsh
Dan Evans on the Chon webchat says Bath are looking to sign 2 more centres and also one ‘from left field’. Not quite sure what that means, but my first thought was Rugby League.....
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Dan Evans on the Chon webchat says Bath are looking to sign 2 more centres and also one ‘from left field’. Not quite sure what that means, but my first thought was Rugby League.....
Quote:cb2
We could do with a starting 12, who is good enough to be our second choice 10. It seems odd to be paying so much for both Burns and Priestland, when neither really covers the 12 shirt or even the 15 shirt. You don't want to have that much cap money on the bench. A younger Gopperth type player would be great.
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To be fair Banners didn’t have the BB&W in his veins either when we signed him from Irish at a similar age...
Quote:gaz59
Can't think why he would want to go to Sale if a decent offer from us was on the table
Quote:Olde Lagge
Attwood, Charteris, Ewells, Stooke, Douglas. Phillips is 5th or 6th choice, with only Ewells likely to be involved in a national squad. He has to seek game time for next season. It won't be very much at Bath. So no surprise if he is deemed surplus to requirements.
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Attwood, Charteris, Ewells, Stooke, Douglas. Phillips is 5th or 6th choice, with only Ewells likely to be involved in a national squad. He has to seek game time for next season. It won't be very much at Bath. So no surprise if he is deemed surplus to requirements.
Attwood - severe injury worries
Charteris - cannot play consistently
Ewels- away with England
Ewells - overworked
Douglas - should not be overworked
When you say 5th or 6th choice you are forgetting there are two 2nd rows so I would suggest we need him & he will get game time. Also he offers something that only Atwood can provide when we are up against a big pack.
Hold on to him I say.
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Attwood, Charteris, Ewells, Stooke, Douglas. Phillips is 5th or 6th choice, with only Ewells likely to be involved in a national squad. He has to seek game time for next season. It won't be very much at Bath. So no surprise if he is deemed surplus to requirements.
Attwood - severe injury worries
Charteris - cannot play consistently
Ewels- away with England
Ewells - overworked
Douglas - should not be overworked
When you say 5th or 6th choice you are forgetting there are two 2nd rows so I would suggest we need him & he will get game time. Also he offers something that only Atwood can provide when we are up against a big pack.
Hold on to him I say.
Not surprised he's overworked if he's two squad members....
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Rumour on Facebook that Atwood is off to Toulon
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The comments on facebook suggest that he is going on loan to Toulon because the club can't afford to pay him and stay within the salary cap.
Quote:I think the reasoning is that if he doesn't play rugby for Bath, then he's not a Bath rugby player, and his salary (entirely) is taken out of consideration for the cap..BathMatt53
I thought that the chron said that it wouldn’t be counted the entire season, not just from now on when he is with Toulon? That’s the bit I didn’t understand.
Quote:huh?DanWiley
Yeah, but if they are out for 3 months you can spend their salary on an equivalent player. Ok there's a difference between that and them but being outside the cap entirely, but surely we can't consider them outside the cap AND spend their salary on an equivalent player.
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Yes Matt I have heard of NA's reported strength and gym exploits but he is off like all the best players will be. We could all get our heads fried in the sun of S. France. Just like those at the top of Bath the losers. Be assured this will open the door to any decent player leaving. Bruce don't bother to build a new stadium, there will not be a good enough side to watch play there. They are all off to the money and joire d vive in France.
Quote:DanWiley
I think my point was that we probably didn't know earlier in the season that DA would be out all season so we could take him out of the cap. But we would have known pretty early that he'd be out for 3 months therefore we should (if we've any sense) used his salary as an injury dispensation. I believe in that situation, once DA comes back after 3 months or so, we can play both DA and his replacement. Having got the injury replacement I'd be surprised if we can say "Well Dave never played so his salary doesn't count*" Wouldn't that just move the broadly equivalent salary of the replacement into the cap to neutralise the effect?
* by the time we know this what use is it?
Quote:It depends...DanWiley
I think my point was that we probably didn't know earlier in the season that DA would be out all season so we could take him out of the cap. But we would have known pretty early that he'd be out for 3 months therefore we should (if we've any sense) used his salary as an injury dispensation. I believe in that situation, once DA comes back after 3 months or so, we can play both DA and his replacement. Having got the injury replacement I'd be surprised if we can say "Well Dave never played so his salary doesn't count*" Wouldn't that just move the broadly equivalent salary of the replacement into the cap to neutralise the effect?
* by the time we know this what use is it?
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Cokanasiga a done deal and Roko considering his options!!!! Please don’t go anywhere Roko.
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Cokanasiga a done deal and Roko considering his options!!!! Please don’t go anywhere Roko.
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Wow.... that's great news if true So our wing options might be Roko (needs to re-sign), Cokanasiga, Vuna, Brew and Wilson. Now all we have to do is get the ball to them!!
Quote:Good newsdcsh
The Roko tweet has been deleted after it was pointed out that he had another year on his current contract!
Quote:I wouldn't be - not until this time next year anyway.shipwrecked
I agree, but the club have laid down a precedent in order to be consistent and not disrespect Banners they may have to make a similar offer, question is would Roko get a three year deal elsewhere and would he accept a smaller salary?
Have to say I'm a bit worried about this.
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Roko leaving at the end of next season would be a real shame but there seems to be little substance to the rumour, especially seeing as he has another year on his contract. So I'm not sure if we can blame the club for something they have/haven't done yet.
However, I'm sure the big French teams will throw very big money at him. He'd be a superstar in the French league and, seeing as he's not going to get picked by England and he has a young family, I wouldn't blame him for 'considering his options', seeing as those options include a mountain of Euros.
Other than breaking our wage structure, there's not much we can do to directly compete with that.
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Roko leaving at the end of next season would be a real shame but there seems to be little substance to the rumour, especially seeing as he has another year on his contract. So I'm not sure if we can blame the club for something they have/haven't done yet.
However, I'm sure the big French teams will throw very big money at him. He'd be a superstar in the French league and, seeing as he's not going to get picked by England and he has a young family, I wouldn't blame him for 'considering his options', seeing as those options include a mountain of Euros.
Other than breaking our wage structure, there's not much we can do to directly compete with that.
dr.bath
See further up the thread.
He is a soldier in the British Army.
The last time Britain had a permanent military garrison in France was in the reign of Mary 1!
PG
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Roko leaving at the end of next season would be a real shame but there seems to be little substance to the rumour, especially seeing as he has another year on his contract. So I'm not sure if we can blame the club for something they have/haven't done yet.
However, I'm sure the big French teams will throw very big money at him. He'd be a superstar in the French league and, seeing as he's not going to get picked by England and he has a young family, I wouldn't blame him for 'considering his options', seeing as those options include a mountain of Euros.
Other than breaking our wage structure, there's not much we can do to directly compete with that.
dr.bath
See further up the thread.
He is a soldier in the British Army.
The last time Britain had a permanent military garrison in France was in the reign of Mary 1!
PG
Could he not leave the army though?
Quote:I get the impression some people need this constant panic/stress in their lives. They are the thrill seekers of the board, constantly looking for the worst possible outcome, ignoring when it's been refuted and continuing the wailing and gnashing for I'm assuming an endless adrenaline high. See the "Eddie Jones Says 2 Won't Play For England Again" thread and the number of people reading the headline as fact yet somehow blind that it's been debunked. I think its also part of the narrative that justifies their assuming the worst and repeatedly denigrating the management of the club.TG Kesmo
Re Roko and Half penny rumours our 8 year old is currently having lessons about not believing everything you see on the internet some people on here could do with a more discriminating approach. These were both very obviously not current possibilities.
Quote:TG Kesmo
Re Roko and Half penny rumours our 8 year old is currently having lessons about not believing everything you see on the internet some people on here could do with a more discriminating approach. These were both very obviously not current possibilities.