If we apply ourselves should be through to the next round of the IPro Cup, expect to see a few changes , depending on injuries !
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Expect a big win

For London?
Where does the optimism come from?
We have scored 22 and conceded 94 in our last two games and London won away.

A bad start and it could another Caribbean Collapso ...

How can it be easy for a side to suddenly fire up.
A few additions will help but who is going to set Tali free?
Does anyone know if Hedges played in the last two games, because I never noticed him.

He(Hedges) is not the only one . How many had even moderate games.

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G.T. must have a "dream 17" in mind and I would guess it would include the following...
Front row..Aizue,Kesick,Castle.
Halves..Hedges,Howden.
Centre..Tali,Welham.
Full bck..Carr.
We have not been anywhere near this lineup yet,and I wonder if we ever will.

Yes,Hedges hasn't shown up too well,but for a half to have any influence the team has got to keep the ball for a reasonable length of time.

Regarding the adverse comments on Joe PO'D the coach will go up 100% in my estimation if he can keep him on the pitch for the full 80
It is players with passion,aggression and go forward that we need
I would make him captain,a bit like England Union did with Dylan Hartley.

Sorry cannot agree , I would think more of GT if he got rid.
Three players who I think are a must are Milton (13),Tonks, (2nd row) & Nicholson who could partner Tonks If Castle is fit we would have 6 props so Nicholson could play 2nd row.

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We can agree to disagree on that one weighman,but either way GT needs to be seen to make the decision.I guess you don't anticipate Jpod playing on sunday.
What I think we are saying is that with the big lads fit we have enough to pick from to fill the other pack places and give us some go forward to give Hedges a fair crack.

That's why we also need Milton back at 13. Not happy with the form of 2 of the 2nd row forwards , not Tonks, been hard to know how good or bad J P is.
Kelly might be back also which would strengthen the squad.
Looking for an improved performance and a good win.

Because London just make up the numbers Imo, if we can't beat them well, I'll worry.

With regard joe po'd the late tackle was a joke and fully deserved the sin bin, but the red he received was wiped
We have been badly bullied out of our lass two games so imo we need an injection of aggression in the pack
but it needs to be controlled.
All good sides need a spine of 1-6-7-9-13 playing together week in week out which we haven't as yet, I'm expecting big things from jordan when fit but if it's going to be a long time then we need someone to cover regular but as a loan and not duel reg as they need to be training with the lads to be able to form a partnership

To be fair to Joe po'd just watch the horror show and it wasn't him with the late hit.

Which incident , he was involved in 2 incidents !

First one was joe. 2nd on wilkinson was Nicholson and joe.
Nicholson turned his back joe just went straight in on him.

Me too. This should be a game we win comfortably. More alarm bells will start to ring if this one is close,never mind if we lose.

With regards to S/O wondering why we should be expecting a win on the back of the two heavy defeats, when I look at the team on paper, we don't look a bad side. I'd like to see Nicholson and Tonks in the second row as that is where we've definitely been coming up short.

If Milton is out and we're missing a 13, he may play Joe P. I've still no idea whether he's any good or not but no one is any good if they spend more time off the field than on it.

If we get some go forward, I will be hoping to see Jordie Hedges show us what he can do. I'm looking forward to seeing Jason Tali play.

I wonder who we'll get from Hull?

IIRC the Red Card was upheld ... Sending Off Sufficient.

Agreed, until we get some consistency of selection in those key positions we will struggle. That's not to say we won't win some games considering the teams in this division but to be at the right end of the table it's essential.

No team/injury news in the free press re London just the same about the debacle v York* .--

I responded actually to someone saying they expect a big win, not a win.
Of course we should win.
I expect London to be better than Gloucester

My report card for the Skolars game looks something like this:

Win by 25 points or more without conceding many - maybe there is hope we can improve further to compete with the better sides.



Win by 18 to 24 - I'd be happy and believe we may be heading back in the right direction.



Win by 10 to 17 - Satisfactory but not earth shattering.



Win by less than 10 - Okay but somewhat disappointed.



Lose ... I really don't want to go there!

Changes galore , Lancaster(wing) & Fash(2nd row forward) in from Hull . TALI on debut , Kelly & Castle return from illness.




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And very welcome IMO. I take it that Lancaster is the winger who scored a hat trick for Hull in our pre -season friendly with them?

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I'm not a Dual Reg man, BUT would be interesting to know if we could get 19 fit players on the park if we didn't have the Hull players.

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We need a good performance and a win today. Confidence for what ever reason seems to be at a low level.

There have been flashes of what we can do with ball in hand in earlier games and even v York for a short period .

COYD today .

A chance today for J P O'D to prove the doubters (myself included) wrong.