[quote="RfE":1m7m0a54]Would have been nice to have had the game in Wales last weekend - hopefully the two young loanees fromWigan will be decent.[/quote:1m7m0a54] No easy way to say this-they’ll need to be. I thought we were looking for the next Jarrod Basset not all his old team mates. Oh well it is what it is. Last time we brought in heaps of lower end L1 players it didn’t go well. Maybe it will this time.

[quote="the-bearded-lefty":2azfl41n]no Stock?[/quote:2azfl41n] Probably sensible to hold a few back in case of injuries as we are down amongst the L1, academy and Southern Conference players pretty quickly and I’m not sure the teams we play in the first few rounds of the Championship will be taking prisoners so it could get grim quickly.

Well, that looks pretty grim. I suspect a defeat is on the cards but hopefully not a heavy one, though a load of pretty poor ex-Skolars players suggests it may be. The first few months are damage limitation. If London get cut adrift, it’ll be tough even with mid season signings. A win against Hunslet at home is a big one.

[quote="the-bearded-lefty":1ykeb03r]no Stock?[/quote:1ykeb03r] Of what? Shirts, hoodies, mugs, players... Or all of the above?

[quote="Moe Lester":1s0cmq5g]Well, that looks pretty grim. I suspect a defeat is on the cards but hopefully not a heavy one, though a load of pretty poor ex-Skolars players suggests it may be. The first few months are damage limitation. If London get cut adrift, it’ll be tough even with mid season signings. A win against Hunslet at home is a big one.[/quote:1s0cmq5g] Time will tell how good they are or aren’t but it’s certainly not unreasonable to have concerns about players whose most recent experience is a confection of Skolars, Cornwall, Southern conference. Even our most recent Aussie recruit was snatched away from a northern conference team. All points to a situation similar to the Coleman era one except we have, as yet, no benefactor to bail us out. I suspect we can get to mid table but the start is going to be difficult. This game against a L1 side with quite a few decent recruits will be interesting to see where we are.