Re: London Skolars (H) : Thu May 10, 2018 6:56 pm  

mat wrote:

Think Milnes is pretty much certain to play. with hitchcox back at Cas, Pickersgill will have to play at Fullback. Think if we were thinking of playinf Ryan or Smith there then ricketts/oakes would be in squad. Be interesting to see who misses out in forwards. Probably more a case of giving someone a rest rather than dropping through form.

Every chance Minchella plays with Chisholm in the halves, so I wouldn't say it's nailed on Milnes is playing. But this does seem like the ideal chance to give him a go in a proper game.

Re: London Skolars (H) : Thu May 10, 2018 6:59 pm  

My lads starting at loose

Re: London Skolars (H) : Thu May 10, 2018 9:27 pm  

HamsterChops wrote:

Every chance Minchella plays with Chisholm in the halves, so I wouldn't say it's nailed on Milnes is playing. But this does seem like the ideal chance to give him a go in a proper game.

Wouldn't really make sense to leave Milnes out of the reserves/19s just to put him in the first team squad but not play him. He'll play.

Re: London Skolars (H) : Thu May 10, 2018 10:18 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Wouldn't really make sense to leave Milnes out of the reserves/19s just to put him in the first team squad but not play him. He'll play.

Milnes is starting. I know his dad, very proud day for him in the dads club. I’ll buy him a pint

Re: London Skolars (H) : Fri May 11, 2018 7:54 am  

I think with Chissy, Minchella and Pickergill also in there it is a good game to give the lad his debut. I am looking forward to seeing him. This season is the ideal time to bring these lads through as if we do get promoted Kear will not have as many chances to do that and I expect a few more players brought in to replace one or two from this season. We started the season with some thinking we were short in the halves. It is turning out that we are well covered in this division and a great chance to bring through some of the young ones ready for next season.

Re: London Skolars (H) : Fri May 11, 2018 8:12 am  

roger daly wrote:

Milnes is starting. I know his dad, very proud day for him in the dads club. I’ll buy him a pint

Good to see. Half backs rarely get given an opportunity and if they do, they usually come off the bench which just handicaps them and almost forces them to rush everything to try and impress in a short space of time.

Sure many others will get an opportunity. We've been pretty lucky with injuries this year so the younger lads just need to keep impressing in U19s/Reserves.

[Bullseye]

Re: London Skolars (H) : Fri May 11, 2018 8:59 am  

From what I’ve seen of Milnes in the 19s and in pre season he’s a good prospect. He’s got a good step, pace off the mark and a good short kicking game. He always seems to have time on the ball which is a good sign. He might have debuted before now but for the injury he got at Dewsbury in pre season. He copped a big hit that damaged his shoulder.

I think once he fills out a bit he will really start to progress.

Re: London Skolars (H) : Fri May 11, 2018 10:54 am  

interesting couple of bits in todays T&A article with Chalmers. States that Ian Lenagan is becoming an investor at London Skolars and he expects a 'flood' of Wigan' loanees to be made available as a result.

Firstly is lenagan allowed to be involved with two clubs at the same time. I thought he was forced to sell Broncos when he took over Wigan due to conflict of interest. I'm not sure if that applies if its clubs in different divisions although IIRC Koukash was blocked from getting involved in Swinton when Salford were a division above them for that reason. I've got a feeling this was discussed when Koukash was trying to get involved with us and it was allowed as long as long as he only put money in and didn't have any control?

Secondly have Skolars announced there 19 yet? Ours came out last night but I'm not sure its actually a rule on league one that you announce squad 48 hrs before game and Chalmers mentions that we won't know who's in opposition team until just before game.

Re: London Skolars (H) : Fri May 11, 2018 11:21 am  

mat wrote:

Secondly have Skolars announced there 19 yet? Ours came out last night but I'm not sure its actually a rule on league one that you announce squad 48 hrs before game and Chalmers mentions that we won't know who's in opposition team until just before game.

I don't think clubs themselves have to announce it in any division. They just have to submit it to the RFL, who are generally crap at publishing outside of Super League too. Certainly there are a few Championship clubs that you often don't know their 19 until you see the 17 on the teamsheet.

I have no idea if the same rules apply to League 1, but some teams (like us, Keighley, Hunslet, York) always seem to announce a 19, so one assumes the same rule applies.

Re: London Skolars (H) : Fri May 11, 2018 11:58 am  

Are we really in a position to complain?
Lenegan can 'flood' as many Wigan players across as he likes, they can still only play 5 of them.
We've got 4 loan players in our squad. Go figure.