Re: Fixtures 2025 : Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:47 pm  

This CC draw is a god send even early season
Dobbins will have to field a full strength v York whilst we can rest those 3-4 players that are still carrying those knocks that players usually carry etc

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Thu Jan 16, 2025 5:20 am  

Tarquin Fuego wrote:

This CC draw is a god send even early season
Dobbins will have to field a full strength v York whilst we can rest those 3-4 players that are still carrying those knocks that players usually carry etc

It is a god send your right, aswell as an early round cup game it'll probably be the only game that the first team play before the season starts, so yes you'd expect us to go pretty much full strength, and get a tough match too
Fc will be away at an amateur team, so your game will probably be more like a full on training session, obviously you'll progress through but I'm not sure how much fc will get out of the game in terms of it getting your lads battle hardened.

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:47 am  

bishops finger wrote:

It is a god send your right, aswell as an early round cup game it'll probably be the only game that the first team play before the season starts, so yes you'd expect us to go pretty much full strength, and get a tough match too
Fc will be away at an amateur team, so your game will probably be more like a full on training session, obviously you'll progress through but I'm not sure how much fc will get out of the game in terms of it getting your lads battle hardened.

Obviously with the cancellation of the Doncaster game too I do think we'll go in a little bit undercooked. But with us playing Cats away and Wigan at home, it's two games where we probably wouldn't be expected to win anyway. Trying not to be negative, on the flip side it's obviously the best time to play and maybe surprise them.

We'll probably see the first choice 17 against Cas in Westys testimonial, and then use the Cup game to see the fringe first teamers featuring heavily.

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Thu Jan 16, 2025 8:54 am  

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/r ... aw-4945715 Mylers take on our CC draw. He makes some valid points

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/r ... aw-4945715 Mylers take on our CC draw. He makes some valid points

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Thu Jan 16, 2025 9:44 am  

I don't mind the draw, but maybe superleague clubs shouldn't be seeded, that way you still might get super League clubs playing each other early on and champ clubs have a better chance of progressing to the 4th/5th rounds

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:49 am  

Steve0 wrote:

I don't mind the draw, but maybe superleague clubs shouldn't be seeded, that way you still might get super League clubs playing each other early on and champ clubs have a better chance of progressing to the 4th/5th rounds

I agree. I’ve said this before, the Challenge Cup works better when the First Round (proper) is an open draw of 32 teams, including all SL, Championship, League 1 and any non League clubs, coming through from a Preliminary round.

That’s how it used to be for a century and in the early 80’s Hull drew Millom at home one season; and Rovers away another season (when we were the Top 2 teams). It’s just the luck of the draw.

The Cup had been sanitised too much to favour the SL clubs and the same is happening in football.

Sometimes change is necessary, but sometimes tradition works perfectly fine.

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:01 pm  

the seeding bit is fine if it's against professional teams but not amateurs. These teams probably play on a field with a rope around it

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:15 pm  

so its either GB Police/York Acorn or Oulton Rangers, who beat London Chargers today

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Sat Jan 18, 2025 7:59 pm  

bishops finger wrote:

It is a god send your right, aswell as an early round cup game it'll probably be the only game that the first team play before the season starts, so yes you'd expect us to go pretty much full strength, and get a tough match too
Fc will be away at an amateur team, so your game will probably be more like a full on training session, obviously you'll progress through but I'm not sure how much fc will get out of the game in terms of it getting your lads battle hardened.

I have to agree with you on this tbh. I can't see our boys getting any more out of a game against an amateur team than they would get from training. It's good for us in that it's essentially a bye and we have the option to rest or play as many first teamers as we want, but it's not going to do much for our match sharpness. I suppose the downside for you is that you have to respect York and send a decent team, running the risk of injuries etc, but you will get more out of it in terms of a hit out.

Re: Fixtures 2025 : Sun Jan 19, 2025 4:01 pm  

number 6 wrote:

so its either GB Police/York Acorn or Oulton Rangers, who beat London Chargers today

York Acorn beat GB Police so we face the winners of next weekend's Round 2 fixture between them and Oulton Raiders.