Round 2 Fixtures, Officials, Team & Predictions

From what I heard Ampthill we’re doing a full rotation on the squad, regarding Kwaku he scored 2x in the Bedford derby and named star man, I’m not too sure it was right for cov to let him go, I can see him scoring a few more with ball on hand

Kimbo wrote: OldNick wrote: At Coventry we only have one player on our books to return after the RWC - David Halaifonua, who got so close to scoring before being shoulder barged out today f play on Saturday. Given the current performance of our FB and wings he’ll get into the team on rotation, but will have to fight hard to make a position his own. Two more currently playing elsewhere though; Purdy & Forsyth, both of whom will probably expect to be first choice in their positions. I wonder if that'll be the case though. Intriguing prospect.

dunc999 wrote: Well we were told Blues were taking the cup seriously but it looks like an extension to pre-season the way we are playing, with our thin squad already looking down to the bare bones.  One to come back from the World Cup (Hooley - hopefully not too injured) and who knows if we get any DR's.  Looking like a long season of struggle to me.....

I do believe some teams not taking the cup seriously is affecting attendances, even when there is a match between those who do. Scottish saw 750 for the first home game of the season.... Regardless of this over the moon with how we've started the season. Squads looking a lot stronger and drilled than in years gone by.

castleparknight wrote: Donnyknightsfan wrote: My thoughts on that game are that I’m not really fussed about the result. Yes losing 57-0 was disappointing but i didn’t expect Donny to win at Falcons. Newcastle will be very hard to beat this season. I don’t see them losing much. I was very much fussed around the result, we didn't send our A team and then we got stuffed. Real happy to have blown £40 - a few boys stood up and were counted and when I see them I will tell them so. Yes Newcastle looked good, but we made them look even better by not running out a strong squad - "We are taking the cup seriously" so said the DoR - Yeah Right.......

My recollection is that 4 bonus points were awarded for guessing the winner of all matches correctly, and 10 bonus points if one guessed the exact outcome correctly on all matches. We had some good predictors this weeks.

Absolutely.
I look forward to seeing them, but I’m not counting chickens.

At Coventry we only have one player on our books to return after the RWC - David Halaifonua, who got so close to scoring before being shoulder barged out today f play on Saturday. Given the current performance of our FB and wings he’ll get into the team on rotation, but will have to fight hard to make a position his own.

Runitback wrote: Impressive from Falcons . . .  looks like a two horse race again, I would then say Coventry  looking good for the cup and a top 4 finish . . Cov and Falcons will have players returning in the next month.

I fully agree with the first couple of points in this post although I still expect Falcons & Ealing to each lose between 3 & 5 matches this season (the ultimate winner to be the one which only loses 3 whilst the second loses 5 - and great contest if they both lose only 4). I suspect a few Championship Clubs other than Cov & Falcons will hope to have players returning from the World Cup & be targeting the Cup. In my dreams I am hoping that Jersey play Falcons in the final and more than happy to travel to KP to win it there followed by a night on the Toon. Nowt wrong with blind optimism down here in St Ouen.

Edited by corporalcarrot - 29 Sep 2019 at 17:32

57-0 on 80 minutes