Sat 18th-Sun 19th Feb: The Betfred League One Match Thread

[Derwent]

Skolars 6 Town 30

[Derwent]

2 in 2 minutes for Town, Skolars 6 Town 34

Half time.

[Spike]

@Quinskolar you ok marra? Special season?! Looking a bit daft now…

[Rene_Artois]

As a Dons supporter I am excited and nervous in equal measure. Our 1st 3 games Vs Hunslet, Oldham and Rochdale are a real baptism of fire. I'll start predicting once those 3 games have been played.

[Rene_Artois]

1 minute ago, Spike said:

@Quinskolar you ok marra? Special season?! Looking a bit daft now…

Bit cruel

[Derwent]

3 minutes ago, Rene_Artois said:

Bit cruel

Not really. They are getting smashed at home by a Town team that includes 7 players who were playing amateur rugby last season.

[Rene_Artois]

6 minutes ago, Derwent said:

Not really. They are getting smashed at home by a Town team that includes 7 players who were playing amateur rugby last season.

Point taken. To me it's a rebuilding season for Town which I agree reflects poorly on Skolars. I think the 2 promoted sides this year will be between 4 clubs. I don't see it being very open.

This is why Dons v Hunslet tomorrow makes me nervous 

Edited February 18 by Rene_Artois

[Rene_Artois]

19 minutes ago, Rene_Artois said:

Bit cruel

I'll be honest Spike when he posted that I thought no chance. I admire his optimism. The side they have is 3rd bottom. You have to hope tho eh? We've both been there.

 

[Derwent]

50 up for Town.

Skolars 10 Town 52 - still 25 mins to go

[Spike]

Just now, Derwent said:

50 up for Town.

Skolars 10 Town 52 - still 25 mins to go

things you love to see

[Derwent]

Final score - Skolars 16 Town 58

[Jeff Stein]

Very disappointing. Absolutely no positives can be taken from that.

[BJW]

5 hours ago, Derwent said:

Not really. They are getting smashed at home by a Town team that includes 7 players who were playing amateur rugby last season.

And Skolars also had a number of new players who were making a step up in level.

[Rene_Artois]

56 minutes ago, BJW said:

And Skolars also had a number of new players who were making a step up in level.

Derwent's point is valid. Hopelessly optimistic to say this could be a special season before getting murdered at home by a side that will struggle to make the play offs

[UBranger]

6 hours ago, Derwent said:

Final score - Skolars 16 Town 58

Is that 6 all in the last 25 minutes? I'd say the skolars are better than the final score.

[BJW]

11 hours ago, Rene_Artois said:

Derwent's point is valid. Hopelessly optimistic to say this could be a special season before getting murdered at home by a side that will struggle to make the play offs

Yes his point is valid but are you saying mine is not?

Both sides had players making a step up, and unfortunately (for Skolars) Workington had some handling it better.

[Quinskolar]

22 hours ago, Spike said:

@Quinskolar you ok marra? Special season?! Looking a bit daft now…

I was referring to the new owners who will surely bring in much better. Worky were far better but poor form to gloat.

[Futtocks]

 

[Futtocks]

Pretty much everything the Hurricanes have tried so far has come off - 16:0 up after just 12 minutes.

[Moscow01]

Cornwall are so, so bad. West Wales have gone, now it’s their turn to be the whipping boys. Most of their players are nowhere near League 1 standard. Sorry if that’s painful to hear for their fans but it’s the truth. 

[OriginalMrC]

Hurricanes finding this far too easy. Cornwall were really confident that they'd recruited well but so far they look worse than the team who only won one game last year. 

[Barley Mow]

7 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

Hurricanes finding this far too easy. Cornwall were really confident that they'd recruited well but so far they look worse than the team who only won one game last year. 

The loss of an experienced coach won't have helped.

[dkw]

1 hour ago, Quinskolar said:

I was referring to the new owners who will surely bring in much better. Worky were far better but poor form to gloat.

It's been a long time since we were able to gloat about anything, you'll have to forgive us getting excited ha ha....

[OriginalMrC]

Just now, Barley Mow said:

The loss of an experienced coach won't have helped.

Yep, think the new coach has been a bit naive about what's needed to be competitive in league 1

[Barley Mow]

FT at Widnes - N Wales 18 -38 Dewsbury