Re: Skolars Premier : Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:42 am  

PC Plum wrote:

You really are a dope. The original post dates back to late March when the Skolars failed to field a side in the North London Cup v St Albans having the previous week made up their side of mainly Hainault players v Hemel.

Positive point - good to see they managed to get a side out at the weekend, no coincidence that their first team wasn't playing I guess.

good attempt at a side swipe and i echo what che said. one first team squad member who is returning from injury played. the rest were made up of the premier squad who are fully up and running training twice a week now. pre season did get started late, granted, but the set up is there with many young players gettin a chance t prove themselves. heres to a succesful season.

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:52 am  

Che wrote:

Only one of the first team squad of 33 (Paul Hyder) who is recovering from injury played in this game.

The reserves fielded 20 players plus had 3 who were unable to play due to squad sizes being limited to 20 by the RLC.

Skolars probably started a month late for reserves training and struggled for numbers for the pre-season games.

Every club goes through periods where they struggle for numbers and I can recall times when most of the clubs north of the river have experienced difficulties.

The reserves at Skolars are currently in great health, with a squad of 25+ players, a great coaching staffof Rubert Jonker and Mario Du Toit who are unable to play for the first team due to visa reasons but have chosen to stay at the Skolars.

Good stuff and good luck for the season.

Fair Comment : Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:08 pm  

Spot on PC Plum, Dope of the year. Didn't spot date of original post
Apologies,Thanks for the pull!

: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:48 pm  

Che wrote:

Only one of the first team squad of 33 (Paul Hyder) who is recovering from injury played in this game.

The reserves fielded 20 players plus had 3 who were unable to play due to squad sizes being limited to 20 by the RLC.

Skolars probably started a month late for reserves training and struggled for numbers for the pre-season games.

Every club goes through periods where they struggle for numbers and I can recall times when most of the clubs north of the river have experienced difficulties.

The reserves at Skolars are currently in great health, with a squad of 25+ players, a great coaching staffof Rubert Jonker and Mario Du Toit who are unable to play for the first team due to visa reasons but have chosen to stay at the Skolars.

I though that Rubert got a new visa after he got married a couple of years ago as he needed this to continue teaching. And Mario has been living in th UK for over 7 years or more so he would surely have a resident visa??
This visa issue is such a problem but there is always a way to get around it with some creative thinking.
Glad to the reserves get up as once again the Preimer league will be strong as West London, South London, St Albans and even Ipswich starting off well.