Edinburgh v Glasgow BSN Series Friday 25th April 7.30pm

[eide67]

Our friends from the west are here again. Third time lucky for Oscar's home debut. Dayle stands in for Max after his (hopefully temporary) withdrawal from the team.

 

Teams from Monarchs' website:

Friday 25th April: Edinburgh Monarchs v Glasgow Tigers (BSN Series), Armadale, 7:30pm

STELLAR MONARCHS: Justin Sedgmen, Jonatan Grahn, Kye Thomson, Oskar Polis, Paco Castagna (Capt.), Victor Palovaara, Dayle Wood (Guest).

ALLIED VEHICLES TIGERS: Chris Harris, Ashton Boughen, Dan Thompson, Leon Flint, Kyle Howarth, Freddy Hodder, Max Perry.

[SharpenRake]

Wood strengthens the Monarchs. Can't see the Tigers repeating their Cup victory. Need to try and keep it tight and hope for the bonus point.

[Beirao]

12 minutes ago, SharpenRake said:

Wood strengthens the Monarchs. Can't see the Tigers repeating their Cup victory. Need to try and keep it tight and hope for the bonus point.

Oh ye of little faith! - though it will hinge around how Ashton and Leon go. Neither were great last time but improved performances could win us the meeting. 

Edited 14 hours ago by Beirao

[TheWellBehavedWorrall]

Not confident of a win this time around.

I thought it was obvious at Armadale a few weeks ago and at Shielfield on Saturday that Boughen is still suffering from that crash at Kings Lynn, so I’m not expecting much from him, especially given it’s a hip injury and Armadale is tight.

Flint is the biggest concern. He needs to contribute more; it’s essential if we’re to succeed, but two underwhelming performances so far give a poor indication. Having said that, I would love nothing more than to have egg on my face tomorrow night.

If Hodder and Perry score a couple each, they’ve done their job, but given Perry’s performance at Berwick, who knows?

Harris, Howarth and Thompson will each need to score double figures (again) to accommodate the above.

[MB723]

Should be close might depend on if Polis gets going, R/R for him scored 7+1 in the Scottish Cup so he'll probably have to match that especially if Leon and Ashton are stronger. 

Personally don't think you should be able to use guests from teams in the same group, Edinburgh will probably want to use one of the Glasgow reserves at Berwick if they can.

[Fromafar]

2 hours ago, MB723 said:

Should be close might depend on if Polis gets going, R/R for him scored 7+1 in the Scottish Cup so he'll probably have to match that especially if Leon and Ashton are stronger. 

Personally don't think you should be able to use guests from teams in the same group, Edinburgh will probably want to use one of the Glasgow reserves at Berwick if they can.

Stene  Pjiper is guesting at Berwick for Monarchs

Edited 7 hours ago by Fromafar

[szkocjasid]

7 hours ago, MB723 said:

Should be close might depend on if Polis gets going, R/R for him scored 7+1 in the Scottish Cup so he'll probably have to match that especially if Leon and Ashton are stronger. 

Personally don't think you should be able to use guests from teams in the same group, Edinburgh will probably want to use one of the Glasgow reserves at Berwick if they can.

While I agree with that idea, at least in this case I think it's suits Berwick if Edinburgh win on Friday, gives Berwick the best chance of winning the group (however unlikely).