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 Getting my tickets tomorrow, kids for free is great. I'm guessing we can sit or stand wherever?
 
 
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 Westerman
 Hardaker
 Barron
 Kemp
 Cust
 Fash
 Balmforth
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 Lane
 Jebson
 Gardiner
 
 Salaibo
 Hutchinson
 Kirby
 Sao
 
 Or something similar it would have been an ideal game for the likes of Charles, Laidlaw and Litten to get going but unfortunately injury has ended that, I just hope it goes better than our last trip to Fev where we had about 4 long term injuries and God knows how many cards.
 
 
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 They have cobwebs and they also need to practice that second half more !
 
 Sorry for York but we need to practice and practice hard
 
 I expect 90-0 win
 
 
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 Sorry for York but we need to practice and practice hard
 
 I expect 90-0 win'"
 
I just don't see what meaningful practice and fitness they are going to get playing against amateur opposition. For me it's just about getting through it without injuries. I would look at the squad and say, which players can we not afford to be without for the start of the season. Those guys wouldn't play. There is no point.
 
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A smattering of first teamers to show respect to York Acorn and the competition, another chance for a few of the youngsters to make an impact, and guys like Asiata, Rapana and Sezer wrapped in cotton wool.
 
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Again, I'm just not sure what we would gain by running in tries at will that we couldn't just get from opposed training. | 
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 Barron
 Hardaker
 Westerman
 Briscoe
 Cust
 Sezer
 Aydin
 Balmforth
 Salabio
 Holmes
 Lane
 Fash
 
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 Hutchinson
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 You'd like to think they'd be enough there to get a more than convincing win.
 
 
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 Salabio
 Holmes
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 Fash
 
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 Sao
 Hutchinson
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Would tend to agree, question is do you risk either Sezer or Cust for them to get some more time on the field in a game situation? As no disrespect but would there be any more benefit from doing that against York Acorn compared to say an opposed game at training? | 
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 We don't want to start the SL season missing any of them.
 
 
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