Monarchs nervous this year

Last year London came from nowhere, the previous year they were 5-8-1 and no one took them seriously, they then stormed to a 12-2 record last season and took many people by surprise. This year teams will come better prepared for London not expecting a walkover.

"We have a good nucleus of players but the problem is with so much trading we had just one player from the draft so we've had to fill up a lot of our gaps because of retirements with free agents." said the London GM. Indeed London suffered several retirements which have hurt the depth badly on the team, they do have talent but now will be very fragile as their backups are a lot of street free agents.

London need HB Joe Hall to have a great camp. Hall a talented back but who isnt very strong will work extensively on his weights during camp as London hope he breaks the 90+rating in strength. "We need Hall to be stronger and to break tackles, too often last year he was stopped for a short gain, the last two years hes averaged 2.8 and 3.0 yards last year. Thats not good enough, he has a lot of talent, can make touchdowns, catch passes but i want him to be stronger" said the London GM.

Age is also creeping into Londons roster, 10 players have 10 or more years experience including 4 of the 7 LB's