Toulouse come a-calling a week today, and we're (more than) overdue a win.
Not since pipping Barrow on the hooter in Round 3, have we come out on the positive side of the result, so............
Can we put an end to this dismal run on Coronation Day?
It'll be far from easy, coz Olympique are a quality outfit, but...................
We need it, so................
COME ON YOU LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spelly.
Excellent result for Swinton against Toulouse. Pleased for you Spelly.
Excellent result for Swinton against Toulouse. Pleased for you Spelly.
Thanks mate! Lions 19-12 Toulouse this aft, and what a win!
We were awesome, and at the end taunted the visitors with "Super League? You're havin' a laugh!" and "We'll see you next season!"
And also, after only one game of the weekend's fixtures completed, there's only one board member in with a chance of a full house on the prediction league!
Bradford at Odsal is our next appointment, and that's tomorrow week!
Spelly.
Fantastic result spelly, nearly fell off my chair when I read it !
Gonna be interesting at Odsal on Sunday!
How fired up will they be after getting stuffed up at CP, and the subsequent sacking of Dunning?
We're bouncing on the back of our best perf of the season, sending Olympique back across la Manche with their tails between their legs.
I just hope we can build on the Toulouse result, and secure another priceless two points, but it won't be easy!
COME ON YOU LIONS!!!!
Spelly.
We now have SIXTEEN players unavailable for Sunday due to injury!
I've said many times that with the physical (brutal?) nature of our game, injuries are always gonna come along, but we've really had it tough this term with knocks!
We've brought in some loanees, but even with those guys, we can only name 20 for Odsal, and just a bare 17 are fit enough to pull on the shirt!
Backs against wall without doubt, but we'll give it everything to build on that magic win last week!
COME ON YOU LIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Spelly.
Bull 44-38 Lions this aft, and ironically, that's the most we've scored in a game this term, and we lost!
The gamebreaker came after we'd battled back from 26-8 down, to level it at at 26-26, but............
In the first set of six after the re-start, we spilled it, and in no time, it was 44-26, and (seemingly) game over, but......
Throw in the towel we didn't, and two quick tries brought us back within six, with about a minute and a half left.
Then as time ticked down, there followed an odd end to the proceedings, and I confess, I don't know if the ref called it right or wrong, coz..............
They knocked on, we formed the scrum, and he stopped the clock. The hooter went almost immediately, and he blew for time, without the scrum being taken.
It was poss only a couple of seconds in between, but the hooter was defo after he'd stopped the clock. Was he right? As I said, I don't know, but..............
Had the scrum gone ahead, we could've had a kick and chase, and grabbed a draw we (and yes I'm biased, but aren't we all?) deserved!
With sixteen unavailable due to their presence on the treatment table, it was a monumental effort from a patched up team!
Proud to be a Lion!
Nowt for us now till we meet you mob at the Bash on Saturday week!
See you in the Minster City!
Spelly.
Second time we've met this term, and both times you've stuffed us!
We (not for the first, second, or third time) conceded just before the interval, and (not for the first, second, or third time) our discipline was poor.
From a based point of view, I thought one or two of the decisions that went your way were a bit iffy, but it wouldn't have changed the result!
Congrats on your win, and we'll just have to save it from being a three timer, by winning when we come to Naughton Park!
Spelly.
PS - Did someone pip their horn to us, as we were walking down the main road to the stadium?
@spelly I did think you were hard done by on 2 occasions but apart from that I thought after the first 20 minutes when it was even steven our introduction of Lawton made a massive difference & Gilmore got more & more influential as the game wore on. I thought Jones our loanee from Leigh was also terriffic for us.
Your discipline got worse as the game went on. The last binning was just stupid. No player can hurl abuse at the referee from 7 yards away at a decision & expect not to be binned. Having said that we have done the same thing in 2 games at Bradford & against Toulouse that almost certainly cost us 4 points.
What did frustrate me today the most was in the second game a Whitehaven player dropped the ball forward when facing his own line. He gave himself up by stopping but the referee waved play on as presumably he interpreted it as backwards. Now in our game at Bradford Dixon did the same thing around the time Craven was binned for dissent & the referee gave it as a knock on as he was facing his own line. That cost us 2 points. I think the rule needs clarifying to whichever way the player is facing if the ball is dropped towards his own line that is not a knockon. Thoughts?
@spelly I did think you were hard done by on 2 occasions but apart from that I thought after the first 20 minutes when it was even steven our introduction of Lawton made a massive difference & Gilmore got more & more influential as the game wore on. I thought Jones our loanee from Leigh was also terriffic for us.
Your discipline got worse as the game went on. The last binning was just stupid. No player can hurl abuse at the referee from 7 yards away at a decision & expect not to be binned. Having said that we have done the same thing in 2 games at Bradford & against Toulouse that almost certainly cost us 4 points.
What did frustrate me today the most was in the second game a Whitehaven player dropped the ball forward when facing his own line. He gave himself up by stopping but the referee waved play on as presumably he interpreted it as backwards. Now in our game at Bradford Dixon did the same thing around the time Craven was binned for dissent & the referee gave it as a knock on as he was facing his own line. That cost us 2 points. I think the rule needs clarifying to whichever way the player is facing if the ball is dropped towards his own line that is not a knockon. Thoughts?
Geoff - One thing we've since learned re the second sin bin, is that the guy involved has gone on the Swinton message-board saying "I told our player to f*** off for giving away a penalty, but the ref thought it was to him."
Our following was poor. Fifty of us? But I'm sure there'd have been a lot more had it been in the shadow of the Tower.
York is a historic city, but it's not as though the "sights" are anywhere near the stadium, so it's far from an ideal venue in my opinion!
I believe Bloomfield Road is being re-seeded, but surely summat could've been done either before or after the turf work had been done?
We were on our way home straight after our game to attend the BBQ for my granddaughter's birthday, so can't comment of the 'Haven v Barrow clash, but..........
To make matters worse for my mob, following you stuffing us, was that the Raiders won, which means we're now occupying a relegation spot! I've had better weekends!
Next up for us is a trip to Keighley, and on our visit there last term, we didn't trouble the scorers!
Spelly.
Three bad results this weekend for yours truly!
You mob beat (stuffed?) mine, at the Bash, the Warriors came second in the NRL, and to put the tin hat on it, the Pinks got the better of FC this aft! But..................
As I've said a million times -"There's always next week!"
Spelly.
So it's Keighley on Sunday, as we try to pull ourselves clear of the relegation zone we slid in to following the results at York.
They're (hopefully) feeling down coz of losing to their neighbours at the Bash, so (hopefully again) we can take advantage, but.........
I'm sure they're of a similar mindset and saying "Swinton got stuffed off Widnes, so let's catch 'em cold!"
We didn't trouble the scorers last year in the league game there, as they raced away with the title, so we defo need to improve on that scenario!
COME ON YOU LIONS!!!!!!!!
Spelly.
Cougars 28-32 in the Lawkholme Lane sunshine today.
It was far from perfect, but a win's a win, and two priceless points in the survival bid.
We scored with our first attack, but, for the millionth time, we conceded right on the interval hooter!
To be honest, we should've won by more, and were never behind, but they never threw in the towel, and the 150 ish of us, were both delighted, and relieved when the hooter sounded.
With Barrow getting stuffed at Fev, we're now (just) above the relegation line, but still behind 'Haven who had a great win at Sheff, and will prob be team of the week inLeague Express in the morning.
Spelly.
Well done Spelly hope you can stay up.
We were woeful today.IMO the top 6 has gone for us unless we sign a standoff & two excellent props within a week or two which is very unlikely.
Lions 8-44 'Fax this aft, and with 'Haven, and Barrow both winning, we're back in the bottom two!
8-8 at the break, and (on paper) game on, but they scored with their first set of six after the re-start, and it was one way traffic for the next painful forty minutes!
It really was grim!
Next up for us, is a visit from the Bulldogs, and a massive improvement on today is required!
Spelly.