Should complete a positive start for us before our journey up to Leigh in a fortnights time. Home advantage, 3G pitch and they're coming after a home loss.

Should is the important word. W bit like oldham this lot are a bit of an unknown and I think the fact they gave dewsbury a good run I hope is not ignored. Let's hope home advantage plays it's part and we are better prepared on the plastic grass. Like any game in this comp it's not w given but one we should win

Needs to be another win - there's always the possibility that Dewsbury were a bit off at the weekend or that running the Rams close is as good as it gets for Swinton. Either way we need to win. Against a part time, newly promoted team and on the artificial surface that we should be using to our advantage? Defeat should be unthinkable!

Lots of things that are unthinkable are thinkable at Broncos.

But that's what you get with a confederacy of dunces.

Thanks for making a sensible contribution to the discussion cowgirl.
agree with you rob it's a game that as a full time team we should take in our stride. First run out in championship last week for them they would hopefully have put a lot into it, maybe the rams went in taking it for granted.
Bit annoyed am going to miss it.

I'll take your ticket off your hands.

Gratis of course.

Go whistle for it mate

It was a game I had targeted for meself, but I'm not in London at the weekend so I'll miss it. The next Home game is 'Fax and I'm in town so I'll be there for that one.

I was joking.

The

should have given it away.

Not surprised it didn't though.

I wasn't.

Why the use of "mate" then?

Or did you mean it in the hostile sense of the word?

Goes without saying that threatening behaviour is a banning offence on here I believe.

Well not in your case obviously.

Harking back to the confederacy of dunces.

Explain to me how mate is hostile in any sense in the written word? Without tone of voice or body language expression then it can only be taken in its literal sense.
Dictionary definition can include "(as form of address) UK informal used as a friendly way of talking to someone especially a man"
looks like you graspping at strws a little

You may also notice I dont resort to thinly vieled insults either.

Back on thread though, it will be interesting to see if Swinton bring many down for the game, I know it was a promotion final but they had reasonable number up at Widnes. Maybe the novelty of a new ground to visit might be a draw for them. I would imagine they would be looking at us as a top team (in the championship) to cause an upset at especially after Batley turned over Leigh.
For us, I think we should! be winning this, I would like to hope we can win it comfortably and set our standard at Ealing for future visitors.

I'm obviously not your mate though so why use the word in your dealings with me?

As for thinly veiled insult I thought I was pretty up front that you come across as a bit of a dim bulb.

I'm not the only one to remark on it either.

Well for Dewsbury it was an away game, though ofcourse Swinton haven't had a real home of their own for a number of years, but it was still technically a "home" fixture. We should be comfortable winners, though nothing is a given.

Sounds familiar.

Maybe all Swintonians have wanderlust.

CN you could read the rest of the definition of the word mate, but you probably will not bother as it does not fit what you want to read, so be it.
You can be as up front as you wish, still no need for personal insults towards me or anyone on here.

Any chance of you talking about rugby?

could we get back to talking about rugby league and LB in particular? We now have two threads which have drifted into petty and pathetic arguments about the use of English, definitions of words and punctuation. Really, really boring.........

Agreed!

Who has appointed you as the moderator, that's Mintys job

No desire t be a moderator. Want to get back to the thread title? So what do we think the score will be, i am hoping for 30+ points in our favour, and it will be good to see a home game!

Putting a number on the win or margin is a difficult thing to and causes issues, if hendo sets a target of 30 point margin and we only win by 28 is that a fail? I agree with you though it would be good to see a convincing victory to set the marker. With the pitch 30 plus margin would be nice

Any win will do.
Especially with the visit to Leigh looming!

I agree, we just need to win. A win by thirty points would be good, but to win by just one would be good enough.

Would the preferable measure for a coach not be defence?