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[lionsfanusa]

What's the consensus for Sunday?

I'm making my annual pilgrimage to see the Lions, this time with my wife, and am hoping for a competitive match!

See you all Sunday!

[Bleep1673]

I used to have as a screen background on my first computer via total RL a picture of Swinton players celebrating a cup win v Featherstone, so let's do it AGAIN boys!!!!!!!

[Blue Monkey]

I used to have as a screen background on my first computer via total RL a picture of Swinton players celebrating a cup win v Featherstone, so let's do it AGAIN boys!!!!!!!

Oh aye! what cup match against Featherstone would that have been then?

[Bryce]

The play-off win at POR in 2006 is also to be noted. An awesome performance that day, along with a controversial try from Andy Saywell!

The support throughout that run was brilliant as well, every game we had a big following and had some really good atmoshperes going, especially at Fev and Celtic. Let's hope for the same outcome tomorrow.

R.Hawkyard
Mort
Higson (if fit)
Armstrong
Penny
Ainscough
Watson
Meekin
Smith
Holland
Cunniffe
D.Hawkyard
I'Anson

Ashall
Riley
Morrison
Gorski

[mark richardson]

Fabulous performance today just stolen from us at the end. Well done and hard luck lads.

[thundergaz]

Great performance from you lot today you did'nt deserve to lose. Last week took alot out of us and it showed today and with the wigan game comeing up are minds were else where i think but not takeing anything away from your lads you were the best team today and good luck for the rest of the season from a capper i doubt you will need it though after that great performance today.Also you will be very hard to beat at your place this year if you play like that every week

[mark richardson]

Can you lend Raynor to all our opponents so we can watch him admire the ball bouncing every week as we score?

In all seriousness cheers for your comments,I think we surprised Fev with how well we played.

And I would like to remind all the fev fans that we play the top team in super league next weekend so that excuse of playing Wigan has no validity to me.

Edited by mark richardson, 22 April 2012 - 03:39 PM.

[marshy1]

Gutted,we didn't deserve to loose that game in those circumstances. We took the game to Fev apart from in a ten minute spell. Really proud of the lads and every week we are progressing into a championship team. Kev Penny's tackle just before half time was worth comming to see and it seems like he is now focused on life with the Lions. Well done lads and a really good game to be at.

[mark richardson]

Plus his similar try saver on Raynor earlier on...he couldnt tackle him for his tries, Raynor was too far off side to catch.

[wberry]

Cracking game today, unlucky not to win but after next week we've got some win able games.

Wayne

[wayne_r]

Very unlucky today - just a couple of wrong decisions where we missed try scoring opportunities in 2nd half and of course the final Fev try was at least 2 yds ( sorry to use old measures) off side. I think the team is getting better with each match...........our centres were strong today and we mixed it up fairly well in the pack, Smithy worked hard and did an awful lot of tackling and Watson's kicking game was good. Only dissappointment was Mills who for me seems to lack confidence...........certainly he is capable of much more.

[Tess]

Gutted after such a fantastic game to come out the losers! We really didn't deserve that!
Penny was awesome. Everyone played their hearts out.
We may not have come away with many points this season but we have played some great rugby. Proud to be a Swinton fan!

[thundergaz]

Youve got to remember mark we were abserloutley sh..e today and we still won. So on that wigan comment you made it makes your lot look realy poor then doesnt it

Edited by thundergaz, 22 April 2012 - 04:34 PM.

[Phil Loxton]

Very unlucky today - just a couple of wrong decisions where we missed try scoring opportunities in 2nd half and of course the final Fev try was at least 2 yds ( sorry to use old measures) off side. I think the team is getting better with each match...........our centres were strong today and we mixed it up fairly well in the pack, Smithy worked hard and did an awful lot of tackling and Watson's kicking game was good. Only dissappointment was Mills who for me seems to lack confidence...........certainly he is capable of much more.

Swinton didn't deserve to lose but to highlight one Fev try is unfair; The ref was making up his own rules like he does every time I see him; Swintons first try was an obvious knock on; But you knocked Fev out of their stride and you have a very good side there;

[mark richardson]

Youve got to remember mark we were abserloutley sh..e today and we still won. So on that wigan comment you made it makes your lot look realy poor then doesnt it

Ok mate youre right..........

[duffymoon]

Our kicking game was excellent today! we mix it up nicely with Smith and especially Ianson taking some of the responsibility of Watto.Great performance today as someone has said we are improving all the time.The results will come!

[Phil Loxton]

Our kicking game was excellent today! we mix it up nicely with Smith and especially Ianson taking some of the responsibility of Watto.Great performance today as someone has said we are improving all the time.The results will come!

They will mate..good luck for remainder of season;....(Fev fan)

[Robin Evans]

you played well. You were well up for it. Swinton looked more of a team and were most unlucky to lose. You will be gutted as I would be if we'd lost a game like that.

ps - hope you can find a 'home' in swinton soon. Existing on crowds of 866 which incl a good number of away fans makes swinton's job so hard. Good luck folks.

[ANDYPK]

Well done Lions, your lads are obviously playing their hearts out for each other, I wish the Knights players would do the same, well done it's notnan easy step up into Championship as we are still finding out.

Andy

[Furryenzo]

Thought we were very unlucky today and cant help but feel that with a competent linesman we would have won the game. Fev clearly wernt firing on all cylinders though. Our forwards were alot better today although they still wernt as strong as the opposing pack. Riley looked a handful and our second-rowers played out of their skin as usual. My MOM was Higson who I think terrorised that flank. Penny also seems to have made that shirt his own, he did everything expected of him and more, I was especially surprised/amazed by his two awesome try saving tackles.

Our tactical kicking was awesome, my only problem being why oh why did we not try the chip-over in the dying minutes!? We had 2 opportunities and yet chose to find touch and gift them possession. Apart from that we really mixed it up which caused them problems and was good to watch. If we can play with that sort of creativity, effort and discipline we will be a very very tough team to beat this year. However, we cant stop now, we need to keep pushing to improve.