v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Sun Mar 23, 2014 11:11 pm  

2nd Week in a row on the Telly and this time, 2 performances will be under scrutiny.

On the pitch, we haven't lost to Castleford as the London Broncos v.2, having 3 wins and a draw to show for the last 2 years. Castleford are a revelation this year and it was only a Chase inspired Salford Devils that stopped them in their tracks on Sunday. London seem to lack "strength" in the contact area (as described by Wells and Carney) and I think the Castleford forwards will have too much for us.


Off the pitch, Castleford have travelled south in SL 17 times, with the highest being the Jungle.com sponsored jolly in Y2K when 8,067 saw us lose by the odd try, the lowest being 1,810 at last years draw and the average being 3,208.

If my contact at Red Hall is correct, this will be the last game attended by our current CEO, who no doubt would like to leave us on a high, but I suspect what we will actually get is a heavy defeat and the lowest ever SL crowd in the capital with no use for a comma or more than 3 digits when announcing it.


Castleford by 33, crowd 746.

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:45 am  

I think it will be a lot closer.

16-28

Crowd 800
Motm dazler.

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:19 am  

Towns88 wrote:

Motm dazler.

Daryl Clark is my worry.

He will kill any laziness shown by Moore and Slyney through the middle. Keep Clark to 130m and London win the game IMO.

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:35 am  

I expect to see Carney trample over JOC all day and score many points.....another bad day at the office I fear.

TR will announce after the thrashing that all is well and this is all part of his continuing master plan to `mould` the players. We will therefore be competitive around round 23.

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 9:38 am  

To borrow a Rob Powell phrase we will hit our straps in 2015. That's when the next win will be I'm afraid.

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:14 pm  

I expect to see Carney trample over JOC all day and score many points.....another bad day at the office I fear.

I think Carney will be sitting this one out after something that got put on report yesterday.

I have a feeling that you will pick up your first win this week. We've looked really tired the last two weeks since the Wigan result, and with such a short turn around I can't imagine energy levels being up to the standard. You're probably due a good showing, and given our previous record against you in recent years, you can see why I'm pessimistic!

Hopefully you'll get your season on track soon, just next week, preferably

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:11 pm  

The Doctor wrote:

I think Carney will be sitting this one out after something that got put on report yesterday.

What, again! Hope you're right though. The thought of him running at O'C fills me with dread.

I have a feeling that you will pick up your first win this week. We've looked really tired the last two weeks since the Wigan result, and with such a short turn around I can't imagine energy levels being up to the standard. You're probably due a good showing, and given our previous record against you in recent years, you can see why I'm pessimistic!

Did you see our defence against Leeds?

Hopefully you'll get your season on track soon, just next week, preferably

Thank you. This week would be nice but improbable.

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:39 pm  

The RLWC inspired marketing has kicked in for this one with an email offering a 2 for 1 deal on this match having been received. Behind Hemel and Skolars but here nonetheless. Could that tip the crowd over the anticipated level?

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:44 pm  

Dally wrote:

The RLWC inspired marketing has kicked in for this one with an email offering a 2 for 1 deal on this match having been received. Behind Hemel and Skolars but here nonetheless. Could that tip the crowd over the anticipated level?

Doubtful. Thursday night in Barnet for £11.50 isn't Saturday afternoon at wembley for £10.

Re: v Castleford Tigers. 8pm, March 27th. : Mon Mar 24, 2014 8:10 pm  

The Doctor wrote:

I think Carney will be sitting this one out after something that got put on report yesterday.

I have a feeling that you will pick up your first win this week. We've looked really tired the last two weeks since the Wigan result, and with such a short turn around I can't imagine energy levels being up to the standard. You're probably due a good showing, and given our previous record against you in recent years, you can see why I'm pessimistic!

Hopefully you'll get your season on track soon, just next week, preferably

Carney has been cleared.
Tough night at the office this coming Thursday for whoever has to try and stop him!!!