Might as well pack up now....Cant see any positives in the future...Our club is going down quicker than Monica Lewinski !...

Like Swinton fans used to sing (maybe they still do):
"We lose at home and we lose away, we lost last week and we'll lose today..."

Also be interesting to see if they made ove 1K attendance? I hope they did as it was probably the best game at PL this season

It's coming! But may not be quite the comments everyone expected. The pub was quite packed an hour after the game. With beer being the biggest unit profit mark-up at the stadium and with the Broncos getting a cut (I'd assume the biggest as the football club use "commission" to define their part from the London games) that helps the coffers.

The big news is I saw London kick that oval ball between the posts and over the cross bar. And not just once, but four times, including once without the tee!

My more detailed thoughts coming shortly.

903 if I heard the announcement correctly.

Orangeman actually overestimated with 950 (fairly certain it was 900 and something). But 47 out is a good prediction of course.

I thought we wouldn't make 1K also.

Attendance given as 903- not sure whether I believe that but it is what it is. It turns out Crash was right that was a game we should have won. We made too many errors in bad places in the 1st half and the ref spotted them all. Walker had a good debut. Parata and Bienek did well. I thought Leyland was really good in second half and as York tired ( rather than us) we pulled the strings. Their 3rd try towards end of the first half was a farce. Big old unit ran half the length of the pitch and no one was able t9 stop him. As you know I’m no expert but I’m not sure about Macani. He seems not t9 have confidence in his speed and bombed one on the line again. Basically though it was stupidity by some players that lost us it. Mocedreike is really busy but he seems to panic and waft the ball on the last time and time again. . Tuilatu On a 6 again on the line got himself r7. Over the dead ball line and Latu made a break andthen kicked the ball losing possession as opposed to us scoring. Basically a game worth watching but 2 points thrown away. York won’t weary the top 4.

1. Close game, but 0-5 it is
2. Sub 1,000 gate. [i[uNot a lot else to say here just yet[/u[/i, but 2200/1400/900 is not good
3. Anyone believe that the matchday sponsor paid £1,500?
4. A busy bar is the result of fans enjoying the game and staying in the zone.
5. 2 week break now before Barrow away and Bradford at home....
6. If they'd anything about them, the BOSG would have been madly flogging Leigh coach tickets in the bar.
7. For the first time this year inset my alarm for this game but hit snooze....
8. Next home game we might get1,500+…...Bradford are on a roll!

I've been following the broncos 20 years now and was on their backs about how to grow crowds 5 years before that.....I am occasionally surprised, but rarely wrong in my musings. I've said the Bradford crowd will be nearer 1,500 but I suspect that will be because the south stand will be open and they will bring 600+. Rugby League fans love to have a gander at new stadiums and Bradford travel well

Interesting to read that the 903 was a bit "iffy" in the eyes of one attendee......have the lies to cover lies begun? Will Hughes figure out that sub 1k gates are all he has to.loom forward to.
Off the bottom on points difference....

Some additional thought. Although I was a bit surprised with the attendance figure there was a decent atmosphere today.
I bought some merchandise having found the shop. I’m surprised that some of the items on sale don’t seem to be on sale online. That seems an open goal to me.
I thought Borough had a decent cameo as did Williams. BTW Ogden for York was far more involved (in first half anyway) than I had seen before, seemed to have bulked up and was a threat.
Curran- he came with a rep of being one of the very best in the league. I’m not experienced enough to judge and suspect he does quite a bit of hidden stuff but although he seemed more involved today I just don’t know if he’s as influential as was hoped. Do others have views?

Well that result even though a loss got to be seen as a positive. Sounds like it was an entertaining competative game importantly for the fans. I was only listening and only first half but walker sounds like he has made an impact.

A loss is a loss.

Another early try conceded by London and York appeared camped in our end for a lot of the first half. I get the impression when teams move the ball, we become easier to penetrate, beyond the obvious it becomes more of a one man on man situation. I think it’s more to do with the fact that our middle defense is the strength and elsewhere we don’t look particularly strong.

A turnover on the second tackle on our own 22 (knock-on perhaps) set up York for a try.
York’s high kicks to our backs were much more challenging than most our ours from Siti who played scrum half. Siti’s “grubber” kicks on fifth tackles were pretty poor from my perspective.

Bienek played limited minutes (presumably due to having just recovered from injury) but to me still looks our best player.

Walker showed quality, but otherwise was adequate.

A desperate ankle tap pevented a 70 yard Macani try

I told my family that on the last tackle if you kept the ball in hand it was always worth taking a risk to recycle. I’m having second thoughts. Ulberg nearly got in the corner, did really well to stay in bounds and tossed the ball back up the line. It could have ended in a 95 yard try, although I still think it was worth it. It was a warning though. A useless Siti kick inside the 22 and York ran the length of the pitch, some good passing and a try.
As 60 minutes approached, York continued to dominate and I was waiting for the flood gates to open as London tired. At this point, in some respects it was London’s worst home performance of the year.

Then it all changed

London pushed forward, Leyland was instrumental spreading the ball and London looked a real threat. The trys came, as did opportunities for more. Macani couldn’t hold onto a Walker pass for a try in the corner. Latu broke from our 22. Didn’t have the pace but did well got to York’s 22 until a poor kick into the middle gave up possession. I think this break was from a turover. If so we had the full set to use if he’d been more composed.

Siti converted our fourth try with the running clock at 80. It had to be held as no tee available. The chap carrying it was limping and didn’t set off across the pitch until Siti was about to kick. A player had to hold the ball for him. In that situation shouldn’t somebody sprint over with the tee to at least give the option.

Siti checked the time with the ref whilst lining up the kick, so knew we had one last chance. Kick-Off caught inside the 22, but as we looked for one last big play, a long pass across the field was judged forward and time expired before the restart.
London dominated the last 20 minutes which is a massive plus considering the season to date. But in the same as the Bradford match was closer than the scoreline, today wasn’t as close as two points. Far too many mistakes.

Parata was MOM. New boy Bourouh looked very effective off the bench. Williams made a number of good gains. Curran looked quite influential in the last 20 minutes.

I haven’t really worked out the Centre position yet. How much is it an extenion of the forwards? How much is it an extension of the wingers? Along with a quality player in the halves (as I say Leyland stepped it up late on today) and an extra big forward, Centre looks the next place to upgrade. Hopefully Ferreira will be back. Siti might be a good option. Latu and Palumbo look good squad option there, but don’t look first choices. With no backs on the bench, and Palumbo moving to the backs, looks like we are a bit short there.

Really enjoyed the fight back and credit due there. But much work to do still.