After the struggle last weekend against Oldham and their non descript people we signalled our intent in midweek by playing a full strength match preview against Torquay in the LDV and it paid dividends with the Swans immediately installed as favourites for the competition as a result.
Indeed, we do feel that the better the match preview then the better the performance with last week's effort against Oldham not just being good enough and resulting in dropped points
Over a quarter of a million people live in Rotherham and it is a well known fact that 223,741 of them want to leave. Yesterday. The place smells, is far too close to Sheffield for anyone's liking (most certainly Lee Trundle's) and apparently if you stay there too long then you turn into a whippet. Strange but true apparently.
Anyhow, before we go any further I just have to share the following joke that I was told when carrying out the extensive research for this preview as I do week on week
Auld fella walking alongside canal and sees a nine-year old lad fair crying his eyes out. "Wot's tha cryin' fer, young un?" Through sniffles and bawling, little lad manages to say "A've loss me mate. Me mate fell in t'canal" and point about tree feet in front of him. "By 'eck" says fella and without further ado, strips off his jacket and shoes then jumps into the canal. After few minutes he splashed to side and says, "'Ow old was tha mate?" By this time, lad had stopped howling and watched the auld fella fair dumbstruck. "Wot's that mean, 'ow old?" "Thy mate" said fella, "'ow old were 'e? Wor 'e a big lad?" Little lad scowled at the old man, "Nah! Tha daft bat. Not me mate - me mate outa me saniches". But that's enough of things, we do have another warning for those travelling to Rotherham tomorrow as part of the corporate hospitality package that they offered. Rotherham is the UK's 2nd most religious place behind Splott and as a result you will be expected to take part in saying Grace along with your hosts so please learn this saying "God bless us all, an' mak us able Ta eyt all t' stuff 'at's on this table..."
And so onto the team news. Andy Robbo misses out as he has a dead leg - family flowers only - but all getting off the treatment table at the same time are Ickle Leon, Runner Bean, Duncan Goodhew, X Factor finalist Paul Connor and OTJ Hooker. Not back is the Monk man who has poor cattle by all accounts.
And so we come to the end of the preview for yet another game - sadly I don't think it is good enough to generate three points but it most definitely won't be beaten.
Now will someone explain the joke to me please ;-)
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Predictions So Far - 22:00 OCTOBER 21
Away
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Home | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 31 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | Other Scores: 0 |
Home Win: | 17 | Draw: | 24 | Away Win: | 61 |
First Scorer | Votes | Lee Trundle | 48
| Adebayo Akinfenwa | 31
| Kevin McLeod | 4
| Leon Britton | 3
| Izzy Iriekpen | 2
| Adrian Forbes | 1
| Andy Robinson | 1
| Roberto Martinez | 1
| Owain Tudur-Jones | 1
| No Scorer | 10
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