Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 1:38 pm  

BigTime wrote:

With the fixtures being announced and pre season started the club should now know 80/90% our squad, who is in and who has left. I do think it’s time they announced the remaining players they have signed and given farewells to those who have left in particular Tsang, Olsi K & Sammut seem to me to warrant at least a thanks for helping. Tsang took over a really difficult situation, Olsi K has been with us for a few years and Sammut played with a badly damaged hand for quite a bit of the season and helped us get over the line a few times. I know as a narrative all the departures look bad but that is the reality of the situation. (I’d really like to know when the club realised that pretty much everyone would leave. That surely can’t have been the plan/ expected).

I think it was sort of the plan. When the club wrote to 2020 season ticket holders there was so much stress on the importance of 2021 renewals that I said to a few people I suspected David had signed off 2021 on the basis the club developed two strategies for 2022. Full time if the 2021 numbers added up, part time if they didn't. When it was revealed everyone seemed to be under a contract expiring in 2021, that suspicion strengthened.

I agree the failure to acknowledge the efforts of those departing in recent times has been disappointing. It makes the club look petty to my eyes.

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 3:42 pm  

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:29 pm  

Interesting that Premier Sports have not selected one macch we are featured in, until the end of May 2022 TV games announced so far. Think I will keep with Sky!

Premier Sports Matches
All Mondays 7.45

January
31st York v Featherstone

February
7th Featherstone v Leigh
14th Leigh v Bradford
21st Dewsbury v Widnes

March
7th Widnes v Barrow
21st Halifax v Leigh

April
4th Newcastle v Widnes
17th Workington v Whitehaven*
*Easter Sun 7pm Apr 25th Bradford v Featherstone

May
2nd Barrow v York
16th Batley v Leigh
23rd Sheffield v Widnes

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 4:56 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Interesting that Premier Sports have not selected one macch we are featured in, until the end of May 2022 TV games announced so far. Think I will keep with Sky!

Premier Sports Matches
All Mondays 7.45

January
31st York v Featherstone

February
7th Featherstone v Leigh
14th Leigh v Bradford
21st Dewsbury v Widnes

March
7th Widnes v Barrow
21st Halifax v Leigh

April
4th Newcastle v Widnes
17th Workington v Whitehaven*
*Easter Sun 7pm Apr 25th Bradford v Featherstone

May
2nd Barrow v York
16th Batley v Leigh
23rd Sheffield v Widnes

Why would they want to show us, bottom of table squad and around 200 fans. If I was them I'd also wait to see how many wimbledon fans actually convert to us. Show us in 2nd half season in one game away at dewsbury in June and probably home game vs workington in august as two relegation 6 pointers.

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:24 pm  

Also we have 5 away games from mid May to July... Is this owing to the PL pitch having to be re laid?

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 5:32 pm  

crashmon wrote:

Also we have 5 away games from mid May to July... Is this owing to the PL pitch having to be re laid?

Seems we are back to that old nonsense.

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:29 pm  

Have the club officially announced that we are playing at Plough Lane next season? Even the quiz night announcement dodges a definitive answer? Milner quotes "the planned move"..... https://londonbroncosrl.com/2021/11/12/broncos-and-dons-best-brains-to-face-off-for-annual-challenge/ As the Broncos get set to make the Plough Lane stadium, and the Wimbledon area their new home, He said “Our fans have been waiting a long time for some positive news regarding the planned move to Wimbledon .....inks not even left the pen, let alone dry on the agreement to play there methinx.

Have the club officially announced that we are playing at Plough Lane next season? Even the quiz night announcement dodges a definitive answer? Milner quotes "the planned move"..... https://londonbroncosrl.com/2021/11/12/broncos-and-dons-best-brains-to-face-off-for-annual-challenge/ As the Broncos get set to make the Plough Lane stadium, and the Wimbledon area their new home, He said “Our fans have been waiting a long time for some positive news regarding the planned move to Wimbledon .....inks not even left the pen, let alone dry on the agreement to play there methinx.

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 6:52 pm  

You would assume neh hope they are haggling over the nonsensical £200k rent.

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:17 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

Seems we are back to that old nonsense.

5 away games on the spin is sub optimal to say the least. It must be relaying the pitch or some such. No doubt we factored that in when negotiating price.

Re: First Game of 2022 Season Announced! : Sun Nov 14, 2021 8:19 pm  

crashmon wrote:

Why would they want to show us, bottom of table squad and around 200 fans. If I was them I'd also wait to see how many wimbledon fans actually convert to us. Show us in 2nd half season in one game away at dewsbury in June and probably home game vs workington in august as two relegation 6 pointers.

Maybe that the mechanics of teams coming to London or vice versa are accepted to be too burdensome but it does make the Premier sports package less enticing (for me).