Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 7:57 pm  

Knocker_White wrote:

Looking pretty bleak. Not expecting good news on the loanees personally. Pretty sure the club would have put something out if they had been extended as an 'easy win' good news story.

Worth saying here as well that there is a reserve game tomorrow in Richmond, probably one of only a handful all year and the website is still majoring in the Gold Lounge: radio silence on the match. Very, very odd way to go about their business. I assume we’ll see on the Keighley website what our line up is for Sunday’s match.

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:33 pm  

The performances of Henry Raiwalui and Emmanuel Waine were a bit disappointing in February !

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:53 pm  

BigTime wrote:

...and the website is still majoring in the Gold Lounge: radio silence on the match.

We're not a rugby league club any more; we're a Gold Lounge.

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:00 pm  

Squad has been announced with Miski and two Wigan lads are in. Even has photos of players. Pretty soon theylll be on the website to join the full ‘sponsors’ list that has finally been updated. Looks like we’re all ready for the season to start ...oh hold on. @what a shambles.

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:03 pm  

Benny Profane wrote:

We're not a rugby league club any more; we're a Gold Lounge.

And even that is debatable as the plaque on the door to the room that the Broncos are I believe using for Gold Hospitality is actually the Platinum Lounge. The room named the Gold Lounge is the Broncos Bar.

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:05 pm  

Smithers99 wrote:

The performances of Henry Raiwalui and Emmanuel Waine were a bit disappointing in February !

Yes I thought start of last season quite a few of our players were anonymous but they’ve taken it to a new level.

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 9:08 pm  

Smithers99 wrote:

And even that is debatable as the plaque on the door to the room that the Broncos are I believe using for Gold Hospitality is actually the Platinum Lounge. The room named the Gold Lounge is the Broncos Bar.

Any old iron! No wonder the discounts are coming thick and fast.

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:32 pm  

BigTime wrote:

Squad has been announced with Miski and two Wigan lads are in. Even has photos of players. Pretty soon theylll be on the website to join the full ‘sponsors’ list that has finally been updated. Looks like we’re all ready for the season to start ...oh hold on. @what a shambles.

No Silva though which is a real shame. He's gone well for us and offers some much needed forward depth. Guess we have no way of knowing if its unavailability through injury or whether he has gone back to Wigan. They sent Shorrocks out on loan earlier in the week, so they appear OK for forwards, hopefully we see him back

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:21 pm  

Knocker_White wrote:

No Silva though which is a real shame. He's gone well for us and offers some much needed forward depth. Guess we have no way of knowing if its unavailability through injury or whether he has gone back to Wigan. They sent Shorrocks out on loan earlier in the week, so they appear OK for forwards, hopefully we see him back

Yes on the face of it he seems a good fit for loan. However only so far we can paper over our recruitment failings.

Re: Keighley - 5th March : Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:54 pm  

BigTime wrote:

Yes on the face of it he seems a good fit for loan. However only so far we can paper over our recruitment failings.

The numbers don't make pretty reading. We may be about to play our fourth loan of the season. In contrast we have played just three new permanent faces this season; Bassett, Natoli and Stock. That's the grand total of the successful recruitment.

On 1st November Eccles said "“We’re close to striking deals with several players currently playing in the World Cup, We’re hopeful we’ll be in a position to have those names announced in December.”

On 10th January: Eccles expressed the importance of recruiting the correct calibre of player, adding that he will not be rushed into signing players simply to make up the numbers. Conversations are being held daily and he hopes to confirm some new recruits later this month. “We’re having conversations every day,” said Eccles. “We did miss out on a few names, but we’re making progress on bringing in some more bodies."

Since mid October there has been ONE new signing that has made the team; Ethan Natoli. That's three and a half months. Most of the off season plus the first month of the new season. It's fair to say they certainly haven't "rushed into signing players" !