Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Mon Oct 11, 2021 7:52 pm  

jaybs wrote:

As is said, Australian visas are waiting to be confirmed, still a month until training starts again!

Genuinely hope you're optimism is warranted.....I see us needing a spine of QLND cup standard players including a prop, half and lose forward as well as a full back.....and we need depth. 25 players minimum.....

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Mon Oct 11, 2021 8:04 pm  

One thing is certain if we have a thiner squad than last year, which is what it looks like, we will do worse. Not least because others have strengthened. We’ve lost our 2 stand out players in Hankinson and Miski and I doubt the Academy will fill that gap and by the sound of things getting in big units, which we had few enough anyway before the departure of Richards and Baverette and one assumes Gwaze, is a challenge for all teams across the pyramid which is why so many have been signed up already by less reticent teams. Sigh.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:03 pm  

James Meadows off to Batley. I didn't see that one coming!

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:31 pm  

Hockley Bronco wrote:

James Meadows off to Batley. I didn't see that one coming!

To Batley!!!! Say that out loud to yourself. He’s leaving London to go to Batley. We are in serious, serious trouble.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:16 pm  

Hockley Bronco wrote:

James Meadows off to Batley. I didn't see that one coming!

No great loss, an awful player.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:46 pm  

Meadows off to Batley ! That does not bother me either.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:27 pm  

Victor wrote:

Meadows off to Batley ! That does not bother me either.

I think the point is that Bately are now seen as a superior side to further your career than London. Meadows was a liability yes, but how long will it be before we are reading about some of our squad heading off to West wales Raiders. While we take Aussie barmen \ bouncers looking to supplant their student income

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:29 pm  

Victor wrote:

Meadows off to Batley ! That does not bother me either.

He makes mistakes, no question but is one of our more experienced home grown products and is capable of good things.
If he weighs it up and thinks part time in Batley is a better option that does set off alarm bells.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:31 pm  

crashmon wrote:

I think the point is that Bately are now seen as a superior side to further your career than London. Meadows was a liability yes, but how long will it be before we are reading about some of our squad heading off to West wales Raiders. While we take Aussie barmen \ bouncers looking to supplant their student income

Yep Crash that is my point exactly. There is only a finite number of our squad that can go back to college to remain at a PT Broncos. What happens when they graduate.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:07 pm  

BigTime wrote:

He makes mistakes, no question but is one of our more experienced home grown products and is capable of good things.
If he weighs it up and thinks part time in Batley is a better option that does set off alarm bells.

Unless he knows who's coming in and realises he won't get a game.