Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:58 pm  

Reboot wrote:

No great loss, an awful player.

I never rated him and can only hope it means we have someone better lined up. Time will tell.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 6:35 pm  

Cheaper cost of living. Maybe he cant get a job down here but has found something up there. I'm not too fussed about this one.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:49 pm  

BigTime wrote:

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.

There is an assumption here that Meadows was given an offer by The Broncos. It is quite possible that he was not.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:05 pm  

Honkytonk wrote:

Cheaper cost of living. Maybe he cant get a job down here but has found something up there. I'm not too fussed about this one.

Yorkshire is not the promised land, not convinced it's been the best for Alex Walker?

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:32 pm  

Victor wrote:

There is an assumption here that Meadows was given an offer by The Broncos. It is quite possible that he was not.

That’s true and the consensus on here is he was not all that but I would have thought he was nearer the finished article than the Academy has currently. However as Curtisnsays perhaps we are about to swoop for some quality in which case if funds are short fair enough but if we couldn’t match Bartley’s offer or he thought Batley was a better option that wouldn’t be great.
I wish him well. I wish us well.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:50 am  

If you are a part time player with a trade. Moving to London may have appeal. The money that can be earned in London is enormous when compared to say Yorkshire.

while the rest of their outgoings triple

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:16 am  

itsmeagain wrote:

while the rest of their outgoings triple

Average rent 2 bed hours Batley approx 600 per Month
Average rent 2 bed house Wimbledon approx 600 per WEEK

Not sure how your square that circle being part time in London

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:21 am  

itsmeagain wrote:

while the rest of their outgoings triple

Yep. One assumes he will be on part time at Batley - £15-18k? if he has to pay rent that won’t go far even if the cost of a pint is less. Rent will be much less but and I’m guessing here maybe he lives at home or shares rent with some pals who I assume won’t be making the journey to outskirts of Leeds.

Maybe, as Victor infers, he was surplus to requirements at the New Broncos and/ or he hasn’t been able to work out a pt career that would fit around RL and fancies a change. There again maybe he thinks we’ll be relegated and doesn’t fancy it much. It’s either a bold or a desperate move. Time will tell.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:24 am  

crashmon wrote:

Average rent 2 bed hours Batley approx 600 per Month
Average rent 2 bed house Wimbledon approx 600 per WEEK

Not sure how your square that circle being part time in London

Shocking isn’t it! Having said that what little I have heard about Batley as a place I doubt he would live there. More likely nearer Leeds city and I suspect the rent are a little higher.

Re: Broncos Ins & Outs 2022 : Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:31 am  

Students who have student accommodation, or local players who already own a house and whose partner works are the only talent we will be able to attract to play PT in London. We won't be getting PT players from the north moving down, they won't be able to afford it