I'm pleased the fat has been pulled out of the fire. However, the most important issue for the Broncos is not to simply breathe a sigh of relief and then carry on as before. The club's been in a spiral downwards for the best part of five years now, and the fact that they got so close to extinction - and that they are now 6 weeks away from the first game, but don't yet have enough bodies to fill 13 shirts - points to a dreadful case of poor administration.
Responsibility for that has to lie with Mackay. He's overseen a collapse in crowds, a collapse in relationships with the few fans who are left, the departure from a ground without a replacement, the end of the academy just as it was becoming promising, the departure of key members of staff, and then this cliff-edge pantomime. Throw in rumours about unpaid bills and wages, and you're looking at a maladministration catastrophe.
There's an old saying about madness being to do the same thing but expect different results. Broncos have hung on in existence by the skin of their teeth. There need to be changes at the top. My hope is that Kleanthous will join the board of Broncos and see Mackay depart the club, to be replaced by someone with better ideas, better contacts and better skills.
At the moment, all we have is a stay of execution. It'll take more than this for a reprieve.
