Re: Player contracts : Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:16 pm  

2 contract extensions to be announced tomorrow

Re: Player contracts : Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:12 am  

So the big news is Battye and Dixon are the players to has resigned, Dixon for two years Battye for one.

Re: Player contracts : Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:19 am  

Good news, but I was hoping one of them would be JC

Re: Player contracts : Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:41 am  

Can Linebacker add anything more to this conversation ?

Re: Player contracts : Fri Aug 31, 2018 10:50 am  

Me too, I would hope that they do come to an agreement with James as he is too good a player to let go without a fight.
Dixon signing was a surprise to me, Battye not quite so much, but his performance against Widnes showed his worth.

[brian2]

Re: Player contracts : Fri Aug 31, 2018 11:57 am  

Think Battye has been outstanding the last few weeks. Dixon makes some horrible mistakes, but his speed is a real bonus, so pleased with both. Agree about JC, but also Sammut get them both signed.

Though the club seems to like this drip feed approach!

Re: Player contracts : Fri Aug 31, 2018 1:54 pm  

Over the season Dixon more than makes up for his mistakes with his tryscoring.
Battye has been immense for most of the season, especially the second half.
Maybe Cunningham and Sammut are waiting to see where we end up before deciding.

Re: Player contracts : Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:06 pm  

brian2 wrote:

Think Battye has been outstanding the last few weeks. Dixon makes some horrible mistakes, but his speed is a real bonus, so pleased with both. Agree about JC, but also Sammut get them both signed.

Though the club seems to like this drip feed approach!

People were critical of the club for not signing players up but they have a plan in place to reduce the ridiculous spending year on year and have made players offers that were at least the same as this year. Some players thought they would be able to get more, either elsewhere or from the club, but the Broncos stood firm and have signed two good players for next year.

The days have gone when the club would spend £70,000 a year on a luxury player.

I would suggest that as the club becomes more self sufficient, continues to make the top 4 and actually challenge SL clubs in the qualifiers the strategy is working and the long term future is more secure than ever.

Re: Player contracts : Fri Aug 31, 2018 3:20 pm  

Great news, I am surprised about Dixon as I heard he was off. Just goes to show

Re: Player contracts : Sat Sep 01, 2018 8:29 am  

Dixon is a good championship player..... Mistakes yes but also that x factor...... But he's never a SL standard player..... Well not yet.....