Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:28 pm  

Good luck to the lad. Whether he has made the right choice is another matter. He will have time to settle in at Salford and with all the changes have a chance to establish himself as a first teamer. Though I do wonder if all the vast number of planned changes at Salford will enable him to develop. I think a more stable side would have been more beneficial to him developing.

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:40 pm  

the red fusilier wrote:

Plenty of londoners up here now who moved up here with the BBC and are loving live , come up i`ll give you a tour then you can show me the delights of tottenham or tower hamlets say .

Looks like not many of them have found their way to the AJ Bell Stadium, in fact it looks like not many Salfordians have either.

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:10 pm  

If Mason has been let go now then presumably Dixon's return must be imminent ?

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:46 pm  

Rob from Erith wrote:

If Mason has been let go now then presumably Dixon's return must be imminent ?

Late July

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:44 pm  

Good luck to the lad, who obviously deserves SL opportunities, which he won't have with us after this season. But letting him go now puts money before Broncos supporters, despite the spin here: http://www.londonbroncosrl.com/news/5341.php As the Widnes game was anyway almost certainly going to be my last trip to the Hive, I'm not too aggrieved, but this decision does increase the chances that we'll end this season bottom and pointless.

Good luck to the lad, who obviously deserves SL opportunities, which he won't have with us after this season. But letting him go now puts money before Broncos supporters, despite the spin here: http://www.londonbroncosrl.com/news/5341.php As the Widnes game was anyway almost certainly going to be my last trip to the Hive, I'm not too aggrieved, but this decision does increase the chances that we'll end this season bottom and pointless.

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:10 pm  

scimitars wrote:

Better a shythole in London than one in Salford!

Where do you live?

If you live in Essex, then I will have to laugh.The London board was always one of my favourite forums on RLFANS. Hopefully, the good posters, a few I have met down the years, haven't been driven away by 'contributions' like yours.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on him as a player? C'mon let's make it an adult discussion.

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Tue Jun 24, 2014 10:29 pm  

Enfield Exile wrote:

Where do you live?

If you live in Essex, then I will have to laugh.The London board was always one of my favourite forums on RLFANS. Hopefully, the good posters, a few I have met down the years, haven't been driven away by 'contributions' like yours.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on him as a player? C'mon let's make it an adult discussion.

Don't bring Essex into this

But as for MCB he's definitely a prospect, not the finished article but as the stats suggest he knows his way over the line. Defensively he makes the wrong read every now and then, but he's young and that can be fixed as can his passing, certainly more of a runner than a passer. Physically he's bulked up a lot over a short period of time and no real injury concerns which I'm aware of.

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:06 am  

richie166 wrote:

Don't bring Essex into this

But as for MCB he's definitely a prospect, not the finished article but as the stats suggest he knows his way over the line. Defensively he makes the wrong read every now and then, but he's young and that can be fixed as can his passing, certainly more of a runner than a passer. Physically he's bulked up a lot over a short period of time and no real injury concerns which I'm aware of.

Thanks. I have not watched him play. It is interesting to hear the views of those who have and who watch him regularly

[Jimmythecuckoo]

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:37 am  

That's a real shame, he was the best player when you ran Dragons close at the Hive and I wanted to see him this weekend (as I am making the trip for the Widnes game).

Re: Mason Caton-Brown.........Gone! : Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:48 pm  

Guardian today hints he is not the last: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-helmets-required/2014/jun/24/looking-forward-to-the-rugby-league-commonwealth-championship-2014 'The sudden departure of London Broncos’ brightest star of 2014, Mason Caton-Brown, to Salford on Monday night came as something of a shock. Most followers of the game expected him, Kieran Dixon and several others to depart The Hive at the end of the season so they could remain in Super League. Few thought it would happen with 10 games to go. There are rumours that the winless Broncos could be gradually dismantled between now and transfer deadline day, with Matt Cooke next to follow fellow England international Scott Moore – a huge disappointment this season – who is heading to Castleford Tigers next season, and Dixon having a choice of several destinations. With relegation all but guaranteed, it makes economic, if not sporting, sense. If Super League had a minimum salary cap as well as a maximum, the Broncos would be forced to field as strong as team as possible from now until September' The BBC have helpfully been giving Australian translations: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27888329 Drongo - no-hoper or fool. Someone whose "lift doesn't go to the top floor" or whose "lights are on but no-one's home". Derives from a racehorse of that name in the 1920s, which never won a race out of 37 starts. So I make that another 17 games before we are renamed London Drongos

Guardian today hints he is not the last: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/no-helmets-required/2014/jun/24/looking-forward-to-the-rugby-league-commonwealth-championship-2014 'The sudden departure of London Broncos’ brightest star of 2014, Mason Caton-Brown, to Salford on Monday night came as something of a shock. Most followers of the game expected him, Kieran Dixon and several others to depart The Hive at the end of the season so they could remain in Super League. Few thought it would happen with 10 games to go. There are rumours that the winless Broncos could be gradually dismantled between now and transfer deadline day, with Matt Cooke next to follow fellow England international Scott Moore – a huge disappointment this season – who is heading to Castleford Tigers next season, and Dixon having a choice of several destinations. With relegation all but guaranteed, it makes economic, if not sporting, sense. If Super League had a minimum salary cap as well as a maximum, the Broncos would be forced to field as strong as team as possible from now until September' The BBC have helpfully been giving Australian translations: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27888329 Drongo - no-hoper or fool. Someone whose "lift doesn't go to the top floor" or whose "lights are on but no-one's home". Derives from a racehorse of that name in the 1920s, which never won a race out of 37 starts. So I make that another 17 games before we are renamed London Drongos