Re: Squad for 2022 : Sat Nov 20, 2021 1:13 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

From email issued today:

We are pleased to announce that Jermaine has been able to sign a further seven players, 4 coming from his former Club the London Skolars and 3 from our Academy, all of which give depth to the Broncos squad for 2022.
Jacob Thomas, Tom Firth, Mike Greenhalgh and Dalton Grant have moved from the Skolars and Bill Leyland, Jack Howorth and Max Allen.

We're also delighted that Jordan Williams has agreed a new deal with the Club having broken into the First Team on several occasions over the last two seasons.

Being a reasonable person I thought you were joking but I see from my emails that you are not. So that’s 6 players, basically half a side from Skolars plus Jordan who played for them before signing to us and did so again last year together with Will.

That really isn’t very good news for either us or Skolars. This could wipe both teams out.

I conclude: (1) Reference to Coleman’s intimate knowledge of London RL can be interpreted as we will be able to poach Skolars best players (2) no appetite at all from the 2021 squad for Pt in London, (3) no appetite from the wider RL playing community outside London for PT in London ( except from Southern Hemisphere for whom London as. A place is a bigger draw that Hunslet, Swinton etc. (4) it becomes clear why the club didn’t do a whistles and bells announcement on this tranche of players. (5) Walters , Hindmarsh and Egodo have gone.
Objectively we look well and truly f***ed. If these players really step up we may stay up.

Re: Squad for 2022 : Sat Nov 20, 2021 1:23 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Didn't think in the whole email it was clear whether these were for reserves or 1st team. Either way I suspect BT will be more underwhelmed than he was yesterday!

I wish they hadn’t announced who we’ve signed! This feels like the kind of squad you get when you have one of the lowest crowds in the RL pyramid and don’t have a multi millionaire backer so maybe OM is right and DH has done one.

Re: Squad for 2022 : Sat Nov 20, 2021 1:40 pm  

Maybe BT but why then record a message to such players that we had on day 1? Unless of course it was to say "suckers I'm off to the sun good luck!"

Says it all though he can do a message to them but not the important parties ie the fans.

Re: Squad for 2022 : Sat Nov 20, 2021 1:47 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Maybe BT but why then record a message to such players that we had on day 1? Unless of course it was to say "suckers I'm off to the sun good luck!"

Says it all though he can do a message to them but not the important parties ie the fans.

In all seriousness DH is still there but pretty obviously they are moving to a model that is more sustainable without multi millionaire backing. Hence the huge influx of L1 players. ( the square they haven’t circled is how do you get people to pay to watch a side that is getting spanked all the time/ or is demonstrably weaker than recent squads) Oddly Mr Hughes may be spending as much on the club as before because we are renting 73 pitches.
Candidly, if I wanted to watch Skolars play it’s 20 minutes down the road. I’ll have to have a think about this. Really is very dissappointing.

Re: Squad for 2022 : Sat Nov 20, 2021 1:49 pm  

Deadcowboys1 wrote:

Maybe BT but why then record a message to such players that we had on day 1? Unless of course it was to say "suckers I'm off to the sun good luck!"

Says it all though he can do a message to them but not the important parties ie the fans.

DH message to fans. Sorry our squad is so ****. Can someone run the concession stand please.

Re: Squad for 2022 : Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:05 pm  

I would not be surprised if we only feature on one Premier game and that one will be away. Which is good tbh as getting to PL on a monday night would be a nightmare, but shows the state of the club

Re: Squad for 2022 : Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:21 pm  

crashmon wrote:

I would not be surprised if we only feature on one Premier game and that one will be away. Which is good tbh as getting to PL on a monday night would be a nightmare, but shows the state of the club

Crash I don’t think Premier are showing L1 games. A bit harsh but may explain why we are excluded.

Re: Squad for 2022 : Sat Nov 20, 2021 5:38 pm  

BigTime wrote:

DH message to fans. Sorry.

That would be the only message he should send

Re: Squad for 2022 : Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:03 am  

God help us. We are going to get some right battering this season.

Re: Squad for 2022 : Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:07 pm  

Best of luck for next season, as an on looker I thoroughly enjoy the passion you guys have. BTW getting spanked every week doesn't stop you loving the club, I should know, I'm a Leyther (Leigh).