Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 10:47 am  

Resigned this morning - Grima takes over according to Twitter. I thought he would be the last man out.

Good luck to Tony, a good decision for the club, I suspect without him last Winter we would not have a club.

A further bit from Ian Ramsdale on Twitter : Chairman David Hughes credits Rea for being "instrumental in saving the club" last year.

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 10:49 am  

Grima in temporary charge according to Martyn Sadler


Martyn Sadler ‏@MartynSadler 2m

Tony Rea quits as @LondonBroncosRL coach. Not really surprising. Joe Grima takes temporary charge. But who will coach them in the long run?

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 10:54 am  

Wow! Didn't expect this, not sure what to think.

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 11:07 am  

richie166 wrote:

Wow! Didn't expect this, not sure what to think.

Really?
Thought the writing was on the wall a couple of weeks back.
The real question now is, will there be a club next year?
Seemed like sky treated last Thursdays game as an advert for the few talented players we have left.

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 11:16 am  

After the 'No fear for the future' interview http://www.spreaker.com/user/ianramsdale/rlds-no-fear-for-the-future by Tony Rea it seems to make more sense. It was more of a good luck with the future interview. Total RL says there has been a press release http://www.totalrl.com/tony-rea-leaves-london-broncos/ anybody got a link to the press release in full? Nothing ever stands still. Either RL in the Northern Hemisphere is expanding in France /Wales/ Southern England or it is contracting. Tony Rea always got the London and expansion concepts and the set backs must have made it hard the last few years. Good luck Tony you were always pushing in the right direction.

After the 'No fear for the future' interview http://www.spreaker.com/user/ianramsdale/rlds-no-fear-for-the-future by Tony Rea it seems to make more sense. It was more of a good luck with the future interview. Total RL says there has been a press release http://www.totalrl.com/tony-rea-leaves-london-broncos/ anybody got a link to the press release in full? Nothing ever stands still. Either RL in the Northern Hemisphere is expanding in France /Wales/ Southern England or it is contracting. Tony Rea always got the London and expansion concepts and the set backs must have made it hard the last few years. Good luck Tony you were always pushing in the right direction.

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 11:28 am  

BroncOnIon wrote:

Tony Rea quits as @LondonBroncosRL coach. Not really surprising. Joe Grima takes temporary charge. But who will coach them in the long run?

It was the right time for Tony to go, resignation is dignified, I hear it was always intended that Grima would be head coach next season, just takes over earlier than planned?? cutting the cloth ready for next season.

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 11:31 am  

Unless Jesus takes over won't make any difference

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 11:48 am  

Wondered why he looked so happy and relaxed on SSN last night.

Good luck to him. no matter what people think of him. IMO I feel having him here when the ship was sinking couldn't have been better timed. Any other coach there at the time would have been packing his desk along with the players (even long before the players if honest). but with TR we had a voice who had DH's ear to say "look I know its bad, I know you don't want to throw any more money at it, but come on give it ago for one more season, after everything you put into it"
Good luck for the you and the family TR and thanks for all your help.....

Well good luck to Joe Grima. yes we all know he need it. Maybe just maybe DH will slip him a couple of quid to get one a prop or two. You never know he might know of someone going spare down under...

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 11:50 am  

jaybs wrote:

It was the right time for Tony to go, resignation is dignified, I hear it was always intended that Grima would be head coach next season, just takes over earlier than planned?? cutting the cloth ready for next season.

They should have let him do it this season then. Maybe Grima could have got a few players of his own choice and made a decent fist of this season and he would have had a chance of coaching a SL team next season

Re: Rea gone! : Mon May 05, 2014 1:39 pm  

Good luck to him, hope he got a big fat cheque outa Hughes.