We had an opportunity against Haven early in the first half but even though the tee came on we declined it.

They were indicating taking the two points from the bench but our illustrious captain took it on himself to go for a try.

Don't hold out much hope for our kicker getting anything over the sticks even if the wind has eased somewhat by Sunday. In fact he might struggle to get kick offs 10m.

The game is on Saturday night.

The wind due to be a bit stronger then, but as Mustard says he only has 18 players available it doesn't get any better.

Where's the rest of them?

Third week out of four where we’ve been told only 17/18 available due to Covid and injuries, Halifax being the outlier - we got spanked anyway. Don’t what to think. Is Covid an issue for other clubs?

Clearly the squad is not big enough. We are also supposed to run a reserve side.

Shambolic is an understatement.

That is true. As we have raided Skolars until they have no team left and I suspect there is a rule against kids playing against adults I assume we would forfeit which isn’t a great look.
There will come a point in the season when it is just too late. I assume the club know this.

That point was July 2021......when Ward was removed ad the decision made to go part time made by Hughes. There's no a chance in hell that London Broncos will avoid the drop this year unless there's a change of structure.

The match is in doubt due to the weather. If it happens expect a substantial number of Skolars registered players to be in the Broncos team

That’s the status quo now Dan. I think we may be getting into the 3 ex Academy lads which really will be a mis-match and may harm their confidence. In the ordinary course of business they would be eased in via Skolars or at the end of the season.

Not quite. A little birdie tells me these are 2022 Skolars registered players. Not ex Skolars players now registered with Broncos.

If it happens and Wire take it seriously, it's a bit worrying given Skolars lost to Hunslet Parkside

Something just isn’t right here. Let’s see where we are after the York game. If it’s 0-6 then no amount of “we’ve had injuries” can make sense of this approach. It’s just not joined up: expensive ground/ training facilities versus bare bones squad and back room operation. Does anyone really think this will come good?

No

What is your source for the match being in doubt?

London have named a 19-man squad, as follows (in alphabetical order) :Max Allen, Dan Coates, Rhys Curran, Calum Gahan, Michael Greenhalgh, Rian Horsman, Lamek Juma, Paulos Latu, Oliver Leland, Will Lovell, Iliess Macani, Sitiveni Moceidreke, Rinaldo Palumbo, Dean Parata, William Ramsey, Robert Tuliatu, Paul Ulberg, Adam Vrahnos, Jordan Williams

A friend of mine at Wire who is planning on attending. He is a close friend of several Wire officials.

He e-mailed me about 14.00 yesterday saying the match was in doubt due to the weather. I haven't had any updates since I'm afraid.

Edited for clarity, to say my comment was about the Reserve team game not the first.

Warrington tweeted yesterday evening that the reserves game was postponed. No explanation why but there was an ice warning overnight.

Ah ok sorry I didn't realise that.

Apparently there was standing water on one end of the pitch at Fev yesterday. There is another heavy band of rain due to hit the area in the next few hours but it's forecast to be dry by kick off, pitch bound to be heavy though.

Can’t see this on either Twitter or website. Bit disappointing. I’d have thought announcing the 21 squad was a legit8mate use of the twitter feed.
No Foster or Beinek who have looked solid. Hope that Ulberg and Gahan are good prospects.

Quote ="BigTime"Can’t see this on either Twitter or website. Bit disappointing. I’d have thought announcing the 21 squad was a legit8mate use of the twitter feed. No Foster or Beinek who have looked solid. Hope that Ulberg and Gahan are good prospects.'" It's on the RFL website, though they shouldn't escape censure either as its a couple of years since 21-man squads were brought in and they still haven't updated the page to cater for more than 19. I feel for Broncos fans given the lack of information from social media, that's really poor that there's no squad news and that they are directing you to Fev's feed for score updates. https://www.rugby-league.com/match-cent ... ew/2217680

Quote ="BigTime"Can’t see this on either Twitter or website. Bit disappointing. I’d have thought announcing the 21 squad was a legit8mate use of the twitter feed. No Foster or Beinek who have looked solid. Hope that Ulberg and Gahan are good prospects.'" It's on the RFL website, though they shouldn't escape censure either as its a couple of years since 21-man squads were brought in and they still haven't updated the page to cater for more than 19. I feel for Broncos fans given the lack of information from social media, that's really poor that there's no squad news and that they are directing you to Fev's feed for score updates. https://www.rugby-league.com/match-cent ... ew/2217680

I watched a video of the BRL A Grade Grand Final in October in which Gahan played for West Brisbane Panthers, that's third tier in Australia but he looked a handy player and should be a useful addition at this level.

Well Dean Parata's just scored so there's the answer to this thread.
6-6 after 25 minutes.

Blimey. Rovers will, in the words of Leon Pryce, get a rollicking at half time. Like the GiF for when Rovers score. We used to have those....not anymore. Decent. Effort by London.