Forget that. Is the 1st team coach going? His post match interviews are getting more downbeat. I wonder if he can face it let alone the team!

On a serious note. Surely there will be a fine or disciplinary action taken for that fiasco? Charlotte Baxter is head of Medical and we have 1 Physio listed. We supposedly have 4 teams running this year, 1st, Reserve, Academy and Ladies......at some stage in the summer Charlotte will struggle to be at 2 venues (or more) at once?

Leigh will look at this game as a chance to boost their +/-. Fev dropped a point in their draw with Batley and I suspect that a few more "surprise" results over the season might see points difference the selector of Home/Away advantage at the end.

Leigh will stick 60+ points on us. Not sure if we will score but it won't really matter. I look forward to Mustards Broncos career obituary sooner rather than later with his replacement from The Pitching In Isthmian Football League being unveiled as the future of "cross-code" coaching

This playing 2 matches on one day is stretching our non existent back room staff beyond what is reasonable. I wonder if someone told us that the Academies League plays on Saturdays and we fell for it?

Broncos applied for Elite Academy status and got it. It needs to be backed up with appropriate funds and resources. As far as I know, home fixtures are played on Sunday which on a couple of occaisions so far clashed with first team. However, the fixture that got cancelled was not one of these.

We also chose to run a reserve side which not many other Championship clubs seem to do.

Of course, if we were still at Trailfinders all games could have been played at the same venue.

But this way, we're making thousands of pounds more in the corporate hospitality suite........

Game is available on our league apparently.

Well we will not be facing Kieran Dixon on Sunday.. He has been sent out by Leigh to Widnes, on a two week loan.

It’s surprising how many of the players we have mislaid over the last couple of seasons are not regular starters or even irregular starters at their new teams. I hope our management are monitoring this as we need some more quality in the side. Having said that I’m unsure whether 2 weeks loans of good players are more disruptive than helpful unless to cover an injury rather than quality deficiency. Imagine being bumped for 2 weeks and then brought back in. It’s not like the player has improved...it’s pretty much a vote of no confidence .

Hi Orangeman, has it been confirmed that it's home advantage for the team finishing top? I can't seem to find that info anywhere.

Coleman’s thoughts are now on the website. I’ll leave others to digest but one minor point if anyone from the club is logging in. Is that photo of Coleman really the best we can do? To me he doesn’t look confident/positive etc but rather confused/unhappy/ angry/broken. I can understand that only too well but is that really the image we want to present to the world? I’m sure it’s a 5 minute job to fix this going forward and get a more constructive picture on the go.

Talking of poor decision making I have signed up for the OURLEAGUE stream. I think it’s worth supporting the initiative although whether what I see will entertain me is open to debate.

I had a look as well and couldn’t find it but I could swear that this is what they said would happen. Either way it will be played in Featherstone or Leigh I suspect.

They'll announce it when they figure out a way of stopping Featherstone being promoted

I see West Wales have pulled the same stunt, with Doncaster being awarded a 0-48 victory and the RFL compliance dept looking into it.
The sheer fact that I can mention the basket case Welsh Raiders and London Broncos in a comparative manner is a stark reminder as to the depths to which we have plunged.

Does anyone know are we obliged to have a reserve team if we want an Academy?
If not then where we are now let’s drop the reserve team and see if we can get a half decent 1st team going forward. We’re not doing ourselves,Skolars, LondonRL or anyone any favours continuing doing what we are doing. If we survive next season we have to do things differently.

"Things" needs to be everything.
Venue: back to Ealing if we are staying part time
Coach: Coleman is a loser.....he has the air of a condemned man.
CEO: we need a GM. Someone who can wear a few caps and roll their sleeves up.
Back office team: if we can't pay, then interns and volunteers, but get them in place in January, don't beg for them in March.
Matchday experience: if we want fans to return then there has to be a post match party. Forget the corporates.....for now.

Hughes will 100% put the current off field failings down to the fans not coming. The CEO has been at the club longer than any other member of staff and has presided over 2 venue changes with both being touted as GREAT FOR THE CLUB when in reality, the first was apparently nothing of the sort, resulting in the second which is an unmitigated disaster.
This is 100% down to Hughes and he's never admitted an error before, so I suspect a dummy spit and our further dropping down the tiers.

All that said I've paid £4.95 to watch the live stream. The only good result will be that we won't be nilled.

I actually thought it was the other way round.

I'd rather go and watch the academy. At least I know they will put in an effort.

The RFL will announce the rules as and when their paymasters, the SL chairmen, have decided the result. It may be paranoia, but Bongser is with Cokey on this one. Fev’s “face” seems to fit in SL, the ground standards minima were waived for them last time they were up. Leigh’s elected promotion came with a large financial handicap, the difference being back-pocketed by the rest.

Isn’t it time the RFL grew some………teeth that is, or at least bared its dentures. Anything other than advantage gained by a season of hard slog is nothing less than a travesty!

Don't think you will. Leigh has a more than decent team for this echelon, but they have switched-off moments.

In the season opener, Whitehaven scored their sole four-pointer against us when they were down to ten men.

The only team that Leigh have nilled this season is Dewsbury who had a try harshly chalked off for a forward pass. Bongser wasn't the only Leyther sitting very close and side-on to that that missed said infringement.

As it happens you are welcome to exactly six points as that is what Bongser has put on the Superleigh Predictor site.

Going as expected 18-0 after 11 minutes!






And 30-0 after 22 minutes!






Cricket score anyone?

Well, we were nilled and other than Bienek stretching for the line we didn't look close to scoring. Utterly disappointing and the speed the Broncos have gone downhill since 2019 even more so. I watched until the end really just to see how many points Leigh could put on us. Luckily Workington lost by a single point to Dewsbury today so at least we aren't bottom.

We needed Town to win, 2 go down, so the last thing we need is Dewsbury getting a gap between themselves and bottom 2. This makes next week critical.

I said it at the beginning of the season and I'll say it again. We lose next week, and I don't think we will finish the season out

What, if anything, does Bongser know? You should have scored and converted from Bienek’s charge for the line. Suppose shouldn’t complain about stout defence from the home side though.

Dewsbury should be an interesting game. At the risk of sounding patronising, Bongser’s seen a lot of positives from both teams. Your off-loading was repeatedly good (almost always), Dewsbury’s kicking game was a real threat.

The Very Best of British to you.



Ps: Might have to revise the conspiracy theory Bongser posted - a certain No. 33 was terrible!