The first team page on the website is instructive. 20 odd players but it looks thin. To to put it another way there is only so big the squad can be so slightly worried as yet again it is front ended with a lot of players with minimal Championship experience. I see that Latu is in so he must have been on a 2. Which, with due respect, is slightly suprising.

this is not a squad going to challenge for the playoff's I feel....

Let’s see what our final squad looks like but I’m afraid I do know what you mean. I think it’s possible we could but it looks a pretty tight league to me:not too many weak sides. Need to hit the ground running this season not serve up poor performances early doors.
It’s not obvious that the squad, to date, is stronger than last season so we appear to be banking on them playing more fluently because they all know each other. I think there is something in that but a few recruits would help. On the plus side we seem to have left Skolars to try and develop a squad without us poaching everybody.

on the plus side I feel we won't be anywhere near relegation, and I fully expect to get our first win well before may 1st

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https://londonbroncosrl.com/2022/11/04/ ... g-partner/ We might not be signing players but we have signed up with a new (old) kit supplier

https://londonbroncosrl.com/2022/11/04/ ... g-partner/ We might not be signing players but we have signed up with a new (old) kit supplier

It comes as no surprise to me to see that Monkey's firm has been blown out as kit supplier.

Evening BT. If London are indeed about to ape the Leigh relaunch, the club will have kept back news of TEN new signings for that relaunch date so fear not, rejoice and be glad 'til they bring you good tidings of great joy.

Happening on Christmas Day; slot secured on The Beeb just prior to the new King's Speech. Everyone (ahem) will be tuned in!

This seems the most likely outcome to me Bongser. Announcing the kit rather than the players is just part of a momentum building exercise. Let all the other teams announce their fancy Dan players to drive Season Ticket sales, we’re going our own way. What could go wrong.

Prioritising the things that matter is key.
As an aside I love the fact that everyone is always a ‘partner’. It’s like me announcing that Milk and More are my dairy products partner. Rather than saying I’ve ordered two yoghurts and some gold top from them.

I'd like to announce that I found my Errea red Broncos Polo shirt from days of yore. I was right as it is 3XL & still fits when I'm an XL or maybe 2XL after Christmas. The moral of this tale is buy big.

Excellent non recruitment announcement DC. We’ve had a lot of those these last few weeks on the Broncos website and social media. In that spirit I’m announcing that I will be drinking heavily tomorrow night rather than on Saturday.

Gold lounge adverts have started on Twitter....sigh
Fleecing the few sheep they have rather than trying to grow the flock

Yes I was missing them banging on about the GL. Slightly worried we’re in GroundHog Day. Slow recruitment -check, Skolars signings - check, banging on about the GL- check.

Yep, the Gold Lounge doesn't hold 5,000.

Hughes seems to be of the opinion that he's bankrolling the team and it's up to the fans to grow their numbers. Guess what Dave? You tried that when we were in Superleague with a decent squad of players and it didn't work, so in the 2nd tier with a bunch of part timers, you really are going to have to work harder to get your 5,000 target.
with 2 games not reporting gates last season, they managed 11,689 at the remaining 11 games averaging 1,063......but if the 2 announced gates were say 750 (and I'me being generous here) then they were on about 1,000.

Hardly the "bounce" we expect when we move and we have only ever added to our gates at one home in the SL era and that was the home where the volunteers did local leaflet drops and were a valued part of the club on matchday.

Has anyone been contacted by the club regarding volunteering for roles on matchdays in 2023? Surely the club are busy working behind the scenes to ensure no repeat of the farce that was 2022 matchday experience(lessness).

The club needs to be in discussion with their fans now, not leaving it until 5 minutes before KO in Feb.

Has anyone been contacted by the club regarding volunteering for roles on matchdays in 2023? Surely the club are busy working behind the scenes to ensure no repeat of the farce that was 2022 matchday experience(lessness).

The club needs to be in discussion with their fans now, not leaving it until 5 minutes before KO in Feb.'"

The home fixture list appears planned around "We plan for the season and then we crisis management it about 3 months in." !

I had a little spreadsheet I wrote before last season with the 2020 squad and updated as I heard who was staying and more often, who was leaving. It didn't look good.

At the start of last season it was obvious even to me that London were fielding players above their level. Most of the players who joined during the season looked like the belonged in the Championship and the team overall looked mid table level.

This year virtually all the players who seem of that level have been retained. Foster, Curran (retired?) and Gahan probably the only ones not retained. Perhaps I've missed somebody?

That seems a good start an a big improvement on last years (failed) retention strategy. The new Prop seems to be another solid signing. A few (probably foreign signings) who are first thirteen picks and that feels like a solid mid table team, maybe capable of scraping the play-offs. Issues I guess include whether there are enough "worse" teams and is a solid mid table mediocre team really ambitious enough for London as a club.

We are in a lot better position that 12 months ago, but the squad needs strengthening to challenge for playoffs. opening game v Bately is key, have to be winning or at least close in that game to put foundation for season

I do expect us to finish above 11th, but 6th is a big stretch without some strength added to the squad

Smithers I think we are starting from a higher base than last year although genuinely difficult to see how we could be worse off. As you say it has the feel of a mid table set up.We appear, and who actually knows, to have divest ourselves of some of the weaker players plus the three stronger players you have identified plus perhaps Situ who I thought was a bit hit and miss, poor at the start of the season better in the latter half. The problem is, on the sly, a lot of teams look like they have strengthened. The 2 coming up would be targets to finish below us but Keighley have spent quite a lot and I think, in a competitive L1 didn’t lose a single game so I suspect they will be aiming at mid-table. If we are looking to say up we need to hope Swinton are nothing special plus at least one other. That one may be Newcastle who had an even worse season than us especially as a full time team. Whitehaven might be another but nothing is a given. We may well find ourselves in a dog fight again although 2 or three Aussies of Pacific Island heritage, if they bed in quickly, may offer us a get out of jail card ... that appears to be what we are pinning our hopes on.

Anyone know if they will release the home kit before xmas?

Also if its going to be Black, or be wire kit again

Wire kit was supposed to be a one off. We can only hope the club are true to their word.

Cakeman has an Errea top in his video so let's hope for the best. Yellow & Blue is fine for AFC but not us.

So their latest tweet says a signing announcement at 6.45am tomorrow but all seems very silly to me. Think I can survive until a reasonable hour.

Fijian incoming.

So Henry Raiwalui is a signing in a position of need. Do we have any idea of the standard he's played at during is career? I see he was an Interchange for Fiji when they pushed New Zealand close in the quarter finals.