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| They’ve been building for a few years, have been better than us for a few years and deserve their shot as SL although I suspect it will be a struggle. We look in good touch and I hope we give a good account of ourselves. I think we have a chance if we start well. I’m hoping for the best but am realistic.
On field save for a low battery performance in the 1895 semi and mediocre performances in first few home games ( no doubt the result of sluggish recruitment and the need to bed in players after the clear out of the Coleman era) we’ve done as well as I think any could hope for. The players and coach deserve credit for that and although recruitment was far too piecemeal and slow it has been good. Napoli, Stock, Whare, Bassett and Norman all good. other decent, certainly no passengers or any I’d be desperate for us to unload. Compare that to the year before- how many were duds? Nuff said For that the management team, although completely below the radar and offering up nothing in the way of updates to fans, do deserve some credit. Hopefully they will take what they have learnt and apply it to next season, albeit in a little quicker fashion.
Off field we have a lot of work to do in the close season. Some kind of strategy for growing/sustaining gates, engaging with the local area (even the coach to play off games doesn’t go from Wimbledon - what does that say) and acquiring sponsors and a coordinated recruitment and retention policy. We’ll need it because Toulouse will still be knocking around and Trinity will be full time.
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| Quote: jbuzza "Listened on Radio Leeds which was amusing. Fantastic performance and will take confidence into the final.'"
Yes, that Radio Leeds coverage was a scream. I assume the final is being televised?
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| Final is available on viaplay
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| The two grown-up daughters deigned to pay a visit to Bongser Towers yestereve and so was unable to listen to the match. Only occurred to the ageing noggin when already in bed that the result was still unknown to this party, but phone was charging downstairs. CBA syndrome kicked in.
Finally checked on a worktime smoke break this morning. It was more in hope than expectation, but hope won out.
Absolutely delighted for you - just read the whole thread (some of it again) and it gave a lot of pleasure when thinking back to people's dark posts early in '22. Well Done Broncos!
That said, feel for some of the decent Fev fans (most notably Phantom Horseman, though there are others). Last season, Leigh (still an imago at that point) lost Round Two in Fev's slutch, but thereafter dominated.
Your correspondent was vociferous last season (and in seasons before) that it was a crappy system that could see Leigh fail to be promoted after finishing top (already fielding the five players that this season made the SL Dream Team) on the result of a one off game. He maintains his stance.
Fev finished second in '22 and fell at the semi stage. This season they 'bullied' the rest of The Champ, finished a massive dozen points clear at the top aaaaand....fell, in a one off game, at the same penultimate hurdle.
With IMG's advent, this is redundant now. Bongser's crusade will go onCRAP the Grand Final!
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| Having said that, please beat [iLes Crapauds[/i!
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| Really strong performance at start of the game seemed to catch Fev out - still unexpected though and to score 6 tries at Fev no mean feat. Definitely in with a shout against TO Bongser. Bizarre thing is as it becomes closer to reality what that would really mean becomes clearer and exactly how Broncos would navigate next season in Super League is a complete mystery. Anyway let’s worry about that first world problem if it happens. Well done to the team.
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