After the 8s its shown we are a championship team. Outclassed by a poor Widnes team

Its been an awful season

Let's move forward, is Henderson the person to lead us?

2nd in a league we were expected to be 1st or 2nd, out of the cup at the first attempt beaten by a league 2 team, 1 win in the 8s. If I was Hughes I would be looking for something better

Hmm. Yes of course we are. We play there and unfortunately can't attract the big grunt up front to make the difference. We achieved what was expected in finishing second. We have delivered with the squad available. Doubt the club gave a flying fig about the CC. However the 8s have been a disappointment. The team messed up against Fev. Have played well against all the SL teams (in the catch up section) but throughout the season we continue to drop ball, make mistakes, fail to dominate chump sides in the tackle. And go to sleep for 20 mins a game. Managers fault or quality of players? However the first 10 of every second half is painful. Always dominated in that section, Why?

We have played a quicker tempo in a number of games in the 8s but why not all season?

That said the club is not just the first team but the whole structure. We have progressed no end with the playing management in place which Hendo leads across the grades. However is there an element of support needed as a wise advisor (not Noble) to get that step change.

Awful season?
Sure we were patchy early on but didn't we put a run of 12 wins in 13 games in order to finish runners up?
Today was our weakest performance in the 8's - for sure.

You will beat Leigh.

We have drones..

It's been another good season. Y-on-Y improvement at all playing levels. We have in place an excellent set of leaders, headed by Hendo. Looking forward to 2018, which will be more challenging with Toronto around. I imagine we will strengthen too.

Areas I think we have under performed

Forwards have been dominated in a number of game
Centres are poor, no strike. Williams has had a shocking season because of whats inside him
Composure in critical games at critical points
Lapses of concentration in games where teams have got away from us
Defence- no where near tight enough
Discipline, dreadful. 2 in the bin yesterday

I wonder if the 3 coaches we have are 'current'. Hendo is a championship player/manager not worked for top rate manager, Wardy has been with us years and seen poor Quins/Broncos teams, the curly head Bulls loose forward came from a failing club.

Fev a part time team sacked their manager and they made the top 4 and knocked us about. Chairman wasn't happy, why is Hughes happy with our coaches.

Can this be seen as a successful season? I doubt DH will think so, I think the word is frustrating season.
Bit like every other year when we have had a go at the coach, he only works with the tools that he has, so you can't lay all the blame on hendo, a few of the players have underperformed, junior for example, we were all having a go at sammut early on, Dixon blew hot and cold. At times we have played dumb rugby. Am sure that's not what hendo coaches,
For me we have not achieved what we should have, our target was MP game minimumn. Where do you lay the blame, dog will blame DH some will blame hendo, some attitude of the players.
I don't think the answer lies with getting rid of hendo tho, for me depth in the squad is where we need to strengthen

It sits squarely with the coach, he choses the squad, he trains the side, he picks the team, he makes the decisions.... if the players under perform, make critical errors that comes back to him.

Its just the same in any business etc etc

I would be keen to see a post season review report and how the season was viewed, in terms of strengths, weaknesses etc

We will end this season where we probably deserve to be. Things might have worked out differently, a few decisions going for us instead of against.
That is the way it goes.
I for one am quite happy for us to stay in The Championship next season. If we had won promotion it would have been a struggle next year. Where if we recruit well it could be a great year.

Hasn't Hendo mentioned 3 players coming in? Is that enough

Toronto with Leighs ex coach at the helm are upsizing there pack(Sims, coal train, Krasniqui) and up skilling their backs in prep for a go at SL. That's exactly what he did at Leigh and he got them up.

This was the season for us to go up. We had the squad, we had the skill, but the brain was lacking and that is what cost us. I think we will struggle just to make top 4 next year with a stronger Tolouse, Toronto and Probably Leigh coming down all looking to be stronger than us.

Really undecided on whether to renew the season ticket (we have 3) or just turn up for the odd games next year. I've followed this team though the good and bad for 20 years now ( I know a lot on this forum will have longer than me), but after the stupidity we showed at Cats, Fev and Warrington in the 8's this year, I just at the moment have just lost all interest in the team. Wont be at the Leigh game, as its a pain to get to on a friday night, and TBH I dont think I care if we win or lose.

Hopefully will get my love for all things broncos back for next season, but for now I'm going to forget about them for a couple of months and see how I feel in the new year

Mmm, sounds good that. Then Widnes lose in France,then The mighty CENTURIONS turn it on at Widnes, and send them down................Mmm, It really does sound good dunnit?

Not sure you can start looking at next season and second guessing who will do what.
Agreed that Toronto will want to recruit strong and push hard, am not convinced they will have things there own way, they did start to show they are not invincible at the end of this season. Championship rugby is a step up, but they will throw money at it.
Toulouse!! Again it depends, I think they will be similar to this year, hard to beat at home, depends how they travel.
Leigh, a lot will depend on if they lose any players if they come down, same with Widnes, we all know if a team drops then some of the quality players may look for contracts elsewhere.
If the RFL go back to licensing then it's irrelevant really.
Hope they don't, I think the 8s this year has shown its worth, things are still to be decided in the last week, it's made it exciting for the competition.