From what I saw , that would be my feeling.

If Hughes really wanted to make a point regarding IMG ratings he should have recruited a SL standard side so we could win a few games rather than scrapping the academy.

Same old twaddle from Cake after the game, although I don't see what else he can say unless he wants to address the real issues which would not be a good career move.

Yup a 40 nil hiding by 2nd worst team in the league leaves him nowhere to go other than the ‘we have a few key players to come back’ road or to tell the truth which I don’t think would help squad morale. On the plus side, other than the northern players, + Kennedy, Miloudi going, our squad for next season is almost there, although obviously we need some quality in the creative positions. I wonder if a few might decide having played at SL that it is time to call it a day. I’m thinking here of Parata in particular who I thought did play well. He works up north in property development and I suspect that it is quite difficult to transfer that model to the South as prices are through the roof. If we lost him we would potentially for second season in a row have a worse squad than the year before.

Did parata fail an hia late in the game?

He went off for an h I a not sure of the outcome as late in the day. We could really do without losing him for the next game.

The internet suggests Parata did fail the assessment. Twice in one season isnt great for him. You wonder if he he needs to pack it in, regardless of how much we need him.

If that's the case then he certainly should be stood down for the season & after specialist testing, review before 2025. We definitely wouldn't want him to risk a third concussion this year.

i see on twitter that the club responded to a troll about only "4 away tickets"being sold by posting a picture of the SEVEN Broncos fans....,good work....im sure IMG were impressed

There were in fact TWENTY TWO Broncos fans in that part of the ground of which I was one.
People are critical of Broncos fans for not traveling in numbers. For my wife and I, it was a four hundred mile round trip, plus a night in a hotel. How many M62 corridor clubs fans would do that every other week. Our performances and the fact all the games being on TV do not encourage our fans to travel either.
Still next week its only Leeds. I know at least four that will be there. Gluttons for punishment that we are.

Well done Vic, Mrs Vic & the twenty. As has often been said, a lot of the fans we have left, travel further to home games than the Northern hordes do to get to an away game. Can't remember which weasel owner from up north before the season started was bemoaning having to travel to London & Perpignan this season. No wonder the game never gets anywhere. Of course the northerners are so good at travelling they can't even manage a full house at the "not much" Magic Weekend.

You misinterpreted my post, methinx. Although to be honest, that's not hard to do most times, but my point was that a "troll" was fed......surely the club don't need to bother responding to the online musings of someone on "X" who laid bait for them, which they eagerly gobbled up?

All 22 of you deserve medals and in equal part, access to good psychiatric help .