Will Lovell has been given the chance to return to the club. He has been given a 3 month contract.

A three month contract probably gives him a chance to impress or if he doesnt to go back to Skolars, not sure to be honest. Lanky but lacked weight i seem to remember, has he put weight on?

No sammut ???

Didn't Matt James leave because he was homesick? Surely they are not going to waste money on him a second time?

Prop Ben Evans confirmed on a 1 year deal.
Including Lovell and the imminent arrival of Sammut, that brings our squad numbers to 26.

Must be close to completion??

Reports are a utility back and a prop are in talks

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Puzzling why they have gone for 1 year.

Potential for homesickness??

Well you could look at it one way, if they are only signed for a year then the million pound game does not have such an impact on future employment, then again with us fighting to go up rather than down its reverse logic.

Ben is a great player, however he is injury prone...makes good sense to see how many games he is fit for in first year. Worth noting that Broncos longest deal on offer at the moment is 2 years.

Perhaps 2 years is as far as DH is considering full time funding for the club?

When Broncos went to Barnet I seem to recall officials saying David had agreed to a three funding commitment, with his input declining year on year. Given year 3 has just finished I'd guess he has had to agree to stump up for X more years given the full time status has been retained.

Pleased we have the funding to stay full time, irrelevant of who it comes from, the sport needs to maintain its full time presence in the south. We need to keep the momentum going from the last 2 seasons with a good solid squad so will be interesting who steps into nick slyneys role and Wes as the senior figures in the squad.

Isnt the off season boring!!!

Taking the squad that started last season and the losses we have had from that squad, do we think we are currently stronger of weaker?

Naiqama ---> Purtell (Bulls)
Macani ---> Grant (Rams)
Eliab ---> Channing (Fev)
Gray ---> Adebiyi (Academy)
Foster
Leatherbarrow ---> Api (Union)
Bussey
Slyney ---> Evans (Wire
Thackray ---> Spencer (Leigh)
Stapleton ---> Pearce-Paul (Academy)
Magrin ---> Pitts (Bulls)

Of course we ended the season with Soward, but he has moved on.

Lovell is on a 3 month trial.

To me, looking at the recruitment from others, this isnt as formidable as it needs to be. Lacks creativity in the halves, and serious impact in the middle unit.

Naiqama ---> Purtell (Bulls)
Macani ---> Grant (Rams)
Eliab ---> Channing (Fev)
Gray ---> Pearce-Paul (Academy)
Foster ---> Pitts (Bulls)
Leatherbarrow ---> Api (Union)
Bussey
Slyney ---> Evans (Wire)
Thackray ---> Spencer (Leigh)
Stapleton
Magrin ---> Adebiyi (Academy)

Lovell is on a 3 month trial.

I've moved the deck chairs around a little bit. Are there not a couple more people yet to come?

There was talk of some bloke Gee and Sammut, but I am not seeing Hock, Hansen, Patterson, Weston type players, experience, power, etc