Good luck to him, he is going to need it! https://londonbroncosrl.com/2021/09/13/ ... t-coleman/

Good luck to him, he is going to need it! https://londonbroncosrl.com/2021/09/13/ ... t-coleman/

Sorry, we posted at the same time.

Young, London players

I'm dreading our squad next season

It happens!

FFS. We’ve replaced a young guy used to coming 2nd or 3rd from bottom of L1 with another guy whose used to managing a team coming second or third from bottom of L1

Jermaine has been known to sign northern based players at Skolars. Time to book another training ground up north?

Without being too snide they can’t have been too good though. Latu looks nailed on to come back. His brother Jy Mel as well. On the plus side he has managed quite a few of our players this year on loan. Albeit managed them to losses. I’m struggling to see this as a positive step not withstanding the praise given to his interview style. I have it in mind he is a school teacher so I assume he like the team will be part time. I hadn’t really understood that would be the case.

Has nobody told him the fantastic young players he is looking forward to working with are likely to be off at the end of the season (or at least a good few of them)?

In 2020 we sign a young, promising, bright manager with experience managing an unfashionable L1 side. In truth the side didn’t do well but he is well thought of. Additionally he has a modern approach to societal issues that is very much in tune with multi- cultural London. In 2021 we get shot of him and replace with a guy that has an almost identical CV. The only difference is TT went into head of youth and Coleman goes straight into the top job. On what basis? Seemingly a good interview where he talked about the merits of brining on young Londoners. What players has he brought on? What successes has he had on the field? It very difficult to see this as anything but disappointing.

Couple of questions

What's happening with Tsang, he staying??

Of our youngsters, any whispers about who is going??

I'm guessing we will be singing a few Skolars players

As I've said elsewhere, I'd like to see tony Rea back as an advisor. I'd also like the club to scout a couple or more NSW/QLD cup players ...if we pay them as full timers they can be trained to help with other jobs around the club. We have enough old boys back in Oz to put out feelers.
The club needs to become a club again....it's just a team with a couple of back office staff at the moment....they need to get the vibe that we had at Brentford back....JC might be the right coach, but he's hamstrung from the start if all he's permitted is academy boys.

Feel sorry for TT one minute putting out upbeat message on website about playoffs a couple of hours later he’s off. Really motivating the players to get over the line here.
On Skolars players- let’s not.

Will he not go back to the Academy job??

Apart from the embarrassment factor its difficult to know where the Academy ends and the first team starts.

Wouldnt say its embarrassing. He was brought in to cover until a new coach was named. Seems natural to go back

Perhaps if higher profile new coach coming in I.e from SL or a higher placed Champ side or even an assistant at the same it could be messaged as useful experience of management that has helped his development / hopes to be Coach of Champ side in due course but, as I said in my earlier posts, save for his preternatural interview ability Coleman is an identikit of Tsang so it’s a slap in the face.

Craig Bellamy wouldn't be able to polish the turd we will be next year, so regardless of which 3rd tier coach we've appointed, the third tier is where we will be heading. If Hughes doesn't like funding losing sides, he's in for a horror 2022 given Del Boy at Leigh will be spending big to get straight back up, Fev, fax and Batley have looked to retain their squads from this year and widnes, Bradford and Whitehaven are all currently better than us as full timers.......London Derby 2023

The Broncos Are not alone in having their funding from the RFL reduced. All clubs in The Championship will receive significantly less money next season.
The impact is already being shown at the Broncos. Other clubs will be hit hard and it must have an effect.To have you TV income cut by around 90% will decimate the finances of most clubs.
The Broncos have put their dirty washing out early. As bad as it seems for us, The outlook from some other clubs may be even more bleak. Plans that have been made previously will have to be remade. Squads cut.
It will be very interesting next season.
Maybe we should not be quite so gloomy. Who knows?
I do fear for the Skolars though, I hope they can pull through.

Would have shown a little class if the announcement had referenced TTs efforts at this difficult time/thanks etc.

Well spotted


Alas, Fev v Fax delivered 3,000+ fans a few weeks back....we've beaten that number 3 times in the last decade, all of them in SL. West Yorkshire having 6 teams, maybe 7 if Keighley sort themselves out is a major plus for them.....£4.00 is the return bus fare between fax and fev.

One way we could make the money go further, of course, is not to pay circa 300k per annum on ground and training pitches. Maybe put some money into on field and back room staff to ensure a good product, sell the product and ensure match day experience delivers but whatever.....

In many respects this is a progressive appointment but it very much underlines where the club has got to.

Let's not forget we started the seaon with a coaching team of Danny Ward and Jamie Langley.

It is a progressive appointment that is perhaps it’s only selling point. The problem is so was TT and it’s difficult to see in Coleman’s recent managerial career anything that out impresses what TT has done. It may be he has more charisma as well as interview technique but he’s a busy man with his Deputy Headship and Jamaica national team commitments......difficult to see a positive path here.