Who do we think to come down? I agree with you, toulouse to top the table all things being equal. That could be screwed up if they have to move lock stock to UK

Leigh must be favorites for the drop as they are playing with one arm tied behind their back. Due the Super Leagues lack of generosity.
I would like to see them stay up though, despite SL dirty tricks.

Agree they are up against it, dont think its a foregone conclusion. Would not be surprised to see a few struggle. My money is on KR, Wakey struggling, possibly Hull.
Salford have had 2 good years not sure they can keep momentum

Wouldn't be surprised if SL decided no relegation/promotion if anyone other than Leigh looked likely for bottom spot especially if Toulouse look like Champs. Doubt they really want 2 trips to France.

I have to agree Deadcowboys. The SL could quite easily changed the rules if the promotion/relegation did not work out to their liking.

Pulled this John Davidson's blog it's call chicken wing.

Fast Eddie
It looks Eddie Battye won't be leaving London to come back to Wakefield this year. Trinity are keen to have him, but the Broncos are holding firm. We're told London won't release the prop unless they sign a suitable replacement. And this stage, Battye will stay in the capital for 2021.

Good news

Good to see Broncos playing hardball & not just rolling over if true.

No reason we should either

Promotion and relegation is entirely the remit of the RFL not Super League

This will age well.........................

That may be true but i doubt the RFL would want to lose another battle with SL. Who knows?

Davidson does get some stuff right that others haven't picked up on but he also gets stuff wrong more often than the likes of Matthew Shaw etc. Example from just before Christmas, he did an "exclusive" on how York and Halifax were battling it out to sign Tom Holmes, within an hour he was announced by Featherstone...

Quote ="The Phantom Horseman" Quote ="Jose"This will age well.........................'" Davidson does get some stuff right that others haven't picked up on but he also gets stuff wrong more often than the likes of Matthew Shaw etc. Example from just before Christmas, he did an "exclusive" on how York and Halifax were battling it out to sign Tom Holmes, within an hour he was announced by Featherstone...'" Quote ="Jose"This will age well.........................'" And there we go... https://londonbroncosrl.com/news/battye-departs-london/

Quote ="The Phantom Horseman" Quote ="Jose"This will age well.........................'" Davidson does get some stuff right that others haven't picked up on but he also gets stuff wrong more often than the likes of Matthew Shaw etc. Example from just before Christmas, he did an "exclusive" on how York and Halifax were battling it out to sign Tom Holmes, within an hour he was announced by Featherstone...'" Quote ="Jose"This will age well.........................'" And there we go... https://londonbroncosrl.com/news/battye-departs-london/

No surprise tbh. It was coming

Sad, particularly as I have sponsored him for last
Few years. We need another prop now as a matter
Of urgency. I hope, given this has been in the air for
Sometime that we have a replacement lined up.........

Not that surprised that eddie has gone. Think its been on the cards soon as he went on loan, obviously negotiations took a while.

We can but hope we got an acceptable amount of money given that so many said we'd get now't.

Agree, hopefully it was worthwhile but a fee is a fee nonetheless.

Always questionable when an undisclosed fee? will it be enough to to sign a forward? We will just have to wait and see!

It’s not questionable, there was no fee. At a push Wakefield probably paid any costs involved as a gesture. Their may also be some reciprocal arrangement regarding loan players that may come your way.

Sorry but I did warn you, nobody pays for players these days unless they are an exceptional player.

If we sold Tom Johnstone before his contracts up we might get 50k though we would claim it was twice that. He’s the only one we have and much as I like Battye he’s not in that range.

So you're saying London and Wakefield have both released a statement that's untrue?

Vastman, as stated above, both clubs have stated there was a fee.
Not sure what fees are involved in a move.

Well if you claim you got £100k for a £50k player i'm sure HMRC will enjoy looking for whoever trousered the other £50k

Looking at the squad, we need a couple of forwards and a back at least imho

Before last season ended early, we were weaker than a few sides we were challenging with. They have improved, we have not really improved, more just maintained. If we dont beef the pack up we will get bullied by a few teams. Its a long season and a couple of injuries would hurt an already thin squad (if we are talking about mounting a title challenge). We have made some good signings, and I am happy but we need a few more if we re serious about going up