Yep, it all started to go wrong when Hughes was left to his own devices. He has made some terrible decisions, ed a lot of people off and employed some total buffoons to supposedly run the club.

A trip to Toulouse it is then. I hope that it is not too early in the season.

Alas. My trips to blighty are now enshrined in early July meaning I will probably never get to see the Broncos at the feted mecca that is Plough Lane, regardless of what division we are in

It is at least several steps up from a trip to Wakie or Cas. Certainly February in Perpignan is a thing to avoid but at least there is more to do in Toulouse.

I agree Deadcowboys1, Toulouse holds far more of an attraction for me than either Castleford or Wakefield.

They’ve opened a Wetherspoons there? Good to know!

A Weatherspoons in Toulouse?? Sacre bleu !!

All day Croissant doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

Could Sammut do a job for us at 38? Not sure it would be that difficult to get a transfer to the LFB.

The alternative looks to be a 15 year old kid so I would say so. However there will be reasons why he went to Barrow when we went PT so I suspect he’s at the stage now where he needs to be up North. He’s still in good shape so I’m sure someone will step in for him.

If I had to guess the ex broncos we have in our sights, subject to the massive hurdle of actually having any money I’d say Hindmarsh, possibly Hodson, Christian Gale (went to Skolars and then to Aus), J Jones.
However I think if we can up the number of retained experienced players from 2 to say 6 or 7 we’ll have done well because I think we are coming up short on that 350k.

3 sausages in a croissant. The continental alternative to the gut buster.

Good to have Sid back for 25. If there is a 2025 of course.

Sid + Marcus + Lewis = half a decent pack!

Only 66% of which has injury problems.

As long as that 66% have all their injuries in the first half of the season while Cakeman is trying to mould the team (men & boys) into a cohesive unit, we might be ok as we are very much a 2nd half of the season team.

I wondered a bit about that as well. Sid has been good. Clearly able to do a job for us in Championship but he’s missed quite a few games over last few seasons. I suspect we won’t be able to carry many, if any, injuries before we get into parks players. Anyway encouraging that someone thought we had a future.

To give some perspective I see our player of the year Jones has gone to Doncaster. Fair to say things are getting real.

Perhaps he likes horse racing?

Having been there once, i don't think wild horses would drag me back.

Good luck to Doncaster is what I say, never been there myself but I like the way a few diehards kept their Rlfans page going so it’s nice they are g experiencing a bit of an upturn in fortunes, however, it’s a surprise move and the fact we can’t compete with Donny is suggestive of the new Broncos giving out Skolars vibes. Hope something materialises soon or we’re looking at a repeat of 2022.
In other news my sources suggest a well known businessman and RL enthusiast may be considering a book on his experiences. Titles under consideration include ‘My way and what I’ll do if I don’t get it’. ‘Running a club (into the ground)’ and ‘watch out for low flying toys’.

Well from the first title it could be Roman Abramovic, the 2nd it could be Ernie Clay but fortunately he's brown bread but from the 3rd it can only be one maniac!

I suppose we could follow our success in dismantling Skolars by doing the same to Hills Hoists or Wests but I'd like to think Cake is above that.

Didn't we used to train in Golborne? Maybe we should try that again.


It's a district of Wigan for those that don't know. (Bongser would probably classify it as Leigh.)

Deffo more Leigh than Wigan. You may well be right Benny as I do remember Reggie had them running around Haydock Park race course back in the day. But training there & coming down to just to play at the Cottage started to unravel if I remember correctly & players like John Wood & Dave Hull started to not appear. We never did get the best out of Wood sadly.

You could well be right. The borders are very hazy and debatable...
Still, damn me for moving south, and damn Mark Riley (and Sam Stewart and Mark Johnson etc.) for getting me invested in this club when I'd initially just turned up to watch a live RL game with my new "local" club as a neutral.
If I'd loved my home town more than rugby league, I'd still be supporting a successful side. (A successful side I've actively disliked since about 1994.)
Like I said, more fool me!

If only we could use Dr Who's Tardis to bring Tanks wonderful side to Plough Lane next season.

I once went there to watch Doncaster v London Welsh in an RU game.

Dean Sampson turned up.