[quote="gardener":2dqp447o]Sorry i misread the post but hopefully someone has not put the money forward and asked David Hughes to run it:)[/quote:2dqp447o] Now that would be a nightmare scenario!

Whilst i am a tad more than slightly apathetic towards this alledged take over, i am struggling to see any benefit for any potential new owner. As it stands and as far as we know, we are renting a decent stadium that we will not fill 25% of in 2025. We have a core of about 250/400 full time supporters, a squad of maybe 10 known names and a handful of trialists. We have an office space/port-a-cabin at a low level Union club and we train on their plastic pitch. If Hughes walked away leaving us debt free, then any new owner is picking up a tab of about £10,000 a week (minimum) to get us through 2025 and nearer £20,000 a week to make any inroads into the areas of fiscal stability required for growth...ie, fans and sponsors. Now. I have no doubt that there are plenty of people out there with a few million to spare, but I believe there are other clubs in our division just as close to IMGs numbers, so in reality, any new owner is looking at £10,000,000 over 5 years, just to get us into SL......and that would be dead money. As I say. I am a little bit more confident of us seeing out the entire season now, but after witnessing the series of false dawns and crap owners at Bradford a few years back, I have serious concerns about how much money our new owners have, if any.

Club announcement at 6pm

Curtis Davies, Welsh international hooker, signed. Previously at Dewsbury.

[quote="The Curtism":tn69otpu]Curtis Davies, Welsh international hooker, signed. Previously at Dewsbury.[/quote:tn69otpu] Good player and nice lad - had dealings with him in Wales.

Another announcement at 5pm

Brewdog will continue to sponsor the Broncos in 2025.

[quote="gardener":10k1cw10]Sorry i misread the post but hopefully someone has not put the money forward and asked David Hughes to run it:)[/quote:10k1cw10] Jesus, that would be insane.

[quote="The Curtism":1alqp2i0]Brewdog will continue to sponsor the Broncos in 2025.[/quote:1alqp2i0] That’s very positive news. Things slowly coming together.

[quote="BigTime":affa8xlq]That’s very positive news. Things slowly coming together.[/quote:affa8xlq] Slowly but surely- hopefully a few more players to announce?

[quote="RfE":wr0knhbp]Slowly but surely- hopefully a few more players to announce?[/quote:wr0knhbp] And a new owner too, with nouce.

[quote="Torbreck":91rtxpck]And a new owner too, with nouce.[/quote:91rtxpck] We need someone who understands business acumen, marketing, return on investment, KPI's and how to recruit the right people. As we have learnt, throwing money at the problem is a fools errand. I get the need for NDA periods and the RFL due diligence (anyone remember the series of new owners at Bradford a few years back?), but the silence is deafening. Meanwhile, as Salford stew in their own fiscal fiasco, I see some brave could reckon we could step up if need be. Hilarious blind enthusiasm, when in reality, surviving in the championship in 2025 seems a stretch at present.

Team for the friendly announced [url:2r2ojev2]https://www.rugby-league.com/match-centre/match-preview/2299756[/url:2r2ojev2]

Hmmm that team is a bit thin isn't it?

[quote="the-bearded-lefty":g48l07zr]Hmmm that team is a bit thin isn't it?[/quote:g48l07zr] To be fair Lefty, it's a team with Balls!

[quote="Deadcowboys1":8ni17xeh]To be fair Lefty, it's a team with Balls! [/quote:8ni17xeh] Re brand to London Skolars old boys incoming? More than a hint of the Coleman era recruitment policy about this team. Interesting to see how it goes against solid L1 opposition.

Had a look at the team again and googled the players. Ouch!

[quote="the-bearded-lefty":3dvsiy3u]Hmmm that team is a bit thin isn't it?[/quote:3dvsiy3u] Not if we’re playing in the southern conference. Hopefully a few (I.e. a lot) still to come in or there could be a few ‘challenging’ results incoming this season. They can only do what they can do but, hand on heart, this ain’t great.

[quote="Moe Lester":2z7mzcep]Team for the friendly announced [url:2z7mzcep]https://www.rugby-league.com/match-centre/match-preview/2299756[/url:2z7mzcep][/quote:2z7mzcep] Are you sure this isn’t a link to an old Skolars fixture? No wonder they haven’t put details on Broncos website! Oh well.

To be honest I’m pretty relieved we’ve actually got 20 blokes together to turn out for us. I’m sure there’s a chant there for the asking with Ball, Ball and Hall…..

[quote="RfE":1hmfs1pa]To be honest I’m pretty relieved we’ve actually got 20 blokes together to turn out for us. I’m sure there’s a chant there for the asking with Ball, Ball and Hall…..[/quote:1hmfs1pa] Hopefully not Ball, Ball and Hall they’ve won fxxk all!

[quote="BigTime":2mmk7m5z]Hopefully not Ball, Ball and Hall they’ve won fxxk all![/quote:2mmk7m5z] I read somewhere, not sure where, that Cake plans next week to sign Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGree, Cuthbert, Dibble & Grub. Apparently there were on fire in training.

I looked at that squad again- we’ve got Ball, Ball , Hall and…….. Small! Are we only signing players whose surnames rhyme ?

[quote="RfE":6qiey329]I looked at that squad again- we’ve got Ball, Ball , Hall and…….. Small! Are we only signing players whose surnames rhyme ?[/quote:6qiey329] Nope we’re only signing Skolars players that rhyme. Massive get out of jail card that Latu doesn’t rhyme with much.

[quote="RfE":1br49p6x]I looked at that squad again- we’ve got Ball, Ball , Hall and…….. Small! Are we only signing players whose surnames rhyme ?[/quote:1br49p6x] Thinking about it further I think the key is they all have short surnames. Remember at a pound a letter that £10k will only go so far for printing names on shirts and we have a couple of guys with long double barrelled names that have blown the budget.