Recruitment season really hotting up with Matthew Shaw now reporting that Trinity leading the race for Rourke. Slightly underwhelming for him but may be a good fit. In other news we’ve signed xxxk all. As you know there are quite a few variables not yet crystal clear for next season like whether despite telling us clearly we’ll be in the Championship we may not be and whether the season will start on a Thursday or a Friday and whether the cost of milk will go up one or two pence. Who dares wins eh! Fxxx that you can’t be too careful and leaving it to the last minute has proved to be a successful strategy over the last few seasons. Sigh.

Rourke I would suggest is too good for Wakefield, who as a City I believe have twined with Ces Peet.

I confess I thought Wakefield was OK when I went there. Making the journey from Tooting Broadway to Plough Lane I feel, notwithstanding the fact that a modest 2 bed flat costs north of 600k, that I’m holed under the water line when it comes to criticising other clubs’ town or city.

Never forgiven them for the racist abuse heaped on M'Baki in the early 80s.

FFS now Waine to Bradford. I’ve obviously taken my eye off the ball because last time I heard about Bulls they didn’t have a pot. Clearly Batley has lost its title of Paris of the North to Bradford which also has taken me off guard. I tell you what it’s probably time Broncos management put out a good news story because not only are losing players to SL teams and Elite 1 but we’re now a Bradford feeder club. As the kids would say, this is fxxxed up.

Last player out, please switch off the lights.

It’s shocking isn’t it. We really are going to do it again, blame some nebulous circumstances that appear to apply to no one else and hire a few players about 5 minutes before season starts having compounded our failure to recruit by losing some players we simply didn’t need to lose.

Sky pretty clear that Leyland off to Warrington

Some black clouds over Plough Lane then.

Realistic next year team of...

Walker

Macani
Bassett
Storey
Boafo

Monk
Campo (ambitious?)

Bienek
Davis (maybe also ambitious?)
Butler
Adebiyi
Lovell
Stock

Williams
Davies or Tison
Hughes?
Err dunno

Needs a few to add in but looks not quite as bad as you might think. Pack is basically what controlled Cats a few weeks ago, shouldn't struggle in Championship and outside backs better than expected?