Re: 10 TEAM SUPERLEAGUE? : Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:03 pm  

Call Me God wrote:

As much as you are trolling.........
1,205 were there for the Wolfpack in the 2nd tier with no marketing........a successful London averaged 5k before the current owner took over, ignored marketing and dragged us to the 2nd tier. A successful London, marketed well should be attracting 10k in a heartbeat, but as is the case at most RL clubs, marketing is an afterthought and therefore the top 40% of our clubs deliver 75% of our audience......

What's been said before (a while ago) by a Broncos fan is that one of the big problems that London have had is not having a permanent home for the club. That, combined with the nature of public transport in London (which is largely designed to either go into the city or out, and not round it) means that attracting and then retaining a fan base has proved difficult. London played for a decent number of years at the Stoop, but they've been North, East, South and West of the city over the 30-odd years of their existence (including their time as Fulham).

I've always been impressed with the passion and loyalty demonstrated by the London fans regularly making the trip up the M6/M1 but it's tough to build support year on year without a permanent home.

Re: 10 TEAM SUPERLEAGUE? : Tue Feb 27, 2018 9:43 pm  

HXSparky wrote:

I've always been impressed with the passion and loyalty demonstrated by the London fans regularly making the trip up the M6/M1 but it's tough to build support year on year without a permanent home.

It's not just the moving (The Stoop was only 3 miles from Brentford which is only 3 miles from Trailfinders), but also the utter diabolical mismanagement and awful appointments of people into key positions. Blanchard & MacKay were both appointed CEO with no formal interview process, the latter reducing us from 3,400 average to 1,200 and blaming first the name and then the ground before leaving, spending 18 months out of work and then reducing Worcester RU's average attendance by 10% in his first year there.......Powell was appointed coach 73% loss rate) against all advice and left us teetering, whilst Joe Grima was appointed on the advice of Jamie Soward........nobody else, just a player he got on with. Grima lasted 19 games with 2 wins (90% loss rate) and left us mid table in the Championship......God love David Hughes because without him we'd have folded years ago, but jesus wept he's appointed some absolute stinkers.