Re: Broncos till they die? : Fri Feb 15, 2013 10:46 pm  

I'm definitely glass half full.

I think it's brilliant that if we lose by less than 62 on Sunday we won't be bottom of the league.

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sat Feb 16, 2013 5:03 am  

Silverbuck1 wrote:

if they keep the current training grounds.....i.e. Roehampton and Feltham, and then bus them out for home fixtures.......then possibly.....if not........then the hope that both the 1st team squad and the youth players will travel to East Kent at least 3 times a week for training just isn't a realistic one.........madness I tell ya

Did the notion that they would train somewhere else nearer where they'd be based pop into your head. And that players would relocate like the ones that did from Charlton to Stoop to Charlton etc.

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:15 pm  

then the hope that both the 1st team squad and the youth players will travel to East Kent at least 3 times a week for training just isn't a realistic one.........madness I tell ya

I travel more than that each day to and from work and it is another contributor of why I will not travel that far at weekends apart from the fact it will no long be LONDON Broncos. Another day of being on the road and costing a fortune in petrol holds no appeal for me. I want to go within a reasonable distance and watch a live game of RL but also have time in the day to do other mundane things at home

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:22 pm  

alipali wrote:

I travel more than that each day to and from work and it is another contributor of why I will not travel that far at weekends apart from the fact it will no long be LONDON Broncos. Another day of being on the road and costing a fortune in petrol holds no appeal for me. I want to go within a reasonable distance and watch a live game of RL but also have time in the day to do other mundane things at home

If the Broncos go to Kent, I hope a lot will follow me to support the LONDON Skolars in the Championship (hopefully) in 2014!





KEEP LONDON IN LONDON

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:24 pm  

Moving to Kent would also cut in half the player pool. Youngsters from Medway, South London, Greenwich and possibly East London would be okay, but none of the kids from Hemel, St Albans, etc would travel all the way down to Gillingham three times a week for training and games. And kids from Wests and Elmbridge would struggle too.

And that's apart from losing the majority of current supporters.

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:37 pm  

Its relatively easy to move accommodation if you are in club based accommodation but if you are a player who has bought your own home then it is nigh on impossible to sell your home at the moment, it is a long drawn out process and this club does everything at the last minute. What if you are a player who has children happily settled in school and kindergarden after moving the previous year, a partner who works and cannot move as it is not easy to find another job. What would happen to all the local clubs which players help out at with training or the youngsters who come through the ranks and want to be near family and friends for various reasons. And what about all the ground work that has been done around the Twickers area

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:14 pm  

Rooster Booster wrote:

Did the notion that they would train somewhere else nearer where they'd be based pop into your head. And that players would relocate like the ones that did from Charlton to Stoop to Charlton etc.

Yes I did for about a nanosecond...then rejected it!!......Where is the most accessible location to have training grounds in the South for the players (and chauffeurs), that are/will be, in the Academy programme? Where is the best place to attract future players and to expect the current 1st team squad players to want to uproot their families and relocate ?......hmmmmmmm.......... .........Gillingham?!!.....why not Margate even?......at least the parents will be able to get some sea air while their sons are at training....... ........like I said, madness I tell ya

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:00 pm  

nadera78 wrote:

Moving to Kent would also cut in half the player pool. Youngsters from Medway, South London, Greenwich and possibly East London would be okay, but none of the kids from Hemel, St Albans, etc would travel all the way down to Gillingham three times a week for training and games. And kids from Wests and Elmbridge would struggle too.

And that's apart from losing the majority of current supporters.

So do you think those from Medway, South London and so forth do not currently travel to Feltham during the week? I can tell you that many do and why. Because they want a chance to play and have a crack at higher levels of RL and who knows maybe break into the senior squad. However I will finish by stating LB should stay in london.

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:25 pm  

Still completely beyond me why we are talking about a move to Kent, when the whole thread was based on pure presumption? I thought in one article it was said the Club is looking in London for a venue Not Kent!

Re: Broncos till they die? : Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:08 am  

daftdad wrote:

So do you think those from Medway, South London and so forth do not currently travel to Feltham during the week? I can tell you that many do and why. Because they want a chance to play and have a crack at higher levels of RL and who knows maybe break into the senior squad. However I will finish by stating LB should stay in london.

Take a look at a map. There's a hell of a difference between kids from Medway travelling to Feltham and asking someone from Hemel to trek down to Gillingham. A hell of a difference. They'll stay with either Hemel or Skolars.