Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:46 pm  

brian2 wrote:

Disagree with Gutterfax - whilst the deal on ground etc may be terrible, getting more people attending has to be good for the club in the long term, and indeed in the short term if it improves atmosphere, makes the team play better/intimidates the opposition etc etc....................

I welcome debate and disagreement, even if you are wrong

It would seem that, unable to find a buyer for his beloved London Toy, Hughes has decided to devalue it to the extent where I could afford to buy the club. We have no income other than that which we get from him and the RFL. Everything else connected with the club that generates any form of income is now the landlords, so it is his responsibility to attract more paying customers as it is 100% in his interest.

As for the long term? Discussing the Long term and London Broncos is an alien concept.......I warned the club in 1999 (could have been 2000) that if they didn't market themselves they'd be in trouble.....that was 3 (2) years before I became a fan.....from 2002 onwards I bent the ear of Warren, Cartwright, Lenegan, Hughes Mackay and anyone else connected to the club........but hey ho, only Lenegan and the RFL listened and Hughes didn't take kindly to being told what to do by either of them.......and guess how that's worked out for him!

Not like me to either blow my own trumpet or say I told you so , but there you have it!...it makes my blood boil just thinking about the number of times the club has failed to carry out even the simplest of tasks......I'm sure Rooster Booster will be along to give you his amateur freudian analysis shortly....

As for atmosphere and intimidating the opposition, it has been a good many years since either of those have happened at a London home game.......and no amount of positive spin is going to deliver either whilst we are based in tier 2.

[brian2]

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 8:41 am  

[quote.......I warned the club in 1999 (could have been 2000) that if they didn't market themselves they'd be in trouble][/quote] Not sure what your definition of short medium or long term, but 14/15 years must meet one of the criteria?

i dont disagree that the club has been appallingly run, and if it satisfies your ego - i am sure your right in everything you say, both in the past and in the future - except......... Where does your argument take us? You seem to be saying you would be happier with 30 watching rather than a couple of thousand, because it doesnt earn us any money - so it doesnt matter? My argument is that irrespective of the money it has to be better for fans, players and for the long term future of the club to get more people through the gates?

Your posts are uniformly depressing, repetitive, negative and arrogant. Stop telling us what the problems are - we all know, stop describing the solutions which may have worked 15 years ago - daydreaming/wishing is nice but serves no useful purpose and make a few positive suggestions about going forward?

just a suggestion

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:32 am  

Where is the cranewife?

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:39 am  

gutterfax wrote:

Hughes has decided to devalue it to the extent where I could afford to buy the club.

Then get on with it.

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:40 am  

Colly2 wrote:

Then get on with it.

Now that would be something Gutterfax RL probably better than Halifax RL !

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:56 am  

Interesting letter in the RL weekly press this week, pointing out there is only One RU Club left in London now, and that is Quins, all the others have moved away why??

Just listening to Smooth Radio in the car here in the NW, Red Devil commercials all the time, Join Dr Marwan Koukash is the strap line, he must be throwing some money in, even a different one for the Red Devils Business Club, but will it make any difference, I seriously doubt it? Huddersfield have tried everything even when top of Super League so often 5,000 plus, the Birth Town of the Sport?

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:01 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Interesting letter in the RL weekly press this week, pointing out there is only One RU Club left in London now, and that is Quins, all the others have moved away why??

Saracens are also in London.

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 1:57 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Interesting letter in the RL weekly press this week, pointing out there is only One RU Club left in London now, and that is Quins, all the others have moved away why??

Saracens are in N London.

Near Quins, you've got Richmond, London Scottish (who have ambitions of being a Premier club), Rosslyn Park.
One of Richmond or Scottish have applied to the council to do up The Athletic Ground.

London Irish still have their base in Sunbury-On-Thames, having moved slightly down the road.

And I can see London Welsh returning to Old Deer Park, sooner rather than later.

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 3:33 pm  

Strictly speaking Saracens are in Hertfordshire according to their postal address and Richmond is only on the borders of London. London is 95% a football city and that is the real problem, Even County cricket struggles.

Re: How can we get London to fall in love with RL again? : Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:29 pm  

Anthony Jones wrote:

Saracens are in N London.

Near Quins, you've got Richmond, London Scottish (who have ambitions of being a Premier club), Rosslyn Park.
One of Richmond or Scottish have applied to the council to do up The Athletic Ground.

London Irish still have their base in Sunbury-On-Thames, having moved slightly down the road.

And I can see London Welsh returning to Old Deer Park, sooner rather than later.

I went to watch Richmond RU on Saturday. Reasonable crowd in attendance. Rob Powell is apparently defence coach there now BTW.