Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:13 pm  

Spud Caroll came in during the glory years with a big rep and what a pudding he was. It doesn't always work out

We've been lucky with some of our better signings, Moran, Dorn, Tommy, Hoppo plus others came from reserves grade and developed at the Broncos.

Wellsy was a journeyman before he came. He was never going to set the world alight. Didn't he go a season without scoring one year? Its not often a winger has to lap the pitch with his pecker out on mad Monday!!!

The one up football coach (Mac I'm assuming) hasn't done to bad since leaving.

As for players not coming into the bar I suspect Paddock will give us his take on the genius behind that one......Gus

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 1:25 pm  

Not withstanding the majority of rupe's guff, I can confirm a merry band of applauders/handshakers still very much exist.

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:15 pm  

The world has changed. Union is now a professional monster with the top 1,000 rugby players in France, the next 1,000 in England, followed by next 500 in Australian Rugby League, and the next 500 in Northern clubs in SuperLeague (ignoring NZ, S Africa, Argentina and....) . Even when we were in SuperLeague it did not make any sense for us to have any world rugby players in the top 3,000.

I don't think the owner or management (or the colour of the shirt) has had much say in this. I do think Rugby League is the best spectator sport in the world and I will be applauding the team if they play above their potential win or lose. I wasn't clapping when the team looked disinterested as they did much of 2 years ago.

Fully understand why the decline would keep people away, but shouting at the captain of the boat to change the way the tide is going won't help.

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:25 pm  

Yawn!

Can't all the "Soopah Leegers" just accept that London were pushed into the top flight 10 years too early and move on!!

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 6:06 pm  

Rude, you still going to games

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:14 pm  

STEVEL wrote:

He may well be right unfortunately.......The Quins link up was just another misjudged failure in along list of on and off field cock ups that each hammer another nail in London's coffin..

Each to their own, but the first 3 seasons at the Stoop delivered decent crowd figures back to back, we had a landlord who had a workable relationship with Ian Lenegan and we felt like a club.....which leads nicely to

Perry wrote:

No, don't agree.For me the nails started going in when the players didn't come in the bar after the game anymore and the fans started to be treated as if we were a bit of a nuisance.

As accurate a post as you will find on this or any forum. We were London......nobody north of Watford Liked us and we didn't care, because the fans and the players got together after a game to chew the fat. Whether that was sharing 6 VB's with Rusty in Stripes bar or my Mrs getting a hug (many hugs in fact) from HP in the smaller bar at the stoop, we belonged and we accepted some hammerings.

Our name didn't matter, nor what colours we wore. We were together and there is only one person who I believe can be held to account for the demise of the club. Unfortunately, without him, there's probably be no club either.

Either way, Rupe1 wasn't right other than the outcome. His reasoning was always flawed and he never offered viable solutions.

I repeat, moving to Twickenham and being Harlequins Rugby League didn't bring this club to its current low.

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 7:59 pm  

Jim Pooley wrote:

Each to their own, but the first 3 seasons at the Stoop delivered decent crowd figures back to back, we had a landlord who had a workable relationship with Ian Lenegan and we felt like a club.....which leads nicely to

As accurate a post as you will find on this or any forum. We were London......nobody north of Watford Liked us and we didn't care, because the fans and the players got together after a game to chew the fat. Whether that was sharing 6 VB's with Rusty in Stripes bar or my Mrs getting a hug (many hugs in fact) from HP in the smaller bar at the stoop, we belonged and we accepted some hammerings.

Our name didn't matter, nor what colours we wore. We were together and there is only one person who I believe can be held to account for the demise of the club. Unfortunately, without him, there's probably be no club either.

Either way, Rupe1 wasn't right other than the outcome. His reasoning was always flawed and he never offered viable solutions.

I repeat, moving to Twickenham and being Harlequins Rugby League didn't bring this club to its current low.

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:13 pm  

rupe1 wrote:

Dear all,

Its been a while hasn't it.

I well remember the magical night in 1997 when we beat the Brisbane Broncos with an incredible team and an amazing coach. I can recall many messages I wrote along the lines that if only the club had the vision to again employ a coach with the charisma of a Tony Currie and players with the skill and heart of Gill, Edwards, Bawden, Beasley et al then a vibrant Superleague club was possible.

Instead we had to suffer the likes of Tony Rea, Jon Wells, Steve Hall et al. I well remember the dogs abuse I received on here when I posted that the London Broncos would end up playing in front of sub 2000 crowds.

Well here we all are in the Championship playing in front of sub 1000 crowds. Here we are with a full time professional club losing to Whitehaven and other part time outfits! Its almost beyond a joke now. Yet did any of you who went to Whitehaven turn around and question any of the directors and management there or did you still clap the players off?

I well remember the dogs abuse I received when I wrote that it was you the fans fault for tolerating the utter detritus dished up on the field year after year. I could not understand why people would for example clap Jon Wells off the field game after game despite him going the whole of the 2009 season without scoring a try!. There were other players just as bad yet they were clapped off no matter what.

If people had stood with me and condemned the woeful players and management then this wouldn't have happened. Unconditional support is not support but cheerleading.

Call me all the names under the sun but -

I told you so.

I was right.

I must have been really drunk, 'cos I thought we lost to Brisbane. Still, I'm sure you're right. After all, you've said so yourself

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:13 pm  

rupe1 wrote:

Dear all,

Its been a while hasn't it.

I well remember the magical night in 1997 when we beat the Brisbane Broncos with an incredible team and an amazing coach.

Canberra. Brisbane beat us. Twice.

Re: Still clapping the players off the field? : Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:17 pm  

Paddock Punter wrote:

:CLAP:

All that clapping......I had to check I wasn't leaving the field