Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 8:27 am  

What Perry said.

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:56 am  

roger wrote:

The French experiment has worked (although at a large financial cost) so its not just the M62.

The only cost has been to the Catalans owenership and management - exactly the same as London's history (though many other fans continue to erroneously believe that the RFL has poured 'millions' into London ). Cats had the big advantage over London of being in an established RL area - albeit one that had suffered from lack of investment for years. In that sense, Cats are not really an 'expansion club' at all.

[brian2]

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 2:47 pm  

This is terrible. but not wholly unexpected news. Gower has been our best player by a country mile and i for one will sadly miss him. Whilst wishing him well. this season is a dead loss. Even if we beat Sheffield does anyone believe we are capable of beating anyone else?

i think we have a mass clear out - try and keep hold of a few - Bailey for one, and i would keep Dorn for another year despite what lots of said on this site and start again and try and have a better 2014 (if there isone). if the club folds in 2015 - we can at least go out on a high!

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 3:45 pm  

While I agree a mass clear out may be required you have to ask yourself two things (i) the current squad are not performing consistently to their potential so unless that is addressed we will not necessarily see any improvement (ii) are we actually going to be able to attract better players than those we already have given our funding situation and where we are in the licensing cycle.

I suspect the quality of the squad next season won't be fundamentally any different than that we have now. It might have better balance if some of the more obvious weaknesses are addressed. However, I doubt we will be able to offer long term contracts and thus will lose some of our better players.

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:23 pm  

brian2 wrote:

This is terrible. but not wholly unexpected news. Gower has been our best player by a country mile and i for one will sadly miss him. Whilst wishing him well. this season is a dead loss. Even if we beat Sheffield does anyone believe we are capable of beating anyone else?

i think we have a mass clear out - try and keep hold of a few - Bailey for one, and i would keep Dorn for another year despite what lots of said on this site and start again and try and have a better 2014 (if there isone). if the club folds in 2015 - we can at least go out on a high!

You'd either have to wear a pair of platform shoes or have a quiet word with Tulisa

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 5:08 pm  

Gower's last SL game & Bishay's first. Little did the fans know that this game would be Gower's last Broncos game. Great image.

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:46 pm  

Torbreck wrote:

Gower's last SL game & Bishay's first. Little did the fans know that this game would be Gower's last Broncos game. Great image.

a very telling photo (in more ways than one)

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:31 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

a very telling photo (in more ways than one)

You mean cos of the rows and rows of empty seats?

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Thu Jun 06, 2013 9:55 pm  

Rob from Erith wrote:

You mean cos of the rows and rows of empty seats?

exactly.

How sould destroying it must be for professional sportsmen torun out to a near empty stadium. In wendyball, playing behind closed doors is a punishment. In London RL it has become the acceptable normality.

Re: Gower - Going, going, gone? : Fri Jun 07, 2013 8:26 am  

Growlers tackle looks a little high