Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 9:18 am  

The Chronicler of Chiswic wrote:

It seems to have escaped some people's attention that there will be a Coventry side in the Championship next season. As for Wasps, this could be construed as a retreat to the heartlands, as RU as a spectator sport only gets decent attendances in the East Midlands and the South West (not stirring it, honest, guv )

Its a retreat to their own stadium......seems that they, like sarries see the benefit of staying put and putting Down roots......
As for the stir.....lol....harlequins seem to do OK....saries full most games....sale do better than Salford......you'll need a bigger boat

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 9:20 am  

Perry wrote:

'Degenerated' is the word I think you're looking for Plum.

Discussing our home in a thread about our home.....my bad.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 11:50 am  

Interesting including sale in yr comment gutters thought you were talking about clubs that own their own grounds.
You honestly think the rfl would have put the money in and built a team now I know yr deluded and spouting drivel

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 12:05 pm  

Actually I heard whisper from a normally reliable source that was one options under consideration if we didn't start 2014. The RFL had contracts with Sky and Manchester City that meant 14 teams were needed that season. Worst case a badly funded shell of a club hobbling through the season may well have been supported by the other clubs as the least worst alterative compared to running a 13 team league. The team would have been set up to fulfill fixtures and doomed to relegation. Clearly David sticking around was always the preferred option, hence the marketing money.

The other option was to promote Fev who were offering to go up. I think there were probably concerns about that. Obviously the main man behind the offer walked during the season suggesting the shell London club may have been a least worst option there too, as opposed to trashing Fev a club with a good future if well run.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 2:29 pm  

So just throwing in a question here!!! apaprently according to certain scources on here, someone at the club was bribed by the RFL with a marketing budget! Not going to mention any names as I believe without any facts comments liek that can come back and bight you!
But if thats the case! then what is the difference between that and Mr Hughes walking and RFL supporting the club through the season as was being suggested might have happened. We played in 2014, was going to say competed but that would be stretching it.
Mr Hughes in his wisdom decided to continue to support the club, and believe he still intends to! The RFL did not step in to run the club, or replace us with Fev/Leigh.
IF we were assisted by the RFL with a markettign budget so what???? was that not a better option than being fully funded by the RFL and then wound up this year as was the suggested would have happened?
Pressure from SKY was nothing to do with London!!! it was to do with "Magic Weekend"

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:14 pm  

mickyb1234 wrote:

So just throwing in a question here!!! apaprently according to certain scources on here, someone at the club was bribed by the RFL with a marketing budget! Not going to mention any names as I believe without any facts comments liek that can come back and bight you!
But if thats the case! then what is the difference between that and Mr Hughes walking and RFL supporting the club through the season as was being suggested might have happened. We played in 2014, was going to say competed but that would be stretching it.
Mr Hughes in his wisdom decided to continue to support the club, and believe he still intends to! The RFL did not step in to run the club, or replace us with Fev/Leigh.
IF we were assisted by the RFL with a markettign budget so what???? was that not a better option than being fully funded by the RFL and then wound up this year as was the suggested would have happened?
Pressure from SKY was nothing to do with London!!! it was to do with "Magic Weekend"

the marketing budget was a bribe to the landlord.....I really dont see how even as naive as you cant see thias Michael. The RFL had been asked for years to help us out with promoting the game, but they only deemed OUR LANDLORD WORTHY when it was obvios we were going down. Are you truly that blind that you think that AK was given this money to promote us, rather than to grease the wheels and ensure we fulfilled our fixtures?
SKY wanted 14 teams in 2014....AK receieved all the income from our games AND A BRIBE/SWEETENER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN......this is not conspiracy, the bloke stood up at the fans forum and said as much.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 4:54 pm  

So what would you have preferred in reality their were 3 options 1 we folded and played no games. 2 we were fully bailed out by the rfl fulfilling out fixtures this year then wound up. 3 we did what we did I refuse to stoop to making libelous comments as you choose to do.
By the way option 1 and 2 would have made next season irrelevant

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:08 pm  

mickyb1234 wrote:

So just throwing in a question here!!! apaprently according to certain scources on here, someone at the club was bribed by the RFL with a marketing budget! Not going to mention any names as I believe without any facts comments liek that can come back and bight you!
But if thats the case! then what is the difference between that and Mr Hughes walking and RFL supporting the club through the season as was being suggested might have happened. We played in 2014, was going to say competed but that would be stretching it.
Mr Hughes in his wisdom decided to continue to support the club, and believe he still intends to! The RFL did not step in to run the club, or replace us with Fev/Leigh.
IF we were assisted by the RFL with a markettign budget so what???? was that not a better option than being fully funded by the RFL and then wound up this year as was the suggested would have happened?
Pressure from SKY was nothing to do with London!!! it was to do with "Magic Weekend"

I don't use the word bribe. It was a sweetener, hardly unknown in business deals.

The difference is that David's presence meant less RFL/ central funding was needed than if they had ended up propping us up for one season. ( Your comment later in the thread it would only have been one season is cotrrect.)

I believe Leigh had no interest in going up, sensibly believing they would be better off building for the return of promotion rather than being a sacrificial lamb in Superleague.

To the best of my knowledge there was no direct pressure from either Sky or MCFC for Broncos to play last season. The contracts said 14 teams and Fev would have met that criteria.

Also to clarify, there were some voices in the sport arguing for 13 teams if we didn't start. Largely from other clubs as they fancied a 13th if our central funding.

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Tue Oct 07, 2014 10:41 pm  

Other folk used the word bribe!
as for 14 teams, that's what I said, it was nothing to do with it being London just the requirement to have 7 games at magic as suggested

Re: Homeless in 2015 : Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:41 am  

mickyb1234 wrote:

Other folk used the word bribe!
as for 14 teams, that's what I said, it was nothing to do with it being London just the requirement to have 7 games at magic as suggested

Michael. the marketing budget was a bribe...pure and simple.
with regard to 2015 we have yet to hear exactly what the relationship is between us and the hive.