Re: Ealing is the new venue : Tue Aug 18, 2015 4:30 pm  

Nah we could never have gone to bournmouth that would have made complaining about how to get to the games to easy. I mean tube, mainline train buses and the choice of driving to any ground we play at is too restrictive already.
Folks am joking

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:40 pm  

You never know, so far Trailfinders has gone from a park rugger side with a decent social set up, to the beginnings of a stadium and an expanded corperate /social area, with room to continue the developement. We MAY have the opportunity to grow alongside that, we may not.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:11 pm  

I look at it like this. We are probably at our lowest point. From here on, we will either fail, or things will improve.

The support of the owners of the stadium is critical. The management needs to grab a hold of the business and run things properly.They need to start to market he club.

It needs to be a club again. At a ground which feels like home. Not a team with a few supporters at a ground where little effort is made to make you feel welcome.

Only time will tell.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:41 pm  

Bostwick wrote:

I look at it like this. We are probably at our lowest point. From here on, we will either fail, or things will improve.

The support of the owners of the stadium is critical. The management needs to grab a hold of the business and run things properly.They need to start to market he club.

It needs to be a club again. At a ground which feels like home. Not a team with a few supporters at a ground where little effort is made to make you feel welcome.

Only time will tell.

Spot on mate.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Thu Aug 20, 2015 12:58 pm  

mickyb1234 wrote:

So let's all be totally negative about everything then.
I agree it's not ideal far from it, but what are other options at the moment.
The club have to re structure, we are in effect re building from the bottom.
What would I prefer, personally best years for me were Brentford, but it's not to be, it's not a case of being noble, it's a realisation that the club has to cut costs and generate an income. At the hive we have no income at all apart from Mr Hughes. So its 3 years, is that not better than a 2 or 1 year deal?? Would the news we had bought the set up been better of course it would but that's not happened.

The basic point is, you, me, gutters, bronc are not in a position to do anything about it, we don't have the money or influence.
So we can wallow in self pity or we can get on with supporting the club.

More twaddle.

You forgot option 3: Give it up and start doing something useful with the summer weekends. I like option 3.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Thu Aug 20, 2015 1:43 pm  

Aspuoea feel free to toddle off and do that then mate, some of us actually like watching rugby league so personally can't see the appeal of option 3.
Not sure if you realise it's your choice to watch or not.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:20 am  

Interesting that Trailfinders have a number of secondary pitches which may well meet our needs if we continue to attract fewer fans than Championship 1 clubs.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Mon Aug 24, 2015 12:19 pm  

Aspuoea, your option three is no option for me. Like Mickey I too enjoy watching Rugby League. It is my choice and I will continue to do so until such time as I decide not to..

So you go and join The Ramblers Association or get a caravan if you want to. I will continue to do what I choose to do.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Mon Aug 24, 2015 2:16 pm  

Slightly OT, sorry, but interesting that 100 miles or so to the west, one of our many former CEOs is still showing plenty of ambition:

LionelHurst ‏@hurstlhurst 17h17 hours ago

#rugbyleague @allgolds wish to purchase up to 20 acres of land in Gloucestershire to develop RL home. Funds available.

Re: Ealing is the new venue : Mon Aug 24, 2015 5:49 pm  

The Changing Man wrote:

Interesting that Trailfinders have a number of secondary pitches which may well meet our needs if we continue to attract fewer fans than Championship 1 clubs.

drone