Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Fri Jul 19, 2013 8:29 pm  

Crowds would grow with a winning team, and as we know the opposite also applies.

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Fri Jul 19, 2013 8:50 pm  

poplar panther wrote:

Crowds would grow with a winning team, and as we know the opposite also applies.

Not necessarily.......but if so, only by a small % as has happened in the past. A mid table team might see a climb to the heady heights of 3,000...a trophy winning team maybe 5,000....but it's pointless discussing fan numbers with the current chimp in charge

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Fri Jul 19, 2013 9:03 pm  

Partisan wrote:

(but with all the dramas you guys are going through I have a real appreciation about the club and the loyal die hard supporters... Its becoming a dream of my mine to go to London and watch the broncos play)

Dream ? For most of us watching the Broncos has become a bit of a nightmare !

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Fri Jul 19, 2013 10:02 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Not necessarily.......but if so, only by a small % as has happened in the past. A mid table team might see a climb to the heady heights of 3,000...a trophy winning team maybe 5,000....but it's pointless discussing fan numbers with the current chimp in charge

That is very disrespectful to Chimps!

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Sat Jul 20, 2013 2:19 am  

Southern Reiver wrote:

So there is no growth or opportunity for growth in the fan base, and we are constrained by our current limitations?

I have been suggesting ways to build a successful club for over 11 years mate.......the fact that they dismissed them might be one of the reasons they're in the crapper now......or maybe not. Either way, the only solution is for dh to hand back the licence forcing the rfl to bale us out......a la Bradford.

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Sat Jul 20, 2013 5:25 am  

Why do you think the RFL would be "forced" to bail Broncos out ? If DH simply handed the licence in to Red Hall it would help the RFL in next years culling exercise. They would bite his hand off IMO. Bradford were saved because the game cannot afford to loose 8 to 10 thousand paying spectators.

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Sat Jul 20, 2013 8:09 am  

Tigerade wrote:

Why do you think the RFL would be "forced" to bail Broncos out ? If DH simply handed the licence in to Red Hall it would help the RFL in next years culling exercise. They would bite his hand off IMO. Bradford were saved because the game cannot afford to loose 8 to 10 thousand paying spectators.

Wakefield is not looking much better! and perhaps your own club, the RFL saved Bradford and have now set a precedent, they can't just cherry pick!

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:44 pm  

Bit of a problem with timing here; disappearing in the close season won't cause too many problems for the RFL, at least not compared to ceasing trading 4 or 5 games into the season, with the subsequent threat of fixture chaos, points deductions, and greater media interest. Not that I want to cause trouble...

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:16 pm  

jaybs wrote:

Wakefield is not looking much better! and perhaps your own club, the RFL saved Bradford and have now set a precedent, they can't just cherry pick!

They can, they always have.

The RFL could afford to buy Odsal. Bradford can afford to pay the rent on their own. That made it viable.

Had Bradford property values been higher then the RFL couldn't afford it. Or if Bradford weren't a relatively well supported side then they couldn't pay the rent. In which case the RFL would have shrugged their shoulders.

Re: just an idea, on how to save the club : Sat Jul 20, 2013 1:17 pm  

Red Bull would be the perfect sponsor.